COMPLETE Multiclass Tier List - EVERY COMBO - Baldur's Gate 3 Honour Mode Guide Part 2

Welcome to Part 2 of 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 Cleric and Druid.
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
5:14 Cleric Overview
7:58 Cleric / Druid
11:39 Cleric / Fighter
16:30 Cleric / Monk
21:48 Cleric / Paladin
26:28 Cleric / Ranger
30:05 Cleric / Rogue
34:13 Cleric / Sorcerer
37:24 Cleric / Warlock
41:16 Cleric / Wizard
46:57 Druid Overview
49:58 Druid / Monk
56:55 Druid / Fighter
1:00:32 Druid / Paladin
1:04:11 Druid / Ranger
1:06:45 Druid / Rogue
1:09:16 Druid / Sorcerer
1:12:52 Druid / Warlock
1:15:09 Druid / Wizard

[@cannyvalley8522]

Cleric/Paladin multiclass gets bonus points because it's the only way to pick a deity on a paladin in released game, so your character will be titled in game, for example, paladin of Selune.

[@dougpresley2220]

Current build is a paladin of Eilistree. 2 light cleric/ 2 paladin/ 8 swords bard. He's a lot of fun.

[@skylerdama]

@@dougpresley2220what do we get at level 2 cleric?

[@ZeoffArcaneOfficial]

​@@skylerdamaChannel divinity based on subclass. So in this case they get Radiance of the Dawn because sometimes the paladin just needs to explode

[@nathanfivecoate5848]

​@@ZeoffArcaneOfficial Holy flash-bang

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Very true. It's still very weird to me that paladins don't have deities

[@nathansolis1356]

I'm positively bewildered that you went the extra mile and a half to rank EVERY SINGLE POSSIBLE COMBINATION of multiclassing. Goated

[@bunchofives313]

Hands down the best source of Baldurs Gate 3 information.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Thanks very much!

[@stankrom]

Your understanding of the mechanics of this game is seriously impressive

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Thanks!

[@jacobbonner2502]

@@Cephalopocalypsedo you have a lot of experience playing tabletop, or is all the knowledge just from playing the game?

[@Martin-sp1nj]

Not sure if anyone will ever read this, but great chill content love how you also focus on fun/room to fail and not just the usual "THIS BUILD IS OP STUF" you see in some guides. (yes this comment is mainly a sacrifice to the algorithm god)

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Thanks very much! I think people get stuck on playing the same five builds over and over, but the game has room for all kinds of different fun builds - it would be a shame not to use them!

[@Sleepynotlazy]

Your work ethic is insane.

[@lastructchure389]

He could drive science forward.

[@shiroisekai7039]

Best bg3 knowledge source I found so far.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Thanks very much!

[@SoI_Badguy]

War Cleric + Moon Druid also gives you the weapon proficiencies you usually lack on myrmadon forms without holding back your spellcasting. 1 War Cleric + 1 Draconic Sorcerer (white) + 10 moon Druid is def the best moon Druid setup.

[@skylerdama]

Why white dragonic sorcerer?

[@der_Foenix]

@@thunder2275 Draconic sorcerer for con save proficiency so you dont need resilient. You need to start as sorcerer at lvl 1 though. Armor of agathys from white draconic works in wild shape and can be quite powerful. The initial sorcerer dip also grants some nice utility spells and cantrips ​

[@ProbeAway]

@@skylerdama sorc for CON saves and I assume white for armour of agathys

[@phosferrax]

Wait, the myrmadons don’t have proficiencies with their own weapons?

[@skylerdama]

@@phosferrax yeah lol funny isn’t it?

[@Shardz24]

47:49 I’m fairly feet starved myself 😈

[@moccalotus]

This is unrelated, but I just beat bg3 and saw the camp epilogue for the first time. Omg this game is like 9.99999999/10. I was smiling ear to ear, damn near cried, and just genuinely felt a great hype at the end of the journey. Man I love this game. Also very informative tierlist^ thank you for making videos

[@Tentacl]

Oh, Cleric/Bard is my go-to Shadowheart respec. Keeps her concept, makes a whole lot of sense considering she is trained to manipulate/betray people as a Shar cleric (so bard is a logic extension) and is such an AMAZING support character.

[@HW-ow9zp]

keeps her concept, except bards are likeable ;)

[@Tentacl]

@@HW-ow9zp Yeah, so are honeypot secret agents. And once your guard is down there hoes the shiv to the base of the skull ;)

[@kudzukid12]

Draconic Lightning Sorc 6/Rogue Thief 4(for fast hands and feat)/Goolock 2… Just absolutely destroyed a solo Honour Mode run with this build! Absolutely slaps

[@Ram_Rodres]

you're a truly guide for the new ones dude, keep going!

[@harrymcgrory2531]

You're insane for trying this, respect

[@MrHephesto]

Keep them coming, great content!

[@zealous944]

one of my favorite tabletop combos that I had a lot of fun with was a divine soul sorcadin with sentinel, polearm master, quickened booming blade, and spirit guardians.

[@camilavillanueva1139]

Thank you for making this!

[@meliannhawke3318]

I enjoy your videos so much; so, to express my respect and gratitude, I practiced saying your channel name fluently and beyond that even three times in quick succession. Now people think I'm conjuring devils in the shower. Ah well, on to the next of your videos!

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Careful - you never know when it might work!

[@melissazadrozny5167]

I appreciate the video, while I'm not so concerned about tiers considering Tactician is probably the highest I'd ever seriously consider playing, your explanation of each combination is pretty nice. My partner has thought about some multi-classing and skipping to the sections on the specific multiclasses available to help them get an idea of what they can do with whichever combination is a really nice resource to have! Thank you for the hard work

[@MXF-sy9hy]

Great point about his work ethic. I feel like I should hire him now ...

[@TheNeonRaven]

I love the use of Meta Magic with Light Cleric healing spells on the Sorcerer/Cleric combo, especially in the first half of the game. It's useful to be able to use healing word on two downed allies with a single action and spell slot, who don't need to be near each other.

[@jinxpianista]

keep up the good content

[@LoneIrbis]

Druid multiclass is definitely my thing. I ended up with several druids (including Tav), and turns out I kinda dislike druid's gameplay on the higher levels. Those 4+ minions are extremely annoying in the world as well as in combat, but are impossible to not use if they are available, so I prefer to just not go that high to not have to drag them along everywhere. My Jahera is currently a dexterity-based 2 spore druid/9 open hand monk, and I must say she seem to be my highest damage dealer of all, except maybe my Tav. Maybe she'd do even more with str elixirs, but sadly I don't have enough of those to sustain two characters, so she has to stick to dex and no tavern brawler. She has a staff, but don't recall using it as actual weapon (it also the one that boosts unarmed attacks). Anyway, with spore form + monk passive + a few items she's usually soloing most enemies in first round, so I'm yet to see if she's any squishier than other characters, to be honest. And my Tav is actually a 6/6 split druid/fighter, and just runs around smacking things with 2 legendary maces buffed with spore form.

[@lastructchure389]

How does spore druid adds to a martial class?

[@LoneIrbis]

@@lastructchure389 because of the spore form (Symbiotic Entity). Each attack gets 1d6 necrotic damage. The more attacks (weapon or unarmed) you make, the more damage per turn it adds. So it's more effective for classes that can attack with both hands several times per turn.

[@lastructchure389]

@@LoneIrbis Thank you for sharing your two mace equipped 6/6 druid fighter which recalls me I'm not an explorator in this game, so I don't find the best weapons. That's why I like builds less reliant on equipment like tavern brawlers or casters. I've just went for a 10 moon druid / 1 white drago sorcerer / 1 war priest for agathys, con proficiency and extra attack on my Jah'. I think it's more consistent than the surge version.

[@rustyjones7908]

Thank you for taking how forgiving it is early game into account. You know what's awesome at level 12? Machine gun sorlock. You know what's an utter drag through the first act? Machine gun sorlock.

[@bobbie85]

The damage from Moonbeam is of course coming from the Moon and not the caster!

[@Lamentationsofapoory]

I know you've already got your work cut out for you but I'd love to see a video about multiclassing and what creating a multiclass character would look like. The synergies, the lore ideas, etc. Would love to watch the thought process from theory crafting to the actual creation of it. It's an odd idea for sure but I think it'd be cool?

[@shaggysaurus]

He's got a ton of multi class build videos. Also he's got a video about the basics of multiclassing.

[@davidmejia5740]

I reclassed Gale to iirc like 7 life cleric and 5 paladin for a big safety focused build with radiating orb and healing. Not exactly a good damage dealer, even with giant elixirs and smites, but he was still really nice to have in my honour run.

[@Divock]

well it's good to know that in the playthrough that I do with my friends who have never played the game I don't have to choose between playing Druid or Wizard and can just play both :)

[@zephyr1249]

I had Shadowheart with 5 levels Life Cleric and 7 levels monk, which worked really well

[@Norrieification]

“Spirit guardians plus wildshape”. OMG I know what I’m gonna respec Halsin to next time!!

[@CerebralRage66]

Amazing

[@Krater84]

Thanks!

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Thanks very much! I appreciate the support :D

[@louhodo5761]

You gave me a new character idea... a thief cleric trickery domain.

[@2323stickboy]

I’m currently running a spore Druid 6 / hunter ranger 5 / war cleric 1 and its beastly. Using shelighle on mourning frost while having my symbiotic entity up, wearing helldusk gloves and callous glow rand risky rings….I can have multiple attacks each round that do weapon + necro + fire + cold + radiant damage. Damage numbers are not quite as high as high level divine smites but it’s competitive with level 3-4 DS and I can do it every turn without expending any spell slots which means I have them available for cc or healing. In heavy armor as a wood elf means I’m quick and durable too. It’s a lot of fun.

[@pauloh.2588]

I really like the Monk/Cleric combo, if i want to build a meele focused Light/Life Cleric the monk adds a nice bonus action and make some really good weapons (spears and maces) scale with DEX.

[@thomashightower7881]

Plus cleric gives you armor and shield proficiencies, and even if you go unarmored, there's some really good clothing available

[@rm-vn1eq]

I use Cleric+sorcerer+wizard and use metamagic to maintain haste on 2 characters. In tactician mode it's insane on 2 martial characters and in honor mode on yourself+ another caster.

[@upside9485]

I have a request that I can’t find videos on. Builds can be dramatically changed by gearing. I find myself paralyzed sometimes by staring at all my gear and not knowing what the best option is. This is much worse in the late game, but I found myself spending more and more time as the game progressed just trying to figure out what gear I should use. I think you can build a good character without multiclassing at all, but if you don’t understand the way that some of the gear interacts with different situations you are missing out. I would trust you and Aestus to tackle this topic the most out of everyone I watch. Great videos man!

[@singincowboy]

Monk dip cleric is better than you think, step of the wind with spirit guardians, caster robes and warding flare is mighty good stuff. Also allows you to build higher dex and get initiative to buff allies

[@alexjohns1637]

Here to support the algorithm

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Thanks!

[@litneg4]

I honestly think the moonbeam / sanctuary combo isn't a bug, unless Larian talked about it it probably is just intended, even it it's broken (like, tbh, at least 10 different builds you can think of in 10 minutes on every class in the game). A lot of aoe spells works without breaking sanctuary too, it just happens that moonbeam is one of the best early / mid game spells and moving the beam doesn't cost spell slots.

[@CincinattiSteele]

Have you played the Pathfinder games perchance? Would love to see you take a crack at WOTR builds 😅

[@redbeardguy_]

My honor mode play through was only 34 hours lol I streamlined through as easily and quickly as possible to get those golden dice 😂

[@rodolfokatz5098]

Will you, by the end of the series, give a final general score for each class?

[@Tessan]

Nice

[@InnocentLock-er6et]

There’s only one way I’ve used monk with cleric, and that’s to patch their MAD abilities in the early game when they need to use weapons. Being able to use dex with maces and morning stars is fun and on theme, but not really the best option when strength elixirs exist

[@SirPeanutTheFirst]

Love me some tier list to my dinner

[@kraiden3]

I am so lucky to have a name like bishopX and have played a warrior priest and paladin cleric in every game for the past 3 decades, I just got lucky in this game

[@michallv]

A random idea - would you consider making a final table at the end of this series? I imagine it would look something like classes on X and Y axis and the tier in their fields, Cleric x Cleric field could be used for monoclass build

[@Cephalopocalypse]

That's the plan!

[@CommunismVCapitalism]

Love all your vids. I feel you are sleeping on Cleric/ Monk though. Only because the action / bonus action synchronicity. Putting a tank with spirit guardians that can do cleric actions then using Monk bonus actions like flurry of blows is amazing. I don’t know that using an offhand attack by a rogue would match up to that. Granted, this takes more ability scores and will want an additional item or two. But the club of hill giant strength is perfect since you’ll never need a weapon.

[@thomashightower7881]

The issue is that Monk and Cleric's best abilities are achieved at higher levels. While spirit guardians is powerful, and getting flurry of blows is also powerful, it's not necessarily as powerful to have both as having two flurry of blows a turn AND the bonuses a 9th level monk gets. I don't think Monk and cleric is weak, but the synergy isn't super strong even though both use the wisdom stat. Cleric and Monk both want to be your primary class, so they fight each other a little.

[@RavarSeer]

My bard name Algo supports with his sweet sweet rithm

[@pyrflie]

Paladin/Cleric is quite powerful due to Thunderous Smite+Destructive Wrath+Luck of the Far Realms combo (easily hits for over 400+ damage in a single attack). Considering that Paladin builds are typically burst damage builds the ability to oneshot just about anything once per LR is super powerful combo. I usually prefer it in a Paladin 2/Tempest 2/Swords Bard 8 lvl split but even just a Paladin 2/Tempest 10 build is very powerful. That said I do think that your A tier evaluation is fair and just wanted to share another powerful Cleric combo.

[@prometheus5405]

400? What? Is that one hit or one turn?

[@yohanes2034]

I don’t understand with thunderous smite + destructive wrath combo cause thunderous smite damage is capped and cannot be upcasted. So the max damage you get with destructive wrath + thunderous smite is only 12 thunder damage. I get that with lv4 smites as reaction the damage would seem high but any high level smite will give you that so I don’t see what is so special with paladin + tempest cleric multiclass

[@skylerdama]

@@yohanes2034the 12 doubles to 24 on a crit. Not a ton of extra damage, but I suppose adding 24 to a hit is still good…

[@yohanes2034]

@@skylerdama I’d still think that’s nothing and not worth taking cleric multiclass just for that. Imo the highest burst damage for paladin is by dual wielding deva mace with crit build (2 paladin, 10 sword bard). In normal round you can do 3x high level smites. 2 main hand smites + 1 off hand with smite as reaction). Feat dual wielder & savage atracker. For crit can be set up by hold person or items.

[@cyclonepr1me3]

@@yohanes2034I think they are thinking of how it was in the golden early days. Previously the channel divinity made ALL damage max and would be triggered by the smite so you would get max rolled crit damage from the biggest possible single hit. I still kinda wish it would return but understand why they don’t want that.

[@joshhobbs4862]

🔥🔥🔥

[@cassandrariordan7901]

Cleric is quite powerful apparently.

[@YuushaBlues]

it is a good morning

[@cadesummers5866]

Honestly I think sorc/Druid should be “A” tier and Monk / Druid “B” tier- sorc/ Druid because there’s really only one way it can be done although it is strong and monk and Druid because the deviations from table top either leave wild shapes with still meager AC values or spore Druid with still not enough defensive utility in maintaining temp hp

[@minecartbeast7354]

I ain’t got no Algorhythm

[@arkuspendragon]

I was wondering about a Paladin/ War Cleric and do Paladins really need high CHA? the smite doesnt depend on it, and the spells he gets dont either.

[@Shironen2011]

I'm building an unarmored life cleric/monk I'm calling the First Responder. I’ll let you know how it goes.

[@jwiller4356]

Does anyone think that a pretty good build could be made doing the light cleric radiating orb strategy and the open hand monk?

[@Younghoon15]

How are druid wild shape heavily feat dependent? What else do they really need besides tavern brawler?

[@phosferrax]

Typically they want to buff their wisdom stat, and they want con save proficiency which means they need either a sorcerer dip or the resilient feat.

[@spadam0]

Was I sleeping or did you not once mention Druid of the Land the entire time you were talking about Druid Multiclassing? I was interested to learn about that in specific because I am he who speaks to the land!

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Anything that applies to druid generally also applies to land druid - they're really just "druids, but more so" so all the same advice applies - although I do mention land druid's particular synergies with fighter (for the extra action to enter wildshape - see my build guide "the owlbear flies") and warlock (for darkness, see "the mighty fart druid")

[@spadam0]

thank-you for taking the time to respond to me sir!@@Cephalopocalypse

[@gotohellp612]

Have they fixed tavern brawler with wild shape not working in honor mode?

[@Cephalopocalypse]

They fixed it in patch 6, then broke it again in the most recent hotfix - currently, it gives you attack but not damage. Of course, that's the important part, so it's still incredible.

[@chrismeandyou]

I'd be Circle of the Shepherd Druid with lots of summons if it were in this.

[@RavarSeer]

You can probably get a mod that adds it.

[@thewanderers97]

I think druid is one of the classes with the most mods that add in subclasses, like I've seen circle of stars and wildfire both as mods

[@dimitrisdimitriadis4913]

I have a hard time buying that OH monk 11/Tempest cleric 1 isn't at least as good as OH monk 12

[@Kek393]

Honestly the only reason I like Monk/Druid is because I want to build Sub-Zero from MK and Monk/Sorcerer is an absolutely horrible multiclass when Circle of the Land Arctic does give me the Ice spells I want.

[@mtaur4113]

For cleric/warlock, I didn't catch mention of Thaumaturgy for party face things. And War domain for heavy armor. Probably not as good as Paladin dip or hybrid, but maybe deserved a mention. The only thing you get over Paladin is Thaumaturgy, which is sort of something but not really.

[@Krater84]

I don't think there are downsides to using a Cleric dip to pick up shield proficiency for Monks. All the Open Hand monk abilities still work.

[@common_undead]

except unarmored defense or movement

[@Krater84]

@@common_undeadYou are correct. In my defense, I've been using Raphael's Helldusk armor from Act 1 onwards, so unarmored defense has not been a concern.

[@hhhdddfd]

You keep saying Monks have poor AC. My Monk used Bracers of Defense and Cat's Grace from the robe left my Monk with a 20 AC and the best AC in the group. My Monk was definitely NOT squishy.

[@AugustoXRock]

Next tier list will be triple multiclass combos? -Jk, that would be insane xD

[@primordialsun]

Think first video he said he will do some 3+ class combos as honorable mentions. Probably the last tier list.

[@thomasannerfeldt5870]

woop

[@cannyvalley8522]

Paladin and druid.. Can you go MADder than that? :D

[@thewanderers97]

paladin druid wiz triple class

[@PierrePsst]

Feet hungry 🤤

[@Jim-Bagel]

Found it

[@MarkSpirals]

Algorithm

[@patrickhannon2694]

I’ve been discussing 5e optimization for years and not once have I ever seen a Monk/Druid Wild Shape multiclass that doesn’t misinterpret Natural Weapon attacks as unarmed attacks what are you talking about? Druids also don’t need to get high wisdom in TT, there’s even a build called the hexfire that abuses how few good Druid spells actually utilize wisdom

[@Cephalopocalypse]

I honestly have no idea what you're talking about here - do you mean when I said you want Tavern Brawler in BG3 and not in tabletop? If so, you should read how the feat is different across the two systems.

[@patrickhannon2694]

Sorry, I was talking about at 50:05 when you called it a classic and one of the most powerful builds in 5e, I thought the martial/druid multiclass that would have that reputation would be the Bearbarian. The only reason given for why it’s that powerful was that it has high AC, but isn’t that invalidated by the use of Barding? I never thought AC was even that important for WS Druids because they just get two massive pools of hit points per short rest, which have much more impact on the limited encounter days of 5e. I just had never heard of it being that common

[@tannermason4315]

Yooo

[@kekvit_irae]

Ranking multiclass one level dips should be banned from this list. If it's not at least 3 levels, it shouldn't be here.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Seems like that would be a much less useful and informative list

[@kekvit_irae]

@@CephalopocalypseCertainly a lot more interesting than having the entire Cleric list be "take 1 dip in Cleric lol S tier"

[@joshalben833]

​@@kekvit_irae wouldn't it be misleading for those looking to optimise by avoiding talking about 1 level dips where they are very viable

[@Sarum9nich]

Monk is the worst class in the game. Boring, one dimensional, mechanically broken, MAD, bad party face, does not mix well with most classes. The only interesting subclass that monk get (avatar inspired one) is the weakest.

[@andybodle7560]

Open hand maybe. Having a blast with Shadow monk (no tavern brawler)

[@ihatealllife]

Awesome content overall, and your production rate is amazing. 👍 One thing I'd appreciate is if you wouldn't conflate class features and subclass features. For example, you discuss free flight as a benefit of a sorcerer dip, when you only get that if you're specifically a -storm cleric- storm sorcerer. Experienced players know what you're talking about, and I appreciate you're trying to relay a lot of information while practicing brevity. But it never hurts to use qualifiers where warranted. You have to assume that people new to the game are listening to your videos. Which they should be. 🙂

[@HornApocalypse2]

Storm Sorcerer*

[@ihatealllife]

@@HornApocalypse2 Thank you. 🙂

[@lolimmune]

Algorithm

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Cheers!

[@lolimmune]

​@Cephalopocalypse hell yea brother keep up the good work

[@user-sc7xn3fl5f]

Algorithm

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Cheers!