The Best Damn Build in Baldur's Gate: BG3 Episode #13

[@KaiserSoze679]

Wait, what?!?!? Did Colby just make a BEST build video and not include Fighter 2 for Action Surge? ....is he okay? 😂

[@SharkyMcSharkenstien]

Haha 😂

[@harrisv.stheworld4949]

WITH THE OLD INTRO TOO WHAT A THROWBACK

[@ashamael]

Colby! Set your reactions to "ask" on Divine Smite and you can choose when and who you smite. So like when you used slashing flourish and it smote the first guy hit instead of the one you wanted to, it would have asked you and you could have declined the first one. It also lets you wait to use your smites on crits. in general, it's worth it to have ask on. Period.

[@bus3957]

As soon as I realized that was an option, I turned every single reaction to ask. Literally never had one not on ask the rest of the game.

[@wilsonaguiar4646]

I was just about to type this

[@tgr225]

As a non-native speaker I always have (auto-generated) subtitles on and I love them! Why? Well, the recommended race seems to be Gith Yankee 😂

[@Super_Beast124]

That's hilarious 😂

[@Surethien]

They can be so funny. I see your Gith Yankee and raise you the Resto (-ration) Druid that I've seen be both a Restaurant Druid and an Arrested Druid in the same video : ) Figured I'd throw that in for a laugh

[@jgberzerker]

I’m a complete newb to DnD. I actually never liked RPGs before, but BG3 has been phenomenal, and you sir have been a life saver for me trying to figure this game out. One thing I think you should do, which I haven’t seen anyone else do on YT, is show us newbs how to fight with the builds you create.

[@1s2dl3]

Casting Vow of Enmity on yourself gives you advantage on attacks against all targets.

[@doloresabernathy9809]

Some people think thats a bug and won’t use it on themselves. Maybe Colby has that House Rule. But on a solo build that would be really hard to stick to.

[@lolimmune]

Yea it seems like a bug based on the description, so I personally never use it that way

[@blackluna7385]

I thought it was a unintentional but unlike the lockadin 3rd attack vow of enmity works in HM

[@wootenblatz]

This ability has worked like this since BG3 came out. If they haven't patched it by now, working as intended?

[@Mike-r4h]

I hate myself, therefore I can hit everything. Makes sense😂😂😂

[@ebhstimster07]

I know something I've never seen anybody talk about... consuming the noblestalk mushroom restores your health completely for just the cost of one action. You can stock up on these in act three by buying them from the same lady from the underdark in act two inside her shop near Sorcerer's Sundries. Also, whenever a companion levels up, her inventory restocks. Very useful for the final fight.

[@themarcmichel]

Fun Fact the way BG3 coded Vow of Emity. you can cast it on yourself and the game sees it as a buff and thus gives you advantage on ALL your attacks no matter on who you do them for that min.

[@ssj002]

100% agree re: Camp Casting! It actually makes sense from a role play perspective too. Even "IRL", no expeditionary team, military unit, etc. would operate without having a support staff on the back lines to prepare meals (Heroes Feast), run a first Aid station, etc. so that the front line unit can focus on their role. Don't understand those that insist this is somehow "cheating." :) Good vid!

[@arubarobc]

I love, not only your knowledge, but how calmly you speak.

[@Vioblight]

I love how I’m checking out build videos in my free time asking man I want to melee and ranged then I hear this intro!

[@inquisitivemind8061]

Thank you for continuing to make BG3 build videos. Love to see it.

[@lukasbrida9530]

Just when I thought I finally had a finished build for my playthrough, Colby threw a wrench at me again! Love it^^

[@samuelpeterson9485]

Colby channels his inner bard at the end of every video. Rolled a natural 20 on this performance.

[@Quantum_Bluntz]

Nice Build! Another one is Open Hand Monk Tavern Brawler with Strength Elixirs (a lot of people talk about this build I know 😅). Can run along side your build and use the Monk specific gear along with being unarmed, so you don’t have to share any end game weapons. Perfect companion if you’re good-aligned, choose Karlach (for EZ approval points). Soul Coins give extra fire damage to her hits. If evil, choose Astarion because I believe his Ascended form gets extra necrotic damage to hits. The potions from Ethel can be bought every time you rest/level up in the Grove so stockpile on those so you can dump STR completely. You got yourself a new subscriber sir! 🤓 ❤

[@xaveir7787]

love that you are still making (high quality!) BG3 content bro! keep it up.

[@wandrilleturle36]

Bold intro sir Colby 🎉😂

[@Auctarius23]

“It’s the most glorious thing I’ve ever seen…in a video game.” This man has seen wonders.

[@Bman6464]

Always set everything to ask. Solves those problems of smiting when you dont want to, shooting off hand xbow when you dont want to, etc

[@smashinghoney]

“Giggle filled destroyer of worlds.” Sir, you have named my quest to find the perfect build. This is it. Thank you ❤

[@Treebohr]

I just love that Colby pronounces scimitar as "cimeter". IYKYK.

[@derekboardman9995]

It kinda bugs me, but I won't hold it against him.

[@doloresabernathy9809]

ive noticed youtubers say lots of words with new pronunciations. Often they put the emphasis on the “wrong” syllable. im nearly 60 so it may just be the normal evolution of language or a problem that people discuss literature less in school. I doubt there is a really a “right” way to say anything but i think there is more drift lately.

[@Juzam777]

Maybe because of the french word « cimeterre » ? (I’m french)

[@PalleRasmussen]

Should be Shamshir. A shamshir (Persian: شمشیر) is a type of Persian/Iranian sword with a radical curve. The name is derived from the Persian word shamshīr, which is made of two words sham(fang) and shir(lion)". The curved "scimitar" sword family includes the shamshir, kilij, talwar, pulwar, and nimcha.

[@joseacevedo8314]

Have you heard him say "shillelagh" yet!

[@marshallwilver8831]

I too took a two level paladin dip on my main Tav. Swords bard 6/theif rogue 4/oathbreaker paladin 2. Took the dual weilder feat to dual wield with phalar aluve. The paladin levels made the damage go crazy while boosting my ac and giving me on demand advantage for sneak attacks

[@robbieabel9053]

Hey! I found this channel while looking for BG3 builds and have been working through your library of 5e builds for the last few months now so I just wanna take a sec to say thanks for putting out so much regular and high quality content! I love your stuff! One item I found that might help this build a bit is the Band of the Mystic Scoundrel. Let's you essentially quicken an illusion or enchantment spell (like Command that you mentioned having only fringe uses or Hold Person). Granted, you burn spell slots faster like that, but a free crit (in Hold Person's case) might be worth it to set up that juicy 5th level smite.

[@PalleRasmussen]

Welcome to the Optimisation rabbit hole, you might also like Chris of Treantmonk's Temple.

[@MicahSpiderWeb]

I don’t need therapy. I have Colby’s outro every single week.

[@onepebbleofmany]

I hear these buffs stack, just FYI.

[@Aurora_Lightbringer]

As a fan of the channel, how dare you not try and minmax your mental health by watching Colby's outro every single week AND going to therapy. It's what he'd want as a minmaxer, you totally gotta do it to be a true fan by minmaxing the shniz out of your mental health. (Try not to collect the mental illnesses though, those are apparently debuffs so you wanna build to avoid those as best you can)

[@SashQuack]

I’m a complicated man, see a Colby video I click it.

[@joshuaclendenon]

Came for the build, stayed for the singing and the fight with technological. Good stuff, Colby.

[@NapoleonSoares]

As a person who has been watching BG3 speed runs for like 3 years (literally people started doing them in the beta test to see how fast they could clear act one and what builds were the most messed up) I've found Sin Tee to be probably the best channel overall for BG3 builds that are incredibly strong. But ive been watching your D&D content since like the 10th build you did and you're definitely giving him a run for his money :P

[@Conor6223]

You can cast Vow of Enmity on yourself to get advantage on all attacks for 10 turns

[@Xani13]

Congratulations. You just inspired me to take up BG3. I bought it thinking it would be a blast and promptly got lost (while trying to stream blind). Now if I get lost again, at least I'll have a fun character to stroll around until I (hopefully) figure out where I'm going.

[@-tHeGaMe-]

I'm a simple man. I see a new Colby video, I click it

[@karmadyllic]

I'm a Colby fan. I see a simple video and I click it 🤣

[@harley3211]

I'm a clicker, simply. I Colby a see video new, fan I it.

[@MrVentusaqua]

on god

[@BigTuckUSA]

Colby is the man! 😁

[@lolimmune]

Simplicity at its finest.

[@jbsmarine]

Thanks as always. This helps all the wood burning on my brain...to go to smoldering and simmering the game. Very much thank you. My brain skips ever since deployment to Afghanistan. TBI. Been trying to work this out since day of BG3! You're awesome!

[@crystallinecrow3365]

Colby: " 'are you crazy?' well yeah, i kinda am" me: "you are and i love you for it"

[@jimnewton4064]

Colby I absolutely have the best time watching your videos, you have a great sense of humour and a way of talking that is so natural. I mean you almost make it that your friendship is a given and you treat every one of us as a gaming buddy! Wish I could join up with you guys one day in a game or two, it would be a riot I'm sure! Always a pleasure, keep up with the videos :)

[@harrisv.stheworld4949]

LETS GO NEW BALDURS GATE VIDEO

[@PiroMunkie]

This is a pretty honest (though powerful) build. If you're really cheesing solo, though, Stealth Archer really trivializes things.

[@TheDeplorableNeanderthal]

Dirt mounds are survival checks not perception…

[@gunndygaming]

Don't really need to pass them though. Just use your shovel as soon as you see the failed check and you can dig up the chest anyway as long as you are anywhere close to where it's at.

[@joshuakirk6097]

Dancing Breeze is a totally solid two handed weapon option that would allow you to continue to focus on Dex for everything. Which could allow you to dump dex and use the Dex gloves to pump even more into Con and Cha. Plus a free whirlwind attack once per round. If you want it to have a better bonus and more damage, you can always hit it with Drakethroat Glaive at the start of the day.

[@jobiwan1015]

Corey, I will never stop doing this bit and I find too much enjoyment in doing so. That being said, thanks for the vids 👍

[@jaydenpepper8756]

cool tip is you can use Vow of Enmity on yourself to get advantage on attacks on everyone, so a better way to use the ability

[@leohale6449]

Colby that was an awesome extro. Love watching your videos, hearing your voice, and loved the song.

[@williambowen8054]

I brewed a very similar build a few months back to take advantage of arcane acuity. I was getting 100% success rates on my hard control spells. So fun.

[@Dani-fey]

great build, i agree smite gish of some flavor is probably tied with acuity fire blast command sorc for best build in game. especially when gish is paired with helm of arcane acuity and ring of the mystic scoundral so as a bonus action you can cast control spells with a dc 30+ after beating them to a pulp so whatever is left is cced. TB throwzerker w/ piercing vuln aura is a somewhat distant third due to lack of spells all togather, although easily the most OP build in the game for act 1 and most of 2, it starts to fall off late imo TB monk has durability issues and a lack of cc that keep it in fourth. And stealth archers genrally suck when they dont have stealth, which some fights just dont allow.

[@jimgaminator9434]

This is a great build for the titan string bow that you get from the zhentarim in act 1. Also, you can get cloud giant fingers from Blurg and Derith in the myconid colony if you are level 6. Lastly, vow of enmity can be applied on yourself for advantage against all enemies for 10 turns.

[@PhantomJavelin]

I'm not sure if you've mentioned this in previous build videos, but a quick, mostly unimportant note for people multiclassing-- make sure that NEWEST CASTER CLASS you take a level in is using the right casting stat. It doesn't really make a big difference for 90% of players, but unlike in DND where magic items/scrolls use a flat attack bonus/spell save DC, items in BG3 use the casting stat of the last unique level in a caster you took. Things get a little weirder when you're a pure martial using a scroll that requires a save/roll. For example, a scroll of Scorching Ray in DND always has a +5 to hit, but a pure Wizard scroll-casting Scorching Ray in BG3 has a Proficiency + INT mod bonus as if he cast it himself. In this case, for people following along, take Wizard 1 *before* you take Bard 1 (since you're starting Paladin 1 for the proficiencies) when respeccing or your scrolls will be cast using INT instead of CHA.

[@jasonhull8075]

As always, thanks for all of the great content Colby. (I miss Slidin into my DM's btw... Great stuff!😁)

[@charleshaines9715]

I have a LaeZel as a dual welding, Dex Fighter Champion with a 2 level dip in Paladin. I have her frequently be hasted and drink those arcane recovery potions between fights. I have a bunch of those, and I never need them on my Gale build. With so many attacks and an improved crit range, I smite a lot.

[@lalakcj]

One amazing (okay… broken) aspect to Vow of Enmity in BG3- you can actually just cast it on *yourself* and it works to give you advantage against *all* enemies for 10 turns. It got me through my honor mode run and I will continue to shamelessly exploit it.

[@brennanbowser8650]

This build is better then you think. You can cast the vengeance vow on yourself and YOU get advantage against ALL enemies for the duration. Its a recent buff from update 6

[@jeremiahgraham14]

Such a great gish build. I always love playing gish guilds and this is just perfect for bg3.

[@AlphaMoondog]

Spoiler for Act 3: Not sure if anyone else mentioned it but at the Mirror of Loss in Act III it is possible to get an additional +1 Charisma increase from the Patriar's memory if you do this before praying to the mirror to get the the +2 bonus on one of your abilities. This means a Charisma focused character can get a total of +3 to Charisma (although this does require quite a bit of reloading).

[@EdelweissTCG]

Interesting to see both Sharpshooter and Great weapon master together. I found a pretty sweet synergy that’s more of a unique interaction than a build but level 11 Ranger/Hunters get Whirlwind and Hail of Arrows which make incredible use of those feats. It’s been a while since I tried it so Idk if it still works this way but it always felt like I couldn’t miss when I used those abilities instead of attacking. Nice bonus in addition to the area of effect.

[@ImRoosevelt]

Perfect, just started a new playthrough! Time to test it out myself

[@fredrikfjeld1575]

There is a build someone made that uses an item that lets you cast illusion magic on a bonus action and makes it so each melee hit increases your chance to hit with spells. It uses just two items and you have a 95% chance to hit on hold person and so forth. So upcasting that or any other control spell, just makes it so no one can do anything to you. Perfect bard/paladin combo.

[@lucasjohnston1305]

Came for the min-max build, stayed for Colby's singing *chef's kiss*

[@KaedweniWitcher420]

Colby dude thanks for making my HM runs a breeze of fresh air dude, your HM party video and other builds really carried me through my HM runs so big thanks fella. Edit I do cheese a few bosses with barrelmancy and explosives bags

[@Lyscian420]

Another thing worth mentioning is that song of rest is giga good if you have a bunch of short rest builds. Tavern Brawler monk Ki Warlock spell slots (hexblade smites?) Cleric channel divinity (destructive wrath)

[@ericlambert3383]

Great build. I'd probably make 2 changes though. For race, I'd use halfling to reroll all critical failures on honour mode. Also, I would think savage attacker is better than taking sharpshooter for the 2nd feat, you get 2 dice for all melee dmg and take the highest, it applies to smite dmg and any dmg dice applied by items. Granted, it reduces your ranged dmg, but you probably won't us3 range much with this build regardless.

[@thenot-sofinalcountdown8453]

Staff of the Emperor seems like it would be a really good act 3 weapon for this build. Whenever you succeed on a saving throw, the enemy that caused it has to succeed on an intelligence save or be stunned. Given how much you'll be succeeding on saving throws, that will be happening a LOT. Another good combo for the build would be Helm of Balduran with Whispering Promise, giving you permanent Bless and further trivializing most saving throws. As far as other gear goes, I agree with the person suggesting Mystic Scoundrel for BA Hold Person. Boots don't actively do much for the build but none of them are bad choices, I'd say Helldusk Boots or Persistence Boots are the best though.

[@8ak4n]

One small note; it’s nice to start as a Bard as well because they get a hand crossbow as starting equipment. I found it a little annoying (early) to find TWO, but finding one is just a little easier.

[@Stevensenegal222]

The Mirror of Loss can give you the "patriars memory" which gives a +1 to charisma aswell. Just need to roll for this memory to come up. There is an rng factor to it. without save scumming it isn't entirely reliable.

[@oscarcueto791]

Minor Spoilers, but in normal mode Auntie Ethel in the emerald grove sells 3 elixirs of hill giant strength at a time. You can always do a partial rest to reset her, not sure if it works or how tight funds in honor mode would be for it though.

[@SK-WPG]

Wow, and I thought you only knew everything about D&D. Nice to see you doing BG3. Is there anything you don't know? Handsome and Smart. What a combo. :)

[@teaganrichichi]

Fun fact: If you want to go elixirs of giant strength, use the Halfling hireling, respec them into a rogue 1/transmutation wizard 2+/ cleric 1, max out wisdom, give them proficiency and expertise in medicine, have them cast guidance on themselves, and you're practically guaranteed to make double the elixirs and potions you would brew otherwise

[@k-p116]

I am playing a solo Swords Bard now. Still in Act 1. One tip for anyone doing this: pick minor illusion as your very first cantrip. It will help you reposition enemies. Playing as a halfling might be better than gith. Not getting a nat 1 vs a hold person is nice.

[@decoy2424]

Idk if it’s mentioned from the point I am writing this, but Vow of Enmity can be cast on yourself, to receive advantage on anything you attack

[@sazzbazz537]

An interesting interaction with vow of enmity if you cast it on yourself you get advantage on all attacks for the duration, might be a bug but it’s really strong.

[@MrDrainDoc]

Just finished my first Durge, Solo Honour Mode, with this build. It was a fairly dominate play through. I think Ansur and the Elder Brain, where by far the hardest to beat. Still came out on top of course...but I do recommend stocking up on lots of potions to help. Especially invisibility. If it wasn't for Power Word Kill and Angelic Slumber, I would have never beaten the Elder Brain. Still, my fav build for me personally....is the Knight Radiant! I still lmao when enemies just keep running right at you!

[@TheKilogram1000]

My first character was a githyanki bardadin which looks a lot like this build, which makes me feel good that it was this close to the "Best Build in the Game" lol. I'm glad someone else is able to see the power of Divine Smite

[@oziejah]

Great build man, cant wait to try it out, i do also want to second tho what another poster mentioned regarding a dark urge thematic build, maybe a shadow assassin type....:)

[@UlissesSampaio]

Some alternatives that might be good in honor: -Go Halflng to save you from bad luck critical miss. -Go Paladin 6/College of Lore Bard 6 to still have Haste (unfortunately no shield 🫠) without the cheese and get cutting words (at the cost of flourishes) -keep dual wielding hand crossbows. Then you always can make an attack with off-hand bonus action

[@UlissesSampaio]

-Wood Elf also nice for extra movement. -Cast glyph of warding sleep to get crowd control + auto-crits without concentration. If you are an elf, you can include yourself in the area.

[@LeoTheDarkAngel]

Seeing the "dirt mounts" is actually based on the survival skill, not perception. Other than that, interesting video!

[@jimmymiller1313]

Im new to your channel, but i wanted to make sure to tell you so far youre great! I like your explanations, i like your voice, and i love your vibe. Keep it up!!!

[@johnfranklin87]

BG3 builds brought me . . All the other builds have kept me, that is if/when i can find a campaign near me and actually use the thousands of characters ive made 😂

[@patrickclark9642]

I appreciate you covering BG3 because I don't do D&D but I really enjoy your content. Your Charisma ability score IRL is super high haha. (I fantasize about having a weekly D&D night but don't quite have the time for it, plus my gaming friends aren't local)

[@ManualdeSobrevivencia]

I've picked up your Honour Mode group and improved upon it. First a pally/bard nuke with 2H weapon, the frost mage with armor of agathys, summons and whatnot, instead of the barb thrower I went wotoh monk+ thief for so many attacks I fought and killed gortash and Orin on the same long rest and still had resources left at the end of the day. And the last one was the light cleric mixed up with the knight radiant. If the monk is using one of orin's weapons you can give the pally a piercing DMG weapon to attack that target with piercing vulnerability etc.

[@toddparker514]

The vow of enmity cast on yourself gives you advantage on all your attacks to anyone

[@toddparker514]

I've even taken 2 levels of paladin on a Rouge build just for advantage lol

[@RogueDuke]

Unless I missed it, you might talk to Boney in the circus and get a statute made. You get Sweet Stone Features, a 1d4 bonus to Attack Rolls and Saving Throws. It's just expensive is all.

[@RAWBOT301]

I just beat honor mode easily with a throw barb fighter, ranger rogue fighter, orb light cleric and evo wizard. It was way easier than I thought. Honestly melee is the worst option because dealing a ton of damage from 60 feet away is just better at survivability. That and abusing scrolls is awesome. Even a throw barb can cast wall of fire or cloud kill with a scroll.

[@SSSmokeStyle]

To push this over the top, the bhaalist armor coupled with shar's spear is disgusting damage. Helmet of arcane acuity and ring of mystic scoundrel make sure your spells never miss and lets you cast them on a short rest

[@solarmus923]

The other option if you wanted to be purely melee lategame would probably be Savage Attacker. It'd be less bursty than action surge but adds more, consistent damage.

[@dannyjaye]

I have been running a me,ee and ranged damage build in Bg3 since day 1. Sorlock Fighters with a two handed weapon makes this EASY!! I am chucking out 8 to 10 attacks a turn with upwards of 50 damage per hit at this point.

[@arjunkishore4080]

I’d argue that the abjuration wizard with armor of agathys is the best character to solo the game with. Granted, it’s not quite a do everything, but it has lower variance

[@wildmike5707]

It might be worth mentioning the wonderous gloves in the items section its an extra bardic inspiration and a +1 ac they can be found in grymforge at the mimic fight

[@donaldcrankshaw1627]

I did a Swords Oath of Nature Bardadin for my first character. I went Hill Dwarf for the extra HP, though I was a bit iffy on whether I wanted Resilient Constitution or Sharpshooter for my feat (I used the other one to max my Charisma).

[@labmouse42]

At the start of act 3, there is Band of the Mystic Scoundrel that lets you cast an enchantment or illusion spell as a bonus action. Command is an enchantment spell, along with vicious mockery. For some fun, you can have those added to your build. The ring and vicious mockery has been a staple for my damage pally/bard builds. Walk up with a great weapon and smite, smite, then add insult to injury.

[@timfriday9106]

Titanstring bow maxing dex and str wearing graceful cloth. Then there are like a ton of other additions you can make to mold the character to your liking. no race/class requirements.

[@j.d.larsen]

My all bard party on Honor Mode for the Nether Brain was Tav: 2 VPal/10 Swords Bard Sword and Board Condition Applier Full Illithid (Radiant Orb/Reverberation/Mental Fatigue/Daze) Karlach: 7 APal/5 Swords Bard Sword and Board Support/Tank (30AC 24 Cha +15 or higher to all saves) Bae’Zel: 6 Swords Bard/4 Eldritch Knight/2 VPal Great Weapon Psychic Damage Brain Drain Gloves Striker/Tank Minthara: 7OBPal/5 Swords Bard Piercing Crit Fisher Dual Wielder Dragon, Emperor, and all Illithids died first round. Nether Brain died Round 2

[@trentmcnabb3470]

Divine smite BG3 builds are the best! My favorite final build though is 2 level Pali, 5 level fiend warlock, and 5 level swords bard with Great weapon master feat

[@jurybounackoff3025]

No! M Colby, you can`t ignore banishing smite while speaking about bardadin!!! We need your thoughts!

[@gumballz.9259]

And as usual, Colby has fallen deeper into his familiar Paladin rabbit hole lol!

[@makbeth4245]

Birthright headwear, that gives +2 to the Charisma probably would've helped with abilities score. Not flat 23, but still helpful in getting that +5 bonus. Since Sarevok's helmet doesn't do that much for this build. Also something interesting: you reach lvl 3 in like 2h of the game, but if you going for the Solo run (which means no usage of BI and almost no checks around Charisma, only fights) - you could start as a completely different class, like Barb or Fighter, get Withers and maybe win the first grove fight (it's possible to get 3lvl before that fight), then respec into Swords bard and do all that crazy stuff from the video

[@corranhorn85]

Pally 2/Lock 10 with Pact of the Blade to be SAD and full crit loadout is a ton of fun too.

[@checkyoursixgaming]

Before watching this video, going to assume it's a Zerker 5, Thief4, EK3 thrower build if we are playing in BG3 rule set only with Tavern Brawler. Second would be Karlach with OH Monk 8/* with an infernal coin and Tavern Brawler again. Next would be Sword Bard 10/ Wizard 1/ Fighter1 which is digustingly OP late game, but a lot harder earlier in a solo mode honor run. On to watch the video and will post an edit after watching. Edit so Bard/Pally combo which is also good as well. Leveraging late game items and potions within the game to make it work. Which is fine. I like it.

[@jessicaMApiano]

Fun Fact: you can select your shovel and click on start digging to dig up treasure even if you fail the check.

[@spider-man2291]

This is really cool stuff, found your channel recently and am enjoying going through all the content I'm definitely excited to try this build out too (same with all the others! XD)

[@jasondanielrath7544]

There’s also dancing breeze in rivington that is a finesse glaive. Also has a sick aoe weapon action

[@isaacwinant1600]

You said but very well. Bards are the most versatile my honer mode run was carried by my 2 bard. Was was supposed to me essentially this build but ended up becoming an insane burst damage dealer. 10bard/2paladin gets magical secrets for misty step and counter spell. Elixirs for strength allowed me to use titan string bow with many targets for aoe damage. The build becomes broken with the arcane acuity helmet and band of mystic scoundrel. 4 attacks with smite and then a uocast hold person or hypnotic pattern is nuts. I then got dumb damage using nirula trident with ballist armor for the vulnerability. O and if you attack on the people you held last time you get guaranteed lvl4 smite crits. In the final battle my halfling bard killed 3 dream warriors and then held the damn dragon in place with hold monster. It will always be the sickest turn of a fight in my head rp iv had in the game.

[@aricteegarden8320]

I have a build that is pretty nasty in terms of combat ability and sustainability (I.e. having as long of an adventuring day as possible). Starts off swords bard until level 10. After that, respec to swords bard 5, fighter 5 (battle master) so you still have the combat inspirations recharge on short rests, extra attack, and PYF combat maneuvers which also come back on a short rest. Finish out Fighter 6 (character still gets 3 feats total which is huge for me), bard 5, and last level can be whatever. Good options are Wizard for the spell selections, cleric gets a ton of front loaded abilities, warlock also synergizes well, or go fighter 7 for extra maneuvers.

[@northofself]

The one thing that scares me about solo Paladin are the anti-radiant-damage retort abilities that some of the evil enemies come with in Act 2 & 3. Double our radiant damage reflected back as force sounds awfully hard to answer. Sharpshooter will obviously help your bardadin play around that, but it's hard not to obsess over savage attacker melee builds with the paladin's cool kit 😅

[@gaguilu2014]

Incredible video. I just love bards so much!