Immortal Ice Assassin Wizard Build In Baldur's Gate 3 (Honour Mode Full 1-12 Min-Maxed Guide)

Cold damage, immortality and insane utility. What could possibly go wrong when something so powerful is created? Wizards can be so fundamentally overpowered in Baldur's Gate 3 with the right setups and more importantly it's done in style. Just saying, definitely don't sleep on the ice spells in the game. They are very powerful due to their various synergies with modifiers like wetness. In addition, they combine extremely well with the Wizard's ability in particular to reach unprecedented levels of sustain and its capability to make great use of shields, counterspells and negations. In this video you'll see why and what I exactly mean with that. Wizards are a great class (with some dips) in just generally making life miserable for an enemy that has the brilliant idea of taking on an Immortal Sub-Zero Ice Assassin Wizard.
In this video we make use of various Wizard-specific mechanics and synergies to make the Wizard as powerful as possible . We accordingly go over abilities, skills, leveling, how to use your attacks, subclasses like Abjuration, races, oaths, honour mode best strategy, gear, itemizations, special combos and so forth.
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[@NizarGG]

Hope you guys like this one! I definitely do, it's my favorite way to build a Wizard for sure. Insane damage + insane defenses and done so in style, sign me up. Thanks all for supporting the channel! patreon.com/nizargg (there are written versions of my guides there as well!)

[@kossowankenobi]

This is an impressive one - making me want to play a Gale solo playthru!

[@Gabriel-so7xy]

Did u gonna finish your last paladin build? I am really waiting for the finish build

[@ThinkingCap_]

Yo man, I'm sure you're busy with the next perfectly edited video, but could you answer this please: Is 10 charisma really enough to get through this game? Seems like such a vital attribute for the constant speech checks.

[@maxwhat155]

When I get to pick Cleric I can only pick one skill, do you know why? (using Gale and picking Cleric at level 4)

[@henryjiang9990]

Are they going to patch the armor swapping arcane charges?

[@eliaslamsa6541]

Warlock level 1: Cantrip - Eldritch Blast, Blade Ward Spells - Armor of Agathys, Hex Subclass - Great Old One Abilities : Intelligence - 17 (+1 from Auntie Ethel) Dexterity - 14 Constitution - 14 Wisdom - 12 Race - Wood Elf/Wood Half Elf or Silver/White Dragonborn Warlock level 2: Spells - Hellish Rebuke Invocations - Repelling Blast, Armor of Shadows Cleric level 1: Domain - Tempest Domain Cantrip - Guidance, Thaumaturgy, produce flame Spells - Create Water, Sanctuary Wizard level 1: Cantrip - Ray of Frost, Shocking Grasp, Bone Chill Spells - Shield, Ice Knife, Chromatic Orb, Longstrider, Magic Missile, Find Familiar Wizard level 2: Subclass - Abjuration Spells - Expeditious Retreat, Tasha's Hideous Laughter Wizard level 3: Spells - Misty Step, Cloud of Daggers Wizard level 4: Cantrip - Minor Illusion Spells - Hold Person, Flaming Sphere Feat - Dual Wielder Wizard level 5: Spells - Glyph of Warding, Counterspell Wizard level 6: Spells - Haste, Remove Curse Wizard level 7: Spells - Ice Storm, Fire Shield Wizard level 8: Spells - Stoneskin, Blight Feat - Ability Improvement (+2 Intelligence) Wizard level 9: Spells - Cone of Cold, Conjure Elemental Gear: Mourning Frost, Spellsparker/Markoheshkir Hellrider Longbow Coldbrim Hat Fleshmelter Cloak Bonespike Garb Winter's Clutches Boots of Arcane Bolstering Necklace of Elemental Augmentation Callous Glow Ring Snowburst Ring

[@Rain1]

ty

[@GaryShelton-dg7xs]

Doing the good works here TY

[@ThanksMayor]

Hopefully doesn’t get patched

[@josephcastillo3249]

goat

[@Rowdog007]

You are awesome thank you!

[@maelucchino6339]

Bro, I lowkey can't believe how well edited these videos are. Your build videos are just very aesthetically pleasing, and they've helped me understand the combat in the game a lot more clearly,, along with being really powerful and fun. So thanks!

[@talentscout1221]

Gotta love any comment that starts with bro 😊

[@CbsMousealot]

Came here to comment exactly the same thing!

[@legendphil6232]

i just watch them because theyre good quality. The build idea (which i probaly wont use for a long time) is only on top

[@zuriesu]

Just got baldurs gate a couple days ago with the steam sale and ive been addicted to the game. Your guides are really fun and super useful. God bless you

[@MB-go6uy]

Welcome to Bauldur's Crack lol. I've called in sick more than once cuz I stayed up too late playing the night before LOL

[@Griffex394]

Love the build! For the boots, I would probably pick those who get you immune to ice surfaces, found in the Inquisitor room in the crèche

[@GregoDoblaje]

Disintegrating Nightwalker (Nere's boots) are better (same immunity to ice surfaces, on top of other surfaces too, and also a free cast of misty step per short rest).

[@paultapping9510]

I don't know if those boots are bugged or what, but they don't fully guarantee that you won't slip on ice

[@Dave-h4r]

2:09 Level breakdown 8:31 Level 1 (Warlock) 9:51 Abilities 10:53 Level 2 (Warlock) 12:50 Level 3 (Cleric -Tempest domain) 15:08 Level 4 (Wizard 4-12) 24:34 Gear

[@cannonneer832]

24:34 Gear

[@yeets723]

You are a Saint 🙏

[@Dave-h4r]

@@cannonneer832 thank you, hadn't realised I forgot that.

[@RonnieMyers777]

You dropped this 👑

[@bluntly-]

Whats the point of doing this when multiple people have done it before you and 10x better

[@Morden97]

Abjuration is so underrated man. I played a fighter/abjuration wizard and was literally immortal. Most enemies couldnt touch me at all I think I only sustained actual damage on the fights against Ansur and Raphael, zero damage otherwise. And even if I took damage I also had an absurd health pool.

[@billnye4496]

Yooo I been tryna do this gotta tell me your split and ur gear

[@siruseless6650]

That sounds pretty sick and I’ve been looking around for an excuse to make an Eldritch Knight that can actually compete with the Battle Master in terms of combat ability. Mind sharing what levels you took, feats, and maybe some items that work good for it?

[@Annon2021]

That’s the exact build I was thinking about making would you mind sharing what you did?

[@lobocito365]

Please share your build bud 👀

[@omegagilgamesh]

How did you get your abjuration shields up?

[@kevintreese4544]

An early game clothing piece that’s really good is the infernal robe, which lets you cast fire shield for completely free once per long rest. It’s really good at that stage of the game, and arguably the best clothing piece in Act 1. The problem is that it’s a reward given to you by Mizora that can only be obtained by killing Karlach, so it’s similar to the BOOOAL buff where it’s really good, but you need to sacrifice a companion to do it. If you plan on doing an “evil” playthrough where you raid the grove, then it’s definitely worth picking up as Karlach leaves the party anyway if you side with Minthara. Wyll leaves too, so you can sacrifice him to BOOOAL for the buff if you want that too.

[@Chiefy006]

Saw a video where if you kill Karlach at range without triggering her cutscene, you can finish Wyll's quest to get that robe and then go back and revive her lol

[@ezacarias]

I think this was fixed in the latest patch

[@kingkongzc]

Ice WIZARD - GALE/Wood Elf Half Elf/White or Silver Dragonborn Level 1 - Warlock Cantrips - Blade Ward, Eldritch Blast Spells - Armour of Agathys, Hex Subclass - The Great Old One Abilities - 8 Str, 14 Dex, 14 Con (+1), 17 Int (+2), 12 Wis, 10 Cha Level 2 - Warlock Spell - Hellish Rebuke Invocation - Repelling Blast, Armour of Shadows Level 3 - Cleric Tempest Domain Spells - Create or Destroy Water, Sanctuary Cantrips - Guidance, Thaumaturgy, Light Level 4 - Wizard - Abjuration Cantrips - Ray of Frost, Shocking Grasp, Bone Chill Spells - Shield, Ice Knife, Chromatic Orb, Longstrider, Magic Missile, Find Familiar Level 5 - Wizard Spells - Expeditious Retreat, Tasha's Hideous Laughter Level 6 - Wizard Spells - Misty Step, Cloud of Daggers Level 7 - Wizard Cantrip - Minor Illusion Spells - Hold Person, Flaming Sphere Feat - Dual Wielder Level 8 - Wizard Spells - Glyph of Warding, Counterspell Level 9 - Wizard Spells - Haste, Remove Curse Level 10 - Wizard Spells - Ice Storm, Fire Shield Level 11 - Wizard Spells - Stoneskin, Blight Feat - Ability Improvement Intelligence Level 12 - Wizard Spells - Cone of Cold, Conjure Elemental Gear: Mourningfrost Staff - Underdark 3 pieces Spellsparkler - Waukeen's Rest quest - Replace with Markoheshkir in act 3 Winter's Clutches - Act 1 Esther in Mountain Pass Coldbrim Hat - Act 2 Balthazar's Chambers in Moonrise Towers - first floor, behind bookcase Fleshmelter Cloak - Act 2 House of Healing Morgue Gilded Chest Bonespike Garb - Act 3 Rivington Exxvikyap Boots of Arcane Bolstering - Act 2 Moonrise Tower Araj Oblodra Necklace of Elemental Augmentation - Act 1 Creche Inquisitor's Chamber Display Case Callous Glow Ring - Act 2 Gauntlet of Shar Vault Room Opulent Chest near Balthazar Snowburst Ring - Act 2 Last Light Inn Perception Check Loose Plank Hellrider Longbow - Act 3 Rivington Ferg Drogher

[@darrellrichardson5837]

OMG thanks you are a lifesaver thanks for putting the location for the gear amazing.

[@mightymanofvalour8691]

Can anyone tell me why a wizard would have 19 intelligence over 18, seeing the modifier doesn’t change?

[@KeySnow]

Is. it possible to have the first level be wizard? I want to do this with gale and I'd sort of prefer him being base wizard

[@jhite1230]

​@@mightymanofvalour8691it won't be 19; this build assumes you use the +1 stat from the hag hair to bring it to a round 20

[@Gevem]

its 19 then you get the +1 from the Auntie ethel flesh@@mightymanofvalour8691

[@Boradan01]

Just about to try this solo, but as a suggestion: because of the Cleric dip, you can use the luminous armour from Act 1. Combined with the Callous glow ring, it will put radiating orbs on everyone that hits you. This can cause issues earlier in the game with too many attacks missing you so you get no return damage from Armour of Agathys, but later on in the game with higher level enemies, you may not want every one of their attacks to hit you each round. Even early game though, you can still use it and just blast attackers individually with ray of frost for as long as you want as its an cantrip .

[@fallis07]

if you go 2 sorc instead, you can get agathys from draconic bloodline, and you can get more than your total stacks of arcane ward quickly by doing extend metamagic for the lock spell on a chest/container, so you get like 8 arcane ward stacks for casting armor of agathys and then extend the lock spell and instantly get liek 28-34 stacks of arcane ward or whatever your potential is based on wizard levels

[@yohanes2034]

I'd go 4 lv sorc white draconic to get quickened spells & armor of agathys, 2 lv tempest domain, and 6lv wizard. The quickened spell feature is really strong for burst damage as you can quickened create water and use your action for whatever cold spells you want. the metamagic point easily can be traded from spell slot.

[@fallis07]

@@yohanes2034 That's definitely one way to play it. I just think getting 2 sorc as a bare minimum for stacking the hell out of arcane wards, and having as high wizard lvl as possible to have the highest arcane ward stack possible is super op. you reflect hella dmg and cannot be killed if you have a warding bond on you. then go warcaster/dual wielder for two saves and you're quite a powerful unkillable wizard. conjure elemental is so great to have by going deep into wizard, and the fire shield spell to intentionally provoke opportunity strikes and hit a lot dmg back at attackers, keeping your AC low by using robes

[@ShermTank7272]

Starting out as Sorc also gives proficiency in Con saves, so you can go for War Caster instead to be virtually immune to breaking Concentration, without the need for Resilient.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

​@@yohanes2034won't that lower the ward? i read its 2x wiz lvl. so you get 12 instead of 18?

[@yohanes2034]

@@CyberBeep_kenshi yes max stack of arcane ward is based on 2x wizard level. So there’s a trade off. I’d say at minimum 3 Lv sorc, 1 Lv cleric, and 8 lv wizard

[@jagondal8378]

I'm using a similar build to this right now with sorc 1, cleric 1, wizard 10 as the ultimate goal. A great side benefit to this in a party is that your wizard can trigger all of the melee reactions early in the round and give your other members free rein to move around.

[@dungeonbuilder1816]

How is he getting his arcane ward up so high? I am currently level 5. I can cast mage armor once and that is it

[@jagondal8378]

@@dungeonbuilder1816 In the video, he takes 2 levels in warlock to access Eldritch Invocations, one of which lets you indefinitely free-cast mage armor. If you have that, equipping any armor piece will clear the mage armor, allowing you to recast it. Repeat to build ward stacks for free.

[@dungeonbuilder1816]

@@jagondal8378 Ok thank you missed part about equipping armor. For me it is maxing out at 4 doing this trick. must be my level

[@jagondal8378]

@@dungeonbuilder1816 You're welcome. And Arcane Ward caps at 2x your wizard levels, so it will get better as you go.

[@daveyfunk]

You burn through spellslots pretty quick going the Sorc route. Being able to build up your arcane ward out of combat using the mage armor glitch through Warlock saves your spellslots. You can then be much more offensive. With abjuration wizard I'd personally recommend sacrificing a further level to get 1 level of fighter for weapon wof and two weapon fighting. Build into dex and use the headband of intelligence for int. Use light finesse weapons to cause damage with weapons, That way you cause damage through weapon damage, spells, retal damage and you only lose 1 level Wizard. Wizard, Sorc and Cleric are all full spellcasters so you dont lose higher spellslots

[@DocDictator]

Aaaand, we are making a new character named Bi-Han for the next run, NizarGG delivering pure gold as per usual.

[@TheQ2356]

You don't need to worry about Blade Ward or Stoneskin when you get a party member to put Warding Bond on you. Its the best build to receive WB as the caster will rarely even take the shared dmg because of wards, but you get full resistances.

[@zenmetsux]

you can even cheese it to the point where all useless party members have 3 levels in cleric just so they can buff your active party members with warding bond. That way, your entire party has all resist for free ;d

[@elained.8240]

@@zenmetsux usually I decide early on which members of the cast I will have in my party all game, and then turn all the other companions into useful npcs. Gale gives everyone longstrider, gives me mage armour and con saving throws with alchemist stone, gives lae'zel darkvision. Wyll is a bard who gives everyone bardic inspiration before we leave camp. And Astarion + 3 of my hirelings are life clerics so everyone can get buffs like warding bond, aid, heroes feast, freedom of movement, and death ward. Is it overkill? Perhaps. But I'm not taking chances on Honour mode lol.

[@xenocide1307]

If you opt to wear medium/heavy armor from cleric (of which there are plenty of solid options, but Armor of Persistence stands out immediately to me), you no longer need the Mage Armor invocation really, and can squeeze one more level of Wizard into the build. This further amps your Arcane Ward, and lets you scribe 6th level spells including Globe of Invuln, Freezing Sphere, and Wall of Ice.

[@KeySnow]

You mean armor of agathys? instead of mage armor? Where are you thinking of getting the one more level of wizard? Instead of the second level of warlock?

[@karthisplays]

@@KeySnowYou cant use Mage Armor if you're wearing any armor at all, that's what he means

[@gebz2656]

the point of the invocation is to have the ability to stack your ward on demand for no cost. but your idea turns it into more of a ice knight build so good shout

[@EnderSpy007]

The point of mage armor is to have a permanent free full recharge of your arcane ward. That's the only reason you need it. I've been using Spidersilk armor from Minthara for Concentration, and my AC is only 1 less vs actual mage armor. Also bear in mind you don't need a crazy AC for this build. The point is that you need to get hit for AoA to proc. Playing a more standard blasting wizard is fine, but the main idea of this build is to have effects like Haste and AoA stay on all the time due to your arcane ward

[@blackmagichour]

Glad he made a video about this. I was just reading a post on Reddit about this exact thing and boom! He uploaded it an hour later. And the cool ❄️ part is that some of the best gear comes early in Act 2.

[@AJLaRocque54]

As always expected, I am both entertained and enlightened by your videos. Thank you so much for sharing and I look forward to trying this build as I load up BG3 as soon as the video is over. :)

[@alexandernelson3331]

THIS is the Wizrd Tank ive been looking for! Thank you so much!!

[@dylanwoodard5378]

This video is very well made. The graphics are very well put together, and explain things in a very helpful way.

[@hugo3627]

There is a heavy armor in act 3 called "Armor of Persistence" that permanently gives the effects of "blade ward" and "resistance". Seems like a no brainer for this build.

[@itsforthememes5931]

Love your builds! They feel distinct and strong. Maybe you could add stats for the build in the description? Or make them more accessible somewhere. I, personally, do a lot of characters and respecs, but can't remember them and searching for that part in a video is a little pain)

[@jmarsh411]

Sounds like the written build guides on his Patreon could be just what you're looking for.

[@nicky640]

For those who don't scoff at respeccing, you can get your arcane ward / armour of agathys combo going earlier by taking the first level into sorcerer: white dragon, and then 2 levels wizard... If you then later wish to swap to the cleric/warlock variant, you'll at least have enjoyed your ward in the early levels.

[@dudeofstuff]

I've tried an ice wizard before and unfortunately a lot of the cold gear is not great. Winter's Clutches and Coldbrim Hat's only effect is adding Encrusted with Frost. if you're willing to forgo encrusted with frost which is a non-essential condition, you become less thematic, but you can swap those item slots for something more powerful. Hood of the weave for example, or spellmight gloves, there's lots of options. You still get a charge of encrusted with frost from markoheshkir's Frost of Dark Winter ability.

[@xenocide1307]

The nice thing is, this build synergizes really well with the Tempest Cleric/Sorcerer lightning build. So it means you don't have to have as much conflict with those super optimal item slots. The Coldbrim hat is suboptimal either way though, as it only applies the effect once per turn on one target, so there's a lot better you can do in slot.

[@Kylesico912x]

Ah the beauty of enemy phase builds. Always fun to see a unique take on them.

[@brendanbuchanan9750]

Please follow up on that early game paladin build next, im really curious to see what you did with it

[@chubbyturtles]

My god what University is the course through? 😆Thats some high quality editing too! Definitely earned my like + follow! 👍

[@cmac6877]

if you use sorc instead of warlock, you can choose extend spell/arcane lock and get double the arcane ward charges 2 sorc/2 cleric/8 wiz = 32 ward charges

[@MoMoVsMTG]

Can you explain alittle further? Wouldn't ward charges still be capped at your 2x your wizard level so 16?

[@KazeKiyo]

Absolutely love the build, I love seeing builds that are not just strong but also thematic as well! Would love to see a light domain build one day

[@jishani1]

light domain cleric makes a decent blaster option with some buffs if you don't want to bring a full caster in your party. it doesn't get the guaranteed max damage like tempest cleric, but it does get fireball. fireball is always a good idea.

[@TheZerothbase]

needs a little refinement - if you inspect the eldritch blast, you'll see a book icon with "CHA" next to it. It isn't getting set onto Wizard Int since they can't learn that. You'd have to either boost Cha up, or get EB via Spell Sniper feat to put it on int. So your to-hit chance is pretty low. I'd rather spend those levels on White/Cold Sorc to get AoA, and some metamagic.

[@madvdog8018]

Bro, it's always a pleasure to watch your videos. How well everything is edited and entertainingly commented. The build is also absolutely strong, will definitely check it out. Thanks for your work.

[@migoed955]

My favorite channel for bg3 content, love these videos man!

[@scotthuntley7325]

I loved the wise man advice. I totally cracked up. "Son, it's a great idea to make things wet before you blast them, hard." Keep it up 🙂!!

[@Rich_Rulez]

Love your builds but I would like to point out a few things. I’m not a KZbinr by any means just a guy that enjoys your content. (Doesn’t matter the game you’ve been putting out hits) I purchased the Patreon to say thank you for what you do and to also have access to the written version. The flashy-ness of the videos are great but hard to actually follow step by step when I’m looking for what items specifically or what to choose when character leveling. It may be a minor gripe or grievance but if you would maybe format it like the following: Level 1: Warlock 1 “Blade Ward” (Maybe some fancy colors or picture text so it would be easily spotted) (Insert you commentary here) “Eldritch Blast” “” Level 2: Warlock 2 All this is just examples added to what you already do, just want you to know I’m not bashing. Just constructive criticism. Ty again bro keep up the good work.

[@cayxcm]

I remember playing this a few months back, even though you take 0 damage, you still have to succeed a concentration check. You mentioned at 21:30 you will rarely break concentration because you don't actually get hit - you do actually get hit, the damage is just reduced to 0.

[@the0s0ph1st]

Probably best to give your melee partymember Hoarfrost Boots so they don't slip when walking on those icy surfaces

[@Axetwin]

Can I get clarification on something you said in this video? When you were talking about Create/Destroy Water you said if you don't upcast it it won't use a spell slot to cast. How? It uses a spell slot when I cast it. Is there something that I overlooked in this video? Or did I misunderstand?

[@alestronis]

I guess it had been patched out...

[@DominikMBlock]

hey Nizar, I appreciate how much effort goes into the edit of your videos, but it kinda feels like this build is min-maxed for late game / Act 3 and sucks pretty early on. Could you maybe give a guide on how to play it early in honor mode? I tried the "immortal assassin" ice mage build in an honor run with 3 friends and it felt pretty underwhelming. I did no damage and my shield got broken all the time. compared to the rest of my party I had pretty low value and had to long rest pretty fast since I had no spelllots left. In this run we died kinda early around lvl 6. Since I really wanted to make your build work I logged into a save from a normal run and tested the damage with lvl 10 / 12. Obviously I didn't had the same gear, but leveled the same. I fighted the same guards as you (5:17) and did pretty much no damage, but my shield hold on for longer than in my honor run. (probably just because it had more hp) Overall I was just sad because it looked so cool in your video, but without the exact gear it seemed to be pretty weak and come online to late in the game to bu fun in honor mode. Yesterday I finished honor mode with my 3 friends with a different build (frost socrerer into lighting cleric/sorcerer/wizard late). Honor mode was probably the hardest in act 1 since you have no lvl and no gear, but get clapped by many enemys if are not careful eneough. In Act 3 are the bigger boss fights that are tricky too, but with a good build your damage is high enough to get through fights aslong as you read abilities.

[@YouTubeChillZone]

this dont work anymore

[@BilliamTorpedo]

As a brother-in-arms in the "run around to kill stuff" archetype, monk/cleric with at least 2 monk and at least 5 cleric and maxed out strength gets you multiple very long jumps per turn while using spirit guardians, letting you aoe the entire battlefield in one turn. Pair with enhance leap from this here wizard to be truly everywhere.

[@kuribro443]

Thanks for this guide. It was exactly what I was looking for.

[@danielfreitas9301]

I noticed enemies will not attack you in honor mode if you have Agathys up. The steel watch, for example will not attack and sit around until they cast their flame exhaust attack so they can damage you without retaliation. You MUST keep Ray of Frost around and itemize. When testing the build to see the survival side of it I left it out and did not have the items. Eventually pulled a couple extra Steel Watch at end of a combat, had no spell slots left and it eventually burned through arcane ward charges before I could down them with punny melee attacks.

[@AK-bm1yl]

I’m doing something similar by going 4 white draconic sorc/2 temp/6 abj. The nice thing about wiz is that you don’t need full high levels of wizard to access high level spells. You can offload all utility spells like misty step, haste, shield etc to sorcerer. You go 2 tempest with amulet of the devout for high save and 2 maximize spells that you can use to nuke things when they are not clumped up

[@insomniac0095]

I'm tempted to try this. I dont like losing spell slots to Warlock. Nizar's build is super weak in the early levels. I'm going to avoid your cleric dip though and go 4 sorcerer, 8 wizard. That gives me extra abjuration levels and three feats. I'll take warcaster with the extra one, which gives you a lightning reaction like cleric's wrath of storm (plus will help you keep concentration). I'll have a party member cast create water. Dont think I'll miss destructive wrath but we'll see.

[@AK-bm1yl]

@@insomniac0095 Cleric is for channel, not for reaction damage. You get chain lightning from the staff per short rest and you have your level 6 slot for more chain lightning. With the amulet of the devout, you get 2 uses. Pre-haste, quicken create water, double maximize chain lightning, and the fights are pretty much over at round 1. Extra feat isn't that pertinent. You shouldn't need to concentrate for that long if you are playing a really min-maxed party for an honor mode run. Most of my fights in honor mode end just becomes a straggler mop up at most after 2 rounds

[@insomniac0095]

@@AK-bm1yl I get that but that's a different build from the subject of this video. If you're going to spam chain lightning every fight and try to wipe the screen out in one move, you dont need to go abjuration wizard to build defense. You should just go 2 cleric, 10 sorcerer if you're going to do that and invest in charisma over intelligence. I've done the overpowered lightning sorcerer before. I'm curious to try the defensive frost wizard now.

[@AK-bm1yl]

@@insomniac0095 No... because wizard levels give you full access to every spell. And you can do everything a sorc does with just 3 levels of sorc. You can have more sorc points than your level. Don't think you understand how BG3 builds work

[@insomniac0095]

@@AK-bm1yl Why do you need every spell if chain lightning is ending battles in one turn? Your words. You explained why I dont need certain things because chain lightning and destructive wrath ends battles so quick, but then you also want to say you need all this other stuff in your build. I've played the game plenty. Your build is fine, but it's more efficient to put more levels into sorcerer get more sorcerer points to quicken more often, if your goal is to end battles before they begin. It's also easier to cast off charisma for damage purposes because you can get charisma to lvl 24 (and it boosts the draconic bloodline bonus you get at lvl 6) Nizar's build is meant to be more defensive and have you run all over the field proc-ing opportunity attacks and using AoA to take down enemies (if you even watched the video). Why would anyone playing that want to go the chain lightning + channel divinity method? That defeats the whole purpose of going defensive. To my original point, there's no reason for the cleric dip if you're playing defensive. If you want to play ultra offensive, destructive wrath is good, but it's a different style/build than this video, which is why I'm here.

[@jerondiovis6128]

To push damage reduction to absolute maximum: - as Tempest Cleric, you have proficiency in heavy armour - so replace Bonespike Garb with Adamantine Splint Armour (and later with Helldusk Armour) - and instead of Ability Improvement pick Heavy Armour Master Which, compared to Bonespike Garb, will give +4 dmg reduction for non-magical attacks, and +1 for magical ones. But sadly we'll lose that extra retaliation damage =(

[@NizarGG]

good shout! definitely the way to go if you go that route. I considered it as well but ultimately decided to steer away from using heavy armour as I wanted to keep AC as low possible to (1) make the likelihood of the AI targeting the wizard higher (the AI prios lower AC targets) and (2) after successfully getting picked make it as likely as possible that the AI actually hits us.

[@antoniomaurtua230]

yep if you have more ac they miss and you dont hurt them @@NizarGG

[@Yertle_Turtle]

EPIC video, thank you for making and sharing this with us.

[@subject8776]

Now you have every class covered in some capacity. (Rogue and Ranger mainly through multiclassing)

[@smokyx]

For y'all to know: Create Water is broken at the moment (after patch 5) and Larian still didn't mention it in the patchnotes. Some of you might not have notice, others got the bug and can't cast it for free (especially on console from what i've read online).

[@smokyx]

For me: i don't see the third option (with the upcast icon) wich let you cast for free with my mage Gale, but i do see it and can use it on Shadowhearth lol This might be because i'm still level 4 so my mage hasn't gotten yet level 2 spells, and the bug seems related to the possibility of upcasting Create Water so..

[@nickchaput219]

I like the disintegrating night walkers on this build better that the boots you had so that you don't slip on your own ice

[@Blazingkhan]

Bro its fun to scroll through your video due to the random edditing

[@mechpolaris598]

You can sacrifice your warlock 2 for sorcerer 2 to get the water myrmidon lvl 6 summon (accumulated spell slots give you 1) while still having Agathys (via ilithid or legendary staff or the replenish item), in honor mode you'd be resting a lot anyway so the spammable mage armor wouldn't really impact you as much and having a water myrmidon for healing + wet is always nice.

[@STELLAR_o7]

Draconic Ancestry: White

[@dylanwoodard5378]

How would Illithid give you Armour of Agathys? Unless you mean Shield of Thralls? But I don't think that spell could be used to build up arcane wards…

[@dylanwoodard5378]

Oh, you meant Freecast. That way you wouldn't expend a spell slot. I get it, although I think the levels of Warlock are better just for Repelling Blast. You can push people into AOE spells, or just away from you.

[@dylanwoodard5378]

Also, how would you stack up the levels of arcane Ward without Armour of Shadows?

[@jasong.5887]

​@dylanwoodard5378 there's a bug where you cast arcane lock using extended meta magic and it gives you way more stacks than it should. Tested with 2 sorc and 3 wiz and got up to 12 stacks with two casts (instead of the cap of 6, casted arcane lock at level 2)

[@Smuckbuck1]

Looks so good. A nice change from the other wiz waz options.

[@pilgrimgirl3182]

Nice wizard for my honor mode party. Love your vids btw!😁✌️

[@kenthil]

it appears that they took the free cast option away from create water. you now only have create water/destroy water, and both consume a spell slot. Even at higher levels, I'm seeing it take a spell slot, with no option to cast the variant present.

[@LPLP-v5i]

Really cool build! What do you think about using the risky ring instead of the callous glow ring since this build doesnt mind getting hit

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

One thing i would switch are the boots. there are 2 (3?) that prevent you from falling prone on ice. and thenone from Nere also has the miatystep etc. seems like a nobrainer to me

[@modisp]

Yeah looks to be worth to consider. You sure be running a lot around enemies. And they most likely be on ice. Just looks at his vid. They msotly are.

[@chr1broo]

Stormy clamor boots from act 1 would proc a lot of reverberation with this setup.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

@@chr1broo i personally love those reverb gloves from the creshe. but i have made this build. so many options 🤣 i did have a combo with shadowheart as tempest cleric and a sorcerer with lightning, that combo is absolutely ludricous. There aren't enough enemies for those 2

[@squishycc9402]

I've been using infernal robe instead of the bonespike garb. You can get some crazy thorns damage by doubling down on the magical shields

[@DrD-vz5on]

Looks like this might be broken now? Can no longer upcast create water. It will now always use a spell slot.

[@Lunyore]

You sure it is not a bug?

[@tutucamts4708]

I just soled serevok with this build. That was so fun seeing he hitting himself to bhaal

[@TheTlMEWARP]

Making this tonight. Great video!

[@ak1996able]

Personally instead of the repelling blast invocation I would take beguiling influence as persuasion and deception are a huge part of this game and can allow you to skip deadly boss fights. This is important for your main character, other characters in your quad can roll with repelling blast but main character should have beguiling influence

[@darkmatter32x]

Very well made video. Have a like and a subscriber.

[@spellandshield]

De Uitverkorene van builds heeft weer toegeslagen!

[@raKkoon69]

I dont think this build works anymore?? Can no longer cast mage armor and stack wards??

[@smokyx]

Wondering the same

[@dododimitrov9657]

This could be risky however for your companions

[@Lawni5]

Those animations are hilarious. ❤

[@1jamelb]

How do you infinitely cast Create Water?

[@benhickson6149]

Rain dancer staff from aaron in the grove

[@basti1914]

Nice Video, thank you. I like the build very much. But watch your gain, audio is clipping sometimes. Sorry, I'm an audio engineer. :)

[@PapaTanduo]

great video I learned a lot , thanks bro!

[@arweyn1]

I am rather new to the D&D games ... being a Civ player for more than 2 decades. It took me a decade plus to get a good idea of Civ. I guess that I will go through this game style -- incrediley complex and multitudes of variations. My humble suggestion is that you link / post the items and build details as a summary for noobs like me. It would help us cont go through the game play and get a hang of it. You are doing an incredible job and I appreciate a lot !! Thank you

[@trnod]

Dont think this build works anymore..

[@randomracoon8467]

Works up to 4 charges so yeah not really

[@nfsbeast]

I planned on trying this build what’s changed?

[@MonkeyDLuffy-vj6ib]

@@nfsbeastbuild works fine. According to this guide max arcane ward you can get is 18 (lv9 wiz), so with damage resistance from blade ward or stone skin you can nullify hits that deal 36 dmg or less

[@MrCjalex1]

I’m playing it now and it does work. I substituted 2 Warlock for 1 White Draconic Sorc to get AoA. Just upcast it max level and use Blade Ward as mentioned here. Just walk around and draw attacks.

[@FeaRDirTy]

The only things that’s changed is you can’t infinitely cast those spells like create water and the armor to build up max stacks out of combat

[@sandflyhorseradish8178]

0:23 BEST N MOST IMPORTANT PART EVER!!!

[@ttt5020]

15:48 Cantrips are spells! They are considered level 0 spells.

[@EnderSpy007]

Spidersilk armor is pretty good in early game, light armor with advantage on concentration checks. 1 less ac than what I can get with mage armor+shield

[@nandodando9695]

I have limited time to play, i think ill play this. My first thought was "Cull the Weak"

[@Allcyon]

I accidentally built 50% of this build just yesterday and thought myself clever. Good on you, man.

[@captainransom5455]

Yeah I think this build dosent work anymore. Arcane Ward seems to be capped now. At level 5 i only get 4 charges max.

[@donvisione3634]

thats because your wizard lvl is only 2 at lvl. 5 general lvl. you have to increase your wizard lvl for more charges

[@ajtame]

Can sorc not just do exactly the same build but better?

[@ASCTeck]

A build that’s powerful in the end but you will eat shit the whole way to it.

[@noblesseoblige319]

If I'm not mistaken, the ability to cast create water for free without spell slot is a bug, and that was patched out in patch 6

[@Mikle_Silver]

Why waste 2 lvl on warlock, if you can have just one with sorcerer choose dragon bloodline with armor of Agathys?

[@doctorz7305]

Did I miss something here? How are you casting Water Myrmidon with no level 6 spell slots?

[@matteoalberghini3816]

you can go 10 level wizard, 1 level sorc draconic for armor of agathys, 1 level cleric if you want, there's no need to go 2 level warlock if anything go 3 level warlock and abandon cleric, so you get infinite mage armor spam so you always have max ward stacks

[@Strmshadow73]

What does 3 levels in warlock do for you?

[@NizarGG]

Level 3 warlock doesn't do anything for the build and the warlock dips are infinitely more valuable than going sorc. The possibility to have a fully stacked arcane ward at any point in the game (post speccing into abjuration) is insane value and is more useful than what draconic sorc can ever provide for this build.

[@valeskamaru6939]

man i always look forward to your vids, just amazing to look at

[@edgargutierrez4203]

Now i want the same thing but with fire. GET OVER HERE

[@GamingDemiurge]

What a crazy build!

[@brymcc11]

So sadly on my game in Honour Mode Blade Ward doesn't give charges of arcane ward, and swapping to a clothing doesn't seem to let me reapply Armour of Shadows. Still a fun build at later game with natural Arcane Ward buildup, but a bit of a bummer it didn't work at lower levels.

[@spiderobert]

it still works, you need to switch to armor (not to another clothing item) and then back to clothing.

[@jamescrockett813]

“Fog cloud” did not sound like fog cloud when I first heard it; hahaha.

[@Rue-DH]

I absolutely love your videos and I am very curious to try this one out but I have a problem with it and I don't see any other comments about it...? When I started with this build the ability specking made it so that the warlock spellcasting ability was pretty low. Because of that, Eldrich blast was pretty much unusable for me as it just kept missing. Is this build meant to be a later game respec so you don't have to deal with being a level 1 warlock with a bad spell casting modifyer? Or am I doing something else wrong?

[@gwenhyfarbeati]

i'm playing it with a respec in mind for later, but you don't HAVE to (it's just harder and more annoying due to missing etc)

[@marsanon4314]

Cant wait to try this with a way of the four elements monk

[@nicolastetreault2140]

Nice one still waiting for part 2 of paladin build :o

[@piojdr]

How many life's you made happy is beyond my imagination ❤

[@askkaai]

Great build, thanks! Unfortunately, I seem to have missed the Mourning Frost (I left Dhourn alive and now cannot obtain the Icy Helve anymore :/) Any suggestions on how I should adjust? Are the any other good frost themed staffs in the game? Or should I just skip the dual wielding feat and go for another +2 Intelligence, instead?

[@seemwhy]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJOUg3tugMRqmbc this is the answer I think

[@askkaai]

Looks promising, thx 👍🏻

[@Drakkart]

i prefer 1 lvl sorc draconic cold for AoA and then 1 lvl tempest cleric and the rest wizard this way you get access to lvl 6 spells slots and can upcast AoA to do 30 retaliation damage.

[@blakenoir7890]

Have you noticed that the armor of shadows does not work? Once I cast it on myself, I’m unable to use the spell again due to it reading “this character already has mage armor”

[@gabrielsilva7961]

you have to switch the armors, cloth to light armor then cloth again and use the spell. cloth -> light armor -> cloth -> armor of shadows -> repeat. sorry for the bad english.

[@austinfletcher12345]

​@gabrielsilva7961 when I do that the mage armor goes away and I don't see any arcane stacks

[@skoll8226]

Necesito esta build en español, brutal. Good video man, congratulations

[@pxpq]

Ice WIZARD - GALE/Wood Elf Half Elf/White or Silver Dragonborn Level 1 - Warlock Cantrips - Blade Ward, Eldritch Blast Spells - Armour of Agathys, Hex Subclass - The Great Old One Abilities - 8 Str, 14 Dex, 14 Con (+1), 17 Int (+2), 12 Wis, 10 Cha Level 2 - Warlock Spell - Hellish Rebuke Invocation - Repelling Blast, Armour of Shadows Level 3 - Cleric Tempest Domain Spells - Create or Destroy Water, Sanctuary Cantrips - Guidance, Thaumaturgy, Light Level 4 - Wizard - Abjuration Cantrips - Ray of Frost, Shocking Grasp, Bone Chill Spells - Shield, Ice Knife, Chromatic Orb, Longstrider, Magic Missile, Find Familiar Level 5 - Wizard Spells - Expeditious Retreat, Tasha's Hideous Laughter Level 6 - Wizard Spells - Misty Step, Cloud of Daggers Level 7 - Wizard Cantrip - Minor Illusion Spells - Hold Person, Flaming Sphere Feat - Dual Wielder Level 8 - Wizard Spells - Glyph of Warding, Counterspell Level 9 - Wizard Spells - Haste, Remove Curse Level 10 - Wizard Spells - Ice Storm, Fire Shield Level 11 - Wizard Spells - Stoneskin, Blight Feat - Ability Improvement Intelligence Level 12 - Wizard Spells - Cone of Cold, Conjure Elemental Gear: Mourningfrost Staff - Underdark 3 pieces Spellsparkler - Waukeen's Rest quest - Replace with Markoheshkir in act 3 Winter's Clutches - Act 1 Esther in Mountain Pass Coldbrim Hat - Act 2 Balthazar's Chambers in Moonrise Towers - first floor, behind bookcase Fleshmelter Cloak - Act 2 House of Healing Morgue Gilded Chest Bonespike Garb - Act 3 Rivington Exxvikyap Boots of Arcane Bolstering - Act 2 Moonrise Tower Araj Oblodra Necklace of Elemental Augmentation - Act 1 Creche Inquisitor's Chamber Display Case Callous Glow Ring - Act 2 Gauntlet of Shar Vault Room Opulent Chest near Balthazar Snowburst Ring - Act 2 Last Light Inn Perception Check Loose Plank Hellrider Longbow - Act 3 Rivington Ferg Drogher

[@SouLworriors]

I wish I could use this but for some reason enemies won't attack me when I have all my buffs or even just arcane ward. They will just stand there, making eye contact while heavy breathing

[@mrfooz2664]

How does your ray of frost hit consistently with low percentage hits? Even at 80% mine keep missing more than half the time

[@f_4_fight440]

Hi, great guide Has the Armour of Shadows "exploit" been fixed?

[@SNAFUofc]

Nope, still works

[@f_4_fight440]

@@SNAFUofc yet I can't make it work, the +3 bonus doesn't appear at the bottom left

[@SNAFUofc]

Hmm that's wierd. Im currently playing it in an honor run and it's working for me there. Should be a little gray symbol that u can stack to twice your wizard lvl

[@f_4_fight440]

@@SNAFUofc wait, but does this trick only work in honor mode? Maybe that's why it doesn't work for me, I'm on balanced, first run ever

[@SNAFUofc]

@@f_4_fight440 It should work in balanced too im pretty sure. I can make a char when i get home from work and test it. Just to make sure, u have atleast 2 lvls in warlock for the armor of shadows invocation and 2 levels of wizard for the abjuration subclass?

[@XizuXingzazi]

Any way to use create water for free without using spell slots?

[@جميل-ظ3ك]

I would love to see a sword and staff build like gandalf!

[@michaelrobinson9643]

Karlack, Shadowheart and Lae'zel are *always* vulnerable to cold and lightning when grouped with me.... because they are always wet.