Baldur's Gate 3: Classes Ranked

[@Fresch_K]

Bard tops the list for me. The amount of bosses in act 2 I could convince to kill themselves was staggering

[@ShaggySasquach4231]

Seriously! Bard w/ a 2-3 levels for warlock or paladin is so good.

[@hisdud3ness93]

I need to play a bard in my next playthrough. I was able to convince some bosses to kill themselves with my oathbreaker paladin/warlock, but to be fair it's just more thematic at the moment to smite everyone and everything 😂.

[@ToutDroitGaming]

just charisma check, nothing to relate to the bard specifically.

[@raghudurina2354]

All charisma builds can do that and paladin and warlock are better.

[@Fresch_K]

@@ToutDroitGaming Sure, but I feel like Bard has such amazing dialogue options in so many situations that it really enhances that kind of playstyle

[@AlgorithmMockery]

I think it’s great that I’ve yet to see anyone do a list that’s the same. Strong indication Larian did a great job

[@CraigularjJoeWoodworks]

I agree, the ranger and Druid top some lists

[@literaturtee]

This is really true! My first playthrough was with a druid and I loved it!

[@kingluke9693]

Larian is incredible. I wish more people would try out Dos2

[@failedJedi]

Only half way through act two and as a bard I was able to get a group of fish people to warship me as a god and a torturer to willingly let himself be stabbed to death by his assistants. This was supposed to be a throw away character I played before mods came out and I’m having the time of my life.

[@Log_Pile]

God this sounds like an experience 😂

[@roggonval]

That's still act 1 I think The old "god" was a fake one right?

[@failedJedi]

@@Log_Pilehonestly the scene of the torture letting himself be killed was somewhat traumatic 😅

[@faszkivanveletek]

SPOILERS: i just managed to convince the spider-drow and its group in chapter 2 that i am a chosen of the absolute, so they should gimme their magical protection lamp because I just blessed them allright. They died in the shadows lol.

[@ceno10101]

my first playthrough is with a bard, because I love being the skill person/support. It has been really fun seeing all the bard specific options.

[@ocean7203]

I can't make it out of act1, i play a few hours and go "this is good but you know what would be cooler", make a new character and start over and over and over... send help.

[@LegoJangoFett0716]

I played a Barb all the way until the last Dead Three bosses, and then I saw this really cool Sorcerer/Paladin build. So I made a whole new character and spent another 100 hours playing through the campaign as that one lol. I ended up beating the game with my Paladin before my Barb

[@rinkadoki]

this is me rn...

[@firstandforemost87]

Also my experience. Still in act one. I’m only here because I’m nearing the end of another cycle, it would seem.

[@nicholasp1872]

Paladin is indeed unparalleled in single target burst damage for BG3. I’ve single shotted many bosses in my playthrough and it was downright hilarious!

[@GoodSoup240]

I also went paladin but only because I'm playing a paladin in a friend's upcoming 5e campaign so I figured it would be good practice. Sadly not sure the dm will let me reset the fight if half the party dies or any time I fail an important roll

[@Taznak]

My Way of Open Hand Monk has +22 attack bonus, deals 31-50 damage damage per attack, and gets 4 attacks per turn baseline. There is one class that is unparalleled in single-target damage, but it's not the Paladin.

[@SirBeck0621]

Are you 2h and sword and boring with those numbers?

[@Ultrabuu85]

@@FernandoHernandez-jw4yy Surprise round outo crits? I had so many surprise rounds with my rogue and i don't crit.

[@Taznak]

@@SirBeck0621 Nothing equipped in either hand for melee, for my Monk. Tavern Brawler feat makes it so I apply my Str modifier twice to attack & damage rolls, Way of Open Hand adds radiant damage equal to 1d4 + Wis modifier, Boots of Uninhibited Kushigo adds Wis modifier to damage again. Attack bonus is +4 from Proficiency, +2 from hat (Mask of Soul Perception), +16 from Strength (Str 27 from Elixir of Cloud Giant Strength) for a total of +22. Damage is 1d8 from punch, +16 from Strength, +12 from Wisdom (Wis 22 from level-ups and Temple of Shar +2 stat boost), +1d4 from Manifestation of Soul (Way of Open Hand Monk), +1d10 from Gloves of Soul Catching. That's 1d8 + 1d4 + 1d10 + 28, for 31-50 damage per punch. My action gives me two punches, and Flurry of Blows means two more punches for my Bonus action.

[@LeiKultur]

Warlock with pushback on Eldricht blast is such a cheese I love it.

[@claudeducharme007]

Ya I’ve sadly missed out on some loot with bosses falling in lava, water and deep caves

[@rezataghdisi6762]

spoiler:I killed the 3rd chosen by eldritch blast pushing her off a cliff before she got a turn. It is the most op ability in the game

[@Jake-im2lv]

​@@claudeducharme007I always forget to do It but you can toggle the pushback on and off at will under passives

[@agiliteaV]

@@rezataghdisi6762 I did this to Cazzador.

[@connorericson]

@@Jake-im2lv how do you toggle? I have tried every button and nothing seems to change

[@skaldrgaming7749]

One somewhat nice thing about Druid is that if you multiclass with barbarian, raging before entering animal form will maintain the rage bonuses!

[@Hrafnskald]

Yep, and the wildshape's high Constitution stacks with Barbarian's unarmored AC bonus.

[@ISAACcookie]

this is such a trap. Moon druids can only transform as a bonus action and rage is also a bonus action so it's a 2 turn set up that can't be done before entering combat. better to just stay pure Druid, get better spells and use Tavern Brawler to empower your wildshapes if that is you goal.

[@frankehfightaz]

would be much better if you could rage WHILE wildshaped, would make it tempting then

[@BattleDuelists]

thing is in BG3, rage and wild shape are both bonus actions and cant do em as an action. So it takes 2 turns to set-up that is just not worth it.

[@Yoonbon]

​@@ISAACcookiedoes tavern brawler work with animal forms?

[@TheNzFox]

The thing that really surprised me with this game is the magical items, they are absolute insane for a 1-12 level adventure, some of them would be considered overpowered in a epic 20+ campaign. I don't necessarily dislike it as it gives you a lot of options to build interesting and fun characters , but the power spike around the start of act 2 is less a spike and more a vertical wall.

[@confounded_feline]

Honestly, it makes me want to lean away from it cus im not into unearned power and power fantssy stuff. We have the choice so I think that's good to cater to different folks. Those were my thoughts too. It's bonkers the gear you get in such volumes.

[@noway8662]

@@confounded_feline It's probably happening because some classes can be mechanically exhausting, just doing the same thing over and over again. Paladin's Smite is super powerful, but pretty dull if that's all you do. Same reason is why there are weapon specific special attacks (not part of basic DnD 5e), as well as the illithid stuff. This was also the case in BG1 and BG2, there were many weird and powerful items to spice up especially melee characters, who only had few special attacks at high level and that's about it.

[@andymaritanu7420]

Don’t worry gale will eat them all

[@exantiuse497]

Just because your characters are level 1-12 doesn't mean the adventure is level 1-12. Many of the encounters are way beyond what you'd see in a pen-and-paper game of DnD of that level. E.g. that fight in Shadowfell in act 2, you wouldn't add sonething like that in a pnp campaign against level 8-9 characters unless you gave them overpowered items lso, the entire premise of the campaign is a war against the Chosen of evil deities, you literally fight things like divine avatars (even though that particular fight isn't too difficult) and armies of Githyanki and Illithid. Thematically it's a high level campaign, it's just clad in low to mid-level gameplay, probably because balancing a campaign for high level players is notoriously difficult

[@aidanmathews860]

@@exantiuse497 They would've gone higher but once you go pass level 6 spells it just gets absolutely crazy even some level 6 spells are crazy

[@roggonval]

Now u have to do an ranking about romance options

[@MFobes]

I second this

[@niolonq]

Minthara

[@hakmii98]

Emperor

[@revolversnake126]

@@niolonqi can fix her

[@pedropierre9594]

Half-Elf Mommy S-tier for sure

[@AegisAegus]

My first playthrough was a red dragon bloodline sorcerer, full blaster with fire magic. By the end of the campaign I felt absolutely unstoppable, and it felt amazing just being this force of nature in combat and conversations.

[@matthewgonzalez1346]

Same here. I did the dark urge with a Red Dragon Kin. The fire power (literally) is insane.

[@iExisttt]

@@matthewgonzalez1346I just started my second playthrough with this exact setup. Pumped!

[@thedanish5523]

I chose Battlemaster for Lae'zel and she's super fun to pilot. Such a fun subclass

[@Tuskor130]

My current character in my first playthrough is a Druid and I went Circle of the Land, and it's honestly felt like a powerhouse spellcaster. The toolkit of a Land Druid is amazing, your subclass features allow you to pick up spells like Web, Misty Step, Cone of Cold, Stinking Cloud, and with their base spellbook having such amazing spells like Heat Metal, Spike Growth, the Guidance and Thorn Whip cantrips, Entangle, Hold Person, Moonbeam, Call Lightning, Plant Growth, Sleet Storm, Ice Storm, Grasping Vine, Polymorph, Insect Plague, so on. The Land Druid has such a powerful lineup of AoE, and still gets to shapeshift as well. Perhaps this is a matter of perspective since I haven't personally had the opportunity to play Dungeons and Dragons, and Baldur's Gate 3 is the first time I've dipped my toes into it, but the limitations on wildshapes feels like a strange reason to put Druid so low.

[@kinderdm]

I should look to switching. Currently playing a moon druid, and I have been pretty disappointed in it so far. Was thinking of switching classes all together, but maybe I'll try playing as a nature caster first. I do really enjoy the RP though, and talking with every animal everywhere...

[@Owch-]

That is the EXACT same experience i had with my druid in BG3 (and really, in DND 5e as well!) Its a sub class that already adds onto the spell casting of the Druid and makes it into (arguably)a more versatile wizard just because of wildshaping! Gale with my druid would just powerhouse through conbat encounters and never have big problems with spell slots since the wolf form is so powerful and good, and if I did get back into my human form I could just NUKE them with a spell slot or two ;) I guess this is a matter of perspective but the accent was pretty clear and cut for the moon druid and land druid, one is good at wild shapes the other is a good spellcaster, pretty disssapponted he only looked at the mushroom sub class (which is trying to be a gish in a very underwhelming way and even in DnD everyone just knows its one of the weaker subclasses) and say that the whole class is bad, its not exactly informing the viewer of the other two viable and optimal options?? (This also goes for the rogue, assasin was always underwhelming and extremely picky when it comes to being useable in combat, thief and arcane trickster always were more fun)

[@Tooooooom]

​@@Owch-fr, I have no idea how spores got in ahead of any of the other non-phb subclasses

[@justinwhite2725]

​@@Tooooooomno idea, but it's the only one my druid/monk is interested in. Though my 5e build of shileghleigh/polarm master feels redundant with the way they've buffed monks.

[@Tooooooom]

@@justinwhite2725 nice the drunk is a certaintly a timeless classic

[@craigsovilla6578]

I'm roleplaying as a former soldier turned Paladin and it is a lot of fun getting into your own head canon and essentially making your own background. This game really is DnD brought to life.

[@KaitoGillscale]

Friend of mine told me I should play a bard because of the dialogue and it’s been an absolute blast. Loving all the Bard specific dialogue, and eager to go back as another class to see what else they’ve got

[@SteveRowe]

One of the coolest things about BG3: Every class, from bottom to top was "fun to play".

[@yisun-sin5780]

I always play as monk, ever since I finished Baldurs gate 1 around 20-23 years ago. Monks were different back then , earning soo many resistances that at some point you are immune to almost everything and very hard to hit. I am currently playing monk again in Baldurs gate 3, I am fairly satisfied with how they made the class. It is balanced, not so many resistances but lots of punches :D also some very nice dialogue options as a monk.

[@BalmierLotus]

I thought they only added monks to the enhanced edition of Baldur's gate 1&2 ? were they available in the OG version? or was it just the monk companion they added later on?

[@BadassRockets]

Isn't the monk doing like 250 damage now? over 4 standard deviations above other classes?

[@LolGamesTeam]

My monk simply annihilates everything in front of it, kinda feels imbalanced

[@MaximumSpice]

yes, monks were not in original BG1, it was BG2 that added it and BGEE and BG2EE now has it@@BalmierLotus

[@TheCheat_1337]

@@BalmierLotus Monks were in the original BG2 but they were definitely not in the first BG.

[@MGuglielmino2]

I think Bard’s jack of all trades should bump them up because it can help you pass the random passive checks that show up mid conversation

[@perhedman7050]

Also college of lore is just nasty for upcasting CC, strongest controller in the game which says alot. Trivializes some bosses.

[@wowprobeast7543]

@@perhedman7050esp when it gets 22 charisma from the act 3 hat and can rock duel hand cross bows to do nasty damage without spell slots with sharpshooter

[@DrZaius3141]

About Bards: What puts them head and shoulders above everyone else in terms of being the Face is their access to all the Face spells. Friends, Detect Thoughts, Speak with Animals. With regards to unique conversation options, one would have to fully play every class, but Bard definitely has tons and tons of them. Also, two of the three colleges get Extra Attack at level 6, which is just one level behind the 5 martial classes. Slap Gloves of Dexterity onto them and they can suddenly do everything - talk, melee, ranged, CC, even trapping.

[@Jollefjoll]

Indeed, although as Warlock you basically get access to all these as well through your Invocations. And in general, I do sort of appreciate how easy it is to gain access to these Face spells through items, scrolls, etc. in the game, basically making a non-Face class viable to play in a video game. I think lots of folks would feel bad about having a companion do the talking after you spent a lot of time in the character editor simply because you can't talk to folks.

[@danzansandeev6033]

That’s what I did. But I chose college of lore, so that I have more skills and fireball and counterspell on level 6. In conclusion I have bard who has 22 ac (yuan ti medium armor, gloves of dexterity and shield), wielding singing sword that gives basically bless effect once per short rest. Turn one turn on that sword effect and inspiration. Then just chuck fireballs around, or use other support and utility spells, while being pretty much unhittable, and since I’m halfling I never fail in checks

[@DrZaius3141]

@@Jollefjoll True, but Warlocks only get them as a trade-off and/or relatively late in comparison.

[@jeremym1647]

My bard has been amazing. Nearly every encounter has a unique option, and several significant bosses have a unique dialogue as well.

[@Dervraka]

With high Charisma a Bard gets so many dialogue and out of combat skill points (with jack of all trades, they literally get skill points in EVERY skill) they might as well be considered the "sleepwalk every dice roll in the game" character. In combat they are...ok. Personally, if I ever played a Bard again, I think I would multiclass it with another melee class, (Paladin? Fighter?) to boost their combat ability. Because quite frankly, past level 6 or so, Bards can already cheese every dice roll in the game, and anything beyond that is just overkill.

[@thebarbaryghostsf]

I picked a Bard, for a couple reasons. First, I never usually play a Bard. Another, I heard there was no Bard NPC companion in the main campaign! And Bards tend to have really fun dialog options. Also I love that you can play a song during combat, while everyone else takes their turns.

[@obitum]

I had hoped we could Volo but we couldn't :(

[@tonystarrfitness]

I liked that you picked something you never play as. It’s an underrated characteristic. 👍

[@MarkWilson-ij9jd]

I started with a wizard, and I do not regret a thing. What an absolute masterpiece of a game.

[@BwAaS]

But if you combine 2 of your worst choices Rogue and Ranger, You get a super OP Gloomstalker! At least that is what happened to my Astarion.

[@MortismalGaming]

Yeah like I mentioned they make great multiclasses

[@BwAaS]

@@Draffut2003 There is a bunch of "Gloomstalker" build guides around I just went 3 levels into rogue for the Thief subclass and then into Ranger.

[@MaMastoast]

@@BwAaS Doesnt the extra attack feature clash with how theyve implemented sneak attack?

[@BwAaS]

@@MaMastoast Extra attack = Hunters Mark Extra attack hide

[@ziwuri]

Before you watch the video, just know that every subclass is viable and fully capable of filling a role in a party.

[@tangahkoncek6841]

Wizard is extremely good lata game at being forgotten, you just dip lv1 into it, scribe high tier spell of your choice and respect into your fantasy hybird caster combo. Since respect keep your scribing

[@ziwuri]

@@tangahkoncek6841 you can also mod the game to make yourself invincible and press a button to kill everything on screen if you'd like to do that

[@tangahkoncek6841]

@ziwuri13 naah I keep myself to the perfectly balanced feature game giving me. Of course feel free to do it yourself if you're so inclined

[@Dexter01992]

Yeah, I figure. First 3 minutes in the video and pretty much got told my 3 favourite classes are supposedly all underdogs, while when playing with my friends with such classes I'm often the who's told to focus on the big guys as I can two-shot them with a good combination of arrows/sneak attack, or tank its damage with the wildform. o.ò

[@thevermintide1290]

Another thing to note is with the depth of the game its impossible to give a well informed take on every class thats out right now

[@hiei990]

Right as I am going into my 2nd run! Impeccable timing as always Mort.

[@qgqsrg1]

and here I still haven't finished act 1, idk how many characters I have done though XD

[@levitastic]

same XD its tough sticking to 1 character@@qgqsrg1

[@alexw4482]

The charisma classes all feel really strong, multiclass with each other well, and get great options for dealing with every situation. I particularly enjoy sword bard. Slashing floursish is great for damage at melee or range and you get quite a lot of uses per short rest. Lots of ways to control the battlefield with spells, knock enemies off cliffs, ect. Or you can just talk your way through a ton of the game with great interactions.

[@andymaritanu7420]

Same in real dnd too, charisma trumps everything else

[@alexblades5218]

Been loving the wood elf open hand monk with tavern brawler Wood elf brings 2 extra skills, more movement, darkvision and turns longswords into a monk weapon Boosting Str to 18 with tavern brawler is amazing on monk especially open hand monk with their added passive damage at higher levels

[@kckillakrack9714]

Yea monk/barb tavern brawler was so op that's what I played day 1 beat this game so fast as that took me like three days on tactican

[@alexblades5218]

Another benefit to monk is the Insight skill and Monk dialog choices. Insight (tied to Wisdom), when an option, acts like Persuasion- you give other people Insight into themselves, their actions, feelings, etc and they change behavior. The Monk dialog choices ofter at minimum grant Advantage to your roll or bypass a social skill check entirely So even with a Charisma of 8 you'll be pretty OK for dialog skill checks

[@alkabek9581]

Any weapon you are proficient with is a monk weapon in this game. If you take barb or fighter at level 1 you can use greataxes as a monk weapon for example.

[@alexblades5218]

@alkabek9581 single level dip is rough for the loss of feat or ability points though

[@Vanslipper]

Looking to respec from my four elements to open hands, how should i distribute my stats for it?

[@RemixRampage]

Fire sorcerer is so fun. Being a Tiefling for added fire resistance, equipping fire resistance armor, using self immolation to gain heat and letting out a huge fireball that destroys the entire enemy team is too much fun.

[@lilpain1997]

playing as a bard with a friend and we walked into the Goblin camp and made our way to minthara, started playing some tunes near a ledge, all of them came to me, my friend ended up pushing her off the edge making the fight much easier as I swapped to the other characters and did the same thing to the goblins. Made that fight pretty much none existent and it quickly elevated the game for me to top tier.

[@scotrugby4529]

Yep. You can also goad her onto the bridge and knock the support right from underneath her.

[@asfasdfsd8476]

Bruh you just lost all that sweet loot by pushing her...

[@lilpain1997]

​@@asfasdfsd8476 So? I did it normal on my solo run and the loot is nothing to really care about. Especially seeing as I play bard and my friend is a monk and neither of us use maces. The necklace we already have one and the shoes are whatever as well as I already have some that work better for my build. Same as him and the two Ai with us

[@lilpain1997]

@@scotrugby4529 We used the bridge to kill the rest of the goblins by luring them all over to us and then breaking it. It worked out great and saved us a lot of time overall

[@Sevron]

I'm guessing you don't care about the mindflayer parasite she drops?

[@thebro4165]

I‘m playing a Circle of Land Druid an just finished Act 1 (Lvl 5 Party) and I just love it. While my main draw to it was class fantasy and RP, the gameplay has genuinely surprised me with how fun it was. It is just another type of caster, you‘re not wrong about that, but the Druid spells are just amazing, both in Gameplay and coolness. I mean come on I can call down a Moon Laserbeam that pretty much one shots normal enemies in Act 1 on balanced. Might not be strongest but I‘m more than happy with it, and having talk to animals as a ritual made the run so infinitely more entertaining than what I‘ve played in early access. If you haven’t done that I strongly recommend talking to all the animals, that dialogue is the funniest shit XD

[@DrZaius3141]

Wait, you finished act 1 with level 5? And Bards can also talk to animals on top of friends, detect thoughts and so on. But yeah, coolness and vibes certainly trumps playing a "meta".

[@thebro4165]

@@DrZaius3141 wait is Level 5 in that case high or low? Also I‘m not super sure what Act 1 entails, I‘m currently journeying through the underdark to Moonrise Towers.

[@DrZaius3141]

@@thebro4165 Act 1 includes the Underdark/Mountain Pass. And I'm currently still in the Underdark at level 7.

[@thebro4165]

It seems I still have a bit of Act 1 ahead of me then😅 which for all intents and purposes is a good thing actually XD

[@Benkkuful]

Spider druid in early is kinda good cause u can cast web instantly after shapeshifting to root all their melees and when you get Owlbear you start kicking ass for a time, then lategame druid feels a bit like a jack of all, master of none kinda character. But I really like it for RP and being the good guy. I think next playthorugh I'll do warlock or paladin and be evil muahahah edit: Oh and shapeshifting into a cat to scout enemy fortresses etc. is such a blast! Even a rogue isnt as good as druid in sneaking around.

[@GGrev]

Been an old BioWare fan and played Baldur's Gate 1&2, Icewind Dale, Planescape Torment, and last but best, Neverwinter Nights, this is fantastic for me.

[@mattkomlofske8912]

Planescape: Torment was amazing. We need more games in that setting.

[@priest148]

NWN was such an amazing game. I miss the days where there were massive "open world"-esque servers for the community. There was a dope one, Menzoberranzan. Someone made a whole Underdark NWN module that had tons of areas, it was basically a mini D&D MMO.

[@Mearcliff]

@@priest148 lets also not forget the countless expansions that were released for original NWN and NWN2 so much content

[@jonafen5504]

I think the game appealed to me in part because I was a Dragon Age fan.

[@thebxsavage]

Planescape: Torment was my introduction to the DND world as a kid… miss that game and I’ll never forget it.

[@Yoyimbo01]

Noticed while playing that I could change my class from wizard to sorcerer and keep all my old spells so long as I had one wizard level to access them. Feels very fun and very powerful. By putting more points than would otherwise be optimal into int we can this way get a sorc without its biggest drawback - lack of spells and utility. Also it looks like I can keep scribing scrolls into my wizard spellbook.

[@prokhor_zakharov]

I wonder if that's intentional. Kinda seems like you ought to only be able to scribe wizard spells up to what your wizard level would normally allow you to cast (e.g., level 3 wizard spells at wizard level 5). I wouldn't be shocked if that got patched at some point. Hopefully not though, because it seems so fun!

[@Schtoples]

@@prokhor_zakharov it is but all the spells he learns as wizard will use his int instead of cha and if he's mostly sorcereror that would be most

[@TheNaturalnuke]

@@Schtopleslow int wizard for all the utility spells that don’t use Int, then full sorc with pumped charisma

[@dylanmartin6267]

Get the warped headband that gives you 17 Int. Then you can play INT dumped sorc/wiz

[@anthonyfaiell3263]

That's pretty meta. Any spellcaster is encouraged to put one point into wizard so you can learn scrolls and have a wider array of spells to choose from.

[@EvgGaar]

I really like the Open Hand Monk - Amazing damage, utility and a ton of mobility on top of that.

[@Oakesyrules]

I'm loving my Druid. Land with a multi into tempest cleric. I can go for days with call lightning and shadowheart using create water to make enemies wet and vulnerable to lightning and cold. Add the channel divinity and it's easy to go nova, and then recover all the slots. Plus the high wisdom is a big bonus. if it's a long fight, I can just wildshape to have a ton of bonus hp. and I'm never without speak to animals. I'd highly recomend it, plus all the bonus druid stuff for act 1 is nice.

[@Piflik]

Regarding Warlock spell slots: You CAN use them for spells from other classes. However, these spells will prefer to use their own spell slots. For example, if you have level 2 Warlock spell slots and want to cast a level 2 Sorcerer spell, the spell will always use the Sorcerer slots until they are depleted and only then use the Warlock slots. But, if your Warlock slots are level 3, you can upcast that same level 2 Sorcerer spell and, provided you don't have level 3 Sorcerer slots, it will immediately use the Warlock slot.

[@Piflik]

@@rhodan74 Whenever you cast a spell, your Toolbar changes to an UI that asks you what level of slot you want to use. You can select a Sorcerer level 1 slot for Hex, even if you have level 2 Warlock slots available, and the other way around. Only if you select a slot level that you have both Warlock and other class, the game will default to the slot corresponding to the class you got the spell from. I still wish the game would simply always prefer Warlock slots in this case, since they replenish easier, but you CAN use them. However, I have only first-hand experience from my character, which is mainly a Warlock, but even then, as soon as I had level 2 pact magic slots, the game automatically used Bard (in my case) level 1 slots for Hex, but I had the option to select a level 2 slot instead.

[@karlackk]

The most important: you can't burn your warlock spell slots to create sorcery points if you still have sorcerer spell slots of the same level available

[@Piflik]

@@rhodan74 I don't know how/if I can post an image in a youtube comment, but it does work. I just tried it. Respecced my character into Warlock 2/Sorcerer 8, cast Hex and it auto-selects the Level 1 Warlock spell slot, but allows me to upcast it using any Sorcerer spell slot, except level 1. Level 1 always uses the Warlock slot

[@robf9429]

​@@rhodan74look again. After you select the spell, the UI will then show you the spell slot selection. It's easy to miss. But it doesn't matter what "spell slot" filter you select the spell from. The choice can only be made after you click the spell.

[@robf9429]

@@rhodan74 oh that's unfortunate! I believe a big patch is coming soon so hopefully they fix that.

[@George_M_]

Loving bard for my first blind playthrough. Shame I haven't metagamed its build for combat but the electric guitar animation for lute is *so good*. Loving barbarian on Karlach, she basically carries the group DPS.

[@MaMastoast]

You can always respec your bard a bit. Swords bards make for extremely effective warriors

[@kedrin_027]

Really enjoy your content as I play BG3. It's great how logically you explain things so I can understand since I typically don't play these types of games and have never played D&D. Also thanks for not being click bait like a great deal of BG3 videos are currently. Keep up the good work.

[@orarinnsnorrason4614]

As an example how a paladin is the best, my paladin was the sole survivor in the fight against Viconia. He was 1 against like 7-8, all casting darkness, but no, my guy just slowly waded through. It was incredible how durable he was.

[@helsharidy123]

Reminds me of my tiger barb

[@TheVillainInGlasses]

I think the only one in my party that died in that fight was Gale, and that was only after putting in some serious work. Between him and Shadowheart half the enemies spent most of the fight in Hold Person, and Gale was throwing out Lightning Bolts left and right, and I gave Karlach the Eversight Ring, so she was just wrecking their faces like nobody's business lol. My paladin was almost a side character in that fight lmao

[@jobers5566]

You should check out light domain Cleric if you want to be the most tanky. You can crank a light domain Cleric up to 36+ AC and still have Warding Flare to impose disadvantage on all enemies who swipe at you, and this is before we talk about their massive amounts of saving throws across the board.

[@orarinnsnorrason4614]

@@jobers5566 in my main run Shadwoheart was a light cleric

[@HH-hd7nd]

Druid is way up in my personal class ranking. The ability to speak with animals alone aleady makes this class a top tier class.

[@nathie1750]

Many classes can speak with animals as well

[@RandyEid-qs9wt]

​@@nathie1750 Can any other class speak with animals without expending a spell slot other than the Wildheart Barbarian?

[@nathie1750]

@@RandyEid-qs9wt The speak with animals spell is a ritual spell. Meaning if you cast it outside combat it doesn't use a spell slot. So any class that can learn it can use it for free. Warlock can use it for free whenever

[@ephemispriest8069]

You can do that with alchemy, racial abilities, with equipment, or with other classes such as ranger. It's kind of a joke that anyone wouldn't have that ability up all the time.

[@beththedarkmage3359]

Any class can if they make the right potion with alchemy, and it's one of the easiest potions to make. My (non wildheart) barbarian has never missed an opportunity to talk to animals. @@RandyEid-qs9wt

[@bluezebra6701]

I am not joking when I said I opened up KZbin to find a ranking of BG3 classes only to see it be the first thing in my subscriptions. Ty.

[@degreeskelvin3025]

I watched a tier list a couple days ago that literally put your bottom 3 essentially in his S-tier so this is wild to me 😅

[@joeferreti9442]

It might depend on what is important to you, raw powerlevel or fun to play or role-playing or spell casting or ... it's good that it is different by personal preferences.

[@JacquesduPlessis11]

I agree with this list while loving the druid 😂. It is all good to be honest. Ranger is the weakest, but when you multiclass suddenly becomes amazing.

[@StarBoundFables]

Great class comparison! Thanks for sharing your POV

[@godlik3r304]

I think Sorcerer is mechanically the best class in the game. Being able to Twin Cast concentration spells like haste is ridiculously powerful.

[@Dinawartotem]

Aren't there enough haste bottles to make do?

[@godlik3r304]

@@Dinawartotem Potions of speed only last for 3 rounds and if you don't end the fight by that point you get a very nasty debuff.

[@kebin5336]

Meh it's definitely strong and the bread and butter of sorcerer is to do that, hence their limited spell selection. But they lose out to all other casters in flexibility.

[@wideout7838]

@@kebin5336they absolutely do not lose to warlocks and badly lose to bards and Druids lol. Only wizard and cleric really have them beat badly

[@javierslytherin9898]

@@kebin5336 You don´t need that flexibility if you are broken

[@dogs-game-too]

Moonbeam on the Druid does seem pretty strong early game when I was using it. A single spell slot but you can keep moving it to chase targets for reliable AoE damage.

[@Livingeidolon]

With some of the electricity equipment, call lightning is a delete button

[@dogs-game-too]

@@CoolWzzrd Nice! I'm a DM for DnD night and I decided to have a pack of marauders assault my players, and they all identified the Druid with its moonbeam as the biggest threat that had to be dealt with even with two raging Barbs in their face lol

[@Distruzi0ne]

Spore Druid is a blast. It may feel a little awkward, but between using blight/ice storm/raise fungal minion's, it's a blast.

[@jobslolo7387]

There's tons of way to play a spore Druid and it's easy to abuse it's necrotic damage. Especially when you reach the point where it deals double damage (so 2-8) you can use flaming blade which is a 3d8 (pure fire) weapon outfit go for dual wield going gloomstalker dual wield 5 then pick fighter 2 for surge. Now watch as you output ridiculous amount of raw melee damage. By ranger 5 with just base flame blade you'll be doing some 10d8+ worth of raw damage. Too bad you can't dual wield the flaming blade. Tho. Thst would be some 6d8 by druid lvl 8. You can still be around 22-25AC with dual wield in medium armor

[@cowboybob5301]

druid is super strong... summon a lvl 5 element, lvl 4 elemental, lvl 4 woodland creature, it summons another creature. turn into a bear... and you have a whole woodland party on top of your party. all of the summons stay alive indefinitely. Rolling around with 12 people in my party

[@TheRelen222]

Taking one level of war cleric solves the squishiness problem for a spore Druid and makes them a lot more fun.

[@tylerleecooper]

which druid subclass gets all those summons? sounds fun@@cowboybob5301

[@jobslolo7387]

@@TheRelen222 yeah.. People are totally sleeping on the 1 level dip into something else like fighter or cleric to compensate big time their squishiness. Hell dipping also let you refund some dex to put in other things. Just like I enjoy my cleric to dip 1 level into druid just for shillehag cantrip to actually have a hard hitting melee hit with staff or club without having to invest into dex or str to actually hit.

[@Jackies001]

I love how you did the disclaimer at the beginning - assuring us to watch your video not needing to worry about biased opinions

[@Twilight5007]

I think druid is pretty strong just due to their spell list. pushing and pulling effects are really powerful and the druid has spike growth and plant growth to make enemies take damage or no concentration 1/4th movement speed. Moon bream is also really good, and call lightning is just insane if you can keep enemies wet.

[@MaximumRideMaster]

Agreed!

[@clarkkent2650]

This is why I trust your reviews. You put emphasis on ENJOYMENT in playing the game rather than playing the game with META classes

[@travisburnham1126]

I’m loving my gloomstalker ranger with rogue/thief. The extra bonus action every turn opens up so many possibilities. When I get the fighter levels that first turn alpha strike will be ridiculous.

[@realduox]

strongest class in the game.

[@Squeeble00]

Doing the same thing for dark urge, plan on turning it into a solo run later. Even at just level 5 gloomstalker with dual handcrossbows and deathstalker mantle it already seems broken lmao

[@realduox]

wait until 3 rogue and you get an extra attack every round. It's hilarious.@@Squeeble00

[@cjpack]

my gloomstalker thief astarian is stupid strong for opening combat, then my sorcadinfinishes ppl off with

[@zilian9685]

Absolutely love the disclaimer in the beginning! Thank you for the tier list!

[@Zalamancer]

Druid and Paladin are my favorite classes, but the fact that class abilities mainly get locked out in wildshapes is unfortunate

[@markodevaio6972]

I can absolutely agree on Paladin to be the star of the show The smites are so incredibly strong that even Rafael doesn't stand a chance against well-built Palladin, not to mention how crazy oath of the ancients is with healing ..

[@erikskoog8415]

Been playing your warlock build, it is alot of fun specially now at lvl 5 =) Good show sir

[@pipedreamsnetwerk5110]

Im so happy i found your channel. you put out consistent quality content.

[@Morgan_Blackhand]

I'm playing as a Warlock in my solo playthrough, and a Ranger in my co-op one. It's a heck of a lot of fun to see two classes like that.

[@mohammadahmadi5740]

Hi, can you please detail how you did your build with warlock in solo run? I can only play these games as solo (dont like more than one pawn) but still dont know what exact build i should go with warlock eldritch blast. I know i need eldreitch as it is spammable but dont know if i should subclass or not and etc. I would appreciate it if you explain to me. I read in another comment i should go "2 fighter 2 warlock 8 sorcerer" but it didnt elaborate why.

[@culliganator]

The ease of swapping between melee and missile weapons without costing an action puts martial classes ahead of all others all by itself.

[@sakarakit5835]

The great thing about this game is: there truly is no bad class

[@novakcui831]

well.............. there's the four element monk so.....

[@hlw02]

I’ve been playing as a College of Swords Bard and holy moly is it fun. I struggled a bit at the start but once I hit level 6 she really started to come into her own.

[@MaMastoast]

Ye, its amazing.. I love the ranged slashing flourish.. so stylish and effective.

[@GeneralEli]

Weirdly for me I’m having a much easier time w the game after switching from warlock to moon Druid. I think the control spells and general health sponginess of the wild shapes have made things a lot easier for me.

[@Bakazuraz]

Doing a Tempest domain storm cleric in my multiplayer game. I feel like I am playing the party nuke, while also being a tank, a front liner, and healer/support if needed. I love just knocking enemies around with all the knockback they get. It truly is a blast.

[@shadedergu9921]

Bards getting expertise and the ability to pick any proficiencies in the game with their full casting (and magical secrets) actually makes them the best face in 5e, even with the nerfs to Lore Bard in BG3 where you cannot pick their additional spells anymore they still soar well above every other class. Like, Expertise in Persuasion alone leads to you well outperforming the other Charisma casters If anything, the Bard's biggest weakness is how in Multiplayer they will just dominate all of the RP moments, but yeah, Jack of All Trades, master of a few things above what other classes could ever hope to compete with.

[@urbano999]

I am level 4 with my party and I am playing a custom half-orc paladin. I love this game. And as you said, any class can manage to play the game succesfully, especially in the normal difficulty. I just love looting and grinding to get marginally better weapons and spells.

[@gearzdesign]

I've tried several builds/classes, I just made a rogue(thief)/Ranger(gloomstalker) and it does incredible damage and has the ability to stealth etc. Specially with the dark urge cloak that turns you invis after a kill.

[@ewweg]

Is hunter not better, u get the +8 damage every round and stealth from rogue?

[@gearzdesign]

@@ewweg I'm not sure, I like gloom stalkers invis at will ability

[@Kenzi1000]

I ended up with gloom stalker + rogue with 2 levels in fighter. I do absolutely bonkers damage due to advantage all the time. Really enjoyed it! feel like ranger + rogue complement each other very well

[@nickdirado929]

Do you prefer choosing ranger or rogue as your starting class?

[@Kenzi1000]

@@nickdirado929 I don't think I prefer either or, perhaps lean more towards rogue for its bonus actions (disengage etc)

[@luminethmage9361]

I’ve played both a Wizard and a Sorcerer, and honestly I don’t think one is better than the other. Having a lot of utility outside of combat with a Wizard is also a ton of fun. You are kind of a Swiss Army knife. I also think meta magic is really fun, especially at the start, it feels very powerful. But it also feels more limited generally. I’m probably biased toward the Wizard though, because I like the class fantasy more. But what is great - they are both really fun to play, it comes down to personal preference. Good ranking, I enjoyed the video. : )

[@jobslolo7387]

Not to mention the very unique, very powerful spells only a wizard can learn in act 3. No other Class can get those. And one of them is a necromancy spell... Which is very strong.

[@pmarreck]

My only beef with Wizard is that it's the only class currently that uses INT so it's not very great for multiclassing (maybe an Eldritch Knight Warrior though)

[@ComradeTomatoTurtle]

I was hoping they going add bladesinger, that’s my favorite subclass.

[@stub6378]

Every single tier list has all thr classes all over the shop and that shows fantastic balancing

[@PrinsPrygel]

I guess in the end it all comes down to personal preference and play style.

[@joeferreti9442]

Different people prefer different things. The balancing isn't that good because from a gameplay and powerlevel perspective the Charisma-based characters and Gloomstalker seem to stand out too much.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Thank you so much for the ranking video!!

[@mansansmorals1471]

Druid is fairly tanky, at least in the early game. Medium Armor + Shield with Mirror Image is really nice. They have Protection from Elements if they need fire protection. And they’re good at crowd control and healing. I think they’re pretty underrated. I admit that the Wild Shape ability isn’t too exciting, but it’s still a great caster class with adaptability.

[@lennic]

Cleric's aid and feast are honestly amazing for keeping the entire party up and running

[@zacharymorris6119]

I'm absolutely loving my war cleric, never played a cleric on tabletop but I probably will now. They tear. High ac, spells, extra attacks, decent health pool. Very enjoyable.

[@UnburntDragon]

How good is that at healing?

[@thedanish5523]

Exactly what I was thinking for my second playthrough

[@XoRandomGuyoX]

@@UnburntDragon In 5th edition D&D healing will almost never keep pace with damage dealing. So in most instances a basic Healing Word to keep people from death is all that gets used. In BG3 there is a slight push to cast it before someone drops though since they lose their action if they go unconscious. The exception is the spell called Heal, which all Clerics get. That is an instant 70 hp. In tabletop there is a spell called Healing Spirit that used to be used to max HP for everyone outside of combat by having people pass through it in a conga line. It was since nerfed but can still provide up to 6d6 healing for a second level spell slot.

[@zacharymorris6119]

@@UnburntDragon they have a lot of healing that other clerics do. I rarely use it unless I'm using the bonus action heal to get a team mate up.

[@zacharymorris6119]

@@thedanish5523 10/10 I definitely recommend.

[@andrewbrian7659]

First charecter was a Seldarine Drow Shadow Monk. Ended up having the highest AC despite not wearing armour, and yes, the amount of damage you can do is insane. I grabbed some shoes which gave me click heels, so I don't need to use ki to get extra movement, there are just so many class specific dialogs and wisdom checks that I was able to let my MC be the face without too many negative consequences. Plus, running into combat and getting four, sometimes five hits on first turn (stealth is amazing) is so useful. As a high dex chrecter, you can also deal with all of the lockpicking no problem. The monk feels so much more like a WOTR/pathfinder monk than a D&D monk in it's utility in-game, and that makes it so much more fun to play.

[@PigMac2083]

Warlock is the most fun class I ever played in any D&D CRPG ever. I almost wish it had a few 'drawbacks' (like Wyll's evil demanding patron) just to not only have positive effects. The Great Old One with just crowd-control spells, charisma, talk to animals/dead, and a rapier makes it my ideal char. I even get bored trying out others by now, and I tried a paladin last, but I couldn't 'live into the role' of being one, and noticing that most options one took for granted were simply missing, or replaced by more or less generic 'being so do-goodie' that the armor almost broke.

[@kadishevdox]

Thank god. A video I can watch. I’m still in first play through and trying to avoid spoilers…..lol

[@TheThornicator]

I couldn't decide between Bard and Warlock for my 1st playthrough. Ended up Bard and I find it super fun. I absolutely cannot wait to do more playthroughs with Sorc, Warlock, and Paladin. I've no D&D experience at all, but I'm loving this game deep into Act 3.

[@ruinmaniac1411]

Por que no los dos? Just grab yourself 2 levels of warlock later and enjoy some eldritch blasts.

[@Lutasiren]

@@ruinmaniac1411 it's not even that strong, my wyll can do 20 per beam. but other dps dpes much more

[@DwightOfTheDead]

Just started the game this weekend, rolled barbarian and it’s been a lot of fun. Literally roaring through every other conversation is hilarious.

[@sohaibrazzaq2004]

I can confirm, as someone who has beaten Pathfinder WOTR on unfair difficulty BG3 difficulty is way way relaxed. Tactician (Hardest) difficulty in BG3 is easier even then the Core difficulty of WOTR. So my advice to anyone going to play BG3 is stop thinking about Min/Max in this game, you absolutely don't need it. Just enjoy whichever class and race looks fun to you. BG3 is one of the best games i have played recently but its certainly not because of the challenge it offers.

[@duloth5518]

As someone whose first character was a blue dragonfolk tempest cleric of the dragon god, this was a hilarious one to watch.

[@Chumbaniya]

I'm really enjoying playing a moon circle druid because I like playing the animal forms, but I have to agree their implementation is a bit lacking compared to others. One thing that wasn't mentioned that is actually quite frustrating sometimes is that if you are in wildshape and finish a combat which has a trigger for an NPC to talk to you, they will instead go to another member of the party because your wildshape isn't capable of conversation. The conversations play out as normal, but I've had to quickload on occasion and cancel wildshape before finishing a fight if I wanted to have my main character handle plot-relevant conversation. I do have to say though that the implementation of the individual wildshape options is great, and I love the models. Overall the druid offers exactly what I expect from it: lots of variety, at the cost of doing any one thing perfectly.

[@no6643]

I really want to do a moon Druid but I want to be able to kind of like combine spell casting and wild shape. I know it sounds like I should be doing circle of the land but honestly circle of the moon just captures me the most (probably because in dragon age origins I was a kind of shapeshifter/blood mage so I’m trying to kind of replicate that)

[@GamerRMT]

Having just about finished my College of Swords Bard playthrough, I would have to give them my number 1 slot for favorite class. Great talkers, great casters with choice damage and control spells, excellent damage-dealers in melee or ranged combat, expertise in four skills by the end of the game, the ability to cherry-pick spells from other classes at level 10, and the always excellent Jack of all Trades ability to bump up those ability checks that don't correspond to a particular skill; they feel both incredibly versatile and powerful. The Swords Bard in particular is amazingly good at yeeting people off of cliffs thanks to mobile flourish, which is an extremely powerful strategy that trivializes some encounters.

[@AliasAerius]

One thing you didn't mention about the Ranger is the sheer amount of skills you can get with it. A Wood Elf Ranger can start out with nine skills at level 1 and can pick up two additional skills later on as they level without using feats. For some players that can be a lot more important than how well they do in combat, and they are still very effective there. Plus they get access to Speak with Animals, which is a big bonus.

[@Miners666]

I’ve yet to buy Baldur’s Gate 3 but a month+ later I think I’ve finally decided (with all your videos’ help) to play a pure Eldritch Knight on my first play-through, being completely new to DnD and BG. For some reason I decided to spend weeks theory-crafting builds, multi-classing ideas, reading lore, and writing detailed backstories for 8 potential characters.

[@popkhorne5372]

Funny, i saw other people saying that druid was insanely good. Everyone seems to agree on paladin tho.

[@zero11010]

Thumbs up for the humility and realism of that intro!

[@elfinkenshi6437]

My current main is Ranger-Gloomstalker and I am really enjoying this killing machine

[@austen8078]

Same, I multiclassed gloomstalker (lvl 5) with thief dual wielding hand crossbows and I slaughter everything.

[@Romanperro]

Brilliant overview, thank you very much!

[@Kiboune_YT]

Shadow monk teleport is so good for stealing stuff and easily overcome lots of problems. Open hand monk with thief is insane at how much damage it's possible to deal at level 12. But 4 elements is such a disappointment, mostly because of how little you can use.

[@ishmamanwar6840]

If you have the right items, way of the 4 elements melts bosses in one turn and it’s the most fun dps class in combat I’ve played so far

[@MrSvirGamevil]

​@@ishmamanwar6840 Can you tell me more about this build ? I want to be a monk in my second playthrough but I can't stand playing Tavern Brawler as I can't take pleasure with "exploit", and I was intrigued by Elemental Monk but everybody says it's unplayable xD ! Help me build my monk pls ! :) (The only thing I'm sure is that I will be a Duergar, cause I want to see their dialogues options)

[@FatSultan]

If you have trouble in tactician mode, try the following subclasses: Battlemaster warrior, Light cleric, Loremaster bard, Divination Wizard, Any of the Sorcerers, Assassin, Any of the Paladins for boss burst.

[@ceno10101]

I thought when they said that Gale was ranked 7 for deaths, it was because people like me, wanted to see what his new ability did...

[@holdenjames6363]

I came into this game knowing nothing going in as a ranger and honestly I don't regret it at all

[@T3CHN0M4D]

I love my druid 😊 and since you don't have to really min max in this game I think they are perfectly viable and I like how wild shape is also useful outside of combat. In WOTR I always thought that wild shape was kinda meh but here it's so much fun.

[@foley15136]

I’m very ignorant of modern games. The last that I played was the old old old Bulders Gate. This version is obviously very different in order to appeal to the modern gamer. Certainly more complicated. Now, to show a lot of my ignorance, I have a question; Do you control what’s going on with a bunch of different buttons to push on the keyboard, or can you just use only the mouse to do pretty much everything? And to sneak in another question; Can you pause and start, pause and start, pause and start from round to round? (By start, I mean start a round)

[@marilia26]

I've been playing as Monk and I love it! In early access I've played as Rogue and Barbarian, and honestly from the 3 classes, Monk is my favorite so far. Really recommend people trying it out.

[@SomeGuy62121]

Agreed, much like the guy in the video I expected to hate monk, but made one as a joke and ended up falling in love with it. BG3 made monk very enjoyable to play and it's definitely strong as hell.

[@Yrusocute28732chw]

Bard is literally the most useful class out of combat and pretty strong in combat You play an instrument based on your charisma at lvl3 you can pick subskills which buff your Charisma even more So you just stand back and debuff your enemies/buff your allies while you are playing your violin lmao (Big buff) Use of spells for better results (optional) Charisma is required for like 60% of all the secret dialog options at the game (intimidation, persuasion) You can turn your bard into a thief if you pick the right subclass at lvl3. You must have a character with thief skills at your team (high dexterity, stealth and stealing) So this is your best option for a thief. Rogue seems like a waste of space compared to bard

[@ebonspike]

My friendly fire death was from Wyll pushing a gnoll off of a cliff onto my main character who was downed... 😂 ...and is my only death so far

[@Kanoog]

I saw that Sorc Fire Ball spell or whatever that was and it was all I needed to see to finalize my choice. I was already leaning towards Sorc but that sealed the deal haha.

[@werewolf772]

I find Owlbears leap the funniest thing in the game. Like why can it prone EVERYTHING. Giant Final boss of ACT 2 prone, Giant robot in ACT 1 prone. I freakin love it, it gives my party such a massive advantage and on tactician, 50 hours in prone has been resisted once by a random githyanki guard. By far my favorite wild shape.

[@pronoydutta614]

The fact that I'm having trouble making up my mind is really fun. I'd say the emphasis on role play also helped make all these options more attractive.

[@Sluhg1]

I literally can not decide which class i want to play. They all sound so fun.

[@HLGJammer]

Randomize and have fun!

[@KaiReel23]

Play around and respec if needed. Pick origin, not a class. I started with dark Urge... which is very chaotic evil, it is good, but forces some things on you. I made a heavy armoured dark urge ranger with 2 long swords... but the playthrough was too chaotic evil. So I made a "Geralt of Rivia" Eldrich Knight. It is fun, you can have almost every "Witcher sign" on lvl 1( except for irden ). The game also has alchemy and bombs. I went with a half elf to imitate "cat eyes"( dark vision ). You can roleplay as Guts, Artemis Entreri, Aragorn, Gandalf\Frodo... just roleplay

[@joeferreti9442]

Yep, there is no way to not make several runs with different characters. There is so much cool things in character creation alone.

[@Lutasiren]

lol then u should look at the classes in pathfinder wotr

[@SomeGuy62121]

I recommend playing one of the catch all classes (Bard or Warlock) because they do everything.

[@MentoliptusBanko]

Finally a game where I can play a bard and don't be useless :) I love bards in tabletop d&d, but in games it was a problem using them...until now :)

[@Mr.Kratoast]

I had a lot of trouble picking a class, finally decided on a Dark Urge Warlock.

[@colinsospicey4591]

i do wanna say that a ranger with sharpshooter feat and the gloom stalker subclass hits like an absolute truck if given the right items. i had one throughout my entire playthrough and it was a walk in the park.

[@AkodoKusamoto]

I cannot WAIT for payday. I've been playing D&D since I was 12 years old (when 2nd Ed was the latest thing...yes, I'm a fossil) and this looks like the closest thing to the tabletop version that's ever been made, but with amazing storytelling and great player agency. Subscription well earned and deserved, and your content has given me some ideas without spoiling anything. I suspect you, like Larian, will start getting other creators complaining about your great content making their mid content look bad and you should stop doing it. Well done, Sir.

[@ucancallmeal6904]

Nice video, but I am surprised to see the Ranger so low! I created a Deep Gnome Ranger and I ended with very unexpected, and pleasing, surprises. It's really fun to play. I often use him to infiltrate while the rest of the party stays behind. I took Alert at lvl 4 to make sure he can't be surprised and use the raven to scout further by flying. Taking time to scout properly, I have spotted routes not normally accessible, and surprised enemies from very favorable positions. I try to RP him, so the main way to fight is ambush and train a few enemies back to the main group. Rince and repeat. Doing that, I've been able to do the entire interior of the Goblin camp in Act 1 without a single Long Rest, all the way to Halsin. No survivors on the enemy side and my party took little damage. I play on regular difficulty. My party was my ranger, Shadowheart, Gale and Karlach. Ah, BTW, because I can position my team before opening battle, Gale did not damage a single party member. One thing though, playing that way is slow as I take time to recon properly (when possible ...) before deciding how to act. Maybe not for everyone.