Divinity Original Sin 2 Guide: Optimal Party Composition

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[@FurryCruz]

The Incarnate knocks down the enemy as long as the enemy have no physical armour. It doesn't matter which damage the Incarnate does as long as the target have no physical armour.

[@dodgek5270]

Hi! i just recently got the game because of these guides! I'm a bit confused with the party comp. I started with a preset ifan and changed his stats to have a summoner. How do i get the other 4 members to be custom because as ive read you get the preset version in the solo game of the other party members. I'm trying to do your set up of tectonic mage, eternal warrior and cleric. How do i customize the other party members?

[@thepimpincar]

@@FurryCruz qqq

[@siriany]

I couldn't find the build of the crystalline Cleric, was it remove?

[@raw6668]

I got a challenge for you as a build idea I love but wonder if you can optimize. I want to see if you can make what I call a Skin Changer class. A summoner warrior hybrid that uses metamorph to deal heavy damage at close range. This is based on both Games of Thrones Skinchangers and Native American legends on skin changes. In my experience with the class, I saw they are great frontline units, and found Polymorph a good fit as a number of combat abilities scale with the strength attribute along with warfare that can be just as powerful and broken as bouncing shield. Also, maybe something to update in a build, but I found Glass Cannon was great for Druid class to build as it allows you to really overpower a summon by stacking abilities, and add support spells to make the summon a beast. Along with a chameleon cloak to hide from the enemy.

[@azlakrah5180]

There are no perfect parties, but there are terrible ones. Mine was such. I realized this thanks to you.

[@Maximum7077]

I think our full physical dmg party was pretty much perfect with some exceptional fights.

[@stevenmcqueen7433]

the only bad party is one that has no cc in it as thats how you hard win lol

[@g1ftfromtheg0ds67]

I have a 2H magic party. a water, a fire, a earth and a lightning dude with 2H weapons with that element to it (maybe it's the mod, never played without) They all have ranged damage en a special role. Earth can fortify, water restoration, fire haste.. They also can all summon an element to fight along their side. It is really easy.

[@fromoz9294]

@@Maximum7077 agreed.

[@Maximum7077]

@@fromoz9294 the only fights that are hard are the one with evasion :D. Otherwise it's pretty damn good

[@jameshill2450]

I generally like to have one "pure" physical character, one "pure" magic character, and two hybrids. It's not perfectly optimized, but you're prepared for anything. You have three people that can attack each enemy's lowest armor type, every time.

[@sreeravi25]

played divinity 1 and found out this is the best too. Having 1 pure mage and 1 pure melee meant I could use my other 2 characters ( a rougue and a ranger) do stuff that works best for that battle. Rangers have tons of elemental arrows and a rogue can either backstab or debuff the enemies with grenades from range, this complementing either the melee or mage.

[@vulpixheat2177]

In general in my experience it’s best to have the party all target the same armor type but have for example a ranger with elemental arrows that allows them to target the lower defense or spark striker on a melee so they can spread elemental damage if needed. On top of the obvious give everyone teleport and maybe even a whole bunch of teleport scrolls chameleon cloak cloak and dagger ect. Even vs some of the bulkiest non boss targets for example my shadowblade was able to strip the entirety of one unit’s armor and turn them into a chicken in at minimum 2 turns. For foes with low magic armor I just find it’s best for example to hit them with a bunch of explosive arrows then just petrify them all with Medusa head. Also lone wolf 2 man is very strong too.

[@muhammadsaduddin308]

@@sreeravi25 the things is, on divinity 1 there's no CC armor like in divinity 2. You can mix your party however you want and it will still do something. Divinity 2 on other hand, not focusing on 1 armor type will just make your party couldn't do damage well

[@TheTraveler980]

To summarize the video: 1.) Do roughly 50% of both physical and magical damage to avoid being stuck in the game. 2.) DOS2 favors ranged combat, so only have 1 melee character at most, especially if other characters like to use AoE damage. 2.a.) Use your melee character to protect your other ranged characters, and he also won't be in your allies' AoE attacks. 3.) Summoning is a must-have skill for any build, since it gives an additional ally and does not rely on other stat boosts to be effective. 4.) Synergize Earth with Fire, and Water with Electricity if you use two or more magical spell types. However, Fire + Electricity and Water + Earth don't conflict, so those combos can work too. 5.) Ideal party setup (4-man): a.) Juggernaut / Eternal Warrior build b.) Ranger with Summoner skill and elemental arrows c.) Tectonic Mage d.) Crystalline Cleric *Bonus:* Lone-Wolf builds (Solo or Duo) typically have Summoner Skill, but the ideal build is up for debate. I suggest 1 character with Summoner, Pyro, and Geo; the other character will have Summoner as well, but with Hydro and Aero. Both characters should also use a shield and wand(s). Matter of fact, it should be easy to invest into every skill up to 2 points so you can function like a Druid though, having two characters who can use both physical and magic damage, especially with a shield that uses a wand or a one-handed weapon. *2nd bonus:* Do _NOT_ fret about race. Pick whatever you want, everyone can do everything well enough, the racial bonuses are just nice little buffs but aren't game-changing.

[@Kopesy]

Summoner + Ranger is my go to. It's just so good regardless of the party you take. It's a one-man army once you get things going.

[@dennywangsaputra5598]

Hey. I just finished baldurs gatev3. And buy dos2.. just wondering.. better pick custom main. Or original main? [ I want to have. Fane red prince. Lohse.. and sebille? Or ifan? ]. I want to have an origin main. but the problem is. Origin main dont have a voice in dialogue.. and. Voice dialigue is a must have for me

[@kitten_with_bad_breath]

​@@dennywangsaputra5598I'm in same situation like you. Origin is better you will be able to follow more quest lines

[@zhelyazkogrudov6476]

i just started playing yesterday, using your guides. good to see you posting more :)

[@TheJCghost]

100% agree

[@guillo888]

I started yesterday too!

[@mattyy101]

@@austinin 2 full finesse rangers, cleric shield warrior an a two handed full strength gets you.through the game fast because everyone but cleric hits so hard

[@samhartung7962]

Austin Tessier isnt SinTee out of date? Looking at his builds they are all solo/lone wolf and pre definitive edition

[@kitsuneking6969]

Started playing a few days ago. Holy shit is this game intense. I've had to restart multiple times because I've messed up my characters thinking this was d&d.

[@chand3123k]

So the only character I have that is synergizing with the other 3 is my ranger.... everyone else is doing their own thing or hitting each other. That's just wonderful.

[@CountArtha]

Ranger goes with everything!

[@Maximum7077]

our best party ( a friend and mine) did 4 physical characters and it was our best party till then. Its extremly effectiv but there are 2 or 3 fights that might be annoying to that party but still. Its incredibly effectiv till the end. I love it. I think we had a ranger,necromancer, assassin and a warrior .

[@razam8937]

Hi mate, Just started playing DSO2. Thank you for making this guide. internet has completly changed the how we access information. For someone like yourself to take teh time to understand the game, strategize and put together your recomendation, it takes effort and talent. I appreciate you doing that for us all. Keep it up!

[@TheJordanPayne]

My current party is: Battlemage focusing on summoner (red prince) Shadowblade focusing on polymorph (sebille) Ranger (ifan) Geo-Hydro enchanter (lohse) And it’s honestly been a pretty decent build so far. Currently hit act 3 and am wading through the nameless isle. Excited to see where it goes. Definitely doing lone wolf Fane X Beast next since i didnt get to see their stories unfold

[@stevenmcqueen7433]

I found rogue scoundrel/warfare/dualwield/polymorph to be insanely op with basically endless cc. with backstab can break armor in usually 1-2 hits and adrenaline plus skin graft is nuts, not to mention if you are playing it as fane for time warp or as an elf for flesh sacrifice and you get the warfare talent 2 ap on first kill of the turn you get like an free whole extra turn within the turn lol

[@pogtuber5146]

Your comment has just determined the direction of my character in my brand new co-op playthrough of this game which I just bought lol, thank you

[@dennywangsaputra5598]

Hey. I just finished baldurs gatev3. And buy dos2.. just wondering.. better pick custom main. Or original main? [ I want to have. Fane red prince. Lohse.. and sebille? Or ifan? ]. I want to have an origin main. but the problem is. Origin main dont have a voice in dialogue.. and. Voice dialigue is a must have for me

[@danu4260]

DoS:II was on sale today so finally pulled the trigger, have been eyeing this game for a while. Your videos have been very helpful so far thanks!

[@xyg3173]

i’m setting my eye on this one too! is it really worth the money?

[@Ameyo23]

@@xyg3173 It's worth every penny dude trust me!

[@Jreft]

@@Ameyo23 i bought it 2 days ago too just need friends to play with ;-;

[@yassy6955]

Slava Tiwari yeah my friends don’t have it and I’ve been pushing them to get it lol

[@Fiercehowler]

@@Jreft i will play with you if you want :d

[@KeepSkatin209]

Thanks for the video, it really helped me to understand the game more as a new player. Only downside is 3 out of these 4 builds have all recommended the elf race.

[@salsaman]

It's also good to give your ranger the teleport ability. Combined with range increasing buffs, it is perfect for moving other party members, enemies around the battlefield. You don't mention rogues, but at higher levels they be incredibly useful, e.g. backstab to jump into combat, followed by sleeping arms / gag order, then cloak and dagger to jump back out (+adrenaline if they need more AP). Or cast chloroform to nuke the target's magic armour, then a charm type spell.

[@MrDgf97]

I'm thinking of giving everyone in my party that ability because of its versatility. Want to group enemies together for a big value AOE cast? Teleport. Want to remove a powerful enemy from play for a while/permanently? Teleport. One of your party members is in the middle of a hazardous place or surrounded by enemies? Teleport

[@salsaman]

@@MrDgf97 yeah used strategically it can be a battle changer. Pick up a powerful enemy and teleport them into the middle of some lava or down the bottom of a cliff. If you time it right you can even have multiple party members taking it in turns to cast an enemy further and further away. I found teleport useful to an extreme in exploring as well, just have two party members with teleport and have them take it in turns to teleport the other ahead of them. In fact really all you need to win is two characters with teleport and a bed roll to recover hit points !

[@salsaman]

@@MrDgf97 I ma really excited about Baldur's Gate 3, I have heard rumourss, and I am hoping it is true that it builds on an extends Divinity 2,

[@ekam9402]

Physical damage is the way to go imo, because it scales with the 3 main stats, Strength=knight or brawler, intelligence=Necromancer and finesse= rogue or ranger, in this way you can also equip most of your party with the best gear for each stat with no competition, and virtually any necromancer, warfare, scoundrel or range spell has AoE friendly damage

[@donovanhays]

I have been having a lot of success with 2 melee and 2 casters. 2h warfare-morph, 1h shield warfare-geo, necro-cleric, and pyro-geo. I either open up with big damage/aoe pryo skills before my melee characters get engaged, or if that is not possible then I use my pyro to damage any enemy ranged characters. I have a lot of mobility in my party through polymorph, tactical retreat, and teleportation so I can move characters around the battle field if I need to get them out of the way of an aoe spell I want to cast or put them in position to engage an enemy ranged character. It is common for me to take a melee character that is engaged with multiple melee enemies and teleport them away, then follow that up with an aoe spell on the area with the multiple enemies clumped together. Of course, all of this depends on your characters turn orders, spell cooldowns, etc. I always make sure my pyro-geo has plenty of utility spells to assist the party if they cannot lay down damage because the fight is too close quarters. Another note: remember you don't have to immediately push your melee characters into combat. You can position them appropriately in front of your ranged characters and just skip their turn until the enemies close the distance. This allows you to bank AP, cast any buffs those characters may have, and allow your ranged aoe spells to do their work until the enemies engage with your melee. Make sure your casters have at least one single target no AOE spell as well.

[@TheRamstorm]

Used the old party combinations video to make my first party to complete the game (Eternal Warrior, Ranger, Tidalist, & Stormchaser) after owning DOS 2 for a while but never making any notable progress. Now I'm trying to do a solo Lone Wolf run and I'm running through as many build guides as I can. Glad to see this pop up and excited for more DOS 2 build guides.

[@Enggar-gy1sb]

I just played this game recently and i am just in LOVE with this game, thx for still uploading the guides man, helps a lot.

[@FadedDream6969]

Its crazy how good DOS 2 is. I have 230 hrs into this game and I'll not play it for 6 months and then come back and its like a brand new game all over again. Larian is such a great Dev team and anyone worried about baldurs gate 3 should go play divinty 2 until release

[@IndyMotoRider]

Have had the Definitive Edition on my PC for almost a year and just now getting around to playing it (was hooked on another game). These guides and builds are excellent. Subbed.

[@muhammadsaduddin308]

the best party is either all go physical or go magical so you can CC your enemy, and the latter suck because enemies had different resistance or even worse, immunity. going physical will always be superior choice because all your party member can contribute their damage to the enemies for melting those armor point, even enemy with physical resistance and high armor. Best party IMO is consist of 1 Knight (two handed user), 1 Ranger, 1 Necromancer+Summoner, and 1 Support Mage(get all support magic from all school, max hydrosophist).

[@TheJCghost]

U dont know how badass u are for making a new video on this game ive literarly started playing this amazing game 2 weeks ago absolutley love it and ive looked at so many of ur build guides. Ive almost made a spreadsheet over your videoes to try to understand the games build composition and synergy. Thank you so much for this video❤️

[@peterlaanguila5098]

Great vid, it's actually hard to find understandable videos that explain this stuff, well done! Thanks

[@max-6489]

Absolutely love the guides man, thank you so much for all of the effort gone into making them - and showing them off.

[@zachbailey5260]

New to the game and have struggled with the difficulty and getting into it- this is really helpful.

[@MidnightGeekSS]

Do2 is a great game but a bit overwhelming and challenging at first. Your videos helped me a lot!

[@TheRewasder97]

I love how you can see spiff's perfectly balanced vid about a garden in the recomendations when he shows his old vid.

[@Andy_Paris]

I've been looking for something new for console that's an RPG, but offers a singleplayer experience, like FF7. This game popped up as the best. So I'm looking into it. I'm pleased to see someone still talking about this game in 2020 and giving guidance, since it seems it was released in 2017. I thought this game would have died out or something by now, but it looks like it still has intrest so that's a good sign. Never played a game like this one, hope it lives up to the hype.

[@viz.ryanch]

My first build I went all physical. Eternal warrior, warden, ranger(w/ summoning), and blood mage. Super nice synergy!!! Following the guides made for a fantastic first play-through.

[@dwiss2556]

This is one of the best general guides for party composition i have found - really great work for helping dummies like me!

[@joshnizzle]

Love this game. Working on a 3rd playthru now. Playing with 2 ranged bow or crossbow users and 2 magic users. Works great. Played twice when it released and came back when jonesing for some more games like baldurs gate 3

[@asfandyar8119]

My first party was all magic. With 1 summoner+pyro, 1 aerothunge (for fire resistance enemies), 1 healer+jack of all magics except hydro and 1 geomancer. Geo+Pyro is probably the most insane combo. There were some explosions that would cover the ENTIRE battlefield. Was pretty risky but super fun composition. If I ever get to a second full playthrough I would definitely try the aero+hydro combo. Was watching someone's stream and they were basically CCing every enemy with this combo. Oh and the best way to enjoy this game is to have 4 party members and preferably origin characters. The added pressure of saving every member makes the combat more fun and satisfying. Lone wolf is broken especially with chameleon.

[@derekwhite2620]

I just recently got DOS 2 and was having a hard time figuring out how should build my party and then it happened I found fextra. This channel has help me out alot with build and just getting better at DOS 2. So much that I've started my first playthrough on tactical let's just say it's been very hard but well worth it.

[@Charok1]

use items and increase stat that lets the magic nuker go first so you don't nuke your melee defender

[@SeemsLogical]

Quackstack is another good channel for builds. Personally I like Quack's builds better since they are more optimized. It also helps that Quack is a pun master and makes more entertaining content. Check out his Rogue build as that's the one I think is his best work.

[@murwur]

Dude it's an easy game if you select the right fights u can play any style u need to be honest just be creative.

[@theblancmange1265]

What was exactly hard? Are you new to rpgs?

[@joshuaroe1402]

Don't ever say anything in a RPG is difficult or you will have every neckbeard in the world telling you how easy it really is and that you are just bad at it.

[@firsttenor76]

I found so much difficulty with this game in the beginning... but I'm finally enjoying it! It's like a non-stop chess game with a constantly changing board. It's definitely becoming one of my favorite games.

[@dennywangsaputra5598]

Hey. I just finished baldurs gatev3. And buy dos2.. just wondering.. better pick custom main. Or original main? [ I want to have. Fane red prince. Lohse.. and sebille? Or ifan? ]. I want to have an origin main. but the problem is. Origin main dont have a voice in dialogue.. and. Voice dialigue is a must have for me

[@Malcolm_99]

Thanks a lot for this information! I am going to have some fun playing this game with my Brother!

[@Rufiowascool]

Helpful as all hell. Thank you for making this.

[@Witcherino]

I started the game a few days ago, I have like 15 hours played and until now I'm understanding better what I'm doing. The guides in this channel are great, I also used the builds here for Code Vein.

[@QuackinOut]

Me and my buddies usually do a duo mage setup (undead geomancer/hydrosophist) but i got a new buddy on the game and were playing a mage and an up front warrior, been alot of fun trying to keep him alive

[@MrFuggleGuggle]

I beat Tactician with a 4-character mixed damage party. Didn’t even have to save scum or reload a save for the vast majority of the playthrough, except with a couple fights forward the very end. Also beat it on Honour Mode, but that was admittedly a two character ‘Lone Wolf’ run focusing on physical damage - because it’s the least resisted by almost every enemy in the game. There are many ways to approach (or avoid) almost any fight or encounter in the game. Sure there are optimal builds and some skills are better choices than others…but don’t let that get in your way. It’s a role playing game, not a hardcore turn-based combat simulator. Have fun with it and embrace your creativity.

[@Guardian-of-Light137]

I haven't thought to much about what I want the other party members to do yet, My main focus is my custom character. I plan to run the whole game with Lohse Sebille (Was gonna be fane but he had an unfortunate incident.) And beast. I killed the red prince cause I can't stand people who think they're better than everyone else. (Yes I know i'm missing a lot by doing that but this is hardly going to be my only playthrough) Generally I think it's gonna go like this. My custom. High damage mage with a variety of spells. Primarily summons to tank damage and distract. With some supportive spells. Lohse is my healer and support as well as emergency evac. (Teleport spell or at the back to escape and resurrect the party later.) Beast is gonna be my debuffer and melee. Sebille is going to be my critical hitter. (Still on the fence about what I want her to do though) All will have some means of dealing with both physical and magical armor.

[@MonsterZeroLITE]

I swear the majority of players i see (and mostly always newcomers) end up hating Prince to the point of killing him, ditching is one thing but as someone who mains prince in my current 1st play through, ya’ll really are missing the point and charm of his character, let alone his eventual character development, idk i just find it a bit weird, you do you tho

[@SeventhheavenDK]

If your character killed the Red Prince only because of that...that makes your character even worse, very annoyingly self righteous.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

@@MonsterZeroLITE . Now you are exaggerating a little here, because he actually doesn't get much a character development, he remains mostly the same even until the end of the game, and his Red Princess is one of the most annoying characters in the entire game.

[@Guardian-of-Light137]

@@SeventhheavenDK Hey I never claimed my character was good. They do what they please. Usually I play the goody two shoes type help and save everyone I possibly can. Wanted to try something different for once. I plan on doing multiple playthroughs to cover the other characters. But for right now I just wanna see how it goes. If I regret it down the line I'll start over

[@AdamMS1384]

Downloading Divinity 2 again for my third playthrough. Damn, i love this game.

[@nivodeus]

so nice for you to come back to this game with the builds

[@waynrbunyea7059]

Also mixing summoner and necro works well because you cover both phy and mg. The support abilies from summoning can be used on your necro summons as well. Somerhing people seem to have not noticed.

[@daemyno]

Nobody: Fextralife: Divinity Original Sin 2 I'm not complaining :D it's my favorite cRPG of all time

[@morfeuszenduwinski9847]

Daemyno it isn’t wierd that it’s your favourite cRPG ,cause it is the best cRPG!!!

[@Unibot47]

What is with this "Nobody: " meme I keep seeing all of a sudden, it's stupid lol

[@Mustang1984]

@@Unibot47 yea, i don't understand what these mean......35years young, guess im outta the loop.

[@olivers4504]

Biff i am glad someone said it. Literally one of the top 3 dumbest memes of all time.

[@The_Voluptuary]

An explanation of the “Nobody” meme: It’s a joke on nobody asking for a certain type of content. For example, a person in a classroom standing up and stating that they have the best grade in the class, without anyone having asked them in the first place. It would look like so: Nobody: Smart Kid: blah blah blah It isn’t one of my favourite memes, and it’s awfully overused, but there are some genius instances of it. In this case of this video, it works because none of us expected this video so late after all of Fextralife’s Divinity videos over the course of the last year or so. Nobody was asking for it, but it was created nonetheless. The difference in this case is that none of us mind.

[@Sobersunrise]

"Cough" ...two lone wolf characters with pyroclastic blast..."cough" P.s Love your content!

[@darthdredz]

Nah

[@aanesijr]

Dt Snizzley With Torturer 😉

[@RS14988]

I recently beat the game using an Eternal Warrior (love that build), Juggernaut (more focused on using Warfare than Earth as it turns out), Ranger with occasional summoning and a Druid with a few extra support and damage spells (Though she spent more time summoning and healing ) and had a lot of fun with it. Pretty much all physical, so summoning a Blood Incarnate and Blood Totems was always the aim of the game there. While I didn't use many spells with my Juggernaut, Earthquake was handy on occasion, but more often than not, I tend to pile in on one target at a time. Either way, your builds not only helped me to learn the game, and how it works, but also to beat it in the end. Thank you for all your hard work on your content ^^

[@dennywangsaputra5598]

Hey. I just finished baldurs gatev3. And buy dos2.. just wondering.. better pick custom main. Or original main? [ I want to have. Fane red prince. Lohse.. and sebille? Or ifan? ]. I want to have an origin main. but the problem is. Origin main dont have a voice in dialogue.. and. Voice dialigue is a must have for me

[@davevd9944]

You definitly make the best build video's. Very informative, easy to follow, and your voice is pleasant to listen to. I can't wait for Baldur's Gate 3 and I'll definitly will check out your videos's about it. Greetings from the Netherlands :D

[@olivers4504]

This is literally the only thing I subscribe too. Great helpful video guys like you really encourage people who normally wouldn’t play this type of game to play it taking away a lot of worries from the first glance overwhelming complexity of the game.

[@Dragon211]

after 10 hours I'm still starting new games lol, finally decided to give in and watch some of your videos

[@QUQINGPING]

warrior: eternal warrior/juggernaut ranger: summoner mage: geomancy (tectonic sage) crystalline cleric

[@thefocus0]

This video really helped me get going with building my party in an effective way. I'm on my 3rd playthrough of the game now and I'm running with a geomancer mage , summoner hydro cleric, eternal warrior, and a spear bow combo ranger. I was running summons on my ranger before but felt that enemy assassins and rangers would focus him down way too hard, so giving him a spear and some warfare skills helped a lot. Swapped the summons onto my cleric cuz I felt that there were many turns where my damaging spells were on cd and I didn't need to heal.

[@benitojuanjuarez2438]

Great video. I am just getting ready to start DOS 2 for the first time. I really enjoyed DOS 1 and pretty much used the same set up you are mentioning in this video to beat it on tactician mode. I was planning on using a similar build, so I am glad to hear it is a solid one in this game as well.

[@skylorbrummans4818]

Glad to see more Divinity videos. Just started playing it again!

[@SinSorrowEU]

Found fextralife from after RPG Division. His quides first then yours. But without this game I would have not found either, this is a true masterpiece. Still watching any/every DoS2 video you make. Thanks for your insight.

[@Soulreclaimer65]

Good morning you DOS BASTARDS

[@paulvarus859]

I just go 2 magic 2 physical 2 meele 2 ranged Summed in : -Red prince tank warfare -Fane necro hydrosophist -lohse healer hydro airo -ifan ranger

[@recoil1337]

Me and the misses are playing a melee Warfare+Aero(and a splash of Pyro now) character and a Hydro/Geo ranged character. I picked this combination because I wanted us to HAVE to cooperate with each other. Its made this Lone Wolf playtrough very VERY fun for us.

[@Destructofist]

5:15 While I understand where you are coming from, I believe the usage of fire and water by two different mages can be taken care of, if one of them is using lightning. Water on fire causes mist, which can then be electrified with electricity. Also, it can be hard for me to imagine -not- having the ability to douse flames on hand, even (or perhaps, especially) if you bring a fire user along. As most players know, things in divinity tend to explode and burn very, -very- often.

[@li6706]

I thought only blood doused flames???

[@Destructofist]

@@li6706 Not just blood. Water can douse flames too. Spell effects can get quite interactive in Divinity 2- You can freeze the splattered blood for example.

[@magnusnordeidebrede892]

As a lover of battlemages, my two front fighters are warfare+pyro+hydro and warfare+geo+aero. This way, they won't be locked out of doing ranged magic if an enemy has a high resistance to one particular element, and often they have high resistance to two elements that work well together, say air and water. With this setup, I also have Ifan as a ranger and Fane as a support mage, thinking geo and necro, not sure yet.

[@dimmerdoon]

Thanks been having a tough time deciding on how many ranged to melee in my team. I had a feeling most people would have 2 melee and 2 ranged but seeing that it is more common to have 3 ranged i can now continue on. Can't wait to see what more content i currently trying out the warden build

[@nicholastaylor4756]

I've been thinking about finally making the time to play this game, even though I'm super late to the party, and this video was exactly the push I needed! Can't wait to try these

[@benitojuanjuarez2438]

Same here. I have owned this game for almost a year and just haven't had time to start it yet. But I will be very soon.

[@KingQuatto]

You’re not that late haha in fact they’ve just added new content that is available when you start a new game so I want to start again . New foes new Loot and new lore all for free in the latest gift bag the four relics of rivellon and they don’t affect achievements

[@SuperHoldenC]

This man knows the game. Enjoy your vids a lot dude 👍

[@eivind261093]

I recently started a solo campaign. I have a warrior (similar to your eternal warrior - mostly warfare and polymorph, while dipping into necromancy a bit for the sustain), a rogue, a summoner mage (dipping into most elements, but so far focusing mainly on fire), and a ranger. Was unsure what to do with the ranger, and ended up giving her summoning as well, so essentially I have two summoners. Gives me quite a lot of flexibility for choosing which armour type to focus on, as both summoners can essentially choose whether they want to summon a magic or physical damage dealer. Probably not the optimal setup, but I quite like it so far!

[@glugglugington3196]

I just started playing. I am running a rogue class, my buddy is running a warrior class. It has been working well with the lone wolf, but they are gonna swap to ranger. I'll be rocking some warrior traits and a splash of air. I have high dmg resistance and armor. I deal a TON of dmg fast so he will cover my weaknesses. Should be a good time. The final first act fight, I forgot to save before the fight we thought we for sure were gonna lose and somehow manipulated the battle to get us a level when we were both needing health at the very end. This game is so freaking amazing.

[@phoeni3902]

Haven't even watched the video yet but I just wanna comment to say that Fextralife is by far one of my favourite gaming channels to watch ever i love you guys

[@Kronik7109]

Their top 10 RPGs of the Decade list was phenomenal.

[@thousandyoung]

Optimal party composition is: 1 Necromancer. Game Over. Easiest game ever made.

[@zarddin]

Can you please explain and elaborate why :P? I don't have the game yet :P

[@maryslomba234]

@@zarddin necro is high dps with sustain

[@YankeeGD]

@@zarddin Its not as simple as building necro and winning the entire game easily. At least in high difficulty (tactician/honour mode). Still, its a powerful class, and some fights can be made even trivial thanks to spells like Mass Corpse explosion.

[@Traitorman..Proverbs26.11]

Any party is fun. As long as you progress in the story, it doesn’t matter if you can’t one shot an enemy. One might argue that if the fight is difficult, the joy of winning it is so much greater. The secret to enjoying the game is to scout ahead and try to plan your approach to any fight. Run away if you have to and come back with a better plan.

[@brandanmurray193]

Maybe other people’s joy comes from designing and building strong party composition and build crafting.

[@Griffin19]

My dude I love it. One thing that would be great is a "top 4 party comps" video. As someone who loves the game but isn't familiar from start of finish, a "do these 4 parties and you'll be fine" video would be great. or 2 or 3 or 5 whatever. either way your builds are fantastic and couldn't appreciate your work more!

[@Filthyanimal9]

Check out his earlier party comp video - it has recommended parties for all physical, all magic, and mixed damage

[@DummyUrD]

pretty funny, your optimal party looks so different from mine. I'm really partial to go deep on 1 damage type break armor and just cc the opponent that can hurt you:)

[@litchtheshinigami8936]

Yep same here.. i’ve recently started playing with a friend again and our current party is: him an elementalist that also heals a bit, me: a Polymorph that also has some necromancy skills for a nice mix of range and close combat so when they run away from me or whatever i can still smack them down with my necromancy skills, Fane who in our case is a rogue but he is the weakest of the team because we just don’t find he right armor for him. And finally Beast whom is our tank.

[@SekiberiusWelkesh]

i disagree with going all in on a single type of elemental damage, IE; oil/pyro, as some enemies are completely immune to certain damage types, especially fire. it's much more effective to have a wide array of elemental types as you never know when you might need to do a different type of elemental damage.

[@wyattwren279]

This is really important. Poison and fire are the two most resisted elements, and water spells aren't very damage focused (or cost 3AP which is icky). I personally really like Aerothurge because the teleport spells are super useful and the damage spells are typically pretty effective. There are shock-immune enemies, and some enemies can't be teleported, but I think air is pretty consistent in its utility. That said, best party comp is 4 rogues, prove me wrong.

[@Yokonato]

@@wyattwren279 Poison is a big nope 🙅🏻 for a large chunk of later game since everyone is generally undead or they throw fire attacks around like its going out of style, add in void blood or in general cursed surfaces and you have necrofire spreading uncontrollably

[@loakii-2330]

Double lone wolf. Main is Fane. He will be a summer and ranger. Next will be beast that goes all in in physical attack. Focus on physical attack. Fane can use specific arrows for magic armor and then summon the turret and incarnate inside the element to focus on magic. Perfect team. Also get summing to 10 asap

[@dakotabarrett8]

A ranger build I made during my solo lone wolf run that is working pretty well for me is Ranger (main), Polymorph (secondary), and Necro for extra survivability. Note like many builds this one really starts to shine on Act II when you have enough levels to have skills in all 3 branches listed here. Basically, you pump out major damage likely killing 1-2 targets at the start of a fight. You go invisible with chameleon at the end of your first turn. Do more damage, then use shackles of pain to keep enemies at bay. Now whereas Chameleon almost guarantees not getting hit for a round, shackles of pain varies. Some enemies will not attack you if it will hurt their ally, some will, and some care so little about themselves that even the guy who is linked to you who will definitely die attacking you still does so. On the plus side it last 2 rounds so in most cases it should severely reduce the damage you take. Now here's where the character you choose to play as matters. I personally like Fane as he has a source ability to take a second turn back to back with his previous one. So once your chameleon and chain are on cooldown, you go again to not only increase damage but speed up when you get to use these abilities again. In the meantime you can use ranger abilities like tactical retreat and reactive shot to help keep foes at bay. If you're in desperate need to be practically invulnerable again, there's a polymorph source ability that lets you reset your cooldowns so you can basically make the first 6 turns of each fight where the enemies are just standing around as you pick them off one by one. As a ranger your single target damage should be pretty high so as long as there are 6 enemies or less you should kill them all before you're waiting on cooldowns. Also as any undead, Fane included, you can play dead and reset combat as long as you're not close to where the enemies' original positions (as a ranger this shouldn't be a problem) This is helpful during Fort Joy when you don't have as many survivability skills yet and in a solo run you'll be targeted and CC'd by everyone. Another character you can play as that is good, though perhaps not as safe for an Honor run as Fane, is an elf. Flesh sacrifice gives you 1 ap and blood on the ground by you which is basically free elemental arrows and since blood adds physical damage you just start doing more physical damage. Long term this would do more damage than Fane but like I mentioned if you're doing an honor run where your save is deleted when you die, you may want more survivability options than straight-up damage. Lastly as put some points into warfare, Huntsman is necessary for skills but the damage output of Warfare is better overall since it's a pure physical damage boost whereas Huntsman only applies to when you're elevated above the enemy. Which you should be when you can but you won't always be. Also Enrage is a great Warfare/Ranger skill as it silences you but Huntsman abilities count as physical attacks and are not silenced. So you can enrage and then make all of your skills guaranteed critical hits. Something fun I like to do by act III is enrage, sneak, assassinate. Depending on what traits you have you can one-shot a target at the start of a fight, do some damage, use Fane's ability to go again and likely kill a 2nd target before the enemy has a chance to go. n_n

[@alisonlee8153]

I have a full ranger (half phys half magic) party and two pretty good ranged skills to counter melee enemies are Worm Tremor (geomancer skill) combined with the Torturer talent (to apply it immediately) and Spider Legs to apply the enwebbed status effect :)

[@P4TRICKWITHAFOUR]

You sir have my sub! Thank you for your awesome guides m8 they realy helped out a lot. My fav group so far is the Assasin, Ranger, Frost Paladin and the All mighty Elementalist :D but maybe i'm switching Elementalist for Geomancer since u praise them so much idk. But most importantly tho, its so much fun playing those guys and i apreciate your hard work doing all those amazing guides!

[@RetirededKat]

My first party was: Custom Ranger - Huntsman+Scoundrel stacking Wits>Finesse Classic tanky Fighter - The Red Prince with Warfare+Poly+Geo One-shot Rogue - Lohse with maxed Finesse / Scoundrel+Necro / Glass Cannon / Guerilla Support Mage - Fane with Pyro+Hydro+Aero+Necro and every buff I could find Opted for gear with Primary Stats > Initiative > Crit > HP

[@Sh1ne42]

I am liking my comp so far. Red prince as a one-handed fighter. Lohse as an enchanter, and Sebile as a wayfarer. I did have ifan, but I found her and wanted her while filling ifan's roll. I am a pyrokinetic knight. Two-handed, warfare, and pyrokinetic. Senile can extend my flames with fossil strike and apply long range physical damage (WHEN SHE HAS LINE OF SIGHT WHICH SHE NEVER HAS!) Red prince can make up for my lack of defense, and lohse can keep my flames under control as well as add her own effects to the ground. Right now its doing good.

[@WynneL]

Great video, very helpful. It's pronounced "may-lay" or "meh-LAY", though (latter is French.) Double E carries an "ay" sound in languages like French and Dutch.

[@tripleO16]

I completed the game twice but I'm just watching because I love the game so much

[@EmoKillsBest]

Easy Mode: Elf with Lone wolf talent. Get level 2 huntsman, then max Warfare, Scoundrel, Huntsman, and Ranged. Pump points into finesse and wits, memory as needed and then pump the rest into Constitution. Other talents to get would be far out man, executioner, and hothead. You'll melt NPCs.

[@loafofbread9400]

Lone wolf ruins fun

[@EmoKillsBest]

@@loafofbread9400 I said Easy Mode not Fun mode.

[@jodyboles8208]

@@loafofbread9400 how does lone wolf ruin fun??

[@sonny5981]

You can def use a fire and water mage together. Together they create steam clouds and aeromancy makes use if that.

[@DerDarkfire1]

Just got back in this masterpiece of a game. Hope to see even some more builds. What's the name of the outro soundtrack though?

[@Xanderqwerty123]

Lone Wolf summoner and Lone Wolf summoner... you're welcome. If you want an even easier time go 4 (or 2 lonewolf) telekinesis people with executioner. Or do both

[@FlaggermusMann_]

Got this game and have been loving it, your guides help immensely for such a dense game!

[@chewable8]

I love the variety of games that you make videos for, having said that dos2 is one of my favourites. Keep them coming!

[@BlackIronHero]

Healer, melee fighter, ranger, summoner. That was already my setup. Dope. The healer started Hydro and specced Aero, the fighter has 2 points in poly but other than that it's warfare and 2 handed, the ranger has a point in Pyro for Haste and Clear Mind but the rest is Huntsman and Ranged. The only odd one is the summoner, who's also a dual wield scoundrel because I didn't know what to do with him after 10 points in summoning.

[@lepolangopower]

Quick way to steamroll Divinity 2. Get either lone wolf with both 2 characters being Hydrosophist + Aerothurge. Then perma stun/freeze lock enemies untill you've beaten them into submission. Works Like a Charm. Even the Big Bad Demon near the end gets killed before creating any issues. There are very few encounters that this wouldnt work, and if im not mistaken they are skippable.

[@Pohvi]

LW + any 2 characters pretty much steamrolls it on tactician or honour.

[@madzen23]

Your guides are so helpful. Thank you!

[@mitchcutting]

Commenting because you’re dos2 vids are great and this was all the inspiration I needed to start another playthrough

[@samlecoupe1309]

Thank you guy's! Still here for your help for this game ! Still here for funny builds !

[@jakobsacksofsky-berck8869]

Awesome that you keep making content for this game! I've been playing for the first time recently and your guides have been a huge help. I opted for an all-physical party with your Eternal Warrior, Ranger, Bloodmage, and Duelist builds and it's been working really really well.

[@morfeuszenduwinski9847]

Please, more Divinity 2 videos. Just bought the game, and I am so overwhelmed with build choices!

[@spectreagent00]

Polymorph ftw.

[@Johnnybox81]

Lone wolf with a ranger build will get you through the hardest difficulties. I have the ps4 platinum, don't think I could have finished honour mode without it...

[@Zerberos22]

I personally prefer when I make a summoner that the rest of his role will be mostly a supporting one after summoning your incarnate you can always use 2 ap for a totem so there is not much left you can do so taking in spells like clear mind, haste to buff your inca and armor of frost and fortify, first aid and some hydro healing spells really can help your party out and for basic attacks a wand and a shield will do since you are still free to put your points into intelligence. I wouldn't use a weapon whithout a shield or a melee, considering that you only have 2 ap left after your totem without walking.

[@mirai3744]

My best party so far Red Prince as Frost Paladin Custom Elf as Crystalline Cleric Sebille as Magick Archer Lohse as Tidalist Freeze.Freeze.Shatter.

[@aathavant714]

Thank you for this. Love your builds . Have been super helpful for me

[@LocherYT]

because i dont want to think about gear and composition too much, i settled for a duo lone wolf team. all-in-one physical and one all-in-one magical unit. It works out good so far but I wonder if I am too ambitious. Maybe it's best to go ranger but then I need to worry about ammunition.

[@peytonheisinger5223]

I started playing this around christmas and it's already one of my favorite games of all time. even if the game was literally just act 1 it would be worth it

[@Poppa_Capinyoaz]

Make an undead human and get yourself an unending cascade of Ornate Chest damage.

[@brandonp1892]

Ahh a man of culture I see.

[@Sygomissen]

I've had great succes with the bloodmage build, it deals SO much dmg it's unbelieveable.

[@waynrbunyea7059]

You can use the fire and water to make smoke. You can use use rhe water to cancel fir you created if you need to move there. Literally everything in these game can be used together if you olay correctly.

[@robertposaric6419]

2 enchanters (water-air) x 2 summoners is my current party (on Classic difficulty so I assume I will manage), but I will try this build on higher difficulty on my next run.