Baldur's Gate 3 Wizard Guide - All Subclasses (Abjuration, Evocation, Necromancy, Conjuration...)

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[@queendread4427]

Abjuration: protection Evocation: Offensive Damage spells (often AOE) Necromancy: Summons Conjuration: Create (usually terrain) Divination: There are literally three divination spells True Strike, See Invis, and Detect Thoughts take this subclass for the features not the spells. Enchantment: Debuffs Transmutation: Buffs Illusion: tricks

[@bw10097428]

10 months later, I thank you.

[@krenzo_sam3985]

A year later, you have my thanks, i really cant find a reason to wanna play a wizard over a sorcerer

[@TheTriforcekeeper]

@@krenzo_sam3985 Wizards can change their prepared spells on the fly in bg3 which is suuuuper useful, especially since they have so many spells / options.

[@anska7475]

The evocation subclass is probably my number one reason for friendly fire incidents. I am so used to Gale casting his fireball wherever he wants, that I occasionally forget to take care where everyone else plants their effects. 😅

[@Chefkraken]

​@@latenightcynic3582Sculpt Spells causes friendly characters to autopass saves AND ignore the half damage on passed saves from evocation spells

[@anto8375]

​@@Chefkraken But does fireball ignite the terrain?

[@Spectacular_Insanity]

@@anto8375 Only if there's flammable material like oil or other materials.

[@no_nameyouknow]

@@Chefkraken Oh... I didn't realize it also ignored the half damage, guess I didn't read that through lol. Thanks for the tip, even if it was simply to refute someone who has since deleted their comment lol.

[@SearlieBoy]

Anyone know why my subclass choice hasn't appeared when I hit level 2 I'm on level 5 now it still hasn't come up I'm confused

[@donkey0542]

Subclasses for wiz timestamps 8:05 abjuration 9:15 evocation 10:23 necromancy 11:22 conjuration 12:04 enchantment 13:04 divination 14:02 illusion 14:53 transmutation

[@benjii_boi]

If you choose a high half elf you get some basic proficiencies including light armour and shields. Since quarterstaves are versatile it means you can wield staves *and* shields without any penalties and there are actually some solid light armour picks that allow you to boost your AC without nerfing your spellcasting

[@chocho6766]

light armour nerfing a spellcasting ?

[@Sorexino]

@@chocho6766 if you are able to wear it then no penalty applied to the character

[@lendial]

Most people will say sorcs are just better than wizards and while this is generally true for pure offense and big plays but ive found wizards to be very versatile simply due to larger spell selection and being able to swap between spells even between fights. For my playthrough I had both a sorc and wizard so I could really feel how the two classes compare.

[@biggiecheese2004]

Wizards are complete dogshit compared to sorcerers, they have the exact same drawback of long rest restrictions but do a billion less damage. Easily the worst class in the game. Also ridiculously squishy without the cannon in glass cannon. They are useable but they feel a lot worse than sorc and also have a much worse core stat. CHA is absolutely broken and INT is pretty useless

[@HenriFaust]

Sorcerers will always be better than wizards inside a video game, at least until AI dungeon masters become a thing. Wizards don't really shine without the freeform nature of tabletop, and they were also severely nerfed by WotC in 5E.

[@Zandonus]

@@HenriFaust ToEE wizard's Tasha's hideous laughter was an AoE. Dominate person basically lasted for like a week. You could make so much fodder for yourself and still rest a few times. Still, Think i'll get on the Enchantment wizard again. If you can pull 2 enemies in a single turn to either bumble around or do what you want, I'm intrigued.

[@tylernorman7896]

Any time I pulled off some kind of crazy play as a Wizard, my friend would notice and coined the term, "Oh shit he's Wizzen out!" And it always makes me laugh

[@Trassel242]

Thank you, as someone who’s not used to playing magic users because it seems too complicated, this is extremely helpful. I still don’t quite know how to make Gale the most effective Wizard he can be, but this has taught me a fair bit.

[@tylernorman7896]

I find Wizard to be one of the simpler ones, to be honest, not a lot of core features besides Arcane Recovery. It all depends on the subclass of choice. If you don't know what spells to bring, think of it more like choosing what you need in a given situation, the right tool for the job, if you will. The added benefit of learning additional spells through scrolls can be wonderful because then you start to think, "How do I best make use of this?"

[@tylernorman7896]

Fog Cloud can be used to negate ranged characters from shooting your party, giving you ample time to recover or prepare. They might even get closer to you, giving your martial an easier time. Magic Missile's damage might not be the greatest initially, but it's about the fact that it always hits and is a way to knock out a spellcaster's concentration. Something as simple as Longstrider, coupled with Ray or frost, to cause your foes a massive amount of movement disparity, that it might be all you need to deal with a big hulking ogre. Lightning Bolt offers an easier way to not hit allies close by your enemies, and it's less resisted overall for the same damage as a fireball. I'm of the opinion that all spells have a place and purpose. It just comes down to what you need. Good luck with that friend

[@onezerotwo]

Oh one thing you didn't mention in the intro about sorc vs. wizard is there are a bunch of spells in the game that ONLY come from scrolls, meaning at best a Sorc can cast them 1 time, but the wizard gets them forever.

[@hzt_rzkyi]

for example? sorry I need to fantasize about playing the OP character first before actually playing it

[@JonathanFlexx]

@@hzt_rzkyi In act3 there is an uber version of magic missile. I one-shot a few bosses with it combined with the illithid power that causes vulnerability.

[@ElidanVideos]

@@hzt_rzkyi For example a named familiar quazit "Shovel" with dialogue that you can pick up in Act 1 as a quest scroll, if I lose it as my Sorc right now, it will just die. Wizard, if he ate a scroll, now just have a permanent Companion with cool dialogue and battle speeches. That can be perma invisible, frighten targets and do 2-12 damage. He just might be the best scout in the game, not sure? I can walk around enemy camps freely or even walk around battlefield with my entire party in battle, open doors, pull some (not all) leavers, destroy key environment like War Drums in Goblin camp if we got engaged by surprise. But with Sorc I'm a bit afraid to engage him in battle, so as not to lose him, I know with Wizard I would have thrown him in all the time no problem, cus I can always resummon.

[@ookam9685]

Is this the dog?

[@707imperial]

@@ookam9685 Scroll of Summon Quasit "The Secret Necromancer Cellar is in the Blighted Village section of BG3. You need to head down the hatch and pull a lever hidden behind some boxes to unlock a bookcase door that will lead you to the Secret Cellar. The scroll will be inside one of the wooden caskets.

[@swiftroph]

Subclasses for mage as nothing to do with the "type of magic you want to use", but more with the passive/bonus each subclasses provide. Abjuration for instance give you more tankiness with the ward. Evocation will help you cast aoe damage without touching your ally, ect... The reduce cost for learning spell from scroll is almost negligeable, especially at low level. You can choose a school and cast any spell you want.

[@mpetersen4823]

I think the point was not the reduced cost of learning from a scroll but rather being able to do it in the first place

[@DrZaius3141]

What, are you honestly saying that in act 3 when you want to learn level 6 spells, the difference between it costing 300 and 150 doesn't matter? *checks whether they still got more than 100k gold Okay, you might have a point.

[@Lord_Reavous]

Removing the limitations of older D&D subclasses kind of does that. Not that I liked the way it was handled there or here.

[@swiftroph]

@@DrZaius3141 yeah on table you would never have that amount of money so it make sense, but by the end of Act 1 you already have almost 10k so...

[@MrMagyar5]

Divination Wizard. The absolute BEST wizard subclass. At lvl 6 you get a portent dice back on a short rest. This is absolutely broken. Load up on spells that have detrimental effects when you fail a saving throw and you can guarantee effects. A failed fear saving throw.. or slow.. or polymorph can take a tough fight and make it considerably easier. The best part is yolu can see the portent dice each day, so you know what you have available to you.

[@j0j0bird]

Playing a divination wizard myself and it's loads of fun. Cast hypnotic pattern onto a group, for those that would succeed the saving throw, use portent dice, profit. I will say that getting a save on a damage roll is less impactful than landing a crucial crowd control spell so I think divination generally pairs better with control wizard builds compared to blaster builds. In my opinion, playing a wizard as a blaster is missing its potential anyway.

[@juliendrainville7131]

Absolutely. The combination of Resilient Sphere or Banishment and Portent means saying "Goodbye dangerous enemy, I'll deal with you when I'm done killing all your friends." It has a massive impact on combat, as it should. However, I always dip Sorcerer for the Extended Spell metamagic. Larian greatly reduced the duration of the best CC spells. I disagreed. ;-P

[@italomorais9424]

With both Gale and MC as divination wizards + lucky feat. There's no such thing as a bad roll.

[@loganmulroney]

Is the pop up for each roll annoying to deal with?

[@j0j0bird]

@@loganmulroney It's "only" on rolls where your prepared dice make a difference. I play tactician so I tend to play "slow" anyway and it doesn't bother me. For "small" fights you can turn it off like any reaction, just don't forget to turn it back on when you need it.

[@cecagna]

I can't emphasize enough how powerful the level 10 ability for Conjuration wizard is. Wizards frequently take the Resilient: Constitution feat to gain advantage on Constitution saving throws so they don't lose concentration, but Conjuration wizards simply do not lose concentration on their conjuration spells which effectively frees up an additional feat for you to take. Create water is surprisingly good as you can combo it with lightning spells from your druid companions and do better AoE than an Evocation wizard. Benign transposition is also good since you usually cast at least one conjuration spell a fight and get one or two free teleports, making you the most mobile class outside of monk. Make Gale a Conjuration wizard on your next playthrough, really invest in learning all the good Conjuration spells, and you might be surprised how good it is.

[@fortusvictus8297]

"Hi I'm a conjuration wizard, why do I need to end the possibility of friendly fire and cantrips that can't miss when I can summon water...as my turn action...once? Well, that's all for now, conjuring that water wore me out, and its time to long rest." Seriously though, every subclass can learn every spell in exchange for a few gold, the subclasses only matter for their perks and Evocation is, rightly or wrongly, the only one that matters. I hope they offer some buffs for conjuration at some point, like extra summons at once or more damage/hp for a summons or something to make it worth it. Edit: Oh, and Gale is a natural Enchantment wizard...tell me I'm wrong.

[@cecagna]

@@fortusvictus8297 Friendly fire is not a factor at all with good positioning, and you barely use damage-dealing cantrips once you get more spell slots. A buff to conjured allies like Necromancy gets would be nice, but if you play a Conjuration wizard as you should, with map denial spells like Stinking Cloud and Cloudkill (that CANNOT be broken), it's the 2nd-best wizard subclass after Necromancy. Evocation is for people who just want to turn their brain off and blast as if wizard were like every other class.

[@avoidant560]

If need water surface, unless you equipped a character with an item that let you to cast create water for free, it's much convenient to throw bottled water into the enemy than expending a spell slot.

[@Zayphar]

Yes, Conjuration is almost as good as evocation, but neither is anywhere near as good as Transmutation. The level 6 'Transmuter's Stone' ability is just massively OP!!!! Give PERMANENT buffs to yourself and everyone in your party(Superior Darkvision, or CON save Proficiency, or Move +10ft, or Resistance[1/2 dam] to Acid/Cold/Fire/Lightning/Thunder). And these buffs can be swapped out at a moments notice, at any time! OP, I said!! The elemental resistance can be replaced with an elixer, but the 3 other permanent buffs are difficult to get any other way.

[@Zayphar]

@@cecagna The problem with Necromancy is that minion management is a complete pain in the butt. In my book, the Transmutaion 6th level 'Transmutation Stone' power is completely OP.

[@CarBENbased]

Note that currently if you have spell slots of a certain level BG3 will still let you learn and memorize wizard spells of that level. So you can go 1 Wizard/11 Cleric and have access to level 6 wizard AND cleric spells. You would just be restricted to memorizing only a few wizard spells at a time as you can have (wizard level + intelligence modifier) spells memorized. I don't know if this is a bug that will be patched or working as intended.

[@tylernorman7896]

I've been considering a Multiclass between a wizard and a cleric. Abjuration spells seem fairly common for clerics, and you also gain the ability to have healing spells as well as well as being really defensible from the Ward. I've easily gotten it up to 15 or so early on from casting things like Aid and making use of Counterspell, of course

[@coolfish420]

I had a lot of fun on my illusion wizard playthrough. Used images to distract enemies, and being able to dodge an attack at 10th level came in very handy. You can get really creative!

[@tylernorman7896]

Absolutely, a great mind can come up with some great ideas! Three of the subclasses provide you with a way to keep your concentration with varying potency. Conjuration has the most potent effect, but only for its school, Transmuter can use their stone to get Con saves, and can even give this stone to others! Like a cleric's Spirit Guardians, for instance. Abjuration's ward will prevent you from even MAKING the check because the ward took the damage, not you. This effect also benefits other casters that you protect with the level 6 feature by giving your ward to others. You can indeed get creative!

[@LexxBM]

2 Evoker / 10 Storm Sorcerer my favourite Arcane Multiclass. Effectively, the warped headband of intellect allows any class to dip into Wizard and as long as your main class is a full casting class, you'll be able to cast lv6 Wizard Spells at a +3 modifier (from 17 INT) if you wish. That includes all the unique spells you'll get from Ramazith's Tower.

[@joeneighbor]

Was about to mention the item too. Note you can get it pretty early in act 1 too. Similar how the DEX gloves gives 18 DEX, should make for some interesting OP builds since it leaves so many more points to put into something else as long as you don't mind not being able to hit the 20 cap. Edit: Just thought of using both the DEX gloves and the INT helm at the same time on the same character.

[@zartle873]

Why can you cast level 6 wizard spells? Normally in 5e you'd need 11 actual wizard levels to cast level 6 wizard spells, is it different in bg3?

[@LexxBM]

@@zartle873 spell progression between classes stacks. So a 2Wiz/1Sor can learn lv2 spells from Scrolls and upcasted lv1 spells to lv2. The class levels only determine which spells you can learn through level-up. But CASTER LEVELS increase each time you level in a class that provides those, irrespective of which class it is. 4Druid/4Cle/4bard can only learn lv2 spells, but because each of these classes adds Caster Levels, you have the same amount of spell slots as a level 12 Wizard. It's why dipping into Wizard is broken for basically every casting class.

[@DarkFriday1408]

Does that mean that you start as a wizard and then multiclass into a sorcerer and change the stats to those of a sorc? Or do you start as a sorcerer and at level 11 you multiclass into wizard?

[@LexxBM]

@@DarkFriday1408 there are plenty of ways to make it work. Personally, I like to start with the Sorc levels first, to get proficiency in CON saves. The best races are Githyanki, Shield Dwarf or Elf thanks to their Armor and Weapons proficiency.

[@andrewmcmillan229]

The spells you get from the wizard tower vault are great and one benefit of playing a wizard over sorcerer, since you can’t learn them on level up but can copy them to your spellbook.

[@crancat3495]

If you multiclass even a single level into wizardry, you can learn from scrolls as a sorcerer

[@dozrFAB]

Currently at lv9 transmutation wiz for the eventual bluejay. One to two levels of sorc give you a bit of nice efficiency with free mage armor from draconic blood and meta magic for twin spell etc.

[@autodidacticpoly]

Let's not forget the strongest wizard build. A single level then 11 levels of sorcerer/cleric/druid/bard - all the spellcasting through scrolls with none of the nuisance.

[@RansomMemoryAccess]

Don't be tempted by Larian's cheesy darkness. Resist!

[@nathanfivecoate5848]

If you're going Sorcerer after a Wizard dip you might as well start Sorcerer for Con save prof

[@keeganbate8935]

Sorlock supremacy

[@SP-ou6hy]

@@nathanfivecoate5848 How is it different than the 2 lvl fighter dip on almost any marital build. 1 lvl Wizard dip is a great addition to any caster build but you will be limited in terms of number of spells and spell DC/Spell attack. There are definitely some unique Wizard fully dedicated builds.

[@autodidacticpoly]

@@nathanfivecoate5848 a fair point

[@JollygreenFullSteam]

Thank you! Been waiting for your Wizard Guides

[@edmorris4103]

Of note regarding armor, I discovered that Mage Armor does still work even if you're using a shield (but not other armor). Additionally, you can still cast spells while equipped with a shield AND a weapon. So if you're proficient with shields, you can get the +2 AC on top of Mage Armor, which is quite nice.

[@ElidanVideos]

And potentially some very handy enchantments on that shield to boot. Half elf race is quite OP for a mage in that regard, you can get 18 AC as soon as you step out of the Nautiloid, kind of crazy.

[@XKS99]

I would love it if you could carry a shield in your main hand and strike with a weapon as a bonus attack, reserving your main action for a spell

[@tylernorman7896]

Well, in table top, you needed a free hand to cast spells, I'll take what I can get

[@bothorsen4292]

Thank you for this guide, lot's of great info in it. One thing I was hoping to find was a description of how to best use Gale (I'm not a wizard myself) in the game - which mostly means in combat. Figuring out how to best use each character in combat seems to be the most challenging part of this game. I'll search your other videos to see if you have one that helps with this.

[@Fextralife]

We have a Gale video on here you can check out.

[@alecthomas7216]

It is so funny to me that I chose wizard as my first character because HOLY SHIT was I not ready for everything that is going on with this class. Luckily, warlock allowed me to dip my toe into the casting world and I have this channel to thank for it. I also have this channel to thank for my main class as well (circle of the land druid). I would not be enjoying this incredible game nearly as much as I have been if not for this channel.

[@MrArjay123]

What’s wrong with wizard ? I was thinking of playing wizard . Im watching videos as my game downloads

[@alecthomas7216]

@@MrArjay123 Oh nothing, I just didn't understand how wizard really worked, now that I do I love it lol

[@tylernorman7896]

Absolutely LOVE Abjuration, WILL protect others

[@Dumpstermuffin1]

Im excited to play Wizard Necro. Undead army for the win

[@Chikanuk]

Divination > everything. Evocation is kinda ok, but if you need dakka mage - pick sorcerer. Fighter and clearic at lvl 1 (thx to respec) is a great choise. Heavy armor, shield, and stuff.

[@theblitzkrieggamer3196]

Fun fact about the Abjuration wizard, Arcane Ward makes you IMMUNE to force damage, so in the final fight with the Elderbrain and its mindflayer minions they will spam magic Missile but it will have no effect! Something I learned by happenstance haha

[@patnic8190]

Thx for spoiler

[@theblitzkrieggamer3196]

@patnic8190 One of the many endings to a game that came out a year ago.

[@patnic8190]

@@theblitzkrieggamer3196 I understand that. It's just that not everyone knows it and not everyone plays the game right when it's released. It doesn't matter if something is a year old or ten years old, you still have to be careful if you talk about the story.

[@theblitzkrieggamer3196]

@@patnic8190 It's not even that big a spoiler and its not as if I'm commenting on a trailer its a class build guide and a tip which helps.

[@TheDough19]

Awsome guide. Thank you for this. And your background music is spot on. Keep up the good work with all the videos. Peace from Sweden

[@cpu088]

Alchemy tip: if you respec to Wizard: Trasmutation with Medicine and high Wisdom (all other stats are irrelevant), have a Owl's Wisdom buff and do Alchemy then, you have big chances to get 2x the potions. After finishing, just respec back to your build - 200 gold total for respecs will give you double the potions.

[@Winston125]

Better yet, hire a hireling.

[@fakeigniz13]

I want to do an evil wizard for my second playthrough, but can't decide between necromancy and enchantment. Also want to give Conjuration a go

[@Sw0nk0]

Same. Im going for necro 😈

[@304enjoyer3]

Both perfect choices for evil wizard. Necromancy is harder to rp tho, but is the most “evil”. Sickeningly so. Enchantment is perfect for a cunning , evil manipulator type

[@lordcorgi6481]

I play a Wizard because Gale always dies... Now I always die.

[@Prometheusforliberty]

Start with 2 lvls fighter. Get a sheild and heavy armor. You will die a lot less.

[@bigsmoke8816]

Just take the shield spell at first level and a one level cleric dip for medium armor and shield proficiency

[@stevenwoodward5923]

Not a bad suggestion, just with fighter you get a constitution saving throw bonus. @@bigsmoke8816

[@johnslike6512]

​@@bigsmoke8816Even better - take War or Tempest domain Cleric to get heavy armor proficiency!

[@quaidrowan]

I've really enjoyed having Gale on the team. Nothing like teleporting behind a group of enemies and thundering them off a cliff. Walls are also fantastic. Wall of Fire is devastating, and Wall of Stone affords so many tactical options its crazy - I am sure there are ways to do the Iron Throne rescue without it but having it during that quest it was a lifesaver.

[@joeneighbor]

Thanks for the tips.

[@ElidanVideos]

Tempest Sorcerer can fly from Level 1 after casting any spell. Ritual Caster feat on level 4 makes it a "Fly on demand" out of combat feature too. I'm having a blast with that right now.

[@joeneighbor]

@@ElidanVideosSounds awesome. Got to switch Gale (so he still can be a story character) over to that and try it.

[@ВладиславБулаев-л3э]

Yeah, I am so glad I picked up Gale in my party as permanent party member and his story gets even more interesting further in the game! I only swap him for others, when I need to complete certain character-specific quests. I am just too biased to swap my best girls instead lol 😅

[@LassSantillan]

Fextralife trying to recommend a race other than Githyanki challenge (impossible)

[@zero11010]

I like the presentation you’re using. The effort is appreciated!

[@erikhendrickson59]

At level 6, Divination Wizards receive a third Porten Die, and more importantly, *_all Portent Dice are refreshed after every Short Rest!_* This means *_SIX_* Portent Die per Long Rest. Borderline overpowered but also very fun to use. Also very cool from an RP/Lore perspective (your Diviner is so powerful that he can literally alter destiny~)

[@Guaguadeath]

What's a porten die? Like a third die for your attack roll or something?

[@jackakimbo5718]

@@Guaguadeath you can force a d20 roll to be whatever you have rolled for those portent dies, and it works for both your own party and the enemy's rolls. So you can, for instance force an enemy to have rolled a 2 on a saving throw versus a spell you cast, if you got a 2 as one of your portent dies. Or just decide that your Paladin's attack was a natural 20 instead of a miss (again, if one your portent dies that you rolled after the most recent rest was a 20).

[@longdongvanschlong217]

@@GuaguadeathIt allows you to change a dice roll to whatever one of your portent die is. If an enemy rolled high enough to hit and one of your portent dice is a 1, you can force them to take the 1 and critically miss. Likewise, if an ally were to miss an attack, but one of your portent dice is a 20, you can have them take the 20 and crit instead of missing. It essentially allows you to manipulate dice rolls in your favor based on what you get for your portent dice. You roll your portent dice to determine what they’ll be, then “pocket” them to later use whenever you want. 20 and 1 are the best possible for obvious reasons, but 15 and above along with 5 and below are very useful as well.

[@davidparkes7741]

I've been waiting for this guide. It definitely has helped & is giving me ideas for my guy to come to life, even if the race & class combo isn't the best.

[@faviandimas8343]

This is what I waiting for🔥

[@BigSane76]

Transmutation is strongest to me. Double potion creation, and Transmutation Constitution Stone (basically its resilient). Add that with War caster or Elixir of Focus makes a strong concentration spellcaster (Call Lightning as example), and the other benefits of CON

[@onezerotwo]

Finally touching on the non-super popular classes! I know why they're coming out in the order they have but I am dying for weirdos like Monk, Druid, and Ranger to get covered!

[@blackheavymetalman]

This is exactly the type of guide I was looking for. Thank you

[@defiledbypigeon]

Looking forward to bard guide. Great video

[@Nooctae]

The shield shown during the equipement section is maybe a bit too spoilery...

[@DeaddMax]

So the sub-class part of the video was recorded in the morning wasn't it. That voice went deep.

[@j0j0bird]

I think you are overemphasizing the benefits of armor for wizards specifically. Wizards really shouldn't be frontlining and there are some really awesome robes in game that you want to use anyway. There's also 14 dex for +2, and armor increasing gear, so you can get very decent armor class as a wizard in a robe and you have the shiled spell for when you mess up. There's also gear that increases AC when not wearing armor. Not to spoil specifics, but my wizard is comfortably walking around with 20 AC and he's not even hogging all the AC gear, in a robe. Shield would be great if I had proficiency, but there are other things that I value higher. There's also creative ways to defend yourself, like darkness, or playing divination, or other creative ideas. I am playing as a gnome and having advantage on three separate mental saving throws is in my opinion worth more than armor for a wizard.

[@tylernorman7896]

Definitely something to consider, Arcane Ward helps shore up the times you do get hit should you get hit by critical attacks. I've had several occasions where I take no damage from a crit

[@SloMoMonday]

5e has some really fun magic to throw around but managing components, slots and AoEs was never for me. Glad the game streamlines it so well and balanced it all with Gale eating all of my loot and excluding the... ethically challenging sections of the spell list.

[@Rkcuddles]

Ok ok I love your videos and really hope you read this! I am totally overwhelmed with micro managing and learning about so many companion classes.

[@Fextralife]

The game is very overwhelming and party management can get really hectic? I suggest trying on easy so you can learn the concepts slowly

[@sebastianlucke9910]

wow this i a really good video, thank you:)

[@DODUCKA]

unsure if this is intended, but the portent die doesnt actually even use a reaction to activate, you can use it multiple times per round in addition to your reaction. wildly strong battlefield control

[@Fextralife]

You are correct. There are technically two types of Reactions. Ones that use the "Reaction Resource" and ones that do not. Portent Die doesn't. But you still use a Reaction to implement its die and it is setup under the Reactions tab.

[@loganmulroney]

​@Fextralife is the pop up for portents dice also coming up and shooting to deal with? Or do they only come up when one of your dive would change a result?

[@aduck5639]

Taking one level in dragon sorcerer: white gives you armor of agathys. Pair this with Abjuration wizard and max cast AoA, and your wizard becomes a super punishing tank for enemies. It's better to take sorcerer over warlock because it preserves spell slot progression.

[@Gtank74]

thank you! Answered a question I had about this. The porcupine thicc boi battlemage is going to be so much fun!

[@tylernorman7896]

From an Abjuration addict, yes, the Ward always takes damage before everything else. They even made it better than tabletop, in 5E it was effectively a health pool, in BG3 it absorbs the damage then ticks down by 1 for EACH instance of damage. So 10, then 9, so on so forth. So, you got your regular health, your temp health, and your Ward Health. To further add to this Thorny build, take Fire Shield, you get to choose between fire and ice resistance, and do additional retaliation damage, on TOP of the Agathys

[@ahmki52298]

Haven't watched it yet but man have I been waiting for this

[@CaptainLanky26]

Oh thank god I've needed the Wizard guide so badly

[@ProbusVerus]

Are you going to do a cleric video soon? I'm particularly interested in Tempest clerics as they seems to have the potential for a very competent spellsword class.

[@HuevoBendito]

From personal experience, Tempest and War Domain Clerics do indeed make good gishes in the tabletop game. I imagine Tempest will be even moreso effective given that it's easy to douse enemies in water.

[@tylernorman7896]

If ANYONE is willing to consider doing this. As a Transmuter wizard, you can juggle the stone through other characters at no cost to anyone to immediately gice them the benefit. The 10 ft. of movement speed applies to each person you give it to on each of their turns, coupled with Longstrider, you've effectively given everyone 20 ft. of movement

[@Sotanaht01]

What is the maximum charge level for Abjuration Ward? There has to be one, otherwise the theoretical limit would be 83 based ONLY on wizard level+natural wizard spell slots. That would let you block over 50 damage per hit for at least 30 hits. Also sacrificing your entire ward to reduce ONE attack aimed at an ally seems really dumb, thoughts?

[@Bl1tzkn1ght]

I dont plan on sub classing my Teifling necromancer however im considering changing from necromancer to illusionist for that sweet battlefield control.

[@jpat3794]

How are you liking the necromancer subclass?

[@Bl1tzkn1ght]

@@jpat3794 it's fun.

[@Revorino]

Showing the spells was really helpful, thanks!

[@loghead1015]

Hope in the 3 wizards builds guide you do multiclass builds for Arcane Trickster and Eldritch Knight. Everyone already knows about a level 1 dip into wizard for the other caster classes to learn all the spells, and those two suggestions are the only other classes that use intelligence as far as I remember. Great content either way man. Hope we see Baldurs Gate content from you for a long time to come.

[@keeker._.]

Where do you get the art for your vids aka the thumbnail they all look amazing and wanted to use one as a screen saver!

[@Orangutangjuice]

big video, waited for this

[@ageoforks569]

Question: if you go to reset your class as a wizard do you lose all of the spells you learned from scrolls?

[@Bluflash08]

Nope. When you pick your lvl1 spells it will still show every available spell, but once you enter the normal level ups the ones you have previously scribed will not show.

[@philippegagne5869]

I just want to be a necromancer who's main strategy is to throw kids as is main weapon, then ressurect them just to throw them again.

[@masti733]

Man, i wish my gameplay was as smooth as your gameplay. My gtx 1060 6gb / i7 8750h potato laptop has really started struggling in act2. I think might try out grforce now!

[@hunteranubis]

I did a necromancer on first playthru and hes OP as crazy once you get the zombie mob snowballing

[@garycyphers7068]

Does the Wizard need to be in the party from Transmuter Stone to stay active? Can I take all my unused characters and respec them to Transmuter Wizard and create stones to buff my other characters?

[@amaurycanales]

😂 I was wondering the exact same thing.

[@toniortiz2191]

Fighter Class Guide!!! 🛡️🗡️

[@joesgotmore]

Monk/Wizard is good too if you want to use a robe and still get some AC from WIS or get enough monk to get stunning strike if you get in melee and need to hit them and get away, or abilities like patient defense, step of the wind, etc. are good as well.

[@juliorosal9698]

Seriously you guys are ignoring dual wield feat for dual wield staff. There are a lot of staff here that are awesome. Also dont forget to dual wield hand crossbow, so you can always use your bonus action for cheap shots. Those +1 in the weapon and +2 in the dex will help in hitting despite not being proficient with it

[@joeneighbor]

Do per weapon bonuses stack while you dual wield them?

[@dntthe88]

This would be nice for maximizing fireballs since there are two staves that give you a free fireball on short rest

[@juliorosal9698]

@@joeneighbor dpends on the buff. There are buff that works just by equipping it and those that affects only with attacking with the equip weapon.

[@juliorosal9698]

@@dntthe88 this needs further testing. Im still not sure about spells from 2 non identical staff. For me i used 2 melfs first staff, and the 2 staff share one free melf acid arrow.

[@itstoxicqt]

Since im playing a dark urge necromancer wizard i turned gale into a transmutation wizard keeping him at camp using it to make the stone and double potions etc when needed

[@mistergoats4380]

idgi what's so great about the conjuration level 2 feature?

[@FinalShieldnobi]

Using a Spell Slot to cast Create Water feels kinda bad, but being able to have a free cast per long rest saves you a slot you can use for something else. Also, the utility of Create Water is quite good. Need to slow down a bunch of melee enemies, Create Water and freeze it. Fighting some enemies with dangerous Fire attacks? Use Create Water on the party to lower the damage Fire attacks deal. Enemy used a bunch of Grease spells that are annoying you, Create Water can replace the Grease! (I think lol)

[@rolgilux]

You never enter a cutscene covered in blood.

[@jdyacaman]

Amazing guide

[@philliphampton5380]

Transmutation Wizard is the best stay at home Wizard. Max Wis, take medicine and use enhanced ability to make those DC 15 medicine checks fir double pots. Level 6 is a free buff for a party member while gale just sits at xamp.

[@Zephrii]

From where did u get your tumbnail art? its looks good wanne know who drew it!

[@jollydungeoneer4248]

i have a quick question. if my lvl 5 necromancer learns animate dead can i pick a different spell at 6 or is it better just to wait till lvl 6 to get it.

[@ethanielmccracken8033]

Question so let's say I put 11 levels into warlock and 1 into wizard. Can the spells I learned from scrolls be used with warlock spell slots

[@giu442]

Sublcass feature "savant" for divination wizard is basically useless, right? There are only 3 divination spells without multiclassing (and with thay is just two more) and you dont need to learn "see invisibility" spell, am I wrong?

[@yazan80]

The best channel for great BG3 guides. I cant wait for more. Thank you so much.

[@hasherayaz4160]

I really hope he's gonna do guides on all the classes

[@seamagician7042]

How did you get 18 in int(16 base +2 modifier) ? With my first feat i got to 19(only managed 15 +2 in creation). In single player i spared the hag and got it to 20 but in coop my friends wanted her executed Is it bc each point in a stat becomes more expensive so i need to take some out of somewhere else ?

[@fortusvictus8297]

I was just looking this up last night. I am going to predict the TL;DR of it is: Only Evocation matters, all the others were phoned in. This hurts my soul as Gale is an obvious match for Enchantment Wizard, and my favorite is Conjuration Wizard in 5e play. This is one area Larian fell short with many opportunities to make the subclasses matter, but they went the 'nuke only' route.

[@bratttn]

Thank you, a very informative and comprehensive guide

[@chasepierce6807]

Let’s be real everyone, we are all choosing evocation and spamming fireball

[@tylernorman7896]

I like Abjuration personally, it enables the Wizard to be on the field longer, even if you're good about not getting hit to often, the times when you do, the Ward keeps you around, and you can give it to others, even if you're hitting your allies with your AOE spells, you can protect one if it's absolutely necessary. And it negates making concentration checks should you negate all the damage of an attack with big Ward. Conjuration Wizards might not have to worry about this as much, but being able to maintain concentration on any spells just by negating the damage of it is quite nice to me

[@braddotson3429]

Sleep

[@otacon6566]

IGNIIISSS!! 🔥💥♨️ 😁😁😆😆😆😆😆🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🙂🙂🙂🙂 What?? You're saying I can do other more powerful things?...............why would anyone do that? 😀

[@WanderingCoyoteXVII]

If I respec my wizard, do i have to relearn a whole bunch of spells from scrolls or are they saved and only the ones i learned from leveling up are replaced?

[@grantchoitz1420]

Can you class into multiple subclasses? Or is that just a mod probably?

[@dahunlee_acousticguitar_covers]

thank you as always for the very helpful content. wanted to roll a wizard so this helps a ton.

[@Felix-gj8et]

at level 7 necromancy you can actually summon 4 undead with animate dead

[@DoffyDogg]

its clanky to move around and most npc u want to interact run away... i leave my spore druid outside while the other 3 chars explore :D

[@Felix-gj8et]

@@DoffyDogg but if you attack someone with a zombie and he dies he will turn into a zombie .. 😂 gonna try spore druid next .. I'm so into it since I watched last of us recently 😂

[@PhillipReid28]

So if I go on easy mode I can’t multiclass? Or am I doing something wrong

[@selincakr3624]

can you tell me how to get outfits that works with action spelling? im new to the game and ive stupidly purchased outfits that doesnt work with my wizadry ig i dont know help me

[@williambowen8054]

Starting as a fighter gives your wizard proficiency in constitution saves for concentration and good armor proficiency to boost your survivability

[@almighty7509]

Hello everyone i'm new to BG in general i've been seeing a bunch about BG3 and decided to play it when it comes to PS5. However i'm having trouble deciding on a class, i wanna be a dark urge zariel tiefling, self serving, preferably make evil choices depending on the situation but mainly evil. Now I wanted to be a oath breaker but I was wondering would path of vengeance be a class that i can make these evil decisions for consistently or will i have to pretty much be a good guy who just destroys the greater evil? oath breaker sounds enticing because I want to be evil but vengeance has some pretty cool abilities and seems to be the strongest. Any assistance would be great, cant wait to join in on the fun soon! Thanks in advance

[@scottholmes6080]

Think of oath of vengeance like being the punisher. Yes you don't necessarily follow all the rules and can be a no compromising badass that puts down any and all who would commit sins or wrongdoings, no matter how inconsequential/little they may be, and really make them suffer if you want. But at the end of the day, you can't murder an innocent farmers family because you feel like or because you want their gold. You will at that point still become an oath breaker. But you can murder a corrupt politician and any who would defend him regardless of whether others know of their corruption

[@almighty7509]

@@scottholmes6080thanks for the help bro, i been having fun with my paladin so far

[@ElidanVideos]

Love your guides, always look for them when I want to understand a class. But there's so few, unfortunately. Please make a guide on Cleric, I want and play with Shadowheart in my party, but I don't want to make her work as a Rogue alternative. I want her to have a more classic role of a Healer. And although Life Cleric works great so far, I would like to know all the options for her in more detail, as I am just level 5 still. It's also a good idea to make a guide about, apparently, the most popular companion's class (her and Asterion) so it will bring in more views for you.

[@Fextralife]

I'll get through all the classes, it just takes a long time as I have to play and level each one to get a good understanding, then write up and produce the video. I'll get there!

[@Ryclopes_]

What classes are Dragonborn good for coz they are real cool but I don’t see them being used much

[@batmanman0888]

So I made an unkillable abjuration god. One level war domain cleric. Heavy armor proficiency, extra attacks, and abjuration cantrips. One level sorc to get the shield spell from the white dragon ancestry. Then the rest in the abjuration wizard. Activate shields stand in battle. You either won't get hit or will explode dealing massive AOE damage.

[@nob7094]

fyi when he says shield spell from white dragon ancestry, he means Armor of Agathys, which is an Abjuration spell that gives you temporary hitpoints

[@joesgotmore]

Oh and Divination Wizard is underrated. Changing the result of the roll is very powerful, especially when you get hit with a critical and you just say, "uh, no thank you take this 4 instead."

[@gerardonieves9493]

Is there a video about Rangers yet?

[@marekw7562]

Excuse me... But did you said that i should or not blast my tank with a fireball? Cause I'm confused right now

[@cyphrsphyr]

Dude goes Barry White mid video

[@lukasnguyen9384]

Love the series! Could you make a All subclasses video on cleric tho? :)

[@stevenwoodward5923]

When he get to cleric build guide, I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't He has onle done 2 videos on cleric 1) his early access light cleric play through , 2) Shadoeheart cleric build.

[@stumpywest1652]

Deviation wizard with the lucky feat. Portent is powerful, lock down the big bad garenteed, does anyone know the distance on affecting enemies saving throws?

[@ThePoilan]

So does this mean there is no level 6 or 10 feature for the Illusion Wizard?

[@trashcangoblin420]

Did you at clone your voice in the second part?

[@Fextralife]

No I got sick lol

[@N0mni]

Something I’d like to point out is that Resilient feat gives you proficiency in the saving throw of the ability you pick. This means the bonus at level 12 is +4 on top of your constitution modifier. Warcaster gives advantage on concentration checks. Advantage is approximately equivalent to a +5 bonus on any d20 roll. For concentration specifically, therefore Warcaster is better throughout the whole game.

[@OniGanon]

It's true, Warcaster is better for passing Concentration checks, especially at low levels. But Resilient Con gives you a stat point, and helps you resist Con save spells as well.

[@tomasxfranco]

Advantage is +3.3 not +5.

[@N-cromancer]

If you take ability improvement as your first feat, and then spare and eat a certain monster's scalp, you can hit 20 Int ridiculously early, I also like to champion ritual caster however, for roleplay and environmental reasons, I hate missing out on anything so i'm always enchanted to the nines with "speak with" or "detect" etc. Edit: Can you tell me how knock and arcane lock are useful? knock is freaking loud unless you also silence the area, and i've never had to lock anything so i feel they just threw them in as a bundle, plus i have like freaking 30 goddamn lockpicking sets cause astarions a freaking sleuth man and sports the gloves from the fight at the gate in the beginning that comes with sleight of hand plus 1. Finally, why did they have to give the necromancy subclass such a shaft for its final ability? seems weak comparatively. and i mean look what they did to transmutation!