Incinerating Act 1 as a Lonewolf Sorcerer - Baldur's Gate 3 Tactician

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FIRE ONLY!! 🔥
Here's another Lonewolf Tactician build for you. This time we're playing as a spellcaster which is dreadful solo. We're a Draconic Sorcerer where we have one restriction, ONLY FIRE. Fire Bolt, Fire Ball, Fire Storm, the world shall burn under our might.
With our Twinned and Quickened Meta-magic we'll be slinging hundred of bolts of fire, defeating the master of the forge and in the future even the devil. Can I save Baldur's gate? Lets hope not or else all that's left will be ash.

[@NT-gv2ne]

Typical DD Sorcerer: I don't care how small the room is! I said: Cast Fireball!

[@Pheeon]

Remember kids, take careful spell or your friends will hate you

[@camdendavis8854]

you just strolling past gale killed me

[@emetmann9454]

And gale, probably

[@Te3time]

That's what I did in my first play through and then I had to google where you get him before I continued to act 2 lol

[@mauigonz]

Oh brother, quadruple resistance to fire damage 1-Dragon-Born 2-Sorcerer reaction 3-Staff 4-Elemental Adept It should just become Fire immunity

[@Pheeon]

I'm a little bundle of redundancy lol

[@eetuheikkinen8749]

The dragonborn fire resistance really should stack with the dragonic bloodline's resistance, it's just silly that picking the same dragon for bloodline and ancestry is the sub-optimal pick

[@garwynrosser8907]

Easy tip for solo gryforge. Stand on the forge and drop a potion at your feet. The broken potion will raise you when the hammer breaks it.

[@Pheeon]

That's a good tip! I was trying to not use anything but ended up needing an invisibility potion. Just did it with no items, levels, or equipment though in my latest short! I'll keep that strat in mind when I do level1 lonewolf.

[@PowerfulWarbird]

Grym's movement only gets him halfway across the platform, so I used a potion of flight to get around him, and lured him back and forth between the edge and center of the platform. That leaves you just out of his melee reach. Only danger is when he uses his stomp.

[@user-rd3ou5ev6o]

That was actually fun. Reminds me of DOS2 lonewolf runs. Wish there was a solo feat in BG3.

[@Pheeon]

Eh what can you do lol, I feel like DoS2 needed it, or at least i was bad at lonewolfing in DoS.

[@oreledoria2537]

Only a minute in and I'm absolutely flabbergasted at seeing actual keybinds for abilities. I didn't even know they existed!

[@the_truant]

Fantastic video as always! and a sick build to boot!

[@el33tkrew]

I love your solo vids, fun to watch

[@Atomori]

I already did a few solo runs with either non spellcasters or at best half spellcasters, so i really wanted to see one done with a spellcaster, and the element limitation makes it even better

[@Pheeon]

iiits torture! There's a really good build with sorcerer warlock if you want to minmax, I think there's a lonewolf video on it. Though I like solving my problems with fireball

[@TheGodLycan]

@@Pheeon who by?

[@anthonyfaiell3263]

Martial characters are so insanely strong in bg3. Full spellcasters can work if you don't mind long resting after every single combat.

[@Atomori]

@@anthonyfaiell3263 on tactician that starts to get costly, probably the best way to go full spellcaster would be to get eldritch blast with potent robe (on an evocation wizard if you wanna minimax) coz then you got some reliable dmg to use without spending spell slots for easier fights, but at this point you're playing warlock but worse

[@supervnukchannel]

great job as always

[@Isaax]

Question remains why you didn't get the Hat of Fire Acuity right then and there in Moonlight Inn while you were there? Surely this is by far the most powerful item for you in the whole run

[@Pheeon]

Thanks for watching, and good point! I did actually grab it, though I was going to bring it up in the next video. I valued the free spell slot more at the early levels, so I just made the decision to omit the procurement. I might consider the Pyroquickness hat later as well.

[@Isaax]

@@Pheeon Just had to mention it because I just got it a few hours ago in my run and it borderline trivializes the game if you open with a scorching ray, maybe upcast it, for up to a +7 on spell attacks and especially spell save DC. It's beyond busted, no idea how they thought it's appropriate as an "uncommon" tier item. Also pro-tip: All you need to deal is fire damage of any kind, meaning you can use something like firebolt on objects and farm your 7 turns of Arcane Acuity, then enter turn based mode and start your fight with lots of Arcane Acuity without wasting a round setting it up

[@Pheeon]

@Isaax eyo that's a good strat to keep in mind thanks for sharing! I probably won't need to cheese like that but it'll be in the back pocket

[@DarkCreedNinja]

This is great, I was thinking of doing a pyro build myself

[@Pheeon]

Lemme tell ya it sucks until you're leveled! I essentially power leveled to 5, I'm unsure of how well I'll be able to scale

[@Miloascape]

don't know how i missed it in my first playthrough but never went to underdark lol... just through the mountain pass and onwards hehehe. dropped a like.

[@Pheeon]

Big game :) there are many little sub zoned and bosses around which I myself and others have missed

[@paintedroseproductions2063]

The laugh I released when you walked past Gales portal was unwaranted though so welcome

[@wollyram6248]

Looking forward to the future adventures of Pheon the fire gecko. P.S footage is a bit dark.

[@Pheeon]

Ooh y'know fair point. I like my gameplay nice and dark for the atmosphere but its gotta make for some poor viewing at points, I'll up the gamma for part 2 especially 👍

[@Yabbamann]

@@Pheeon With regards to lighting, also remember KZbin makes footage darker during processing and low-light will severely damper the bitrate of the footage. You probably want footage even brighter than normal to safe

[@oopiumluola]

Yooo let's goo new vid;

[@azizyakan1345]

Dude, you are making me want to get into sorcerer right now. Unfortunaly, right now I'm commited to beating the game as bard. Next time for sure though

[@Pheeon]

Oh, sorcerer is very fun, even more so in multiplayer. Twinning haste mmm. Multiclassing is also fun, going into warlock especially

[@teebrokn8502]

love the playthrough. rip the gang tho

[@dylanclemento3572]

Play as a gold dwarf with draconic ancestry for fighter level HP. It's an additional +2 HP for every level, also if you take the "durable" feat it's another additional 2 hp per level. My character is a dwarf sorceror using a 2 handed hammer 😂

[@Pheeon]

I definitely could've picked a better class lol, but cmon you've gotta be a dragonborn

[@ComfyCherry]

5d6 at 16th level? something to look forward to... if they expand the level cap in an expansion or something

[@blazex224]

Nice job. By the way, is there any reason to go get Withers early? I didn't get him in my current run and he just showed up at camp, but I always see challenge runs opting to get him

[@Pheeon]

I like to grab him since it's always good to get him if I screw up the build, or if I want to experiment. There's an added bonus that by respecing you have a sudo long rest, where you get spellslots and health from leveling. I probably won't be exploiting it but it's on the table. Plus, you get decent enough loot and xp, the ruins+goblins should be enough to get level 3

[@andybodle7560]

So that you're level 3 before you get to the Grove fight

[@christianwinkelbauer6524]

As part of the lone wolf challenge are you able to bring wyll to camp to get the infernal robe wnen you kill karlach? That free fire shield spell would give you a little extra fire damage against melee attackers.

[@brormanner112birkly5]

This is my friend in dnd

[@shilohmagic7173]

wait, you didn't choose to go explode dror ragzlin? I assume you have other plans for those bombs, then...

[@vergilvalentine]

Fire only in a Larian game? Uh oh

[@2009worstyearever]

the hat models for dragon born look so goofy.

[@spectralspectra2282]

In the last fight couldn't you use mage hand to activate prime target for the robot which name i can't remember?

[@Pheeon]

You could! Though Its technically bludgeoning damage lol, I'm weird like that. I was confident I could do it without it since I was able to beat him under even less ideal circumstances

[@spectralspectra2282]

@@Pheeon Ah yeah, forgot it does bludgeoning damage lmao

[@anthonyfaiell3263]

Did you enjoy long resting after every single combat?

[@Pheeon]

Nope! I try to conserve my spell slots and just firebolt when I can. But I am hoarding every ration I can find because I'll need them lol

[@Zantekken]

how'd you go from moonrise back to act 1? doesn't it trigger the game over?

[@Pheeon]

Nope you can fast travel if you don't do the mausoleum

[@meemdic8682]

It only does so once you find nightsong

[@thej6846]

super late comment but "pheeonix" wouldve made a great name

[@xxYaboiSlaysGurlsxx]

Surprised the undead near Withers didn't just cast blind and spam it like they did for my run

[@Pheeon]

Oh don't think I haven't experienced that lol. And annoyingly, they won't walk through the blind cloud either.

[@xxYaboiSlaysGurlsxx]

Yeah legit hid in that room they cast blind and stayed there, there was some that would go around the room on the outside and do nothing@@Pheeon

[@Pheeon]

@MageTuna exactly lol, they did some of that, though the pain was omitted for your viewing pleasure :)

[@user-jd7nq1nl8r]

Was it silence or blind? I have never been blinded by them, that sounds awful, but also a useful tip you can loot all of their bodies before you press the button which renders the warrior practically useless

[@Pheeon]

@@user-jd7nq1nl8r I believe they can cast both, though blind is the worse of the two

[@vincentlee7359]

Why not grab the feat that ignores fire resistance?

[@Pheeon]

I did at 10:06 Originally, I took the skill point improvement to get better health and chance to hit. After I killed auntie I was able to get 18 charisma from her boon, so It was worth it swapping back. Not alot of fire resistant enemies in act 1

[@vincentlee7359]

@@Pheeon ah

[@cancan-wc9kx]

Summon elemental and b8 d be the tactic no? Though never played tactician

[@Pheeon]

I try to avoid allies/summons when I can, though they would definitely be handy if you don't mind them

[@HarryWinter-ih1we]

How did you go back from act two too act 1 ?

[@Pheeon]

Act 1 only locks down after you do the temple of Shar, you can use fast travel or just walk out!

[@Metalhammer1993]

wait you can just walk into act 2? what he hell? you're not just stuck there after walking in?

[@dicktatorgee]

Why does your dragonborn have a tail?

[@Pheeon]

I gave him one :) there's a customization option for it

[@jackor33234354368998]

Because he is clearly a man of culture

[@TheAusar]

Wait, what actually happened there that killed all the tieflings?

[@Pheeon]

If you leave the act and go to the mountain pass/underdark they'll try to flee to baldurs gate and get slaughtered :(

[@TheAusar]

@@Pheeon Does this still happen if you do the shadow druid questline?

[@Pheeon]

It should I believe they will leave regardless, so this will happen if you ignore the goblin leaders

[@spiralphoenix9839]

So I’ve been doing this except with ice magic only. And I’m doing it on balanced. Because the only damaging ice spells you have until level 7 are ice knife and chromatic orb. And I’ve knife rarely even does ice damage. It’s pure hell. I wanna die. Fire you get scorching rays and then fire ball at level 5. Fire ball does more damage than ice storm at level 7. You also don’t get create water unless you dip into cleric or Druid. So you really don’t get ice storm until level 8. But hey, you are forced to get heavy armor, and you do deal solid damage. Especially once you get the mourning frost. Which lets you inflict chilled, deal 1 more ice damage and freeze enemies.

[@EXL72]

Couldn’t ya just grab water bottles and threw it at groups or the biggest enemies?

[@spiralphoenix9839]

@@EXL72 sure but it gets annoying to get them and they take up a bunch of room.

[@EXL72]

@@spiralphoenix9839fair enough yeah

[@spiralphoenix9839]

@@EXL72 also, I’ve really optimized this build and it’s actually insanely strong even at lower levels. Can hit some insane damage off day of frost. If you crit and apply vulnerable. I think it’s something like 28 ac late game and 160 damage crits. Without using spell slots. It’s actually insane. So I’ve since bumped it to tactician.

[@IlRe720]

Do you mean your spells are limited?? You get full spell slots as a sorc… right? XD nah nah I’ve got like 2k hours in this game some random offhand comment in a KZbin video isn’t gunna make me suddenly doubt my sanity….

[@Pheeon]

I think I was just referring to the fact that spellcasters, in general, have a limited amount of spell til they just spam firebolt, not that sorcerer itself gets a raw deal. The more scorching rays the better >:)

[@dolparadise3040]

running into act 2 randomly mid video without warning is just kind of a dick move. alot of players stay in act one and make multiple characters before moving on and do the same for act 2. Everyone who makes videos like this stay in the act they are playing and dont troll the audience. give a warning please

[@Pheeon]

Eyo my bad, my idea of the warning was announcing I was in act 2. I didn't do anything in it except purchase an item. I apologize if I had spoiled you at all

[@maddinkn]

If you don't want spoilers don't watch anything related to it. It's that simple

[@dolparadise3040]

@@maddinkn a large portion of players make multiple characters and havent even finished the game, hence why people make videos for specifically act one act two or act three. its to avoid spoliers. So stay in the act you are posting in the thumbnail, its that simple.

[@dolparadise3040]

@@Pheeon appreciated, you didnt spoil anything for me. im well ahead of where you posted. but you couldve spoiled for people.

[@maddinkn]

@@dolparadise3040 look at the thumbnail my dude. I think you got something mixed.