The Ultimate Assassin: BG3 Episode #14

[@langying]

"Who doesn't like ninja(s)?" Have you met a pirate?!

[@Ascetronaut]

Um excuse me. Im pretty sure all of the pirates in one piece thought that ninjas were rad as hell

[@setneubauer3851]

​@@Ascetronautthis comment right here!

[@shadow-faye]

You act like two goats cannot coexist

[@senorelroboto2]

I've really been enjoying my Assassin/Great Old One. Frightening a ton of enemies with Mortal Reminder and autocrits from surprise can end up locking down the enemies for almost three rounds.

[@user-nr3fq7ji1u]

This is interesting. One GOO level instead of the 3rd level in Fighter. I think the fear could be more valuable than the battlemaster maneuvers. And you can get friends cantrip here instead, freeing up the race for something else. Maybe drow?

[@buluketek5030]

6 monk 4 assasin 2 goolock, taking devil sight to see in the darkness. Thx man, it's great idea

[@senorelroboto2]

@@user-nr3fq7ji1u or maybe half-orc for the extra critical damage

[@senorelroboto2]

@@buluketek5030 give Shovel an Elixir of Vigilance to start the fight and ensure that your initial volleys are against surprised targets with advantage. Elixir of Bloodlust can also help to make sure you make as many attacks as possible.

[@daxdleader719]

I've been meaning to try this with the Spellthief bow I think. The one that restores spell slots on crits.

[@Taken2School12]

A durge playthrough would be great for this build. The cloak, you get in act 1, would add another layer of invisible. I think i will use this in my embrace durge playthrough. Thanks again Colby.

[@user-nr3fq7ji1u]

I find the problem with that cloak is that once you kill an enemy you have to stop attacking even if you have more attacks, or else the invisibility is removed and it’s wasted.

[@Taken2School12]

@@user-nr3fq7ji1u I mainly use it in the beginning until you get better gear, maybe the risky ring or a better cloak, or when you kill a low health enemy then moving to a new location. Enemies can waste an entire turn searching for you. I do agree that it can be wasted at times.

[@emperortime4380]

@@user-nr3fq7ji1uInvisibility is free advantage so I’d say it’s never truly wasted unless you already had another source of advantage.

[@nathanfivecoate5848]

​@@emperortime4380 Not to mention how the Deathstalker Mantle is just oh-so stylish. I typically wear it from the moment I get it all the way until I get the Cloak of Displacement and/or reject The Urge in act 3

[@rayprush2064]

you know you love listening to a person talk when you sit down to watch a video of theirs about a game you don't play

[@georgewilson2575]

I don't like 5e, never played BG3, but I'm here every episode because I enjoy listening to him and his ideas for these characters.

[@Wintermute909]

Same!

[@xaveir7787]

AND you are excited about it

[@nickpray8503]

Yup

[@mac_sour]

for me i cant run bg3 on my pc, so i just have to watch videos on it and dream lol

[@micahsanders1121]

Colby, as a straight man, I just want to say that you look very good in a black shirt.

[@GentleBreeze-72]

I love the casual memes dumped into editing. When a friend of mine was doing videos and asked me to edit them, i would do the same putting some memes into it. Love it

[@4stringerbass540]

Best part of this is you can make a shadow squad with the right builds. Did a dark urge with your ninja guidelines, Wyll with warlock devil sight, let Shadowheart become the justiciar which gave her dark sight too. Very nice dropping darkness and letting those three cause all kind of damage.

[@jacobdvorak5403]

Colby I have become addicted to multi-classing because of you and I’m loving it

[@JeeyellCorps]

Have a safe and fun Spring Break. This could be a really fun multiplayer build. Astarion, Full-Sharran SHADOWheart, and Durge. 3 Ultimate Assassin's. Plus maybe a Darkness lock Wyll. Have each assassin player ready an attack against a target. Have Wyll ready Darkness--or an attack depending on need. Use coms to countdown and all use their pre-combat attacks at the same time and get the full benefit of Assassin's features. The Ultimate Assassin Clan.

[@NateLyell]

Shadow Cloaked Ring from act 2 was made for this build; adds an additional 1d4 to attacks against lightly/heavily obscured enemies, benefiting both from the assassin/shadow monk playstyle and the savage attacker feat.

[@dustinmoody5895]

Your videos are great. You're my one stop shop for BG3 build ideas. The way you explain the "why" behind each level, feat, ability score, etc is very helpful Edit: The Phantom of the Opera is one of my absolute favorite things. You're a cool dude

[@Longshot-qv8is]

The Shadow Monk was a happy surprise here. Everyone gushes over Gloom, and it's nice to see the representation.

[@ValuelessPond22]

Oo! I like this! I did something EXTREMELY similar, only difference being that I took 2 levels of old one warlock to frighten critted enemies, and get devil sight

[@cve7335]

What was you build? I'm interested for a Dark Urge playthrough!

[@jimgaminator9434]

I am going to start off by saying that I love the build idea as always. I tried an assassin build in honor run (ranged) and went 6 bard, 3 ranger-gloom, 3-assassin and was able to one shot of the bhaal knights outside of the tribunal. Quick gear advice: obviously Colby is correct with the graceful cloth but once you get to act 3 pick up the bhaalist armor for piercing vulnerability, the crater flesh gloves, and two dolor daggers from the bhaal trader. I understand not wanting to exploit bugs however, dolor daggers add their bonus to multiple damage instances on a crit (base damage, sneak attack, and the craterflesh gloves). So yah if you want big damage.

[@vladm2364]

How is that a bug if it doesnt work in HM?

[@jimgaminator9434]

It should work in HM

[@GiveMeTheRice]

was it patched?

[@THETYMEKK12]

About Step of the wind - both Dash and Disengage give you unlimited Jump for the rest of your turn as long as you have required movement lelf ;) I love it.

[@apollosungod6673]

I'm not a monk, I'm a JUMPMANCER

[@kestrik]

Bloody. The earworm embedded in this video made me google and replay the phantom of the opera soundtrack several times. Thanks for that. Nerd!

[@Jonhfing647]

Love that panthera running (walking?) gag lol

[@aidandunne5978]

Colby.... That Outro..... the world doesn't deserve (and possibly doesn't want) that much honesty 😂

[@caynidar6295]

Playing team based single player games with solo characters is a time honored tradition. I know there are solo builds and challenges for the Mass Effect games and I distinctly remember people doing solo builds for Kotor, even way back when it came out. Kotor was actually one of the first games where I really got into min-maxing my main character and also the first that introduced me to a "video game-ized" version of DND mechanics.

[@Bummer873]

When I was a teen, of course I had the big booming car stereo, but it was anyone's guess what was coming out of it. Rap, Rock, Metal, Jazz...Or that CD you speak of, and others of it's genre. Was pretty fun to see people's reactions when I'd pull up to a stoplight and have Car Orff, Prokofiev, or opera. You guys have great taste! Pretty good rendition of it also!

[@RaineYiVTube]

Just a quick argument for taking the Alert feat. BG3 uses 1d4+modifiers for initiative, not a d20. Taking alert adds a flat +5 on top so it essentially guarantees you will go first in all combat encounters if you're a dex based build!

[@20storiesunder]

Welp, that's Astarion.

[@garethmacdoyle509]

Same, feels very vampire

[@buluketek5030]

me: it's almost 11pm, time for colby's new video

[@oeurydice]

Been looking for a build like this for Shadowheart for my runs where my Tav is a cleric. Thanks, Colby.

[@ryandornan8698]

Nice! Been hoping you'd release a new BG3 vid. I cracked open the mod-ing wormhole this week. Things will never be the same again...

[@LuckDragonLair]

Tell me about it. My problem is that I get WAY too into mods and end up never finishing or even really getting far into so many games. :-p

[@linkatronic]

Always love to hear some Phantom of the Opera in my day! Thanks!

[@oscarbtro7295]

Wow! That was impressive rendition of great song.

[@rafaelrigottocunha6826]

The video was amazing on it's own like always, but hearing Phantom of The Opera and specially my so favorite Music of The Night by the end was... an unexpected and yet very welcome surprise lol. I love you Colby, thanks for all that you do for us

[@Shadoweyed09]

I built a similar character for a level 20 one shot that a buddy got to play as. I went Haregon, 8 Monk, 12 Rogue. We use maximized criticals, so you roll damage as normal but any dice rolled you also add the maximum they can roll so crits feel good. Using the Red Wizard Blade (Dagger with +3d12 Necrotic) and the max crit, a surprise round minimum damage, assuming both attacks hit is 144 damage (max was 238). With feats this guy is highly mobile, can shadowstep (Nightcrawler all the way), has a +16 initiative and Alert. It's a super fun idea, and I'm excited to test it out.

[@harley3211]

ah, peak colby content 🥰 perfect with my morning tea, you are cosy incarnate and the hyperfixation king!

[@BigTuckUSA]

I hope you and your family enjoy your vacation! 😊 Just had my colonoscopy. So much fun! Not! LOL

[@aria8677]

I was unsure about monk but being able to cast silence is so nice. It is just so much utility for a solo martial character

[@meliannhawke3318]

I'm usually not into the whole assassin style and flavour, and on top of that not even good at tactical playing (i.e. needing all the help I can get). But this build seems so much fun and providing a completely fresh approach to the game, that I enscribed as a channel member. Then again, I've been listening to Colby's voice for so long during pre-work morning routines or in the evenings while preparing to go to sleep, it was only a matter of time...

[@DnDDeepDive]

Ha ha thanks! And Welcome!

[@meliannhawke3318]

@@DnDDeepDive Oh wow, thank you! You answering really means a lot to me.

[@thomasgutierrez4767]

Just found a cool artificer idea. Their 11th level feature allows them to have their action, have their families use the spell storing item, drop it and have a tiny servant pick it up and then you use a bonus action to command a tiny servant to use the spell storing item again. Imagine 3 shatters, 3 scorching rays, 3 webs, a double enlarge reduce while you try to grapple, etc

[@NiteGamerRhayel]

I think this is a really good build for Astarion and I think I will enjoy it a lot once I practice monk. I have never played monk in this or DND, but I think teleporting from shadow to shadow fits a vampire really well.

[@AskTheDM]

You mentioned the occasional desirability of unarmed attacks vs. something vulnerable to bludgeoning damage. In case you didn't know, the "practice sword" item you can grab in the Grove are bludgeoning finesse weapons 🤣 admittedly, you'd need to use magic weapon, and maybe drakethroat weapon enchant to make it more useful generally... but a fun bludgeoning sneak attack weapon 👍

[@coldwetn0se172]

I was just looking at a new build type for Astarion, and this looks great. I have used things like the Gloomstalker build, a straight rogue build, a hunter mult build, and a sword bard/rogue build. Was starting to run out of ideas for him. I generally like to keep some element of each companions origin class, and I feel like I have played around with most of the common builds. So thank you for the content and have a lovely "Spring Break". Cheers!

[@DerHeckat]

You ever tried him as a Frosty bladesinger? Maybe with some necromancer vibes after he encounters the thayan book?

[@Psymonkee]

I've been running an 'Oops All Assassins' playthrough and it's a great combination of fun, powerful and puzzle as you try to find spots to hide. I rarely need more than 1 round of combat for everything I've run into yet. Just wish you could sneak attack off a reaction - one can dream. Or mod.

[@senorelroboto2]

Set sneak attack in the reaction tab to "Ask"

[@Psymonkee]

@@senorelroboto2 Sadly doesn't help because you only get sneak attack once per round in BG3. If you use it for an opportunity attack you can't use it on your next turn :/ In 5e rules it's once per turn so you can trigger it from attack of opportunity.

[@SharkyMcSharkenstien]

I'm literally building Astarion on my 3rd playthrough as you had said .. but now I may need to respec

[@SharkyMcSharkenstien]

Me again , wanted to build something like this for a while now, doing a dark urge playthrough with a Duergar so now I get more invisibility and Deathstalker's mantle.. this build goes perfectly with it . Thanks again

[@sabot9748]

i will build my astarion for my durge playtrough as in the video too, i think this one suits him better and i was just starting my durge playtrough when i saw this video i guess im lucky :D seeing that build works perfectly from your comment helped me so thank you :)

[@berthulf]

Oh Noes! He's singing Phantom... Well... adoration levels overloading!

[@alasdairhall5906]

I'm currently soloing Honour mode as an origin playthrough of Astarion, I just got to act 3. Im currently a 5 ranger (gloomstalker) 4 Rogue Assassin, and 1 Fighter. I think ill probably respec once i hit 12 to 6 Fighter, 3 gloomstalker, 3 assassin. I've been playing as an archer, and abusing the Titan string longbow and drinking strength potions. Astarions +1 happy bonus feels like it fits in with the build super well.

[@chompf]

almost 2 years ago , I suffered severe insomnia, but since I started listening to you in bed, I have had no such problem since then 😂 love your vid

[@thebatman6201]

Haha, let's play a game of "compliment or insult"!!!

[@silentverdict]

I love that you're still doing bg3 videos this long after release and I will watch every new one you do. Also, I'm a recent convert to magic spoon that stuff is amazing.

[@bertramstier2540]

That was my first Tav. I loved it. Cant overstate how awesome it is to get to go 3 turns (first outside combat, second is surprize, thirds cause of your super high initiative) pretty much always before... anybody else. And two rounds of guaranteed crits before anybody else moved. Its really a bummer savage attacker does not work with sneak attack :/

[@TezzerDarkcloud]

I would love to see a bunch of tank builds for Baldur's gate 3, like you have done for D&D

[@waynehancock4928]

Great video, now I'm loading Spotify to listen to Phantom of the Opera again!!!! ;-) It was fun singing with you!! lol

[@KnicKnac]

Finally finished BG3 a week or two ago. Now this makes me want to play again, but I should finish my Tactican or Honor Mode run.

[@trentmcnabb3470]

Just a warning on Friends cantrip. On my first solo Honour mode try I used the Friends cantrip on Kagha which then caused all the druids to attack me and ruin the play through. So I avoid that cantrip now when at higher difficulty.

[@Caolboy]

I've been addicted to watching your vids and found your channel after looking for character builds to play through BG3! Now that you're delving into the item aspect of the builds now, was wondering if there are any new ones in the works for the likes of Heat, Lightning charges, etc. I LOVED the combination of Reverberation plus Radiating Orb. Would love to see what you come up with, thanks again for the vid Colby! 😁🤙

[@toddparker514]

I think one of the best options for ranged is the jolt shooter and the sparkle boots or whatever its called that gives you lightning charges its awsome for a,build like this for mlving around and using either melee or rangrd

[@CharrlesChervanik]

Alternate build Idea That I use for Astarion/ my tav all the time: Thief rogue 4, open hand Monk 5, Champion/ battlemaster fighter 3. Graceful cloth + gloves of dexterity gives you a 20 dex. Chug pots of hill/ cloud giant strength. 17 Dex 14 Con 14 Wis 12 int 10 str 8 char Tavern brawler, Savage attacker Short sword/ scimetar as monk weapon in main hand, and off hand. The knife of the undermountain works really well. Two bonus actions allow you to take a bonus action attack and Flurry of blows in the same turn. Boots of uninhibited Kushigo, callous glow ring and The Maelfic ring (I think that's what it's called) to deal 2 acid damage on each attack and two damage of the original source. Fighter is for action surge and it depends do you want a higher crit chance or battlemaster menuvers personally, the increased crit potential with savage attacker is nuts. The horns of the berserker headgear, Cloak of Protection also work insanely well. For fighting style go Two weapon fighting.

[@jasonm.6442]

I totally do the respecs the same way :D It wasn't a solo run, but for my first Honour mode play through i just completed last night I had Astarion ass rogue 1-4, respec gloomstalker ranger at 5, respec fighter 1 ranger 5 at lvl 6, another point into fighter at lvl 7, respec ass rogue 3 ranger 5 at lvl 8, at lvl 9 4 rogue 5 ranger for a feat, respec again at 10 for fighter 2 ranger 5 rogue 3. Lvl 11-12 into fighter for maneuvers and feat. 17 dex, 16 con, rest into wis and dump the rest. Feats were sharpshooter and (because i accidentally killed the hag 😢) I took resilient for the first time ever to get dex to 18, and give profiency in str, dex, con when you start as a fighter. It wasn't a solo run, but Astarion killed 75+% of the enemies before anyone else got a turn. I think only the Ketheric fight took more than 2 rounds the whole game.

[@Peace_Dog]

This build looks like so much fun! I gotta try it. BTW I soloed Orin in honor mode with a ranged focused 7 Assassin/5 Gloom Stalker using greater invis/Without a Trace/adv stealth and Orin never even got an attack. Use the Titanstring bow + STR potions and it's ridiculously OP (dmg riders ftw).

[@crystallinecrow3365]

MY BODY IS READY 🙌🙌🙌

[@mikegeyer4138]

My Gloomstalker/Assassin Rogue, Samurai Fighter (sharpshooter and elven accuracy) is a beast on the battlefield every session. tabletop that is

[@tobyriver7962]

For race, duegar would also work well! They get infinite out-of-combat invisibility at level 5

[@yodaleiaheehoo9960]

I am in the same boat as you; I wish I was more of a theater nerd than I am, was in a few plays as a young lad (Les Mis & Romeo and Juliet) at a pretty good sized theater; even landed one lead role but then I got wrapped up in being cool and not wanting to stand out more than I already did as a choir geek/dnd nerd so I stopped the theater stuff. I have a copy of The Phantom of the Opera on CD signed by Michael Crawford; it was not the first but one of the earlier CDs I purchased. I've seen many plays a few even on Broadway NYC its definitely a world I wish I would have stuck with and been more involved in.

[@RisenPhoenix69]

There's a poison ring you can get from the goblin camp that adds a 1d6 of poison damage to all your attacks. It would be perfect for this build. its somewhat hard to find because its just sitting in a box outside. but its 100% worth looking for it every playthrough

[@michaelslatyer4511]

Are you sure about that. I'm a completionalist and have never found it. Also, nothing in the wiki either?

[@lostintranslation220]

Titan string is the best bow flat out if you're going the ranged option, with the abundance of strength pots its often +6 for free on all rolls. Also 19 crits never hurts

[@KaroxNightshade]

My current D&D character I have her planned out for Way of Shadow 6, Assassin 3, Echo Knight 11 to make the ultimate ninja. Will have Mobile, Devil's Sight via Eldritch Adept, and capped dex to do some real dumb stuff. Cast darkness on myself to always be able to teleport on a bonus action. Get the ultimate drop on enemies. Shadow clones I can swap places with and flank with for free advantage and therefore free sneak attack. She's gonna be so cool.

[@KaroxNightshade]

Oh yeah, and she's an itty bitty deep gnome Southern Granny. She's gonna be great. I just hope I can get her to level 20

[@THETYMEKK12]

Oh yes! Stunning Strike carried me through the Ketheric fight on top of the tower. Karniss was still alive in this playthrough, so I had to solo him, while the rest dealt with Ketheric.

[@razorsedge7501]

Great build as always. Though sweeping attack is terrible as it splits the damage across the enemies. I'd actually take riposte probably for the turns where we don't finish someone off assuming fighter 3. I'd also strongly consider using the bloodthirst late cause vulnerable to piercing + crits suddenly stacks the die to obsurd levels. Joys of assassin's is theres a multitude of great builds that all pop off

[@keithpowell8611]

I haven't played BG3 yet, but you make me want to! Have fun on vacation! When you come back, I think it would be fun if you made an eldritch knight; I don't think I've ever seen one! Also, have you ever considered homebrewing anything? I'd love to see what you would come up with!

[@johngallant1629]

This got me excited as I’ve already done a solo run and loved it

[@Prometheusforliberty]

Love the lore drop at the end 😂

[@R_o_o_k_i_n_g_t_o_n]

i have my own take for this build i wanna suggest that i actually myself plan to use sometime soon being a shadowmonk, hexblade on a variant human using primarily a musket and than a shortsword that would be instead techincally actually strengthed arm wraps meant to protect your heands and woven with metal fiber. the thought here would basically be that your first feat is going straight into gunner and your first level will be into monk with alchemists tools, a proficency in athletics and arcobatics since i will be mostly dumping str and dex as well as scarily consittution someone as my tertiatiary with than you would put your points into primarily chr up to at least 17 so that at level 5 which would be 1 level monk, 4 levels hexblade, your first feat you'll take being shadow touched: chr can bring that up to snuff while than also taking your choice of either inlfict wounds for a complete 'FUCK OFF' type spell especially since you will be casting it with warlock spell slots meaning it will ALWAYS be mega upcast if and when you use it OR false life so that way you can make yourself either tankier or give yourself a mock form of healing if you take a big hit that will last and with a further method to heal yourself being vampiric touch which again, would be super upcast if ya use it. i will now also mention the other reason getting that many levels into warlock first is so important being that you will want to get armor of shadows and at first at least, fiendish vigor which you will later replace with improved pact weapon so you can make and summon ranged weapons which i feel like you can talk a dm into letting you make your musket your pact weapon which is why you hard focus your chr stat so that it and all of your warlock spells like inflict wound and vampic touch do SEROIUS damage meaning you can either sneak up on someone with your proficences mind you being stealth, acrobatics, and athletics to help you get that sneak attack advantage to than either fucking BLAST THEIR ASS with fucking inflict wounds upcast to the 3rd fucking level at level 5 for fucking 5d10 necrotic OR you snipe em at a distance with a rifle that is boosted by your chr stat which would be a plus 4 AND at level 6 gets boosted again by another 4 necrotic on top of also being a magic weapon for another plus 1..... from there you go into monk i would say probably till level 6 to get shadow step to help with your invisibilty from shadow touched and i would say also shroud of shadow at level 5 warlock being a strong contender instead of going for lifedrinker depending on how mean your dm is being with enemies health totals letting you from level 6 have invisibility and than at level 13, you start teleporting around with a rifle in hand that blows holes so large through peoples skulls that it could drop a fucking hill giant in just a few shots before than going back hard into hexblade warlock to level 20 to also boost the accursed shadows you would be creating constantly as you drop people like there was no tomorrow to also draw aggro and again, do some good damage with your high chr which if you want, you could even start your chr higher at 19 since again, i already would have the minimum str, AT MOST 16 dex for intiative and melee, and than probably either 10 or AT MOST 12 con to make room for that higher dex and chr.

[@TreyYork1]

I want to request/suggest another dive into Sorlock blaster in BG3 that factors in equipment! Equipment changes the core mechanics so drastically between effects like crit chance, radiating orb, and/or reverberation! I'd love to hear thoughts on builds who aren't able to get the Potent Robe-- especially since Sorlocks in BG3 benefit from levels in fighter and/or rogue! I really also want to see if a "Jackie Chan" character is possible relying on empty hands and improvised/thrown weapons, ideally dex based-- but that feels like a lot to ask. Maybe a combo of Monk/Barbarian it's a fun fantasy archetype but can it work in BG3?

[@dienezdarcprowlyr9406]

I wore out multiple copies of thee tape of Phantom on an autorewind walkman with rechargeable bateries, before CD were available. I would just let it run on infinate repeat through the whole day

[@MrBeardedgelfling]

I was suprised that you didn't recomend the Dark Urge character background for this build as they get some great story that can play well into going solo - especially if you decide to take the Dark Urge down the evil side of that sub-plot. Also some of the other features you get from this background also would help with solo play, and some of the magic items you get from this background would be a huge boon to an a solo assassin build.

[@Bonuschair]

Dude lmao the Pantera RE-SPEC! Well played

[@djmor693]

I know you dont typically recommend weapons but let me at least inform you that you can b-line your way to the arcane tower and collect the club of hill giant strength right after you get done with the fight at the emerald grove and make your melee attacks +4, carry weight much higher and increase your jumps alot, using that club as an offhand weapon. If you stop and get shovel ( without fighting the skeletons) , and it would make the gas traps easier to circumvent by the spectator by the selunite outpost. You should be able to avoid all combat after the grove if you shapeshift into a drow

[@djmor693]

To be clear, you would take the ladder down to the selunite outpost through the goblin camp. As a drow, they wont bother you... for the most part.

[@W1Robur]

Dude I just want to tell you your charisma, voice, and on-screen presence is OUT FREAKING STANDING. A pleasure to listen to as always brother. Keep up the great work.

[@ManualdeSobrevivencia]

So I've tested a pally/Bard build that is close to the one you posted before. But it uses items in a certain way to make it an outrageous damage dealer. It uses the quickening ring allowing you to cast control spells from the bard list but with a bonus action. It also uses the arcane acuity helmet to increase your spell save DC to insane numbers when battle is rolling. It uses the shar version of the legendary spear for extra piercing DMG, wielding with 2H and GWM and Savage attacker. With magical secrets at bard 10 grab banishing smite and misty step. You gonna want the bhaalist armor, 23 str gloves, 23 con necklace and whichever boots you feel is great. Also the risky ring and cloak of the weave will help you land your spells and attacks. Main strat is run in, slashing flourish 2 targets twice and if they die which they mos likely will, GWM bonus action attack or quicken one of your control spells such as command, hold person/monster, glyph of warding: sleep and many more. If you use elixir of bloodlust you can get one extra full action for 2 extra attacks on the same turn. Try it. DMG is just out of this world. Did upwards to 400 DMG on a single round against Ansur tactician mode.

[@MrDaWage]

Hey Colby! Great build! Loving the bg3 content! Juat wandering if you had considered doing a build around some of the effects that trigger on a miss. Ive been trying to work out a good one ever since i found out that the dagger, Cold Snap, will trigger 100% of the time on a miss, due to a relatively long standing bug. Anyway, love your videos! Looking forward to more bg3 content in the future!

[@DnDDeepDive]

Thanks! Will have to put this on the to do list :)

[@xristosboulgaris2489]

Hey Colby sorry for interrupting your spring brake but I think I broke the system! That raging bear totem/samurai fighter with 4 saving throws proficiencies thanks to resilient feat and 7th level samurai attribute...is immortal!!!

[@indigo_tribe]

Just wait until you see a bear totem/phantom rogue

[@ryandornan8698]

the pantera clip will forever be emblazoned in my brain

[@Qaos]

A very silly build you could make for 5e is using the weird wording of Tavern Brawler to grapple people at range with thrown improvised weapons. It would almost definitely never work at any table, because no DM would ever allow you to do that, but would be exceptionally funny if you ever managed to pull it off.

[@sneakysquirrel1990]

have you done an assassin grave cleric build yet for some amazing nova damage? assassinate plus path to the grave seems like a juicy set up for some big damage, like with inflict wounds

[@DnDDeepDive]

I assume you mean for D&D? In which case, yes :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5mmi6qKf7atebc

[@tonisirignano5280]

@@DnDDeepDivethat build was bonkers. My DM allowed me to surprise about 25-30% of time and my 2 buddies were ok with it as well.. the amount of damage and dice rolls were next level. Had to use an app and roll them there Thx Colby, that was one of my fave builds

[@DnDDeepDive]

@@tonisirignano5280 I love hearing stuff like this :) thanks!

[@SebasTian58323]

My build I've been using was a halfling gloomstalker ranger, assassin rogue and champion fighter, though i may add a goolock level at some point

[@Cutculain]

Try out assassin/battlemaster using the bhaalist armor, GWM and a piercing 2hander like breaching pike or Nyrulna. You can even add in 3 lvls or gloomstalker for hunter's mark and dread ambusher atk. I was hitting for over 100 per atk, with the right gear and max rolls it's capable of almost 200 dmg in a single hit.

[@makbeth4245]

Drow get Darkness for free at lvl 5 (at least one usage of it). So using it this way could save some Ki points. Or maybe i just like drow in this game and you should too xD Text below got nothing to do with the content of this video (great video, btw, as always), I'm just going once again plug a weird build idea, that only Colby could complete for good old D&D: Triple build based of Trevor Belmont, Sypha Belnades and Alucard for the Castlevania show. Challenge is (except for the fact, that it'd be first triplet on the channel) is to make it work as the synergetic team (like all duo builds do her), not just three characters being in the same party. Yes, i'm making THE castle fight a point of reference here xD Do you actually have to make it? Not really. Would it be (at least as a thought experiment) amazing? Hell yeah. Or just go and (re)watch the show after reading this message, cause it's actually that good.

[@Grim-Wolf]

@DnDDeepDive COLBY! TORTLE BLADESINGER BARBARIAN! Rage and bladesing.

[@hsuan2323]

@44:58 in act 2 if you kill the Strange Ox you get the Hat of Fire Acuity, which will proc Arcane Acuity from the fire damage you get from the Flawed Helldusk gloves. you can get both at the same place and time. Arcane Acuity is a temporary buff that reads as "Affected entity has a +1 bonus to its spell Attack rolls and spell save DC for each remaining turn." and this stacks quickly on a character making multiple weapon attacks per turn. now the question for a monk becomes: does this affect your stunning strike DC? what even affects your stunning strike DC? the bg3 wiki claims that it is not actually even based on your wisdom like the game claims but instead is based on: "Weapon action DC = 8 + Proficiency Bonus + Strength or Dexterity modifier", which is unfortunate I prefer things that work as they say they do. anyways the Hat of Fire Acuity looks sick AF on Shadowheart, and isn't that what is Really important? looking good while you slay?

[@roquealva8226]

Shadow monk lv3 fart and sit for invulnerability against everything aside devils and shar justicars. If invested further, endless invis (=invul in almost all situations) on 5 and endless shadow step at 6... But better spend these 9 lvls to counter devils and justicars and you done

[@hatholraeg]

Have the same build but where in your showcase you were making critical hits for 59 (+10 necrotic and +7 fire [from somewhere]) I'm only managing to hit for 15 piercing and 2 acid damage (during a surprise round). Also the weapon tooltip shows the damage range te be between 10-15 instead of your 10-21. I'm missing the Helldusk Gloves and Conduit ring.

[@littlereaper666]

You say this is a great build for a solo run, but what about your whole party being this build? A party of nightcrawlers 😂

[@NobleMonster]

Hey, in BG3 the stunning strike save DC is based off strength or dexterity, whichever is higher.

[@jonathanhaynes9914]

Thanks Colby

[@sabot9748]

i couldn't find any necromencer builds in your channel, i suppose it is because multiclassing isn't that good with necromency but i would love to see a necromency video and i am sure there is a lot of people that think like that. (i am talking about bg3, i love dnd too but i dont watch build videos i dont like to be overpowered; your bg3 build videos are so fun tho)

[@pacodance29]

In BG 3 there's an achievement for making a character (w/out respeccing) that has a level in every single class. If I wanted to make a main character and play through, in honor mode, what order should I take and what subclasses? Guessing I'd want to start human for a single feat, and either starting rogue or cleric but after that I get analysis paralysis.

[@Vitrbjorn]

I am thinking that a Duergar ranged version of this build might be a lot of fun...

[@gweria]

So, watching this and the best damn build back to back makes me wonder: Assassin/Paladin finish out in bard? An Assassadin if you will? 😅

[@DnDDeepDive]

Yeah, I think eventually you'd probably want Swords Bard 6, Assassin 3, Pally 3 (or Pally 6 Swords Bard 3 if you wanted Defense over Offense) but auto-critting on smites is pretty incredible.

[@sanaaa-v4411]

Phantom of the Opera!? ❤️

[@brynwtsn]

From everything that I have read, it sounds like the DC for stunning strike is based on your strength or dexterity, whichever is higher. Not your wisdom.

[@ferdinandbeyer1978]

Hello, thanks for your amazing videos! I got a question, if you dont mind. What about the half-orc as a race choice, for the extra damage on critial melee weapon attacks? Love all your content!

[@paragonca9736]

Colby your voice is absolutely angelic... Do/did you have a singing career outside this channel?!

[@DnDDeepDive]

Ha ha thanks! Not really, unless you count singing in local coffee shops :)

[@MrRollmeister]

Colby, you are a treasure!

[@theyseemerowan]

Great way to start my tuesday!

[@JawsXXIV]

So bascically after we built Dalinar the last time, we now built Szeth-son-son-Vallano?

[@ADirtyLeviathan]

Colby. I see you doing a lot of assassin builds. Could I send you a character concept ? I have something that I think you’d be interested interested featuring and I’m quite proud of it lol it’ll definitely hit maybe your top 5 or 10 in your tier ranking.