Baldur's Gate 3 | Solo shadow monk slaughters Moonrise towers | Tactician

[@shaetsu4045]

Turns out stealth is OP when you don't have a DM to tell you "no".

[@override367]

stealth doesnt work if they get line of sight on you and you have to take the hide action while invisible to be unfound

[@bthorne2]

we literally just watched that NOT happening here, though.@@override367

[@thatguywiththeface9463]

Correct - it's an exploit of the surprised mechanic in the game. In a real D&D game you would not be able to get the drop on the enemy if you just walked into their base let alone spamming invisibility (Yeah the enemy knows you're there you stealthed right in front of them). Also the DM would have had all the enemies throw down light sources rendering cloak of shadows useless.

[@rman4539]

@@thatguywiththeface9463 i was a D&D DM for more than 15 years, and on my table, the surprise status only worked for the first blow, as intended in the rules. This video is nice to watch but clearely is an exploit :)

[@jackoberto01]

​@@rman4539Technically it is the first time every strike as they exit combat each time. But yes this is certainly an exploit

[@redemption101caleb]

Imagine how terrifying being in that fight would be for the enemies. Like damn.

[@jaycapala2402]

In dnd a turn is 5 seconds so this all happened in real time really fast.

[@21TheRonin]

@@jaycapala2402 6 seconds*

[@serenedevil6798]

I imagine it's like the scene in X-men 2 where Nightcrawler breaks into the white house.

[@ainzooalgown9952]

must have been the wind

[@TheGianLim]

Its like batman killing you them 1 by 1.

[@MayHugger]

Canonically accurate Batman encounter.

[@Fr0st1989]

except batman would be knocking them all out instead of knifing them dead :P

[@JoJo-rs7kl]

​@@Fr0st1989they would be .5 hp

[@riongalerians5744]

Build ?

[@gemmafire8628]

This is a thing of beauty. Props to whoever designed the sfx for shadow step, they’re clean

[@silversteele6624]

Cloak of shadows is incredible. Thats the only reason this entire strategy works.

[@Char-93]

Jesus christ, that’s Jasonius Borneius

[@jdsvedin878]

underrated comment

[@lendial]

to be fair yugir does this to us we just have more tools than the ai to deal with it. still very impressive to see solo gameplay not revolving around doing 500 damage smites. I did not expect true invis to give you an entire suprise round like that - it almost seems like a design oversight, it makes the enemy look so helpless and silly.

[@evrimenustun9548]

Literally only works if you're going solo. It's totally justified.

[@seanedwards6169]

You'd think the enemy would stop being surprised after like the sixth one of their guy's got backstabbed.

[@Coldheart322]

It's the classic "Hey, someone shot Bob!" *5 seconds later* "Must have been the wind" *Next guard falls over dead* *repeat*

[@aonirsplayground6224]

I mean you're still surprised when they disappear and show in another place, you may be on guard but still surprised when it keeps happening, makes sense anyway

[@BrofessorDG]

They are all Tamriel folk "must have been imagining things"

[@TheSeeker225]

The AI is awful in this. I really hope they fix it eventually.

[@knavenformed9436]

@@aonirsplayground6224 Like at some point you sense a pattern and would be able to react or find a tactic for it. The surprised mechanic makes everyone feel like they soil their pants on anything out of ordinary.

[@gerardsk8ordie]

I needed the help of a whole fucking army and my three companions, and all the members of the army were defeated, as well as 2 of my companions, and this guy solos the entire moonrise towers alone. Incredible.

[@gloomy344]

no hate to this guy whatsoever but thats just because invisibility and stealth is just incredibly overpowered when u build correctly, on my first run i had no clue what i was doing but once i started building right this game got pretty easy i cant lie, its still fun though

[@zaremblastlich9809]

from what I saw in the end [spoiler free ish] starting stats STR - Doesn't matter, they are using giants elixer DEX - 17 CON - 14 INT - DUMP WIS - 14 CHA - DUMP 6 shadow monk + 3 levels rogue probably focuses on stacking as much stealth as possible. so just make sure you take expertise (from rogue) on stealth for extra stealth. not sure what feat they took. Maybe mobile free stat point from Act 1 to get dex to 20 weapons are Knife of the Undermountain King from creche in act 1 and Justiciar's Scimitar from just before this event. The helm is very important, you get it for doing the myconid colony questline in the underdark Chest is graceful cloth also from act 1 on the way to the creche theres a non-gith merchant that sells it. and pushes their dex to 20. everything else is either utility or more stealth.

[@zaremblastlich9809]

Also pretty sure those gloves are the gloves of the balanced hand for mod damage on the off hand weapon. you can buy those at the last light inn from tali.

[@JamesLucian]

Thanks for this. I really wanted to do a stealth build for my next play through, so this helps a lot.

[@bradbrowne1706]

what a nerd

[@nelko5987]

I think the feat is Great Weapon Mastery, since he can attack one more time whenever he killed his target

[@naotachaika9599]

​@@nelko5987That's actually a monk passive to make an unarmed strike as a bonus action! They do look similar though

[@justincasebro1567]

Reminded me of the Nightcrawler scene in the Xmen film. Incredible work man, this was sick.

[@Kougaku]

Can you please make a full video on your build? Interested in your gear set up and more details on how you built this.

[@Henbot]

I don’t see how the build would work outside this encounter especially with phase 2 and 3

[@user-wu4ll3bc5u]

Thank you so much for showing the way to unbug the shadowstep button withoun switching to another companion!

[@cattysplat]

Modern classes that work with short rest to restore their resource is just so strong at higher levels when you have a ton of resource.

[@Wayfaring_Stranger]

if every turn takes 6 sec irl, this would be something like Nightcrawler did in the white house attack scene of X-men 2! pretty neat!

[@uptidu4558]

How many times can they be surprised? NPCs giving Skyrim vibes. "Must be the wind!"

[@davecolwell725]

Gos the music in this scene is fantastic and th3 sound effects go so well with it all.

[@squancher]

This is incredible, man i have alot to learn about this game still

[@anthonymorris1360]

Oh my, doing this next run! Great video & thanks.

[@proddreamatnight]

This is maddening thank you for sharing

[@infinati]

It’s a good usage of the game rules and mechanics, but I think it’s way more fun and epic to bring in a full party and have a straight up fight.

[@YoZoRiO99]

But everybody plays like that... and sometimes you gotta see if you can be Batman... or John Wick... or The Punisher... or Daredevil... or basically anyone who can single handedly take out an entire army

[@vervvyk]

Agree! But damn, is this satisfying to watch!

[@TacoRemixx]

Man so satisfying to see. My playthrough is similar to this, only with dual crossbows and a shit ton of different arrows I stole from the vendor. If you get caught you just start a fight, invis teleport out and let their aggro go away, rinse and repeat

[@SyperDT]

Didn't know that in dnd 5e enemies would constantly be surprised and lose thier turn over and over.

[@CephalonF]

Dunno about you, for me deleting third of the tower by playing violin surrounded by explosives was more fun. Just cleaned up the rest and when the squad rolled up for a fight it was just and army vs 2 blokes and an ogre.

[@MOZARTUSS]

I remember watching this at like 3k views. Congrats on nearly 500k. Just finished a run with this build and had a shit ton of fun

[@kessler4o573]

This really is the baldur's gate 3 equivalent of skyrim bandits staring at their dead pin cushion friends and saying "Must have been the wind."

[@zack2216]

I was quick to write off shadow monk, but I'm pleased to say I was wrong about it. Loving the Corvo (from Dishonored) solo

[@Vincentpanh]

Crossbow, short blade, it is Corvo build.

[@locknload9590]

Wow 95 subscribers, 29k views ! You are onto something interesting ! Amazing showcase. Like the others, details on gears and levels would be amazing ;)

[@IraeimDrawsStuff]

This is beautiful!! Also very validating to see that such a skilled player is using the same dual wielding weapons as my pure rogue (justiciar scimitar / undermountain king & hellfire / firestoker) XD The justiciar scimitar not requiring scimitar proficiency (or, not having a weapon type at all actually, might be a bug but kinda wishing they don't fix it) and the crit feature of undermountain king not being restricted to "when using this blade" or "main hand only" is super neat

[@zealiskander]

The undermountain blade is so op. It also works if you have it equipped and you use ranged attacks, which makes all your bows have -1 crit range…

[@BRZ3RK3R]

@@zealiskander The re-roll-portion also works for all your weapon attacks.

[@Dungeon47]

Beautiful.

[@GreenDPS]

This is like a movie scene battle between Batman and a building full of henchman.

[@MrCrunkly594]

This dude is just fighting like nightcrawler and I’m all for it

[@demikelis11]

Awesome! Would you be willing to make a video showing your items (and preferably where you got them) and the leveling process (skill distribution etc.)?

[@unbidden6948]

I'll try making one after the Apostle of Myrkhul fight :)

[@billshull9468]

look above totally explains where most come from

[@davecolwell725]

The items and build are shown at the end of the video

[@Kitalula]

Now that is a thing of beauty

[@Petal2D]

this was impressive as hell

[@Transformers217]

This is awesome!

[@emyrthomas2473]

I’ve completed the story and I still feel like there’s so much around the mechanics that I don’t fully understand. I can’t even begin to imagine how this is possible 😂

[@shl6367]

Oh wow this is soo much better than watching paladins nova or fighters hitting 254 attacks in one around

[@einenkaffeeillust353]

Awesome! Oh, there's a scimitar you might like : the Djinni Scimitar which you can grab from the djinn planar ally spell. Does 1d6 slashing damage with extra 2d10 poison sauce. Amazing weapon

[@unbidden6948]

thanks, will look into it

[@margaritoamargo6347]

I read you need to use exploits to obtain the scimitar is that true?

[@Competitiveforlolz]

@@margaritoamargo6347 open inventory of djinni summon, move item to its backpack, move from that backpack to your own.

[@MattHatter360]

​@@margaritoamargo6347it's probably obtained by using command: drop or disarming strike on the planar ally.

[@CyclopsDragon]

@@margaritoamargo6347 Probably depends on what you consider an exploit. I know you can get the Deva Mace from the Deva that's spawned when you remove the Stormshore Tabernacle curse, by picking the Deva up and then clicking your weapon slot, which gives you the option to equip its weapon. Not sure if that's the same as how you get the Djinni Scimitar though.

[@rion9236]

Impressive! I think you could've turn the gnolls to fight for you the first time you came to the tower.

[@kennethturner8290]

The enemy is surprised. Inversely, if you are fighting invisible opponents and you try to move or dash, the game will bend your path around invisible enemies letting you know where they are. You cannot target them but you can use area attacks or spells nicely.

[@CYI3ERPUNK]

what it would be like to fight a teleporter like Nightcrawler , ie disorientingly terrifying

[@bluemuffincap2975]

I can confirm Monk, in general is a strong class. My first playthrough was monk and generally you obliterate everyone and you always have the right spells to use.

[@MrJukamada]

I thought about this before but didn't know it is going to work. Thanks.

[@HelixVex]

This is so fun to watch

[@dmlanearjr]

I could sit here and do quantum mechanics to try and understand your exact build but I would desperately love to watch a build video for this i stead

[@Pong0_]

When the player who wants to be the main character and just tells the dm what hes gonna do, but the dm just lets him.

[@tokujinsicura2190]

If you used the cloak of the cunning brume you could create a smoke cloud as you dissapear, for a nightstalker-esque feel to the build.

[@brooxjohnston3339]

the gamble at the end... worth gg

[@dazzlemasseur]

It was indeed a slaughter. "Sasuke youre in the wrong game !"

[@benitobenoir4893]

we need a build guide video pleeaaaaseee ! looks very nice

[@Izonxy]

Rounk is one of the most OP fun multiclasses of them all, I made Astarion an open hand assassin, 5 in monk for extra attack and the rest in rogue for evasion, uncanny dodge, and the 4d6 sneak attack damage, but honestly any level spread can be viable.

[@chadbrochill19]

Rounk's op.

[@Ilestun]

sneak attack is totally busted given how it is easy to get advantage.

[@huzdahuz]

Bro please make a leveling guide for this build. Would love to know the perks and stat spread u used

[@unbidden6948]

Sure, what I did was on levels 1-5, I go full rogue and only respecc to shadow monk once I hit 6 as you get shadow step in that level which is the main enabler for this type of gameplay style. Levels 1-5 are not special as you would just play like any regular solo rogue (sneak ranged attack + hide) or you could go monk right from the beginning with tavern brawler + elixir of the hill giant and throw daggers but you'll play like a ranged rogue anyway so why bother. Whichever route you want to take you should end up with a fully functional shadow monk at level 6 and spend the next 4 levels into rogue thief, I plan to allot the last two levels into fighter for the action surge class action. As for the earliest feat selection, since I wanted to wield melee weapons I took savage attacker for some nice damage, this would allow me to utilize powerful coatings like purple worm and karabasan's poison, if you want to go unarmed then tavern brawler is the way. For the stats, I went with 8, 17, 16, 8, 14, 10, it is essential to get auntie ethel's boon to make dex a nice 18

[@huzdahuz]

@@unbidden6948 i have wanted to try this style of play but never knew the strat to actually play it so watching your gameplay is perfect for me. Also thank you so much for the build, i always went full monk but would be so weak in the early game so doing rogue would be awesome. May i ask what weapons you use

[@R3dShift]

I don't have a single clue how that works but its very impressive

[@mattlazarus2489]

I agree with others, we need a complete guide for this. Beginning to end and gear, rotation.

[@MaldicaoDoSubmundo]

i don't why, but i think cute the enemies looking around searching for you

[@aaviolante]

Do you need to be hasted to play this way or is there a way to get 2 actions AND 2 bonus actions?

[@Transformers217]

How do you even make this fight? This is incredible!

[@brownranger1797]

Looks fun!

[@alessandroluthi5770]

Wow, just wow. As said in the comments we need a guide for this, there are incredible builds and then theres this. Ive never used monk ever so yeah, though those extra strikes were only for unarmed no wonder monk multi is op

[@amirkhalili4620]

wp mate, nice

[@The_Mother.]

and here i was so dang proud of my Rogue Assassin, Ranger Gloom Stalker and Fighter AC Tank with 28 AC... oh how i have much to learn still

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

Question, why the tiefling? Idea popped into my head to add 3 lvl of warlock, for darkness n devil sight, and perhaps drow for more darkness? Awesome build though, still need to attempt solo one day..... can you solo from lvl 1 onwards? or is that endless kiting?

[@BronzeOrwin]

I'm going to have to try taking them head on with bearheart barbarian. You take that mace that heals you, the necklace that maxes healing recieved, then ideally later on you want to take some levels to get thief, so that you can use dash with the stallion barbarian effect to get even more hp back every turn. The only thing that really stops it is either insane dps enemies or debuffs from a mage. Even at level 5 with a speed potion, that's 24 hp per turn from your primary attack alone, a value of 48 since bear heart halves nearly all damage. Go for gnome for advantage on mental checks. Gnome is also good for the team, because if you somehow miss hitting enemies one turn, your mace is way less likely to go mad... It is for that reason i also turn charisma down to 8, to get 12 wisdom, since madness, like most mental checks, is a wisdom-save

[@strvmpet]

how did it go

[@BronzeOrwin]

@@strvmpet pretty good so far honestly, i am able to solo most fights. some that have overpowered mages or insane dps i have to cheese though. ALSO i found out you can dash outside of combat to get the free stallion temporary hp

[@mcnos3820]

Which necklace heals you for max? Never seen one of those

[@strvmpet]

@@mcnos3820 PERIAPT OF WOUND CLOSURE

[@BronzeOrwin]

@@mcnos3820 The one from the first vendor in act 2 mountains. If a potion can heal between 8-20, it will always heal 20. That flail you get from the hyena in act 1 also always heals 6 instead of 1-6

[@SirQuantization]

Now do the audience room with the steel watchers in it

[@christophertorres114]

Love how Z'rell gets to do fuckall until the 1v1 at the end. That cone of cold was BS though, hitting you from the ground like that.

[@Strmshadow73]

Did you take tavern brawler with this build?

[@user-yz8py5dt5h]

Why dont you use a helm that isht considered armor? Youd get your wis modifier added to ac and you could use invis potions or something since shrouded in shadow takes a full action and doesnt last what more than 10 turns?

[@darkzak47]

I was waiting for the Warden to shout, “GET TO THE CHOPPA!!”

[@largegroupofmales]

silly question, but how did you get proficiency with hand crossbows?

[@Chittebengo]

This vid really popped off. Congrats! I do wonder if you did the Thaniel portal protection with this build solo, and if so how you handled it.

[@r_bear]

I think you'd have a hard time because that's turn-based, but I think that Cloak of Shadows is concentration-free amazingly so maybe you can do something with Darkness and attacking anybody who comes close. But I think you'd need anti-blindness ring you get from the house of healing morgue. (The better option is Shar's Spear of Night but it requires an evil playthrough and you can't both have it and lift the shadow curse.)

[@ron12222]

what a master class

[@tianrunzhang6557]

I would love to see your build. Played a sorcerer and don't really know how monks work. Did you multiclass so you don't have to fist

[@CriticalPosthumanism]

Enemies should search more randomly after player goes invisible.

[@Sjbjo]

Very nice but I like the way of the open hand

[@Spumoon]

Would be cool if they were smart enough to lob some fireballs in your general direction on the rafters instead of all just standing around dumbfounded. Well done though - you've convinced me to try monk.

[@KeePhengVue]

What dual wield weapons allow for that style stance? One hand top and one hand bottom. Swords point out and the other point in. Two Short swords is only wide open stance.

[@frodolives6021]

Would this work unarmed or with a staff?

[@MrDeadlyhandycap]

That fight was so hard for me, I managed to not use the gunpowder barrel from Act 1 from the Nere Quest, and threw that bad boy in there and eliminated everyone LOL

[@TheCrazydomingos]

What weapons did you use?

[@jakes.6267]

literal batman build

[@LinglongPingPongChingChong]

Disciple Z'rell: You hid it well. I thought... you'd be another notch on my bedpost, but you're just a line in a song.

[@f.jideament]

TACTICIAN IS HARD *The opponent casts mirror image again even though she already has it*

[@iii1025]

To renew rhe old one. What else she has to do?)

[@ThisIsAHandleOrSomething]

Luckily for NPCs they get to ignore the spell slot limit. Lol

[@lorazepam5451]

Tactician does not make the game harder. Just the fights longer. Change my mind. 2 complete playtroughs already and even without trying you beat the game on tactician..

[@Zeylo89]

it does make the fights harder, but not in a huuuuge way, you can look up what exactly is different in tactician @@lorazepam5451 im playing death march (its a mod) and thats definitely way harder

[@f.jideament]

@@lorazepam5451 that's so true and it's okay for me. I was just kidding about the stupidity of AI in 2023.

[@cloud1homes]

so getting to this point is kind of hard. The most important power level for the monk is level 5. Once you get level 5, the entire game becomes a breeze. Till then you can abuse the darkness spell that cheeses the AI. Once you use darkness, you can stealth as much as you want inside it after hitting and the AI cant touch you, unless they throw aoe spells at you. The level 5 gives you an extra hit, which is super potent. I was using cacaphony quarterstaff, then swapped to Mourning frost, till you basically get to level 7-8 where you might want to consider swapping to the blades. I'll probably start using the adamantium scimitar and the blade of the undermountain

[@eothorn3217]

Can you post the build/a build guide including the equipment?

[@Brince85]

I was planning to do something like this for my dark urge playthrough. If you can put a short description of level progression and feats I'll be very happy. Thanks :)

[@Goaheadandstaymad21332]

6 levels shadow monk, 3 levels thief. Could go thief first and then start going monk, or go monk first and thief after. Your choice

[@letti-yd5cm]

Wow 👏🏻

[@FatalHog]

This is why truesight is kinda important

[@plazmica0323]

reminds me of that one marvel hero dunno his name but it also could vanish in puff of smoke and appear anywhere to strike behind enemy, it was in one video game long ago

[@arminakuma2828]

So this Is what Gotham crimminals feel with the bats...

[@erenYeager4eva]

That's nice. Let's see Paul Allen's Sorlock/Lockadin

[@hybridxx]

How does one exit combat when your invisible, does it just pull you out if every gets a turn and you’re not found?

[@Noobster2731]

Will you release the build used in this vid?

[@bobyatron7525]

Huh. I befriended the kitchen Gnolls as Durge and never saw them again. I figured they'd turn up as an ally in the the big showdown and nothing, but here they are fighting against you

[@r_bear]

They should/do show up on your side, at least in patch 5+

[@mathieulazari2074]

this man did us an assassin's creed

[@kennethturner8290]

First time in Moonrise there is a way to influence the Werewolves to fight on your side in this battle.

[@quaffie]

thats some skyrim level stealth

[@nathanieljefferies5491]

Damn! Imagine doing this to the viconia fight hahaha using the shadows against them

[@DolphinWantsPeace]

I have a couple of questions. 1. Were you also lvl 8 like the enemies, or were you maxed out already? 2. How come that in the first part of the video cloak of shadows would take you out of combat but when you fought the boss, even after he left, you were still in combat even though you were cloacked? 3. In a normal fight where cloacking gets you out of combat, would it still do it if you were in a party? I know you would probably lose the "surprised" effect if there were still characters in combat, but if it would remove you from combat, you could move freely without the turn based mode.

[@unbidden6948]

1. I believe I was level 9 in here. 2. Because Dame Aylin is still active in the fight. Combat only ends when the enemy AI couldn't find anyone to fight. 3. No, as long as an enemy finds someone to attack combat will never end.

[@user-ev5gy2up4t]

I imagine that's how Batman's enemies feel

[@TK-zd7ym]

Ninja build. NICE!

[@zossua7375]

What sword you using?

[@freekheyman700]

does this only work playing a solo character?