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Wow, they really don't let you have fun in 5e do they?
Not with Wish, that's for sure.
Ive heard it said that anything past level 15 or so, they just didn't intend for real gameplay, and I have to agree. The Tarrasque is defeated with a Fly spell and a bow, Wish can technically be used for other things but really is just Lesser Wish from older editions, only spell replication, and capstones tend to be meh and really feel tacked on most of the time.
You'd need a magic bow. Or better yet, a bow with the Repeating infusion.
Also, they improved it in the 2024 version. It has a 150-foot ranged attack and a Burrow speed for if things go sideways. I think they could have done better, but at least you don't have to worry about Aarakocra poachers driving them to extinction.
True I forgot that detail. Sacred flame would do fine, as well.
Those level 1 aarakocran clerics might die by being tapped and falling the whole distance but they'll bag a tarrasque no problem.
As for the 2024 Tarrasque, they downgraded it to resistance against physical damage, instead of immunity to nonmagic physical. I mean, it's nice that it resists magical physical, now, but any source of advantage to cancel the disadvantage of being in long range lets you kill with any bow/crossbow.
Repeating would still be ideal, for ammo usage, but it needed its regeneration back. At least if you needed 100 aarakocran to start reducing its HP meaningfully, it'd be beyond the scope of "first time player who thought flying sounded cool".
I think the only capstones really worth it are from Cleric, Paladin and maybe Barbarian or Artificer. Fighter is cool, but also a bit lackluster.