The Most Broken Party For Baldur's Gate 3's Honour Mode (Patch 7, The Synergy is OFF THE CHARTS)

[@NizarGG]

Overview of the synergies visualized: 9:52 Check Patreon for written guides: www.patreon.com/nizargg And thank you for watching, appreciate your support legends!!!!!!!!!

[@obliordw]

I have a problem with Mr Immortal. when I choose armor of shadow in your video he can cast himself continuously without resting if change armor with vest. but he tells me that I can only do it again after a long rest! so I can't take the stacks.

[@alexiscampos8279]

These builds are awesome, thanks for the content man! Will definitely give this a try if I play Honour mode!

[@funnygorilla]

Gale's build is so nasty. Awesome video, might have to try this out

[@pan528]

After getting my honor mode run obliterated by a crash 2 days ago, I was so demoralized I nearly quit. Stumbling upon this channel resparked the hopes that I can actually get those sweet golden dice. Thank you Nizar, immediately subbed for how detailed you are about builds, and genuinely understanding what true synergy means, and displaying it easily, absolute chef's kiss.

[@dylanpage7436]

I had the same thing happen to me! I finally beat the damn game on honour mode only to get shit on and laughed at by the golden dice. I realized it was due to a crash that happened in act 2. game decided it would let me go all the way through thinking I finally did it.

[@pan528]

@@dylanpage7436You really hate to see it man. I did eventually get those dice with this build in February! I hope you did the same! If not, you got this!

[@488GTB77]

Tavern Brawler does NOT work with Wild Shape on honour mode! It only gives you a very high chance to hit your enemy with very underwhelming damage

[@colbyreinke9880]

Wouldn't tavern brawler use the owlbear forms 'strength' stat for its extra attack chance? Even if it's not giving him 'more damage' that's still a plus 5 to hit since it has 20 str. You're not technically losing out on damage because there aren't any items that are going to increase the damage in the first place. The legendary chest piece and helm only give extra wild shape and temporary HP, so having that greater hit chance when you can attack 3 times is I'm pretty sure still a good deal. And even if it does use your base 'str' out of wild shape you can easily make that up with the club of hill giants str to give you a plus 4 to hit since it auto puts your str at 19. EDIT--I just tested. It uses your 'wild shape's str. Literally no reason not to use tavern brawler.

[@madvdog8018]

Man Nizar, this is.... I have no words. This is absolutely brilliant and perfectly thought out. I like that you explain how each party member synergizes with the others, which might not be covered in other build guides. It always makes me want to start a new Honor run (which I'm gonna do today 😁 ) when I watch a video of yours. Hopefully Larian will provide us with new content so we can have more great videos from you. Thank you!!!

[@RealLifeLASO]

Dude you are the build master on literally any game you play!

[@MessaTee]

You never disappoint. Amazing guide like always. Can't wait to see your next video!

[@d.b.hemlock]

Had to subscribe. After watching several of your videos now I absolutely love how analytical you are and focus on synergy. It's amazing because I was already using a couple of your builds prior to ever watching the videos. (Bardadin is chefs kiss) Amazing videos man. Seriously enjoying your content.

[@katlewis7440]

Great video. Thanks for sharing this! Also awesome editing.

[@shallowcrane]

Just beat HM with this exact build. What can I say... It was just perfect. This was my 3rd HM and my 8th run (ye, I'm addicted to this game I know), and this was by far the funniest run with the coolest gear. Thank you so much for sharing these builds!

[@griffin-s5l]

I watched all of these build videos before and yet still watched the whole video

[@JulesBrunoJjBaggy]

I love your videos and have used your guides the whole time ive been playing. Im gonna start a new paladin in honor mode for the first time and do this but with fighter thrower instead. Thank you Nizar especially for the different gear sets thats really helpful.

[@chrislemaster75]

This is what I was waiting for this is awesome hahahaha thanks.

[@thattrickydude]

Awesome video, really glad you included the synergy chart etc.

[@bluetheraptor5]

It's amazing that these build were specifically made to synergize so well together with no overlapping gear, but I have two questions: who gets the elixir of everlasting vigor and who gets Auntie Ethel's hair?

[@NizarGG]

I'd say moon druid gets the elixir, since it actually transfers over to wildshaping form. Auntie ethel's hair can be anyone with a relevant odd ability, doesn't matter too much. The only one that starts out with an odd number that doesn't quickly get to an even number is gale/mr.immortal/ice wizard (intelligence).

[@DocDictator]

The Power levels are overwhelming 👀

[@Ashtarte3D]

Doing a duo Honour Mode run with my friend and he's doing Ice Wiz while I'm doing the Moon Druid. Other than early game being a little rough (especially for his ice Wiz) once we got some levels into us we've been annihilating the game no problem. We had already done Honour mode once before so we wanted to do a Dark Urge playthrough while raising the stakes so it's just the two of us and we are murdering EVERYONE we can. Being monsters is fun.

[@diskuslars7527]

What Team would you think is more viable This Here or your A-Team-Video?

[@toadkult]

I'm finding the Moon Druid to be useless in this comp. His CC in normal fights is mostly unneeded, and in boss fights wildshape does minimal damage due to TB not working. Surely an open hand monk or even a second throw barb would be far superior. All boss fights seem to be about killing the boss before legendaries kill you. Druid does nothing to make that happen.

[@mazze1091]

Given the piercing vulnerability, even a plain old Ranged Fighter / a ranger or a Ranged Swords Bard would work wonders for turn 1 kills. I think the comp has enough frontliners. Loving the potential synergy, a lot of effort went into the presentation, etc. But in practice I found the druid to be pretty lackluster

[@kinderdm]

A second throw barb (or fighter) would be a great addition to this party, but then you got the problem that was trying to be avoided of overlapping gear needs. I'm honestly thinking I might run just a ranged piercer of some sort for single target damage, or instead just go for a classic cleric, as this party should already be plenty strong already.

[@0ctoberForever]

​@@kinderdmyou can pick up two lightning jabbers in the same fight

[@paulakafish]

Great video, looking forward to another playthrough using this party composition!

[@spellandshield]

Jouw videos zijn gewoon geweldig!

[@samuelpeterson9485]

Another great BG3 video! Thanks for the inspiration and research you put into these build showcases especially the full party ones. 👏 Also, kudos to you @NizarGG for presenting this information in an engaging and entertaining way.

[@tortoighh5936]

I just changed druid for light cleric but still the combination makes wonders. Finishing act 2 and hopefully soon the first honor mode run. If not I will learn from my mistakes. Thank you for the guides.

[@Magic_Bananas]

Insanely high quality video, instant sub! I'll definitely be adding one or two of these builds to my next playthrough :D

[@matthewthomson6466]

Camp Clerics OP Have some chumps in the camp who you visit every short rest that can cast Warding Bond and Aid on everyone - enjoy your completely free resistance to everything and a truckload more HP

[@white9763]

I love when you do a bossfight with a Camp caster using warding Bond Whenever i get back to Camp that poor Guy Just gets obliterated

[@matthewthomson6466]

@@white9763 I mean hey, that’s what camp revivify is for 😂

[@Cliff-u9s]

Seriously if I can press like button three times over I would awesome video cannot wait to try these

[@mifreyneiltarce1678]

Oh my God. The mere fact that I can play both bard and druid in the same team is heaven enough for me. Brilliant!

[@IMIark]

Yet another “cRuSh HonOuR/eZ mOdE” video that’s all gear from 60 hours into the game 😂 great theory crafting and synergy though GG

[@white9763]

Bro Just didnt see the build videos and be shittalking ☠️ The only one that dont get online early is the ice wizard, but the slinger and druid get online when they get subclass, which is early and that paladin has an entire video about getting strong early (lvl1-7 If im not wrong) So yeah, this is pretty much a party that is strong at basically every level

[@Kek393]

The ice wizard gets online as soon as act 1 when you get the early frost gear so even that's not very late.

[@Syon88]

In Italy we say: "un'altra occasione persa per restare in silenzio e fare più bella figura" That translate in: "another time you lost to stay silent and do a Better impression" 😂

[@phantomgamelab]

Fucking "dEsTrOy EvErYtHiNg ImMeDiAtElY!"

[@dylanfields3858]

Bahlist banishing paladin sounds like a yugioh card I love it

[@AnonW]

What a great video, watched like 50 other boring af videos that just expects u to blindly follow their generic build, this vid actually show cases the OPness of the synergies to a min/maxed degree

[@LeEnnyFace]

the synergy in this one is insane

[@ERBanmech]

Kinda going a different approach with my honor mode party. 1. Light domain cleric 9, gloomstalker ranger 3 built for mass applying radiant orb so enemies can’t hit you with attacks 2. Draconic sorcerer 1, storm cleric 1, and abjuration wizard 10 designed for tanking with absurd damage reduction and also built for dealing modest damage with magic missile (great for breaking opponents concentration) 3. 8 tiger barbarian, 4 thief rogue a build that’s focused on locking down prone enemies with maim and inflicting bleeds on enemies 4. My main character, 2 life domain cleric and 10 lore bard for a healer / control caster setup. All of this stuff is feasible as early as level 4 and each character has a sizable AC (18-20) in act 1 alone, that’s not to mention that there are several items important to these builds in act 1 which helps make these builds work sort of “out of the box” as it were.

[@brandonlaurin1561]

I'd love to hear more about you build ideas and your party comp if you don't mind. The 3 in gloomstalker seems weird, I'm guessing for the movement speed? Maybe the extra 1 AC from fighting style? Haven't seen an abjuration build not using lock, but assuming you get armor spell from your cold dragon? Also sounds like you have 3 people running around in melee range, don't you find that to be a problem?

[@westenev]

​@@brandonlaurin1561 If I had to guess, they're using luminous gloves/luminous armor/coruscation ring, paired with the gloomstalker extra attack with an illuminated weapon (either light, or a weapon that deals radiant damage like Staver of Skulls). The extra initiative can't hurt either.

[@ERBanmech]

@@brandonlaurin1561 of course. My light domain / gloomstalker is designed to go in combat before everyone else because they use a radiating orb setup. The extra initiative, movement speed (spirit guardians), and extra action all help dump as many stacks of radiating orb as possible in turn 1 so my enemies have a much harder time hitting allies. My abjuration, sorcerer, storm cleric tank uses damage reduction given by arcane ward (and has temp HP from armor of agathys). While not always designed to be in melee range the build is easily able to manage and of course has the advantage of being a full caster so he has incredible versatility. I use the spellsparkler for lightning charges (later dual wielded with markoheshkir), the boots of stormy clamor, the callous glow ring, and the gloves of belligerent skies so I can stack reverberation on targets. If they get knocked prone then my barbarian can inflict bleed and maim on them so they get stun locked. My barbarian is a beast soul (tiger) to get bleeds and make use of the punch drunk bastard greatclub that makes your melee do a small aoe and have advantage when you’re drunk, I also combine this with the enraging heart garb and the linebreaker boots to rapidly stack wrath which gives additional damage on strength melee strikes, the gloves of dexterity ensure my AC is not too bad and I can do decently with ranged attacks using the titanstring bow. The thief rouge part of the build makes it so I have two bonus actions and can dash as a bonus action allowing my main action to be free for weapon attacks and so I can do more with my bonus actions than just rage on turn one. Lastly my lore bard life cleric is pretty straightforward for control casting and healing and allows my main character to easily navigate the social encounters. Though, I may experiment with the mental fatigue status effect so enemies can have even less resistance to my control spells. This party comp likes being in the thick of things since they actually are pretty safe and grouping helps make certain aoe abilities hit more enemies, and since the group is built with melee range in mind it compensates for those times where positioning just ended up being bad or you can’t get away from an enemy.

[@brandonlaurin1561]

@@ERBanmech You mentioned extra action on the light/gloom. Where is that coming from? Did you mean you took 5 in gloom for the extra attack? I don't see too much reason to stick in cleric for levels 8 and 9? The whole idea of the arcane ward character seems a bit lost in the light cleric making everything never hit. I'm thinking of swapping that position with an eldrich blaster, but I do have to admit you've made me triple guess myself because just having the insane defense sounds so appealing, even if the armor of agathys never procs. In my idea party comp, I was using a monk instead of your beast soul. Certainly more AoE with the barb though. I like it. The idea of the smite paladin from this video was appealing, but without the other characters doing piercing seemed a little meh. A melee with some AoE sounds a lot better for this comp. I was planning bard archer instead of control character. With the damage these groups pack, is the control even really needed? I suppose some Hold person/monster with everyone in close range would just destroy everything, but then you could also do that with an archer build, right?

[@ERBanmech]

@@brandonlaurin1561 Edit: I was under the wrong pretense for gloomstalker ranger, my bad, it’s still good but not quite as great it’s an extra attack not an extra action. But, if you’re wanting the extra action instead you could drink a speed potion or alternatively take 2 levels of fighter instead of gloomstalker you can use a few items to compensate for the drop in initiative but I already intend on taking the alert feat anyway. Yes there is some anti-synergy between my arcane ward and the light domain cleric but there is some philosophy in it, armor of agathys and fire shield deters creatures from attacking the caster funneling attacks to the two characters I want them to attempt to attack. I’ll often be using sanctuary on my control bard so they can’t be a target, so the attacks are going to either my insane AC light cleric or my barbarian with the high HP pool. The arcane ward is going to often help with dealing with spells instead since they’ll need to do 46 damage in order to actually get through my damage reduction. Wizards suffer from being squishy so that damage reduction helps significantly when in the thick of things. I also include my full caster so I can fast track counterspell in the early game before my lore bard can get their 6th level magical secrets. I would say keep in mind that I am using hirelings to cast major buff spells on the party members before leaving camp so I’ll have things like aid, warding bond, freedom of movement, and longstrider up without needing to detract from party slots. The rule I learned is that buff spells that don’t require concentration and last until a long rest can still exist on party members even when the caster isn’t in the party anymore. My comp for my “camp witches” is that two of them will be 6 transmutation wizard (for the orb that can grant concentration proficiency) and 6 life domain cleric for the cleric buff spells. The last one will be 12 levels life cleric to get a few of the final buffs and so I can get the cleric legendary weapon from the divine intervention as a possible option for my healer bard (it grants an activated passive healing aura which could be extremely useful and allows me to focus on control spells, keep everyone blessed with the whispering promise ring, and smooths out any small damage from AOE’s)

[@ryudragon7]

I am already halfway to this build. My main character is the Moon druid build and Shadowheart is stepping in for the immortal ice wizard build. I plan on respec-ing Karlach soon. And if I did it right, Minthara will serve as the Paladin to my group, once I reach Moonrise.

[@juuliabarcelos17]

Just beat honor mode with this party! Can't thank you enough!!! I also unblocked all the ilithid powers, they became gods!!!

[@LykanDS]

I only have one question... do I take Ethel's hair of Dex for paladin... or Int hair for wizard?

[@youtuguru]

I'm curious how one contends with potential oathbreaking actions for the Paladin, specifically during act 1? Unless it's as simple as letting someone else make those actions instead

[@Rakshael]

he respecs into it later

[@Eldude101]

This has such an intense energy to it and honestly I love it

[@hotkoolaid9986]

Wow I'd been researching a lot of builds and decided on a party comp almost exactly like this one for my honor mode run minus the moon druid. What a convenient vid, it helped a lot :D

[@DarkErrant]

Another awesome team comp video. Thanks.

[@MrSoloDolo20100]

This team looks like so much fun to use! Too bad I only have like a quarter of the pieces needed 😂

[@demonderpz7937]

So, unless you have friends willing to commit to these builds, you would essentially make a custom character into the bhaalist paladin, then use karlach, respec gale, and halsin as your main party once you get access to all of them. Then just find all the items you need through each act and just slaughter whatever gets in your way?

[@korakys]

Not so much a party of heroes as a party of superheroes. A fantastic four if you will.

[@heqitao]

Great job as always. Cheers man.

[@sergiosanmuahahaha]

Crazy good team build! noice

[@rivaligeralt]

amazing guide as always!

[@lost_in_moments]

Don't you think that a Light Cleric (with light or / reverberant equipment and phalar aluve) will be better than the moon druid? More healing, debuff and CC

[@jethrojenkins17]

I guess there are many ways to increase the power of a comp and he aimed to have 4 members who can have fun on their own. But speaking about straight efficiency, a solo gloomstalker assassin will outdamage this comp and a specialized Sorlock will out-cc it. Throw in a hastebot and a scorching-blaster and you will never go beyond turn 1.

[@dabeatlesburnhamroad8244]

@NizarGG I see a problem with the equipment. The Bhaalist Paladin has the Bhaalist armour which you get for becoming an unholy assassin. But the Thrower has Sarevok's Helmet which you get for killing Sarevok. Aren't the two mutually exclusive?

[@naerolf09]

No You can first get the bhaalist armour from the trader in saveroks room and afterwards you can just kill him After you kill orin and you come back he challenges you to a duel if you become bhaals chosen

[@tyrano1982]

I tried this team for honour mode but I changed a couple of things, I only dipped 2 levels of warlock on the wiz, and changed the throwing barbarian with a monk barbarian, with wildheart bear so he resists all damage... It's a killing machine and not killable. Honour mode looks easy mode tbf. 100% recommended. The wiz is insane, he only walks and everything is dead if you have casted create water and, if something survives, well... You use the ice cantrip and he's dead.

[@bennievaneeden2720]

We coincidentally kinda built this party on our honour mode run. I'm (Shart) a storm cleric with Baezel as the EK thrower. My buddy is a Bardadin with Karlach as a moon druid. We're halfway through act 2 atm, but it honestly feels like we're playing story mode.

[@bloodyfangz3904]

I've been wanting to get into honour mode and after watching this video and looking into the others, I was wondering what should I go for with the Ilithid powers (Including becoming half-Ilithid)?

[@elbirri]

i do a quiz about class i am in DnD (you can google it as "What Kind of D&D Character Would You Be?"), with 140 questions i finish that and the awnser was wizard lvl 5 with this stats: STR = 9 DEX = 13 CON = 13 INT = 11 WIS = 14 CAR = 12 i was trying to use as a reference in baldur's gate and i know this stats are NOT ok so my question is what class is more close to this stats?

[@jhite1230]

Cleric, Druid, possibly Monk

[@elbirri]

maybe bard?

[@Kek393]

Honestly none if you want to use this exact setup. But the highet wis, dex and con definitely suggest cleric or ranger

[@elbirri]

@@Kek393 nah im not gonna use this stats but maybe you can tell me in base of higher stats what class do you suggest. once i pick one i use the correct stats.

[@Kek393]

@@elbirri point is if this is the "more or less" stat spread focusing on Dex, Con and Wis it's a textbook monk,cleric or ranger.

[@kevinholt8298]

This is a sick party man. I am having a pretty easy time in honor mode with your immortal front wizard + sorcadin w/ helm of arcane acuity/bonus action hold person + holy bard + open hand monk thief. But the party in this video is even more badasser.

[@keyanmoore916]

Can you explain how it works in act 1 before you even have gear pieces... my issue is getting face rolled before i get to the good gear....

[@NizarGG]

In the videos I go over ACT 1 gear, basically the deathslinger can carry you early game hard with moon druid spider web spam is easypeasy clearings

[@keyanmoore916]

@@NizarGG funny you say that I'm realizing the power of a slinger in my taction play through right now. I forget about spider web...I use spiked growth a lot but that doesn't always work against githyanki they just misty step out 😂 is there anything you can recommend to increase the success rate of my Hold prison working 👀 I'm currently lv 6 oath breaker paladin 2 wizard 4 Karlach pure barb thrower 6 Astarion is a melee ranger gloom stalker build And..at this point I'm ready to hire a hireling to replace shadow heart... she's basically fodder. 😂

[@N-Double-D]

Nice work. Can't wait to try.

[@banshee9857]

Nice!!! can't wait another build

[@lovelyfma]

its pretty funny this is basically an advertisement style short hand of your other four videos that contain the actual builds that are super incredible.

[@Pwaitelol]

What would be a good replacement before I get Halsin? No other companion really fits Druid story-wise. I was thinking maybe Lae'Zel as a ranged (dex) battlemaster? Can use arrows of Ice to benefit from wet too.

[@ericboswell7439]

I tested it yesterday and the AC bonus on the moon druid from Draconic Resilience wasn't working while in wild shape. It only worked if I wasn't wearing armor prior to wild shaping.

[@JarvizR6]

I built a team for my honor mode run based off your guides, I used the Tiger Heart/Bleed Barbarian, Bhaalist Paladin, Immortal ice Wizard, and then a Beast master Ranger

[@reyclorox]

Are there any critical decision makings to make this team viable? (To get the gear needed for them)

[@oicrusader2143]

Love to see it

[@denys-p]

Personally, I didn’t struggle with crowd control pretty much anywhere in the game. The only place is, probably, Viconia, but it is easily solved with scroll of tentacles or hunger of Hadar (or anything similar) in chokepoint. What is really needed - strong single target dps that allows annihilate enemies in 1-2 turns + kills bosses pretty fast. And, preferably, dps should be mostly ranged, since it simplifies usage of dome of invulnerability and mind sanctuary (nice combo, btw). For example, I just killed Cazador in first turn and rest of trash had no chance after that. And I forgot to do a short rest before fight, so had no Action surge. So, current party composition (builds from this channel with minor variations): 1. Death slinger with gear for feral barbarian + Nyrulna. Tons of ranged aoe damage + control. But most importantly, carried me trough first act. 2. Open hand monk - just when you need to nuke or control boss 3. Gloom stalker, which was more or less useless first half of the game (missed a LOT), but now delivers lots of damage 4. Plain tempest Cleric (no multiclass, not much thought into gear - healing stuff + blade ward gloves), mostly for healing. I’m considering replacing it with eldritch blast sorloc for even more damage. Enemies don’t damage you if they die first 🤭

[@sambarham8887]

In Act 1 before you get a good druid companion, I'd recommend Lae'Zel (or Shadowheart if you killed Lae'Zel) as your Tank. By the time you reach Lae'Zel you'd be level 2, and you can put a level into Light Cleric, which gives you Warding Flare to avoid hits. Use Withers to change her fighting style to Defense, make her stats 16 strength, 14 dex, 16 con, 12 wisdom and dumb the others. With her starting armour and a shield she'll have 20 AC, then with Shield of Faith 22 AC, all at level 2. Keep going fighter for Battlemaster so she can learn Goading Attack and Riposte, making enemies attack her instead, unable to hit her thanks to Warding Flare and high AC.

[@caelcampbell5194]

Just wanted to say your videos rule. I just beat my honor mode playthrough last night and 3 of my party members were using builds from your channel. Thanks for the help!

[@WindexDrinker777]

has anything changed with the release of patch 6?

[@NizarGG]

nope, this video is patch 6 proof!

[@dfl23]

That is an impressive video, obviously lots of work went into it, thank you. What are your thoughts on incorporating a Cleric for the Radiating Orb stacking and huge accuracy debuffs from the Coruscation Ring and Luminous Armour ?

[@NizarGG]

very OP, might make a radorb vid at some point

[@Voeluspa45]

Does this still work? There have been a few patches.

[@cyan2925]

Create water is no longer a cantrip, but you're already have 2 lvl 1 warlock spell slots, which are replenished on a short rest, so it would be fine.

[@cyan2925]

TB thrower could be optimized even more. Get a hierling, lvl 3 eldritch knight, bound a weapon and give it to your character. You would save 3 levels, which you could put into a champion, increasing crit rate. You then could use selune or shar spears with it. Sarevoks helm also maybe not a bis, you could try a bonus action when below 50% helm, forgot which one.

[@_ghostly_]

Hi Nizar, I get that you're pretty damn good at build crafting but could you please show how the builds evolve from act 1 to act 3 rather than level one to level 12? If I remember correctly the only builds you did this for are the sorcerer and monk.

[@wsrtwetr]

this comp no longer works as create water is no longer a cantrip. This comp comes to full power EXTREMELY late game. Like literally before the final fight unless you plan on taking on rapheal while underpower. It is not an enjoyable group comp and you will find it very janky throughout act 1

[@JohnSmith-vk9ds]

Quick question: if you are building a party towards this setup, who in your party handles the lockpicking and trap finding duties? I saw in the Death Slinger video that the build eventually is given 3 levels in Rogue for the Thief sublcass, but if you are doing that build for Karlach she can't become proficient in Sleight of Hand in order to pick it as an Expertise. Could you respect that build at level 6 to start as Rogue1/Barbarian 5 to get Sleight of Hand and then fill out the rest of the build as the video says?

[@quzpolkas]

Hey there! Was wondering the same thing, how did you decide to go about it in the end? Planning an honour mode run rn. Was thinking that I could use Astarion/any other Rogue for early levels, and then make the Bhaalist Paladin proficient in Sleight of Hand after taking the Bard levels, since you get an extra skill proficiency from multiclassing in Bard according to the wiki.

[@JohnSmith-vk9ds]

@@quzpolkas I started a Tactician playthrough a couple days after I made this post and what you said is almost exactly how I've been doing it so far. My Tav is the Paladin (went with Zariel Tiefling for the race), and I've been rolling with Gale, and Shadowheart until I picked up Karlach, then the fourth slot has been kind of a free-floating as needed, since you don't get Halsin until part way into act 2. It's mostly been Astarion in that slot to handle the Sleight of Hand needs for the first act. Expertise in Sleight of Hand, The Gloves of Power, and then the Smuggler's Ring carried most of the challenges, and then once I got the Gloves of Thievery from the Zhentarim hideout (after befriending them for resolving "The Missing Shipment") all traps and locks were pretty trivialized. Once I did everything in the first area, I did the Underdark next and I hit level 6 part way through the the Adamantine Forge area, and for my first level in Rogue on Karlach I gave her Sleight of Hand proficiency and then Expertise in Sleight of Hand and Athletics, stuck the Smuggler's Ring and the Gloves of Thievery in her inventory, and replaced the fourth slot with Shadowheart permanently (respec'd as a Light cleric). After I finished everything in the Forge, I went to the Mountain Pass zone. I just acquired the Blood of Lathandar in the monastery and so far Karlach has been handling all the traps and locked doors like a champ. Astarion did a lot of heavy lifting damage-wise in the early levels too: the Hunting Shortbow from Dammon once I got to the Grove was a huge pickup for him, and greatly helped against the Harpy fight, the Hook Horrors by the Sussar Tree, the Minotaurs, and the Bulette in the Underdark, and Hunter's Mark was hugely helpful on him in numerous other fights like Auntie Ethel and the Phase Spider with 3 attacks in a round from dual wielding on the Thief subclass.

[@xoxotoonvideos]

Team is great, but who's twinned haste guy (aka support)? A lot of things for DD characters depend on being hasted

[@petrhubacek3070]

Weird question, it looks like you can play this combo on "good playthrough" but how can you have bhalist armor and sarevok helmet together with halsin? If you accept bhalist, you will be able to buy bhalist armor, but after that halsin will leave party and you need to kill saravok yet

[@comradesero]

Hey there, so I beat my first run of this game and I enjoyed your Gale build so I came back to build this entire party for my honor mode run. I meticulously documented all the itemization and level guides in a spreadsheet, and then arranged the gear by Acts and Locations so I could streamline the gearing process. However, I noticed there are 2 items that are duplicated. The Cloak of Protection is wanted by both the Paladin and the Deathslinger, while the Boots of Striding are wanted by the Paladin and the Druid. I thought I'd come right to the source and see if you have any recommendations on replacements for these, as well as maybe which character you think benefits the most from each. I'm kind of thinking the Boots should probably be on the Druid, but again, I defer to your expertise. Thanks in advance for the response!

[@cyan2925]

Paladin uses helldusk boots, as stated in the video. Capes are not essential for these builds, so choose any that would fit your builds.

[@aintyobeach8031]

Other than the Druid what would be a good build to pair with the rest

[@datuputi777]

The broken thing from get go is the extra companion from withers specifically the githyanki. You make them knowledge cleric and wiz for alchemy you over emphasize on medicine to make twice as many elixirs and potions enjoy drug use bg3. 😂

[@MsGamingWarrior]

is there another mage build i should do instead of mr immortal. i tried it and i dont understand it 100%

[@cyan2925]

Prestigious_Justice341's' "optimal sorcerer".

[@DomShowstoppr]

About to try this build for my honour mode run, anyone has managed to win so far by using this team?

[@truenosanchez4445]

Yeah got it last week with some friends, one advice use the 4 water myrmidons that you can have. The bard at lvl 12 gets it by magical secrets, the druid can summon one at lvl 11 and become one and the wizard also gets one at lvl 11. They can do chill (the same as mourning frost), decent ice dmg in area, heal and wet in area (enemies and allies) they are just too good

[@CEDROU95]

Im curious, whats the argument to give the throwing legendary trident to the non thrower? Is it because im assuming the paladin has sentinel and trident is best? Im confused.

[@infinite1funk]

Are these builds good for the other modes as well?

[@ronaldcozzens272]

Quick question. You dont get halsin in your party until act 2 right? So would you make a astarion crit build be in your party until then or would you make your main the moon druid and respect lets say shadowheart as the paladin?

[@leonelmessi5285]

I have a question. I'm using your bhaalist paladin build but can only use "hold person" on only 1 target. How can you use it onl multi targets?

[@NizarGG]

You have to upcast it.

[@leonelmessi5285]

@@NizarGG you mean use high level spell?

[@LordGui_]

​@@leonelmessi5285yes, you can use hold person with higher level spell slots, if you do that you can select more targets

[@theguythomas]

How do you handle the water field getting electrified / enemies getting electrocuted and no long triggering opportunity attacks for Mr Immortal?

[@jonaswestman1245]

Have they fixed it now so all druid shapes gets the full feat of tavern brawler in honour mode?

[@Ireniicus]

who is functioning as the lockpick/disarm trap role in this party?

[@Theonetruefinalboss]

Probably the paladin since it's actually 10 levels of swords bard. Can get slight of hand with expertise pretty easily.

[@pokemon6789998212]

Any recommendations for a character comp on this team if you’re wanting to do a durge play through?

[@NEBULAVORE]

Hope more builds are soon to come

[@MercyBlack137]

Do I need to do the armor chest piece swap to make the abjuration wizard tank work? That part of the guide seemed to make things complicated. Kind of just want to cast some buffs and go fight:)

[@bagames4225]

Early game you will greatly benefit from doing it

[@MercyBlack137]

@@bagames4225 can you please explain to me how/when - it was confusing and I stopped doing the build due to it but I want to try again. Thank you 🙏

[@bagames4225]

Just do it after every fight and long rest and you will see your arcane charges go up, 1 per armor swap and mage armor use, they will appear next to your character logo on the left. You should know that the arcane charges only will start appearing after you put the second level in wizard and choose the abjuration subclass, before then there is no use in recasting mage armor@@MercyBlack137

[@Darknute12]

Followed the guides for this team and we got annihilated by Myrkul. Paladin was severely underpowered, wizard was not really getting things done since its a hit me first type build, the druid was OK and the barbarian pretty much carried until myrkul where I was not doing damage.

[@KhaosElement]

Who gets Ethel's hair in this team? Did I just miss that part?

[@beanyboi3438]

Is there anyone that can heal? If not should I change the Druid for a healer?

[@Michsomething]

Impressive work.

[@obliordw]

for the immortal subzero build, if I didn't want to use gale as a character what would be the best recommended character to use for this build?

[@white9763]

Literally anynone, you can build whatever companions as whatever you want to I was doing a joke playthrough with a friend and we made gale as a barbarian and karlach as a druid

[@Erikjust]

Which Illithid Powers should each of those 4 get??

[@cyan2925]

Any of: Freecast Mind sanctuary Black hole Psionic dominance/backlash Perilous stakes Cull the weak Luck of the far realms Ability drain Stage fright.

[@bobnewkirk7003]

Might swap the Mood Druid for a Sorlock. if you build it GOO with Reverb gear your EB puts out a ton of CC and you can concentrate on twin Haste or other support utility. otherwise great combo.

[@nghiaoanphu9560]

I dont recommend the Moondruid for Honour mode though cuz Afaik tb moon druid is bugged in Honour mode. For honour i suggest using BM fighter. Their maneuver is exceptionally syrnergy with ice wiz area denial and pal/bard bhaalist buff (push them back to ice, frighten), also early carry for your late build like bhaal smite paladin. Can provide even better ultility through arrows with action surge while doing martial dmg.Moon druid is great, dont get me wrong, but you should w8 till it's fixed in HM.

[@NYGSky]

who gets the hag hair and mirror of loss in this set up?

[@naerolf09]

Every character can get the mirror of loss +2 if you succeed the religion check Auntie hair doesn't matter too much

[@mrblackroc1807]

Love the vids! I

[@thechuck141]

Where do u all find this gear I can never find anything good I am 125 hours in.

[@naerolf09]

Check wiki or watch the build specific videos

[@DragonicTerror]

Would swapping druid for radiant orb light cleric/wiz work be a feasible?

[@cyan2925]

Aestus' life cleric would be enough.