Baldur's Gate 3 BEST GREATSWORD Weapon Tier List

Another day, another tier list. Today I am ranking the Best Greatsword weapons in Baldur's Gate 3! Great swords are some of my feral weapons in the game because they get a 2d6 damage and they can also use the pommel strike weapon action to daze targets. You can set up a lot with these weapons! There are also some powerful weapons for Gith who will get bonuses from the weapons. Really nice synergy with Lae'zel being a fighter.
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[@JasonDunna]

Here are the best LONG SWORDS in Baldur's Gate 3: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmjMqYSVabqgatk

[@baziloneil1271]

Easy way to get the Everburn blade is to get Shadowheart to prepare "Command" and get him to drop it. That way you don't need to kill the commander and it is fairly reliable at 55%. You can also use the command trick to get Svartleby's in Wakeen's Rest

[@JasonDunna]

That’s a great point. I was streaming Gale origin the other week and we almost had a TPK 😂😂 I always forget to setup til I find withers

[@luroma2814]

i still kill. Challenge funny

[@emi992]

More like the “only” way to get it if you play tactician or Honour lol

[@JasonDunna]

@@emi992 hahaha true that. I usually have someone get close to the controls just incase it gets messy quick (it usually does)

[@Rexis102]

Or we can wipe the entirety of the hull and get lots of EXP and loot on Honor Mode

[@marcduhamel-guitar1985]

This is my 5th run, and first time forging the Sussur Greatsword. In my previous runs, I forged the dagger and gave it to one of my spell casters. This time, I've built a mage slayer 8 battlemaster / 4 war cleric. Got the boots and amulet with Misty Step. With all of the maneuvers and feats I chose- alarmed, Heavy armor master, heavy weapon master and savage attacker (almost took mage slayer, hesitated with lucky, but I think I chose the best option), my silver dragonborn's a menace with that weapon. I'm keeping the Sussur Greatsword until the end, surprised it is as good as it is. Also in this run- commanded Zhalk to drop the Everburn, the only other weapon my character's wielded.

[@JasonDunna]

@@marcduhamel-guitar1985 I respect that!! It’s the perfect mage slayer fighter weapon. Misty step is amulet is one of the best fighter amulets easily! You can get it early which is so convenient too

[@marcduhamel-guitar1985]

@@JasonDunna level 5 I had the Adamantine Splint- apart from the freedom of movement ring, and Gontr Mael, all my character's magic items are from act 1! The jump ring was on for a while, but with with 2 misty steps and flight pots, I've got an incredibly mobile character that can dish out massive melee damage, as well as with his bow and arrows.

[@_-HK-_]

I really like Jorgoral's GS. Minor correction, you get it in act 1 not 2. From the Grymforge. And it is amazing for a paladin when dealing with large groups of enemies cause you can easily hit so many at once and just spam smite at all those targets. Add some damage riders and those hit every target you hit as well and you'll be doing massive damage in act one already.

[@diblordius4022]

I also want to mention that if you have the periapt of wound closure with the sword of chaos, you can get up to 60 hit points in one turn if you action surge, hasten, and use bonus weapon attack with great weapon mastery

[@JasonDunna]

That’s such a smart technique I didn’t even think of that wow! Thanks for sharing that genius 200 IQ tip

[@MattDawgGaming]

Sword of chaos goes crazy on a tiger heart barb or close quarters swords bard, can heal 18 off a single cleave attack, with bonus action from great weapon master heals 42 without any haste, 78 with an action surge, even more if hasted! I have it on a barb with the bonespike garb so Karlach attracts all their attention to her, and then she just instantly heals up while slaughtering them. My life cleric with radiating orbs just stands next to her ready to top her up if she needs

[@PowyMeowy]

Everburn my beloved

[@JasonDunna]

Thank you for appreciating the everburn 🔥 I’m always sad if I don’t get it

[@falsetitle6940]

For getting the everburn blade I always prepare command on Shadowheart and use drop instead of relying on killing Zhalk (although I always try to kill him afterwards anyway)

[@JasonDunna]

Thats a really good idea! I have a 50% win rate against Zhalk so its a fun pre-game challenge to make the start of act 1 easier

[@falsetitle6940]

@@JasonDunna I watched a video about by someone (I can't remember the channel's name) showing how to defeat him, the mind flayer and the other cambions that come in afterwards. The planning and strategy was insane! I tried but I couldn't replicate it.

[@obergruppenfuhrersang-froi8203]

I'm currently running the more legendary weapons mod and OMG are they're some great weapons to be had. They are not too over powered to make the game trivial, but it's really nice to have so many new options. You should give it a try.

[@JasonDunna]

You piqued my curiousity. I’ve seen those mods but I didn’t want to break the game build maybe I’ll check it out and do a tier list of those weapons too! Hahaha

[@seaurchinayano6140]

Balduran's giant slayer basically one rounded the brain when i beat honor mode for the first time last week. Unfortunately I almost lost my run trying to get it 😂

[@JasonDunna]

It’s seriously so good hahahha. Who did you have wielding it? It’s so hard to get tho you’re right

[@seaurchinayano6140]

@@JasonDunna Origin Karlach

[@JasonDunna]

@@seaurchinayano6140 that is awesome!! Love that you played as her origin

[@gaigeriel]

Good thing to note is that the Periapt of Wound Closure synergizes very well with the sword of chaos. It can allow for tons of HP regen depending on how many extra attacks you're getting didn't check the other comments before posting this lol, just noticed someone already said it

[@JasonDunna]

I didn’t even realize but that’s such a great combination! Tons of health regen makes it like a necromancer build

[@thenotugle3121]

Have to say I watch all your videos!!

[@JasonDunna]

Thank you for watching!! I hope you enjoy

[@mumbazjustin2357]

Wow, never been this fast

[@JasonDunna]

You must have the Alert feat!!

[@MulderHiggins]

Everburn blade, command drop as a paladin or a bard or a cleric. I think that's all the classes? But that's how I got it in most of my games...plus one where I *really* wanted to fight the guy. I think Sarevok's Blade is an S Tier. Ended up using it over all the other weapons and that's *way* into act 3, as well

[@AirLancer]

A Paladin can't command drop since they only get spells at level 2. Pretty sure Fiend warlock can also do it.

[@JasonDunna]

I don't know why I never prepare command on shadowheart hahaha I always try to fight it. I have like a 50% chance of getting it Sarevoks sword was my favorite on my first playthrough! I beat the game with my Paladin Warlock using that for passive healing

[@JasonDunna]

@@AirLancer Yeah if you roll a warlock you could get it that's true

[@travisretriever7473]

Semi off topic, but I find that BG3 really did us dirty with bludgeoning weapons. Like, the two handed weapon type answer to these ones, Mauls, has a much lighter selection, with far less going for it, in terms of passives, buffs, and general overpoweredness. :( Oh well. I suppose that bludgeoning damage being as powerful as it is kinda makes up for it.

[@JasonDunna]

You make a good point, I’m a big fan of bonk hammers so it’s said we didn’t get a ton of great ones. But as you said, bludgeoning damage is so good so it makes sense. My first multiplayer character was a hammer fighter and it was great against skeletons

[@debuyarou7463]

Hello, your Tier List videos ignite old fire in me and I start playing BG3 again because of you. Have more than 600 hours in game and finished game on Honor. All I what to say that on Honor itemization is so important and making builds around them.

[@JasonDunna]

Hey I’m happy to hear that!! You’re so right the items can really make or break builds on harder difficulties

[@MulderHiggins]

Oh, Sword of Chaos isn't the only one from Baldur's Gate II! Flail of the Ages, (my favourite weapon from BG2) is also in Bg3! I think it's in some random shop in Act3? I can't remember Also C Tier is lonely

[@JasonDunna]

Flail of the ages is awesome! Also, BELM 🗣🗣🗣 my favorite offhand weapon I did throw a greatsword in C tier at the end to balance it a little

[@MulderHiggins]

@@JasonDunna OH DUDE BELM. BELM IS SO GOOD! it's one of my favourites. Oh, and if we're talking BG1? The bow that lets you teleport to opponents to hit them, and the sword that loses control over your character? The beserking sword I think, it makes them hit anyone that's closest to them when combat begins. It's really good, but also reaally dangerous. Which is why Minsc wears it every time.

[@JasonDunna]

Oh wow the berserking sword sounds like my kinda weapon! Get karlach to throw me into the middle of enemies and go HAM

[@MulderHiggins]

@@JasonDunna the berserking sword is my favourite! OH DUDE, Karlach throws you into battle and it deals 1 d4 extra blugdeoning damage lmaoao

[@travishartzler9155]

I generally make the Sussur dagger instead of the sword, so it can be used by a throw build. By the time I get the bark all my 2H wielders have better weapons equiped.

[@JasonDunna]

Totally agree the dagger is a lot more convenient. At least they have a cool unique design

[@AirLancer]

Does the dagger actually apply silence when thrown now? I'm pretty sure it was on melee hits only.

[@travishartzler9155]

@@AirLancer I keep making it for that purpose, but never actually used it. Kind of like my hoard of potions and scrolls that I rarely remember to use.

[@Thoth728]

​@@AirLancer you are right it does not silence when thrown

[@AirLancer]

@@Thoth728 Which is silly since it's a specific magical property of the dagger, not the person throwing it. I guess they just didn't want to for balance purposes.

[@AirLancer]

Jorgaral's Greatsword is found in Act 1 in the Grymforge (or right before it), not Act 2.

[@JasonDunna]

You're right its Corsail's sword in Grymforge

[@magister343]

My understanding is that Command: Drop does not have good odds of making Voss drop his Silver Sword of the Astral Plane and that you are much better off using the Honeyed Paws ability of a level 5+ Beastmaster Ranger's Bear companion, especially if the bear drinks a potion of invisibility first.

[@JasonDunna]

@@magister343 My first playthrough I had a 9% chance of getting it and I got it without save scumming, so I figured it was the dice telling me I’ll need it for the journey ahead 😂

[@magister343]

@@JasonDunna If you use an Ursa Major with an invisibility potion, then your odds increase to 80%.

[@JasonDunna]

That sounds great for my next playthrough if I want to cheese the sword

[@HippoLore]

Genuine question. How are you able to upload so much? I see that your videos are pretty simple in format, so they probably don't take long to edit after planning the video and recording, but you have to be spending a ton of time on this each day

[@JasonDunna]

Yeah I do spend a lot of time planning these! It usually takes 3-7 days to make a video through the research, testing, reviewing etc before I make notes to loosely script certain talking points I have my whole creative flow wrote down so I can cross off goals. I’m a personal trainer too so it’s something that helps keep me accountable to make good videos!

[@JasonDunna]

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[@RazielTheUnborn]

A Lv5 Beast Master a has 80% chance on Advantage to steal the sword from Voss on Honour mode. If no Ranger in the party, receuit a hireling. The perk a Lv5 Beast Master get is Honey Paws on their bear which does not trigger a saving throw on Disarm, just has to land the hit (hence 80% on Advantage). Give the bear Bless. Throw an Invisible position at it. You can even park a Divinition Wizard close enough to trigger their Portent Die but keep it from triggering the cut scene to change that 80% on Advantage to 100% chance so long as your die is 17 or higher. No save scumming required. Got the sword on Honor mode with this method and I didnt even need to bring the Wizard.

[@Frazec_Atsjenkov]

Svartlebee's Woundseeker is better, not worse than the Everburn Blade. Both weapons can be obtained early in Act 1. But the Woundseeker is a +1 blade; it has the attack bonus vs wounded enemies; and it can be made to burn just as the Everburn Blade. The Everburn Blade however is non-dipable, and thus limited to only one coating. So I count three straight points in which the Woundseeker is better. The only relatively minor things that the Everburn Blade has gotten going for it is that you can get it slightly earlier, and it is more convenient provided you never want to apply an effect other than burning. I'd conclude that the Everburn Blade is newbie-friendly. For more advanced players, there are way better options.

[@kenzovich9225]

Jorgoral's is an easy S tier weapon. Even if you only cleave 2 enemies with it it's going to be more damage than the other Greatswords you can find before act 3. Unless you plan to never long rest.

[@JasonDunna]

Yeah that is true

[@VaanKasper]

The sussar I’d say is S tier only because it’s one of a kind. If it had a +3 variant it would be one of the best weapons in the game. Really helps against the Hag in act 1. Understand to each their own for these ratings but it’s one of my favorite weapons. When I do decide to mod this game I’ll be getting the one that allows for the +3 variant of it.

[@JasonDunna]

Yeah the silence on hit is really nice! I get your reasoning and I agree Sometimes if I put things to high people get upset

[@macross3730]

Jorgoral's GS is in act1. and deffenedly an A tier cos paladins dont get many area attacks and this sword has 1 build in...

[@OutlookJonas]

Everburn blade is useless since you can just "dip" and weapon in a candles fire for the same benefit. Just carry a candle around with you, drop and light as a free action and pick it back up.

[@JasonDunna]

You’re right but that’s a lot of work for if someone’s playing on controller. I totally get your point though but I don’t dip weapons as much as I think I would

[@withnoname31]

Ain't nobody got time for that.

[@DamnSpiders666]

Good video, agree with pretty much every pick except the Everburn Blade. Not having the +1 weapon enchantment really holds it back. Dealing slightly less damage on average is a great trade-off in exchange for hitting your target more consistently. The Everburn Blade is only really useful in the very early game, where it slaps, but at the same time you either miss or you massively overkill the low HP enemies at this stage of the game. Svartlebee's Woundseeker is by far the best act 1 greatsword other than the Silver Sword of the Astral Plane, but I've stopped cheesing that one in my playthroughs as it completely trivializes the game when you get it early

[@JasonDunna]

Yeah the silver sword of the Astral Plane really does trivialize the game, even if you don’t have a gith. The everburn blade is pure fun to use and the fact it’s the first weapon you can find is awesome. I’m just a fan so I ranked it higher. Always a fun challenge on the nautiloid trying to get it too!

[@michaeljajan2571]

Same with sword of screams.

[@AirLancer]

Also IIRC you can't apply oils like the oil of accuracy to the Everburn Blade, and annoyingly it's glitched so while it's equipped you can't even dip your bow into a surface for extra damage either.

[@JasonDunna]

@@AirLancer thats true, its basically treated like its permanently dipped in fire. I didn't know that about the bow though. I am posting an eldritch knight build tonight that deals cold damage from a teammate's drakethroat glaive which is a fun interaction with certain gear

[@HereAndThere-o4j]

You can add +1-3 with magic weapon. A truly slept on weapon is Foehammer.

[@TheFinalKO]

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[@quasarsword7479]

When effects teir list? Wrath, heat, orbs.

[@JasonDunna]

I’m working on that one right now, I usually write it all out first before filming the video and it should be out this week!

[@quasarsword7479]

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[@JasonDunna]

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[@quasarsword7479]

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[@JasonDunna]

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[@Khantia]

It hurts me watching the Everburn Blade being A tier, while all of the better swords being put below it >.< Playing with a Greatsword means that you are most likely using Great Weapon Master feat, which greatly reduces your hit chance. And using a sword with +1 offsets that by a bit. While it's still dealing the same minimum damage and just 3 less max damage. BUT they can also be dipped in fire, which makes them BETTER in every way than the Everburn Sword... they just need to use a bonus action for the dipping. I'd put the Everburn Blade in C tier instead. I always replace it with the Sword of Justice as soon as I get it.

[@InigoFlash]

You could argue that even the base greatsword is better than the Everburn Blade, as you can use oils and poisons on it, unlike Everburn.

[@JasonDunna]

Yeah I can totally respect that reasoning. I know it has a TON of fans from the comments I get on my videos asking for build guides on the weapon, so I couldn’t be too harsh to it. I think it’s cool that it’s permanently on fire making it easy for new players who don’t want to dip / apply oil Is it the strongest? No Is it the coolest? Also no, but it’s fun !

[@ironbar2009]

Sword of justice is just better everburn cuz you can always dip into a candle pre-fight and you get it very early as well. It also gives you a cast of shield of faith which improves survivability so imo it should b higher or same tier as everburn. I think the gith sword needs to be higher than both since its easy to get psychic bonus with disguise self and the initiative bonus is helpful as well

[@JasonDunna]

Yeah that’s true you can bring a candle around with you and drop it to dip for fire damage. The everburn is just convenience early game I don’t end up dipping my weapon as much as I want to think i will

[@michaeljajan2571]

Hey Jay best second class for level 7 wild heart barb? want to stay pure melee, just looking for something interesting. Oh and use great swords.

[@sidsgotgame8837]

You could go the generic fighter path. Action surge is pretty good. Although its not as engaging You could go throwzerker build involving tavern brawler and throwing with the frenzy barb + rogue One more you could pursue is maybe monk barb build If you're willing to respec you can go a druid 9/ wild heart barb 3 build and activate before wild shape.

[@ecbrown6151]

You can never go wrong with 3 Rogue (Thief) splash for that extra bonus action, so strong on Barb

[@michaeljajan2571]

@@sidsgotgame8837 was actually thinking war cleric or pally or may be warlock, casting focused on buffs eh eh. Thanks for the input

[@michaeljajan2571]

@@ecbrown6151 Thief tiger use Phalar?

[@JasonDunna]

What heart? Tiger or bear? Fighter is always solid if using great swords. I’m a fan of the throwzerker so taking 3 levels of rogue thief but you could also add in the gloom stalker ranger for burst damage on the first turn

[@nicolasaguilera1906]

nice video

[@JasonDunna]

Thanks so much Nicolas 🙏

[@dirtyharry0191]

Balduran's Giantslayer is one of the undisputed strongest weapons in the game. Shame I don't use it because visually it looks like hot garbage.

[@Sototh69]

Maybe I don't understand something correctly, but isn't the Everburn Blade inferior to all the others because it isn't even +1? Is the Fire dmg bonus more valuable than a regular 2d6+4 instead of 2d6+3?

[@kenzovich9225]

If you took GWM feat at lvl 4 then yes, +1 is better. If you took asi in strength then 1d4 is better. But if we're talking best greatsword set up up to act 3, Jorgoral's + GWM is King. That aoe cone is big enough to hit 5 enemies for full weapon damage + any other damage riders.

[@shakeypudding6563]

What about Phalar Aluve or Kethric Thorm’s great sword?

[@JasonDunna]

Phalar aluve is a long sword but easy S tier for its synergies. Ketherics warhammer?

[@vincent4805]

Everburn is overrated it's not even a +1. Early game chance to hit more important than raw damage. Svartlebee's much better early game though most people will need to look up how to get it . . .

[@JasonDunna]

Yeah that’s a good point. For the first sword you can find an extra 1d4 fire damage permanently is nice. It definitely has some fans because people request me to make builds for it all the time but it’s easily outclassed by other act 1 swords

[@covenmarie]

you need time stamps

[@JasonDunna]

When I do that people watch the videos less and they perform worse. I might try it again sometime