20 Essential Tips For Divinity: Original Sin 2

[@mackadam5894]

If you're playing a Ranger, load up a backpack with different arrow types and put the backpack itself on the hotbar. You can open it directly from the hotbar for quick access during fights. Same with grenades.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

Thanks

[@catrianheir]

You beautiful genius!

[@SaberInferno]

You're my hero

[@StarWyvernHPB]

Ranger-ish (huntsma scoundrel) the only build i ever do. Got back into it the other day with some mates. Stunlocked my mate in the arena until he died with shocking arrows, knockdown, chilling, cloroform and stuff. got most of the arrows back from arrow recovery

[@MetehanUnal_]

So THAT is what backpacks for, nice. I thought it was for extra space in case my inventory reaches to its fullest 💀

[@roybenari]

---Combining red dye with a poison bottle makes a healing potion. Who knew the only difference between life and death is the color. Edit: it is still poison, though!!! ---Combining any boots with nails gives those boots immunity to slipping. ---Using Rain can expose invisible characters! ---Invest in persuasion! Being able to persuade in dialogue can be extremely beneficial, whether it's outsmarting through Wits or simply impose your will with Strength (always choose your highest stat option available). It may save you from having to fight, or take you on a whole new quest entirely. ---While in conversation, turn-time is paused. If one of the party members is in conversation and fails to persuade, or is otherwise about to engage in a fight, another party member can cast buffs on the party member who's talking. While the buffs' timer is on pause, you can wait out the cooldowns and set up your party strategically before ending the dialogue. Be careful not to use any debuffs on the enemy, though because that will just cut the conversation shot. Useful spells are Haste, Clear Mind, Uncanny Evasion, Bless etc. ---Cloak and Dagger doesn't break sneaking or invisible, like any other transportation skill. It says so in the description, but maybe you didn't know and it's extremely useful. ---The vid mentions breaking your melee weapons, which does happen if you're not careful, but there are two easy solutions for that. A lot of merchants will have the option to repair any item for a sum of money. The cheaper option is to find a "repair hammer", which is spread out anywhere and everywhere, from a city tavern to a hidden cavern. Literally, anywhere! If you combine a repair hammer with any weapon it will fix it up for free. ---Elves can eat body parts to gain knowledge. While other races get sick from trying to consume legs, arms and torsos, and elf can actually gain health from doing so, and if you find the right body part gain some added lore, information regarding a quest or even a useful skill. ---You can add fire damage to ANY weapon besides wands, by combining it with a source of fire (like a stove) and an oil barrel. ---Lizardfolk don't need a shovel to dig. ---Undead don't need lockpicks to pick locks (they do require a high enough Thievery value, however). ---You can Bless any surface to give it healing properties, including fire, poison, and oil as well as water and blood and any type of cloud. This is especially useful when dealing with undead enemies, as they take damage from healing effects. Note that a cursed surface will only be negated by Bless, and revert to normal, rather than become blessed. ---Pet Pal is a game-changing talent!!! It lets you speak with any animal in the game, which unlocks a ton of quests and quest-related information you cannot obtain otherwise. Sometimes all you'll get is a short and meaningless interaction, but other times it's a free hint or easy XP. ---Using a staff can be powerful but remember two wands can allow for more benefits, and twice the chance for special effects! Plus the benefits you get from Duel-Wielding ability (dodge%) can be more useful to a mage than the Two-Handed ability (crit multiplier - doesn't affect non-weapon skills). ---You can see enemies' weaknesses and strengths if you right-click on them, then click "examine". Depending on your character's Loremaster value, it will show you their immunities and talents as well. ---Last, but definitely not least - keep track of your characters' conditions! It's important to counter debuffs as soon as possible, and most importantly, don't try to heal any "decaying" characters, as they will only take damage from that. Hope this was helpful! I'm having a lot of fun with this game, and still finding new things to get excited about! Thank you for the upload.

[@filippocaccin6920]

I can imagine someone coming back here completely mad at you because they used the colored healing potion in an important fight XD

[@roybenari]

@@filippocaccin6920 now that I think about it, I may have never used it... I only crafted it, but never tested the effects!

[@olivermahon5618]

im fairly sure that its called a healing potion but still poisons you

[@filippocaccin6920]

@@roybenari It actually poisons you! Be careful ahah If I remember correctly you can distinguish it from the regular healing potions because they don't stack together in the inventory I think it's meant as a way to mess up with your friends if you play a multiplayer campaign

[@filippocaccin6920]

And actually to mess up with you too! In the caverns of fort Joy there is this kid, Mody, who is friend with Withermoore (the petrified man from the past with the spear of Braccus Rex in his chest), and if you choose a specific dialogue option with the kid and then kill Withermoore in combat for whatever reason he then "rewards" you with a fake healing potion, as a sign of friendship This game is just incredible, all these little details add so much to the game in my opinion and they keep it interesting even after lots of playtrough Btw congrats for the tips in the comment, I can tell you are really deep in the game to know all that stuff. Nails + boots the best advice you gave in my opinion

[@wesleybradshaw2609]

Divinity 2: The game where literally everything is on fire

[@leewalker23]

On cursed fire*

[@Josh_dbg]

Unless you have a geomancer, in which case everything is poison, and then on fire. Or a hydrosophist, in which case everything is a steam cloud after the fire. Or a polymorph, then everything is a chicken.

[@whydoistillusethissite8626]

*on necrofire

[@runtergerutscht4401]

Correction: divinity 2 is a different thing. Divinity 2: Ego Draconis is a completely different game from Divinity: Original Sin 2 Just saying

[@catrianheir]

That's my strategy and I'm sticking to it

[@clonesharpshooter101]

At this point, hearing that nails combined with boots gives you immunity to slipping is like hearing, “the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.”

[@aelechko]

Neerrrrrrdddddd

[@johjoh9270]

Here's a personal one... don't underestimate Five Star diner... double effect on ALL potions / foods is extremely broken and allows some craziness and creativity, like having soul mate on an enemy undead and chugging a giant hp potion... or doubling blood rose effect, +2 stat foods giving +4, 50% resistence potions become 100% and so on...

[@roybenari]

Dang, that is brilliant! Never thought about it that way

[@lostgamer2271]

Oh that's good to hear

[@jdavis7993]

Nimble tumble goes brrrrrr

[@mitchsirois606]

Another quick tip, the Sucker Punch skill gained by having an empty hand, can be used every turn by swapping weapon hands. For example, a sword equipped in the right hand with an empty off-hand grants one instance of Sucker Punch. Move equip sword to left hand and gain a new instance of Sucker Punch. On your next turn, by swapping your weapon from left hand back to right, the cooldown on Sucker Punch will have reset. A free Sucker Punch every turn to knock down an enemy every turn, very useful early game, especially if solo.

[@whydoistillusethissite8626]

Tip #21 GET. A. BEDROLL. AS. SOON. AS. YOU. CAN Seriously, you have no reason not to. It's a free max heal out of combat (instead of relying on food or healing spells which can take SO MUCH time especially in the late game), it can be used as many times as you want and it also gives everyone the Rested buff for free so you can pop it right before a boss fight or a tough encounter. You can get some bedrolls right on the starting ship, and there are even plenty scattered around Fort Joy.

[@Angelaius]

Obviously.

[@rwellman497]

@@Angelaius you would think but it took me a little while when I first started the game to realize how valuable they are

[@funa8843]

Also it’s much better than scrambling for your heal spells after a fight while necrofire ticks you down

[@udozocklein6023]

well i mean you can find 3 of them on the tutorial ship, so.... playing rpg's without being a loot addict seems weird to me :D

[@jimgordon1440]

Além disso, minha namorada deita nesse colchão e eu faço uma deliciosa massagem no pé dela. 😜

[@CamperCarl00]

Just gonna add my own two cents to the 20 tips real quick: *1.* This really only is an issue in the early game or if you do stuff out of order in Act 2. Thievery is the second most important civil skill in the game, and you should have a character dedicated to advancing it. Additionally, lockpicks can be made with nails and a hammer for super cheap, so at no point should you be "low" on them as Fort Joy features a vendor with nails. *2.* For fights with dialogue before the battle, you can buff the character who is speaking and the buff timers won't reduce. This can be essential in some Tactician/Hardcore fights to prevent a character from dying outright at the start of the combat. *3.* Teleport is essential and every character should have it, period. *4.* Paintings are also a great source of money. Remember that you can always check the value of the thing you are picking up to make sure it is worth selling. Do not sell jars of mind maggots though, as they can create the strongest grenade in the game by combining them with an empty grenade. *5.* Since you should probably have a Persuasion character (unless you're doing a Lone Wolf run), it really isn't worth doing a respec before selling your items every time. Instead, utilize Lucky Charm on one of your characters. This will drastically increase the number of valuable gear, gold, and spells found in containers and can easily solve the early game gear problem when running with a 4 person party. Keep in mind that Lucky Charm dramatically increases loot value in the first 5 levels, and then begins increasing the frequency between 5 and 10. *6.* You should also put one of each barrel in your hub area so you can easily access them for crafting. Zaikk's Talon which is found in Act 1 can also poison food and higher tier potions, allowing for potions you pick up to have use. *7.* Make sure to never go too far in combining potions. You really only need your currently used rank of potion to heal around 80%. *8.* Spread your Wings, Teleportation, and Nether Swap aren't really "movement" skills, but every character should have at least 2 points in Aerotheuge for Uncanny Evasion. This means you might as well pick up Teleportation and Nether Swap. Typically as a melee you should be running Phoenix Dive & Cloak and Dagger where as ranged should use Tactical Retreat & Cloak and Dagger. Sometimes Tactical Retreat is still an insanely good option though that it's worth putting two points into Huntsman for. Spread your Wings is not a good option though and is really only tolerable in the early game prior to getting Phoenix Dive on your strength melee characters. *9.* This is probably the reason why some people view Act 1 as hard. It's important to do areas in order in this game, as having enemies even one level above you can make a fight very difficult. *10.* Non-lizards can convince the mother near the turtle encounter to give them more money which nets you a unique backpack skin that can help with organization. Additionally, stealing the backpacks and resurrection scrolls from your potential companions on the boat after they've been knocked out can net you all of the bags you'll ever need for a run. *11.* Grenades are best given to your Strength character as they can throw them farther, and damage scrolls should either be given to your Intelligence character or the one with the best investment of that skill. Since you can also create scrolls, the best one is probably "Living on the Edge" as it is a 5 cooldown skill that can be abused in scroll form to cheat death at 1 hp for multiple turns. Combo'd with Shackles of Pain, Death Wish, and Forced Exchange can lead to some crazy powerful results. The scroll itself also only requires a High Quality Shadow Essence and Raw Lumpy Giblets. *12.* This tip is essentially the same as tip #1, so instead of adding my own two sense again, I'll give a different tip: Using Worm Tremor on a character with Torturer guarantees that the enemies targeted won't be able to move for 4 turns. Torturer's turn extension used to be bugged, but now it doubles durations, meaning that entangling a whole group of enemies will essentially set them up to be aoe nuked on following turns. Torturer also allows Shackles of Pain to be used regardless of the targets armor, which makes it's combo with Living on the Edge usable on pretty much every big boss fight. *13.* You should use the Teleporter pyramids and drop one next to these source fountains. Not only does this allow for a quick refill for all of your characters by abusing the pyramid system and the fact you can toss them between character's inventories, but it can be used to flee too. Normally to flee you have to be a good distance from any enemy and use a large amount of AP. The teleporter pyramid on the other hand can be used regardless of your proximity to stabby bits and pretty much prevents you from needing to take the Escapist talent. Just make sure to pick up all of the pyramids before moving on to the next act or area to prevent yourself from losing one forever. *14.* Never sell your Runes either, as they can be upgraded in a similar fashion to potions. You can freely slot and remove runs from gear, so there is no actual downside to using them. *15.* Since I'm a console player I'll give another tip here. Keep in mind you can put your bags on your toolbar to allow quick access to a variety of potions, scrolls, and grenades. Also, make sure you turn off the "auto add to toolbar" features in settings as they will constantly add individual scrolls and the like to your toolbar and clutter it unnecessarily. *16.* Remember that you can always respec at the boat. If you have a nice heavy armor piece that grants a lot of good skills for your mage, you can respec at the boat to wear it. Additionally, if you find a new piece that no longer requires all that strength you can always change your stats so you don't have more Strength on your mage or Finesse on your warrior than you need. *17.* Resurrection scrolls are a much better commodity to buy, steal or find than to craft, as not only can you get a large amount of them in Act 1, but the essences are much better spent on other things. Life essence can be made into Chicken Claw, Chameleon Cloak, and Tentacle Lash, all of which are very good scrolls to have. While water essence has Armor of Frost and Restoration which all benefit heavily from being able to circumvent the cooldown for and remedy status effects. Winter Blast also has it's AP reduced to 1 in scroll form and allows a hydrosophist to more easily freeze enemies. *18.* Perseverence is extremely situational, and is not a good skill to take unless you know for a fact that you're walking into a fight with a lot of freezing, stunning, or knocking down. Leadership is extremely ineffective in a Lone Wolf game, and on harder difficulties will only pop off when you can get your resistances to 100%. Keep in mind that these bonuses only work within 8m of each other, this is the range of the Contamination skill in the game for reference. Retribution is something best utilized by finding it on gear. Funnily enough enemies on Classic will be dissuaded from attacking your characters with high retribution, meaning it's better used on the easier difficulties to make your ranged a less appealing target. None of these skills are good in the early game, nor are they worth putting points into unless you are specifically building around them. *19.* In addition to crowd control, Adrenaline + Skin Graft essentially allows for a lot of glass cannon builds to pop off. The Incarnate from the Summoning tree can also be buffed and used to initiate combat. After the Incarnate has had their turn, but before the round ends, if the Summoner is outside of battle, they can re-summon their incarnate and buff them before putting them back in at the bottom of the round. This not only allows for two turns from the Incarnate, but can also allow them to freely soak a ton of damage. Just make sure you have another character in the fight so the battle doesn't immediately end if the Incarnate dies or when it disappears as you re-summon it. *20.* The First Aid skill from Huntsman is critically underused despite the fact that it's got an 8m range (increasable by Far Out Man), cures a large variety of statuses including Knocked Down, and is a worthwhile investment since putting 2 points into huntsman can nab you Tactical Retreat, which is the best movement skill in the game. It also sets the Rested buff which not only protects from Muted, Blind, Crippled, and Knocked Down, but grants a buff to the character's main attributes. Finally, it's healing is better than rejuvenation due to it not being a heal over time effect. This can prevent enemies from trying to decay your character when it has the Rejuvenation effect.

[@CamperCarl00]

@notpc6981 To go a little further into why I think Spread your Wings is problematic, it mainly stems from three problems. First, the first turn you use it, it costs 1 AP to get the buff and an additional AP to move using the wings. This is somewhat mitigated by being able to move for two more turns, but that doesn't save it from it's second problem, it can't go through walls. Not just walls though, since if the arc of your path to where you want to fly to is blocked at all, it will not allow you to fly there. This coupled with the additional problem of a 6 turn cooldown and a 2 in polymorph requirement makes it extremely undesirable even for builds centered around Skin Graft. Even if we make scrolls for Spread your Wings we run into problems. While we do circumvent the cooldown and polymorph requirement, it can't be reduced below 1 AP. Since it's crafted using a life essence, it prevents said essence from being used for Chameleon Cloak, Chicken Claw, and Tentacle Lash. These alternatives are much more powerful when circumventing their cooldowns or allowing use without any ranks in polymorph. Chicken Claw and Tentacle Lash also benefit from Ambidextrous, allowing a 2-handed warrior to spam a ridiculously powerful Tentacle Lash for 1 AP.

[@TomPlusStreetwear]

Amazing tips. Thanks!

[@lililillililillililillilil2116]

@Not PC Spread your wings is awful compared to litearlly any of the other 1 cost jumps. but it does look pretty cool.

[@sirgideonofnir6840]

Honestly one of the greatest rpgs ever

[@megamam2008]

The best ever

[@JB-xl2jc]

For real, this is top tier and you can honestly see how much all of the devs loved and cared for the game they were creating AND that they loved old-school CRPGs like Baldur's Gate 1 & 2, too.

[@joetheclown1]

I'm looking at buying this now I've always put it off I think it's time to take the chance

[@underskillednunderpaid]

@@joetheclown1 It’s worth it. It’s the first game from larian i’ve played. Never played an RPG like this before and it took me a while to get the hang of it... But it’s absolutely amazing. It’s so fun, I thought i wasn’t even going to get into because i like games more like skyrim.. But DOS2 has been a blast.

[@underskillednunderpaid]

@@joetheclown1 I despise games that have locked/turn based combat systems.. But this one does it very well and I actually find it enjoyable.

[@xDBTYBNDTxZuricks]

I have some tips of my own! 1. Get the Pet Pal perk. Seriously. Who wouldn't want to talk to animals? Very often you will find yourself stumped with little to no clues for a puzzle or where to go, and funnily enough you will very often find a nearby animal that will directly or indirectly provide a clue or tip! Plus you'll just get lots of funny dialogue or stuff that helps with worldbuilding. 2. Get loremaster up! Being able to identify items so you can use them or sell them at a more expensive price is invaluable, but I find the best part of loremaster is being able to identify the traits, strengths, and weaknesses of your opponents in combat. Check the details of your enemies guys, it can really save you some time trying to figure out the best way to defeat them! 3. Romance Sebille 😉 lol

[@jeffbezos2960]

You can actually just use a vendor for identifying things

[@SeventhheavenDK]

1. I am Wabbit! 2. Very useful, especially as you say to check your enemies strengths. 3. 🤮 No, thanks.

[@supplantermusic9413]

@@SeventhheavenDK i accidentally romanced fane as ifan on the boat after act 1 and i had to reload just to act like that never happened

[@Black_Aces]

Elves are kinda icky in this game lol

[@mark347347]

Tip 3: any aquatic animal can be one shotted by teleporting them out of water, ie shark at reaper's coast

[@joaopedrothinassi4072]

But it’s the only aquatic animal that can be teleported

[@VladerArt]

craken can be tp killed?

[@loafofbread9400]

@@VladerArt no

[@VladerArt]

@@loafofbread9400 Can it be cheesed with the telekinesis tactic?

[@loafofbread9400]

@@VladerArt yeah with the kraken you would need someone really heavy though(your mum)

[@norXmal]

Tip for endurance/HP tanks, don't underestimate food, you can cook powerful dishes that heal 20% of your health and gives you stat bonuses per AP, has saved my tanks more than once.

[@petarlazic739]

Definitely don't forget chameleon cloak/invisibility potions and delaying turns. Other than CC, invisibility is best form of defense and delaying turns can give you 2+ turns in a row. It can be easily combined with invisibility => next turn => delay => you have 2 turns in a row (if you do it with a character that's first in the rotation) but also useful when you know enemies won't be able to knock you down/kill you in one turn (if they're far away for example). Also, crafting skills, especially corpse explosion (one of the best skills for physical damage in terms of AP/damage) and explosive trap (also very good in AP/damage but for magic damage). Both can prepared before the battle as well (although mines explode on their own after some time I think, still you can throw at least 2). They also got source versions which are even more OP. Another one is barellymancy. Basically collect heavy stuff and put them in an indestructible chest. Then use telekinesis to move the chest on the enemy. More fun form of this is putting explodable stuff (like oil/ooze barels, grenades) in a destructible container (like a basket) and then hitting it with a fireball/explosive arrow to create a nuke.

[@jft0986]

I knew about the chest, but never thought about putting explosives in a basket and creating a nuke XD

[@danielhuisman1996]

Playing Fane solo on tactician and this is pretty much every single fight: hit target enemy, go invis, skip next turn, delay next turn, start with his source ability and get three turns in a row. Very strong

[@zebfirehd9102]

Tip during the second act of game in driftwood go to bloodmoon island with a character that has lucky charm as max as you can make it and loot all the containers that are lootable. the weapons won't be useful but the armor and shield will be. Shield warrior will be able to beat everything up if you manage to get a shield from bloodmoon since it will have lv15 stats vs everything us until you return or go later 2nd act bosses

[@CG-eh6oe]

Few more important things: -You can hardabuse the combat by leaving and re-entering, giving you multiple turns in the same round (with all CDs ready). You can go on step further and just snipe an enemy (adrenaline is great for that) and then leave combat. -Every point increases dmg dealt by 5%, but thats not actually true. Due to how damage is calculated, the best multiplier is warfare (for physical) or the elementary school youre using, crit/highground comes next and the base str/int/fin are least important. So when you have the choice between 3 strength and 2 warfare, the latter is usually better. -There are a few lol level spells that are just great and worth to invest a few points so most party members get access. Hydrosoph1 lets you clear CC, Warfare 1 gives you 2 AoE-knockdowns, Polymorph 1 gives you invisibilty, pyro1 gives you nice buffs to prebuff before the fight and so on.

[@Sleeper-Work]

Was looking back at the crafting guide to make sure that's right and it say apparently you can combine nails and boots to prevent slipping on ice surfaces

[@Stick1Master]

you gotta be shitting me lol, that is so cool.. 2 massive playthroughs and i still keep finding new info and game mechanics, this game truly is a masterpiece of the highest degree

[@udozocklein6023]

@@Stick1Master yeah basically the roman strategy. put nails (and also blunt nails) in your shoes to avoid slipping. it has been in divinity 1 too and I love it :D

[@sirborkton8451]

I am creating a D&D campaign using some of the minis from their Kickstarter board game because of how much I love the franchise. I'm glad this series still gets some notice and love

[@diovalo5619]

Fun tip you can do 1. get idol of rebirth from spider lady 2. have a lot of revive scrolls and a tank 3. learn that you can craft mid combat and make the idol work again and have as many lives as you do revive scrolls

[@cedricwk8701]

YOU CAN CRAFT THE IDOL?

[@diovalo5619]

@@cedricwk8701 Yeah, once you die it turns ashen and you just gotta feed it a revivie scroll in the crafting menu and since you can do it mid combat you got lifes = to amount of revivie scrolls you got

[@AdamMS1384]

Doing my 3rd playthrough and I’m STILL learning so much about this game! Absolutely love DOS2.

[@EzBee]

-use the tabs in the inventory for easy sorting (you'll get used to it very fast) -use LeftShift and click the items you want to sell (easy decluttering and selling on vendors) -give money to your favorite vendors to get more out of oyur trades -get drunk for +2 lucky charm when there are lots of boxes (get blue/green gear on tutorial boat) get money fast: -combine knife with bones, sharp stones/metal and any kind of wood. get loads of arrows to sell -combine arrows with poison,oil, water, honey to get more money -buy needle & thread, combine with leather or cloth...more money -combine long branch with shells....easy money in fort joy (so you can buy all the skills you need) -combine meat and fish with cooking station..dinner gives good money (declutter inventory)^^

[@johnbarry5036]

you can get the Livewood shield (level 14 shield + %15 block) immediately upon getting to act 2. Put a pyramid where the lumberjack grave is, sneak in thru the river entrance, put a pyramid at the livewood log. You wont have source vampirism yet, but Braccus' helmet works. Teleport back and done (you get 20,000xp with no battle also).

[@jccusell]

Pro tip: if you are going to use text in your video, make it appear longer than 0.5 seconds. Only a tiny portion of the English speaking world can read tip 4 in the alotted time for example

[@No-cg9kj]

He literally explains the tip afterwards...you don't even need to read it.

[@j.w.7608]

Or pause the video, youtube has a slow motion option to add to the video

[@TF2BluSoldier]

Tip #60, enviornments, statuses and height advantage is key. Choke points, increased damage, or stuns can be applied through using your enviornment to your advantage. This can vary from enemies slipping when having to approach through a frozen hall to charming a troublesome boss from far away so his goons attack him. That latter one came in helpful for a very troublesome boss, personal experience.

[@BANANA42k]

*all fights can be cheesed with teleportation. Its probably one of the most broken spells in the entire game

[@IzalithLost]

wrong. you can't cheese the tutorial with teleportation >:)

[@runtergerutscht4401]

@@IzalithLost if you need to cheese the tutorial, you should be playing a game without combat

[@IzalithLost]

@@runtergerutscht4401 sucks for the people that can't kill 2 voidwoken

[@runtergerutscht4401]

@@IzalithLost pacifist players be like:

[@TheGreatDanish]

beaten this game like 8 fucking times, but do I need to watch a 20 tips video? Yes. Because it was made by our boy Intersect.

[@twitchster77]

Inters3ct*

[@Angelaius]

8 times on honour mode?

[@SeventhheavenDK]

First time time I played it I didn't like it, but I decided to give it another chance recently and it has become one of my favorites games. Funny, a long time ago the same happened to me with Dragon Age Origins and Dragon Age 2, first time I wasn't that connected to the games, played them a second time, and DAO and DA2 became my two of my most favorite games ever overall.

[@talmbau]

Those games are unforgettable. I am proud of you.

[@Karma-kb3ws]

I am also proud of you. Great job

[@xeqable]

Wow, I experienced exactly the same thing with dao and dos2 :D I had to smile a lot while reading your post

[@nifftbatuff676]

the most forgettable games I've ever played.

[@BJTangerine]

Great video! This is the thing beginners need to see after playing through chapter 1 of escaping Fort Joy. By then they'll have enough introductory experience with the game to be able to absorb most if not all of these tips

[@beaawsome2211]

My general rules are keep first teleport gloves(even if you have a teleport spell) and always have polymorph 2 for wings, bull, medusa. Medusa is of course just good for the petrify and bull is combat movement(for melee really) while wings is all around

[@NotASummoner]

Always have 3 in polymorph for skin graft, the best skill in the game.

[@LlghtStar]

Polymorph 5 for apotheosis!

[@LlghtStar]

@@NotASummoner apotheosis, adrenaline, skin graft, adrenaline.

[@user-co7fo]

​@@LlghtStarwhile you are at it, okay daed with fane and you have infinite turns.

[@Timeforceletsgo]

I'm a beginner here, these videos are very helpful. I was having a rough go at the game, but I muscled my way through, and now I am winning battles that were stomping me before. Thanks!

[@toogee1850]

some other tips ... thievery is OP. Selling things is wack just steal it all, you get way more money way quicker imo. Also .. the ability Challenge is a great spell that can save a party member in a pinch, costs 0AP to cast and if you finish off the person you marked you get health/def/magic def/ and a 20% bonus to all damage. Super, super worth it on any character that has a 3+ points in Warfare forsure.

[@kyleharrison713]

I remember my first playthrough in driftwood, jumping the river with a teleport spell and stumbling upon the scarecrows who promptly killed me. Ahhhh, learning experiences.

[@lolfacelewis3366]

This is so random, you’re my fave KZbinr for smite but i’m literally playing DOS2 as I’m typing this. Keep up the quality content!

[@vladorukavina8728]

Same :D

[@Inters3ct]

It's absolutely one of the best RPGs of our time

[@lolfacelewis3366]

@@Inters3ct make a video saying what your favourite builds are, I think that would be really cool!

[@reidcacaro2919]

The green pluses you see are actually just showing the extra range given by high ground. I always assumed they meant the enemy would start healing if you teleported them to far

[@TomKarabel24]

Nice one

[@GrrumpyPants]

Alternative tip #10: use pouches. Having multiple backpacks can make it hard to differentiate them. You can find pouches as well which can be more useful than backpacks since they also have a different icon. In the first area you can get both a brown and purple pouch, meaning you can easily find what you're looking for without sifting through several backpacks.

[@mofire5674]

Or, in my preference, get the "organized containers" steam community mod (if you're on PC) and avoid the hassle. Otherwise, I 100% agree, use different types of containers to hold different kinds of gear so you can more quickly identify where your stuff is.

[@hanthonypiano]

Tip #21 Play a Lone Wolf build if you're going on a Tactician run. Enemies hit like trucks have insane health and will combo+CC the shit out of you. I'm doing a full party run and it's not exactly fun lol I don't mind changing setups to win but yeah. If you're a stickler for committing to your RP you'll be in for a wake up call

[@ZAP0161]

give someone a the hp buffs and glass cannon, all the cc enemies have will focus them and not really the rest of the party

[@gregclaeys1464]

Lone Wolf is completely unnecessary, ever. If you know the builds and mechanics this game is easy on Tactician and Honor even with a single person.

[@MrWinczakos]

lone wolf doesnt work with more than 2 people

[@nipsoffortune4780]

You can only steal from a NPC once per character and inventory reset after time passage OR when you level,so if you get to a big new area(area 2 namely) try to level up as much as you can to increase the vendors inventory value and also you should be able to have maximum thieving by the end of act 2. So You could cycle through mercenaries/other heros and respec them for thievery and absolutely clean house as you steal hundreds of thousands worth from everyone that has anything. You can also use the smoke screen arrow to block vision in very populated areas. Fire spells work too.

[@reidcacaro2919]

Another great tip is to drop one of the teleport triangles by the infinite source pool for east access

[@AMainProductions]

Tip from me , ALWAYS bring a rogue and a support, you can make your team imortal with the right enchanter build ,and with a level three rogue you'll never have to buy a skill book again and no lock can stand in the way of your cadaveres lock crackers , plus you can annialate any enemy's phisicle armour then just disappear .

[@joaom3234]

I took too long to find out you can delay your turn to the end of the round, it's specially useful if you wanna combo skills between members of the party but have to be in a certain order

[@duhagumrukcu]

Issue a move command during the animation when picking something up so you can spam click to pick up multiple items in quick succession. Smome grenades are op for stalling a fight since you can bless them for invisibility. In the well where you can get free gear for a offering of gold (trying not to spoil too much here) you can use the mask of the shapeshifter to get a reward multiple times, meaning you can get like 4x5 trinkets which is not only great value, but also great stats. Nails and a hammer makes lockpicks, so do soap and any key. Combining nails on shoes makes them immune to slipping, proving useful against a certain dragon. Dont forget to pickpocket every merchant when youre ready to leave the act, as its your main source of gold in act 1 to have a decent start in act 2. Shackles of pain makes the AI REALLY try and avoid hitting a certain character, using this might make the ai change aggro. Death wish makes you also saves you from deathfog, useful for a certain necklace. Bloodrain actually douses flames more effectively than normal rain for some reason, i haven't tested it out for sure, but it feels like bloodrain actually uses its full aoe to douse flames while rain doesn't. But take that with a pinch of salt. Bonus: healing ritual can be reflected by reflecting shield. I never tried this on more than one reflect, but it basically doubles the heal and damage if you use it on a undead. Also: please dont invest in the defensive skills :(. Leadership, perseverance and retribution are all very underwhelming ESPECIALLY on tactician unless youre doing a meme build. Leaderships biggest problem is the aoe if you leave out the obvious flaw of lacking damage because you put points in leadership. The skill encourages your team to clump up up around a single person, which is usually the 'tank' because of the synergy with guardian angel. But that just gives the AI the opportunity to triple their aoe damage output because you put all 4 of your party members in a single fireball range because you want that juicy 30% resistance to elements. AI is good at efficiently hitting multiple players at once and will punish you hard for this. Instead of resisting damage, you can just go the evasion spell or even its mass version. As for resistances, you can use the (element) skin spell to become completely immune to that certain damage instead as most of the time a fight has a certain theme, like alot of fire damage or perhaps alot of poison. Also, multiple sources of leadership dont stack, the biggest source will be the one active so you cant spread the leadership between party members. Perseverance: putting more than 1 point into it is not adviced. The only reason why you would even put 1 point in it is so that you wont get stunlocked by electric water tickling your feet. Despite that, its gonna take alot of point for it to restore a amount of armor that would even prevent an attack from stunning you. Just use soothing cold or the physical armor regen spell instead (forgot its name) Retribution: fun on paper, make a super tanky character and reflect all damage if not more, until you realise that most enemies at tactician have atleast 1.8x you total armor/hp pool if you went full constitution and usually are immune to the damage they deal in the later stages. Besides, you know what else does exactly what retribution does but better? Shackles of pain. Edit: Bonus bonus tip: Permafrost spell doesnt just make the target immune to damage, it actually gives +100% resistance to elements which means it can actually be used to heal characters by deal magic damage to them. Although this means that they need to atleast have some resistance aswell, perhaps a way of justifying leadership :P.

[@alpergundogdu6729]

thanks for the tips mate 🙏🏻

[@Kenstro27]

I love Divinity 1 and 2 and they are honestly the best rpgs I've ever played. Love to see you making Divinity 2 videos man. Hopefully we can get some more.

[@grrizzzy7]

Teleport is OP for any encounter. Just tp enemies on top of each other. Actually a staple in the best build for the game: Necromancer

[@THEGRUMPTRUCK]

I hang on to those teleport gloves for this exact reason.

[@BlanBlan19901990]

Teleport one enemy right next to another then cast Madden, now they’re fighting each other. It’s a favorite of mine.

[@rodystam3519]

I love going into pre-combat dialogue and have my companions that aren’t in dialogue buff the absolute shit out of my characters. Went into dialogue like a whimp, came out as a chad. Buffs to wits, uncanny evasion, fortify, mend metal, magic shell, soothing cold, bless, haste . Then hit them with the Apotheosis and time travel as Fane to go from absolute Chad to GIGA Chad

[@droppathan]

At 2:20 - check the "recipes" tab once you combine two potions/poisons/whatever. If you unlocked the recipe, you can do them in batches, so instead of clicking that button 84,000 times, you only have to do it once.

[@BlackReshiram]

ive played this game like five times now and i still learned something new. very useful, thank you!

[@dtymnn]

In the rare case someone stumbles upon this gem of a game in current year, do not worry about the character swapping tip on controller. The controller gameplay is actually insanely well done and I played on regular from beginning till end with a controller for both this and BG3. the only issue is inventory dumping.

[@yobson]

i appreciate you just explaining the tips without 18 minutes of waffling like many other creators do

[@FernandoIncetta]

I played DOS2 many times but when a Beginner tips video pops up in the recommendations I still go “Sure, let’s watch it all”

[@sweeety969]

Pick up extra backpacks in the boat at the beginning when all the companions are knocked out by pickpocketing them. They respawn when they join your party and you have double backpacks for free.

[@Sleeper-Work]

Another good one is you can enchant weapons with fire damage with an oil source and a fire source or with just a ooze barrel

[@fadingghost9723]

Really? I knew how to poison my weapons but I didn't know you could do the same with fire

[@Sleeper-Work]

@@fadingghost9723 yeah I'm pretty sure can. You can also use a crate to get behind the deathfog door on the tutorial boat and grab one without the kraken breaking them

[@Sleeper-Work]

@@fadingghost9723 it pretty much gives you one free boss fight instant win

[@johnbarry5036]

any hard battle can be won if you have 2 jump spells. You go all out and kill one enemy, then double jump so far away you reset the fight. Go back with full resources and repeat. Cheesy yes, works, yes.

[@Lyahrklol]

I think shields are op in this game, late game is easy to get a 1k armor shield

[@jibblecain]

Old letters and notes are considered paper and can be used to turn into scrolls.

[@Rays326]

If you are rocking all physicals, just get polymorph and Medusa Head. Its practically permanent. It does good damage. Enemies are just NOT ALLOWED to move.

[@MeowLesty]

Medusa's head petrify has to go through Magical Armor. Better to spread your damage type in that case

[@jayrobitaille2402]

I totally agree that you need answers to CC in this game as well as your own. The obvious ones are Fortify for any characters with Geomancy and Frost Armour for any characters with Hydrosophist but probably the most overlooked and underrated is Peace of Mind. Peace of Mind should be on any Pyromancy caster because it removes so many different CCs, the worst of which being Charmed AND it buffs all of the 3 major offensive stats by 5. I had a full physical damage team but was so glad I could at least collect Peace of Mind scrolls.

[@forestcreature7325]

Okay might be late, but it might help people. You will not survive by actually taking hits in DOS2 no matter how much skill points u waste into defensive skills. You win fights by alpha-striking and chain cc'ing priority targets and if that doesnt work use tools for turnmanipulation (chameleon cloak), negating attacks (the aero dodgeskill) or breaking range/los with mobility. Focus on damage and branch out into other classes for utility, because you are already setting urself up for defeat if u plan on actually taking hits in Tact. or Honour mode. Also use teleport to set up enemies für mass aoe. (its legit the strongest spell in the game).

[@rokusho6667]

I actually played this as a lizardfolk spear user that had several warfare abilities but also used huntsman and scoundrel skillsets to turn myself into a dragoon from final fantasy. Also adrenaline is op.

[@sewerpeople346]

So I like to torture myself, my first playthrough of this game I stopped halfway and started playing on heroic tactician or whatever it's called. It took me 5 tries to not die on the boat because I wanted extra exp...thanks for tips :)

[@lililillililillililillilil2116]

I'm a 2300 hour player having beaten the game with basically every build on honor mode solo character with no lone wolf if u want tips to automatically make any build your doing better, use the following skills: adrenaline rush, chameleon cloak, skin graft, teleport, netherswap only get pickpocketing and use smoke bombs/the skill to thieve you'll have infinite money. if your stuck on a fight and just want to end the fight just make skin graft scrolls there the most broken thing in the game (Sheet of Paper, Source Orb, and Animal Scales) this game fundamentally has a damage meta, u can one shot any enemy is the game with damage builds the best builds in the game go barrelmancer> Necromancer> ranger (stack warfare it's more damage then huntsmen) > 2hander > Warfare stacking rogue, then it's probably like pyromancer mages got hit pretty hard in DE if your looking for quick build guides use sintees builds, if your looking for more indepth explanations you can watch VODS of manithro, ALSO FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOT WATCH FEXTRALIFE BUILD GUIDES THERE HORRIBLE AND LOWKEY DESERVE TO BE TAKEN DOWN BECAUSE IT'S JUST SPREADING MISINFORMATION. this video isn't bad but the advice won't dramatically effect your gameplay.

[@Dannzilla]

3rd time trying to get into this game. Still have no idea what I'm going. It was hard enough managing one person, not an entire party :|

[@danbelltrainer]

Go lone wolf?

[@Sleeper-Work]

Yeah two party members with lone wolf makes management alot easier. I'd say keep trying it, it's definitely one of the better games out there

[@cartman55655]

It's a little rough at the beginning. I bought the game and gave up on it right away. Tried it a year later and now have almost a hundred hours with multiple campaigns. One with my buddies and one by myself. It's a great game but definitely one thats a very slow burn

[@vincentbrancato5146]

I started a 3 man party because the micromanaging was too much to deal with. Incredible game. Just a lot going on with a full party + their inventory management

[@Dannzilla]

@@vincentbrancato5146 how do you find it? I assumed I'd be too underhanded during fights with a three-man party or less.

[@Quakez0r]

Insane game. Beat it on tactician lone wolf one character. Lohse summoner/Aero/Hydro hybrid, takes a few attempts sometimes but she can solo anything with some preparation.

[@gregclaeys1464]

Solo no Lone Wolf is super easy with any build... Lone Wolf is completely unnecessary

[@Quakez0r]

@@gregclaeys1464 Not all builds can solo tactician, don't be silly.

[@gregclaeys1464]

They pretty much can, yes. Dude you can go through the entire game on Tactician without items of any kind and still be fine.

[@Quakez0r]

@@gregclaeys1464 Glitching telekinesis maybe, other than that no, you cant really.

[@gregclaeys1464]

@@Quakez0r Yes. You really can. Go watch Grey_Nunsei do 8+ different solo no Lone Wolf tactician and honor runs all without using telekinesis to attack. Or go watch his full pacifist run on twitch where he doesn't do a single point of damage to an enemy. Multiple no item runs there too. I've personally done rogue, pyro/geo mage, Necro, 2h warrior, hydro/aero mage all solo no Lone Wolf, all on Tactician. It's really not that bad.

[@hoothoot673]

Great vid, I agree with all tips but leadership, it is not really necessary if you run 2 lone wolf and for summon if you sum it in fight you can save its ap from moving to enemy but still depend on fight. Oil potion is kinda essential on my run due to its debuff.

[@alexhill8629]

I liked just bc it was a DOS2 game your playing

[@badgeerr7278]

weird, just taking a break from smite and completed the game on honour mode

[@ascended8174]

I agree with everything except Defense Skills. They are not strong enough even maxed out to justify gimping your damage or versatility. Leadership's range is too small to be effective with a team, Perseverance does not give enough armor back to stop you from being CC'd even during the middle of Act 2, and Retribution is terrible because enemies' health and armours are so overscaled compared to the layers that even an Max level, they'll kill you before you even get through their armor. They are simply not viable for most if not all setups

[@mehmetdag7198]

Divinity is rocket tagged game. Values of damage is far more hogh than defense values. So if u use skills like blood sacrifice skincraft or glass cannon perk u can even have 10 ap per round. Which is more thann enough to engage ur enemies even before then they can use their skills.(But U gotta to have really high iniative of course)

[@IzalithLost]

Leadership can be pretty funny if the subject of leadership dual wields with parry master, I once pulled 70% dodge chance out of my ass from leadership, parry master, dual wielding levels, runes and gear.

[@gregclaeys1464]

Completely agree that Perseverance and Retribution are utter trash and should never be used. The meta in the game is damage. If you're protecting yourself instead of flat out killing or CC'ing enemies you're doing it wrong.

[@ascended8174]

@@IzalithLost I remember getting to roughly 60 something dodge on my rogue without leadership using a shit ton of runes. Expensive and time consuming, but at least the points that I could've spent on leadership went to damage/versatility instead Then again, i could've just gotten lucky with equipment having enough slots as well as added dodge. That playthrough was also back on Classic, so things could be different

[@IzalithLost]

@@gregclaeys1464 to be fair getting 30k physical armor is kinda funny tho

[@victorgabriel6387]

"crowd control is op" me who play with 3 fighters and 1 cleric on the team, all of them having warfare skills. me: finally someone who understands me.

[@iangodwin9341]

Pick Pocket EVERYONE before leaving an act. You can hire mercenaries from the boat and spec them into thievery to get infinite pickpocket chances. Also do it every time you level up so you always have the most expensive gear possible going in to that level.

[@vladorukavina8728]

Loved this. Been playing it for more than a month, and I love the game. Make more content about it plz :D

[@sam9067-p8s]

Thanks for the guide!! I've been getting back into the game and am trying to get a melee spell caster off the ground. Rough. Love this game!!!

[@Sirith_Quende]

Counter point. Do a ton of damage therefore not needing any defensive stats and freeing you up to do more damage

[@nicolasruiz7054]

I remember playing this game and completely destroying it because of my build, like literally destroyed everything even though i was low level.. My build was just pure tamers, 3 characters been maxed out tamers in skill and with items that enhances the tamer or totem build. With so many totems, and monsters my main characters would usually rarely take any damage, plus, you had this ability that could heal your allies. I could be wrong though, but this build in my opinion helped me destroy everything. It was like the ultimate defensive and offence build lol

[@EsotericPain]

Then you played in easy, because beating this game in hard without lonewolf will never be as you say

[@f.jideament]

Totems are the weapon of choice of the attack helicopter gender

[@vyrdera]

Love this game. I still need to finish a tactician honour run. Last few that I tried I made a miscalculation somewhere along the line.

[@pietroportone6324]

Bro, good luck on that, on my winning run i almost had a heart attack at the bloodfury fight at the beginning of act 4, managed to clutch it but my heart was pounding lol.

[@Sleeper-Work]

I mean you could always do the stat glitch if you're okay with feeling empty about the win

[@vyrdera]

@@Sleeper-WorkThat's definitely a pass. I'm avoiding guides and how to's as well. Doing it to challenge myself.

[@razorend22]

"Fireball bitches into next Tuesday" is the best line ever

[@duross101]

My friend and I just started a playthrough where we kill everything. No talking is allowed, just smashing :D

[@youssef7099]

That was random but I love. It divinity is the best rpg I have ever played

[@joshuahawthorn6293]

Great video! I have put a fair amount of hours into the game and I learned a lot of thing from your video. Thank you!

[@Jaime_Protein_Cannister]

one of the worst advices, Leadership range is abysmal On lonewolf only 1 can benefit and they STILL have to be a character of the same archetype and target the same target. You're better of investing in necromancy or stronger protective spells.

[@hitman5782]

Only tipp you really need: Near the second arena you find a woman who wants to kiss you. Follow her, let her transform into a spider, kill her (twice) and she will drop an item that you can combine with a resourecction scroll, so that you will be resourrected with full health when you die. And as if that wouldn´t be OP enough, for one AP you can do this again and again, even during fights and swap it between your characters. You are absolutely immortal with this item.

[@jaimelacalle2802]

omg he does dos2 too??!!

[@snake698]

I have to disagree with passive skills being good, leadership is the only one worth raising and only for characters that don't get a damage boost from raising their skills, like a cleric (hydro/geo support very centered around creating surfaces and applying effects that go through armor while helping allies), or a summoner that already has 10 in summoning. For most characters though, the most efficient place to put spare points is their martial related skill if they're martial (two handed and huntsman being the most damage per level) and for casters it's generally just polymorph and putting the extra attribute point into INT

[@trpimirm]

Level lucky charm to 6 as soon as possible and there will be no money issues thoughout the game

[@mtaur4113]

ugh, I really don't have time to play this game again right now but I want to.

[@chaosblackstone7286]

also MAKE CHARMING ARROWS. They are cheap and super strong

[@holymsophy]

Tip #1 Telekinesis is the king. That and a loaded up no HP ornate chest, and you can 1 shot anyone in the game.

[@Yertle_Turtle]

Like playing a Summoner build, it's so OP that it's not fun (IMO, for many of us).

[@aldritchhunter9861]

Time for me to throw my two cents in: USE THE LONE WOLF PERK. You will gain 2 max AP, +2 AP per turn, 30% Health, 60% Armor, and doubled investments on stats and combat abilities as long as you are solo or only have one companion. Those stats are too ridiculous to pass them up.

[@supplantermusic9413]

but bruh, how am i gonna have four people?

[@achipinthesugar]

Tip 1 is also tip 12! Double value!

[@gos358]

Luck Charm is literally the most useful civil skill, because you have the potential to get stronger gear the higher the ability is Necromancer's innate heal-on-hit will heal you even if you have the decaying debuff (I'm like pretty sure about this) Having the Lone Wolf talent is great to have if you are planning on doing a full solo playthrough, or have one extra party member with you

[@robbyheiberg2091]

Yesss!! One of my absolute favorite games of all time.

[@UndefinedBailiwick]

Watch DSPGaming if you want to see someone fail at playing DOS2.

[@Binks182]

Im stuck on drift wood. Every combat I encounter im dieing now. The dog, the magisters going after the lizard just everything

[@Leinsterken]

Progressed too fast and your under levelled. Its the king of game you have to go back and farm exp when it tells you the progressing will lose you the side quests.

[@Binks182]

@@Leinsterken ya im lvl 11 and everything is 12/13. I got passed the necromancer dog by using barrelmancy though 😆

[@Raviollius]

you're on the wrong part of the map for your level, most likely. you're supposed to do the whole southwest part first

[@Urogii]

Hey buddy i just started playing this game and i wanted to have this concept of Knight Summoner kinda similar to your video, my first 14 hours as a whole 4 party was kinda chaotic but now that i'm starting to understang how things are i want to start a new to properly set the build and try this Lone Wolf thing(Elf race), can you tell me how did you distribute your points as you were leveling the Knight/Sumonner combo ? thanks. @inters3ct

[@AbsoluteZeroZA]

Finally, a video with useful tips!

[@DenisTRUFFAUT]

Go full mages, a team of 2 Geomancers + 2 Pyromancers is OP

[@fistsmcnasty]

I've saved this video. I think I have 1 or 2 points in leadership and retribution. I'm in Arx...

[@Tito-wf1qx]

Tip #11, cheese the money mechanics with the new farming add-on. Infinite money.

[@mejeg]

Who saw this video right after I just sold ALL of my old potions and saved? this guy >.

[@Wealily]

the inventory is already sorted out without using backpacks

[@Zerberos22]

I always use an archer for doorbreaking if I want to save lockpicks xD

[@martinmonosti9504]

one of my favorite game of all time

[@SuperMufasa92]

Will I like this game if I didn’t like the first one? I liked the open-ended combat and quests but the main story was very boring for me.

[@CrowsRevenge1]

Without spoiling anything, this one is just about becoming a god. It's revealed early in Act 1 so I'm not really spoiling anything. And the story can be vastly different depending if you play on a prebuilt persona vs one that's got no back story etc. Each of the games characters all have a personal story arch as well the main story arch. And your choices most definitely have an impact as you can screw up or delete quests due to choice or missing a part etc.

[@daylightharnage242]

Yes, I HATED the first game. The second game is like the GIGACHAD of Divinity