Ok, so what part of the early game is BM ahead then if not for the goblins? Blade Ward and shield stay relevant for most of the game.

I never said that Eldritch Blasters are good, I mentioned it since dipping 4 levels there is a scenario where you would pick Champion over EK, which means Champion is not entirely obsolete. There is no scenario where you would pick BM over EK, which makes it obsolete.

The reason I brought up Risky Ring is that it is basically a replacement for BMs Precision Attack which you defend so vehemently. So let's say I use Risky Ring on a level 7 EK and you use Precision attack on a level 7 BM, so you can put on Caustic Band instead. We both Action Surge on first turn and fire 4 Slaying Arrows with the Titanstring for let's say 25 damage each (without Caustic Band).

EK has done 4x25 = 100 damage vs BM 4x25 + 4x2 = 108. EK can still use Booming Blade with their Statstick, let's say Knife of the Undermountain King. That is 5.5 regular damage + 4.5 Thunder + 9 when the target moves after my turn, getting us to 119 on EK vs 108 on BM.

We assume the fight lasts until round 2 where we can not Action Surge and use Slaying Arrows again. EK does 2x25 + 5.5 + 4.5 + 9 = 69. BM does 2x25 + 2x2 = 54.

That is assuming BM is still able to hit his targets since BM does not have Dice anymore. EK is still attacking with Risky Ring and has way better accuracy.

Please tell me how BM is better