It's honour mode, there are no reloads

One of my favourite boss fights as well. My first playthrough I also fought the three knights from the entrance at the same time, it was crazy.

@@itskwaidethey didn’t intervene when I did it. Once I went outside after, they were dead.

Haha, it was such a weird moment. Whoever wrote that scene they didn't really think it through lol

No, I didn't know about the other ending until I finished the game. I think there were 1-2 that I didn't recruit.

Most were 12/12 but not always with perfect hits. I had two one-hand weapons and one ring on 8/12.

That's the way to do it!

Right now I have 62.8% crit strike chance and 2,654.8% crit strike damage with The Grandfather and Rogue tempering on weapons, amulet and rigs. I had less than that in the vid and no Grandfather.

@@itskwaide o cool what you seeing for damage

@itskwaide like I'm doin the same build and I'm only seeing like 23 to 70 mill but I have 54 crit chsnce and all my gears like 4 or 8 lvled so hope I will see more damage soon just kinda confused

Yeah, I am seeing more than that, but a lot of it comes from the bleed, not direct hits. I gave up attack speed for more damage on some aspects and items, it hits really hard now.

@itskwaide o cool so how do I incress my bleed

😂😂

No, you don't although whatever you pick from the list at that point won't matter too much as all the options are not that useful later in the game.

Did both the Creche and Underdark in act I and didn't skip anything in act II.

I did it too 😂

Paladin is a half-caster and Sorc is a full caster so that's what you get from an even level split. Better than a pure Paladin but no access to a level 6 slot like a pure Sorc would have.

It isn't as good as dipping Fighter because fighter gives access to longbow proficiency which is desired for late game levels 8-12, also Fighter gives you access to Archery fighting style which is needed to combat the -5 to attack rolls from Sharpshooter All-In passive

I think you are right. That kind of stuff is always good content! I made the same mistake with Baldur's Gate 3 where I had a video of dying to a boss after 130 hours in Honour Mode and deleted it instead of putting it on the channel.

Yeah, very hard with a full melee party. I tried an all ranged party as well in another run and if there's no one on the platform he casts Call of the Damned every round which deals quite a lot of damage.

It's fine, but longbows are generally better because they deal 1d8 damage and shortbows deal 1d6. But if you don't have a longbow then a shortbow will also be good.

its called cheat engine. wiped them off the planet.

Haha it was my first Honour Mode run going in blind, so was just trying to be extra careful.

Nope, the game applies base stats to checks before items and bonuses. So if you have 8 base Dex and put on the Gloves of Dex then you will get a -1 and a +4 to your roll.

@@itskwaide wouldnt that mean you get +3 and +4 if you have 16 base dex with the gloves on or is it somehow picky about only adding penalties?

It might be a UI bug. If you have 8 dex, put on the gloves of dex and try lock picking. You'll see the -1 on the list of bonuses. It works like that with some other dex checks and rolls, but not attack with rolls made with dex from what I've seen.

😂 wrong

@@itskwaidecheck again, you actually get -1 and +5

This build is more about control and support. The Wizard spell book opens up some nice options and gives it a different flavour than the Bardadin. It's a build that doesn't multiclass into Paladin for the purpose of being different.

When building a Supportclass best is 2 Cleric/10 Bard Lots of CC and Heal In Honourmode this is a Lifesaver , especially the Heal is in First Order used to apply Blade Ward and Bless via Items. Via Magical Secrets you could FE Take Counterspell and MHW or Warden of Vitality...If you dont need the Heal choose Spirit Guardians and Phalar Aluve and Debuff the Enemy Works Nice alongside a Bardadin

Yeah, nah. Solo yes. Pure lore bard played well just kills all others. Too much control. Bonus action doesn't matter if your people an destroying stuff.

@@scottrackley4457 I'd respectfully disagree. I've played both and IMO nothing comes close to swords Bard. You still get magical secrets as swords Bard, but just later and having extra attack and the utility of the Bard is just ridiculous. 2 levels of Pally is just SO strong and with command being arguably the best control spell in the game, being so cheap to use and non-enemy specific like hold person/monster, means you control the battlefield early and contribute to damage as much as your party does. Very much comes down to preference, but I think as far as player base goes, majority of players would put swords Bard above Lore

Yeah, I only included the 3 items that make the build work and some suggestions, but Risky Ring is a great choice for any martial class for sure.

Haha, nah! Anyone can beat these bosses with the right party and enough knowledge of the game.

I think it's only guaranteed to work if the spell slot you used to counterspell is equal to the level of the spell you want to counter. So if you want to stop a level 6 spell, you have to cast a level 6 counterspell. If you use a lower level spell slot then you have to pass a difficulty check to counter the spell.

@@itskwaide very informative, thanks!

That's pretty cool. I didn't know you could do that

@@itskwaideYeah this is basically ending 1 where you are told you messed up and need to time travel back to the beginning to fix it. Kind of like Drakenguard 3's first ending where the Accord comes and says that they should have chosen another ending.

Yeah, this one could be tough at level 6 if you don't want to cheese it with Minor Illusion or Invisibility. I find Grymforge and the fight with Grym easier than this fight, so I always go to the Creche last in Act I.

The party comp is: Dark Urge: 1 Fighter/1 Wizard/10 Swords Bard. The important items are Helmet of Arcane Acuity, Gloves of Dexterity (spend ability points on CHA, CON and INT), Band of the Mystic Scoundrel. Gale: 12 Divination Wizard. Any gear that gives bonus to Spell Save DC is good. Minthara: 6 Vengeance Paladin/6 Storm Sorcerer (Draconic is better but I don't like the scales on her face). Any good 2H weapon, heavy armour, gear that gives bonus to attack rolls, initiative rolls, increases AC. Lae'zel: 12 Eldritch Knight Fighter. The OP version uses the Tavern Brawler feat and weapon throws. I don't do that, but I got bored of Battle Master. So it's just a normal fighter that attacks 3 times per turn and uses the EK spell slots to cast Shield when she's attacked. Risky ring is the important item here.

@@itskwaide Hey! Didn't expect a reply, especially not one so detailed. Fully appreciate it. Some follow up questions though: 1) Why the Fighter Level? Defense or Dual Wielding staffs? Also why the Wizard levels I might ask considering you have Gale in your party. I initially thought maybe to add scrolls to your learned spells. 2) What do you do about healing? I am guessing the bard?

@@thefonz8373I imagine the fighter level is because Swords Bards get crazy levels of hits, so Action Surge allows them to wipe most battles in the first turn! And lvl 1 wizard is often chosen so you can learn any spell (can scribe any level of spell into your spell book!)

@@Joy-xu9dr But Action Surge is at level 2 and they recommended 1 Level in Fighter. 2 Levels is what I usually see recommended

@@thefonz8373 This is a control build. For a damage build you could go 2 Fighter/10 Swords Bard for Action Surge or 2 Paladin/10 Swords Bard for Smite. For this build, you start with one level in Fighter which gives you: - Proficiency in Constitution saving throws. This is then added to Concertation saving throws and a lot of the spells that the Ring of the Mystic Scoundrel allows you to cast as a Bonus Action require Concentration - Proficiency is Heavy Armor - Archery for extra damage. In Act III this build ideally uses a bow and the Sharpshooter feat (I'm still using two 1H Crossbows in the vid which is not optimal) and the Bonus Action is used for a spell via the Mystic Scoundrel Ring The one level in Wizard with 16 Intelligence gives you a Wizard spell book with 4 spell slots that can be used for any spell learned from a scroll. I use this for Shield + 3 Spells that can be changed depending on who you are fighting.

If one of your characters is talking to an NPC you get a pop up saying you can't enter turn-based mode because of a conversation nearby. I often talk to them to place them in the right direction.

Yeah, that's the safest thing to do to avoid any risk.

Spiderstep Boots make her immune to being enwebbed. You can find them in the spider's cave.

@@itskwaide Ah have not found It yet

That's boring as fuck though. I wanna see how to beat a strong boss without shit cheese, not much better than abusing bugs or something.

Yeah, it sucks if you fail that check and one of them has to go... I can never convince myself to skip the Creche. The loot is too good.

got lucky in that fight - radiant orb and shadoweart "solo carry"... just hard to get to the inquisitor through a forest of 20 weapons or somewhat...

Well, there's no need for optimal play and most encounters are easy. I wish they made honour mode harder.

⁠​⁠@@itskwaidetrue. Great run tho

@@itskwaide I dunno if they changed it or anything but hes just not doing his legendary action in this, and reading it in your video it says triggers when hes attacked. In my game he did it whenever anyone moved within 10m of him, so every turn. and its 100+ damage. big difference

@GROGOLOG You're right, he only does it once at 18:48. I don't know what it depends on, but looking at other videos of this fight, it doesn't seem to always trigger for whatever reason.

what a weird thing to say. they did good

I did that with an enlarged owlbear. Is enlarge unnessesaty?

@@purydango my team mate did it when he jumped. Idk how much less the damage is if you don’t use enlarge but he one shot it with it. So definitely do it if you can.

@@purydango feather fall too but probably not needed tbh

@@MandoF do not remember if i did xd

Thanks, that'll save me a lot of clicks!

@@itskwaide me too! I didn't learn it until my second play through

we figured out you can just stand on top of the stairs and shoot him dead

Yeah, he's not that hard and susceptible to a lot of spells that make him vulnerable like Hold Person. Here's my fight with Grym - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXbcfGikgpmCb5o. I usually equip bludgeoning weapons on melee attackers as he's vulnerable to bludgeoning damage and then navigate him towards the centre with a ranged character for the final blow with the forge hammer.