Necromancer Solo Honour Mode - Raphael | Baldur's Gate 3

Build:
Necromancer: 8 STR, 16 DEX, 14 CON, 17 INT, 10 WIS, 8 CHA
- 1 Wizard: Cantrips: Bone Chill, Minor Illusion - Spells: Mage Armour, Shield, Ray of Sickness
- 2 Wizard: Necromancy School Subclass
- 3 Wizard: Spells: Mirror Image, Cloud of Daggers
- 4 Wizard: Dual Wielder Feat - Spells: Misty Step, Melf's Acid Arrow
- 5 Wizard: Spells: Animate Dead, Counterspell
- 6 Wizard: Spells: Haste - Necromancy School: Undead Thralls
- 7 Wizard: Spells: Blight
- 8 Wizard: Ability Improvement Feat (+2 INT) - Spells: Conjure Minor Illusion
- 9 Wizard: Spells: Cloudkill
- 10 Wizard: Necromancy School: Inured to Undeath - Learn Dethrone and Artistry of War from Scrolls
- 11 Wizard: Spells: Disintegrate, Circle of Death
- 12 Wizard: Alert Feat - Spells: Create Undead
- Mirror of Loss: +2 INT, Hag Hair +1 INT
P.S. This is not necessarily the order how you need to take these spells, but rather a collection of the most important spells for this build.

[@SleepingDog.]

The Ghouls from the Danse Macabre spell explode on death, dealing necrotic damage. Who needs barrelmancy if you can summon your own walking bombs. :) Build Guide: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXzNnZ9sqZaZrMU

[@user-wg8ee9di7v]

The hidden subclass of barrelmancy: necro-blaster

[@kaue11]

but how can you group them so tightly? because they are AI controlled, aren't they?

[@stjosh]

@@kaue11 summon them close to each other (you can choose the location of each ghoul when summoning using danse macabre) and then ungroup them when summoned so they dont automatically run around to follow you, then they make them invisible so they dont get pulled into combat and start automatically taking turns, thus allowing them to be exploded!

[@FirstLast-qg7xn]

I learned this in my second honor mode run. When the emperor saves you from the brain it forces a soft long rest and strips your party of buffs then kills all your summons... You regain control with a bunch of missing hp and your combat log shows all the necrotic damage...

[@owencaulfield8310]

I learnt it during the Ansur fight. His first breath attack took out the ghouls and the party got blasted for even more damage. Luckily, it wasn't an honour run! @@FirstLast-qg7xn

[@martinmilan6271]

Me with 90% chance: Miss This guy with 50% chance: Proceeds to hit absolutely everything...

[@kakka]

friend, there are cuts in this video, all these moments of 50% if you stop to look you will see that there is a cut in the video, it probably fails the attack and returns to the save (yes, it is honorable but you can close and open it again exactly in the same place it was if you unplug the PC, turn it off directly or close the game through the task manager. There is also a mod that leaves the strategist with honor mode mechanics without the single save part) anyway, the guy the video was very good

[@turoblaxos]

dude, in one boss fight I missed TWO 99% attacks!!!

[@FrostyFyre]

@@kakkathey patched the task manager bit, as soon as you close program via task manager or alt f4 it immediately saves before closing.

[@Joci445]

the spells hes using are based on saving throws rather than attack rolls. so the percentage you see is not the chance to hit, but rather the chance raphael will pass or fail the saving throw. if he saves, he still takes half damage from the spell. you can see he saves many times against the spells lol

[@uriniumintestor7302]

He saves most of the times and takes half damage. But the number of cuts is still suuuuper sus. Like, why was there this last cut right before he finished the Raphael?

[@elg8071]

Sometimes I think im good at this game, then people like this exist, good shit dude

[@adamlocke2522]

*Furiously scribbles down notes for future wizard runs*

[@TheStealthyPlatypus]

Player: "I throw the flask I got containing the evil creature 30 sessions ago next to Raphael..." DM: "You....WHAT!?!?!"

[@FirstLast-qg7xn]

Everyone one should give a like for the build and also cleanest inventory on youtube lol

[@SleepingDog.]

I need my clean inventory, can't play without it. :)

[@jeremygardner5987]

@@SleepingDog.legendary cleanliness. And everything else too. All the love

[@ivazdranoel4609]

I LOVE that you slowdown for the “Twice as long” line 😂. Keep up the good gameplay!

[@Robert-nh4dt]

I *fucking* love this video. You clearly made it to be entertaining instead of a boring slaughter where Raphael doesn't get to do anything. Not just that, but I can see you edited out the parts where you were thinking of your next move to keep the action going, which means you also must've played with the music turned off, and edited it back in yourself. You're exactly the kind of boss fight youtuber that should be topping the lists of this website.

[@crackedopen5007]

HOW GOOD IS THE MUSIC IN THIS GAME THO

[@TonyBee179]

Your character looks dope asf, fits the necro profile perfectly my guy! Smooth gameplay too👌

[@masterdna117]

really liked your video. No OP build to kill rafa in 1 turn with a crazy combo but an actual build utilizing the mechanics and good preparation at the start. This is how you ACTUALLY play the game

[@MemoryFreeze]

For anyone watching this video was made for the entertainment of the viewer. After all the original adds died all they had to do was cast bestow curse: dread and the fight literally would've already been over and the only thing we would be watching is a 3 minute beat down of raphael skipping his turns.

[@Karomix3]

Your character looks so beautiful.

[@lukaszprotas]

Necromancer is never truly solo, we all may agree on that😉 xD

[@ThomasHoward-ro4ri]

Awesome! Cant wait for part 3 of the series dude :)

[@ededandeddy2115]

1st campaign w my brother we got here and the vocals came in and we were enthralled. Such a good game and honestly this was my fav fight in the whole game

[@felixgrubshtain4365]

The sound track is amazing ❤

[@tanders4444]

Your character design is top tier. Gameplay too, don’t get me wrong, but I was immediately grabbed by it.

[@newt3763]

props to the spectator for living that long

[@Purhiman1]

Damn son, everything is nicely done. Congrats to you on being awesome!! Love the character though, a real necro freak.

[@azel7056]

Huh, Hahaha Gotta Admit that was impresive, and for a pure Wizard build, your strategy and Character was just solid.

[@madafaka3587]

I love your build and your character, wp!

[@evildos]

Nicely done !

[@alimant1119]

Hello, I'm currently around 40 hrs into my honor run at Moonrise and I'm really nervous about the big fights, but looking at your videos makes me feel better lmao. Gonna follow builds and strats from you 🙏

[@SleepingDog.]

Happy to help. :)

[@keeperkai999]

we're fighting an strong enemy that has the balls to barge into hell and fight us, now let's look at this cute kitteh that came outta nowhere...what's the worst that can happen?

[@FrostyFyre]

The amount of times you landed a 50% hit chance spell in honour mode proves God does have favourites 😂😂😂

[@FrostyFyre]

Missed 3 attacks with advantage and 90% hit chance last time I played honour mode

[@fernandofor98]

@@FrostyFyre he cut the video multiple times if you notice

[@umuzealot9044]

I'm sure the fight was hard and there were some very cool moves, but I just couldn't stop admiring the well organized hotbar for 15 minutes straight...

[@TheHispanicmaid]

Raphael’s theme didn’t have to go that hard absolute banger 🙏😤

[@sergeypogorelov7059]

Well done 👍

[@ericdavis4758]

I’m watching in the the perspective of yurgir. He spent like maybe 18 seconds canonically in combat before getting absolutely decimated by this literal mortal. This version of TAV is truly a god in mortal flesh.

[@davidkillebbr1902]

I did not know that was possible such an OP character, omg, i thought my party was invincible until i've watched this video :P

[@amber61pop]

WHY AM I ONLY NOW FINDING OUT YOU CAN HAVE TWO STAFFS AT ONCE OMG

[@Dev-fe7fk]

Dual Wielder Feat enables it. Surprisingly good on casters, despite being intended for martials.

[@Walthanar]

need to invest a feat to get dual wielder for that!

[@NecroTokyo]

Honestly I had to star over bc of this

[@riffgroove]

​@STARWARSFan2614 Just go to Withera and respec your character. 200 gold is way better than starting over.

[@FrostyFyre]

@@riffgrooveand then just pickpocket your money back, bone daddy don’t give af

[@ravelucis4222]

Can wie please just say how absolutely angelic This Song is?

[@nickthompson4943]

Necromancers are never alone though 👀

[@Cfbaccount]

Awesome! You should do the cazedor fight now👍

[@hazardofmadness6750]

"when your dealing with necromancy, nobody is ever really gone..." -Sienna Fuegonasus

[@kingcaesar1688]

Nicely done! I'd be happy to just beat honor mode normally lol.

[@zeonmatrix3270]

Your character looks cool

[@DenizenOfPluto]

This is impressive.

[@frankmachado4142]

That bar... So organized!

[@Purhiman1]

Can you tell me how I can organize the bar? Do I have to do it custom? Because that takes time. Why can't I just click and drag? 🤷‍♂️

[@frankmachado4142]

@@Purhiman1 But you can just drag and drop. Make sure it's not locked and that you press on the + icon to make more slots

[@Purhiman1]

@frankmachado4142 hmm, I've tried drag and drop so many times. Nothing is happening. Gotta try again. Thanks. I was thinking that it never could be that hard, it surely must go with drag and drop.

[@Krylore]

Bonus points for the Harleep Dialogue!! 🎉

[@gimmefooda7574]

I must try this build in my next solo

[@user-ue4sd6ye5e]

Cool fighting

[@AlexisTheDragon]

Nice one babe!

[@andrewcalderwood2693]

I love that Raphael has his own song to kick ass to. 😂

[@RedSpidrLily]

damn their drip is on point too!

[@livb4139]

your char looks sick

[@flamierize9537]

chad

[@mrhappyjuice]

All I can think is that in DnD a round of combat is supposed to be around 6 seconds long. Imagine how cool this would look if it was a properly animated in real time, constantly flying and casting spells back and forth.

[@b_96jlo4ko8]

Good job, how many tries?

[@SchuylerRougeau]

Was there a reason for switching from elixir of battlemage power to elixir of bloodlust in the beginning or did you just change your mind about which effect you wanted active?

[@SleepingDog.]

I didn't changed my mind, I simply used both at the same time. When you replace the Elixir of Battlemage's Power with a different elixir you do not lose your 3 Arcane Acuity charges. All you lose is the condition that prevents your Arcane Acuity charges to go below 3.

[@degv364]

Cool! I also like to use the ghouls as bombs hahaha

[@j.d.3890]

You have spent more resources and scrolls for this fight than i for the total playthrough :D

[@stacieislike120]

question how do you get around the Beguiling Rebuke? I saw you were able to attack Raphael a couple of times even though you were charmed was it cause you were using the life essence from the staff?

[@SleepingDog.]

It's because I'm using saving throw spells. If you want to know why this works, I explain it in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXzNnZ9sqZaZrMU

[@DeadBoooooody]

very beautiful character. Are any appearance mods used? if yes, can you tell which ones?

[@SleepingDog.]

I used Vemperen's Other Heads or Faces of Faerun (can't remember which one) for her head preset, but that's it. Vemperen's Other Heads - www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/2226 Faces of Faerun - www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/429

[@BeezOne84]

I swear I was expecting singer to do: "Snake eater!" at some point.

[@Sir_Sovereign]

barrel mancy plus 10 summons and a book of scrolls of over 100+

[@iceymass1788]

Out of curiosity do you use any visual mods? Love ur tav ❤

[@SleepingDog.]

I used Vemperen's Other Heads or Faces of Faerun (can't remember which one) for her head preset, but that's it. Vemperen's Other Heads - www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/2226 Faces of Faerun - www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/429

[@berkaltuglu8140]

"Judas Priest, take notes"

[@thomasalegredelasoujeole9998]

Not bad !

[@dummyguy123]

Homedog (or should I say... SleepingDog ;) ;) ;) took one of the hardest fights in the game and made it look like child's play. And in HONOR MODE no less... Much respect to you, my friend.

[@SuedDuke]

In my first playthrough this Mf took me nearly 2 hours of attempts on balanced even now I can only get it down to 2 turns on balanced

[@john0doesnt]

Playing as a necromancer without animating bodies is ballsy

[@Mjolonir12]

Just here for the theme song

[@modok107]

Ah this is before the life essence harvest fix when you could spam lv 6 spells every turn. Was fun to use that before they patched it.

[@ericdavis2220]

what was that explosion when you cast bone chill on the eternal debtor? it took out the pillar too!

[@SleepingDog.]

Eternal Debtor explode on death, which is also their only attack. They run towards you and then self explode.

[@eliavanderheyden]

What equipment are you using for this build?

[@SleepingDog.]

I show the equipment at the end of the video.

[@Meerzie]

Holy shit, your character is so cool. Is she a drow?

[@SleepingDog.]

Thanks :) Yes, she is a drow.

[@Silenthero66]

I have played the game twice now and I have no idea what the hell is happening in this video.

[@jack-the-ripper13811]

I like how you did this without major cheese or gamebreaking Simple kiting, casting and danse macabre Like 90% of such videos are "throwing 546565674 barrels of smokepowder at raphael" or "jumping from 43654654 crates as an owlbear"

[@sunofsotep8265]

This I gotta see....

[@MercyBlack137]

Do you have a video on how to make a char who looks like your tav?

[@SleepingDog.]

No I don't. It's also quite some time ago when I created this character, so I don't remember the exact settings I used, sorry.

[@Mazaxaker94]

Why didn't drinking the speed potion while hasted make you lethargic though? At 6:18

[@SleepingDog.]

It does, but since my turn immediately ends after I turn lethargic, the condition is also immediately removed. So you essentially don't lose a turn by doing this at the end of your turn.

[@blackcat2983]

I - really wish I understood,what staffs are you even wielding?I feel so weak as a necromancer right now.

[@SleepingDog.]

I have a series to this run. I will release the third part soon, there I will show how to get these staffs and explain what they do.

[@hortamaciel]

Shouldn’t you lose invisibility after casting minor illusion?

[@SleepingDog.]

No, casting minor illusion doesn't break your invisibility. Another reason why this spell/cantrip is so utterly broken.

[@xuul7338]

Why did he never ascend and fire that crazy AOE death? Did counterspell prevent him from transformation

[@SleepingDog.]

Because I didn't destroyed his Soul Pillars. Raphael will transform into the Ascended Fiend whenever one of his Soul Pillars gets destroyed, he will take on this form permanently once all Soul Pillars are destroyed.

[@jeromedevine384]

can someone please tell me how he has sorted his spells in the same type in the hotbar!

[@SleepingDog.]

There is a lock on the far right on your hotbar, right next to "Enter Turn-Based Mode" button. You can click on this lock to unlock your hotbar and then sort your spells and abilities however you want. After that you can also lock your hotbar again so you don't accidently move anything around.

[@jeromedevine384]

@@SleepingDog. man, thank you so much! i’ve invested 120H so far and it always killed my OCD tendencies 😂 by the way, thank you very much for your reply and it goes without saying, absolutely unreal play by yourself - it’s awesome to see individuals push the limits and really “own” the game 🙏🏼

[@MajesticFerret]

How is Blight hitting through Charm? Is it supposed to work this way?

[@SleepingDog.]

It kinda is, though I can't tell you if Larian intended it to work like this, or if they will fix/change this once they noticed. But for now it works like this: Saving Throw spells (the ones that always hit and do half damage on successful saves) don't count as directly targeting someone. This allows you to attack anyone at any point using a saving throw spell. Be it through charm or even Sanctuary it doesn't matter, as as far the game is concerned you are not directly targeting the enemy or whoever you are attacking. The only saving throw spell where this doesn't work (that I know off) is Dethrone, can't tell you why though.

[@ZKForbiddenParadise]

Nice one bro. Could you share your character appearance sliders?

[@SleepingDog.]

Not really, it's quite some time ago when I created this character, so I don't remember the exact settings I used anymore, sorry.

[@kane5443]

Is not necromancer in fact, it's just a simple wizard with a unique staffs. Where are the minions? Where is the mummy?

[@YouWantIt1Way]

He literally used them as a bomb

[@corporateturtle6005]

Clown5443 ladies and gentlemen.

[@kane5443]

@@corporateturtle6005 kid6005.

[@vasaradragonsbane5580]

@@kane5443Way to prove his point, 🤡. You literally see the person summon minions at the beginning of the video. I guess critical thinking and observation are lacking. Better luck next time I guess. Maybe next time you won't publicly embarrass yourself on this platform.

[@kane5443]

@@vasaradragonsbane5580 easy, but in a different language. Did I embarrass myself by expressing an opinion? Funny.

[@joka]

How do you get your face/skin color that white? :P Is it a mod or an existing color?

[@thunder2275]

theres a little setting to show all colors and it expands it alot

[@SleepingDog.]

It's an existing color. I think it's Lichen 1, but not sure.

[@joka]

@@SleepingDog. Oh damn. Ty

[@ReitetsuRe2]

Hello. Can you share what collor of skin you pick for necromancer?

[@SleepingDog.]

I think it's Lichen 1, or Ice Tone 1. I'm not sure, it's quite some time ago when I created this character.

[@ReitetsuRe2]

@@SleepingDog. Are you using any reshade presets??? Thank you for answer btw

[@SleepingDog.]

@@ReitetsuRe2 I don't, all I used for this character is Vemperen's Other Heads or Faces of Faerun (can't remember which one) for the head preset. Though, if I had to guess it's probably a Vemperen one. Vemperen's Other Heads - www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/2226 Faces of Faerun - www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/429

[@ReitetsuRe2]

@@SleepingDog. Thank you!

[@martingesteira2032]

There was a reload at 10:20 right?

[@SleepingDog.]

There are no reloads. I'm just cutting out dead time where I'm thinking about my next move.

[@phamankhue9334]

????? YOU CAN DO MINOR ILLUSION IN BATTLE???

[@mattt3150]

he was invisible along with the minions so the combat didn’t started until he exploded them

[@deltawarrior543]

Does anyone know what race this character is because it looks awesome!

[@SleepingDog.]

She's a drow.

[@SilverWickedBird]

@@SleepingDog. are you using the mod that smoothes out wrinkles?

[@vava87240]

Funny how you literally became the boss. 10 on 1, and yet raphael's party didn't stand a chance.

[@Pantheysal]

What’s the build???

[@Titan1930S]

Good video bro

[@acreyaemenom7446]

Потратил 15 минут на прохождение... Тем временем я первую попытку за 2 часа отыграл , вторую тоже , а третий раз за час управился ( и то , когда случайно уговорил толстого со мной сражаться )

[@LeeBuddy]

When i fought him, he turned into a hellfire Abomination. Why didn't he here?

[@SleepingDog.]

Because I didn't destroyed his Soul Pillars. Raphael will transform into the Ascended Fiend whenever one of his Soul Pillars gets destroyed, he will take on this form permanently once all Soul Pillars are destroyed.

[@bengunn9670]

​@@SleepingDog.Interesting. I destroyed all pillars in one turn and then got quite hurt by inferno fireball. Is fight easier when pillars are intact?

[@SleepingDog.]

​@@bengunn9670 It's a lot easier as long as you can out damage the healing he gets from the pillars.

[@user-ph9fu8ke2s]

как говорится атаку сделал - поспал, хахаха.

[@syloxgaming3895]

0.5 people worldwide have finished Honor Mode on PS5, and for XBox I believe it's 0.8, and for P.C. I believe it is over 9000!!!! 🤣🤣

[@juzocg]

what cosmetic mods are you running

[@SleepingDog.]

I used Vemperen's Other Heads or Faces of Faerun (can't remember which one) for her head preset, but that's it. Vemperen's Other Heads - www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/2226 Faces of Faerun - www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/429

[@mvlpix4419]

can someone explain, how does he get to use flying without any action & how does he have 3 main action slots?

[@SleepingDog.]

Flying is a free action I get from my flying potion (1:18). My second action point comes from the Haste spell I casted on myself at the start (0:23) and then later from the speed potions. And my third action point comes from the Elixir of Bloodlust (1:10), which gives me an additional action point whenever I kill someone (1:29), once per turn.

[@mvlpix4419]

@@SleepingDog. does the elixir of bloodlust run out after like 3-10 turns or is it until long rest?

[@SleepingDog.]

@@mvlpix4419 The Elixir of Bloodlust lasts until the next long rest, or until you replace it with another potion.

[@mvlpix4419]

@@SleepingDog. damn i always let it rot in my inventory, but it’s crazy powerful and thanks for the information 👍🏼

[@maxxiewang8284]

Why can you still Blight him while charmed?

[@SleepingDog.]

It's because Blight is a saving throw spell. If you want to know why this works, I explain it in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXzNnZ9sqZaZrMU

[@williamingwerson4692]

can you drop a build guide?

[@SleepingDog.]

I probably will do one after I published the third act of this run.

[@JohannesVanDerBerg]

How do you have 2 staffs at the same time?

[@SleepingDog.]

Because I have the Dual Wielder Feat.

[@lxgdark777]

Проблема всех этих тактик в том. что вы знаете, что вас ожидает. Если же отыгрывать компанию честно и не готовится к сражению зная его состав, то ни одна из этих тактик не работает

[@Houndz1100]

how on earth did you get 23 con with one ASI feat

[@SleepingDog.]

My CON comes from the Amulet of Greater Health.

[@grilledleeks6514]

they need to remove minor illusion lol. So silly how OP it is