The Best Spells in the Game! - BG3 6th Level Spells Tier List

[@aldoushuxley5953]

Chain Lightning can also be twinned with sorcerers. And if you use freecast to cast a spell, you can also use metamagic for free. So Markoheshkir + Tempest 2 + Wet + Twinned = Win

[@Aestus_RPG]

Good point!

[@nathanfivecoate5848]

I did Tempest 2/Evocation Wizard 10 so I could learn 6th level spells, use Summons, and have Tempest Channel Divinity to maximize the 3 free Chain Lightning spells per day with Markoheshkir

[@aldoushuxley5953]

@@nathanfivecoate5848 I did Tempest 2/ Evocation 2/ Storm 8 for the same reason :)

[@jonathanthoresen7646]

That’s insane. In DnD you cannot twin it, so I would have never tried! Thanks for the tip.

[@LouisTravieon]

It's my favorite sorcerer spell!

[@speedyrogue_7973]

ok...but have you considered that Disintegrate is just really cool?

[@plasmathunderdx]

I disintegrated Larroakan into a pile dust

[@pokemonmusiclover5]

Its REALLY GOOD for raphael.

[@Vyndyka]

@@pokemonmusiclover5why

[@musicman12395]

@@Vyndyka his pillars take double force damage. Disintegrate 1 hit kills them. Though tbh a sorlock can do it with eldritch blast even better. But hey if you got spare scrolls of disintegrate which are pretty easy to find in ramazith's tower then anyone in your party can 1 hit kill a soul tower.

[@benjammin5252]

I assumed you don’t get the loot?

[@andonemaniac8220]

Heal can also briefly fix Durge's brain and trigger a childhood memory

[@Aestus_RPG]

Really! Cool! I didn't know that actually.

[@dr.fumetastic]

@@Aestus_RPG There are even two different memories based on whether you have defeated Orin or not.

[@r.s.819]

Heal triggers a scene as well as the noblestalk in act 1.

[@steeeeeena]

Is it too late to try if you’ve defeated her. I want to go back to a save and see

[@victoru92]

For the Deva you can wear the Abyss beckoners and it gains Resistance to every type of dmg, making it into a good tank as well as decent damage. It can't fail the saving throw for madness with 20 wisdom and proficiency and whatever it has. Best summon ally strat imo.

[@jonathangrover3176]

This is super niche, but I did find a use for Disintegrate late game. There's a staff you can get in Act 3 which lets you cast any spell without expending a slot. There's also an Ilithid power which does the same. On a sorcerer with twinned spell and quickened spell, and/or with haste/bloodlust elixirs you can potentially fire 6 of these off in a single turn. Thats enough to shred through some bosses with high HP or, in some fights with several powerful casters with low HP that are spread around the arena so you can't just AoE burst them with ice storm or whatnot, this can be a great way of just nuking out a massive chunk of the encounter's enemy HP pool. That being said, I totally agree with your assessment overall, you have to work pretty dang hard to get good mileage out of it. And MISSING a shot and being out a 6th level slot that just did sweet FA for you is incredibly disappointing. Great video, anyway! Looking forward to the honor mode content

[@frankehfightaz]

Killed several bosses doing this + the illithid power that gives double damage, found it super powerful personally

[@giorno4859]

I like to use desintegrate as a scroll to destroy some things in act 3, like the locked doors in the iron throne, because my high dex characters where ocupied with other stuff in the area.

[@Siriathion]

There are actually 2 staffs, one from the Tower and one from the House. Also - yes, using haste, freecast and quickened spell I managed to simply MELT some of the final bosses' faces off in a single turn. Turns out giant brains have really low dex save, who would have thought.

[@t0fuwaffles]

Super useful in the raphael fight to one shot the pillars as well

[@WestOfEarth]

Had Otto's Irresistable Dance on a scroll and it saved my fight against Saverok, lol. It was also hilarious watching this very serious edgelord, full of malice and evil, dancing. But stopping him from doing anything for a turn was just enough time for my Karlach to recover from lethargy due to her speed poiton ending, and then ending the fight on her next turn. Great series! Enjoyed hearing your reasoning behind each spell.

[@ProbeAway]

Confusion did the same thing for me! He skipped one turn and then attacked an ally on another

[@WestOfEarth]

@@ProbeAway Nicer. At the time I didn't know OID was a guarenteed stick for the first round so it was really a hail mary for me, lol.

[@nathanfivecoate5848]

​@@WestOfEarthIt ain't called "Irresistable" for nothing

[@SaHaRaSquad]

Heroes' Feast trivialized my fight against Mystic Carrion. It makes you immune against all status effects in that fight.

[@Reppen555]

fun fact each bolt of chain ligthning wil only hit one enemy if the enemies are to far awey from each other so it can do a ton of dmg to a single enemy instead of spreading the dmg across enemies

[@BirdMoose]

If a target is large enough enemies don't even need to be far away. I've had it do 300-500 damage on single targets in one blast despite being near their allies.

[@子子子子子子子子子子]

League player catching strays 💀💀

[@valleth2017]

Just wanted to let you know your analysis has been very useful! Finally beat the game. Did it more or less blind on honor mode. Absorbed a few tips like using globe of invulnerability from watching your videos, but more important than anything like what rank a spell is, it's your in depth commentary on what makes a spell useful. Watched them all, and it really changed the way I analyzed situations in game. Looking forward to more!

[@Biggsgaming]

Breaking boss encounters with Otto's irresistible dance is so much fun. In my tactician run I just had raphael dance himself to death and it completely broke the encounter.

[@StevenPJames-fl1un]

Hey I did this too! Add in his singing duet with Hope and we've got a regular old Musical alla Infernale.

[@EldenKaz]

Great videos.. I went from never playing these type of turn-based games, to now playing BG3 on Tactician lol thanks for the content.

[@Aestus_RPG]

Thanks! That genuinely means a lot to me!

[@azureandnoir3274]

another good turn based series to checkout is dragon age! not as in depth as bg3 but its a great one with a fun story and some cool characters and to boot those games a dirt cheap now

[@prodigalsun1678]

Eyebite panicked is actually GOATED for builds with ice terrain or death clouds like mosquito swarm or wall of ice because enemies will run straight into your traps which if you have the staff of cherished necromancy means you can make people run to their deaths over and over and over

[@prodigalsun1678]

Also ive had fun casting freezing spheres with scrolls waiting 9 turns, casting mage hand and create water and letting mage hand throw the spheres at enemies dealing huge damage while not wasting any of my teams actions

[@pkksothe]

I think you're undervaluing Chain Lightning a bit personally, lightning is easily the easiest damage type to build around; only Ansur is a problem with it. You can buy a massive supply of chain lightning scrolls from the Sorcerous Sundries and absolutely go off. I kind of build around it in my most recent playthrough. Pure sorcerer, blue dragon ancestry draconic bloodline, Elemental adept lightning, and Markoheshikir, then just maxed out on equipment and buffs that let me deal the most. Drinking a speed potion and then firing off two twinned Chain Lightnings to start a combat was INSANE. In the final battle I melted all of the guardians off the map on my first turn and had dealt 130ish damage to the Dragon before any of my allies had even moved. It feels so good

[@CreativeExcusesGaming]

Sunbeam is one of the best scrolls in the game. Two levels in evocation wizard and you can just blind most of act 3 which is already crazy strong, and then you can stack radiating orb if you want. Throw this on a 10 eldritch knight, 2 evocation wizard and you should be able to sunbeam and attack in one turn with free constitution saving throw proficiency. Its fantastic as a scroll, much less so as a 6th level spell slot

[@windmillcollecter4440]

Seriously good content. Found ur channel weeks ago on my first playthrough with no idea what was happening. You break it all down better than everyone else and have got me keen for my first try on tactician soon

[@crazyelf1]

Hope you had a good trip. I hope that future patches and maybe an expansion will give us more content including spells. Patch 5 seems to have given a new party and other content. As far as the spells, yeah the Chain Lightning is crazy. It's possible to have Create Water, then Twin Chain Lightning and maybe with Haste (and a Staff that allows the user to not use a Spell Slot), Twin another Chain Lightning for a Total of 4 Chain Lightnings.

[@a.j.4076]

The same way you suggested that people go in-game and cast "Haste" to see how good it is, I urge you to give "Sweetplum Gales" from the Djinni a go. The "Restricted" condition being 1 turn on a 15 CONS save, means that creatures caught inside the radius of the spell must do the CONS save or remain inside the area, which will then force them to do another CONS save the next turn. The reason why it is 1 turn of "Restricted" is so that the system will not impose a 10 Turn (or Concentration break) on a creature that is "shoved out" of the area by Thunderwave or the likes. I've cast this on Mindflayers, Spectators and most Humanoids and I've never seen them do the Constitution Save after being caugh inside the Gale (not sure if this is intended). The best part is that you can have 2 or more areas of Gales (again, not sure if this is intended or a bug), which I believe makes this spell consistently good, and sometimes amazingly life saving. Works great with "Call Lightning".

[@goesbyAustin]

Hey thanks so much for this series! As someone who has never played tabletop OR anything in the bg series, it has been very helpful. Even though we get descriptions, the examples of how it actually works in-game really brought me up to speed. E.g., I’m in act 3 of my first playthrough and just leaning what arcane acuity is for lol I’ll definitely be watching more of your content!

[@CorpseLink]

I've been waiting patiently for this. I love your videos and I appreciate what you do sir!

[@Aestus_RPG]

Sorry it took so long!

[@CorpseLink]

​@@Aestus_RPGLife happens man. I think we're all just grateful you put these videos out at all. Thanks again!

[@bengunn9670]

Sunbeam + mind sanctuary + haste allows you to cast 3 beams per turn without expending any spell slots.

[@rusk3986]

I do this with upcasted call lightning on my tempest cleric. 6d10 plus vulnerable from wet is nasty.

[@alhawkex]

I do want to say thank you so much for these videos, I’m sure I’ve spent way to long watching all of these but my first play through of bg3 was so scuffed that I want to do it again. I made it to act 3 at level 7, missed a ton of content, and just got stuck, too weak for most encounters and chose horrible spells to waste my slots on. Now armed with new knowledge and how the game actually functions I’m looking forward to doing a second full play through and these guides have helped me figure out how I want to go about that.

[@alyoshamikhaylov7651]

Chain Lightning should be the highest DPS output in spell My build is: Dragon Sorc Lightning (extra lightning damage at level 6), Elemental adept lightning (ignore resistance), Lightning Charges, Marko with Kereska Favour to boost it up, Wet enemy, Twinned Spell Metamagic. So that is full blast high DPS 8 (YES EIGHT) target lightning spell. So in one LONG REST, you will have 2 Chain Lightning from metamagic, 4 from Marko (1 Arcane battery, 3 from short rest). So that is total of 24 High dps target spell. There is a reason why this spell is unavailable in Warlock

[@davinhunt7558]

I appreciate your videos and how they are largely spoiler free information. I notice how you purposely leave out details for certain things regarding the story and game breaking cheese methods. I played about 30 hours of early early access and only just now replaying the game with the latest honor mode patch. I've lost many playthroughs already but, your guides have been crucial, and I get better every run. I find it quite fun!

[@mikkorautiainen9316]

Thank you very much so for your videos! I just finished my second playthrough and I was waiting for your spell tier list videos all the time as I was playing. Your videos were very helpful and some of the spells I might have missed if not for them. Fear was something I picked up from your earlier video and I ended up winning many battles because of it. 6th level spell wise I think globe of invulnerability is op, maybe even makes the fights too boring. Keep up the good work! I like your perceptive, insightful and well argumented views. PS. I think longstrider is an s tier spell. My half illithid flying open hand monk destroyed enemies with its amazing movement range. Very often I needed the extra yards from longstrider.

[@bradleybedson7790]

25:45 As someone struggling with the league of legends debuff thank you for representing our blight with tact

[@Hawksearcher]

I’ve literally already watched two other 6th-level spell tier lists, but as soon as I saw your upload, I rushed over. I watched those other ones just to wait for yours XD

[@savagedonut]

These are great man. Dont worry about views, they will come in time with more popularity of BG3 + DLCs. I think a guide for basics in BG3 like what is AC, how do you get extra actions and how do you move attacks into bonus actions. How does stealth work in BG3? What to craft? Best items that are very simple to get stuff like that. I dont know AC does or i dont really know how the damage on spells/attacks its calculated except the modifier from str +3 for example is added to the weapon but maybe there is more, like a combo of attacks or things like this. Basic stuff people love and trust me 99% of BG3 players are clueless.

[@waterenchantress7619]

Has anyone ever thought of creating a group full of necromancers? -Wizard 12 (School of Necromancy) -Druid 12 (Circle of Spores) -Cleric 12 (Trickery? For advantage) -Paladin 8/Warlock 4 (Oath of the Ancients? Summons will take zero/half damage from the spells and they will receive +6/+7 for each save

[@CreativeUsernameEh]

Oathbreaker

[@QRM00]

I used a globe of invulnerability scroll on the portal when Halsin went into the Shadowfell and it was one of the best gameplay moments of Act 2. Saved me such a headache since the majority of the shadows and other mobs target the portal.

[@onchristieroad]

I just used darkness. They can't hit what they can't see!

[@chrisparker9672]

this has been a really good series! thanks

[@doloresabernathy9809]

Great video. One contrary thought: Disintegrate has a use case against the Netherbrain. The NB had 10 Dex and this is a Dex save. On Honor mode you have to cycle through different types of damage. Curr of Strat may be better for most enemies for Force damage but there are no scrolls for that and you can only cast it once per short rest. If you have scrolls for a lot of 6th level spells like Globe of inv or Disintegrate then I think this would be a good option for the NB.

[@Itsahelluvabeer]

AMA question: Are you planning to diversify what you call your "dry educational material"? Maybe something along the lines of "The first things I do in each act" or "The toughest parts of the game and what I do to prepare"? Love the tier lists and best item content though, looking forward to the best items in act 3 video!

[@0042dt]

When this video popped up in my feed, I made a barely human man-pig sound, somewhere between a grunt and a squeal. So happy.

[@janmantsch6675]

i have found that at lvl 11 you can cast 3 6th level spells per long rest 1 from your spell slot 1 from the Staff of Spellpower or Markoheshkir (arcane Battery) and 1 from the Spellcrux Amulet which allows you to restore 1 spellslot regardless of level. This is why i like Desintegrate dealing around 75 damage with it can really help if you have to focus an enemy down basically half living them from the start of combat opens up a lot of options.

[@eduardorickrot4763]

I really need to play through honor mode so I can truly appreciate these later spells. Playing tactician and not using any specific rules, I'm so stacked with scrolls by the end I can basically cast almost anything with any caster whenever, and I actually refrain myself from casting globe of invulnerability so I can at least experience end game bosses instead of just slaughtering them

[@valenhil6157]

For wall of ice, you don't need to waste anything to trigger the second damage instance. You can just click the little button that you're concentrating on it to stop concentrating. You can do this even outside your turn. And I believe but not am not certain that even after broken the cloud breaks vision, like fog cloud. Alternatively, I think if you cast a fire spell, it creates water that gets targets wet again. And then a lightning spell to electrify the water.

[@ЖорикМажорик-э4о]

Important mention about planar ally: (idk if you can still pull it off in current version of the game) Deva's mace is 1d6 bludgeoning + 4d8 radiant dmg. The trick is to somehow loot it from the summon for yourself. It does not have +3 to attack rolls which makes it a bit inaccurate (tho humble paralysed status abusers do not care about attack rolls). So, if it's still possible, this spell should be moved to S. And globe should be moved to "legally banned" tier. Because there is no way any spell in the game can be in the same tier as globe. There are globe scrolls everywhere in act 3 and this spell insta-wins any fight

[@trevor8422]

Heyyyyy folks! I enjoyed every single video that you posted on BG3 man. Thanks for the info and...GUIDANCE...on the spells/classes. The most experience I have with these sorts of RPG systems is the KOTOR games. My ABSOLUTE favorites.

[@JonathonLapak]

I mean, Disintegrate on scrolls isn't really what you're measuring for your tier list but it was the keystone of my Honor Mode strategy to beat the final boss, which A) does not drop loot, B) rewards limiting your damage type in a turn, and C) has a bad Dex save. So there is at least that use case for it.

[@Jamesington]

Can confirm, used 2 globes of invulnerability in the last fight. Once for the channeling and once after that to avoid the backlash damage.

[@langa77777]

Planar ally is god tier. That spell single handed ou got me through the game. You can double cast it and have two 100+hp minions ready to go before the fight even begins. It’s crazy the value.

[@RichardRollington]

AMA question: Who was your favorite character to play as at a table, to have been played at your table, and to have written? And what made each of them so interesting?

[@-Pol-]

In my multiplayer playthrough my bard picks mostly spells that are in character so for my first Lv6 spell it HAD to be Otto's irresistable dance and it's hilarious fun. The rest of her arsenal tends to be psychological/crowd control spells, There's lots of fun to be had from just playing the game straight and not worrying about optimising 'builds' for maximum win efficiency.

[@Tiltigo]

I had a funny fight in the house of grief where I made a chokepoint on the stairs you come down to the hall where I cast blade barrier with shadowheart and wall of fire with gale. A lot of sharrans walked into a crispy death that day.

[@bobmishima3295]

difference with blade barrier and wall of fire is that it actually works like wall where it blocks all LoS projectiles/casts for enemies behind it and it's invulnerable unlike stone wall

[@logan9042]

Between the ilithid powers, free casts from staffs, free spell slot from the warden neclace you should be getting 3-4 casts of 6th level spells per rest unless you dont use them for some reason. Thats assuming you dont abuse the mechanics like the necro staff.

[@austinwelch1132]

Some of these spells are nice to have on scrolls, Helps when you're running low on spells or if you weren't expecting a difficult combat.

[@gold5556]

I like to open the cazador fight with flesh to stone since if you have a decent dc he will 100% fail and so the fight is basically over in three turns and cazador is slowed

[@lendial]

I wish Larian gave us more spell levels, 9th is when things get crazy.

[@seonor]

Yeah, thats why they stopped at level 12. Its difficult enough to consider and implement all the effects and interactions of the existing spells, the difficulty increases exponentially for each level afterwards.

[@YungOtaku]

Naw, level 7 is when spells get crazy!

[@WestOfEarth]

we'll seed what dlc they have on offer if any. If you notice, the game does keep track of character xp after 12lvl even if the bar doesn't show. Seems like a future proof mechanic in the event they give us higher levels to play through.

[@croket07]

Piercing damage on wall of thorns could be very relevant. Bhaalist armor is kind of super strong.

[@Leyllara]

5 Months later, I check in, just to say that you are vastly underestimating Blade Barrier. It does a bit of everything that other Wall Spells do, like it adds Difficult Terrain like Wall of Thorns, it deals consistent damage like Fire Wall, but what is often overlooked is that it counts as a physical obstacle, but an indestructible one, so it can block ANY kind of projectile, it breaks Line of Sight, breaks AoE damage, prevent jumping effects like Arrow of Many Targets or Chain Lightning. Position it right in front of Viconia and she won't be able to cast Wayward Heart until she goes through it. Put it right in front of the Dominated Red Dragon and he won't be able to use Draconic Wrath on ground level targets because the Blades will block it off. If you can Maim a target inside the Barrier, it will keep taking massive damage every turn while being able to only target one side of the fight, so you can do stuff like isolating Raphael from the rest of the fight, and he won't even be able to retaliate. And since it's a Cleric Spell, it's only competing with Planar Ally, Harm, Heal, Create Undead and Heroes' Feast, the only real competing one being Feast, but it is also a Druid Spell, and Druids won't be casting much in Wild Shape, so Feast is their job anyways.

[@restoreleader]

Well, you can block Raphael with any wall if you evacuate the room, and its quite cheaper :D All the demons will fly to carnage but he cannot get thru it and is too stupid to break it. Yet i didnt play high difficulty, maybe he can fly there?

[@AlexiDragomir]

A scroll of disintegrate was how I killed the final boss in my first playthrough, so seeing it ranked so low is very amusing to me.

[@gaigeriel]

Was eagerly awaiting this upload! Really love the vids, very well articulated

[@Aestus_RPG]

Thanks! You used "eagerly" instead of "really" so to me your opinion on being articulate carries a lot of weight!

[@gaigeriel]

@@Aestus_RPG Of course! It's nice hearing you explain with good detail the strengths of these things with experience to back it up! Excited to see future videos :]

[@FelixMBlume]

I 100% believe you did wall of thorns dirty, it only deals very slightly less damage than blade barrier but JUST LIKE blade barrier (and unlike you stated in the video) they take damage from wall of throns every turn and generally speaking (magical) piercing damage is slightly less resisted than slashing, but more importantly is the massive width of 4m, the entangling AND the quartered movemenet speed making it the best AoE Terrain spell in the game , casting this b4 shapeshifting into a myrmidon or owlbear is definetly very efficient as a strategy

[@DummyFace123]

You can cast Chain-lighting 3 times per long rest with Markoheshkir

[@indeedidosir]

Circle of death is the very definition of a roleplay spell and it doesn’t deserve anything higher than that. Its purpose in tabletop is that it’s basically the death star, just a really easy way for a villain to flex their power with some green lasers. It isn’t meant to be used against players, only weak NPCs. Even with the staff, the radius isn’t enough to justify the horrible damage for a sixth level spell-plus it targets con for the save, which most enemies will have a lot of, so you can’t expect it to hit for the full 8d6 half the time.

[@TheCrimsonBard]

"Man, if only I had more castings": The 14 unused spell scrolls in his inventory 👁👃👁

[@Aestus_RPG]

I ban scrolls in my runs.

[@TheCrimsonBard]

@Aestus_RPG ahh gotcha. Also wow that is some wild response time. Kudos

[@destroyercreater98]

Chain lighting is SS+ tier. No contest. Unlike the rest, you can get a lot of chain lighting scrolls per attempt from looting the vender from the tower in act 3.

[@davidwagner3710]

Interesting you would put chain lighting in s tier. Get the staff from sorcerer sundries and give it your tempest cleric. Using bolts of doom can cast chain lightning and thunderbolt once a short rest. Combine with the wet condition and and destructive wrath and you will do 160 damage (half on save) to 5 targets. Ive used this to completely nuke cazador before, ending his fight in1 turn.

[@Aestus_RPG]

I put it A-tier, which is pretty good.

[@SourceOfViews]

Unless they changed how Eyebite works, it's easily S tier and probably the most OP spell in the game. Eyebite's sleep is actually its weakest mode. Eyebite: panicked does not give normal frightened, but fearful for (I believe) 10 turns, which means that they don't get any actions, because they will use all of them to run away, if they have a way to attack you still, they have disadvantage on them AND they don't get to save unless they are out of sight with you, which shouldn't really happen most of the time. So unlike with sleep, you can just continue to attack them without them being able to do anything. And you can of course do that to every enemy, once per action.

[@jackdog06]

Heroes feast was almost 100% of the time the spell I used with Arcane Battery throughout Tactician. Just cast it for free after a long rest and then have full spell slots for the day

[@mbalazs3544]

19:38 I'm glad someone agrees with me on Heros Feast and Desintegrate

[@Dingleberrycrunch36]

Man i cant wait til i know the game well enough to do the hardcore rules. Im still in act 1 but ive taken probably 19 long rests and ive been playing for about 45 hours

[@CaptainStraya]

I used disintegrate to kill the netherbrain lmao. It was casting the remove platform spell that would have killed 3 of my party members and I doubt I would have been able to finish the fight in the remaining turns if I failed

[@Sam-gl4qn]

Another reason to hate on create undead, in my experience you cant even use the multiattack on frightened enemies unless they were frightened by the mummy’s dreadful glare ability. I tried using it on my goolock and it was worthless

[@nordos]

agreed, I was kinda annoyed by it was well. I didn't use it very long, but I had some Warlocksin my party (or more like, everyone else was a Warlock) and a Necromancer specc. One of my Locks got a crit and frightened an enemy, and I was like 'nice, finally the mummy can deal its obscene damage!' .... except no. Mummies are so underwhelming :(

[@Zardozpuke]

Arcane Gate can make your life so much easier in the Iron Throne level.

[@karenstrife1260]

AMA Question: Favorite movie/tv show scene? Love your content btw and appreciate it a lot that you're fostering a space for discussions and theory crafting. Keep up the good work and take care!

[@mroutcast8515]

Blade barrier is at the very least A-tier. It carried me thru so many fights on first run it's crazy. You can combine with something more for freaking freelo wipe of entire enemy squad. Shines in Act3 where there is just ton of choke points for you to use. It's wide so you can put it along the corridors instead of across - NOTHING will go alive thru that. Heroe's Feast is overrated AF. Unless you play some very tightly packed team comp - it's useless. Diseased and Poisoned statuses are too rare, extra hit points are irrelevant advantage on Wisdom savings alone are NOT worth T6 spell. At best - it's very situational, in most fights tho - absolutely waste of T6.

[@jonathangrover3176]

AMA Question colon and then put down your question: How would you evaluate BG3 as a sequel? Is it a worthy successor to BG1 and 2, both in terms of mechanics but, especially in terms of narrative? What would you have wanted to have been done differently as a sequel?

[@BootsAndCatsAndBootsAndCats]

I didn't ever use wall of blades but then I locked Gortash into a corner while blind, burning, and bleeding with a wall of blades just shredding him 😂 it was very satisfying

[@jackdog06]

The additional benefit of sunbeam is that you can cast it for free once from Blood of Lathander

[@MrAshtute]

I've never found another way to get the heroes feast buffs so that's my level 6 spell of choice....most other (good) lvl 6 spells you can get a scroll for

[@ABadassDragon]

Blood of Lanthander has sunbeam on the weapon and you get that in act 1 (1.5 whatever). So thats pretty cool

[@conorduh]

watching these vids is what i was born for fr. Also hope u enjoyed ur travels :)

[@Aestus_RPG]

Glad you like them!

[@briankelly1240]

AMA Question: What do you think about items/gear (magical or non-magical) for players, for BG3, but also for tabletop? I also DM and always wonder how to balance items/gear. Also, specifically for BG3, if you do *not* take any magical gear in BG3, what party build would you go for? Thanks for all the cool content!

[@neuroscienxe9266]

Heroes feast is my favorite 6th level. It’s AMAZING with summons especially for the final fight.

[@heinrichvoncarstein2384]

I like planar ally Djinni for a dragon fight. Since he is invulnerable to lighting damage, you can hit the dragon to provoke his backlash on a target that can't get damaged by the breath. So if your party have enough damage, you can easily kill dragon in 1 turn without a scratch.

[@Aestus_RPG]

Good thinking!

[@davidsterling7570]

I gotta jump right in and say Create Undead deserves B tier. Action economy always benefits greatly from an additional source of damage to mop-up weakened foes. More importantly though, that mummy has a ton of health, esp. with Aid, and will waste a number of enemy turns before dying.

[@noahhelsee1340]

i two-turned the Netherbrain with Disintegrate + Curriculum of Stratagem on my first playthrough.

[@bacon_is_good152]

AMA Question: Would you ever consider doing a BG3 letsplay or explained run?

[@crabgamer3671]

The spellcrux amulet you pull of Zrell can give you one extra level 6 spell slot per long rest

[@DistinguishedMrt]

Genie says "ohhh yeaahh" every time he teleports or takes action. That alone enough to put it in s+

[@welkingunther4298]

My argument for me personally putting heal in C/RP tier is because it only heals 1 person and it costs a lv 6 spell slot + action. If someone is low, I'd rather them just chug a supreme potion or have someone use one of their "extra attacks" (Especially if its a fighter lv 11+) to throw a potion. 2 Throw actions will essentially heal the same if not more on average and on a fighter lv 11+, they still get to attack once afterwards. Granted, you need to be in range of the throw, so it's not as versatile as "Heal", but I personally would never waste a lv 6 spell slot just to heal someone for 70hp. I'd consider it if it was max health.

[@DarkcoffeeGodot]

Otto's... I made the red dragon in the final fight dance. For 3 turns. It's amazing! (got it from a scroll, so didn't waste a spell slot lol)

[@spellandshield]

The master strikes again!

[@Ron-sl3zg]

Until patch 4 I believe flesh to stone did not proc aggro if cast outside combat. It was a fun spell then

[@NutScratcher43]

The ice sphere is definitely funny just to pick pocket it on someone then leave the room 😂

[@wholemeal3001]

The Wind-walker S tier bait was gold

[@itswilliant8926]

Can you make a Sorcerer build from start to finish for Honour Mode by chance? Can't wait for the honour mode content!

[@Aestus_RPG]

Yeah! Sorcerer is one of my favorite classes and still one of the best classes in the game. In my current Honour Mode run I playing a Wizard with a Sorcerer dip and (assuming I complete the run) I plan on posting the whole thing to this channel. Its pretty easy to cheat Honour Mode, so I wanted a full, unedited run as proof that I did it without cheating.

[@giorno4859]

About the last comment about "fleeing combat", i've destroyed tactician with my builds and setups, but with some loads in the run, but in honor mode you just can't load, so with bad rolls and RNG, and especially with some crazy boss new surprise abilities, i've saved my playthrough three times in act one by fleeing combat with the last surviving member of the party and them ressurected the party with withers and continuing the run. Because of this, I think that spells that help you flee may be ranked a little higher in all spell levels if you consider honor mode in the equation. But yeah, there are A LOT of better spells to help you flee other than wind walk, i think that RP tier is still right for this spell

[@Aestus_RPG]

I wasn't being serious when I said fights never go south for me. Of course it happens from time to time.

[@ProbeAway]

Unfortunately Harm is bugged. Right now, it’s still only C tier even with the staff of cherished necromancy. Harm is supposed to do 2 things: - deal necrotic damage (half on a successful save); and - on a failed save, reduce max hp by the amount of damage dealt (applied as a disease). At the moment, if an enemy succeeds their save then they just take half damage as normal. However, if an enemy fails their save you only reduce their max hp, rather than actually doing damage. This isn’t a massive deal if they are at full hp because the max hp reduction effectively damages them for the same amount. However if they are already damaged from another source, Harm will (if they fail their save) only deal damage by the amount of the max hp reduction LESS the amount of hp they’ve already lost. If that lost hp is more than their current max hp reduction, you do zero damage. You’re actually better off having them succeed their save in that scenario. On top of that, because there is no actual damage roll on a failed save, on-hit effects like radiating orb aren’t procced. This is super disappointing because I really like the idea of a death cleric with the staff of cherished necromancy, running through mobs with necrotic spirit guardians and free-casting harm. I’ve submitted a bug report to Larian and they’ve acknowledged it, so hopefully it gets fixed soon.

[@jakeofnotrades]

I feel like your undervaluing summons, espc. W/arcane battery that you can pass around. I was running around with 16 summons 1 greater elemental, 1 minor elemental, and an undead on each party member plus the dance macbe, plus a deva. With aid or hero’s feast that’s like 1000 extra hp, even if they only avg 10 dmg a round (usually more) that’s 1600 dmg a round to dish out before your party. Last battle was cake.

[@Aestus_RPG]

I don't think I am. In the scenario you described, you had a lot of summons. How much heavy lifting is one of those summons doing? That is what I have to answer for the spell tier list, and its difficult to answer. Spamming summons is indeed a good strategy.

[@ParsleyTheDruid]

I’ve got a soft spot for lightbeam because you get it on Lethander’s Light early game and gets a lot of use on SH who I’ve relegated to being a full healer build. Free offensive aoe on my healer is noice

[@joedatius]

Disintegrate is my favorite spell because it just makes you feel like a god of magic, pointing at someone and saying "your subscription to life has expired"

[@rdm9361]

25:48 I'm hurt 🥺 Great videos, very entertaining.

[@wccura12]

Wall of ice will leave behind the ice cloud if breaking the concentration by caster's self. it'll deal 20d6 damage in one turn.

[@davidfonseca3517]

the problem with some spells si that theyre meant for table top where arcane gate can make your dm cry cause u just skipped the puzzle they spent weeks making

[@S_ept1c]

another week of watching you rank the only spells I use in B/C/RP 🙏 I'm pretty sure disintegrate doesnt destroy the loot though

[@somedudewithakeyboard5388]

I've never actually seen Chain Lightning hit a target, even against things like a 16% chance to hit. i've also seen it do gargantuan single target DPS too, but I've not figured out how to do that consistently Still though, It's the single best spell in the game the second someone in your party has Create Water, or is carrying around the bottles you find throughout the game. In fact, I much prefer a throwing build to use the bottles, since then you don't need to spend a spell slot on Creat Water, and can still get in another throw thanks to extra attack Edit: Flesh-to-Stone is exclusively for turning Mizora into a statue after Wyll's dad gets saved. Boom, no more Devil trying to kill the guy you spent hours saving

[@dAWwr906]

Chain Lightning is either glitched or you're using it against monk or rogue enemies with evasion. It's not an attack roll. It's a save, and if the enemy succeeds, they take half damage. If the enemy has evasion, they take zero on a save.