Baldur's Gate 3: Ranger Class Overview

[@onatgz]

speaking of rangers, DID YOU KNOW THAT VIGGO MORTENSEN BROKE HIS TOE WHILE KICKING THAT HELMET AND HE TURNED THAT GENUINE PAIN INTO A SCREAM OF ANGUISH ON THE FLY I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT HAHA

[@q306005]

I remember the first time I played Neverwinter Nights, before knowing anything about DnD, I played as a Ranger Assassin named Bedford Woodstalker. He duel-wielded katanas, cuz like I said, I had no idea what I was doing. Now I'm thinking of recreating Bedford in BG3 as a Ranger Rogue with the Gloomstalker and Assassin subclasses to make an actual stealth killer.

[@inspiringminds7284]

I was playing Diablo 4 until the last patch, now it's a joke, can't wait for BG3 to release. I have about 100 hours in early access, such a great game!

[@MBEG89]

Similar story with me, i played a rogue/assassin and plan on making one here also.

[@DefinitelyNotBender]

Rangers from 3.5e are completely different than 5e. So just don’t level him the same way when you do.

[@pennguino9137]

I loved NWN. Was so addicted. I never played any of the Diablo's or BG's. I have at least 100 hours in BG3. My heart will always be NWN though and the persistent worlds. Maybe a year down the road after playing multiple classes in BG3, there will be some persistent content out there.

[@louco280]

Have a look at ranger/monk way of shadow. It's also a good mix for assassin char.

[@bakuiel1901]

Personally Ranger is my favorite class since 2e, Tasha's Caldron of Everything fixed their issues in 5e mostly, though I like what Larian is doing with the class too

[@subject8776]

What about the Ranger fantasy appeals to you that makes it your favorite class?

[@bakuiel1901]

@@subject8776 I like the Warrior on the edges of civilization, protecting the weak with only themselves and they're trusty companion by there side. That's Why Beast Master Ranger is my go to.

[@vigilantgopher9563]

@@bakuiel1901 Also I like the idea of an order of rangers, like the Dunedain or like some Rangers will align themselves with a Druid circle and protect the land. Or the Emerald Enclave

[@DoolallyProductions]

I like the changes they made. With a wood elf, folk hero, bounty hunter, urban tracker I can be a skill monkey with athletics, sleight of hand, stealth, investigation, nature, animal handling, insight, perception and survival. Throw some points into wis and int and I'm all set. Also no rogue needed now.

[@hiimglad8608]

Drizzit Do'urden and Aragorn are the rangers I grew up with. Love it.

[@0G_Golden]

I love this. It’s a great way to start the morning. Keep the class content coming. And this keeps me waiting until the big day comes when I can play the full game.

[@holyromanempire3445]

I'm so torn between a Bard and a Ranger Knight Beastmaster for my first run. Dual wielding in heavy armor with a bear to back you up sounds cool af

[@Wucc2caz]

Haha, great to see this! I am struggling with the same choice.

[@Booneface]

I'm going for a bard.... not my usual style, but I'm gonna try to support all the other named characters and try to help them fulfill their life goal. While being good.... was debating playing dark urge but I think I'll pass.... trying to do a good hero run

[@ilgiallo0]

​@@Boonefaceto be honest playing the early acces it seems a lot better to play a non origin character . Friendship is real , and in this case they are pretty vocal to what happen to them

[@emceeunderdogrising]

@@Booneface I really like how Bard's are actually viable in this game. You can be a badass and be Charisma based. Thought about being a Bard just for that reason alone.

[@jamesdavid1874]

I've watched or listened to everyone one of these class breakdowns. I don't know what your tabletop background is; but as a big fan of ttrpgs it's nice to get BG3 info from someone with 5e context. Keep up the good work!

[@joemama114]

This honestly seems like one of the more enjoyable takes of ranger, in standard 5E table top they have some heavily specialized features that are VERY niche. But they can be downright necessary in some campaigns that involve extended traveling across counties, countries or even full continents. Then again in a game I ran, we added the "rangers journal" which was sort of like a wizards book but for Favored enemies and Terrains. Essentially any competent ranger would keep a document of their travels and the creatures and places they've come across if they ever need to reference it later. It was a sort of mini game for our ranger to complete tasks and if he did so successfully he could swap any Favored enemy or Terrain for another one in the book. Many of them were done during his downtime and he seemed to love it, they were small quests and they varied in challenge. Spend 10 days in the arctic terrain and survive without using magic or bringing food, successfully hunt/track 10 different creatures within a grasslands. There was usually 2 or 3 that would if done successfully unlock that creature type or that terrain type for swapping. If I remember correctly he could spend 8 unbroken hours of refreshing his memory using his book to swap 1 creature type or 1 terrain type for a different one. He took his role as party guide seriously and everyone seemed to love his dedication to learning new monster and terrain lore, he also took several levels in barbarian I think for elk subclass. He really wanted that level 6 double speed long range traveling pace which basically made them in high demand from merchants or nobles, people who wanted protection and swift travel. It got to the point where it would be worth it not to teleport to places using teleportation circle, instead of taking an 8 day trip on foot, party is facing about a 2-3 day trip on horseback.

[@verucasalt4535]

As a brand new player who's never played dnd I picked ranger because I love archery and ranger seemed simple for a beginner. I have an Aragorn type character who's a human Noble and Gloom Stalker. I'm playing on easy mode and am having a lot of fun playing the game and learning the mechanics. Thanks for the info!

[@purplatypus7405]

Ranger is definitely thr class I don't really get. Maybe I'm off but it always felt to me in EA that they were a bad rogue meets a bad druid. I'm sure they bring their own thing to the table but I never really had much fun with them. Either way I'm picking one day one because aragorn.

[@CrazyxEnigma]

They're regarded by many as the weakest class in TT. Larian had to buff and homebrew the class to make it stronger which is good imo.

[@RenoKyrie]

Dont use Hunters Mark and Ensnaring Strike, its as simple as that Use the other Spells Ranger have Like Spike Growth or Pass Without Trace, Fog Cloud and Speak with Animals

[@Raccoozs]

My intro to the ranger was Bg3 and for the longest time i had no clue why tabletop players hated it until i looked it up

[@AwakenedNegus]

Not gonna lie you have single handedly convinced me to try this as my first CRPG kinda hype but also nervous it wont click right away lol

[@chrishernandez3473]

Every one of your class videos results in me changing my mind about the first class I will use. Seriously though, thank you for your great content!

[@exquisitemeat5845]

Always enjoy the aesthetic of a Ranger. Ran one in EA, great fun

[@suzanner8360]

I had one in EA also, and it was my favorite with sorcerer a close second.

[@pennguino9137]

First ever PC in DnD was a Ranger. A STR based Ranger is still very viable due to the different weapons you can wield with the Ambidex feat.

[@MarcoR6]

Morty, your videos are awesome and are making me more anxious for the game's release... and a lot more anxious about choosing a character to play with in my first playthrough!

[@jonhmata]

After seeing a lot of possibilities ( and playing ranger a lot on early access) I finally decided to do a multiclass Shadow monk Gloomstalker Assassin as my first playthrough, we still need to know all the features they will have on hte main game, but shadow hopping, extra attack with extra damage on first turn and confirmed crit on suprised enemies looks like a powerfull combination

[@coconutologist]

10:55 Prepare to reap the whirlwind! Thanks for the video. Onward to 300k. All glory to the algorithm.

[@majafarkhani87]

Started watching your channel a a little over a year ago when i was doing a re play of BG2 (one of my top 3 games ), greatful for the content you put out and glad to see the channel have so much success keep up the good work!

[@77Bakh]

Was waiting for this review. Ranger with beast companion was always one of my favourite classes to play. And guess it`s gonna be my my 1st walkthrough class in BG3 as well. Hell...I simply cant` wait for this game. And all Your videos just making me more hyped up.

[@kinyasdemli4383]

Most of the "main guys" in old fantastic series feels like ranger. Rand'al Thor was a ranger at the beginning, Geralt suits the ranger most, Drizzt etc. So I hope we get to utilize ranger in BG3 because on pen and paper my character was underwhelming.

[@roeci6]

You should play as horizon walker in table , awsomme subclass .

[@thisismychannel607]

Ollie from game of thrones was like a young master ranger lol he shot Jon snow's girl with an arrow and then later on backstabbed Jon like an assassin. Total chad ranger move

[@camillokamo8950]

Aragorn is a ranger as well

[@camillokamo8950]

Ok he just said on the video 😅

[@DefinitelyNotBender]

Geralt is more of a Bladesinger.

[@xmerwyndtheroninrogue1097]

My first RPG was Wizardry on an Apple IIe. Yes, I'm so old that Gandalf and me played together as children. I'm going to do a multiclass Drow Rogue/Thief - Ranger Gloomstalker build. The level distribution is dependent upon information I glean from the final release. I bought it in EA 1st day, played 40-45 hrs and put it aside to wait for the final product. Your video was quite concise and informative. Thank you for the effort you made to educate the D & D unwary wanting to play BG3.

[@Hylirica]

To be fair, most of the traits they changed for BG3 aren't particularly useful when playing DnD either haha. Ranger is the class that needs the most work from the base game, so I'm glad they changed so many things.

[@DefinitelyNotBender]

Nah, Monk is.

[@lovethepandainyou]

@@DefinitelyNotBender Lol, no way in hell. Ranger is the worst class in terms of its mechanics, especially when compared to other half-casters like the paladin. Half of his mechanics are stupidly written and thought of, the other half offer no value progression whatsoever. And that's without considering the beast master's archetype at all. I would agree if you say the ranger NOW is much better because they added so many other options and did a redux on him. But PHB Ranger is just so dumb. Like, they didn't know what to do with him. It says enough on how bad he was that they actually did a redux on him and the beastmaster archetype...

[@DefinitelyNotBender]

@@lovethepandainyou you’re correct Ranger has an overhaul with Tasha’s Cauldron. It’s not bad at all anymore. I don’t think anyone plays with the PHB Ranger. That’s what I meant, Ranger is better now. Poor Monks, though.

[@probablythedm1669]

​​​@@lovethepandainyouranger has a bunch of duds in their features, but the base class is still strong in damage. The new options in Tasha's gave them optional fetaures which are useful and good, so now they do good damage and have decent features. Meanwhile, monk deala the least damage of all martials, can't do anything unique but be okay at running away without ki, has the worst AC of all martials, the smallest hit dice and just spamming stunning strike (which is resisted most of the time, but great when it lands) is not that fun nor does it boost their poor damage output. Then they get dunked on because their AC will be worse than a wizard (who will generally start out with 17-20 AC, thanks to shield and mage armor). Monks are basically a liabilty and as a DM you need to go easy on them so they can actually have fun and feel like they're useful. No other class needs me to go easy on them just so they can be okay. I love monks, but man do they just not deliver in the game as written. Everything fun is tied to ki and they run out by the second or third round of combat and just become a bag of hit points that does poor damage. 😒

[@DefinitelyNotBender]

@@probablythedm1669 Monks are awesome for multiclass dips though.

[@RenoKyrie]

Garrett from Thief series and Corvo from Dishonored Both of them are a Local Gloom Stalker Ranger who has SOO much Proficiency Bonuses(Except Charisma related ones) Get the Fog Cloud Spell, Speak with Animals(Even tho Garret doesnt directly talk with animals he COULD learn animals emotions,), Pass Without Trace, Conjure Animals(This is for Corvo based Ranger), Spike Growth, and Plant Growth

[@Dathmirx]

I’d actually call Corvo a Warlock with proficiency in stealth. The Outsider being his patron.

[@RenoKyrie]

​@@DathmirxTechnically Corvo isnt BOUND to have a pact with Outsider, just like how Rangers arent bound to specific part of nature unlike Druids who goes full commitment Pass Without Trace also fits both of their main Stealth Magic Powers, Not true invisibility, just a magic that removes physical tracks like footsteps and noises but are hard to see directly

[@Dathmirx]

@@RenoKyrie It’s a matter of interpretation, I suppose. I’d see the mark of the Outsider on his hand as an indication of the pact he created when he accepted his powers - more or less exactly how I’d see a Warlock pact being made. Multiclass it with Assassin, slap on a mask and you’re ready to hunt yourself some usurpers.

[@RenoKyrie]

​@@DathmirxA Hexblade Pact of the Blade Warlock is probably what Corvo would be, since he can use Hand Crossbow and Daggers Also forgot that Corvo has a decently high Deception and Persuasion unlike Garrett, yeah maybe Corvo is a Warlock Then again Multiclassing Gloom Stalker with Hexblade is actually pretty common so maybe he IS a Multiclass lmao

[@kbar4462]

I haven't played a ranger in a long time, but i could have sworn Larian did actually include the favored enemy feature at the start of Early Access a few years back. I remember it, and remember how lackluster it was for the variety of enemies that were available

[@Stormzsayshi]

What could be really interesting is a gloomstalker/ shadow monk since they allow you to basically teleport to any shadows which works really well with the gloomstalker abilities, and both use Dex and Wisdom

[@doogles610]

Monks are good fun. I'm considering playing a Gloomstalker ranger multiclassed with either rogue or monk. Both are viable.

[@DarkRangerZ]

Actually had one of these in a tabletop game. It was interesting to say the least

[@Stormzsayshi]

@@DarkRangerZ So I've decided for my Astarian playthrough im going to go 3 rouge into Assassin, then 3 into gloomstalker and then 6 into shadow monk to play him as a true vampire stalking the shadows.

[@Stormzsayshi]

@@doogles610 o I've decided for my Astarian playthrough im going to go 3 rouge into Assassin, then 3 into gloomstalker and then 6 into shadow monk to play him as a true vampire stalking the shadows.

[@Samurai_Stoner]

I do that multiclass and it's so op in my opinion

[@harag9]

Loving these class overviews, keep them coming :)

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Thank you for this class overview!

[@XBezerkerX]

Im going Gloomstalker Assassin with a last minute dip into fighter for Action Surge. Attacks galore.

[@GreedFeat]

I can’t even spend 30 seconds watching the vid without being distracted by the Brokvar Hunters portrait for the thumbnail. SKELLIGEEEEE

[@miro4D2]

I’ve played Ranger in BG1&2, but considering 5e’s take on the Ranger, I had no intention of doing the same. Thanks for showing that I can indeed complete the TriForce!

[@RenoKyrie]

5E Ranger have allways been good tho People just keep spreading missinformation, and encourage bad gameplay like using Hunters Mark

[@randomonlineuser6401]

​@@RenoKyrieNuh uh

[@erbrte]

Never thought Ranger would be my first run, but with Gloom Stalker it might be. Thinking of going Gold Dwarf Gloom Stalker 5 -> Battle Master 4 -> ending off with Gloom Stalker 8. Prime Nova Damage on the first turn with manoeuvres, Hunter's Mark, action surge and Sharpshooter.

[@latebreakfast8911]

Since Larian removed the need for min stats, I am really looking forward to Multiclassing Eagle Barbarian with Gloomstalker Ranger. The speed, utility and burst damange sound fun in combat, while all the spells without concentration and saving throws add some utility to the otherwise a bit flat barbarian. Besides...think about the jump distance of a max strength barbarian with Fast movement, the spell Jump and the spell Long Stride O_O

[@MayHugger]

Pick a wood elf and grab the Mobile feat for that extra little zoom.

[@DekuDude]

Which class would you start with and what levels?

[@arleyantes9321]

I really wanted to see your take on the Gloom Stalker right now :(

[@MarkSeinIII]

I wish Swarmkeeper Ranger is in BG3 because that sub-class made Ranger in DND5E great.

[@RenoKyrie]

Gloom Stalker, Swarm Keeper, and Fey Wanderer are litteraly the 3 best Ranger in that order specificly The fact we even GOT Gloom Stalker to begin with is a miracle since Gloom is a insane Subclass Too bad people never used Ranger Spells right, just "I cast Hunters Mark"

[@mouserat31]

I played my first-ever tabletop D&D game as a wood elf ranger. Always liked their vibe. But at the same time, I also like rogues and paladins. I’m going to be stuck figuring out what to play on BG3. A good type of stuck though!

[@vladimirtchuiev2218]

Beastmaster Ranger was my first character that I soloed early access with, it's pretty damn good, and well buffed in patch 9.

[@RenoKyrie]

Would reccomend try to Fog Cloud the enemy while you have the Spider active, alongside the Find Familiar Raven

[@SpectraLight]

The one I've been waiting for hell yeah. Choosing a class is tough af in this game, but have been leaning towards Ranger. This helps me with not second guessing, love these class vids man!

[@Shikao87]

Rogue fantasy is really not my thing, so Urban Tracker Ranger might be my substitute when I will want to play a character capable of opening locks and disarming traps

[@koterman22]

Really considering ranger/rogue or ranger/cleric as my first (non-origin) character, as I do think it fills a niche that the companions dont really fill and synergizes pretty well with the companions I am most interested in for a first playthrough as a chaotic good character (wyll, gale and karlach, maybe switching it up somewhat with minsk, halsin or jaheira, who also seem really cool in that regard.)

[@ducky36F]

Ranger was something I was considering looking at the party composition too. A lot of the “good” leaning characters are either melee focused or pure casters.

[@kinyasdemli4383]

Rogue/ranger can stack sneak attack and hunter's mark in pen and paper. With dual wielding and extra attack, also appropriate sub-class from rogue you can put quite high damage during mid game. If it is possible to multiclass fighter(3x class) too, you can take action surge and delete most enemies in one turn.

[@CrazyxEnigma]

Random fact Ranger/ Cleric was one of the strongest multi classes in the old BG games.

[@yorkipudd1728]

These are so helpful. Thank you.

[@HungryHippo7]

These are great keep it going!

[@ansettaustralia]

Love these, keep the BG3 content coming!

[@kaidorade1317]

Let us not forget the 2nd best Ranger in Fantasy: Drizzt Do’urden!

[@richardweems4517]

As always, thanks for the well wishes at the end. In regards to the beginning and middle... Well, let's just say that their was quite a bit of meat on the bones as it were. While I completely agree with your hope that the ranger might work out, I do believe it will require multiclassing to be competitive. A theme is all well and good, but there must be some viability during combat.

[@benjaminbruhn4360]

Wow your class guides are really the best 👍 Very complete and still comprehensive!

[@pR1sooeem]

1:55 "Rangers are meant to be defenders of civilizations but on the fringes of society. They are wardens of forests, protectors of isolated villages..." In Germany we call them "Förster" :^)

[@JasonWolfeYT]

Find familiar is great for early levels. The crow can fly up and peck a goblin archer out of reach. And if it takes a hit that is as good as absorbed damaged on a PC.

[@delimann0]

Every class overview I watch makes me want to play that class. I’ll never decide on a single class!

[@felixrondeau5029]

Congratz on the 200k subs mark!

[@mishiara5499]

1 thing i have to disagree with you on - you said find familiar would not be much use if you go beastmaster I disagree strongly as it gives enemy’s another target (that you dont even have to use a spell a lot for) that prevents potentially the enemy from hitting the party directly - also it most of all are easy way to get adv to your attack for nothing, and the small ability they have (raven that can blind for example) can save you in an ill prepared battle - or even make an enemy use their reaction so your main party pcs wont have to

[@RenoKyrie]

This is true Its also why Conjure Animals is such a overpowered spell, alongside Conjure Woodland Being Conjure Animals giving 8 Animals is WAY too overpowered, doesnt matter if enemy uses AOE to insta kill them they still wasted Action economy and resources

[@mishiara5499]

@@RenoKyrie I still think with the level 12 limit, it is not worth going past maximum lv 8 (7 for wis saves as gloom stalker) for the ASI/Feat, to make sure to get rogue and/or fighter in with sufficient levels over that spell (think you get it at lv 9 if I remember correctly?) - you could but then you only really get the best benefits from one other multiclass. You need at least 2 levels fighter for action surge, 3 for the subclass - and for rogue level 1 or level 3 where rogue subclass gives you more then fighters but fighters base traits is stronger. I think if I would go and get conjure-spells with ranger I will do it as a beast master to go with the more RP of being Ace Ventura ;)

[@RenoKyrie]

​​@@mishiara5499 still say the benefit of getting more Spells makes pure Ranger still good, even with the low +2 Con save Since the Concentration you DO use, end up making enemies barely able to reach you to begin with Spike Growth makes difficult terrain Conjure Animals is body blocking and the enemy would focus fire on them more over you since its 8 Animals attacking 1 poor dude Fog Cloud makes enemies that have Advantage on you roll on Neutral, you also roll on Neutral because both targets are rolling Disadvantage since Heavily Obscured while also having Blinded Condition which give Advantage on attacking them but Disadvantage if the blinded target attacks thing that are outside the Fog And Plant Growth is not even Concentration, you can stack it with the other 3 Spells i mentioned Also come on, more Pass Without Trace slot is REALLY good

[@battlericky17]

In my current campaign im a ranger with the hunter sub class using full benefit of the colossus slayer option. Alot of my perks are situational and stupid so i really love all the changes

[@mishiara5499]

Favourite class by far. Gonna be so fun to try different combinations of ranger, rogue and fighter for multiclassing. If sneak attack dont scale as it has not in early access, the choices will be much easier 🤭

[@killjoy295]

Never played Dnd, only divinity original sin 1 and 2, so i'm a bit lost on classes and multiclassing haha. I was looking at monk's elemental subclass and wondered what you would probably multiclass it with, maybe warlock blade pact? Other than that i would probably opt for a dual wield crit build that's not reliant on too much stealth gameplay, so probably Barbarian / fighter/ranger or rogue? And a standard magical spell slinging build that would feel similar to a pyro/earth or Water / Lightning focused build.

[@RenoKyrie]

DnD5E Classes which BG3 are using are quite different than DoS Also, the only Crit fishing build that ever worked are 5 level into Gloom Stalker Ranger for initiative bonus and movement equal to Wisdom(And you want 14 because its not THAT mandatory to have 16 Wisdom) and 3 levels into Assassin Rogue Make your Party be cloaked in Pass Without Trace, surprise attack the enemy for a wopping 3 Critical hits if you are using Bows And the number only increase when you are using Hand Crossbows or a extra 2 Dip into Fighter for Action Surge I would highly reccomend not use True Strike, Ensnaring Strike, and Hunters Mark tho They are all not only not optimal, but are also incredibly not fun to use for exploring the world

[@MouseDestruction]

Trying to figure out how I can make the biggest brawler I think ranger might be in the running because strength and dext proficiency would make them quite a good brawler? Good for jumping around the map, throwing things, pushing people etc. Better than barb I think, at least until barb uses rage. Rogue might be better with athletics expertise (+7 vs +5 at level 1) if you were to build a strength rogue, but restricted to light armor. There might be a spell to give bonus to strength rolls in paladin/cleric/druid/ranger? And I think going dwarf wouldn't be worth it for lower movement and height.

[@RenoKyrie]

Ehh, Berserker Barbarian is a better brawler since you can yeet enemies to each other Also, a Ranger Stat would end up being like 12 Strength 16 Dexterity 14 Constitution 8 Inteligence 14 Wisdom 12 Charisma Now i encourage people play whatever they want, anything is viable if the end goal is for fun But there are straight up hard facts like True strike is a awful spell Smiting as a Paladin should not be something you do all the time Hunters Mark and Hex are not spells that you should allways rely on, you litteraly have other options that make your gameplay more fun than a crappy Bonus Damage

[@MouseDestruction]

@@RenoKyrie Yeah I done that but swapped the strength with the dext because you take ranger knight which gives heavy armor. But it does leave you sucking with ranged weapons which still worked ok, you have heavy armor and heavy weapon and same skills still work with melee, but its just easier with a ranged weapon and better with dual wielding, which are finesse weapons anyway. I also tried it on rogue but need a finesse weapon for sneak attacks too and I don't think thrown weapons can sneak attack (how would you activate sneak attack on throwing?)

[@RenoKyrie]

​​@@MouseDestructionFinese Thrown weapon work But yeah, Rogues are better Class to dip as a Ranged Ranger since Assassin Subclass fit VERY WELL with Gloom Stalker Stealth surprise playstyle Pass Without Trace the Party, and you suddenly start to attack the enemies 3 times in the first turn of combat, all dealing critical hits After doing the Critical hit combo, you can set up Shutdown concentration spells like Spike Growth and Conjure Animals, or evade Pack Tactics like Advantage rolls the enemy have with Fog Cloud

[@0Gumpy0]

with the Ranger Knight option, being a Strength melee ranger seems quite viable. you can rock the heavy armor and then you don't need dex as much. i will likely end up rolling a Half Orc Melee Ranger

[@ladooshka]

For some reason I never got myself to try a ranger in EA. I may indeed try it in the finished bg3. Thank you!

[@MuppetLord1]

First playthrough will most likely be full 12 oathbreaker dark urge halfling, sword & board with studded leather and DEX build, fill frontliner & thief role. :)

[@solonp]

Phenomenal thank you sir!

[@Taranchule]

Rangers are an old standby for my friends and I. My best mate has played them almost exclusively for the nearly 30 years we've been friends. Probably my third favorite archetype in D&D and similar games. That said, I've never liked how 5E handled them. Their reliance on Hunter's Mark bugs me for reasons I can't really put my finger on, and the nerfing of Favored Enemy never sat right with me. I've heard Favored Foe from Tasha's Cauldron was an improvement, but as I went cold turkey on 5E shortly before that release I can't comment.

[@RenoKyrie]

Simple Dont use Hunters Mark Just use Favored Foe on Tanky enemies

[@shadyrebob5999]

Aragorn build incoming! 2 handed sword, medium armor, and bow!

[@MyTomServo]

find familiar and beast master allows you to have both a familiar and a beast now

[@TiLeo]

I started rather boring with a sweet-talking Human Fighter, but after a few hours I decided to play as a Drow (the bad kind) Ranger. After a few more hours I'm now a dual-wielding stalker, who can talk to animals and is also able to summon a cat. And I'm always the one starting a fight, putting a mark for extra damage on my enemy, making me pretty good in fights, too. I didn't even try pickpocketing yet. Shouldn't be to bad with Dex 17 either. I love my Drow Ranger so far.

[@bretthughes27]

Began playing EA after Patch 4 dropped, having decided that my first playthrough would be a Beast Master Ranger with the Giant Spider Summon Companion, which was OP. My playthrough became a partial when I discovered that the Spider was no longer Giant, or, as a result, OP. That was it for the Ranger until the most recent Patch, #9. The Summon Companions were reworked, and the Spider, now the Wolf Spider, was once again OP with Entomb. By the time I began a full playthrough however, it had been nerfed again. While Entombed now only lasts 3 turns, it remains powerful. Also, Beast Tamer is now useful, as you can have both a Familiar, and a Companion. Add in Sharpshooter at full release, and the Beast Master is close to S tier. A word of caution though. NPC's don't like the Spider, including Merchants, which can be costly. As of now my first Ranger playthrough will be 5 lvls of Gloom Stalker, 4 Battle Master Fighter, 3 Assassin Rogue.

[@CharliMorganMusic]

Ranger + circle of the Land Druid is good

[@Bensterr23]

Started coming up with a background for my half orc bounty hunter beast master and ended up writing 2.5k words 😂 can’t wait for this game!!!

[@Kamunchu]

Been waiting for 2 years for this to come out. I just found out my first day of law school is the day before it releases.

[@ScareyBusey]

My heart breaks for you

[@DarthSchum]

Studying is overrated, believe me 😈

[@Kamunchu]

@@DarthSchum I do believe you

[@silionraven1483]

Looking forward to be a Beastmaster :D yet I hope there will be more Partner options (maybe some sort of Dinosaur)

[@RenoKyrie]

You technically can get Dinosaurs Conjure Animals is a spell that exist

[@MrMucera]

Rangers usually got 2wfighting without meeting the dex requirements and could invest more in strength. Even 2h Rangers were good, with Minsc being incredibly prominent and even being in BG3.

[@ryansdevil]

Mortim, i can't explain how excited i am to get into this game and have your content on in the background

[@javiernovoa8756]

Absolutely agree. Ranger is a great option thematically, but the D&D 5e has never made it viable as a support or DPS class. I like some of the changes Laurian did, I wish the actual tabletop would adopt some of these and finally make the class playable as is rather than a significant dip elsewhere. Fighter dip is good option here as well.

[@bentmercer]

In this game sneak archer will be OP

[@Bzk--]

Ranger to me feels like a class that gains a lot in terms of gameplay feel from multiclassing, especially beastmaster + druid or in general with a nature cleric they get a lot more interesting!

[@munchman1324nj]

Combining your Gloomstalker with a battle Master fighter is a very good multiclass. The dread ambusher feature gives you an extra attack when you take the attack action on your very first turn. So if you go 5 lvls ranger and hit 2 lvls in fighter, you can do attack, extra attack, dread ambusher attack, action surge, repeat. Throw in a hunters mark on the biggest enemy and let em fly. Just keep in mind that it has to be your first turn, that your action surge is a once per long rest ability, and since the lvl cap is 12, you miss out on the fighter lvl 11 2nd extra attack.

[@Bzk--]

@@TheNitram8 Long story short you get an animal companion through beastmaster and specialize in shapeshifting through druid for the ultimate beast bros squad LOL

[@MayHugger]

@@TheNitram8Turn into a bear and team up with your pet bear to maul fools.

[@DefinitelyNotBender]

A Ranger/Druid is actually horrible.

[@MayHugger]

@@DefinitelyNotBender Eh, there’s worse. Like Monk.

[@livbarrett8540]

Waiting for the Druid one, I love the idea of transforming into animals

dont be sad to realize that its not all that strong by itself, druids really need to be creative in their magic and wildshape usage :)

[@CrazyxEnigma]

Remember irl Honey Badgers are the baddest motherf*ckers out there. Larian knows this.

[@battlericky17]

KZbin didnt have this as my first video on my feed this morning, KZbin, how dare you

[@FedeGomez2011]

Great content!

[@Ersanven]

I'm split between a Gloom Stalker and a Monk. Monk seems cool but it means I miss playing with cool gear.

[@CrazyxEnigma]

Gloom stalker and Shadow Monk wouldn't be a bad multiclass if you can't decide between them.

[@Ersanven]

@@CrazyxEnigma I don't think I want to mess with multiclassing on a first run. This video made me more tempted to go Monk for a more versatile character. I don't really know much about playing a stealth oriented character in these types of games.

[@cardassa]

I always used to think Rangers were a martial based alternative to Druids, primarily specializing in ranged combat with bows and arrows and reserved mainly for Elves and Half Elfs. But very much like a Druid they were looking to defend and preserve nature against the encroaching human civilization. They are not actively hostile towards cities and towns but were weary of their tendency to destroy the environment around them. This was before I played NWN2 as a human ranger specializing in Dual Wield melee... now I am just confused as to where they belong. These days it feels very similar to the fighter class where, besides the added bonus of an animal companion and a handful of support spells, it's lacks personality but serves as a solid basic foundation to build off of into almost any direction.

[@CrazyxEnigma]

Ranger has changed a lot over the years.

[@chaindead]

Who is the best ranger? Ranger Smith? Texas Ranger? Pink Ranger?

[@CiaphasKirby]

Android 17

[@CrazyxEnigma]

Gotta go with Pink Ranger, specifically from the OG Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

[@stovetopicus]

I found the ranger's damage to be extremely underwhelming. Once I got the 2nd attack it improved a lot, but it was nothing compared to a rogue or mage's damage output. Spending a turn to shoot a bow at a mob with 120hp only to do 4 damage is just stupid.

[@RenoKyrie]

You are saying that like "I think Paladin's Sword damage is bad" USE YOUR SPELLS OTHER THAN HUNTERS MARK AND ENSNARING STRIKE

[@chubbybubbers13]

Loving these videos do the monk please 😊

[@Weyoun359]

I'm planning on Bardadin (2levesl in pal then the rest bard), full paladin or Lock/Rogue

[@alinfriedman8080]

Stellar content!

[@Faith-sl1re]

I don't believe there is any class or subclass feature for ranger demands ranged or dexterity. I think the need mostly comes from medium armour already needing 14 Dex and hunters make requiring conentration. RP wise it would make sense for a ranger to have decent STR for climbing and traversing the land. STR is a lot more useful on BG3 due to shoving being a bonus action and jumping being more important. The idea that rangers play at range is probably people assuming ranger means they play at range but really that comes from ranging the terrain, like going over it, traveling

[@robertduluth8994]

Goddamn do i love using the ranger’s companions to blind the enemy as the raven and tank/ kill while the bear all while bow sniping from afar

[@billjackson1200]

Another great video and I would like to thank you for the good work that you are doing.And I can wait for me to get my hands on the game, even though I have to wait until September, because I play on PS5.But I know it's going to be awesome, and I thinking of playing a dual wielding Shadow monk range, so what do you think,I really appreciate your opinion

[@beezusHrist]

I like doing this with you every morning, Mort .

[@TARMHeLL]

I'm 100% sure my first time playing i made a Ranger beast tamer/ beast master, and when is summoned my beast the first time, my find familiar spell creature disappeared i had to replay the game as a different ranger cause only being able to summon 1 creature was some bullshit. And for me a beastmaster's animal companion shouldn't be, just a random summon, the animal should be a part of the character and customizable. In dungeon siege 2 you had to feed your animal to make it stronger, that was some good times.

[@rabbitonarock9060]

Gloomstalker + Rogue multiclass sounds really interesting

[@Rokumasu853]

Already brewing a Dark Urge Drow (Lolth) Ranger for a co-op game.

[@grey_wind]

It won't be my main character, but I'm really curious to try out the Gloom Stalker. A lot of fun potential there.

[@benjaminwhite2049]

Great video

[@degreeskelvin3025]

Was re-referencing this and noticed that you designed a drow that looks like Drizzt. Nice touch 👍🏿

[@MortismalGaming]

I'm surprised more people didn't notice tbh lol

[@degreeskelvin3025]

@@MortismalGaming yeah 😆. I didn't notice the first time because I usually have these class overviews running in the background while I work on other stuff. Might be what other people are doing too. Or ppl just don't know the character, especially after the mess that was Dark Alliance.

[@shadowspyes]

is a "lone wolf" playstyle possible in baldurs gate 3? I prefer playing with one character only, without having to play with or manage other characters in my party, like in divinity original sin 2

[@cherrysoda4462]

Possible? Yeah. Difficult? Most definitely. You'll need to be very smart with how you play and use your resources. Good thing is, all of the resources are yours.

[@RenoKyrie]

Possible since this is a video game But of all the class to "Lone Wolf" Ranger is litteraly the party utility class They get soo much useful proficiencies, AND their spells like Pass Without Trace is amazing Dont use Hunters Mark, just dont

[@MayHugger]

Play Beastmaster Ranger and keep sending your pet in alone to pick off enemies one by one. Make sure to have them hide to get a free surprise round. Anything that’s too much for it alone you can probably pull something off.

[@Mrollllf]

Str based melee ranger will be easily viable with the heavy armor from ranger knight option

[@RyuDaBurninator]

Gloom Stalker Ranger sounds like an excellent starting point.

[@abhishekdas2352]

Make an overview of SORCADIN multiclass build

[@Khornate]

Dark Urge as Gloomstalker/Assassin. Bring it on. 😈

[@a.trance6997]

I wonder if a strength ranger knight for melee is a good idea. Basically, you go for heavy armor and high ac to prevent concentration loss and dual wield to maximize hunter's mark.

[@schokoheinz]

I was planning to do a Melee Ranger too. Wanted to do a Monster Hunter type Character but more like a Witcher that can move fast and silent and not a typical Warrior. :D But not sure if that's possible with the Ranger.

[@holyromanempire3445]

Im also thinking about a dual wielding Ranger Knight in heavy armor with a beastmaster companion to back him up

[@CrazyxEnigma]

Although we don't know 100% for sure that was how Minsc played in the old BG games so you should be able to use him as a guinea pig to test out how good it is if you want your character to be something else.