Honestly, it feels a little niche so far and I haven't cast it a lot, but I expect more intelligent enemies and casters going forwrd.

Against intelligent enemies, I can imagine them targeting casters with ranged attacks or spells and having cover on demand seems very handy for that. It does seem like a lot of AL DMs are a little lazy with maps and terrain and so there are a lot of fights that happen on just a big map with no cover. We were fighting mostly dumb beasts that game so I got a lot of use out of Careful Web. Plus I got teleported to the Astral plane for a round right after casting it.

The last fight I used it in, it didn't seem to matter as the tanks seemed to keep the enemies pretty well occupied. I have used it in one (sort of) beholder encounter. My sorc is still pretty young so it's hard to say yet if he's getting a lot of out of it. I've already got Shield and Misty Step because they feel like requirements. I know many people see it as a staple, but sorcerers can't afford all the 'staples' and have much flavor left. My arcana sucks if a DM uses that to determine what a spell is so I'd be firing blind. I'm not especially good at it and my spells known slots are just so precious. I'm not sure I can justify Counterspell for a sorcerer. I can certainly see often wanting my concentration for other spells, but when I really need to not be seen (lots of ranged attackers, gaze attacks, casters), it seems nice. It does appear fairly versatile and it is cheap. I can auto-save myself for Web and use it for protection a little bit, but only for melee not ranged. In tonight's game, I cast it in three battles and it was great. Of course, druids can cast it too though. At this level, that's usually just druids but they love it. Stinking cloud is a great alternative for denying enemy casters/archers sight + chance to poison them. Positioning alone can cover the benefits fog cloud can give you and concentration is usually better spent on twinning haste for your party or a better area control spell.

Thoughts?I don't think it's worth the spells known slot nor your concentration on a sorc. (he doesn't do fireball for personal reasons) I don't really have a big dmg spell currently and dmg is not especially a thing for this character. Deciding whether to swap Fog Cloud for Lightning Bolt. I just got my first 3rd level spell and chose Hypnotic Pattern. It seems especially nice when gaze attacks are involved and when casters have spells that require LoS. My general thought is when there's something really scary, I can disappear into it between turns for cover, just coming out to blast a bit, then go back in. What are your thoughts? Is it worth one of my limited and precious 'spells known' slots?

Does fireball disperse fog cloud 5e