THE BEST Oathbreaker Paladin SOLO Honor Mode Build for Baldur's Gate 3

[@contramundi5873]

One note on the items: If you do a full evil run, you won't be able to get the Boots of Persistence. The reason being that if you're going the evil route, you'll most likely side with Minthara and the goblins and wipe out the druid grove. Dammon and all the other Tieflings will be dead, so the Forge of the Nine shop where Dammon sells those boots will not be open when you arrive in Baldur's Gate. It also means that he won't be at the Last LIght Inn, so you won't be able to get the Darkfire Shortbow, the Lifestealing Sword, the flawed Helldusk Helmet, or any of the other gear he provides in that act. Now, you can side with the Tieflings in Act 1 and gradually become more evil as you play. That's perfectly viable. But if you want to be as evil as you can be right from the start, you're going to miss out on some of the best gear the game offers in Acts 2 and 3. It sucks, and in my opinion the loss of all that gear and all the side quest content from the NPCs that are dead really makes evil play throughs of this game not worth it. There are other gear items you can get, and of course you'll still get to level 12, but the game is going to feel shorter and emptier.

[@italianspartacus]

I COMPLETELY forgot about that. Absolutely great shout man

[@maximushernandez2583]

This is exactly why after my first true evil run I will never do it again. You just lose out on so much better content and XP in general.

[@raphaelng89]

Didn't they add a patch later on where you no longer need to do genocide the grove in order to recruit minthara? I haven't played in a while but I rmbr reading something bout that.

[@maximushernandez2583]

@@raphaelng89 I remember the exact opposite where they patched out every method that caused this to be possible. However I heard if you just knock her out during the grove battle then you're good to go and she'll be a companion later. I personally never do the grove battle anyway.

[@contramundi5873]

@@raphaelng89 My post wasn't about recruiting Minthara. Yes, you can do that without turning on the grove. My point was that if you're doing an *evil* playthrough and you want to be as *evil* as possible right from the start of the game, then you will most likely join Minthara and the goblins in their slauthter of the grove. And in doing so, you will rob yourself of a lot of great gear later in the game as well as pretty much all of the side quests in Act 2.

[@syncopatedglory]

his videos always feel like you asked your older brother a stray question and he sat you down next to him at his desk with a snack to show you everthing

[@italianspartacus]

it's funny because that's what my brothers used to do with me: i sat next to my brother, watching him play final fantasy 4, 6, & 7, while i asked him questions about the lore and characters

[@ItsRemnant]

For the first time in my life, I find myself wishing I had an older brother. This was really wholesome to read.

[@Brian-1919]

One thing worth mentioning for solo play, is the importance of Sanctuary. Cast it on yourself right before your hast wears off and minimize your chances of getting smacked while you are lethargic. It's also a fantastic "oh shit" button to pause combat, heal up and reposition.

[@AgentFrosty]

Something to note, if you have a sorcerer in the party back at camp or even just a hireling, they can use the Drakethroat glaive and twinned spell the ability to cast the weapon buff on two weapons at once... Great for dual-wielding builds, or if you want you and someone else in your party to have the effects. 😉

[@TheBloodhoundWriter]

I searched your channel for this exact build last night. How crazy for it to pop up tonight on my feed.

[@marcosdheleno]

here's a build for a fighter or even laezel that i dont see many people talking about, but i think is alot of fun. 12 fighter eldritch knight. using will's infernal blade. the build is all about using infernal blade(when you get it) and the cantrip shocking grasp. maybe even grab the elemental feat for lightning to do even more damage with it. basically you get to shock foes, then slash them with attacks that gain lightning damage, before shocking them again with shicking grasp and doing it all over again and again every turn. its kinda like a sithlord fighting style.

[@TT-ez1ws]

Dance macabre is a good spell to use in combat, the ghouls will block you up in doors walking around with your other summons. No corpses required you can place them in front of enemies as distractions. They also explode on death so you can group them up around a boss and fireball them all

[@jasongaylard2547]

Sacred Flame always hits, it just get saved a lot in the early game because it’s a Dex save and goblins are nimble little …

[@italianspartacus]

Hahahahah

[@arekpetrosian4965]

And because Shadowheart sucks, of course.

[@RazielTheUnborn]

@@arekpetrosian4965 Oye oye oye! I will not accept this slander on my girl! My Light Cleric Shadowheart was bursting enemies down with Scorching Ray!

[@arekpetrosian4965]

@@RazielTheUnborn Right, sorry! VANILLA Shadowheart sucks. My bad. Once she gets a respec, and is shown the correct path, she's quite effective.

[@EpicRenegade777]

@@RazielTheUnborn Redeemed Light or Life cleric shadowheart can burn the world with holy selune light and its beautiful

[@Ulfhednir9]

Build Ludugars Herald Ability score 16 Str & Cha, 13 con, 12 wis / con 14, wis 10 War cleric 1 Spells: Command War cleric 2 Spells: Command, Bless, Silence War cleric 3 Spells: Command, Bless, Silence War Cleric 4 Feat: Alert>Resilent con (if odd con)>tough>Warcaster>Polearm master > ASI Str Dueling Spells: Thunderous smite, Oathbreaker Paladin 3 Oathbreaker Paladin 4 Oathbreaker Paladin 5 Oathbreaker Paladin 6 Oathbreaker Paladin 7 Gear Blood of Lethander / Sacred star / Faithbreaker / Phalar Aluve / Blackguard sword / Belm Shield of the undevout > Viconitia walking fortress / Admintine Shield / Ketheric shield / Shield of devotion Helmet of smiting / Gyrmskull helm / Flawed helldusk helment / Serovok horned helm / Helm of Baldurian + The Reviving hands (Gloves) Luminous Gloves + Coruscation ring / Gloves of heroism / Gaunts of hillgiants strength Reapers embrace / Adminatine Splint mail / Dwarven splintmail / Hellstriders Cloak of protection / Cloak of displacement Amulet of the devout / Amulet of greater health / Moondrop pendant / Spellcrux amulet / amulet of the harpers Boots of persistence / Click heals / Mistysteps / boots of striding (best early) Killers sweetheart, Ring of regeneration / Crushers ring / coruscation ring / Spurd band Drakefire shortbow / Deadshot + Serovok horned helm

[@mrgeebee1622]

Nice inspiration. Going for a Solo Honor Durge build. I'm a bit split between Tempest Cleric + Storm Sorcery or Oathbreaker Paladin + Storm Sorcery. But your build gives more extra attacks though. Thanks for all the great videos you make. 👌💯

[@mwsilva9193]

Bro, I love your videos! Are you into Elden Ring by any chance? Felt like that game has enough weapons, spells and fighting styles for many build guides. Keep up the good work!

[@italianspartacus]

I did three videos on elden ring :( no one watched em

[@Smalljose6912]

Great video! Inspired a thought that isnt totally related, in case anyone relates: Personally, I find it difficult to do "pure evil" or "pure good" runs in games like this because they take place in a different world than we do. Hence, what is "good" or "bad" by our own morality system might not make as much sense in the world of the game. You touched on this in your Saving Baldurs Gate video, and I think its a really interesting question that is worthy of being tackled more by players to challenge if their idea of "good" or "evil" really works as well as they think in the fiction of the game.

[@derekwinchester9176]

First spell you should take from cleric is sanctuary for sure, especially when you are solo. Definitely a life saver. BTW, hold person from your cleric levels, use your wisdom for spell save DC. Hence your spell save DC is 8+2+0 in early levels. Anyone can save that to be honest.

[@robertyt3472]

Dude, i love your content, and i was just thinking about this sub class for a roll honour mode, ty!

[@italianspartacus]

Hehehe happy to help :)

[@zadokjollie5831]

Just an idea, cut this video into two smaller segments also. One for solo honor build and another for honor mode with companions. You'll easily double your KZbin ad revenues especially if the algorithm recommends a long video after one of the short one, just a thought. Not to mention, it will help the players looking for a more concise build video. ❤

[@Kirizan]

Hey Algorithm, keep this guy at the top of your list!!!

[@italianspartacus]

Kir you are single handedly subsidizing my rent hahaha thank you so much man

[@Kirizan]

@@italianspartacus Lol, glad I can help!

[@CarwynAndrews]

If you pick selune, you can open the chest in the owlbear cave without reading the prayer

[@ragenaros4475]

Me trying to play Paladin, also this dude: CLERIC FOR THE HALF OF THE GAME!

[@JeremyCuddles]

For real. Lol. I forgot I was watching an "Oathbreaker Paladin" video for a second there.

[@common_undead]

So I don't think this was a great guide for a solo or even a party build, due to quite a lot of anti synergies between cleric and paladin. Detailed breakdown below: 1. Clerics use wisdom for their spell casting ability but paladins use charisma. So the save dc for our spells like spirit guardians or hold person are gonna use widsom, which with just 10-12 wisdom and no dc boosting gear means that a lot of enemies and bosses in the mid-late-end game are gonna resist our spirit guardians, cutting down the damage that it does by half. At the same time, paladins use charisma and we are taking enough levels in paladin (6/7) to where our charisma modifier really matters for our saving throws (via aura of protection) and our damage (via aura of hate), and so our stats are ultimately spread very thin to be very effective. 2. if we are relying on str elixirs, as was the case for our showcase, we should be dumping str and putting all of those points into dex. 3. Clerics and Paladins have very similar spell lists overall, and so multiclassing both doesn't give us much broader a spell access as compared to just going single class. Consequently we end up with a lot of redundant spells on the cleric side of things, besides our important ones like blindness, hold person and spirit guardians, which require us to have high wisdom. 4. smites are very overrated in general imo, because from a spell slot to damage ratio, they are garbage. Being reliant on just smites for our damage leads us to end up using most of our spell slots on a simple encounter against 4 weak flaming fist enemies, which is not ideal in party play, especially in multiplayer, where your other friends would still have most of their combat resources and might not want to take a long rest. If I were to multiclass cleric + paladin, I'd personally go 11 paladin/1 war cleric. We still get 2 feats and the war priest bonus action attack 3 times/day, but we also get access to paladin's level 10 defensive aura and level 11 improved divine smite feature, which adds a d8 radiant damage to all melee weapon attacks, allowing us to remain competent in dealing damage and being a very tanky supportive build even without spell slots. We also get access to cleric cantrips like guidance/resistance, a very powerful defensive spell in sanctuary, and create water to help setup other allies for big damage lightning/frost spells. If you really want spirit guardians on your paladin, consider going 6 paladin/6 lore bard and pick up spirit guardians for one of your magical secrets options at level 6 of bard.

[@Yepheonix]

Thanks

[@lovelaugh7299]

this makes sense i will give it a shot

[@lovelaugh7299]

i did it ur way 6 paladin 6 lore bard. thank u so much :) it truly is better and makes more sense with its synergy. do u have any further tips going this way? everything else on my build is following this video

[@JohnSmith-ez5pw]

You would go 10/2 Swords Bardadin in that case so you get extra attack, flourishing attacks, spirit guardians and banishing smite from bard on top of armor/weapon proficiencies and smites from paladin. Could even go arcane acquity helm and scoundrel ring to make a heck of a solo character

[@DoffyDogg]

I'm with you, this build is utter trash, idk if it can even solo HM. Random spirit guardians and smites doubtedly could solo Andur/Cazador

[@Tyrantlizard127]

Wouldn't Sanctuary be better for solo run instead of Bless?

[@QuiteDisquietly]

Sacred Flame does not always miss. It is saved by dexterity though, which is often one of the highest saves on enemies. I defeated the Apostle of Myrkul actually as a solo Cleric on honour mode by using mostly Sacred Flame, so it's situational. Sometimes it is good, often it is not, and at level 8 Light Domain gets Potent Spellcasting which lets you add your Wisdom modifier to the damage of Sacred Flame.

[@marcosdheleno]

i know people love war cleric, but i always find the warpriest so underwhelming. yeah you get a second attack, but you get so few of those that most of the time they are kinda pointless. of course, solo mode you need all the buffs you can get. but at that point why not just grab fighter instead and rush to get action surge?

[@NiceIndeed]

The way I see it War Cleric already gives you what you need for the price of one level versus Fighter which needs two

[@justino3991]

Bhaalist armor with unseen menace, great weapon master, and savage attacker is brutal with this style build.

[@Douglas-nt7jd]

Maybe it's resource efficiency, but my first playthrough i was hurting for gold. Broke all the time. My latest playthrough i finished with 38k gold. I didn't murder/pick pocket. I also bought everything i needed. 10k armor, 5k blessing, 5k marble statue, flasks, elixirs etc. Gold is whacky

[@favianmontesdeoca562]

Love the build looks really interesting I would like to give it a try. Curious question tho hypothetically if it were possible to put 8 more levels into this build what would be the best investment for those 8 extra levels in your opinion?

[@Dark3Nesz]

can't wait for evil endings in september

[@emi992]

No mention of diadem of arcane synergy? I’d assume that would be best in slot for a melee paladin

[@FinalOven_Mint]

It is this build is kinda over the place tough and alert are not good feats for an oathbreaker and cleric would not be my first choice

[@AgentFrosty]

@@FinalOven_Mint Tough I can understand, you can get more HP just by using the Amulet of Greater Health if you really need it, though he'd have to replace Amulet of the Devout and lose it's benefits... However, Alert is practically mandatory for an Honor Mode run (which is what he made this build for), especially if you're trying it solo, where getting Surprised or losing out on Initiative at the start of the battle can mean game over. It's usually why high Dex builds are king of Honor Mode. You live and die by the Initiative.

[@natureboy95]

I've yet to properly play a paladin, might be worth a shot sometime!

[@italianspartacus]

It's a ton of fun!

[@marcosdheleno]

paladins have some amazing combos. warlocks are a good option as well due to pact of the blade, meaning you can leave your str and dex on 10, and focus on wis/char/con. and put as much points into char, caping it at 20 with the hag's hair. s you will get a ton of melee damage, AND a good eldritch blast against far away foes. you can even pick someting like spell sniper: thornwhip, so you get extra crit chance on cantrips(like EB) but so you can drag enemies close to you, or away from allies.

[@brandonrizzo2773]

I'm playing a dark urge paladin/bard but im only doint 2 into paladin rest into bard idk if thats gunna be good a buddy of mine said sword of college is op with pally

[@philboomed4758]

Hi there. Question, At time stamp 28:40, the headers of the info, One is red and the other is green. Why is that and what is the different???

[@TheRealGraylocke]

Yeah, but Wis as a Cleric sets your Save DCs unless otherwise specified. Looking at Command and other spells.

[@walrusiam6233]

Dumping Wis and then taking all those control spells early seems suboptimal. I'd take higher Wis to start and respec it later, or those Hold Person and Commands are not going to land. Yes, Hold Person and Command use their wisdom to save, but they use your wisdom to set the DC. Actually, almost every spell you took is going to be gimped by your low Wis, even Spirit Guardians, because enemies save for half. Later in the game, it hardly matters because you'll be using most of your spell slots for smiting, not casting, but those first seven levels until Paladin 2 comes online are going to be really hard if you're solo. Then late game, your best feature, Aura of Hate, is using only 16 Cha, and you've got 5 levels invested in cleric for a spirit guardians that does half damage. I see what you're going for here, but this needs so many ability scores, I don't think it would feel very good to play as you've presented it.

[@italianspartacus]

All entirely valid feedback brother!! Thank you :) I'll look at reworking some of it

[@walrusiam6233]

@@italianspartacus Some of the items you discussed could fix a lot of it.

[@clarencewalters338]

​@@walrusiam6233 To be fair, withers and the items that "set stat to (blank value)" seem to instinctively incentivize even new players to scum the system and min-max their characters.

[@kurtr1090]

It's good to see another video from you. You seem to have been gone from recommendations for months now.

[@lufasumafalu5069]

why not STR 10 ? you can get by with the cheap STR Pot that available in Emerald Groove for cheap

[@tamsuskaralius835]

Do you think you'd ever venture towards builds for modded classes?

[@BuckysKnifeFlip]

I'd love it if he did some modded builds. I want to see his take on the Conquest and Redemption paladin. There's some great subclass mods out there.

[@italianspartacus]

Which one did you have in mind

[@BuckysKnifeFlip]

@italianspartacus personally, I'd love to see the Oath of Conquest by havsglimt. They also have quite a few other subclass mods I think are pretty good and use, Redemption and Circle of Stars. Disclaimer: It does take one of the leveling mods to fully make use of the later abilities. I completely forgot about that.

[@AgentFrosty]

@@BuckysKnifeFlip Forge Cleric and Hexblade Warlock are my favorites... Running a Drow for the Hexblade and a Dwarf for the Forge Cleric :D

[@timdelaney95]

Is this build viable to play solo from the start of the game? Doesn't seem like it's going to be useful until level 10

[@DolphinSBay]

Every build can solo the game on its own, the only thing that is really important is your skill. But Paladin builds are usually very strong even from the start.

[@overlove9894]

Bro, thank you for this 🙌🏻

[@DragonslayerArmour-i3w]

how can we make our HP so high? for example your gales healt .

[@offline20012]

loving the content!

[@initiumnovum4552]

i Just finish my first honor run and i really don't understand how people can do all the game solo, like how do you kill (ALERT SPOIL) the Netherbrain ? (For me was, scroll of disintegration cast 2 times by all my team and it was close to break platform xD).

[@cHaMp630]

You can cheese the netherbrain by using invisbility on yourself and orpheus and then pop a darkness arrow near the crown and sit inside it while orpheus opens the way. Being inside darkness means none of the ranged enemies in the area can target you. You can also perilous stakes orpheus a few times before climbing up the stem and then use chain lightning scrolls + artistry of war scroll as him to delete the dragon turn 1 lol.

[@Tytan-Enactor]

How do you get Corpsegrinder in act 2? Everything I’ve found says it’s in Act3.

[@KingCRMSN]

Guild vs Stonelord thugs in Rivington in act 3, its on a teifling leading the thugs

[@Incogneto1981]

I love a Cleradin!

[@suspicioussalad5578]

Baffled he had the boots of persistence in this but not the armor considering the armor gives you -2 all dmg, 1d4 to saving throws, perma blade ward, and a full 20 ac, while only showing alternatives that are plain worse than just wearing that overtuned piece of plate. Like I'm not mad or trying to hate on the dude but it's pretty crazy he'd miss something so cracked while having the boots of the same name from the same vendor in his bags Literally does the gimmick with the baldur helmet and the blade ward gloves, but better in 1 slot, allowing hill giant gloves, and allowing you to retain and still use all the busted effects of baldur helmet

[@KumaPunchh]

How do you even get to level 2 while on the Naulitoid

[@noskcajxela]

Kill the cambions.

[@marcosdheleno]

i wish they could add a few new subclasses. like a psi warrior for the fighter, or hexblade warlocks.

[@roundhousetodaface]

is any solo playable without a lone wolf mechanic

[@gabriellebenard5254]

i was just thinking of making an evil playthrough with oathbreaker and war cleric.

[@jambo12324]

The reason why your sacred flame probably missing so much is because low wisdom. Cause sacred flame is useful to me in my play through

[@fatavocado7291]

I did a bit different. Paladin oathbreaker (8 lvls) +warlock (4 levels). To get feats and level 5 in warlock brings no value anyway in Honour mode. Also I am able to have low strength and put more into Charisma and Constitution. Don't get the guardian, but can survive that

[@marcosdheleno]

YES. that's my go to paladin build asd well. i love pact of the blade. and it makes it easier to get some feats like alert and heavy armor master.

[@alirezarez7912]

How do you break you oath later on in act 1 or early act 2 ?

[@fatavocado7291]

@@alirezarez7912 What specific oath? Cause each oath has it's own criteria.

[@alirezarez7912]

@fatavocado7291 I still haven't multiclassed yet from level 6 cleric to paladin so I don't have an oath yet I near the end of act one

[@fatavocado7291]

@@alirezarez7912 If you choose oath of Devotion you can break it by killing any peaceful civilian. In act 1 it's easy to break. Just please check if you can respec after you break the oath. I think oathbreaker cannot respec (but not 100% sure)

[@TheLukeSchnabel]

here's a like for you, and a comment!

[@gregoryshinn9805]

Thanks for the video

[@BlakeBrown-e3q]

very good

[@charlesbryson7443]

I only play Gith. Except my barbarian. Duergar barbarian is fun.

[@davidjones2921]

Boost for the algorithm

[@alirezarez7912]

How do you break your oath in act 2 ?

[@KingCRMSN]

Kill an innocent person, which basically means the tielfings or isobel. You would have been better off breaking it in act 1 by killing the man with the missing dowry

[@kzxkzxkzx]

Dark Urge Lolth Drow Oathbreaker Paladin 😈

[@cat1over96]

comment for the youtube algorithm

[@italianspartacus]

Thanks bro!

[@Banicus]

solid

[@italianspartacus]

Thanks brother!

[@joeivo911]

Good video

[@italianspartacus]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@kzxkzxkzx]

Good luck landing Command or Hold Person with only 10 Wisdom...

[@macross3730]

looks like gith is the only race for oathbreaker to get misty step....

[@TheTarixberix]

Honestly I'm just here because I'm too broke to regain my oath X'D

[@SIMPLYDEVON]

2 paladin 10 swords bard still better

[@tamsuskaralius835]

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer

[@italianspartacus]

Hahahaha

[@mariuszcerta1927]

This is death knight not paladin

[@michaeltarasov8948]

Nah, lockadin is stronger and probably bardadin sword too.

[@TheCrimsonWarden]

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[@OgGSUS]

i am not convinced by this build, the showcase against the guards was not very impressive, at least show us some of the difficult fights in order to advertise a solo build for HM and how your build deals with various situations, enemies or bosses, single target damage was also far from impressive 64 damage on crit + lvl3 smite is a bit sad... even if you add spirit guardian to the mix. the amount of spell slots you had to go through to kill a bunch of guards is another concern by this rate you have to long rest after almost every fight.

[@oldfirehand1020]

First

[@italianspartacus]

Hell yeah