Divinity: Original Sin 2 DE | 4-Man Guide Run - Part 1

[@dudezter5386]

It's 2022 and I'm just finding your guides! Amazing and so informational thank you so much!

[@giraldiego]

Just a few timestamps to help me get back to some stuff quickly 26:54 character creation 50:15 gift bag 58:14 lvl 1 to lvl 2 59:30 party setup 1:19:00 selling the junk 1:22:38 Lohse is a Ranger 1:27:20 Sebille is a Rogue 1:38:00 Beast is a Wizard 1:43:08 don't miss that quest! 1:45:11 lvl 2 to lvl 3 (actually at 1:50:03) 1:52:53 trading 2:03:04 buy skills for a Rogue 2:09:10 preparation before a fight 2:20:21 scaling skills up 2:24:23 crafting 2:31:58 skill setup for RP 2:44:28 powerful potion 3:17:45 lvl 3 to lvl 4 3:23:09 3:25:19 lvl4 skills 3:50:54 early vs late game and skills 3:55:07 Aero skills 4:13:49 Glass Cannon + Bedroll

[@anacapamori]

Doing the lords work! Thank you!!

[@gustavosilverio3938]

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[@leme1587]

Usually don't comment on videos, but got into Divinity 2 in a big way during lockdown and stumbled across this series. I'm almost done with act 3, but this guide is absolutely top quality. Fully intend to replay the game after I'm done, and I'm gonna use these videos and the quality information in them to go through this game with a fine-tooth comb. Great job man 👍

[@elvenatheart982]

Nice

[@LocherYT]

From all the divinity 2 videos I have watched throughout the week, this one has taught me the most, not because of the builds you are going but because of all the little things you do. How you navigate and act during a trade, how you prepare before you battle, how you sneakily steal items and how you approach NPCs you want to steal from, how you engage battles and why you focus which enemy first, how you decide your item setup and when you consider using items mid-fight, how you save often

[@elvenatheart982]

Lol little bit fanboyish. But I agree

[@qlnbd]

Half hour in and i'm fascinated. All the tiny little details i was utterly unaware of - like how starting class affects what turns up in that chest on the ship. I think i'm going to enjoy this.😁 cheers. 2.43 in and my new mantra is, "round robin, round robin round robin!" Loving this stuff, absolutely top grade guide. 👍👍👍👍👍.

[@egyptianbeast9381]

This has to be one of the best guides I’ve seen for any game in general. The detailed explanations are so helpful and I’m excited to start my tactician playthrough with my friends from what I’ve learned

[@itsmedreeeam]

Thanks for doing this run. I'm following along to pick up tips I might not know and to enjoy the multi class playstyle. I'm a bit tired of lonewolf on my characters, def doing a 4 members next run.

[@polygon2745]

Thanks for making quarantine a bit more enjoyable!

[@thuegaming5591]

Note to myself: starts at 5:09

[@عثمان-و9س]

thank you

[@jackgratton7552]

Just started playing dos2 and when looking for informative videos to help me out I found your videos. Totally Awesome my friend. Thank you so much for taking the time to create these fantastic and informative videos!

[@stevethebarbarian99]

Your videos are amazing, and it's great you're so willing to share you vast knowledge to help us all improve. Killing Unnis is so wrong.

[@Amoeby]

2:49:19 you probably know it, but I'll still say that you can get even more exp here. For this you need to start dialogue with Withermoore with that character who doesn't have his soul jar, say you wanna keep the jar and get 1400 xp but do not end the dialogue. Then select the character with the jar, put it on the ground and destroy. This way you get another 1400 xp. Thus you get 2800 xp instead of 1600 xp which you get if you fight Withermoore and destroy the jar.

[@TS-ju1up]

1:05:06 Ive got hundred of hours on this game and have never discovered this place before with the turtles, my mind is blown right now

[@loafofbread9400]

No offence but it seems like you just don explore at all

[@Somehting]

If you do the quest for the teleport gloves the guy takes you there

[@pamposzek]

Hey, google link doesn't seem to work anymore. Any chance of you re-uploading it? Cheers.

[@usarmygunz]

I know I’m late to the party but is there anyway to retrieve the document associated with this video? It’s no longer accessible through the description box. TIA.

[@Terrbearr428]

Amazing guide, helped a ton. Also, to those who are as autistic with these games as I am, there is a shield you get from one of the magisters in the prison that gives you +1 lucky charm. If you don't loot any chests/crates/barrels, you can come back and loot them with a chance for extra loot

[@DraconiusDragora]

Chicken Claw combined with Rupture Tendant, is still a very powerful combination, using those 4 AP for it, that does damage for two full turns, the more they move, the more they take damage. It is worth it in my opinion.

[@Manithro]

Yes, it does fine damage overtime, but it is still single target, and you don't want to bank on dealing damage over time. Up front damage is infinitely more effective than overtime damage. Think about it with summons. If you consider how much damage an incarnate can do in 10 turns, it's ridiculously AP efficient, but killing quickly is King.

[@Chaotik_Pranxter]

My problem with the ruptured chixken combo, is they dont move. Hitting anyone with ruptured tendons usually results in them standing still no matter what.

[@DraconiusDragora]

@@Chaotik_Pranxter Either a bug, or Larian nerfed it. They did a lot of nerfing of fun combos.

[@billzhang4742]

Hi, what happened to the guide doc and is it possible to get a fixed link? Just discovered the game and video guide and loving both so far!

[@elliotbates8298]

+1 for a new walkthrough doc

[@Beakboy57]

Like others have asked. Would it be possible to have your document link updated? Thank you!

[@dekanracso1894]

Hi Manithro. I know we are at almost the end of 2023 but i started playing DOS2 and i'm loving the game. I found your channel through Reddit and already watching all your videos and learning so much. Any chance the doc file still be available? Thanks.

[@damiens4601]

The google Doc for the guide is not available anymore :/

[@Palumtra]

This is nice, preparing to beat the game on honour tactician myself, alrdy beat it in Classic several times, discovered some nice combos yet still learning new ones. I prefer to have at least 1 Undead character in the party (obviously Fane, extra turn is just free real estate) for free lockpiciking and walking trough poison traps/areas (deathfog immunity is just a surplus, usually not a concern) and the occasional cheese with Play Dead if things go south.

[@stevethebarbarian99]

Everyone can talk to the woman on the beach about her kids, and get a Restoration Scroll. 3 People can use them on the sick guy that wants his beer, so you can get XP 3 x for Restoration, and once for beer.

[@LocherYT]

2:35:20 i personally consider the two player robbery strat performed at 2:23:25 as a more game breaking exploit than any pre-battle preparation and manipulating the battle entry to cheese out an pre-emptive turn.

[@Chronohz]

I know this is old, but is there a way you could reupload the guide doc? It seems like the link is dead

[@Frozen_Hope]

Just found this, got no clue why it took me so long concidering how much DOS2 I watch

[@johnrizzo9901]

idk if this is new since this video was made or what, but stingtail will always prioritize red prince over sebille for quests, so if they're both in your party as companions you dont need to worry as red princes dialogue and quest will always trigger first.

[@Manithro]

Iirc it used to be reverse. Either way I just have the habit of keeping Sebille out of a convo with him until I don't need pyro books anymore.

[@warlordyo7085]

The associated document you keep referencing is no longer available from the link provided 😢

[@SassSir]

HELLA late but loving this guide!

[@jof1707]

Great guide. Is there anyway to obtain the tierlist you mention at 4:07:40 for us watching this post-stream? Thanks!

[@Manithro]

imgur.com/ceswXBz

[@dorafromdrg]

Does anyone have an alternative link to the guide doc? The one in the description doesn't work.

[@hanshead]

Guide document says it's been deleted. Any other way to get it?

[@Sith90lord]

So... where can i find the smaller guide video made from the saves ? :D A TL;DR list of useful tips would be appreciated :D

[@soydansogukcesme470]

you can cheat with unnis bagpack. early in the game. you steal the bag - hire an merc. then put all your money in the bag - give the bag to the merc - dissmiss the merc - the bag goes back to your inventory take the money and reapet till you have enaugh. funktions only with that bag

[@MarceloSilva-ig8yn]

Did you stop streaming mate? I wanted to see you live playing the game, maybe you've been too busy since then but... I appreciate the video, the obsession with damage is really funny. Liked and subscribed

[@jf2849]

While it’s true you may not need much memory you can get very powerful with just a couple of attacks it’s likely you will have more fun with the combat if you have a wide variety of skills to use. You also have to consider the cooldown time it’s probably a good idea to have a few additional skills to use while your waiting for your go to moves to come back.

[@SolarEclipz6]

I know this is two years old and I know you’re not really gaming much these days. Is it possible to reup the spreadsheet? Or make public again? Or do you have your knowledge/work on another site?

[@_Ridan]

Is this document still available?

[@connortomelden9309]

Is there still a written guide doc?

[@Projectlh]

Hi, I guess you mentioned you’ll be doing a shorter version of this on your channel, but I can’t find it. Did I miss it ? Thanks for the great content !

[@siri7005]

Super helpful video, and I hope the same will be true for the rest of them! I really wish the sub notification was not so loud though. It would still be impossible to miss it if its volume was cut in half and as it is here it completely drowns out anything you're saying at the time :/

[@ingolf82]

I always kill Sir Lora. its very funny when you have pet pal and you can hear him speak as you try to kill him on the beach. "run querkus, our shield has gone mad!" hehe. it is still worth recruiting Ifan when you escape the fort, you get a really nice crossbow from the undead merchant out in the swamp if you have him there. You can recruit everyone you want at level 1, but this means skipping out on lots of XP on the boat, but if you are not using the respec mirror addon that gives you a respec mirror at the waypoint on the beach, you will want to skip all the xP on the boat and recruit what you want at level 1, then start your farming run.

[@jamiejackson8886]

You can get all companions except Ifan at lvl 1 if you just run through the ship and go striagjy to wendigo and when you get to the lifeboat just leave without going back for the others, when you land on fort joy you can go pick up red Prince and Fane and if you want Sebille and Loshe you go up the ladder to the right of where Dallis is but MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT BEGIN ALEXANDER AND DALLIS DIALOG! Climb the ladder to their right and avoid the gambling table and there you are, inside fort joy at lvl 1

[@Nejy]

Guide doc link was deleted?

[@blueicewolf9131]

Lucky charm progs for other players now, even when you don't have it, but another player has it.

[@neoshenlong]

1:08:23 Well that was some nice timing

[@AtreyusNinja]

i don't understand how is possible that u can't select more than 1 item at once to drag them somewhere else in this game :'(

[@niveum8725]

really appreciate your content especially during lockdown these days, hopefully I get a reply since this an old video or you might be busy with other stuff, - say if its the same as your setup but beast as rogue since increased vit helps if he get cought with casters aoe ? - if I want to add a necro. Do I replace the rogue or the ranger ? Also can we have the link of the tier list, I typed it down and got nothing Anyways thanks for the content again

[@Manithro]

1. In general, as I'm sure you've seen from this playthrough, damage output invalidates survivability. Not to mention that invisibility also invalidates most other survivability. So in reality an elf is still more survivable than beast because they have higher damage output. And as far as hitting your own characters, there's really no situation where that should happen and past level 9 you have nether swap available to teleport your melee out and another enemy in. Since it's turn based, you have all the time needed to pinpoint aoes to hit only the enemies. Really the only class that runs into that issue is necromancer because corpses are less flexible to position, but if you're accidently gonna kill your own melees with corpse explosion, chances are all the enemies are dead too anyways. 2. I wouldn't add necro to this comp. It would be a 3rd INT character. imgur.com/a/8sDypYW

[@lunde2000]

You get a like not because of your great content, but because of your Obi-Wan remark. WWOWD?

[@ryananderson6119]

Such a good guide 👍

[@noneyabusiness9559]

Is Summoner worth using to force enemies to waste attacks (plus getting extra damage)? I just started playing my first playthrough and assumed that AI manipulation was a good way to generate faux survivability without having to build constitution or anything.

[@Manithro]

Not really. As far as that strategy is concerned, you spend AP on the summon to get the enemy to waste AP, and summons are not that tanky. Also it's preferable to just kill enemies outright or crowd control them to prevent then taking actions.

[@majorlouis956]

Hi do u think a ranger with summoning build or pure ranger , wayfair build thks

[@Manithro]

Pure builds (meaning builds that focus on a single method of dealing damage, not just one school of skills) always trump mixed builds in effectiveness. Ranger builds you see me always use trump summoner combo or wayfarer type builds.

[@majorlouis956]

@@Manithro thks been watching u like a hawk the quests in the marshes was very confusing until I searched u , I started again I,m loving it , are or have you done full party origin walkthrough, all best thks from England

[@AmonDevilman]

What skills would you suggest for starting as Hydro/aero character?

[@yonelywanderer627]

I did a coop tactician run a couple years back with a friend. we went lone wolves and he used a "tank" build where he used shield bash and another ability (sorry dont know its name from memory) where he slams down on an anvil and nukes enemies nearby based on his defensive stafs. Would you say a build with this playstyle in mind is okay for a niche/for fun playthrough for someone who finds tactician and honour mode too easy without handicapping myself so much that the game is unplayable? Regardless love the video.

[@Manithro]

We did a short run with that build. It is incredibly painful and was nerfed, but bouncing shield is still ok. Works fine in a party but will be out DPSed by basically anything.

[@mikelsmith6803]

Playing first time this days after seei g some of your videos. I am using Lohse as a summoner rangerish (I barely use any ranger skills but she has a bow). I realy like the incarnate but after summoning him she doesn't do much. I wonder if I am doing something wrong or that is how the class is played. Also I like this guide so I am going to follow the team comp. Is there a way to keep my weird summoner ranger tho?

[@Manithro]

Summoner is definitely one of the weakest builds in the game. It can work, just don't expect it to put up big numbers outside of a few specific setups. You can keep it in if you'd like, it will just preform worse than the rest of the party. The problem is just that summons don't scale very well and if you are putting 10 points in Summoning, that's 10 less points in a damage stat for your ranger (in this example).

[@TheBlackLightMan]

What about having Fane? Is undead a bad race in general to play?

[@Manithro]

Fane still gets the Ingenious talent from human, which is good, and gets Time Warp. So he is essentially the best pick for anything besides elf.

[@TheBlackLightMan]

@@Manithro one more question: the harder character for me to start is the necromancer. What would you recommend doing with starting skills and skills to achieve in fort joy?

[@Manithro]

@@TheBlackLightMan Check out the meta run I am currently doing and I spec a necro in Act 1.

[@DraconiusDragora]

Basically, Fane is the strongest character in the game, even stronger than Elves. First his Time Warp allows him to have 2 turns in one go, so that doubles his AP usage and damage output. Second, he can be in Elf Form to get the same special stab self for 10% more damage + AP to use. When it comes to Necromancers, they can be difficult to use in the start, since you require to understand their abilities for full effect. Where other "classes" is more straight forward with how they work (Like a pyromancer does damage with fire.) You can find pretty nice Necromancer builds that use Fane for it. And his perk of Ingenious is just the icing on the cake of dealing even more damage. Hope it helps, and good hunting!

[@kalmkrew]

You need to do some class guides. You are an expert.

[@DraconiusDragora]

One of the biggest reasons why the Restoration skill is pretty bad, is the low healing rate it has. Even before the nerf to Lonewolf with 20 in Hydro, the healing was pretty lack luster, and the only reason it was good for was to remove certain debuffs, with the healing as a big extra point. However it used to be extremely good at killing undead, or people with Decaying on them, I haven't tried it in the DE version yet, so maybe it still will make the insane numbers for no apparent reason XD

[@DystopiaWithoutNeons]

gameplay in 33:40

[@bestfootforward4586]

30:11 - bookmark for myself

[@freakz0ntour]

Is playing Solo with Lone Wolf on tactic Mode harder than in a 4 Man Group?

[@Manithro]

In my personal opinion, 4-man with glass cannon is the easiest way to play the game and also the strongest party you can have. However solo lone wolf is the laziest way to play since there's less to micro manage and you get free stats so you can min max less.

[@WeskerFoda]

i didn't get the point very well... So you mean rogues are kinda bad later on? This type of class is supposed to do the highest physical and single target damage in the game lol

[@Manithro]

Unfortunately that's not how it works though. Lower single target DPS than Ranger, Knight, and Necromancer. Also is an AOE damage dealer.

[@WeskerFoda]

@@Manithro so what's the point on playing rogues (except for fun, of course)? Their mobility?

[@Manithro]

@@WeskerFoda Just Fan of Knives and they are better really early game.

[@mensch8maschine]

Brilliant! Thx.

[@عثمان-و9س]

great guide

[@thisguy35]

thx alot for all that knowledge on the game

[@azsolus7845]

hello, i really like your in depth knowledge and how you explain them ( videos are abit too long tho, would be awesome if you made like catagorized videos for each aspect , like combat/stats/looting/economy and each video could be as long as 30 mins but would be really cool and helpful for new players) Only just finished my first campaign on normal mode , looking to start a tactician mode and beat the game, what would be your recommendation for a 4 man party comp? ( still relatively new to the game, just hoping for a challenging but not too painful campaign to finish )

[@lufasumafalu5069]

this is so similar to Baldur gate 3

[@dawgyv72]

The reason why I could never get into this game is because of this exact horrible design philosophy 1:49:58 Thankfully I only spent $15 to buy this game and it's a fun experience Co-op.

[@Rofel_Wodring]

Wait what? How's that bad design? That's everything in life not even just games. You learn about something so that you're able to do that thing more efficiently next time. You don't start a game knowing it all.

[@dawgyv72]

@@Rofel_Wodring lmao troll

[@Manithro]

Realistically any game becomes easier with game knowledge. The reason it poses such a problem for this game is because most players do not play it more than once.

[@dawgyv72]

@@Manithro I agree, thats exactly my point Manithro. I think the rate of which you organically learn the mechanics really gates the progression and enjoyment of the game. My first play-through was co-op and my friend and I shortly noticed how underwhelming the combat was due to the armor system. We had already invested several hours into the game and felt pretty bitter by the constant "wouldnt it be easier if we just did this instead....". I dont know about now, but the game forced you to play a certain way that felt really weird (ie, dont put points in CON mentality)

[@mistakai4226]

As much as I appreciate your playthroughs, this game is not difficult enough to warrant such extreme min/maxing and cheese.

[@Manithro]

Yeah, you sure don't need this much min/max, but it sure is fun.

[@user-rd3ou5ev6o]

The fact u manually save every 15 fkn seconds is goddamn infuriating. Great stream though.

[@JeffreySpring]

The Associated Guide Doc link is broken. Is there any chance you might be able to fix it?