Original Sin 2: Tactician Mode Guide

[@Elidan1012]

Small tip for some extra exp in the begining. On the ship, before you go talk to what's-her-face (Windigo?) who blows everything up, attack the Magiters just outside the room where the murder happened. This will aggro the 2 guards, the investigator and magister you first talked to. Then run like hell towards Windigo. This will aggro every magister on the ship. You'll survive though, because you have all companions as allies on this fight, and you probably wont be targeted, much. When Windigo blows everything up you get exp for every killed magister in the fight. Nothing changes beside that. Just over 800 exp if I recall correctly. Will make you hit level 2 on the ship.

[@Tommoslasguitaros]

I have to try this in my next playthrough!

[@andrewrecard5857]

I'm restarting and doing this lol

[@gutspraygore]

@Elidan1012 lol good point. They all die anyway. Might as well profit!

[@8015908]

If you have telekenisis you can pick up the metal crates and 1-2 shot the magisters. Also as soon as you open the deathfog room you can actually run fast enough and save two of the deathfog barrels for yourself. I wasn't too good at it and only picked up one deathfog barrel. Now I'm saving it for the Alexander boss fight.

[@whiskyjvck]

If you leave a character near the door and run to Windigo ASAP after aggroing everyone, all the Magisters die by her and you still get the EXP.

[@Tommoslasguitaros]

Id watch a full playthrough of the game in this commentated style

[@Devalation]

I agree! I'm sure Quackstack is thinking about how masochistic this would be

[@dzormandog8063]

Yeah, me too

[@ThinkingCap_]

Please make an entire playthrough like this. Pure genius.

[@xelic1996]

I'd watch it.

[@dekarvn]

omg plz do

[@tehbunnyboy911]

Could we start a petition to make this a thing?

[@Nerr0us]

I also recommend pickpocket every potential teammate on the ship while they zonked out, free resurrection scrolls plus free fire scrolls.

[@jangiurg5295]

I love how creative people get lol. Fantastic.

[@lordmcdude595]

Your puns are terrible, love it

[@PKQuix]

Come for the content, stay for the awful humor

[@Exoduss123]

At the point where u fast forwarded character creation I thought to myself : this guy is a genius! respect for respecting my time

[@Ch1l1C0nCarnag3]

I know this is an old video, but a tip for anyone still struggling with the gators. You can cheese them with a bow. Just stand up on the sand behind the wood platform Quack used in this video. You can shoot arrows over the hill and kill them without initiating a fight.

[@demoral3030]

I didn't even know you can poison weapons by combining barrel with weapons. That's really useful!

[@Shepherdt8]

Hey man good video but a quick aside for you, don't apologize for "bad content" your the one spending your time to create videos for others to watch and enjoy. If they don't like the video that's there issue just create the best you can and learn from your mistakes to improve over time. If you continue to say sorry for doing your best you won't be able to let yourself improve. Keep up the good work :)

[@Quackstack]

+Shepherd I meant it more as a recurring joke, I guess I should've said you're welcome for it XD. Thanks for the uplifting comment tho.

[@karimsonsafehold9233]

Look up the power of manifestation

[@lightsourced]

Lol yea this was one of my first videos I watched from you and I didn’t get that it was a joke and I was like awe man why’d he say that... I really liked the content... 😆

[@timsusss]

@@Quackstack that was my favorite part of the video. I guess self deprecating humor isn’t for everyone but I love it

[@sinjunmorris701]

This is a good comment

[@OldeVikingOriginal]

Dude, this was gold. Very concise, which i really appreciate in guides. I also love your nonchalant way of throwing out bad puns and jokes. Keep up the good work man!

[@lollol13]

in the boat when you fight the dog you can place a treasure chest between door and just range the dog from the other side.

[@ceilonc]

genius

[@Sruggs]

You could also throw the box at it, 2 hits does the trick c:

[@Montsleets1968]

I think you have a real future in this youtube thing my dude... keep it up.

[@face1511]

this didn't age well :/

[@kristyy420]

Its funny cuz he died :/

[@jimdangle7213]

@@kristyy420 did he really die though?

[@kristyy420]

@@jimdangle7213 maybe idk

[@tarkusd7534]

Another tip: get thievery steal all the skill books you can get and use em while they are still dumbstruck about the robbery or have another character distract them. get lots of skills for free and no evidence. perfect crime.

[@danielmartinsen143]

I absolutely love your puns and commentary! I hope to see you go far with youtube

[@Eric-zx2wk]

I love the personality of your videos. Keep it up! Thanks for the fast forward too. Was more entertaining than if you'd just skipped around to the fights and main parts.

[@DoctaFenBalls]

I don't know how many guides I have watched/read in passing over the years but this is the only one to mention the accuracy penalty

[@salsalas116]

Loving the humor and the dry sarcastic delivery, a unique style. Keep it up, this is gold

[@KidDynamite22]

Wow had no idea about the sparkler card, I usually end up fighting those three, always something to learn in this game

[@ryotoiii7945]

I literally started my first tactician playthrough today and was struggling to beat Griff when I just gave up and went to the crocs instead, beat them, and then immediately this video was in my recommendations.

[@pogchamp1038]

How'd the rest of your playthrough go? I think I'll star my first tactician playthrough tmrw. I've been watching major slacks playthrough and I've been playing along (on classic... With a p OP rogue lone wolf build w lohse as mage). I wonder about a 4 man party (for tank) but.. I like lone wolf tkk much I think... How'd your playthrough go?

[@ryotoiii7945]

@@pogchamp1038 I found out that the game is massively unbalanced, proceeded to solo it with a rogue. Near the end I wished that I was using a sword

[@ryotoiii7945]

@@pogchamp1038 a shame since I really loved the combat in this game, it still is my favourite game of all time, but now I can’t take it seriously because I either made the game too easy or spend the whole time thinking about how much easier the game could be

[@pogchamp1038]

@@ryotoiii7945 true. It's weird to play balance team yourself with mods too b/c you're not totally sure what your changes are doing. (enemy scaling/unique enemy traits like champions/etc) Interesting... yeah I figured a tank would be SUPER overpowered late game where you could tank any hits and then just chameleon cloak and regen. I think my friend feels the same way you do where he dumped a ton of hours into the hard difficulties and couldn't quite get it right so just gave up on it after a while. Thats what happened to me with Xcom and xcom 2. The way you could shoot through ceilings and stuff was mad buggy and never made sense. Completely took me out of the game and felt 'unfair' instead of difficult.

[@ryotoiii7945]

@@pogchamp1038 What I mean is that I found out you can one shot the final boss even if they have their health modded to triple what is normal for tactician. The game became too easy, either you one shot everything or you struggled to survive as a tank even on easier difficulties. And btw this build that can one shot the final boss isn’t even lone wolf, if you wanted you could make a whole team of broken characters

[@joshuabarnett7128]

Wtf. This was the best Dos2 video ever. Thanks!

[@Anonymous20789]

I love u quackstack, your voice makes me swoon and your content keeps me content.

[@kazdanhavick3567]

Thanks for the tips! Gotta admit that gater fight is definitely harder then I expected.

[@bluffmetohell]

I just started the game recently, fuggin loving it. Thanks mate.

[@freddymeisner]

Man im pooched from laughing after all those dog zingers. Thumbs up for the breakfast club

[@KhorneDeth1]

I died at "looks like one of his canines was loose" LOLOLOL

[@benjohnson7121]

That mole rat fact made me spit my food out. Good shit dude

[@TakanashiYuuji]

To deal with the dog on the ship: use chests to barricade yourself off from the dog. The dog will attack the chests while you can shoot over them. You can use this strategy on the magisters as well with chairs (chairs are too tall to hit the dog).

[@MamduhAlotaibi]

i love this channel . i know the game and finished it long ago but these videos are AMAZIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MamduhAlotaibi]

ohhhh and the outrow i forgot how much i liked it lol

[@jimmybie9378]

Pro tip, shove a bunch of heavy items into an unbreakable container and once you’ve collected all you can, drop the nuke on enemies 1 by 1, abuse magic pockets to transfer it to your tank (who will need telekinesis) Tactician mode solved

[@hippegast12]

But that is just abuse lmao

[@roundhousetodaface]

no

[@legendarylow3120]

Just picked this game up with a friends recommendation looking forward to playing through. Only 10 minutes man that’s fast took me about 35-40 to set mine up 😂

[@Vinchenzo2k1n]

Just recently found all your videos, you should definitely come back, this game is missing some hilarious commentary

[@Average_Josh]

Even now I find this video entertaining and helpful. Thanks for putting in the work to make it.

[@josephg24]

These are really helpful and high quality. Keep it up.

[@bernardassvirplis1298]

Small tip: you can use shells and sticks and long branches to craft wands and staves which sell far more than their components.

[@Leonidasthegreat1994]

The dying man that gives u the spankling card can be healed twice for bonus exp first of all via the dialogue option from the polymorph trainer while another party member heals him at the same time

[@thewhite8782]

Dude, I love your humor and the commentaries. Earned a sub. I'm looking forward for more content.

[@dsel307]

All video game guides on KZbin need to be this condensed. Providing information faster than your competitors will be a thing soon, just wait lol.

[@jason-vl4pu]

Bro I watched a lot of your vids, you are seriously funny. Very different style from the other guides out there and makes your vids very entertaining to watch. Keep up the good work

[@krishnabharadwaj4403]

Came here for tactician mode guide. Went with the knowledge that mole rats do not get cancer. Please do more videos my dude.

[@kalatanaofficial9924]

Aight I came for a quick tip and stayed for your fucking hilarious commentary. Haha very unique style I really enjoyed this

[@MRgermousey]

love your work, and your knowledge is out standing, i look forward to more content and future content on other games :D

[@momo-yk8xo]

AAAAAH u have no idea how fucking useful this video is for some1 that just started, holy shit have my high five man this was awesome.

[@John-uw2je]

This is a bit late, but if you get telekenisis, you can go to the deathfog room and grab two barrels. Put one down and sneak to put one in fane (you should be able to get another civil point if you level up by killing every magister in the hold). Grab the other one and leave. Use one to kill Alexander (after sneaking past the gate by climbing the ladder to the right of it) you get juicy EXP and a neat lvl 5 two-hander. Just make sure to get the teleporter gloves first to TP the two pets into the deathfog, and do Yarrows quest to get her out of the way. If you position it right, Bishop will "die" (along with the gate guards) and Dallis will leave immediately. Undead characters can just chill in the fog and no one can do a thing.

[@whatever4905]

this is the first video ive seen from your channel but i love you

[@Smoji069]

You should do a honour mode playthrough, I'd watch every episode. Or maybe gameplay highlights, or maybe lore videos. If you're into that.

[@UnreliableUsername]

That barrel to put out the fire on the top of the ship at the beginning, just put the barrel in your inventory and run upstairs and drop the barrel then move it, save you them 10 mins ;D

[@kosmos366]

Crocodile, it's what's for dinner.

[@mikfhan]

See ya later, Alligator! In a while, Crocodile! A door tip: When bashing doors open, remember to unarm yourself or the weapon will take durability damage. Then just Shift+Control click the door several times to queue up attacks, release and grab some snacks from the fridge (unarmed bashing takes a while). Consider Pet Pal at level 1 then Lone Wolf level 3 for you and your first companion (dismiss the other two for the stat boost and less party management). Tactician certainly is tougher than Classic, so steal/buy/craft the best armor/potions you can, examine enemies and kill one or two, then flee, and repeat.

[@josetorres3355]

This video has earned you a new subscriber!

[@cocomunga]

Contamination and the rain spell can make a very very long path of poison. I’m playing through on tactician and you can do a lot of damage or avoid battle completely by poisoning the water that you create.

[@totoru4ever]

There is a lot of extra xp you can get before the gators. You can go down to the fire slug dungeon for exploration xp, even kill the first solo slug. The turtles at the north are way easier than the gators. The 3 thugs in the sparkler fight, and the 2 next to ifan both good xp and easier fights with some loot. Also kill Septa on the beach (to receive that awesome shield on nameless island you need it anyway). Even the fight on the ship after the turtles is easier than the gators. If you are a murderhobo theres a lot more. Also all those shells really make your financial situation better if you just buy long branches / logs and create staffs.

[@ImyoCello]

Best divinity 2 video ever

[@brawl145]

You can actually one-shot Windego if you collect all the heavy items on the ship and put them in a metal create like the one next to Sebille. From there you can pick the locked doors by Ifan Ben-mezd for a different entrance into the room. If you actually go into the room with Windego, if you stick to the far edges of the room you can avoid proccing the fight. This way you can use telekinesis to grab the chest of confiscated goods as well as hit Windego with a flying crate. Even if she dies though, she'll still disappear after killing the 3 magisters in the room with her. So definitely no way to change the ending of the act.

[@user-um6qe4ds1l]

I wish all guides on youtube was like this one

[@towori]

You remind me of a more kid friendly version or cr1tkal. Totally a compliment. Love your work dude.

[@samuelguillaume7449]

Why don't you go to the turtle behind fane's spot to xp? If you fight them and win every xp by speaking or discovering, you'll be higher lvl and it'll be easier.

[@TheCriticalLimit]

exactly

[@EquiliMario]

Also frogs are tougher than crocs imo

[@veritascalivmeir3708]

The turtles are cheaters. They explode on death so your wimpy early game characters will most likely die. It's a waste of ressurection scrolls to do that fight early unless you are doing a 4x ranged character party (and why tf would you do that?)

[@markvisschers5818]

Important questions are being asked

[@josetorres3355]

"So he can bone me up later" OMG I was mid-drinking a rip it and almost spewed it all over my laptop. You a funny guy!

[@mathewyaski]

Awesome vid. Your jokes and puns make me lol. Subscribed.

[@douglasjager3554]

I counted 4 bad jokes, 2 mentions of cancer,1 mention of your...hm, "something between you legs" and you called yourself a douchebag. Great commentary. Like.

[@steel5897]

Just got this game. God it's so good.

[@Soulja2x69]

This is hilarious I destroyed Migo but I’m here because I’m struggle with Tactician mode shortly after

[@Zyocuh]

Near the hidden entrance at around 5 minutes to the "left" there is a graveyward where there is a zombie if you dig it up

[@Bimbo2810]

Perfect, now i can finally play the game :)

[@aleefmohammed244]

The best combat method i found in this game is ALL your party members either do physical or magical. Do not split the damage type between your party members because then you will effectively be fighting against " 2 different HPs which is magical or physical.

[@totoru4ever]

I mostly did the same, but added magic to the mix: the 2 frontliners learned geomancer / polymorph / air for a little variety (polymorph has great strength based attacks, mostly physical, but theres medusa head, flay skin and oily blob, geomancer is a great source of physical damage for a shield fighter/tank later on with potential earth damage as well, earthquake dows earth damage but the knockdown is physical based, while air only needs 2 points for some utility/control skills like teleport, netherswap, dodge, movement, 3 for tornado for certain fights and adventuring), while my mage was summoner/hydro/necro (necro attack speels does physical damage, healing does physical damage on undead) and a ranger with corpse explosion and little necromancy. This way I also had summons for all party members, a bone widow/blob is useful even at basic level. They were doing almost completely physical damage, but I had a good healer, and easy control over enemies with low magic shield (petrify, ice magic, freeze). The only combination that really doesn't work is 3-1 pure physical/magic parties or pure+hybrid lone wolves. Magic gives way more control, and with high Int the elements can be easily mixed.

[@delloda]

Great guide that I should have watched before my "almost" blind honour first playthrough. You have a pleasant voice and great tutorial scriptwriting skills! I am finally playing this game after sitting on my shelf for years! There are too many good games these days but I am handicapped because I like to plat games if possible. Still not escaped fort joy and it's been a week! No choice but to use the hit, kill and run tactic to even survive since basic game sense can only get you so far. I survived Migo but running away but by luck, the Magister who patrols the area with the dog arrived and saved my ass! :D It's not easy with lots of fleeing hit and run and my characters are not optimised with any character build knowledge. My only working tactic at the moment is to have 2 archers in high positions and teleport a victim near them so they can annihilate them and flee till the enemy group is only one left. I wish I took the Escapist talent for all characters. :( I'm watching non-spoiler youtube guides now as it's getting tougher and tougher because my characters are gimped but seem not so gimped that they can't be saved but I'm only watching stuff to the point where I am and no more. Playing on Ps4 which has surprisingly great controls for this type of game but my biggest enemy is misclicking people as they coincidentally move away as I click causing me to shoot the ground of causing unnecessary fights! I am always careful to flee if I foresee disaster within the next few turns. I am loving this almost blind playthrough. It is heart-stopping and a nice rush! My GF played the early access Bulders gate 3 and she says it is better than Sin 2 in all aspects but still I'm gonna wait for the full release. I do wonder if Larian studios approached Wizards of the Coast to make Bulders gate 3 or vice versa? I am erring on the former! Keep up the good work! Subscribed!

[@timhouser]

"Obligatory like and subscribe." "I must comply..."

[@hundejahre]

So even though that spear has nice stats, since it was a level higher and Beast was going strength anyway (and spears are finess... which I felt I had to say even though everyone knows it), I wonder if dual swords would have been better, either the ones in your inventory marked to sell or level 2 crafted ones. The advantage, despite lower apparent damage, would be better chance to hit, *maybe* a little extra poison damage since that would bypass the physical armor, and a CC since once the physical armor was broken you could remove the offhand sword for one action point to get the Sucker Punch ability. Also, if you start Fane as a Shadowblade (or whatever it's called), I think he'll come with thievery instead of sneak, plus the polymorph invis and chicken CC. Just my two cents, I know it's super easy to watch someone else's work and make comments on it knowing no one is ever going to watch me play and say "hey, why don't you do that instead?", but cool video, it's nice to see new people who don't take themselves too seriously in these play videos. Subscribed after the Summoner video.

[@Quackstack]

I didn't actually have two swords, they were broken 2handers lol. But yea! Usually afterwards I teleport on top of the bridge by the beach to get the viper sword and pair that with a shield. For exactly that reason, getting the sucker punch ability. Yea, that was my mistake. Coming from the early access, still thought Shadowblade was necromancy + scoundrel. Thanks for the support!

[@hundejahre]

Ah, my mistake on the swords. Also I was wrong about removing the extra sword for an action point, turns out removing is free, it only costs to re-equip, which makes it even sweeter... 3 AP attack and Sucker Punch in one turn. I'm sure that's probably well known by now but I'm enjoying the game too much to reddit.

[@Quackstack]

+Thomas Binney it's free to de quip, costs 1 to equip

[@PeytonOver]

It really sucks that he stopped making videos. I’ll keep waiting my liege.

[@samuelculper7125]

Thumbs up for the jokes alone but two thumbs up for being an awesome guide!

[@bhabanism]

Another fun fact - Elephants too don't get cancer, as they have high p53 protein.

[@ronanbolduc794]

1st episode of a playtrough that never ended

[@Kimos_Illustrations]

Really enjoyed the video and the puns! subbed

[@andrewwin9279]

After watching your video I just realized I miss so many stuffs and I am on Lady Vengeance LMAO

[@derekburge5294]

Always thumbs up for dancing dwarf.

[@saverofthehumens]

3 years late but I don't give a damn; Loot *EVERYTHING.* candles, candle holders the lot of it! The amount of gold you end up amassing by possessing some frugality will get you far, very far.

[@DiscipleToki]

Pro tip, you can hold left control to attack things instead of tediously right clicking on them. :p

[@NihongoWakannai]

The persuasion check on the tutorial ship I passed as wizard sebille.

[@aaronr.k.9707]

I've recently had success running through Divinity using a 6000lb Ornate Chest (which doesn't have a health bar) and throwing it at enemies for about 4000 to 5000 damage per hit using Telekinesis. Its been a bit of a wild ride considering I don't use any damaging abilities and can one-shot basically every enemy in the game. Credits to TheSpiffingBrit via KZbin for this idea and his Telekinesis only challenge. The only fights where this tactic fails is when there's no ground to place the chest next to their model (The Kraken fights namely). You can also use the Dusty Pouch that you can dig up just outside of where you would usually find Fane in Fort Joy provided that you have a shovel and a character with some points invested into wits. I haven't tested it on Tactician mode yet but I'm sure it would be just as effective?

[@totoru4ever]

Thats barrelmancy, a really cheesy method mainly used by speedrunners, who complete the game under 20-30 minutes (not kidding, the record is 21 minutes I think).

[@ThinkingCap_]

Lol Quack, you should seriously consider making a playthrough sped up with that solid commentary for the next Baldur's Gate/ Wasteland 3 coming out!

[@ARR0WMANC3R]

You can combine a shell and a long stick to make a staff which gives decent gold.

[@MrJotaFelipe]

Great videos man! Keep em coming!

[@dannya.2616]

Great game tips aside, that mole rat thing was the coolest thing I learned this week.

[@BigggusDikkkus]

skip the boat fight, skip the void woken, recruit all members before reaching level 2 (save Ifan for last since scaring off burro will likely force a level up) make Ifan a rogue and boom every member of your party has thievery at level 2...

[@milordas]

only tip for tactician: first cc, then dmg. CC is the key for victory

[@giannigoossens9872]

Absolutely love your videos! I can see you becoming quite the popular man within a year or so if you keep it up.

[@creamsoddaaa]

Great vid ! Thanks for your time I was stuck in fort joy on my tact play through... until I went elf harming

[@ianomalley6100]

amazing commentary

[@azell2913]

2:30 pro tip hold control d_ 12:28 blood also does 15% more damage

[@LocoCocoPops]

I liked your doors joke.

[@pfunkplayspoorly5889]

I like puns. Really enjoying your channel :)

[@Bendersnatchling]

What I learned from this guide: USE mushrooms to craft potions. I'm 26h in on my playthrough and haven't crafted a single potion yet. My inventory is overflowing.

[@Thanatos385]

this..was..surprising good and entertaining..i hope you have more. i'd be down for a playthrough with this commentary

[@TheFibrewire]

Thanks for the video man, superb.

[@KurtBuhler]

Man your commentary was hilarious.

[@facehugger8995]

currently playing on honor mode with lone wolf its pretty fun slowly noticing a difficulty curve at level 14

[@andrewrecard5857]

Facehugger89 Which two builds are you using?

[@Arkar-pl9ku]

Not sure about you, but I'm using a hybrid Tank/CQC mage for red and summoner/ranger for sibelle

[@npuldon]

you can do the poker players fight and turtle fight to level before the crocs to make it easier.

[@Serp3c]

so cool, i had no idea about barrels + crafting.

[@danielli9046]

Are you willing to do a full playthrough of this game? I would love to watch it. Tactician or w/e difficulty you want

[@mattbjerg]

who need 4 when you can have 2 with lonewolf! :D Cool vid dude!

[@TheGamechair]

That dance man, a like just for that

[@josephj6307]

Enjoy your humor, subbed .

[@murtaniel]

Well, first playthrough and I went on tactician because bdsm I guess. Playing Lohse (summoner with heals). I managed to get pass croca easy at lvl 3, but I'm living hell inside the fort. The gear at the begining is AWFUL, you can't even use your class properly. Sebille is using the houndmaster crossbow because I couldn't find a pair of daggers for her. My sword and board is using the braccus spear because I couldn't find a sword and board for him... And the list goes on. It's no skill or no damage. To get pass the houndmaster I used two oil barrels lol, and one member died in the process. I'm living through hell, it's fun but a bit unimersive

[@BlackOctoberFox]

Use the Gloves of Teleportation to get across the gap directly South of the Beach Waypoint to find the Unique 1-Handed Sword; The Viper's Tongue (+1 Strength, +1 Warfare). Alternatively, Kalias sells the Unique Sword Kalias' Stunner. As for good Daggers, Kniles carries Abstinence and Chastity which are a very good pair of daggers but that fight is *hard*. Worth noting that weapons you craft scale to your level and their components are usually cheaper than buying them straight up from Vendors. If you have a character with 1 Point in Thievery (highly recommended) you can steal the Level 1 Skillbooks you need from a Vendor, the higher the Thievery level, the more you can steal. Each character can only Pickpocket an NPC once though so make sure you know what it is you want to steal.