The 20 BEST ITEMS in Act 2 - Baldur's Gate 3 Honour Mode Guide

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Hey pals! This video went live with an error this morning (looks like I had hit the mute hotkey in obs by accident so there was no sound for the number one item), so here is a fixed version. If you left a comment on the previous video, please repost it here and I'll do my best to answer it. Also, if you're just jumping in to check out the fixed last item, it would be super helpful if you could let the video run for a few minutes in addition to that, just so youtube doesn't see a lot of people watching 3 minutes of an hour long video and then quitting - the algorithm doesn't understand fixing errors. Enjoy!

[@Lipe-Hartmann]

I thought it was a joke and the Helmet of Arcane Acuity is so busted that didn't even needed explanation hahahaha

[@onyourleft5648]

Pro-tip double speed and half the video accomplishes this the quickest

[@lendial]

The only suprising thing on this list was lack of DJ helm and inclusion of DJ shield.

[@Bodaff]

"say the line, ceph!" "...the number one item in BG3 is the helm of arcane acuity" *everyone cheers*

[@N-Double-D]

LOL.

[@bluestarlockc4853]

overrated imo

[@michaelnadler596]

If you did a let's play on a separate channel, I'd definitely be on board. But I can understand why you might pass, as it would be extra content to create, rather than something that fits into this channel's rotation.

[@Avarice愛染]

I mean i assume he has to be playing quite a bit as things stand to create content like this anyway, unless he just loves the wiki ig but if he does play it regularly or semi regularly a stream might be a bit easier to fit into the routine and stuff

[@stuminnis4050]

Because it works like Devil's Sight, the Eversight ring is worth keeping in your inventory for the sake of one particular Act 3 encounter, even if you never use it any other time.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Yep!

[@MavHunterAA]

I personally love the Eversight ring. Paired with the Cloak of Cunning Brume and Killer's Sweetheart on my Thief Astarion, he can use one Cunning bonus action to disengage on a weakened enemy for a quick sneak attack kill, then use his remaining bonus to hide, or misty step towards his next target for a guaranteed crit. That's just me though

[@travishartzler9155]

The sentinel shield is great because it can take the place of the Alert feat, freeing you up to take a different feat.

[@GAMER32231]

does it make you immune to surprise?

[@travishartzler9155]

@@GAMER32231 No. But I haven't found being surprised to be much of an issue.

[@GAMER32231]

@@travishartzler9155 well it’s why I always get alert every time

[@travishartzler9155]

@@GAMER32231 I take alert first unless it's a build that uses tavern brawler. But once I get this shield, whoever's using it can respec.

[@dimKiriyenko]

I think the most proper risky ring users are paladins with aura of protection and high charisma. When your saving throws are reliably high, you don't mind passing them two times, and they usually want the most what risky ring gives.

[@bradleyscott6304]

The stealth archer also loves it (he might mention this I haven't got that far int he video)

[@dimKiriyenko]

@@bradleyscott6304 hmm, I mean, stealth archer is the one who fires from stealth always with advantage by default by virtue of firing from stealth... Why would he need it? Just an archer, yes, for sure, because he's far away and mitigates the downside because of it, but specifically stealth archer not sure why.

[@bradleyscott6304]

To avoid natural ones on greater invisibility

[@NextWeeek]

@@dimKiriyenkoto get up to 99% hit chance and pump up the crit rate for 400+ damage arrows lategame ive been able to twoshot the brain with solo archer in honor mode, nd risky ring is a huge part of that

[@ethanhumphrey9219]

​@@dimKiriyenko sharpshooter is harder to hit with. It works very well for that purpose alone

[@Odelatog]

thanks a lot, got coffee all over my desk @10:37

[@domokun845]

Biggest pro for me is that the flawed helldusk gives bleeding and booal's blessing gives you advantage against the bleeding characters and of course we all know advantage is amazing.

[@CunningLingu1st]

Thank you for these Act specific tier lists! I’ve learned so much from them! A buddy recently got back into BG3 and wanted me to give him a list of “Best in Slot” items so I sent him your channel and these video links lol

[@missing_links]

In the gear slot specific builds on this channel, the tiering of items makes a little more sense for that kind of advice. The top tier items are items that radically increase the power of most builds or which are the keystones of specific, very powerful builds. Especially if the goal is to make a strong party, aiming for the "build keystone" items is the best bet. To this end, the callous glow/coruscation and sometimes the luminous gloves feature on radiating orb spirit guardian builds, potent robe is a can't-miss for eldritch blasters, and fire acuity + arcane acuity are the items on this list which your buddy would probably want to look at most.

[@CunningLingu1st]

@@missing_linksThank you for the reply! I’d remembered those items existed, but forgot how unintuitive some of the item interactions can be that might be overlooked by newer players and the application of them. He seems to like Lightning so I’ll have to look into that more. I’ll definitely make a list of recommendations based on what you’ve provided and what you just jogged my memory of!

[@missing_links]

@@CunningLingu1st Well, lightning and cold as part of wetblasting comps is one of the staple "yup, this is pretty broken" party setups. For most of the game, you have a tempest cleric cast low level create water and/or chuck water vials while he spirit guardians around (for the incredible efficiency of that spell slot) and your other characters all cast lightning and cold spells for double damage. Late game, summon water myrmidon gives you access to their healing mists, which applies wet to everything in a hilarious radius every turn, and you can replace chucking water with the trident of the waves on a throwing EK or throwbarian. This whole setup doesn't even really need items, though. The broken things are inherent to the wet condition, and that just doesn't depend on items to work. Hell, even the builds taking advantage of it don't need to. Armor of agathys abjuration wizard is one of the builds that can complete the game without equipping a single item all game long, and it's 100% groovy with a wetblasting comp.

[@pyrflie]

One other item for Honorable Mention is the Rippling Force Mail purely due to it's synergy with Abjuration Wizard. Force Conduit stacks with Arcane Ward to effectively create a DR floor of 10 on that build as you exchange a stack of Ward for a stack of FC whenever they take damage. It's also relatively low AC at that point in time as well so it helps to funnel attacks toward a target that you want getting attacked anyway.

[@williamking7800]

I assume that by "DR floor of 10" you mean in conjunction with the Heavy Armour Master feat. So if you use Arcane Ward, it still gains stacks, but if you have max stacks and use Arcane Ward it DOESN'T discharge with the force damage? That's counterintuitive.

[@pyrflie]

@@williamking7800 That would actually bump it up to an effective 13 base DR, effective is a key word in the statement. The build (1WDS/1TC/5AW when you get it) uses upcasted AoA for retaliation damage so anything that touches it is taking 20-40 cold damage, the force damage is unlikely to proc in Act 2. There aren't many battles in Act 2 that see this taking enough hits to even reach max stacks of FC, let alone depleting the Ward, it's all about maintaining the DR.

[@N-Double-D]

omg that's awesome

[@FlyingFox86]

The are some key differences between the Eversight Ring and Devil's Sight. For one, with Devil's Sight you are still blinded in Fog Cloud. And while you can target characters who are inside a Darkness spells using the Eversight Ring, you do so without advantage unless you also happen to have Darkvision. Whereas Devil's Sight allows both targeting into the Darkness and doing so with advantage. Meaning that having Darkvision in combination with the Eversight Ring is slightly better than Devil's Sight. It can do everything Devil's Sight can do and also do it with Fog Cloud, and it prevents you from being blinded from any other source. I attempted to do some extensive testing a little while ago, but was quickly turned off by how many different configurations I could set up. The ability to shoot across a cloud, into a cloud, out of a cloud, within the cloud, at long range, at short range, Fog or Darkness, Ring or Devil's Sight, with or without Darkvision. So many ways to combine these factors.

[@williamking7800]

Casting Darkvision on someone isn't that much of an extra tax. Sure, it's a spell slot, but it lasts all day. Free if you're camp casting, cheap otherwise.

[@Weatherman4Eva]

Your videos have helped me possibly overoptimize my game to the point that I completely wrecked myrkul last night in a few turns without having anyone drop, and I wasnt even abusing the darkness arrows like I saw others suggest trying haha. Aside from powergaming, I very much appreciate the clarity you give to items that are so often poorly or just incorrectly explained by the game By the way, my current team at lv10: 1fighter/1war cleric/8 swords bard DUrge 6 lore bard/4 pally radiating orb and reverb Minthara that can abuse spirit guardians 3 thief/7 TB open hand Monk Karlach w/radiant gloves 1 war cleric/9 eldritchknight TB thrower Laezel

[@muscularclassrepresentativ5663]

Fire team

[@Mhill08]

One thing that I wanted to add about the Callous Glow Ring - be warned, if you buff the wearer of the ring with Warding Bond, the damage that gets redirected to the caster of Warding Bond also "benefits" from the ring's damage, hurting your ally for an additional 2 radiant damage every time damage is split between you.

[@Wolferys]

I'd add the Killer's Sweetheart, guaranteed crit is very strong

[@ultimatequestions._]

Me too

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Yeah, excellent item! It just missed the cut on this list because it's long rest only, but for players who take more rests or swap gear frequently it will be excellent

[@Kid.Nimbus]

Hey Ceph, just wanted to lyk I appreciate your videos a lot. I travel for work so im always at hotels and in random cities idk anything about. I love watching/listening to your videos as i hang out/go on walks/eat at restaurants etc. Super entertaining and gets me fired up for bg3 when i get home!!

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Thanks very much! Glad the videos help pass the time!

[@Fonkywolfie]

Dude I travel for work too and I listen to these videos for the exact same occasions as you ! Currently at the restaurant with my headphones on, after a long day of work, dreaming of resuming my BG3 run this weekend 😂

[@billiamj8242]

Killers sweetheart on smites is OP

[@NextWeeek]

and on critarcher build

[@zero11010]

Acid Splash gets overlooked a lot. Potent robe and the Callous Glow Ring in act 2 on a dragon sorcerer with the necklace of elements is going to be outputting 2D6+17 damage per target and able to hit 4-6 targets per turn. Upgrading more in act 3. Cantrip. Zero resource required to set it up (no spending an action to give the wet condition). No spell slots used. That's 24 avg damage per target and 96 damage each time you hit four targets. Even if you only hit two it's 48 damage from a cantrip. 5 from charisma due to black dragon draconic bloodline at level 6 5 from necklace in act 1 5 from potent robes 2 from callous glow ring Eldritch blast sure is a great spell. At this level it's only hitting twice. This can hit double or triple as many times at this point in the game doing double or triple as much damage. I'm not saying it's better than eldritch blast, but it's certainly able to be as effective.

[@northofself]

It's really really fun with a party who can displace and move enemies around well. And it got me through Honour Mode the first time too to boot

[@williamking7800]

With a 3rd level spell slot, same action economy, a Tempest Cleric Wizard with no gear can do the same damage, with even less randomness, and potentially benefit from Wet on top. And setting up wet isn't really an action, it's a Throw, so half an Action from a teammate with Extra Attack.

[@zero11010]

@@williamking7800 so, your argument is that this cantrip with no set up isn’t that great because a third level spell slot that also requires concentration and an action to produce the wet condition can match it? Are you sure that’s what you want to go with? Do you normally long rest after every 2-4 encounters? It’s just a cantrip. No resources. No set up. No concentration. So, you can do this while using concentration on CC abilities. Or concentrating on twinned haste … which can include yourself so you can drop two per round. It also meshes really well with the ichorous gloves that create a 1D4 AOE acid effect (which also gets the callous ring +2 damage). And also the cull the weak ability to take out targets at low health with another AOE damage effect. It makes a great combination with the bloodlust elixir because this build doesn’t require long rests. So, a single elixir can last practically all of act 2.

[@williamking7800]

@@zero11010 lightning bolt doesn't require concentration. With Tempest Cleric channel charge, 48 damage to EACH enemy, guaranteed (no roll), WITHOUT wet. With wet (easy to set up), 96. Acid Splash isn't good.

[@zero11010]

@@williamking7800 what other cantrip can do 100+ damage in act 2 from a single cast? What’s your criteria for good? How many of those channels do you get per day? No resources needed. No set up. No concentration. Make an acid splash character for AOE fights. Actually try it. There’s no cantrip that comes close for AOE fights. Even eldritch blast doesn’t match for pure AOE damage. Effortless cantrips doing 40+, 60+, 80+, and even 100+ damage even in act 2. Are you going to try to argue for crit damage on ray of frost on a target with wet condition? Because for single target fights this can do that also. But, for AOE fights it spits MASSIVE damage. Plus, you’re not going to reliably crit, and it requires set up that drains actions and other resources. Seriously … what other cantrip is even close? Sacred flame? Fire bolt? Chill touch? Vicious mockery? Thorn whip? Produce flame? Eldritch blast and ray of frost are both better on single target. For sure. A LOT of the game is big AOE fights where you can readily hit 4+ targets … 96 avg damage … plus ichorous gloves, plus cull the weak. Not melting through single targets. Wiping away multiple targets at a time. “Another character can create the wet condition.” Yeah. Or, instead of that they could spend their turn removing enemies from the board. “But this other build has huge novas! They just have to rest often and also require another high initiative character to support them by devoting their first turn to giving enemies the wet condition …..” Effortless huge damage. “But if I long rest after every other fight because I burn all my resources in each fight it’s possible to do more damage, so this is lame.” Effortless.

[@aiglis]

Great tier list again, very helpful. I would love to see you do something similar for weapons as well.

[@Daveigus12]

Thanks for the re-upload. I'm still amazed no shar spear even when mentioning 22 items 😮

[@missing_links]

This list explicitly excludes weapons.

[@Martin-sp1nj]

Would argue that the glaive that adds the elemental d4 dam of your choice deserves at least a honourable mention since its a free d4 for a day, which is already great and it enables a lot of build and powers up a lot of stuff. All tho is weird since that you only ever swap it in for ability then insta swap it out. Even tho its a weapon ranking think it interacts with a ton of the stuff mentioned in this video.

[@muscularclassrepresentativ5663]

He actually does mention it alongside the snowburst ring for archers!

[@braddalrymple8615]

Thank you for you amazing hard work. You singlehandedly make me feel better starting my bg3 runs "late" because indo so withbyiur guidance (but intended)

[@abohl2385]

When you open up KZbin today and this is the first vid to pop up at the top of your feed LFG!

[@N-Double-D]

honorable mention to Spineshudder Amulet and Killer's Sweetheart.

[@marasawr]

My current Honour run is a reverberation Swords Bard (thunderous applause?) and honestly SO much more fun than the pyromancer x Fire Acuity build Storm Scion’s Power stacks AA plenty quick with Phalar Aluve + elemental weapon (thunder damage on Ne’er Misser is 👌). Love not worrying about fire resistance, love being able to swap into Arcane Synergy for extra bonk - just super flexible and fun. Also took a level of War Cleric for armour + extra extra attack and can’t remember the last time a combat went longer than 2 rounds

[@bufftucker]

I think this is a very reasonable list. Personally, I'd have placed two or three items slightly different, but that will almost always be the case, especially if many items are that close in relative power. I think there's no case of Belligerent-Skies-Syndrome on here, unlike the act one list. :p This is good content!

[@joshhobbs4862]

🐐🐐🐐 I have zero maturity and every time he says "combat" but pronounces it "kumbat" I chuckle. Also love the part at 24:56 where he definitely wants to say "unmolested" but changes his mind 😂

[@FlyingFox86]

I saw a car today with CUM in the license plate. We're in Belgium, so that doesn't mean anything here, but I still chuckled.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

kumbat is the least popular pokemon

[@N-Double-D]

Lmao...un...opposed.

[@CMB_-27]

Having the Arcane Acuity Helmet is absurd on paladin, if you have smite set to ask in the reactions tab it adds an addition 2 stacks per attack. So you can get to 8 stacks in one turn with extra attack+2 smites. Combine with band of mystic scoundrel / sorc multiclass for a +8DC 4 target command in the same turn.

[@onyourleft5648]

The fireball staff, in honorable mentions (or even beating circlet of hunting, as circlet is outcompeted in many builds by the other better helms from this act and prior acts) whereas a fireball, fire cantrip on your spell modifier and attack roll increase are all better than prior staves aside melfs which gives a spell save dc (before act 3 I think the bonus fireball is better, but in act 3 spell save dc is better)

[@missing_links]

Is fireball staff really any good in act 2? Scorching rays comes online pretty much the moment act 2 starts and becomes far and away the best fire spell (maybe just the best spell outright) when you have the hat.

[@onyourleft5648]

@@missing_links how often do you take long and short rests?

[@missing_links]

@@onyourleft5648 Would it matter for a discussion of the incandescent staff? It's one fireball per long rest, and fire bolt isn't exactly killing it as either a cantrip directly or as a way to proc something like the hat of fire acuity. Certainly, these things aren't enough to justify it being on a shortlist of best act 2 items.

[@onyourleft5648]

@@missing_links I’m gonna disengage you don’t belong here if you can’t be polite with your opinions. I said 20th best and it’s the best act 2 staff for a spellcaster based on the following imho, its always useful on a fire caster due to attack roll increase, it makes the character using it helpful for an entire extra encounter per long rest assuming the character is using the helm. You need to reset your tone or go to another video game. I’m not engaging further and if you type that way again to me you will be blocked, I want a discussion not dismissive passive aggressive condescending holier than thou WoW type attitude

[@missing_links]

@@onyourleft5648 I'm not sure how I was impolite. Tone can be as hard to read as it is to convey. I'm not sure that specifically a fireball is an extra encounter's worth of value. Fireball is solid, but it isn't spirit guardians. The +1 save DC is nice, but to point, you can already have that on a staff and specifically for fire spells is far from the best option for increasing your DC.

[@shinkamui]

the gloves of the automaton has another hidden benefit you dont get saving throw penalty from the resonance stone as a construct. So you can pop this and go around the battlefield giving free disadvantage to wis saving throws to enemies with impunity

[@ragnarrock757]

Great video. All your work is appreciated by people like myself. I watch all your videos religiuosly and have done for the past year or so. Please keep up the great work.

[@richcantgame]

Now that Larian brought the additional followers mod to console as well it would be cool to see a video on the perfect party for Honor mode with additional followers. Could get a lot more elaborate and use a lot more pieces of gear that normal you don’t have space to justify using.

[@brule1763]

I know I'm late to the party, but my personal favorite Sword Bard setup is unlocked as soon as you reach moonrise. If you're using the helm of arcane acuity, you can't have mage armor. But if you use the hat of storm scion's power and have thunder damage on your bow from the drakethroat glaive, you basically get your weapon attacks to deal thunder damage and duplicate the effect of the helm of arcane acuity without losing the mage armor. Why do this? So you can wear the graceful cloth, which is super strong, and still have decent AC thanks to the combo of high dex and mage armor. You can hit 20 dex without ASI using hag hair and graceful cloth, so 15 AC for nothing. Add on the message armor to hit 18, pick up a shield to get to 20, and you can definitely push that even further. Never bothered with defensive flourish because having 20+ AC already feels generally pretty safe. If you take the helm of arcane acuity you lose 3 AC so you want to find some better armor meaning you can't hit 20 dex without ASI, it's a big trade off in my mind.

[@azraelselvmord3650]

I never noticed the Circlet of Hunting before. I think my Vengeance Paladin would love this. I spam hunter's mark like crack.

[@TheAceCook]

also, if you still have morninglord’s radiance from act 1, the radiating orb gloves can be used on anyone until you decide to long rest!

[@nguyendi92]

Hat of Storm Scion's Power actually stack AA the fastest if it pair with Hamarhraft( Act 1 Maul at Wakeen Rest-make small thunder shockwave when you jump). Because the game treat FLY as a jump, if you have Fly ( the easiest way is Partial Illythid) you can fly back and forth and stack 10 AA immediately with only your Movement speed. Is it a glitch? I don't know. Is it stronger than Helmet of Arcane Acuity? Yes, ...so much stronger for pure caster.

[@foamyejay]

If you do to the knock out bard trick in act one with the Durge, you can get the Potent Robe and the Cape, which is a mean combo

[@twobit4242]

I know it’s a bit off topic but I would love to see something that flushes out end game double hand crossbow vs deashot bow, vs titanstring bow builds. I’m trying to min/max an archer build

[@ArchangelsRising]

potent robe can be aquired on dark urges though its just fing tedious XD

[@bred223]

Shocked ring of free action, the dj armor, and amulet of harpers didnt make the list when the dj shield and circlet of hunting did. I think circlet of hunting being only usable on rangers and with one act3 bow should boot it into honorable mention and the eversight ring being an hm when the dj shield, which is even more build specific, is so high up. Also think yuan-ti should be bumped up a bit but the top dozen or so are basically indisputable. Great list!

[@williamking7800]

Amulet of the Harpers and DJ Armour are indeed worthy items and we definitely missed out on a good joke regarding the latter

[@thomasohara5926]

Hey Ceph! I'm thinking about putting together a ban list for my Honor mode run. I know that Arcane Acuity is a busted mechanic, but would you consider Radiant Orbs to be fun-ruiningly overtuned in the same way? Are there other mechanics which you would consider similarly banworthy? Very much enjoying both the build guides and the tierlists.

[@missing_links]

It all depends on how you use them. If you run a luminous armor + spirit guardians build, yes, that will get out of hand. Luminous armor + a paladin running divine favor? That'll be strong, but fine. You can apply even the acuity items, just don't run their broken interactions. Fireball wizard or sorc + fire acuity? Totally fine as long as you don't use scorching rays to insta-stack. Bladelock with the helm? Super accurate EB and hard to save against wall of fire aren't breaking the game, even if they're quite good. It's only a problem when you decide to use acuity with hold person, hold monster, and other similar "no turns for you, ever" spells.

[@sebasdgc14]

Just mentioning, the circlet of hunting cannot be used WITH Grym's helm

[@ChaseBlasingame]

I’m assuming he meant that each could be worn on separate party members with the goal to utilize their complimentary bonuses in tandem.

[@kilo3989]

Man, you know what I would love? A couple videos about top-tier respec options at various break points. Like, okay, I'm level 5: who should I feed to Withers to mold them into something even more broken than attacking twice in a turn?

[@GAMER32231]

gloomstalker ranger with thief multiclass and dual +1 hand crossbows is attacking like 5 times in 1 turn (well the first turn anyway after that its 4 attacks per round but still double what *just* the extra attack feature can do.)

[@gradysheppard5194]

For spellcrux, I use it on my sorc to get so many free sorc points at the beginning of the day so I can quicken spells as much as I want. I find 6 extra sorc points is key for honor

[@Zero_Zone.]

Awesome video, looking forward to the next one.

[@paragonca9736]

No Killer's Sweetheart/Surgeon's Subjugation Amulet in even the honorable mentions?

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Excellent items! They just missed the cut on this list because they're long rest only, but for players who take more rests or swap gear frequently they'll be excellent

[@FonVegen]

I'm slightly sour on the snowburst ring because the first time I ever played I wasn't thinking about its effect and put it on a multi-hitting melee attacker who had cold damage. That ended up hindering me a lot more than it helped because I was the one losing turns. I look forward to trying it out the right way next time!

[@MeRDied]

Snowburst ring is great on a melee character! Just make sure you have the Nightwalkers equipped, or the Hoarfrost Boots. You could also have them equip the Boots of Striding, which will prevent them from going prone while concentrating on a spell (ie. magic weapon, elemental weapon, hunters mark, etc).

[@williamking7800]

You need to combine symmetrical debuff with immunity to said debuff

[@triblex305]

SPOILER BLOCKER FOR DARK URGE AND THE POTENT ROBE (just in case some peeps haven't seen it yet or not read the wiki) I hope this is enough space :D Hey I wanted to add a bit of additional information regarding the Potent Robe, you can still get it even when you play Dark Urge. But it requires a bit of setup, first of all you need to be sure that you can one shot her (although not necessary it makes the aftermath smoother), secondly you need to make sure to have non lethal attacks turned on as to not actually kill her (unless you're into that but I will judge you) and lastly you should probably disguise yourself or have a companion do it so that you avoid any opinion penalty. If you have done so and she's succesfully knocked out she can't show up during your nightly murder as the Durge and you instead murder a stand in Bard-NPC. After completing the long rest you will now have an entirely healthy (again) Alfira in the grove and thus can still get the robe from her in Act 2. Hope this helps for those who wanted it but didn't know how or those that just want to avoid killing our favourite bard (no it's definitely not Volo).

[@theta1672]

This is for sure be a bit of a meme build, but I love myself a tiger heart barbarian that uses Callus glow ring, luminous gloves, boots of stormy clamor, thunderskin cloak, and ring of spiteful thunder using drakethroat glave for thunder dmg on the weapon. You can switch this to using cold dmg and snowburst ring if you'd like but the ice surface can be overwritten with blood so be careful. You can also use Belligerent Skies instead of luminous gloves if you wish, but this stacks effects really fast! I know it's not a great build, but it is sure a FUN build :)

[@Cephalopocalypse]

imo not a meme build at all but an excellent honour mode build! I recommend something very similar in my guide "the best barbarian in bg3 [updated]"

[@theta1672]

@@Cephalopocalypse nice to hear that it could for sure be a usable strategy! :)

[@twilightsoul13]

First - love your channel and videos, been slowly browsing your BG3 catalog. A small nitpick for #20, Circlet of Hunting would go well with Grym’s Helm if it didn’t occupy the same equipment slot.

[@missing_links]

The circlet of hunting doesn't require that you marked the enemy, only that the enemy is marked by someone. Another party member can use grym's helmet to apply hunters mark and it will activate circlet for its bearer.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

I did a bad job explaining this! The circlet doesn't need the wearer to have cast hunter's mark, just that the target is marked, so a party that has grym's helm can benefit from the circlet even without a ranger (or a non-ranger character with a ranger ally can wear it, though typically the ranger will get the most value imo)

[@rickydufrene2152]

Thank you for the great content!

[@Ddotsattack]

As DJ khalid once said. Another one.

[@williamking7800]

He did not say that once.

[@Glirion__]

Ho! Amazing timing buddy ol' pal!

[@MrMaxcraftero]

It´s possible to add the location or the way to get those ítems? Very good video nonetheless, already have 4 of them!

[@thesaxiest4480]

We need a counter for the amount of times you said cold damage while talking about the snowburst ring!

[@MithicMindsAI]

Thank you for the effort

[@Novocaine33]

I still get the Potent Robe as Dark Urge. I beat up the character using non lethal damage with a Monk. Before every rest Long or Partial Rest.

[@gregoberski5897]

I did not know that enemies cannot auto-succeed on 20's for saving throws! Good to know.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Yeah it's a weird choice! PCs don't either, but there's no enemy save DCs high enough to autofail even with save penalties, so the only time it comes up is if you stack acuity and cast harmful spells on allies

[@williamking7800]

​@@Cephalopocalypsethat's probably why. I get the strong feeling they didn't really think Acuity out when they added it to the game

[@Weatherman4Eva]

30:30 you can also stack great single target single turn radiating orb with magic missile

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Yep!

[@ameeryoussef]

You mention you take really long adventuring days. How come? Is that so you can use fewer hill giant/cloud giant potions and similar consumables? Or just to make the game more challenging for yourself?

[@daviswhitlock9161]

He has mentioned in other videos that he just thinks it is fun. But he also uses those potions in a lot of builds so Im sure thats related

[@masonwillms2542]

I just think its fun ro play around the idea of limited resources.

[@ameeryoussef]

@@masonwillms2542 Yeah I imagine that's right.

[@ameeryoussef]

@@daviswhitlock9161 Got it - sounds right to me, I was just wondering if he had another reason

[@Cephalopocalypse]

I don't use elixirs in my own play - I like long adventuring days because it requires you to manage your resources, which is the fun part of the game for me - and because I come to BG3 from tabletop D&D, where your DM would be annoyed if you started taking a nap after every minor scuffle when the fate of the world is on the line :P That said, if you're looking to win as easily as possible, more rests are better!

[@ChongFrisbee]

About the circlet of hunting. Grym's helm used on another char that would be marking a target for the circlets user? Feels like a cumbersome thing. Or did I miss something?

[@boopdabeep5300]

How do you use the circlet of hunting with grym’s helm if they both are headwear?

[@evanv7607]

I think you can have one character wear the grym helm to cast hunter mark, and the other would wear the circlet to get the bonus. I don’t believe it has to be your own hunters mark. At least that’s the only way I can make sense of recommending them to work together.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

I did a bad job explaining this! The circlet doesn't need the wearer to have cast hunter's mark, just that the target is marked, so a party that has grym's helm can benefit from the circlet even without a ranger (or a non-ranger character with a ranger ally can wear it, though typically the ranger will get the most value imo)

[@tomleonard830]

With Gloves of the Automaton, would give automatic Sneak attack potential for rogues (except in situations where there would be disadvantage)?

[@angelasimms757]

Yes. The risky ring also does this. I always give Astarion the Risky Ring so every time he attacks, it is a sneak attack.

[@chuckchan4127]

Hey, i got a question: Do you have a guide for a Oath breaker Lockadin? Id like to play the Paladin class but cant stand the moral choices. If i played a Oath Breaker, id like a build that requires zero respecs so i dont have to give the dork knight money to allow respecing again.

[@Weatherman4Eva]

Check the rizzadin build for oath breaker

[@lendial]

Risky is imo the very single best item in the entire game unless you run a totally non martial party. Which ever character I give it to just becomes a powerhouse for the rest of the game. It is interesting how much these item ranks change based on how often the player rests.

[@missing_links]

Except that there are better ways to gain advantage with no downsides, if your goal is just gaining advantage. Even talking ring slot, the eversight ring + darkness is 95% of the time advantage with no cost and with a huge additional defensive buff.

[@lendial]

@@missing_links You are absolutely correct but I do no rest honour ruleset runs and getting advantage without expending spell/skill resources is game changing. As for darkness, that mechanic in general will trivialize the game if you build around it with eversight and devil's sight because the enemy AI just does not know what to do. There is also the ease of always having it without having to use an entire turn to setup a darkness cloud, land a blind spell or prebuff with gloves of automoton.

[@bufftucker]

I agree that Risky Ring is good, but the upside is not even close to Helmet of Arcane Acuity. RR is a good item that is easily replaceable by one of the many other effects that give advantage. HoAA offers a game-breaking, combat-winning effect. HoAA is, in my opinion, in the Tavern Brawler tier of things that should have never made the final game in their current form: They trivialize combat.

[@lendial]

@@bufftucker I don't disagree with you which is why I don't use TB, arcane acuity, camp clerics, bhaalist armor, barrelmancy in my playthroughs.

[@missing_links]

​@@lendial Okay, then minimally your list of better items would have to include the arcane acuity duo/trio and bhaalist armor as better items, yes? Which would categorically make the risky ring not the best single item in the game. As to darkness, the usual method of applying darkness prior to act 3 is an arrow of darkness, which isn't exactly an expensive way to gain advantage and huge defensive buffs for at least one, but easily 2 or 3 party members by that point. You could also run punch drunk bastard, which gives you easy access to (effectively cost-free) advantage as many times as you'd like, which functions both as one of the best stat sticks for ranged and non-martials for this reason, and is also among the best few weapons outright for any build that expects to apply melee attacks hitting more than one enemy frequently i.e. tiger barb or hunter ranger at level 11. I'm not saying the risky ring is bad, but "best item in the game?" That's pushing it pretty hard. Huge upside, yes, but also a significant downside and not a super unique effect.

[@Frazec_Atsjenkov]

42:35 I never kill Alfira on my Dark Urge runs. And have no problem receiving this reward. So... Very little incentive not to play Durge.

[@continuechaos]

What a great way to wake up

[@bradleyscott6304]

Do you have a build centered around being intoxicated?

[@williamking7800]

All of my builds are centered around being intoxicated. Oh wait you meant the characters

[@emerealm3779]

All you console enjoyers make sure to update, patch 7 is out!

[@missing_links]

I still think it doesn't make sense to group mountain pass items with act 1. Every item in act 2 prior to the shadowfell can be applied to act 1 content, except the goblin camp. Especially for purchased gear at places like last light and moonrise, there is no meaningful distinction in how early or easily accessible these items are compared to creche shop and Esther shop items, nor to the content for which these items are relevant. The groupings ought to be based on permanent story progression events. Mountain pass items are functionally a part of act 2, even though they can be applied to some areas of act 1, and shadowfell and onward items are part of act 3, even though they can be applied to some areas of act 2. If you can't use an item to complete the goblin camp, it isn't really an act 1 item, and if you can't even take an item into an act 1 location, it isn't really an act 2 item.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

I think that's a reasonable take! I think in the context of a youtube guide though it would be too confusing for viewers to place a split somewhere other than where the devs did

[@missing_links]

@@Cephalopocalypse That's fair. It's just that a lot of the top tier act 1 items, especially those which remain good all game long, suddenly become much less busted when you compare them to items they become available with at the same time and with the same effort. Gloves of dex are still _crazy_, but they're much less out of line with the items on the act 2 list compared to the act 1 list.

[@williamking7800]

I hereby dub Crèche Y'llek to be Act 1.5

[@Hagen024]

Is it just me or is there no sound at the for the last item?

[@bryceezekai2898]

Can you please give another honorable mention so i still get 20 items if i ban Arcane Acuity?

[@paragonca9736]

Surgeon's Subjugation Amulet, Killer's Sweetheart

[@KeyosAUS]

Wondering if anyone know, but how does spirit guardian create 10 stacks of radiating orbs with coruscation ring and luminous armor in 2 ticks? Ring gives 2 stacks and armor gives 1 (i think?) Making it 3 stacks per tick, so im assuming im missing something

[@jonaswestman1245]

oh, Circlet of hunting does not need you to have given hunters mark?

[@chuckchan4127]

Im doing my first run on Tactician and using Swords Bard (10/2 fighter variant). My god, he does everything lol. Cant wait to abuse Helm of Arcane Acuity!

[@CharlesClement-o7n]

Elijah Hills

[@tobiaskoran6787]

Drakethroat glaive where

[@missing_links]

No weapons on this list.

[@onyourleft5648]

Yea it should be an honorable mention imho

[@NextWeeek]

@@onyourleft5648no weapons lol

[@missing_links]

@@onyourleft5648 There will be a separate list for weapons. This list also doesn't include the punch-drunk bastard or shar's spear.

[@lendial]

easiest s-tier buff stick in the game

[@joshhobbs4862]

🐐🐐🐐

[@FraterPerdurabo]

Your video is late. I just finished act 2 and everyone is dead.

[@Andro307]

Whoop