The Ultimate Assassin: BG3 Episode #14

[@rayprush2064]

you know you love listening to a person talk when you sit down to watch a video of theirs about a game you don't play

[@georgewilson2575]

I don't like 5e, never played BG3, but I'm here every episode because I enjoy listening to him and his ideas for these characters.

[@Wintermute909]

Same!

[@xaveir7787]

AND you are excited about it

[@nickpray8503]

Yup

[@mac_sour]

for me i cant run bg3 on my pc, so i just have to watch videos on it and dream lol

[@langying]

"Who doesn't like ninja(s)?" Have you met a pirate?!

[@Ascetronaut]

Um excuse me. Im pretty sure all of the pirates in one piece thought that ninjas were rad as hell

[@setneubauer3851]

​@@Ascetronautthis comment right here!

[@shadow-faye]

You act like two goats cannot coexist

[@senorelroboto2]

I've really been enjoying my Assassin/Great Old One. Frightening a ton of enemies with Mortal Reminder and autocrits from surprise can end up locking down the enemies for almost three rounds.

[@BryanReggie]

This is interesting. One GOO level instead of the 3rd level in Fighter. I think the fear could be more valuable than the battlemaster maneuvers. And you can get friends cantrip here instead, freeing up the race for something else. Maybe drow?

[@buluketek5030]

6 monk 4 assasin 2 goolock, taking devil sight to see in the darkness. Thx man, it's great idea

[@senorelroboto2]

@@BryanReggie or maybe half-orc for the extra critical damage

[@senorelroboto2]

@@buluketek5030 give Shovel an Elixir of Vigilance to start the fight and ensure that your initial volleys are against surprised targets with advantage. Elixir of Bloodlust can also help to make sure you make as many attacks as possible.

[@daxdleader719]

I've been meaning to try this with the Spellthief bow I think. The one that restores spell slots on crits.

[@Taken2School12]

A durge playthrough would be great for this build. The cloak, you get in act 1, would add another layer of invisible. I think i will use this in my embrace durge playthrough. Thanks again Colby.

[@BryanReggie]

I find the problem with that cloak is that once you kill an enemy you have to stop attacking even if you have more attacks, or else the invisibility is removed and it’s wasted.

[@Taken2School12]

@@BryanReggie I mainly use it in the beginning until you get better gear, maybe the risky ring or a better cloak, or when you kill a low health enemy then moving to a new location. Enemies can waste an entire turn searching for you. I do agree that it can be wasted at times.

[@emperortime4380]

@@BryanReggieInvisibility is free advantage so I’d say it’s never truly wasted unless you already had another source of advantage.

[@nathanfivecoate5848]

​@@emperortime4380 Not to mention how the Deathstalker Mantle is just oh-so stylish. I typically wear it from the moment I get it all the way until I get the Cloak of Displacement and/or reject The Urge in act 3

[@micahsanders1121]

Colby, as a straight man, I just want to say that you look very good in a black shirt.

[@littlereaper666]

You say this is a great build for a solo run, but what about your whole party being this build? A party of nightcrawlers 😂

[@20storiesunder]

Welp, that's Astarion.

[@garethmacdoyle509]

Same, feels very vampire

[@jimgaminator9434]

I am going to start off by saying that I love the build idea as always. I tried an assassin build in honor run (ranged) and went 6 bard, 3 ranger-gloom, 3-assassin and was able to one shot of the bhaal knights outside of the tribunal. Quick gear advice: obviously Colby is correct with the graceful cloth but once you get to act 3 pick up the bhaalist armor for piercing vulnerability, the crater flesh gloves, and two dolor daggers from the bhaal trader. I understand not wanting to exploit bugs however, dolor daggers add their bonus to multiple damage instances on a crit (base damage, sneak attack, and the craterflesh gloves). So yah if you want big damage.

[@vladm2364]

How is that a bug if it doesnt work in HM?

[@jimgaminator9434]

It should work in HM

[@GiveMeTheRice]

was it patched?

[@jacobdvorak5403]

Colby I have become addicted to multi-classing because of you and I’m loving it

[@THETYMEKK12]

About Step of the wind - both Dash and Disengage give you unlimited Jump for the rest of your turn as long as you have required movement lelf ;) I love it.

[@apollosungod6673]

I'm not a monk, I'm a JUMPMANCER

[@GentleBreeze-72]

I love the casual memes dumped into editing. When a friend of mine was doing videos and asked me to edit them, i would do the same putting some memes into it. Love it

[@ValuelessPond22]

Oo! I like this! I did something EXTREMELY similar, only difference being that I took 2 levels of old one warlock to frighten critted enemies, and get devil sight

[@cve7335]

What was you build? I'm interested for a Dark Urge playthrough!

[@buluketek5030]

me: it's almost 11pm, time for colby's new video

[@4stringerbass540]

Best part of this is you can make a shadow squad with the right builds. Did a dark urge with your ninja guidelines, Wyll with warlock devil sight, let Shadowheart become the justiciar which gave her dark sight too. Very nice dropping darkness and letting those three cause all kind of damage.

[@JeeyellCorps]

Have a safe and fun Spring Break. This could be a really fun multiplayer build. Astarion, Full-Sharran SHADOWheart, and Durge. 3 Ultimate Assassin's. Plus maybe a Darkness lock Wyll. Have each assassin player ready an attack against a target. Have Wyll ready Darkness--or an attack depending on need. Use coms to countdown and all use their pre-combat attacks at the same time and get the full benefit of Assassin's features. The Ultimate Assassin Clan.

[@NateLyell]

Shadow Cloaked Ring from act 2 was made for this build; adds an additional 1d4 to attacks against lightly/heavily obscured enemies, benefiting both from the assassin/shadow monk playstyle and the savage attacker feat.

[@Jonhfing647]

Love that panthera running (walking?) gag lol

[@Longshot-qv8is]

The Shadow Monk was a happy surprise here. Everyone gushes over Gloom, and it's nice to see the representation.

[@aidandunne5978]

Colby.... That Outro..... the world doesn't deserve (and possibly doesn't want) that much honesty 😂

[@BigTuckUSA]

I hope you and your family enjoy your vacation! 😊 Just had my colonoscopy. So much fun! Not! LOL

[@sneakysquirrel1990]

have you done an assassin grave cleric build yet for some amazing nova damage? assassinate plus path to the grave seems like a juicy set up for some big damage, like with inflict wounds

[@DnDDeepDive]

I assume you mean for D&D? In which case, yes :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5mmi6qKf7atebc

[@tonisirignano5280]

@@DnDDeepDivethat build was bonkers. My DM allowed me to surprise about 25-30% of time and my 2 buddies were ok with it as well.. the amount of damage and dice rolls were next level. Had to use an app and roll them there Thx Colby, that was one of my fave builds

[@DnDDeepDive]

@@tonisirignano5280 I love hearing stuff like this :) thanks!

[@ryandornan8698]

Nice! Been hoping you'd release a new BG3 vid. I cracked open the mod-ing wormhole this week. Things will never be the same again...

[@LuckDragonLair]

Tell me about it. My problem is that I get WAY too into mods and end up never finishing or even really getting far into so many games. :-p

[@gaidencastro9706]

Ninjas aren't assassins, Colby.

[@nekomochi486]

Never been this early! Also, just in time for my Astarion Origin playthrough!

[@SharkyMcSharkenstien]

I'm literally building Astarion on my 3rd playthrough as you had said .. but now I may need to respec

[@SharkyMcSharkenstien]

Me again , wanted to build something like this for a while now, doing a dark urge playthrough with a Duergar so now I get more invisibility and Deathstalker's mantle.. this build goes perfectly with it . Thanks again

[@sabot9748]

i will build my astarion for my durge playtrough as in the video too, i think this one suits him better and i was just starting my durge playtrough when i saw this video i guess im lucky :D seeing that build works perfectly from your comment helped me so thank you :)

[@L0VELESSXIII]

But is the build faster than the commenters that made it this early

[@Bummer873]

When I was a teen, of course I had the big booming car stereo, but it was anyone's guess what was coming out of it. Rap, Rock, Metal, Jazz...Or that CD you speak of, and others of it's genre. Was pretty fun to see people's reactions when I'd pull up to a stoplight and have Car Orff, Prokofiev, or opera. You guys have great taste! Pretty good rendition of it also!

[@caynidar6295]

Playing team based single player games with solo characters is a time honored tradition. I know there are solo builds and challenges for the Mass Effect games and I distinctly remember people doing solo builds for Kotor, even way back when it came out. Kotor was actually one of the first games where I really got into min-maxing my main character and also the first that introduced me to a "video game-ized" version of DND mechanics.

[@oeurydice]

Been looking for a build like this for Shadowheart for my runs where my Tav is a cleric. Thanks, Colby.

[@hatholraeg]

Have the same build but where in your showcase you were making critical hits for 59 (+10 necrotic and +7 fire [from somewhere]) I'm only managing to hit for 15 piercing and 2 acid damage (during a surprise round). Also the weapon tooltip shows the damage range te be between 10-15 instead of your 10-21. I'm missing the Helldusk Gloves and Conduit ring.

[@TreyYork1]

I want to request/suggest another dive into Sorlock blaster in BG3 that factors in equipment! Equipment changes the core mechanics so drastically between effects like crit chance, radiating orb, and/or reverberation! I'd love to hear thoughts on builds who aren't able to get the Potent Robe-- especially since Sorlocks in BG3 benefit from levels in fighter and/or rogue! I really also want to see if a "Jackie Chan" character is possible relying on empty hands and improvised/thrown weapons, ideally dex based-- but that feels like a lot to ask. Maybe a combo of Monk/Barbarian it's a fun fantasy archetype but can it work in BG3?

[@zzFlare]

I'm a bit late to the show, but its worth noting that patch 7 made sneak attacks benefit from savage attacker. More damage! Yay!

[@Cutculain]

Try out assassin/battlemaster using the bhaalist armor, GWM and a piercing 2hander like breaching pike or Nyrulna. You can even add in 3 lvls or gloomstalker for hunter's mark and dread ambusher atk. I was hitting for over 100 per atk, with the right gear and max rolls it's capable of almost 200 dmg in a single hit.

[@Grim-Wolf]

@DnDDeepDive COLBY! TORTLE BLADESINGER BARBARIAN! Rage and bladesing.

[@R_o_o_k_i_n_g_t_o_n]

i have my own take for this build i wanna suggest that i actually myself plan to use sometime soon being a shadowmonk, hexblade on a variant human using primarily a musket and than a shortsword that would be instead techincally actually strengthed arm wraps meant to protect your heands and woven with metal fiber. the thought here would basically be that your first feat is going straight into gunner and your first level will be into monk with alchemists tools, a proficency in athletics and arcobatics since i will be mostly dumping str and dex as well as scarily consittution someone as my tertiatiary with than you would put your points into primarily chr up to at least 17 so that at level 5 which would be 1 level monk, 4 levels hexblade, your first feat you'll take being shadow touched: chr can bring that up to snuff while than also taking your choice of either inlfict wounds for a complete 'FUCK OFF' type spell especially since you will be casting it with warlock spell slots meaning it will ALWAYS be mega upcast if and when you use it OR false life so that way you can make yourself either tankier or give yourself a mock form of healing if you take a big hit that will last and with a further method to heal yourself being vampiric touch which again, would be super upcast if ya use it. i will now also mention the other reason getting that many levels into warlock first is so important being that you will want to get armor of shadows and at first at least, fiendish vigor which you will later replace with improved pact weapon so you can make and summon ranged weapons which i feel like you can talk a dm into letting you make your musket your pact weapon which is why you hard focus your chr stat so that it and all of your warlock spells like inflict wound and vampic touch do SEROIUS damage meaning you can either sneak up on someone with your proficences mind you being stealth, acrobatics, and athletics to help you get that sneak attack advantage to than either fucking BLAST THEIR ASS with fucking inflict wounds upcast to the 3rd fucking level at level 5 for fucking 5d10 necrotic OR you snipe em at a distance with a rifle that is boosted by your chr stat which would be a plus 4 AND at level 6 gets boosted again by another 4 necrotic on top of also being a magic weapon for another plus 1..... from there you go into monk i would say probably till level 6 to get shadow step to help with your invisibilty from shadow touched and i would say also shroud of shadow at level 5 warlock being a strong contender instead of going for lifedrinker depending on how mean your dm is being with enemies health totals letting you from level 6 have invisibility and than at level 13, you start teleporting around with a rifle in hand that blows holes so large through peoples skulls that it could drop a fucking hill giant in just a few shots before than going back hard into hexblade warlock to level 20 to also boost the accursed shadows you would be creating constantly as you drop people like there was no tomorrow to also draw aggro and again, do some good damage with your high chr which if you want, you could even start your chr higher at 19 since again, i already would have the minimum str, AT MOST 16 dex for intiative and melee, and than probably either 10 or AT MOST 12 con to make room for that higher dex and chr.

[@lukemraz4282]

I will continue asking shamelessly, please stream your bg3 gameplay or upload it to KZbin! If you do already on stream on twitch what is the channel because I’ve searched 😅😂 have a wonderful day Colby!!

[@dabobbenkabobbenkabosh8858]

Hey Colby! I have a request Build. Maybe you have already Built it, but i dont know. what do you think about building a sentinel. Not the feat. One of the antagonists from the x men lore. Deadly and really hard to kill.. I would love to See the Build! Thanks for your work and Inspiration 😊

[@Qaos]

A very silly build you could make for 5e is using the weird wording of Tavern Brawler to grapple people at range with thrown improvised weapons. It would almost definitely never work at any table, because no DM would ever allow you to do that, but would be exceptionally funny if you ever managed to pull it off.

[@joshcole4880]

I am not sure if it would be useful for this build, or maybe you could make a build based around them, but could you do a video on a build based around the sylvan scimitars. I know it's act 3 or End Act 2 specific (if you are bad), but I feel there is something cool and "gishy" there. Maybe an unmodded spell singer??

[@ferdinandbeyer1978]

Hello, thanks for your amazing videos! I got a question, if you dont mind. What about the half-orc as a race choice, for the extra damage on critial melee weapon attacks? Love all your content!

[@roquealva8226]

Shadow monk lv3 fart and sit for invulnerability against everything aside devils and shar justicars. If invested further, endless invis (=invul in almost all situations) on 5 and endless shadow step at 6... But better spend these 9 lvls to counter devils and justicars and you done

[@jonsvendsen4015]

NERD! J/K my first album I bought was Scandal's 'The Warrior'! I got no ground to stand on when it comes to musical cheese.

[@ADirtyLeviathan]

Colby. I see you doing a lot of assassin builds. Could I send you a character concept ? I have something that I think you’d be interested interested featuring and I’m quite proud of it lol it’ll definitely hit maybe your top 5 or 10 in your tier ranking.

[@sabot9748]

i couldn't find any necromencer builds in your channel, i suppose it is because multiclassing isn't that good with necromency but i would love to see a necromency video and i am sure there is a lot of people that think like that. (i am talking about bg3, i love dnd too but i dont watch build videos i dont like to be overpowered; your bg3 build videos are so fun tho)

[@benjaminclements2260]

Hey mr D4 i would love to see your take on a Dual wielder using the flameblades (from the spell) there is a bug that lets you have Them permanently. They use strength But are light wich makes Them great for Dual wielding. I have only been able to come up with theif 3 + ranger

[@Grim-Wolf]

@DnDDeepDive can you please do a video explaining how you use the DPR calutaor you use? And also can wr get a separate graph your yout nova and damage builds being that 1 is mele focused vs spell usage?

[@TitaniumWolf12]

Not sure if it's because of the 5e spells mod I have installed, but enemies but just love to shoot me while I am in my darkness spell as if it doesn't exist. They can still target me, and it's kind of annoying :/

[@Ananzi101]

Hey, family, Try out Gith - Cleric 6/Kensei Monk 14 bulid. Best AC in the game.

[@oscarbtro7295]

Wow! That was impressive rendition of great song.

[@brynwtsn]

From everything that I have read, it sounds like the DC for stunning strike is based on your strength or dexterity, whichever is higher. Not your wisdom.

[@MaddKlown]

When doing a solo playthrough, do you go solo from the start, not saving Shadowheart on the ship? Or do you wait until you’ve escaped and go solo from there?

[@linkatronic]

Always love to hear some Phantom of the Opera in my day! Thanks!

[@philbarbato]

D&D nerds 🤝 theater kids Congrats on your first colonoscopy. The day before is the worst part, honestly.

[@tanerlatham3234]

Hey here something fun I thought about doing just wondering if you thought it would be a good idea go eagle Barbarian which give you the dive bomb attack to surprise an enemy then do your assassin damage to make you feel like you’re in assassin creed just wanted your thoughts on it

[@NobleMonster]

Hey, in BG3 the stunning strike save DC is based off strength or dexterity, whichever is higher.

[@JawsXXIV]

So bascically after we built Dalinar the last time, we now built Szeth-son-son-Vallano?

[@UnruHorizon]

started a playthrough with tav on this and wyll on your gish build and it is working fantastically!

[@christinehede7578]

Except the surprise round of assassin does not always crit. It has been known to actually miss on many occasions in my gloomstalker assassin playthrough.

[@TezzerDarkcloud]

I would love to see a bunch of tank builds for Baldur's gate 3, like you have done for D&D

[@kingkiller546]

You thought about a BG3 build for pure support and control taking no damage abilities at all

[@RayneZerati]

I know you have a lot on your plate already, but I would *love* it if you did builds for World of Warcraft. That sounds like a lot of fun. :3

[@samieluk]

To all those fans of Baldur’s Gate I, doesn’t Colby look a smidge like Ajantis?

[@xristosboulgaris2489]

Hey Colby sorry for interrupting your spring brake but I think I broke the system! That raging bear totem/samurai fighter with 4 saving throws proficiencies thanks to resilient feat and 7th level samurai attribute...is immortal!!!

[@indigo_tribe]

Just wait until you see a bear totem/phantom rogue

[@Trenell83]

Maybe you should do these on Wednesdays so you can call it Withers Wednesdays because these builds might be compelling enough to do that. Lol.

[@DarksideGmss0513]

I kinda play solo if im doing a dark urge playthrough because I play it evil and im going to be wading in a river of blood so damn near all my party members are dead by the end anyway.

[@bora7494]

How would you adopt this build for a non BG3 play? Thank you and have a nice holiday.

[@Kyouki13]

Unlike Dnd 5e stunning strike uses your dex for your save DC instead of wisdom.

[@chompf]

almost 2 years ago , I suffered severe insomnia, but since I started listening to you in bed, I have had no such problem since then 😂 love your vid

[@thebatman6201]

Haha, let's play a game of "compliment or insult"!!!

[@buluketek5030]

What if we replace lv6 monk with wild shape panther or goo eldritch blast?

[@LeonLJ]

Can you do a Way of the Serpent monk from The Dungeon Dudes?

[@kevinkastle612]

great build! also, i hate you for being so goddamned handsome.

[@1Ring42]

The venn diagram between theater nerd and dnd nerd is nearly a circle

[@MrNicaffus]

I know I’ve listened too long when I hear the word Colonoscopy.

[@derickmason1154]

Can you do a video with gear and the build for some good min maxing?

[@heidijugovic6342]

I have so much fun playing your BG3 builds - more please and Thanks! 🤩

[@DnDDeepDive]

Hey thanks!

[@ZoneZero253]

Does Orc’s racial feat play well with savage attacker?

[@misterdad490]

Did you just Pantera in the middle of the video? Lol

[@amazingmenace6168]

0:23 is where I am rn and my guess is gloom 3 assassin 3 way of shadow 6. 😬

[@CreyParkFilms]

I didn't know Homelander played D&D.

[@Psymonkee]

I've been running an 'Oops All Assassins' playthrough and it's a great combination of fun, powerful and puzzle as you try to find spots to hide. I rarely need more than 1 round of combat for everything I've run into yet. Just wish you could sneak attack off a reaction - one can dream. Or mod.

[@senorelroboto2]

Set sneak attack in the reaction tab to "Ask"

[@Psymonkee]

@@senorelroboto2 Sadly doesn't help because you only get sneak attack once per round in BG3. If you use it for an opportunity attack you can't use it on your next turn :/ In 5e rules it's once per turn so you can trigger it from attack of opportunity.

[@MikeLuong]

I found this build to be difficult at the early levels. Dealing with the hag by myself is proving to be really challenging. When I get hit with Hold Person, it's game over. Any suggestions?

[@DnDDeepDive]

Yep! Silence + Stunning strike works wonders, or you can cast darkness and go in and out of it on your turn, picking off the duplicates from range and they won’t be able to hit you :).

[@AskTheDM]

You mentioned the occasional desirability of unarmed attacks vs. something vulnerable to bludgeoning damage. In case you didn't know, the "practice sword" item you can grab in the Grove are bludgeoning finesse weapons 🤣 admittedly, you'd need to use magic weapon, and maybe drakethroat weapon enchant to make it more useful generally... but a fun bludgeoning sneak attack weapon 👍

[@RaineYiVTube]

Just a quick argument for taking the Alert feat. BG3 uses 1d4+modifiers for initiative, not a d20. Taking alert adds a flat +5 on top so it essentially guarantees you will go first in all combat encounters if you're a dex based build!

[@djmor693]

I know you dont typically recommend weapons but let me at least inform you that you can b-line your way to the arcane tower and collect the club of hill giant strength right after you get done with the fight at the emerald grove and make your melee attacks +4, carry weight much higher and increase your jumps alot, using that club as an offhand weapon. If you stop and get shovel ( without fighting the skeletons) , and it would make the gas traps easier to circumvent by the spectator by the selunite outpost. You should be able to avoid all combat after the grove if you shapeshift into a drow

[@djmor693]

To be clear, you would take the ladder down to the selunite outpost through the goblin camp. As a drow, they wont bother you... for the most part.

[@AwkwardPain]

can you get Dread Ambusher (gloom stalker) & the sneak attack on the same attack? They are both their own icon. I thought I remembered being able to toggle some of the abilities, but I haven't played in a bit (the game corrupted and the install & check takes a long time for me and my ancient computer)

[@DnDDeepDive]

I think if you just toggle sneak attack to always trigger when it can it should work, so long as you otherwise qualify.

[@paragonca9736]

Colby your voice is absolutely angelic... Do/did you have a singing career outside this channel?!

[@DnDDeepDive]

Ha ha thanks! Not really, unless you count singing in local coffee shops :)

[@gweria]

So, watching this and the best damn build back to back makes me wonder: Assassin/Paladin finish out in bard? An Assassadin if you will? 😅

[@DnDDeepDive]

Yeah, I think eventually you'd probably want Swords Bard 6, Assassin 3, Pally 3 (or Pally 6 Swords Bard 3 if you wanted Defense over Offense) but auto-critting on smites is pretty incredible.

[@carlospadilla7247]

With the stat spread he gave us we are forced to dump strength. While that's not that big of a deal later it feels really bad early. What good is a 17 dex when we get -1 to dmg lvl 1?

[@DnDDeepDive]

You get to add Dex to your damage too for finesse and ranged weapons 😉

[@corneliaaurelli1603]

Have you considered rare weapon unseen menace?

[@hsuan2323]

@44:58 in act 2 if you kill the Strange Ox you get the Hat of Fire Acuity, which will proc Arcane Acuity from the fire damage you get from the Flawed Helldusk gloves. you can get both at the same place and time. Arcane Acuity is a temporary buff that reads as "Affected entity has a +1 bonus to its spell Attack rolls and spell save DC for each remaining turn." and this stacks quickly on a character making multiple weapon attacks per turn. now the question for a monk becomes: does this affect your stunning strike DC? what even affects your stunning strike DC? the bg3 wiki claims that it is not actually even based on your wisdom like the game claims but instead is based on: "Weapon action DC = 8 + Proficiency Bonus + Strength or Dexterity modifier", which is unfortunate I prefer things that work as they say they do. anyways the Hat of Fire Acuity looks sick AF on Shadowheart, and isn't that what is Really important? looking good while you slay?

[@makbeth4245]

Drow get Darkness for free at lvl 5 (at least one usage of it). So using it this way could save some Ki points. Or maybe i just like drow in this game and you should too xD Text below got nothing to do with the content of this video (great video, btw, as always), I'm just going once again plug a weird build idea, that only Colby could complete for good old D&D: Triple build based of Trevor Belmont, Sypha Belnades and Alucard for the Castlevania show. Challenge is (except for the fact, that it'd be first triplet on the channel) is to make it work as the synergetic team (like all duo builds do her), not just three characters being in the same party. Yes, i'm making THE castle fight a point of reference here xD Do you actually have to make it? Not really. Would it be (at least as a thought experiment) amazing? Hell yeah. Or just go and (re)watch the show after reading this message, cause it's actually that good.

[@menarg1549]

i'm gonna play a rogue for my next playthrough i have downloaded 2 mods for this purpose, one makes the arcane trickster a half caster, and one gives the rogue not just extra attack, but also extra extra attack, just like fighters and of course 5E spells for that sweet sweet spirit shroud This build though would make an AMAZING Dark Urge!

[@rafaelzanoello3887]

Hey Colby! Nice build once again. I was wondering if you could pair it with some smites, lets say wizard 1 (sweet haste), war cleric 1 (bonus attacks), paladin 6, plus 4 rogue (for savage attack and gwm) + assassin 3. Or maybe even duel wielder + savage attack on paladin 6 + bard 3 + assassin 3. Thoughts?

[@dustinmoody5895]

Your videos are great. You're my one stop shop for BG3 build ideas. The way you explain the "why" behind each level, feat, ability score, etc is very helpful Edit: The Phantom of the Opera is one of my absolute favorite things. You're a cool dude

[@CharrlesChervanik]

Alternate build Idea That I use for Astarion/ my tav all the time: Thief rogue 4, open hand Monk 5, Champion/ battlemaster fighter 3. Graceful cloth + gloves of dexterity gives you a 20 dex. Chug pots of hill/ cloud giant strength. 17 Dex 14 Con 14 Wis 12 int 10 str 8 char Tavern brawler, Savage attacker Short sword/ scimetar as monk weapon in main hand, and off hand. The knife of the undermountain works really well. Two bonus actions allow you to take a bonus action attack and Flurry of blows in the same turn. Boots of uninhibited Kushigo, callous glow ring and The Maelfic ring (I think that's what it's called) to deal 2 acid damage on each attack and two damage of the original source. Fighter is for action surge and it depends do you want a higher crit chance or battlemaster menuvers personally, the increased crit potential with savage attacker is nuts. The horns of the berserker headgear, Cloak of Protection also work insanely well. For fighting style go Two weapon fighting.

[@Shadoweyed09]

I built a similar character for a level 20 one shot that a buddy got to play as. I went Haregon, 8 Monk, 12 Rogue. We use maximized criticals, so you roll damage as normal but any dice rolled you also add the maximum they can roll so crits feel good. Using the Red Wizard Blade (Dagger with +3d12 Necrotic) and the max crit, a surprise round minimum damage, assuming both attacks hit is 144 damage (max was 238). With feats this guy is highly mobile, can shadowstep (Nightcrawler all the way), has a +16 initiative and Alert. It's a super fun idea, and I'm excited to test it out.

[@The-Gleaming-Eyes]

I haven't tested if it works but now I want to make a rouge assassin 3 paladin 2 to smite the shit out of bosses in the first round of combat after that I might go bard

[@The-Gleaming-Eyes]

Maybe I will go spore druid instead with flame blade for a 3d8 weapon better spellslots and symbiotic entety

[@toddparker514]

My assassin is 5 lvl gloom stalker 4 lvl assassin 2 lvls fighter and 1 lvl war cleric its so much fun .

[@toddparker514]

I'm not to keen on monk for this build, to many wasted abilities from monk I like 1 lvl war cleric for 3xyra attacks if you do an attack first then can use bonus action to attack like a Rouge

[@jasonm.6442]

I totally do the respecs the same way :D It wasn't a solo run, but for my first Honour mode play through i just completed last night I had Astarion ass rogue 1-4, respec gloomstalker ranger at 5, respec fighter 1 ranger 5 at lvl 6, another point into fighter at lvl 7, respec ass rogue 3 ranger 5 at lvl 8, at lvl 9 4 rogue 5 ranger for a feat, respec again at 10 for fighter 2 ranger 5 rogue 3. Lvl 11-12 into fighter for maneuvers and feat. 17 dex, 16 con, rest into wis and dump the rest. Feats were sharpshooter and (because i accidentally killed the hag 😢) I took resilient for the first time ever to get dex to 18, and give profiency in str, dex, con when you start as a fighter. It wasn't a solo run, but Astarion killed 75+% of the enemies before anyone else got a turn. I think only the Ketheric fight took more than 2 rounds the whole game.

[@Caolboy]

I've been addicted to watching your vids and found your channel after looking for character builds to play through BG3! Now that you're delving into the item aspect of the builds now, was wondering if there are any new ones in the works for the likes of Heat, Lightning charges, etc. I LOVED the combination of Reverberation plus Radiating Orb. Would love to see what you come up with, thanks again for the vid Colby! 😁🤙