The BEST DRUID in Baldur's Gate 3 - Honour Mode Build Guide

[@northofself]

My go to strat for Moon Druid in Honour Mode: Wild Shape to Panther, turn invisible, and run back to Withers to resurrect my dead party 😅

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

I'm sorry...the panther can turn invisible? I have been missing out on so much. Now I have to check to see what all of the animals can do.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Genuinely a great reason to play a druid, the extra healthbar and different movement modes makes running away much easier.

[@northofself]

@@Blasted2Oblivion Just once a long rest and it requires concentration, but it has infinite duration. I'm going to mc mine with 6 Wildheart for the aspect of the Wolf aura, so he can just chill next to the mystic scoundrel self casting greater invis. The extra attack even carries over from Barbarian, so it gets 3 attacks, all primal strike by end game. 😁 EDIT: Making sure to take Resilience: Dexterity for the extra +1 Dex on the 15 dex Panther, who started as a Barbarian for CON proficiency. Also throwing in Tavern Brawler

[@LoreFoundry]

Oh man. That's good. I love it. I am so sorry, it will get easier.

[@kogaju7678]

​@@northofself explain like I'm 5. Got a build vid on this?

[@beefy1735]

There is a nice chest plate in act 3 for druids. The merchant in the sewers near the entrance for temple of bhaal sells this chest plate that gives you 20 temp hp everytime you wild shape.

[@mxmadifae]

Great breakdown, looking forward to more Honor Mode shenanigans!

[@AshGreen359]

I usually use earth myrmadon, the grounded thunder strike knocks targets prone

[@fledgling9097]

1:30 - 2:45 Yes druid is amazing now, but you also aren't affected by hold person while you are wildshaped. That's another great thing to point out.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

True! There's a couple fights where that's very helpful

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

I learn so much from these videos and even more from the comments as a bonus. I had no idea that wildshapes are immune to hold person. Thank you.

[@erichzann6305]

Jaheira is absolute beauty :)

[@sherrydowns4052]

Really want to see that Circle of the Land guide ❤

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Coming soon!

[@Kek393]

Pro tip for everyone playing Honor mode. You can actually save scum. On PS5 you just have to force quit the BG3 game using the PS button and on PC you have to use Task Manager to force shutdown. That way the game doesn't make an auto save and you're allowed to resume playing. It does register a Game Over though so if you think you're gonna die you have to force shutdown before that.

[@stevealami]

What’s the point in playing honour mode then ?

[@Kek393]

@@stevealami the 5e ruleset, the unique legendary actions for bosses and testing your builds. While i agree that save scumming during combat is stupid I'm not gonna lie I'm not taking those 3 nat 1s in a row wasting 2 inspirations after like 7 different tries of the same thing. Plus some of us can't spend our days in front of the monitors redoing act 1 over and over.

[@christianflex4all]

@@stevealamisome people might just want the achievement

[@Mr552975]

Hey, dilophosaurus might actually be a bit stronger than Owl Bear.. I was playing and noticed I was getting the Tavern Brawler bonus damage on both the regular physical portion, but also the +4 Tavern Brawler damage on the acid portion of the bite. Plus it looks cooler and has the AC melting skill!

[@jey593]

Hello. Great guide (like all your other guides). But I am a bit confused as to why constitution matters if we are going to be in wildshape form? Are concentration checks while in wildshape based on human-form constitution instead of wilshape constitution? If i cast a concentration spell and then wildshape, isn't my base constitution useless?

[@Cephalopocalypse]

con is useful if you're out of charges or get knocked out of wildshape (or want to cast multiple spells in an encounter)

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

SUPER IMPORTANT CORRECTION. You can still save scum skill checks. It just takes a lot more time. You save before the roll and roll as normal. If you fail, since you can't reload the save, just close the game. Don't go to the main menu, or anything. Just shut the game off. Then you bring the game back up and continue. It will load up the save from just before the roll. As I said, it takes a LOT more time but it still works.

[@Nooctae]

altF4 the game makes it save tho ?

[@Kyobi]

You can reliably get the hair just silence and attack her before she can teleport her hostage.

[@contramundi5873]

Okay, for anyone playing in Honor mode, there are two things that this video gets seriously wrong: 1) standing in Fog Cloud does NOT protect you from enemy ranged attacks. All it does is obscure you, which effectively raises your AC a bit (actually imposes a negative modified to ranged attacks). But enemies can and will still fire upon you. And since you're blinded by Fog Cloud, you'll get obliterated if there are multiple ranged attackers with multiple ranged attacks - a fairly common scenario 2. This one might be a bug, but still... the extra damage from Tavern Brawler does NOT apply to wild shape attacks in Honor mode. It does in Tactician or lower (assume he loaded a Tactician save to respec Jaheira for his combat demo) but in honor mode it just doesn't work that way. You do get the bonus to attack rolls, which is nice, but your melee damage will be pathetically, hilariously low compared to literally any other melee class. It really sucks and makes Moon Druid feel utterly pointless in Honor mode. I was crushed when I got TB on my druid, shifted into bear form and saw my damage rolls hadn't changed at all. The good news is that if you're playing on PC you can just install the Druid Quality of Life mod and if will fix TB in Honor mode. But it does some other things too that you might consider going against the spirit of the game, at least in honor mode. Try it at your own risk

[@wilusan]

i think lari cancels achievments if you mod the game no? it was that way in dos2 at least.

[@contramundi5873]

@wilusan Oh, do they? I don't actually use any mods myself, I just found this one when I went online to make sure I wasn't the only one having this issue with TB on a moon druid in Honor mode I pit my druid on hold for now. I'll either play him again if this gets patched or respec him to something else. Hoping it gets patched soon though. I really liked the character concept.

[@borisp9988]

Tavern brawler still doesn't give any damage boost on Honour mode specifically. It does work properly on all other difficulties.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Yeah - sadly this video was made before that bug was discovered. I'm still hoping they fix it in the next patch

[@matthewdebeer8453]

I believe the obscured part of Fog Cloud (which definitely exists in pen & paper) doesn’t have any impact in BG3. I’ve tried using it defensively on my party and it just seems to give ranged attackers outside the cloud advantage on hitting you.

[@Artaxo]

I also suffer from this. It does work for the player not being able to hit inside the fog cloud, but the enemies certainly can...

[@Cephalopocalypse]

It's bugged as of patch 5 - they fixed it in patch 4 but seem to have broken it again. Hopefully will be fixed again soon.

[@GammaBeastBoy]

So I wanna try a play through using your build. your one of the few KZbinr who does the build guides with honor mode restrictions in mind. Wanted to know a party comp or two that synergies together created from ur builds. personally I would prefer a wild shape druid in the front line just cause I haven’t played it yet. But if there is a super synergistic party that doesn’t use it I would be okay with that.

[@GammaBeastBoy]

So my question is what is a synergistic party based off ur builds.

[@iAmMuu]

Tavern brawler still seems pretty wonky with wild shape, it is adding to attack rolls but not to damage (at least on the bear)

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Apparently it's bugged on honour mode right now - they fixed it for other difficulties but left it on the old half-working version for honour. Hopefully will be fixed soon! In the meantime I think this is still the strongest build, the hit chance is the real benefit of TB, but it's definitely disappointing that they said they fixed it and then didn't :P

[@iAmMuu]

@@Cephalopocalypse ahhhh thank you

[@robinsvendsen4698]

Trying out your build, but how is it that you can get 16dex..My Jaheira can't go pass 15. I have not changed the race and I am still a High Half-Elf??

[@nadaibnukautsarpratama6663]

Just started bg3 as human druid here, just massacre whole goblin camp & defend grove and can say ice knife really most to go spell😂

[@arthurbarboza6258]

why not dump every ability point in int/wis/cha and rely on wild shape for fighting????

[@seaurchinayano6140]

Does the feat that gives you advantage on concentration saving throws not work in wild shape? I thought it would be almost mandatory on a wild shape focused build, unless it doesnt actually work

[@charlesbryson7443]

So few items/feats work in wild shape. It’s sad, really.

[@ekuude]

From what I can tell, wild shape does not break your concentration, nor does it prevent you from gaining adv on concentration checks

[@CAiNiAC]

Really looking forward to seeing your Circle of the Land version and potetially a multiclass version as well. How bad does a wildshale Land druid suffer from non magical attacks that the Moon gets?

[@KungKokkos]

Every single hit cancels concentration spells, and you are in melee, dont we need battle mage or wahtever?

[@hjeriz]

Wouldn't it make more sense to speak more into strength than dexerity? For the Tavern Brawler.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

When you wildshape, you replace your physical stats (str dex con) with those of the animal form - that's why we use owlbear here, as it has the highest strength!

[@CoviYello]

So what's the party builds for levelling with this character?

[@grimmbeorn]

one note: it seems that tavern brawler only applies to the hit chance NOT to the damage

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Yep, unfortunately they fixed the bug on other difficulties, but didn't manage to on honour mode, which I didn't know at the time. Hopefully will be properly fixed soon

[@spacefruite]

Hello :) I am not very good in d&d and understanding that stuff in general, but I am trying to! Doesn't it make more sense to put points in str so that you have a higher modifier? Probably not but I am just learning about all of it and I don't see why our str is so low if we are playing as a bear hitting stuff with it's paw :)

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Hi, good question! When you use the druid's Wildshape ability to turn into an animal, you replace your own physical stats (str, dex, con) with the animal's, so we'll be using the bear's strength rather than our own. Hope that makes sense!

[@spacefruite]

@@Cephalopocalypse I see! If you think about it it makes sense but without any knowledge it's sometimes hard to understand :) Thanks for the quick answer :)

[@yikes666]

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[@kiethkay9135]

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[@Cephalopocalypse]

Cheers!

[@waterenchantress7619]

Is worth to dump int? This way you can get 18 wis. Edit: this way i can max Wis with only 1 feat. Which one should i choose as my last feat?

[@Cephalopocalypse]

The highest you can start with in a single stat is 17 (15 base, plus the +2 bonus). If it were possible to start with 18 WIS we definitely would!

[@waterenchantress7619]

@@Cephalopocalypse 17 start + 1 Wis (act 1) is viable?

[@newns9649]

is shelialeh bad in bg3? its a must have in 5e

[@user-is2xk5xy1v]

No but after you get Hill Giant Strenght elixir it has no sense.

[@itsJPhere]

It's the best melee cantrip in the game.

[@user-is2xk5xy1v]

Bear is a shit form, the worst in the early game. AC 12 and dex 10 means that you are dead very quickly and it has the shittiest attack rolls, almost always they are missing, completely useless form - often you are dying before you can do damage. The best form is wolf with the very strong attack (especially with Hill Giant Elixir), second one is spider even if its attacks are dex based.

[@RyanS406]

If they ever change how tavern brawler works, these OP honor mode and tactician builds are going to get so fucked up it’s going to be hilarious

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Honestly I wish they would. They changed it significantly from its tabletop implementation, and it's way too much better than the other options. I was hoping they'd fix it for honour mode.

[@SirGoKickYourself]

idk why but Tavern brawler hasn't been adding extra damage lately for wildshapes

[@sujitshankar5277]

Are you playing on tactician?

[@SirGoKickYourself]

honor mode@@sujitshankar5277

[@jacobstalls1159]

If anyone wants to run a party face druid then you can dump dex and use dex gloves in the creche and put points into Charisma for dialogue. If you do this you should probably pick Guild Artisan or Noble.

[@hulkwouldownsuperman]

and play gith for Astral knowledge and get proficiency

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Very true! The gloves are great overall as well, as one of the few pieces of gear that actually helps you. Also the shield that increases initiative for the same reason.

[@sd_q3st3r]

I tested Wildshape by soloing groups and i realize how super squishy they are. Despite the HP. Its like your characters with all the stats but *without gear.* - 5 or 6 druid - 4 or 5 abjuration wizard ( 6 for projected wards) - 1 lvl of draconic ( cold ) sorcerer Armor of Agathys + arcane wards will more than make up for the "HP" you're sacrificing. And in wild shape. Heck, you can add Fire Shield in there for absurd retaliation. Dont put all your eggs into the wildshape basket. Druid's lack offense in their human form and Wizard will make up for that.

[@yihadistxdl951]

​@@Cephalopocalypsei havent played druid so idk if i need a headpiece of some sort but i think you can also leave that 10 int to 8 and use the point to somewhere else and get the intelligence headband in act 1 from lump the enlightened to get your intelligence all the way to 17. also im pretty sure this way you get to have 20 wisdom without level 12 and lets you multiclass at level 10 and get action surge from fighter which sounds incredibly powerful to my ear

[@MichaelS5400]

@@vngxrddoes the +2 strength potion in act 2 work in wild shape?

[@TMaree-tp8pk]

I’m so happy seeing some druid love, I feel like so many players sleep on it but for my runs I found it so powerful and flexible 💜

[@AshGreen359]

I put white draconic sorcerer for level 1 for armor of agythesis, and a dip into war cleric for myrmadon weapon profencies. I may reconsider the cleric level though

[@graceempathy2325]

Wait what do you mean you can't 100% get her ethal's hair? Just accept her deal. I think you mean you can't 100% guarantee get both the rewards by intimidating her, which you can just not do that if you REALLY need to be sure you get the hair. I know its not related to the build in this guide but it was a big HUH?! moment for me.

[@zachbillings4151]

Just a couple of options other people might be interested in is at level 7 I think it benefits you to respec to 1 sorc Ice dragon blood line the reason for this is you get constitution saving throw proficiencies that work in wildshape to help keep concentration spells up as well as armor of Agathis up cast it to level 3 spell and it is 15 bonus HP and 15 damage if you are hit. This spell allows you to cast without need of concentration. And at level 12 you can hero's feast + armor of Agathis level 5 for 25 HP +25 damage. Mud mephits are great because of their ability to get your team advantaged and explode when they die.

[@sd_q3st3r]

- its very easy to lose temp 15hp. Wildshape is super squishy. You have to go after range attackers or they will cheese you in the next turn. - if you get proned or paralysed, the concentrated spell is automatically removed. - Which is why i made a mutli class with Abjuration wizard for arcane wards. You can even add fire shield on top of arcane wards, on top of agathys, in wild shape. If you dont take damage, there are *no concentration checks period.*

[@SoI_Badguy]

​@@sd_q3st3r the 15hp only gets higher the higher your spell slots go. It's +30 with a lvl6 slot. It's also not that hard to get resistance to damage in this game. Which effectively doubles the temp hp.

[@Foxesinthetrees7]

Tavern brawler damage buff doesn’t work in honour mode for Druid. Enlarge Owlbear jump still one shots grymforge boss atleast.

[@josephchambers4509]

I thought I read on the patch notes they fixed TB to work with druid forms?

[@Kek393]

@@josephchambers4509 they did for non honor mode difficulties. Honor mode has different rules for things

[@oliverhed2655]

@@Kek393Is there a list for these specific rules anywhere?

[@Kek393]

@@oliverhed2655 bg3 subreddit is writing them down but there's warlock's Thirsting Blade not working with extra attack anymore, Haste giving an attack instead of a wholeass main action.

[@marjase9172]

How do you do this the enlarge owl bear jump I Mean

[@TheNightwolfMenace]

Main Druid in multiple different playthrough as my favorite class. Unless they changed summons recently as I haven’t played patch 4, it’s better action economy to have all the summons such as the elemental and woodland creature as they don’t require concentration and last until long rest. You made it seem as if you can only summon one creature before wild shape which again unless they changed that is not the case. Nonetheless great guide!

[@Cephalopocalypse]

If I made it sound that way it wasn't intentional! Definitely want multiple summons - I just wanted to highlight that the woodland creature summon is imo the best value for the spellslot. Thanks!

[@TheNightwolfMenace]

@@Cephalopocalypse copy and cheers!

[@benkelly7182]

@@Cephalopocalypsesorry if this was covered. Does only a certain Druid subclass get the summons?

[@orb8540]

​@@benkelly7182 No, every summon is available to druids. (Except spore zombies from spore obvisouly, and animate dead that comes from spore as well) Woodland being (dryad + her summone) is for all and is broken op, conjure elemental is also available to all and can be upcasted to have myrmidons (which makes land even better since spell slot economy is much better there)

[@sifayun6336]

My feedback on your guide; no hate intended: I guess I'm in the minority here, but I don't personally want a "best druid" "build guide" (as per your title) to spend so long talking about spells, and perhaps that should be in a separate "druid spell guide" video instead. This is the fourth druid video I've sat through looking for tips on building druids with since I don't have any experience with druids, and they've all gone on to talk about the miracles of flaming sphere and summon spells such as woodland creature for 30 minutes to an hour of video length. While spells in a spellcasting class can be very important, the ones you explain are standard prepared spells that all BG3 druids get, so I would have preferred to be in it's own section. There was one spells video that pointed out you can cast enough Goodberries to have infinite long rests, and since Goodberry is a druid-focused spell, it's not like your guide was hurt by skipping that minor interaction. I liked your subclass section discussion best. Such as learning that the Moon subclass makes shifting a bonus action, which I didn't realize; the differences you've pointed out about Honor mode are also good. I'm not looking for Honor difficulty stuff, but clicked on your video nonetheless because I'm trying to see how people are building their druids.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

That's an interesting perspective that I'd be extremely surprised if many other people shared! Spell selection is critically important to spellcasting characters like druids, so it's definitely necessary to cover which ones to prepare - though I understand why you might be tired of it after watching several guides.

[@sifayun6336]

Thank you for your level-headed response. I appreciate you taking the time to do so.

[@aso900]

Wolf is so underrated. Tavern Brawler Wolf with Laezel or Karlach just absolutely shreds. I'm tearing honour mode apart

[@OBalduriano]

How does the combo work?

[@paulomartins1813]

ok so, this comes a little late, andsure, teorically the wolf looks so cool with pack tatics and all that, but in practice, the bear is just better anyway, you could do more damage with wolf sure, but you can also just transform into wolf and die in 1 turn, since they are both early game forms, the bear doing similar damage( its a little lower but not a big deal and losing the tatic packbonus etc) and having double hp its just straight up better. Its kinda sad but the wildshapes until lvl 10 dont really have much variety in combat, they are really usefull outside combat, but in combat not really, you can use them for fun ofc but bear is just straight up better till lvl 6 and owlbear its just straight better until lvl 10. At 10 you finally you,get all your shapes and this ones have their purpose in combat. I still use the wolf and the sabertooth in some fights just to change it but bear and owlbear are just straight up better unless some very niche situations

[@TheAcgunburned]

Great guide!~ As for races Halfling may be a good choice for their lucky working in animal, also get advantage to stealth which could prove useful when you invs.

[@caffiend81]

You can reliably get Ethel's hair. It's trying to save and get the hair that's risky. But if you don't need the fancy rapier later on, there's not much downside to just taking the hair and giving the hostage the middle finger.

[@fletcherrussett4318]

Tavern Brawler while in wild shape does not work in honor mode. I dont know if this is a bug or not but i am hours into a run and just realizing now ive wasted my time. No damage is added, only the attack rolls. Hitting for a measly 6-9 damage while in the strongest shapes. Disappointing

[@user-is2xk5xy1v]

The must is to use Hill Giant Strenght elixir for moon druid. It works while in wild shape boosting your damage. And until you get owlbear or panther always use the wolf. Bear is useless garbage.

[@lapushka9388]

Water Myrmidon summon is so good for this as you gain an additional healer that makes things wet and more chances to make ice surface.

[@fledgling9097]

Yes. This. I love the water Myrmidon as a summon, it works well if you wildshape into an air myrmidon and have savage attacker, since the healing vapors also make enemies wet so your lightning damage is doubled. Having 4 water myrmidons made some tough fights really easy.

[@lapushka9388]

@@fledgling9097 I’m gonna try if dipping two levels into tempest cleric activates the channel divinity destructive wrath.

[@yhnujmik987]

With the limitations on items helping you in wild shape, I tend to stack +initiative items on them which is nice so that you can get things wet before the rest of the party follows up.

[@fledgling9097]

@@yhnujmik987 that makes sense. Did you know that Orin's new armor gives you a +1 to attack and damage rolls when shape changed, which I have confirmed works with wildshape.

[@yhnujmik987]

@@fledgling9097 I did hear that. I haven't tested with the latest patch yet, but it was the case that buffs from items which show up as an icon next to your portrait would work in wild shape form as well. For example, if you started the fight in caster form wearing the Haste Helm that gives 3 stacks of Momentum, your Wild Shape would benefit from that extra movement speed. Similarly, if you could get Arcane Synergy before Wild Shaping into a Myrmidon, those weapon attacks would add your Wisdom for a round or two. I didn't have it for that playthrough, but I my current one I stole the Idol of Silvanus back off of Mol after giving it to her for the quest and I found that a character with the idol and the Diadem of Arcane Synergy often starts the fight with that buff active which is nice. I think they did fix the ring that gave you +1 AC when obscured (you used to be able to give that buff to everyone in your party for the whole day by proc'ing it and then taking the ring off and giving it to the next character) so I should probably double check whether these tricks still work.

[@victoru92]

You are sleeping a bit on sleet storm. The untold reason why it's so good is that in addition to the effect, it can cause enemies to slip on ice and completely miss their turn. So it's anti concentration, difficult terrain and possible cc all in one spell. People sleep on it, i think it's even better than wall of fire especially with means to impose disadvantage on dex saving throws from your team

[@KanonHara]

what are the means of imposing disadvantage on dex saving throws?

[@PhlegethonianStream]

People slip on it.

[@charlesbryson7443]

I really wish more gear worked in wild shape. Things like Kushigo boots and the like are pointless.

[@jimjasutis5046]

I'm confused by the statement that this makes an ideal main character if you don't care about conversation ability. Isn't conversation critical for a main character?

[@AshGreen359]

For gear you want the shapeshifter boon ring The shapeshifter hat And the armor of moonbasking or the weird meat armor Orin wears

[@kathrakincanada2756]

I think Confusion is working as intended. in 5e D&D Confusion has a 1 in 5 chance of acting normally. They roll a d10 and on a 1 they run in a random direction as far as they can go, on a 2-6 they do nothing and don't move, 7-8 they use their melee attack on the nearest creature within reach, if no creature is in reach, they do nothing. On a 9 or 10, they can act normally on their turn. They would roll this d10 at the start of every round if they have confusion. I think the tooltip in BG3 doesn't explain this very well, but it seems to be working the same as 5e D&D imo. Just so you know! (Unless they patch it, and want it to work differently in BG3 lol)

[@kwuserfriendly1769]

if your video says "honor mode ready" what does that mean? have you really tried to play a druid in honor mode, from the beginning? because druid is very weak till lvl 5 and act 1 can be really tricky. I think thats why druid companions come in later in the game. you get halsin with around lvl 7 (if you do all the content before and within the shadow cursed land) jaheira you can even get around lvl 8-9. so, I maybe try the druid again for an honor run, but in my opinion he is to weak for the early game. ;-) I would still go with rouge/bard, fighter, monk or throwing barbarian.

[@MarkovChains223]

I had an idea/request for you: Idk if you know anything about the Warhammer universe, but there are 4 major Chaos Gods, and BG3's party size is 4... So... It might be cool to design a party where each character thematically represents one of the Chaos gods. e.g., Khorne might be a Durge berserker barbarian with a bleed-focus, Nurgle might be spores druid that focuses on poison, plague, and necrosis, etc. Could be good for the algorithm, too, due Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader releasing!

[@NeRoman-hb9gk]

In regards to the Confusion spell, in D&D 5e a creature effected by the Confusion spell rolls of a table to determine how it effects them at the beginning of each of their turns. One of the options on this table is that the creature acts normally. So unfortunately I think the spell is working as intended.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Near release, enemies would act normally 100% of the time - I haven't personally verified that that issue has been fully solved yet, but other people have said they haven't had it recently so I assume it has been.

[@NaveSutlef]

Of course they buff Druid like this a week before we get in on XB.. and I was so sure of my build too.. now idk.

[@ObscenumLoL]

There is a really easy way to defeat Ethel in Honour mode. I was struggling at first, but the second attempt, after reading her legendary passive was free. If you don't want spoilers, SYOP READING NOW. . . . . SPOILER Her legendary passive creates copies of her when someone casts a spell. The number of copies is based on the spell level, Both my parties were equal (waelock, shadowheart, astarion and karlach). The first try I got overwhelmed by her clones. The second one I just didn't used any magic at all. Killed her with bows and a pissed karlach jumping around, The fight is balanced taking into account that she will spawn some clones every turn... So if you don't let her do it, she is free.

[@swe113]

I just beat her up in the teahouse. I waited until she was a bit further in the room, then just hammered her with karlach barbarian and lae'zel monk. Stunning fist is amazing. She never made copies. I had wyll cast hunger of hadar in the doorway which basically stopped the minions from helping. Easiest ethel fight I've had so far. She didn't make copies for me probably because she was stunned. Or she only has her legendary ability in her lair (this could be it if they go by regular rules kinda). Stunning strike also helped me take out the spider matriarch pretty easily + the lil beholder thingy.

[@MajikkaniHand]

That's incredible information. Thank you!

[@t.t6294]

The Moon druid implementation in bg3 is incredibly lackluster. and recasting in wildshape is still bugged... still, they're my favorite. there are mods that make them more viable but I rather not resort to mods for that

[@cannyvalley8522]

What a gorgeous woman Jaheira is, can't wait to meet her in game. Wish we could flirt) Sorry for off topic

[@axo4383]

Harpies (Save Mirkon), Grym, Spider Queen (Immune to poison though), and maybe Hag. Only bosses i think that are hard for Druids.

[@ryanfc]

I am working on a similar build but taking Tavern Brawler, Alert and War Caster. Not maxing out Wisdom.

[@anergyboy2192]

Does TB add to damage in Wild Shape? I know the patch notes said it did, but it seems to be bugged in all modes.

[@fledgling9097]

27:00 Earth Myrmidon thunderous strikes actually deals more damage atm, the patch had an oversight with it. Earth Myrmidon with tavern brawler deals 1d10+8 bludgeoning damage +3d10+4 thunder damage with each attack and a chance to knock the target prone.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Great info thanks! Hopefully they fix that soon, so I'm not too unhappy about not recommending it, but as long as that's bugged it sounds like the best option for WS

[@fledgling9097]

@@Cephalopocalypse But you can wildshape into an owlbear twice before a short rest, Myrmidons use both wildshape charges. So Owlbear has more uses.

[@marjase9172]

​@@fledgling9097there is a helmet in act 3 that gives you an extra wild shape charge so you can use the earth wild shape and if that happens to die you can then change into an owl bear the trader Umm can't remember her name the one you use to go to the house of hope sells it

[@damioncastellano5299]

As of Hotfix 21, the bonus Strength modifier damage to unarmed strikes does not apply to unarmed strikes while Wild Shaped in Honour Mode. Not too big of a deal because the bonus to hit is what's really important.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Yep, this was recorded during the like 3 days when it briefly worked as described in the video lol

[@TehSamurai]

With the haste nerf, is Spore Druid less viable? Armor of Sporekeeper's Haste Spores still seems pretty good regardless.

[@qwerty70231]

can I drink giant elixir to buff tavern bravler in wild shape?

[@lucasjacone3720]

Can you make a spore druid build for this new difficulty? :)

[@szemyah]

what about resilience and warcaster as your 2nd and 3rd feat? constitution saving throw proficiency with advantage should make you a concentration machine and may offset the usually lower ac on wild shapes compared to armored characters.

[@tvikkula]

Really looking forward to the Circle of the Land guide! ❤❤

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Coming soon!

[@grimebear]

Really enjoying these guides! One suggestion, when doing these if you could preface the build with which races have the best synergy.

[@AshGreen359]

He usually does that

[@jrtomlin1805]

Does any do a NON tank druid build? I am looking for one and just no luck at all.

[@Cephalopocalypse]

I have done several! Though this build isn't really a tank, so if you expand more on what you're looking for I might be able to point you to something more specific

[@tuyama9628]

Love it!! I'm researching for my Honor Playthrough. I may create a party with Druid, Sorcerer, Necromancer and Paladin

[@tiagoleivas3495]

Its easy to get Ethel +1…you just need to give up saving the girl and accept the reward without asking to have both the buff+girl

[@pekkalaaksonen8384]

Thanks for the build. I swapped Astarion (rogue/ranger/fighter) to Act 3 endgame to Jaheira to have real def/off power. ”Bows and arrows” are not enough in Tact mode.. let’s see if this works. Padlock, cleric/fighter, druid and a mostly a fighter hopefully carries to the end.. 😅

[@PuskasMarton]

If only shapeshifting didnt vomit all of my "common" skills into my skillbar after transforning back... forcing the use of the custom skillbar isnt something that druid should do.

[@bdonlazy]

Love it. Now that we can move items around in camp, this is nice to have for Halsin/Jaheira , just incase you want that Owlbear in combat for a fight or two. (Or just main both?!)

[@jalapenoburger7114]

What I did (and I think it's a little better than this build bc I feel like wild shape is a little overrated), for race the best choice by far is to be a Drow, you get proficiency with hand crossbows and this way you could get a reliable way of dealing damage from far without wasting spell slots because Druid can trips aren't the best for dealing damage, go first level Storm sorcerer (good for CON prof and also the bonus action flight) grab shield and feather fall, and for cantrips get friends, mage hand, minor illusion and blade ward, then go all the way Land Druid, this way you get a great and flexible spellcaster, most of the time Owlbear will solve a lot of problems for you, even in high levels I found that the Owlbear is really good, for feats the best is Alert and then an ASI, if you can you should grab the hag hair for a +1 in WIS and this way you get a really versatile caster that can also wild shape into an Owlbear, I don't feel like the Myrmidons + TB in high lvl are as good as everyone else are making them out to be, I feel like is far better to stay in human form and cast spells and sometimes transform into an Owlbear and Land Druid provides an extended spell list for the day so I feel like this way you are far better

[@pekkalaaksonen8384]

Great build as always, thanks. Can you do also a build that maximizes/optimizes items that boost ability stats e.g. gloves of hill giant strength, amulet of constitution and what class/multi-class would benefit the most from this..

[@Cander617]

Another build Another video where no one is explaining the gear.. WTF does no one know what druids gear is or something?

[@lmjuniper]

Wait! A fellow Swede? 👋🏾 Going into honor tonight w my wife so was browsing for good honor builds. Do you not suggest "dual classing" honor builds at all?

[@fluffyburrito9171]

Just want to add that Haste is really not an efficient spell for Land Druid to use. You have so many other ways you want to be using concentration (Sleet Storm, Moon Beam, insect plague, etc.) that you should be the last caster wanting to use it.

[@antonyfaulkner8649]

Sleet Storm is a dazzling OP Spell. Make all your foes and their minions prone for the rest of the combat. Then just ranged attacks, or send fighters in with Hoarfrost and Disintegrating Nightwalker boots.

[@orb8540]

You have the dryad who has an aura of immunity to difficult terrain too as a druid. (and paralysis and restrain, basically the dryad is broken op)

[@jalapenoburger7114]

Honestly you can just play with 2 characters and roll the whole game in honor mode feel like easy mode, you just need any Sleet Storm caster (I feel like the Druid is the best) and a Hunger of Hadar Caster, you just microwave everything in the game lol

[@antonyfaulkner8649]

@@jalapenoburger7114 +10... Hunger of Hadar also great for nuking crowds. I found that out the hard way fighting my way into Moonrise once they've twigged I'm there to kill them all.

[@swe113]

Like and subbed. Are you Swedish by any chance? Anyways very good video, well made and good info. Really made me want to play a druid but I'm already almost act 2 in my honor mode campaign. Maybe when I die (probably should have cleared the game on lower difficulty before doing honor mode but it seemed like a fun challenge).

[@loriancrane]

Duergar moon druid -> Racial Enlarge-> Owlbear. -juggernaut has entered the battle field-

[@Lukashoffmann94]

Kinda missing the equipment part. Druids can’t use all that much, so it would be nice to know, what actually works.

[@arnebethke]

Why do you only pick the dryade and not the elemental summon too? Have a lot of summons, while in shape-form sounds amazing to me.

[@Tespri]

Actually in tabletop you can't activate the spell while in shape. Errata has been made regarding to this. Simply put... BG3 is actually following the recent changes in tabletop.

[@luargambino]

Horrible class, for many reasons.

[@crios9034]

If you want to be an owlbear in most combats, and its straight up better for non moon druids than moon druids, why stay moon after getting it?

[@GrantDenochick]

for what it's worth you can 100% get the hair, all you have to do is let her keep the girl

[@degli1977]

in honour mode tavern brawler is bugged for the wild shape. the boost is only applied for attack rolls, not damage rolls

[@jam34786]

Wasn't this fixed in patch 5?

[@degli1977]

@@jam34786 only in the honour mode is bugged. On the other difficulties it works as intended in patch 5

[@R7AWSUM]

That isn't great, but Attack rolls are the main strength of TB. So at least you're not losing out on too much.

[@Jamelon]

What the actual fuck? Why is the game buffed at only one difficulty

[@Kek393]

@@Jamelon Honor mode has different rulesets. Honor mode has actual 5e rules when all the others have differences such as Haste for example.

[@thedarkness75]

I’m just getting into this game and starting it but wondering if certain multi class combinations are as broken in the game as they are in 5e like the Moon Druid here, would multi classing into a barbarian (“Bearbarian”) be efficient? In the table top game that combination is deadly broken and could tank almost everything but I’m guessing probably not in BG3

[@Gewaldrocm]

Atleast the bonus from Rage applies to wildshapes. So does Tavern Brawler feat.

[@JBSouls]

afaik, both rage and shifting into your wild shape (for moon druid) are bonus actions so you can't really do both in the same / first turn... compared to what other classes / multiclass combos can do in 1 turn this combination - while great on paper - sounds like it would take a bit to get going in each combat scenario.

[@thedarkness75]

@@JBSouls the whole idea is you rage first turn or even before the battle then wild shape first turn. The rage lasts 10 turns (1 minute) so you lose a turn in essence but the battle will be well over before nine turns and you gain resistance to every type of damage except psychic. Again, table top and BG3 probably work differently. For example, tavern brawler works differently in 5e and most DM‘s wouldn’t even allow it to work with wild shape, most would consider claws, etc to be the creatures natural weapons.

[@JBSouls]

@@thedarkness75 I did a quick check of the BG3Builds subreddit after leaving the reply earlier and from what I've seen it's not an amazing combo (pretty much anything is 'viable' though) but the suggestion to combine Wildheart Barbarian with Spore Druid popped up several times - apparently quite tanky... maybe that would be worth a look for you. Note: I haven't tested either combination personally so I can't confirm or deny the effectiveness.

[@thedarkness75]

@@JBSouls yeah I figured. Like I say I come from the table top background and I’m just getting into the game. Whole different mechanics what’s broke in one isn’t broke in the other and vice versa. needless to say there’s probably not a sorcerer/warlock build (“coffeelock”) that gives you unlimited spells either lol

[@JLBeaugh]

Was trying this out in bear form... It appears that Tavern brawler doesn't add to damage anymore?? just adds to attack roll???? damage was just 2d4 +1d4 + 4 in bear form... it should be 2d4+1d4+4+4..... was damage changed in lastest patch?? or am i missing something??

[@Cephalopocalypse]

Yes, sadly it's currently still bugged in honour mode - they fixed it in all others but not there. This guide was made before that bug was discovered :( Hopefully will be fixed soon!

[@brreakfastYT]

I really wanted to play druid for my first playthrough (yes, I realize the game has been out for months. I'm a failure and don't finish games) but druid feels like an awful main character because they have no dialogue skill.

[@christianflex4all]

I’m playing one now as my main with guidance and artisan back story you should be fine. And if your not in honor mode it don’t matter what you pick because you can reload.

[@ludvigtheowopaladin]

Can you do druid support?

[@Visardi]

In honor mode, tavern brawler does not add str to damage twice, only to hit in wild shape

[@nizemee729]

Won't it be better to add War Caster feat just to be easier keeping concentration as you will be in melee range ?

[@crimsoncenturian5625]

Question: is it worth adding 1 lvl in Wizard and put points in INT instead of Wisdom for Haste? I read somewhere it actually makes youre human form better with spells

[@daLiraX]

Is Tavern Brawler working for shapeshift? There are some posts around that it is not adding damage, only attack rolls (mainly arguing it is due to the fix to throwing damage).

[@aggrototem5259]

Yes, in honour mode at least only +5 to attack roll, no more +5 extra damage

[@stormcranford9008]

Did they change tavern brawler? It didn't work for wild shape form in previous patches.

[@sujitshankar5277]

They did. In modes other than Tactician, tavern brawler now applies on both attack rolls and damage.