Shillelagh is weird in that it is better on every other class than on the class that gets it by default. level 1 druid?)-it doesn't scale as you level (at which point you are usually laying down spells), but it got you off the ground floor awfully well. It has its drawbacks (if it didn't, it'd be overpowered for a cantrip)-it uses a bonus action to activate (what else were you going to use it for round 1 of combat, mr.
Now take the same example, but instead it is a hill dwarf nature cleric with an 8 strength and dex and a 18-19 Wisdom. Or (if they have a 20 Wisdom, yes farfetched, but work with me here) they can use shillelagh and attack at +7 for 1d8+5. Thus they could attack with a dagger at +4 for 1d4+2. Think of your average druid (for the sake of the argument a rolled-stat optimized one) - they, at most, will likely want a 14 Dex to work with their hide armor, and have little reason to have a high strength. Shillelagh (combos such as Cantig mentions notwithstanding) is about a 1st level druid or nature cleric with poor physical stats having a decent melee attack. Ranged cantrips (invocation pumped EB notwithstanding) are about getting a level scaling not-quite-fighter-with-bow-but-good-enough ranged attack that scales with level. You don't need to cast it and thus get multiple rounds from a single spell slot.Completely different focus.
Its longer duration isn't the boon it would be in prior editions, since you can spam Cantrips. Is it just me, or is Shillelagh just not a very impressive Cantrip compared to anything with a ranged attack that does a d8? Unlike other damage cantrips, it doesn't let you attack in the round you cast it, and it doesn't get stronger as you level up.
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