COMPLETE Multiclass Tier List - EVERY COMBO - Baldur's Gate 3 Honour Mode Guide Part 1

Welcome to the third installment of my full breakdown of all classes and subclasses in the game for honour mode, to help you build the perfect party to cruise to victory and the golden dice! In this detailed breakdown, we discuss every single multiclass combination in the game - that's right, all of them!
Part 1 Covers multiclass combinations for Barbarian and Bard.
In this tier list I rate both the power and the versatility of the character. How strong is it? How many different ways can you build it? How easy is it to fit into a party?
Includes detailed guide and breakdown of the strengths and weaknesses of every class and character in Baldur's Gate 3!
0:00 Intro
5:57 Barbarian / Bard
10:36 Barbarian / Cleric
14:55 Barbarian / Druid
20:29 Barbarian / Fighter
22:43 Barbarian / Monk
25:51 Barbarian / Paladin
29:22 Barbarian / Ranger
32:53 Barbarian / Rogue
37:27 Barbarian / Sorcerer
40:41 Barbarian / Warlock
44:09 Barbarian / Wizard
48:17 Bard / Cleric
52:27 Bard / Druid
55:17 Bard / Fighter
59:07 Bard / Monk
1:01:23 Bard / Paladin
1:03:23 Bard / Ranger
1:05:05 Bard / Rogue
1:07:36 Bard / Sorcerer
1:10:26 Bard / Warlock
1:13:21 Bard / Wizard

[@thewanderers97]

Holy shit, every single combination!?????? I thought you were just going to at most look at all 12 classes as a core, as a split, and as a dip, but you've gone the extra (thousand) miles and tried to rank all 70 or so dual class combinations! I am in fucking awe Edit: AND MENTIONING THE TRIPLE CLASS ONES TOO ON OCCASION!! I can't imagine how much effort has gone into this video alone, and the pacing of these videos too being an hour or so long and coming out so close together every few days, starting to get scared you might burn yourself out with how fast and how high quality you're pumping these out

[@thomashightower7881]

The good thing is that he has an easy marker for when he's done. It makes racing to the finish line easier when you know where the finish line is.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

I actually only decided to do all of them like five minutes before sitting down to do the video, and the process was basically just "why not? WHO CAN STOP ME??"

[@EpifanesEuergetes]

@@Cephalopocalypse the process was basically just "why not? WHO CAN STOP ME??" I like your attitude.

[@tobiaskoran6787]

​@@Cephalopocalypse I am convinced this must have been the thought process of the developers when they sat down and pondered romancing the emperor and other spicy features of the game

[@rileysugg2275]

😂😂😂😂

[@Sarum9nich]

Barbwizarian- "My goals are beyond your comprehension."

[@connorjames1066]

My goals are beyond my comprehension. My goals are beyond comprehension.

[@SoI_Badguy]

I'd say warlock and barbarians can work together just because of armor of agathys. Your barbarian is the most likely to get attacked because they are reckless attacking, and your temporary HP will last twice as long because you're raging. So your armor of agathys lasts twice as long and you'll be getting attacked more often. There are also subclass features that aren't spells that could be useful. Misty Escape for the Archfey Warlock, and being able to fear all of the enemies you crit against is not only on theme but would be strong for a barbarian because they're usually the most often to crit because of constant advantage.

[@Thoth728]

big agree

[@lightfallonthehead3842]

you know what i really love about this? you are taking this tierlist to its absolute limit. not just because of the sheer amount of classes you're covering but also because you're looking at it with so many considerations in mind, "what if you make play mistakes! like you came home tired or you drank beer before playing"... WHO DOES THIS, YOU ARE A LUNATIC AND I AM ENTERTAINED.

[@jah5391]

Every video has so much info... I have no idea how you get all these out so quickly. Great job!

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Thanks very much! I really appreciate the support :D The secret is all I've done for 20 years is think about dungeons and dragons :P

[@stillnotchill2560]

Thanks for supporting their channel for those of us who can't afford to!

[@thomasrosendahl2783]

Halfling 10 Lore Bard + 2 Divination Wizard, now you can control all the dice rolls and ability checks.

[@dimKiriyenko]

Imagine the amount of times everything stops for you to react.

[@ThanhLai5]

@@dimKiriyenkoDivination Wiz is strong but those dice rolls may make me go insane LOL

[@dion8895]

Take the Lucky feat for even more dice manipulation shenanigans

[@erikhanson1162]

I'm watching this particular video with interest. I confess I have a silly party theme that I'd like to explore: "Getting the Band Back Together," in which every character has at least 1 level in Bard so that they can play instruments together. Plus, it gives the opportunity to hear every voice actor's taunts.

[@chilrue427]

Considering that Bard is amazing, this party will be awesome in theme and combat ability both. Great Idea!

[@jakeinfactsaid8637]

I’m doing this right now and it’s a blast. Started with crossbow kings but gradually adjusted the builds as I got more equipment and now I have four mostly bards with wildly different playstyles that I have jam out after their actions and bonus action. Don’t forget to perform for Lihala with a party member who isn’t multiclassing bard to always have a back up guitarist for other runs.

[@randomnobody660]

I'm actually (almost) playing that right now. There are only 3 bard classes and valor bard is quite disappointing compared to the other 2, so instead of playing the probably optimal 2-3 sword 1-2 lore bard I'm playing 1 of each bard with... a bodyguard I guess. This isn't what I'm playing but better since I've fixed a few things that I'm too lazy to re-optimize in game: - ranged 1 fighter 1 wizard 10 sword bard. It's more or less the 10/1/1 build from reddit. This is my party face. Uses fire acuity hat + (flawed) helldusk glove to stack acuity, and either fire off bonus action mindblasts/illithid powers or combine with ring of mystic scoundrel to bonus action cc in general. Other differences include stacking dex to 22 and dual wielding daggers, and generally using deadshot and crit fishing since I'm playing origin astarion w/ the d10 necro. - melee 2 paladin 10 valor bard. Uses helm of arcane acuity and sometimes the ring for ba cc same as above. Other times use luck of far realm/executioner/paralyze to guarantee crit for big numbies. Banishing + lv4 divine smite crit is quite a humorous 10d10+10d8damage. Combat inspiration can't be cast on self which is very sad, but that's valor bard for you... (combat inspiration for ac might be bugged and seems usable multiple times, which might be op) - 2 warlock 10 lore bard. Uses eb mostly for comfort. Radorb + mental fatigue ring for funzies, spineshudder + stormy clamour + markoheshkir thunder to full stack reverberation per beam. Otherwise wears general dc stuff. In honor mode fish for patriar + bard memory from mirror; whichever companion lands it gets to be this guy. For me it was minthara, which has the added benefit of soul branding for thrower. - 11 ek 1 -warpriest- ...base bard? General sub-optimal tb throw build. Throws nyrulna and so works with thunder acuity hat? ek for shield and hold person I guess? Can't be bad between acuity and advantage; you can even put ring here? Soul branding applies to, but is not consumed by, throws. As a result you get 2d4+1 fire damage every throw for 3 rounds straight. What value! It's a mess of a party but good enough for base game. 1-2 round most fights. With 5 short rests per long rest they subsist on songs and barely need to sleep (althou bardadin can blow like 7 spell slots a turn with edge of darkness + smite). I've also added some darkness synergy in there between eversight, spear of evening, devil sight, and ...nothing for the thrower (although you can use helm if not for acuity meme).

[@nycread]

​@@jakeinfactsaid8637did you mean Alfira?

[@RagnellAvalon]

"You can't lie to a nun"

[@corvigae]

I had a College of Swords/Pact of the Blade bardlock as my Dark Urge and she very quickly became my most powerful character I'd ever played. I then proceeded to break her even further by using some cheese to get the deva mace (steal from the gods for fun and profit!) and she ended up absolutely *smoking* Orin in the duel in under two turns after knocking back a speed potion. I am now a bardlock supremacy truther.

[@EnragedPotato26]

This sounds awesome! What was your level split? 9/3 in favor of bard? (as extra attack doesn’t stack in HM)

[@doloresabernathy9809]

Wow you're the BG3 Great Class Master. Amazing work. I finally figured out how to become a member of your channel -- click the button that says "Join" -- so I did.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Thanks so much! I should definitely add a link to the descriptions, the join button seems to just not show up sometimes or be hidden on mobile. Really appreciate all your support and comments!

[@meliannhawke3318]

Just found you uploaded this, made my day! Another video by you, and even better, it's 1+ hour. ❤ Pure bliss.

[@benross9174]

I think you are underestimating the Barbarian Warlock, even in honour mode. Temp HP is twice as good on a barbarian, and you have to consider the ONLY spells you are casting to be AoA and Fire Shield (before combat); then you rage. Barbarians also loves killing things, so you get even more temp HP (Fiend) and you get something out of short rests. Its way better than Barbarian 12

[@thomasannerfeldt5870]

Yessss, found ur channel a few days ago and been binging all subclass vids and the soloclass, but been waiting for this banger. Checked ur channel multiple times per day to see if u dropped any multiclass content. U made me excited to install BG3 again, played the shit out of it on release (3 playthroughs). Going for a more multiclass heavy run on honor mode now. thx!

[@pain2k446]

I’ve been waiting for this! I’ve probably watched all of your other videos 6 times over. So excited to hear your thoughts.

[@FloridaCrigger]

What a TIMELY video -- just completed my Tactician run with the classic GloomStalker/Assassin. I was thinking about going Barbarian/Monk for my Honor run. Thanks for all the info!

[@PierrePsst]

This amount of quality content is worth way more than 15$. "Non sum dignus", as we say ! Thank you so much, you're making this game even better than it already is. Hope your channel will continue to thrive !

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Thanks very much! I really appreciate the support and the very kind words - it means a lot! :D Glad you're enjoying the videos!

[@mulewater]

Swords bard + pact of the blade warlock is such a fun build. In honor mode where the extra attacks don't stack, you can just take 2 levels of fighter for action surge and end up with better burst damage, CON save proficiency, and more AC in exchange for a little less sustained damage. It's arguably the best arcane synergy user, which isn't an effect you see people talk about very often, and it's also one of a handful of builds that manages to squeeze a lot of value out of the dual wielder feat. Arcane acuity is pretty broken on any caster, but this one is uniquely good at using the items that give stacks with weapon attacks.

[@sawyerhackett1509]

Let’s gooo, looking forward to watching these!!

[@kentoshin]

Now do every subclass combination :) Seriously though, incredible job on these - knowing that you’ve thought about every single multiclass combination makes me trust your rankings more than pretty much every other creator making these. Excited for the rest of the series!

[@HydraVolt12]

YYYEEEESSSSSS was just looking to see if youd uploaded this lmao

[@waehwoah1813]

Really like your content, it is the only source I trust for build guides. Would love to see a guide for party composition at some point. It is basically an endless topic I would think.

[@SharpGhost]

This guy can't be stopped.

[@AugustoXRock]

I just had a playthrough with a Barbarian 2/Fighter 6/ Rogue 4. The combo is absolutely bonkers

[@oskarszymanski6529]

What does rogue do for this build? Sneak attacks?

[@AugustoXRock]

@@oskarszymanski6529 a lot actually: sneak attack, cunning action and a second bonus action.

[@isacsln]

@@oskarszymanski6529the second bonus action is the big thing. With a berserker barbarian you can throw a weapon or do a weapon attack on a bonus action, so I did a pretty crazy throw build using a very similar multiclass.

[@oskarszymanski6529]

@@isacsln Yeah but I wasn't commenting on thrower build, but this particular without berseker in it...

[@pearsemolloy9656]

It’s better to swap the levels of fighter and barbarian around. A barbarian rogue really wants the berserker subclass and all you want from fighter for that class combo is action surge.

[@user-sc7xn3fl5f]

"Secretly" the best Bg3 videos in KZbin as it is out of all related contents balance and provide more information than the community can handle. Definitely S+ tier , broken understanding, true strike.

[@scottmcmillen3015]

Great video! For subsequent entries, it would be cool if you started the tier list with the previously completed classes already in place. That way my screenshot of all the cleric combos will include your ranking for barbarian/cleric and bard/cleric, for example.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Yep, that's how I'm doing it for sure

[@Akoraz2010]

You’ve been pumping out some bangers recently. Keep it up. Maybe a future list, tier list of the hardest honor mode bosses? Saying their weaknesses and maybe which of your builds are good against them etc

[@cannyvalley8522]

Yay, looking forward to finding some hidden gems among combos :D

[@thewanderers97]

I would like to mention with barb/paladin that the wolfheart rage in particular synergises extremely well with paladin auras, since both of them are good for supporting other front-line strikers nearby. Oath of the ancients is particularly happy because of healing radiance letting you stack on-heal effects and just having one of the strongest auras with aura of warding, meaning any characters on the front-line with the Barbadin are getting turbo buffed, though this does introduce some item dependency to make the most of healing radiance

[@MercyBlack137]

God tier work

[@timothyburger6715]

Probably the easiest way to grade them. Good video. Formatting will be interesting as we whittle away at the classes and go through the bottom of the barrel all in one vid later.

[@brule1763]

Oh and ps I don't know if you'll read the comments but I feel compelled to say that I've used many of your insights to help shape my own builds and they never disappoint. Your video on the best healer build was really great, I basically never leave camp without a bard/cleric in the party.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Thanks very much! I do indeed read the comments (and reply to as many as I can) - glad the guides are helping!

[@nathanbarnhart7823]

God I’m such a sucker for tier lists and BG3 content. Fiiiine, you got a sub 😛

[@astroboy314]

Most amazing video... thank you so much for your efforts.

[@jakeparkinson8929]

I'm trying to build something tasty. Both lifebringer and warlock temp hp can refill symbiotic entity, im trying to make a spore druid berserker barbarian build centered around keeping symbiotic entity active. Three flavors - 6/5/1 Druid/Barbarian/warlock or 6/3/2/1 Druid/Barbarian/paladin/warlock. 8/3/1 Druid/Barbarian/warlock. Halo of spores can replace bonus action healing by breaking potions placed at your feet, so while raging a 3/2 berserker spore druid has the same attacks for round as a level 5 fighter since you use your bonus action in place of extra attack. The lifebringer circlet with sparky points trident regains 3 temp hp for symbiotic entity upon gaining lightning charges and dark ones blessing from fiend warlock does the same on kill. I tried the lifestealer shortsword and confirm that it doesn't regain temp hp for symbiotic entity, it replaces symbiotic entity. I have tested it for majority of act 1 doing a 3/3 split between druid/berserker and its pretty tanky. Once you get gloves of dex, you can drop dex investment for making wisdom and cha 16 each, con 14, strength 12. In a party, you can have two builds that work like this with great weapon master as there are two finesse longswords in act 1 being larethians wrath and phalar aluve. For the second spore berserker, you can use a combination of the dex cloth and bracers of defense and a dex stat of 16, 8 strength, 14 on wisdom and con, 12 on charisma for an ac of 18. Although once you dip into warlock, the temp hp won't be as much as the gloves of dex spore berserker. But it can be remedied with hags hair, patriahs memory and birthright to buff it to 16. Shield of thralls can actually completely refill symbiotic entity which is an interesting thing i discovered, but it does prevent warlock temp hp from being added back. All the spore druid actions besides spell casting work while raging hence my confidence to only have 3 levels in berserker as halo of spores is powerful if you are creative, i.e break alchemy flask with halo of spore to set of an explosion. Or have a lit candle then break grease with halo of spores to set of fire wine barrels, or break a heal potion next to a downed ally to heal them (with halo of spores)... You get the point, halo of spores turns your reaction into a more useful resource in the action economy. Tell me what you think.

[@bryttonica6286]

Gotta subscribe for this one, A+ for effort 💪🏻

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Welcome!

[@brule1763]

I've seen countless tier lists of BG3 classes by now, and every single one of them was too scared to get into multiclass combinations. This is equal parts interesting conversation and absolute callout to every content creator without the sheer force of will to give the people what they really want. Bravo

[@Avoncarstien]

Very much enjoying the approach. It's true a lot of classes *really* only want a level or two here or there, but it's still worth delving into, plus that makes it readily apparent that something like Fighter+Rogue, which it's already obvious contribute a lot from just a few levels, can be thrown onto.....just about *anything* else that only needs to get to 6th level or less for a fantastic setup.

[@KyleDB_1994]

This is amazing keep it up

[@dutyfreeadventures5924]

I like the idea of barbarian/warlock because Warlocks only have 2 spell slots per short rest so you can throw out two non-concentration spells (fireballs?) and then jump into rage with your charisma based two handed pact weapon.

[@benross9174]

Or Armour of Agathys and Fire Shield (both non concentration spells) since they both synergieses with Reckless attack and Rage. You have to cast them before combat though

[@dutyfreeadventures5924]

@@benross9174 OH good point! I always forget about Agathys because I cast it in the morning and leave it on all day lol

[@thomashightower7881]

Charisma based barb? Sounds pretty cool actually, sign me up! They do get intimidation proficiency, giving some neat thematic synergy.

[@thomashightower7881]

​@@benross9174which is perfect since whenever you rage, you can't cast the spells anyways. Bear Heart Barbarian would be a good subclass choice for this combo

[@benross9174]

@@thomashightower7881 True, you also get Temp HP when you kill from Fiend, which is twice as good on a barbarian.

[@pancakes4193]

Oh, this is gonna be insane.

[@pain2k446]

Next I demand a min-max tier list of all possible clothing combinations

[@dutyfreeadventures5924]

Oh my god you're insane and I love it. Goddamn

[@soysaucerb]

I've actually been stressing about my plan to make Halsin a Barbearian (because his bear form is so iconic I want him to be able to keep using it), so I'm grateful to hear your thoughts on the combo (and doubly grateful that it isn't just an awful idea).

[@jamalabdr]

The absolute madlad

[@joshalben833]

Further to affirm bard/rogue thief as S tier but 2x off hand attacks to build arcane acuity with the helmet of arcane acuity and using main action to CC has freed the band of the mystic scoundrel for another character to use

[@hairypotter5402]

finally. it is here!

[@zephyr1249]

In my most recent playthrough, my party face was 8 levels Swords Bard and 4 levels Champion fighter, and she was awesome. Dex focused, dueling fighting style from swords bard paired with Duelist’s Prerogative and archery fighting style from fighter paired with Gontr Mael, not to mention my assortment of spells. She was a Swiss Army knife, equipped for any situation

[@LoneIrbis]

I like how you made this layout of taking each class and looking at how it combines with each other class. It would be even more intesting if you'll also make a final tier list that compares best (S and A, maybe B) combos plus best solo classes or specs. For example, would Swords Bard stay S tier if compared to let's say Barbarian/Warrior or Bardlock, etc.

[@HITSONERR]

I played the game without looking at any info online. So imagine my surprise when I discovered you can be multiclass. I played the entire game as a Bard.

[@redbeardguy_]

This is the one 👏🏻 loved the other class videos but they all lead here 😂

[@CreativeExcusesGaming]

Hunter Ranger as a 3 level dip is one of the best in the game for any class that wants to hit stuff with a weapon. I used a 4 ranger 8 barbarian on my first honor run and it was incredible throughout the entire game as a dual wielding melee barbarian.

[@pimpsup27]

I was shit before your channel. Now I’m one shotting bosses on tactician, getting ready for honour mode, and even comfortable making my own builds. In MTG I’m what is called a Timmy - I’m sure you’re familiar with this concept. I am just not inherently creative with combos and builds because I get so caught up in the fantasy. Thank you for making me better and making me more confident in my RPG play!

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Thanks so much for the support! That's awesome to hear - glad you're finding the videos helpful! I think everyone should try to keep in touch with that inner Timmy - it makes games so much more fun. Good luck with the honour mode run!

[@camusreviews6877]

Bard with a Warlock dip is one of my favorite multiclasses in in the game. Eldritch blast gives you a potent ranged damage option (and potentially CC on top of that if you take repelling blast) and damage, let alone force damage at range, is something Bards don’t have a ton of access to.

[@eetuantola2519]

Just to add a bit of info to the wizard multiclass: if you take a wizard level and then a charisma caster, all wizard spells learned through scrolls will use charisma instead. Did this on my storm sorc/tempest cleric to get access to chain lightning.

[@Lykon]

BardBarian has a very cool dedicated build which also works in BG3 as an impressive buffer supporter

[@MiltonianPhysicist]

This video just cements Ceph as the greatest BG3 content creator of them all

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Thanks so much! Appreciate the kind words :D

[@jmr90000]

You crazy legend

[@ProbeAway]

One benefit to barbarian from a 3 level warlock dip with pact of the blade, allowing you to use CHA for attacks, is that you can then benefit from either dark one’s blessing (for some temp hp on kill) or mortal reminder (AoE frightening enemies on a crit). You can also cast Armour of Agathys as a level 2 spell multiple times per day, which is always good. I don’t think those are incredible reasons for a barblock multiclass but they probably offer more than some of the other options in the ‘niche’ tier. (I haven’t tested it either but if shield works as a reaction while raging, maybe hellish rebuke does too?)

[@shinzoux5912]

Cepha with the Illithid IQ tierlists, goddamn

[@markd8406]

Thanks for all the videos. This is the video I've been looking forward to most. The "paired class tier" is a stroke of genius for how to display this. One thing that I think would be nice to spotlight is whether or not 12 levels of either class is just better than the combination. For example, monoclass Bard is S tier in your other tier lists, so are the 5 pairings below S weaker than 12 levels of Bard?

[@user-od4kr2tt4j]

Thief Rogue + Berserker Barbarian throwing build is very good choice as Returning Pike can be obtained very early in the game

[@DropoutJournal]

Addendum to Bard/Monk: Swords Bard and Shadow Monk pair excellently together. However, you're not relying on STR and/or unarmed combat. You instead go with dual-wielding shortswords/daggers. Shadow Monks essentially have little utility past Level 6, so you have 6 free levels to rock everyone's shit. Shadow Monk 6/Swords Bard 3 is a fantastic stealth combination that can serve as a party face, so would highly recommend it. If you decide to add two levels of Fighter for action surge or 3 levels in Rogue, you have a build that can potentially solo honour mode. Heck, go 6 Shadow Monk, 2 Paladin, and 4 Swords Bard, and voila: you have Shadow Strike at home, except you have a lot more in the form of utility spells.

[@ingolf82]

my favorite is RRFP (Ranger/Rogue/fighter/priest), 5 ranger, 4 rogue, 2 fighter, 1 war Priest. another option is to drop the war priest at the end and take 5 rogue instead. my favorite Barbarian build is Barbarian/rogue/fighter. With this you either go 3 levels in fighter and take eldrich knight to be able to bind your weapon so you can throw any weapon you want. Barbarian throwing build is very fun. Alternatively, for Min/maxing, you just have a hireling at camp who binds your weapon for you so you don't need 3 levels in fighter, you still want 2 though, then 3 in rogue to get thief

[@rodolfokatz5098]

Hi! Have to say that you are one of the few content creators that made me subscribe due to your content and not because of a guilty trip campaign! Just one small observation: I do think that it would be nice to mark in some way if a class is good as a dip (up to three levels) or if there is a reason to go deeper into it.

[@drraz9084]

Thanks!

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Hey, thanks so much for the support! I really appreciate it :D Glad you're enjoying the videos!

[@melissazadrozny5167]

I really love Barbarian 9 and Champion Fighter 3. There is the big downside of missing a feat, but you get better criticals at level 9 Barbarian and Champion of course increases crits as well. Play an Orc as well and you get even more benefit off of crits.

[@Ex_Machina.]

The Bard section just shows how overpowered Bard is lol I already knew that Fighter pairs well but I did not realize how crazy beneficial it was to dip once into Cleric!

[@OakandIV]

Huzzah! Looking for Swords Bard 6 / Abjuration Wizard 6 for the win! (Or Tempest Cleric 2 / Storm Sorcerer 9 / Wizard 1 if you’re sparky)

[@Jack-The-Gamer-]

I'm a Big fan of Wildheart Barb 5/ Battle Master Fighter 4 / Thief Rogue 3. Dump all your points into Dex and Con, take Two-Weapon Fighting, now you get 4 attacks per turn, 2 bonus actions, MASSIVE AC. Just damn good.

[@1ordTakeo]

Barbarian -can- work at ranged tbh, thanks to the titanstring bow. Depending on the Barbarian path you took, it even solves the Bonus-Action issue Rangers often face. But Barbarian and Gloomstalker are somewhat redundant with their features.

[@violetbliss4399]

Even Conan is a barbarian/thief I'd say. :D Or at least a rogue of some type! Wanted to add, I actually find 5 swords bard quite fun to go with a monk 7. It's a really versatile character, because you are very good at firing hand crossbows as well in later encounters, and you can go sharpshooter later on because monk don't need that much in terms of feats. Tavern brawler if you use strength is about it. Typically you still want to melee with that setup, but what you lose from straight monk is very minimal if you start 1 bard then fill up the monk side, and the utility gain is astronomical. Another interesting one is swords bard 6, shadow/4E monk 3 and thief 3. It's actually really fun to play as a dual wield character that can also use hand crossbows really well. The problem with this is that the multiclass really mostly blooms very late in the game, unless you go 1 monk for some different weapon options. Really the only sadness is that fighter 2 is disturbing in this game. I admit I just kind of dismiss action surge from my mind sometimes, just so I can actually make fun and effective builds that those 2 levels would otherwise remove.

[@jimmycockslap361]

I've found that any charisma scaler synergizes disgustingly in some way with warlock. Bardlock with duelists prerogative gets like 4 attacks per round plus the pact weapon making it scale on your charisma. Pallylock with oath breaker gives you double charisma scaling smites with aura of hate and pact weapon. And one of my personal favorites is Warceror with the buff to fire damage from red dragon bloodline and all the fire spells out of the fiend war lock your fireballs absolutely smack.

[@PenguinWithInternetAccess]

The explanation for people who skipped the intro floored me lmao

[@Viryn272]

Small thing to add in, bardlock was already rated S tier, but 2 warlock/10 lore bard is incredibly powerful. You have the ability to build like an eldritch blaster (albeit not on the level of a dedicated EB sorlock of course) yet still have all of the incredibly powerful tools that Bard has available, all of its skill proficiencies, and still equip the acuity/mystic scoundrel combo. 2 levels in warlock really adds that caster damage punch that a spellcaster focused bard usually lacks. You do give up 6th level spells for this, but IMHO magical secrets makes up for this at least partially.

[@cestmarrant.9595]

i felt called out by my teacher with the post intro message lmao

[@bretthughes27]

Currently in Act 2 with a Sword Bard. Planning on 2 levels of Fighter or Paladin after level 10. Which do you consider better for Act 3 in Tactician?

[@anynonomous000001]

I have one question about the barbarian moon druid combo. do barbarian levels synergize with owlbear raging so you don't have to waste a turn/lose concentration?

[@davidmejia5740]

Not a massive W, but with that 7-5 split you suggested for barblock, another little advantage to consider is using spell slots reapplying Armor of Agathys before combat for a little bit of extra damage + durability for your frontliner. Pretty small, but it's something.

[@foolycoolytheband]

There is a niche warlock barb build in tabletop that works reasonably well that's built around using armor of Agathys and using rage resistance to extend the retaliation damage it provides and just drawing agro to you. The idea is you cast armor of Agathys at the start of your day then rage since the spell does not require concentration the two don't interfere with each other and rage double the duration the spell stays in effect. At higher levels you then stack on fire shield whenever you are able and just become this retaliatory damage machine. Is this build still viable in BG3?

[@alexsamurai1230]

Wouldn't work on honour mode obvs but had a fun run with a barb-lock Karlach not long ago. Go Barb 5 / Warlock 7 and get 3 attacks per turn and fear on crit, use the spell slots for firey rebuke and agathys.

[@x3r0prime45]

Barblock does Rock Armor of Agethys + Bear Totem DR (in 5E but sadly not in BG3 Warlocks can get their own version of smite. making this a legit underrated multiclass)

[@gregtuff4020]

Imagine doing this for pillars of eternity 2 where it's actually optimized to do so

[@daveyfunk]

I can say already that Abjuration Wizard is top of the class. This will solo, particularly mid/late game and doesn't need equipment to be effective. Essentially, knowing if a build is equipment dependant in my book would be thinking if you could have 4 of the same build in a party and they all be equally effective. You put 4 Abjuration Wizard in a party and you're untouchable and each one is walking through!!!

[@willkyles9156]

Imo Barbarian wizard for the purpose of con saves and unarmoured is just a worse version of draconic sorcerer 1 level dip, because at least then you progress your spell slots

[@user-zg7fc6hh1f]

Just slapping Barbarian 2 on Paladin for infinite free advantage is grea combo on its own.

[@singincowboy]

Wow, I'm going to have to wait a long time to hear what you think of my current build project if you're gonna keep going alphabetical, rogue warlock will be the 5th from last! Calling it right now, 3rd from last is going to be s tier!

[@Ren-1979]

I liked my 2barb 8bard 2pala build.

[@bdonlazy]

let's go!

[@perer005]

Bard setting the bar with having more S tier combos than non-S tier combos! :D

[@SoI_Badguy]

Does spore druid extra damage work with improvised weapon attacks? That with berserker could be cool

[@B52BoomStick]

I think barbarian and warlock can be better with the great old one peek of crits making freighted status with tiger cleave could be good.

[@WylliamJudd]

Bardbarian is really good in D&D 5th Edition because of something to do with grappling, but I forget how it works actually.

[@hquwhjher]

Grappling rules in 5e is essentially a Strength contest between the grappler and their victim. When grappled, you cannot willingly move at all. Since Bardbarian (lets say Barb 9 (Bear) /Bard 3 (Lore) or Barb 8 (Bear) /Bard 4 (Lore) ) would have high points in Athletics check (especially if they took expertise on athletics), and Rage gives advantage on strength checks; you are essentially a walking bearhugging machine to your enemies, while your allies can hit the enemy with ease (since they're busy with you). Technically in Baldur's Gate 3, I can replicate the experience by constantly throwing enemies to the ground (Barbarian raging with Cloud Giant elixir makes most enemy throw checks trivial, except Huge enemies) and let my allies pound on them like a bongo (Prone in BG3 doesn't give disadvantage on ranged attacks unlike in 5e), but it's not really the same (more akin to a painful shove). If you want to ask, I did the throw and let my allies beat their ass to almost all of the bosses in this game. It's a rather silly yet pretty ok strategy to use as a barbarian. I might not do as much damage, but then again; barbarian dps at higher levels aren't that great anyhow.

[@WylliamJudd]

@@hquwhjher I couldn't remember what bard brought to the table, but I remember now, it's Cutting Words. Cutting Words lets you give your target a penalty to their Athletics check (and you could also give yourself that same bonus if you need it to win the check).

[@WylliamJudd]

Oh and also Peerless skill, thought that doesn't come online until Bard level 14

[@lynnright666]

So came back to see if possible. There has to ba a way to get full spell casting and barbarian with smites.

[@lightfallonthehead3842]

you can kinda ditch the wisdom and use constitution with barbarian monk build, so you really only need to focus on dexterity and constitution for ac/initiative/hp and then chug hill giant strength potions for damage. i guess you'd still be MAD if you dont use the elixirs cause you'd need strength though

[@Commentaryist]

Danke!

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Thanks very much! I really appreciate the support! :D

[@croaker97]

I pressed the second timestamp and was instantly hit with “for those of you who skipped the intro…” You know us too well

[@chanyael]

You say warlock doesn't get any benefit from rage, but armor of agathys is not a concentration spell, raging means your armor of agathys only takes half damage, while returning full damage

[@thisisashan]

Imagine the dev changed the level cap just to mess with you today :P

[@randomnobody660]

The wizard thing is not actually a "weird interpretation" so much as a house rule. The rule being ignored if you will is the "You determine what spells you know and can prepare for each class individually" multiclassing rule. If that rule is followed, even if you could add a spell to spell book, you couldn't prepare and therefore couldn't cast it anyways. The wizard, RAW, can add a spell to a spellbook "if it is of a spell level you can prepare". Notice how it doesn't say it's a level your wizard can prepare. So the actual literal but weird interpretation would allow you to add spells you highest multiclass can prepare. For example, a wizard 1 cleric 6 would be able to scribe lv3 wizard spells since the cleric 6 can prepare lv3 spells (instead of lv4 in the game). A wizard 1 sorcerer 6 can do no such thing because the sorcerer doesn't prepare spells etc. It's shenanigans all the way down. (also, what use is a spell added to spell book if you can't prepare it? Scribe it into a scroll perhaps? Unearth arcana pg12 specifies "you must have the spell prepared *OR* among your known spells in order to scribe a scroll of it". More shenanigans.)

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Yep, basically - suffice to say, I think their interpretation is maybe valid RAW if you squint, but clearly not RAI and I have never met anyone who plays with it

[@JuggerToad]

Honestly, just put 2 levels in fighter for any class that you use for damage. You can put it on your life cleric or abjure wizard too, but there's really no need. Action surge is broken and you should abuse it.

[@shaggysaurus]

Maybe in future videos of this series just quickly tell us how you ranked the combos you went over in previous videos as you are covering that class. When you get to warlock we won't likely remember every ranking from the previous videos of you don't.