Build Shadowheart RIGHT | *𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗* BG3 Build Guide

[@swollgmr]

quick hint. you can cast thaumaturgy before engaging in conversation and still cast guidance. they stack

[@TheSpudKing]

Great 💯

[@gunzstrong3491]

WHAT THANK YOU

[@MagpieMcGraw]

I recently won my first honor mode run. And my party leader was a lore bardadin using spirit guardians. With radiating orbs and reverberation and the adamantine shield. I got a shield spell from a feat. It was a full party run, but I did do House of Grief solo. And I actually won. It was glorious.

[@GeneralAllenby4Aqaba]

Men of culture, we meet again

[@MagpieMcGraw]

The build I always use for Shadowheart is 2 transmutation wizard, 10 life cleric. All the spells, double potions, and fantastic healing. Stats 12 14 15 8 17 8. Feats ASI Con Wis, ASI Wis. She typically uses full healing gear, headband of intellect and mystra's staff.

[@omgopet]

Just a heads-up: If you use this build on Halsin, you will get misty step for free and always prepared (also some thunder/lightning spells you probably don't care about). Halsin would be a perfect cleric if he could just be tadpoled. Mintara gets her move speed improvement bonus action, which is pretty useful because clerics don't have much to do with their bonus actions.

[@keithwin3449]

Light cleric is personally to me the best in the game

[@NAUploads]

Then you've never used Tempest Cleric.

[@SirPumpkinKnight]

Shadowheart was off my team until act 2, and I saw this build right before bringing her back in... Holy Hell, this is beastly. Until you get surrounded by shadowblights and they all detonate on you 😂

[@ladooshka]

Unorthodox builds of yours are always fun to watch and try! Thank you! 👍😊❤

[@TheSpudKing]

Prepared a bunch 😉 will edit and drop them weekly until September and probably finally setup my PC and stream+ more content on next patch

[@TheSilent333]

I am currently playing Origin Shart as a Light Cleric, and it's so much fun!

[@crazymonkey5930]

Aight time for 9th restart after reaching act 3 for the 4th time 💪

[@GeneralAllenby4Aqaba]

I feel you

[@halfbreedmedic1756]

Facts.

[@HLGJammer]

88 hrs into my main save and I just got to Moonrise Towers. Have yet to have any saves that are past it, probably close to 9 saves

[@Clowning101]

Me too lmao I kinda love it so much in don't want to win. Then I wanted to save all the tieflings then I wanted to dark urge then I wanted to do dark urge and fight it then I wanted to try new builds lol now I started honour 😢

[@crazymonkey5930]

@@Clowning101 I finally finished the game once now I’m doing honour mode!

[@neiska25]

Great vid as always Spud, but I came up with a build I'd like your take on - A hybrid Darkness Crit Blaster warlock. 4 Fighter (Champion), 6 Warlock (Old One), 2 Rogue. Essentially it's a mix of stacking crit and darkness + devils sight. Start off as 1 fighter, then 4 warlock, take Spell Sniper, then 2 rogue levels, then 3 fighter with dual wield, and finish off with 2 more warlock. Fighter - armor and weapon proficiency, con saves, action surge, and improved critical. Warlock - invocations, hunger of hadar, darkness, pact boon, blasts Rogue - cunning action Hide Crit range - Improved Crit, Spell Sniper, Mountain King Short sword, Covert Cowl, Shade Slayer Cloak, Bloodthirst, which is a 14-20 crit range with blasts. Plus risky ring for two chances to crit. Then ring of mental inhibition, since you are an old one warlock all your crits fear, and this isn't taking stuff like spineshudder amulet for reverb stacks into account. May swap out dual wield for Alert, mostly dual wield is there to wield staff and sword early on, but both would be good. You wouldn't need dual wield later on with short swords. You would blast things, while using bonus action to hide in your darkness. Since you are completely obscured, enemies wouldn't even get a chance to find you. So it would also be a very safe build. And as a bonus, you could use the Cambion rapier since its immune to darkness too, adding more scorching ray blasts from darkness, even the pact imp is immune to darkness too. Personally, I like to use imp to force surprise attacks. Thoughts?

[@RustySpoon]

How about levelling rogue to level 3 to get assassin? Could drop a level in warlock? Every attack is a crit if you surprise enemies, and if youre abusing darkness you could hide and restart combats to get another round of crits

[@neiska25]

@@RustySpoon - oo good idea, i never played rogue much but that sounds yummy and fits the theme. Mostly just trying to boost blast damage without going sorc and such. Just hit level 3 on an honor mode run, so far so good.

[@magister343]

Why would you want 4 fighter and 6 warlock instead of 5 and 5? Fighter 5 gives an extra attack and the pact of the blade warlock extra attack stacks on top of that unless in honor mode. It also seems strange to only get 2 levels of Rogue instead of 3, particularly if you are using offhand weapons with a two handed fighting style as the Thief subclass gives you an extra bonus action which you could use for an extra attack, dash, or hide every single turn. I guess you can't do both with the level cap of 12, but I always play with a mod raising the cap to 20. Alert is great for low Dexterity builds, but since if I'm taking levels in Rogue I tend to want to max out dexterity to the point that it doesn't provide much additional benefit. My favorite crit fishing build was an Astarion Thief Rogue/Champion Fighter/Great Old One Warlock/Gloomstalker Ranger, with an offhand crossbow (Tinkertop Bolt Blaster 1000, from the Gabbetts Hand Crossbows mod) that gave an extra action when it crits and the Briskwind Boots (which was cut from the game but is accessible with the restored content mod, or from the script extender console) to restore all movement points on every crit, in addition to causing fear with every crit. I was using a mod that adds more feats, so my top choice for feats was Deadly Alacrity (which makes you crit on a lower roll and gives extra movement when you crit)

[@neiska25]

@@magister343 - Mostly 4/2/6 fighter/rogue/warlock because this isn't meant to melee, but to be a crit blaster. And the dual wielding is really only meant to hold 2 weapons that increase crit range, not to melee with.

[@magister343]

@@neiska25 You don't need the dual wielder feat to hold those weapons, as they have the light property. You should take the Two Weapon fighting style so you can add your ability modifier to offhand weapon attacks, as it applies not only to melee but also hand crossbows. In that Astarion build I'd planned to rely on spells and eldritch blasts but soon found that my hand crossbows were better, especially with the Thief ability giving me two bonus action attacks every turn. There were times when I crit on 7 attacks in a single turn. Warlock ended up just providing devil's sight, darkness, and feat on every crit.

[@redneck1st555]

Now I did Shadowheart Tempest Cleric Level 8 Storm sorcery Level 3 Wizard level 1 making her a destructive force on the battlefield.

[@ReganousTheGrey]

Great video Spud!

[@michadybczak4862]

At the beginning, you are overexaggerating (like: turn undead, it's a waste of action) by a lot, but later it all falls down nicely - this is really a good build, although a bit off, when it comes to role-playing the Shadowheart. I prefer to change her into Cleric of War and the change it to Cleric of Light, after the known change in the game (if it happens). In overall, very methodical and very nicely laid down video, probably one of your best when it comes to builds

[@yeskevz]

I usually go for life or trickery with Shadowheart. Heals, hold person and fear are just nasty. If you combine this with a stealth rogue, ranger or monk, she's amazing

[@Dibbem]

I think it is better to take 1 level storm sorcerer than warrior. You can fly as a bonus action and you can also take shield and magic missile that are always good for you

[@keithwin3449]

That’s an insanely good idea you even get the same constitution proficiency

[@carlosleite7011]

Fighter gives heavy armour and +1AC, when it comes to defence, heavy armour gives better passives than medium armour. Fly becomes obsolete on act III when you get partial illithid. Also you can say that we don't need heavy armour proficiency with Helldusk Armour, but there's a bug that make fighter give +2AC instead of one when you use Helldusk Armour + any other armour.

[@keithwin3449]

@@carlosleite7011 well not everyone wants to be partial illithid including me also this build would work best with the luminous armor which is medium

[@Dibbem]

@carlosleite7011 I don't like the idea of turning into an octopus. However, the important thing is to experiment with new things otherwise, no matter how beautiful, in the end you get bored 🙂

[@keithwin3449]

@@Dibbem maybe I’ll do it if I ever do an evil run(my moral compass stops me from being evil in any game)

[@swx80]

nice lineage 2 sountrack

[@Bonfix2001]

what mode did you use, or cheat engine to be able to level up quick, and have gold, and lot of items ?

[@dietrichenstein]

This is a pretty good standard Light Cleric build but imo a full level 12 Life Cleric that just takes Resilient for con saves is still just a stronger version of it in the end for abusing radiant orbs. I'd still take War Caster first bc advantage is stronger than proficiency early game until your numbers get up a bit. Radiance of the Dawn + Warding Flare are maybe the stronger option in act 1 & 2, but imo they always feel less relevant once you hit act 3 and, as soon as you hit Cleric level 8 the Life Cleric's Radiant Strike just directly outclasses it for me for this playstyle. Imo, a level 12 Life Cleric wielding The Handmaiden's Mace with strength set to 18, concentrating on Spirit Guardians and bonking with their radiant strike is easily my preferred Spirit Guardian's Lawnmower. I like to utilise Light Cleric's as full blaster-caster's.

[@AutumnleafMind]

Have you done a video on basic fighting for dummies. I mean i have no idea how to play my characters…. I mean first do bonus action … how to hide and sneak attack… like first you hide, then you sneak, then a bonus action, then attack. It’s like 1+1 = 2 for major dummies

[@TheSpudKing]

Yeah. I kinda try to give tips in combat section of each build guide but - I cover alot of basics here with full party build -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6aXgIZva7yifck And also combat section of this video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3yWo4tmoatjqNE Also im planning to make ~how to fight~ video, but not sure about structure still :)

[@beastalchemist0825]

Quick question on your older video, Circle of Spores Druid you used Shaleleh (Misspelled) on both torches by swapping hands very quickly. How do you do this on console?

[@osd-syrup]

I would love to see a "Lucky Monk" build using portency to aid attack rolls. Could do something similar with a smite build possibly?

[@Mike-r4h]

Guidance is best cantrip indeed. Well, except for Eldritch Blast. That's on another level.

[@CelestineMarvelous]

Cool! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@Bman6464]

I have moved on from bg3 for a bit, but i still watch Spud vids! Have you ever played Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous? Im playing it currently and it is fantastic. More depth than BG3 but less production value

[@TheSpudKing]

Next game I'll play, definitely interested in exploring.

[@Straya_Salty]

at 6:30 you say you need 16 con, then in the next scene it goes down to 14 con and 16 dex, which one is it?

[@Wesbreslin1986]

Act 1 which gloves?

[@arnop87]

I always get the Glyph of Warding to cast that OP sleep in a large area. My chariscma char is paladin who will Sanctuary my Cleric so i can move freely with Guardian Spirits.

[@mkvk32]

i like flaming sphere, she looks so cute and tank some dmg for us

[@botmaster5]

quick tip, dont waste your divine intervention on shadowheart. recruit a hireling, level them up as a cleric and have THEM waste their DI. you only get one use of DI. dont waste it on a weapon

[@AntoinePelissier]

The other ones sucks anyway

[@minnesotanose]

shadow heart as a healer is wild. she can bring a downed team mate to full with a single turn.

[@minnesotanose]

i have her wearing all the healer stuff from act 1. she uses adamantine plate and shield with lathander’s blood. her healing capabilities is OP.

[@magister343]

Shadowheart is a decent healer, but the best healer is a Berserker Barbarian/Thief Rogue with all the healer equipment plus a lot of healing potions. They can throw potions with both their action and bonus actions. All benefits like Bladeward from Hellrider's Pride or the Reviving Hands work just as well with thrown healing potions as with healing spells, and the potions can apply them to multiple targets standing close together. Just make sure your barbarian/rogue healer does not take the Tavern Brawler feat, as you might throw a potion bottle too hard and kill the target with bludgeoning damage before the bottle breaks and the potion itself can heal them.

[@МаксимПлахотин-в3ъ]

Also you could pick the crossbow from the vampire hunter dude

[@rainonleaves6762]

How about 1 level in storm sorcerer instead of fighter, for the ability to fly to the targets (+ constitution save proficiency)?

[@carlosleite7011]

It's better using heavy armour and the +1 AC than using medium armor + fly. Heavy Armour is just better in overall, there's no thing that beats Adamantine Splint on act I and II.

[@TheSpudKing]

There is alot of viable options, i think heavy armor+ AC is great option to have

[@italolage]

One thing that always bugs me is that endorse to Sacred Flame over Produce Flame. Yes, Sacred Flame range is bigger, but fails to land too much. Produce Flame just have more utility. Its a ranged spell to attack, witch land more tham Sacred Flame, is very useful to light on act2. Sacred Flame just stinks.

[@AntoinePelissier]

Thank you, exactly this

[@seraph5345]

Show us how your builds fight with bosses! Looks good on average mobs, but what about bosses?

[@carlosleite7011]

it will be spoiler showing boss fights. I used his build and shadowheart just smashed bosses and made the game trivial.

[@TheSpudKing]

Yeah, as said above its kinda spoilers, but also different bosses got different approaches, so technicaly it won't show alot of stuff. Bosses HP range from 150 to 450 on AVG , so any build that is capable to inflict this amounts or heavily debuf wil be good

[@jotun5383]

You either run or misty step to the boss after you have your spirits on. There are basically no bosses with resistance to radiant damage. If you want to be extra cautious you can use a mirror image spell up front. Some enemies have three attacks so you giving at least eight orbs is a good strategy. If you play with a party you can give the coruscation ring to your wizard and let him have a nice barrage of magic missiles to inflict ten orbs on the enemy. Even if that enemy attacks three times he's left with four orbs that can be re-upped easily. One could also use boots of stormy clamour to additionally give enemies reverberation when giving them orbs for some additional damage and maybe even making them prone.

[@magister343]

@@TheSpudKing With the mod I use to make the game more difficult (to balance other mods that give cool equipment and increase party size), 150 to 450 hp is more like what I expect from basic goblins. Bosses tend to be well over 2000 hp.

[@yeahiknow5180]

My light cleric in act 3 was holding phalav aluve and equip bhallish armor also got alert feat so then she can debuff and set up more damage for my monk and ranger almost all the time kill any act 3 boss in just 1 turn

[@sulaiman3016]

How can you do more than one action as shadowheart in act 1 ? i can only do one action what am i missing

[@TheJoshuad216]

you can knock minthara out and get those boots

[@C0ldFir69]

Use phalar aluve for extra 1d4 dmg each spirit guardian hit

[@OGGames88]

I dare you to do trickery build. Hint: gloomstalker multiclass

[@TheSpudKing]

Don't like trickery domain ;)

[@OGGames88]

@@TheSpudKing abuse invisible mechanics from gloomstalker or trickeru + assasin + stealth proficiency. You'll love it

[@urborg74]

Short version: Thorns tank.

[@midwestapprentice1904]

Lvl 4 at end of act 1? Jokes on you I’ve spent like 20 hours on act 1 alr and I’m not done yet lol

[@TheSpudKing]

Im treating act1 as anything before underdark/mountain pass split, and under+mountain as act1.5 :) max level before exploring this areas is probably just below 5

[@midwestapprentice1904]

@@TheSpudKing oh true it’s kinda weird as under dark and crèche feel like a different act even closes some quests

[@piggelin971]

Alot of talking impossible to remember everything and dont want to paus video to see what spells to choose from you really need to write this down in comments or descriptions so easy to follow example. Lvl2 cleric-spells=bla bla. Lvl 3 cleric-spells= you see?. Thanks.

[@dion8227]

Not the Malenia boss fight ost

[@LuisJayala95]

Soooo much to doooo

[@AntoinePelissier]

Not using "produce flame" and calling it a good build, is just you being silly, stop using sacred flame, dex save sucks!

[@OgGSUS]

spirit guardian/orb is so overrated... come on spud king this build is so overused and boring the damage sucks and the whole thing is super resource heavy and just a one trick pony tagging enemies and applying orb. You do not have any way to implement vulnerability, you have sad single target damage, other classes will be doing way more damage also AoE with less resources investment.

[@robjg23]

I like the playstyle, but until you get spirit guardians it’s kind of poo poo and it takes a long time to get it. Too bad bg3 doesn’t have new game plus. All these kickass builds that take half or more of the game to come online and then you finish the game. Kind of not fun imo.

[@tearmonger8665]

Always listen to the Russians when it comes to finding the most broken sht

[@jumperxy2690]

I hate it that you play with cheats

[@TheSpudKing]

I don't. Use some mods to record faster

[@artrixblizzard3352]

First

[@jacksfather]

You left in on trickery. I can’t take this seriously

[@ninjahaz0180]

Someone didn’t watch the video XD. You can’t change the base class of main characters until respec btw

[@syzygy2464]

clooooooooown comment

[@shanonedwards4251]

Minor illusion is a horrible unusable spell and I'm tired of hearing about it

[@halfbreedmedic1756]

I disagree. It’s not as powerful as KZbinrs make it seem, but I have used it quite a bit. Especially when I feel like being a barrelmancer…

[@TheSpudKing]

Its obviously best setup spell

[@shanonedwards4251]

It's a waste of an action and I'm done hearing about it

[@gregoberski5897]

@@shanonedwards4251 You're supposed to use it BEFORE combat to get everyone positioned how you want. It's the only spell in the game that mass-repositions enemies with no saving throw in a variety of ways; all bunched up, or standing around a cliff, or backs turned to you, or lower level so you can be above . . .

[@shanonedwards4251]

@@gregoberski5897 it does even more nothing outside of combat