I know what they’re going on about. No matter what I do for her specs she seems to always miss melee attacks or cantrips when I’m trying to save spell slots.

So just use her as healing lighting dealer now

My wife plays a tempest cleric in my 5e game, every single outdoor battle starts with her asking about the weather, then upcasting call lightning, using her channel divinity to max out the damage and just melting everything in sight