The Ultimate Stealth Archer Build Guide: Rogue / Ranger Multiclass | Baldur's Gate 3

Hello my friends, and welcome to the channel for a look at one of my favourite D&D builds recreated for Baldur's Gate 3: the Rogue / Ranger multiclass dread ambusher build!
I hope you enjoy, and let me know what you think down in the comments!
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0:00 Intro
1:20 Character Creation & Ability Scores
2:55 Level 2-6 Core Build Guide
7:38 Endgame 7-12 Build Suggestions
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[@JDogth3Wise]

*Extra Note* If you find a medium armor with EXOTIC MATERIALS you can replace the light armor, getting an easy 20+ AC and no stealth penalties!

[@joshholmes1372]

Yep there is a purple one that is gigga busted

[@AmanVerma1]

@@joshholmes1372 Where? name?

[@fistan5447]

what is the name of it btw? and where can we get it, you can spoil us in replies at least ^^ I already know the ending.

[@shinzoux5912]

​@@AmanVerma1 There's a vendor near the docks, he sells the exotic material mail for around 7k gold

[@yuufelis4429]

the main problem is most difficult fight are happening after dialog cut scene & u cant use assassin's ambush ((

[@LastSecBloomer]

I suggest taking Bounty Hunter as your Favorite Enemy because hitting with Ensnaring Strike (which you should have as a Ranger) applies Disadvantage to saving throws on enemy you hit, which your other party members will appreciate a lot. Much better deal than profficiency in Arcana, IMO, especially with all the expertise you get with Rogue.

[@JDogth3Wise]

Not a bad idea

[@kazisho6634]

except its a concentration and interferes with your hunters mark and also uses up your bonus action id rather just use hunters mark

[@searlas6721]

this is what i done

[@xDaPrincex]

Yes Cure wounds isn't worth it as you find a amulet that gives you healing & mass healing.

[@Suikojunkies]

You, sir, are well spoken and articulate. A joy to listen to and i understood the process on the first listen. Which doesn’t happen often when i watch crpg builds videos.

[@iStayReddy]

Excellent video! No fluff, clearly explained and got straight to the point. Thank God!

[@zartron1]

This is the perfect build for the dark urge if you want to fight the urge. Choose deep gnome for your race to get advantage on the saving throws, advantage on stealth, and double dark vision. The cape will serve you well (and get the slayer form by liquidating a useless love interest if you want by save scumming until you fail the rolls :).

[@desertdolphin2]

This is the first time a game has been good enough to keep me away from Tarkov wipe. Good guide.

[@JDogth3Wise]

Thanks!

[@DoZey26]

Same here, played 2 raids and went straight back to BG3. Good builld!

[@druidarreynolds4303]

Haha same,short wipe too,will go back for next one.

[@R3DE3MER]

Hells yea! Pistol Crossbows are absolutely a go to for my rogue after I finally got them later in the story. Hope you're enjoying the game.

[@seth4171]

Love this. One level in great old one warlock empowers all of those critical hits to cause fear to nearby enemies, providing some crowd control for the ones left standing after your initial barrage.

[@O-D-X]

Yeah, I would say drop one level in rogue for the Great Old One. You lose uncanny dodge, but does that matter if everyone is frightened and unable to act.

[@JDogth3Wise]

Man warlock really is just the ultimate multiclass isn't it

[@Agapanthah]

Such a wonderful presentation!

[@travelingwanderer243]

This is exactly what I was looking for! And with no gameplay spoilers!! Thank you so much!

[@Rekuja]

Great guide my dude, exactly what I needed.

[@JDogth3Wise]

Glad to hear it!

[@octaviusaugustus2022]

Even though I dont play the game you content is always enjoyable to watch regardless of the topic. Looking forward to the next video!

[@TruxtonHH]

From tarkov to Baldur's gate 3, love your content bro, keep it up!

[@biglee258]

Very good build. Thank you

[@methodman6725]

Gonna try this on my next run thank you!

[@timothymcgahan5178]

Broooooo thank you!

[@aleksei8884]

Went 5 levels in ranger for the extra attack first, about to hit rogue level 3. And I’ve been running sharpshooter, and the damage is great

[@kitkami]

Assuming you ever hit anything. I took sharpshooter and i never hit now so i reclassed to drop it till later. Same with heavy weapon master on my barb. Oh great damage, if you ever hit.

[@natecartwright2319]

@kitkami i agree. you really want sneak attack for sharpshooter as it is always an advantage attack which helps mitigate the accuracy loss

[@ChristianScott-hl8fl]

I would love to see a written version of this, gives me something to work off of

[@gatorman5547]

I went with Theif/Battle Master. There’s just something about walking into the center of the room with a couple of hand crossbows and shoot EVERYONE. Not to mention, getting a sneak attack trip right next to the resident paladin who then smites with advantage the next turn is marvelous 😂

[@JDogth3Wise]

Yea I plan on a dual wielder build soon, was going to talk about the double hand crossbows + double melee and how fun it can be from a pure power fantasy perspective

[@gatorman5547]

@@JDogth3Wise Hell yeah, I’m looking forward to seeing that video. I started watching your channel for Tarkov a few years ago since I couldn’t play on deployment. I’m glad to see that it’s not the only thing you play. Thank you for the entertainment.

[@kchoi10]

This a really great idea!

[@stevebuckley7788]

I go a single level of fighter (Urchin background) for 2 weapon fighting/heavy armor/all weapons and then Assassin with dual wielded hand crossbows. On your first attack you can use a Fire/Ice/Acid/etc...arrow (instead of sneak attack) and then proc sneak attack on your off-hand with all damage being automatic crits. Use in conjunction with poisons and suchlike to one-shot bosses from range.

[@gladgan]

WWWWWWWW@@gatorman5547

[@johngeraldreyno1776]

New to Baldurs Gate and this a very addictive Game, this the only game I’ve become excited about since Witcher 3, I want to build an Assassin Long ranged build but do not know how, I am now level 5 Thief and will definitely reset mu Class, thanks for this build!!

[@mariolebowski4878]

The only thing I would do different is Thief subclass for the rogue, you get two bonus actions which gives more versatility in combat and does not make the build so dependant on the first turn

[@bvkroll]

Once you get level 5 ranger assassin is better because the three attacks critting is like 6 attacks, and you get a second round of that before most of the enemies.

[@Incredibility565]

@@bvkroll Thief is still more versatile and not as one sided.

[@qballa2787]

@@Incredibility565 I found while yes it’s more versatile the assassin ends fights quicker because priority targets are basically guaranteed to go down. Assassins alacrity is enough to kill most boss enemies and that extra bonus action from thief seems underutilized at least for me.

[@Incredibility565]

@@qballa2787 if you’re dual weilding a crossbow or have misty step that extra bonus action goes crazy. My thief gloomstalker character is never below 90% health because i always have the option of repositioning easily. Even without the assassin subclass I can comfortably kill enemies with over 90hp in the opening round.

[@Incredibility565]

@@bloodtatar8989 ure not killing all enemies in one turn with assassin especially in late game lol

[@nisse18]

Made this build on my hireling until I could recruit a certain companion and now I don't want to let him go 🤩

[@1969plato]

Great build, I'm playing a GS/Thief for the extra off hand bonus action with dual wielding hand Xbows ranged and scimitars melee. So much fun!

[@bvkroll]

Dual wield is better I agree, also better to get sharpshooter right away. Can start ranger imo, respec later. Get to level 5 ranger for 4 attacks the first round.

[@JuraciVieiraNeto]

This build is OP af, really fun to play with it. Thanks a lot!

[@kalelalves]

Cool build. I don't like the surprise attack thing for the first run though. I like exploring and having chat with everyone so basically is very hard to get a combat starting on surprise mode. :/

[@dylanburroughs4841]

In normal D&D I made a similar build. It was a Gloom Stalker Ranger lvl 5/Scout Rogue lvl 3. He was an aasimar named Angel Kutter, and he was my edgy boy and I loved him. His father was a human woodsman named Arbor Kutter who nursed a fallen angel back to health. Angel's sister's name was Angelica, and all his family died when a night creature attacked. And of course, no edgy character would be complete without having their dump stat be Charisma, for that sweet, sweet social awkwardness. *At level 8, I had 40 feet of movement, and when an enemy came within 5 feet, I could use a reaction to move 20 feet without taking opportunity attacks. *I was invisible to darkvision, while my own dark vision was 90 feet. *On the first round of combat I could make 3 attacks, one of which dealt an additional 1d8 force damage. *I had Hunter's Mark for an extra 1d6 damage. *When I didn't want to use Hunter's Mark I'd have Pass Without Trace going for an extra +10 to stealth checks. *I had expertise in Perception, Stealth, Survival, and Nature. *I had Mold Earth and Silence, which I used to lock down spell casters by dropping them to the bottom of a pit with Silence at the bottom. *I had Rope Trick for ambushes and quick escapes. *I had Guidance for that sweet extra 1d4 to skill checks. *And I used a scroll of Find Familiar to get a bat, so I could use its Blindsight when I needed. I was a menace in the shadows.

[@gundulf3084]

superb guide

[@JDogth3Wise]

Glad it was helpful!

[@KrayZee33]

For massive alphastrike damage - 5 Gloom, 3 assassin, 1x Wardomain Cleric (Warpriest class feature should work on range attacks?) for 3 warpriest charges, + 3 Battlemaster for Superiority dice and extra action With a haste potion/Haste buff you get: 9 attacks + 2 Bonus actions which can be turned into extra attacks and 4 superiority dice that can do some nice things and add an extra d6 4 times. That is... if Warpriest works for ranged attacks. You can use Huntersmark or if you want, you could use Shield of Faith for more AC etc. and other useful lvl1 cleric spells - and you have Wisdom anyway. Or and using a longbow allows you to use brace for advantage on damage rolls.

[@ForceM1782]

Think i might do this with Astarion pretty fitting for the old Vampire. My main Character will be a Paladin/Lock that abuses darkness. Probably rounding it out with Shadowheart and Laezel just as they are, or might make her a cleric/bard super support

[@JDogth3Wise]

Yea one of the next builds I want to make is that darkness spamming paladin / warlock combo

[@spriggangt]

The exact build I am going for with slight deviations. Don't know if it is better but I rushed level 5 ranger so that my out of first turn damage stayed good with that extra attack. I also highly suggest the Orc race for some super tasty Crits. Lastly, and I am sure this is something you are already doing, but pre hasting (with potion or spell) before you start things off WITH action surge is sick nasty. Ending fights before anyone else in my party gets to go is a normal thing to happen lol.

[@JDogth3Wise]

Honestly pushing level 5 is always a safe bet. The extra attack is often just too clutch to skip

[@pWndConan]

Orcs only get Bonus Crit dmg on Melee Strikes no?

[@BlitzedNostradamus]

This is EXACTLY the kind of build I was looking for my Astarion. Thanks, dude!

[@YenShengChen]

This is interesting, definitely will use this for my Astarion in the next run. Btw, since you are adding 2 lv of fighter at the end, you might as well respec and choose fighter at lv 1 to get proficiency in every weapon and armor, would definitely make building more easy.

[@danzansandeev6033]

But Ranger gets proficiency in every type of armor and weapons as well that’s why he start with Ranger

[@YenShengChen]

You're right, ranger don't have heavy armor proficiency at the satrt, but I think you just get that with one of the favoured enemy choice, so I guess start with ranger is fine as well.

[@danzansandeev6033]

@@YenShengChen and I don’t think there is heavy armor set that doesn’t give disadvantage to stealth

[@JDogth3Wise]

I try to make my builds not need respec, but if people want to min max it and respec when it makes sense to min max I understand

[@blshouse]

@@YenShengChen Ranger Knight is the heavy armor choice.

[@Just__Viewing]

Hay I'm doing this build glad to see someone made a video for me to follow instead of me just experimenting with it. (I call it the sniper class)

[@JDogth3Wise]

Hope it helped out!

[@timekiler]

can you please do a updated video on this would luv to see what you chose that worked and didn't work and how the final build turned out.

[@Pitchblue1]

imo taking 2 levels of fighters is very benefical for the action surge and another fighting style , that way you are very usefull for both melee and ranged combat , plus you can make 7 actions on your first turn thats insane you can clear so many enemies on your first turn... one of the craziest builds available imo

[@JDogth3Wise]

Agreed, action surge kinda OP

[@xawee7254]

First action is by far the most important one. It allows you to snowball the fight

[@Pitchblue1]

@@3bcm6 first we have our normal attack (1) then level 5 we get our extra attack (2) then we get extra attack first round gloom ( 3) thief is a solid extra bonus action ( 4 ) off hand weapon ( 5) action surge attack ( 6 ) extra attack ( 7 ) Now if you can use haste... Well that will be wild I think like 12 attacks

[@3bcm6]

This is also how I did my build but idk if I’m just not doing the steps in the right order or what cause it’s only giving me 4 actions to do at the start of encounters. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[@leonardwilliams5333]

Thank you 👏🏾

[@JDogth3Wise]

No problem

[@Badger3X]

Was looking for something like this to optimize my idea after finding some solid gear in another run- namely the boots that give lightning charges upon dashing and bow that gives lightning charges upon shooting. Both of which are medium armor but because they arent armor dont impose penalties to stealth or hinder dex stats. Each lightning charge gives a +1 to hit and +1 lightning damage until 5 stacks where theyre consumed to give 1d8(?) lightning damage onto the attack. Imagining being hasted, dread ambushing, sneak attacking and dashing each turn even if not needed to keep the charges coming.

[@JDogth3Wise]

Could try a fighter/ rogue combo for free extra attacks and extra bonus actions

[@celuiquipeut6527]

Nice build! Made me think about my build. I have 3 lvl in thief. Thise binus action at lvl 3 are super strong. Being able to sneak attack, with a bow, and then hide again, its amazing. Was not sure if i would go beast master or gloomstalker. I am leaning on beast since i like having a pet, i mean, thats what rangers were known for.

[@celuiquipeut6527]

Yeah, i was thinking...and the game seem to be a lot easier as you progress. You beco.e real strong. So i wont be min maxing...too much. Lol I will do 3thief/3beastmaster/6 spore druid. Because concept and roleplaying fun. Lol I dont have a druid/nature caster in my group. And at 3/3 you have all your tools to be a sniping machine. So i will add the flavor i dont have. Amd in the case where my team need support, i will have it. And since i dont have a mage, i will also provide CC. With my pet spider. And my ppisonous spores. Its going to be glorious!!! Lol

[@Junker-sq6pu]

Beast is weak st higher levels because of low hp in multiclassing

[@TheRobversion1]

one of my fave builds. personally, since i dont mind resting often, getting action surge earlier does more than getting dread ambusher earlier. pretty much aside from dread ambusher and that +3 bonus to initiative, the battlemaster has the gloomstalker trumped for the earlier-mid levels (extra feat, maneuvers for more dmg + control). so i'd go fighter 2->assassin 3->battlemaster 6->gloomstalker 3. of course if you're the type who doesnt like resting for a challenge then gloomstalker is better earlier as action surge loses value over dread ambusher if you dont get to use it every combat.

[@TeamCGS2005]

This was my first build, well specifically Gloomstalker / Thief/Assassin with 5/5/2 setup. The last two are Fighter for the extra turn.

[@JDogth3Wise]

Did it work well at level 12?

[@TeamCGS2005]

@@JDogth3Wise I posted my comment before fully watching your video, but see you covered the same thing :) Yeah I'm enjoying it but it's as you say, dependant on positioning to make the most of the early utilities. When a cutscene plays out I tend to move my characters into position which really helps set this guy up (bottom left corner). Currently experimenting with whether to go for assassin Rogue or Thief for the Rogue.

[@monogonman7804]

@@TeamCGS2005did you decide on assassin vs thief?

[@Jbpennes]

I believe thief is rather the way to go. Did you make the same conclusion? :) @@TeamCGS2005

[@il-jumpermt7577]

I went with thief instead of assassin. While you get lower first round damage it makes up by having double bonus action points in each of the following rounds allowing you to dash and hide at once

[@SwiftDustStorm]

Yes, the double bonus action is extremely powerful and super versatile, especially with dual crossbows. You also have the option to triple dash which just gives a ludicrious amount of manuverability

[@mojo31979]

Agreed. Thief is 2x better than assassin.

[@Tam-lv7ti]

Hi I'm new. Is thief the same as urchin, or is that not a background category?

[@monogonman7804]

@@Tam-lv7tithief is a subclass for the rogue, instead of assassin subclass. You get subclass at rogue level 3.

[@stevebuckley7788]

or you can dual wield hand cross bows for 2 extra ranged (off-hand) attacks per round. Currently "Sharpshooter" -5 penalty does not apply to off-hand weapon attacks. Probably a bug but the extra 10 damage added to off-hand attacks is phat.

[@juliesauv]

I like picking up the Sharpshooter feat instead of the first ASI. You get +10 damage for a -5 on attack rolls, but that matters less when all of your attacks get advantage from being sneak attacks or hitting surprised enemies! EDIT: And the +2 to hit from Archery fighting style!

[@JDogth3Wise]

I was gonna take sharpshooter as my second feat for this one!

[@gorig8941]

I used Risky Ring for my Ranger/Thief dual hand crossbow build. It gives you advantage on all attacks with the downside of disadvantage on saving throws which does not matter if the enemy dies before casting anything.

[@Stormphraxx]

This is 100% gonna be my 2nd playthrough. Need to finish up the Pally Sorc tho

[@JDogth3Wise]

Hope you enjoy!

[@sanko_]

great build, however i believe picking assassin is not for first playthroughs as you dont really know who will you be fighting and you usually drop into the combat right after the conversation, hencewhy no surprised enemies. Thief is just overall better option honestly, you can do some really awesome stuff like reapplying ur hunter's mark + pop back into stealth or just mistystep away

[@JDogth3Wise]

That's a good point! But it can also be really useful so you can scout stealthily

[@JondarKorric]

it doesn't actually care about surprise. I have Astarion built as an assassin, and he ALWAYS gets ambusher and advantage.

[@sanko_]

​@@JondarKorric Ambusher is ranger thing. Assassin's thing is that if you have a surprised on enemy, your first 3 damages deal 100% crit.

[@randyb4191]

I just did this with astarion yesterday!

[@JDogth3Wise]

Hope it worked out well

[@arturkushukov1815]

Two Hand Crossbows, Sharpshooter and Thief/Fighter work wonders for me.

[@JDogth3Wise]

Thats what I'm doing for my next build actually, it's really sick

[@markshmellomd1370]

Personally would rather run thief over assassin if ur powergaming, even with 5+3 initiative, u still wont always start first if u get unlucky in the later acts. And since the rogue/assissin role is mostly for murdering weaker ranged units in one hit before they can dish out damage, this can really limit ur options after first round as they will likely have the highest initiative and are more likely to beat ur role. Since thief has 2 bonus actions, u can basically guarentee 2 sneak attack on any target and remain in stealth, which means u will also never get hit, which allows u to dump con and pick up strength for the strength+dex bow. 7 levels thief 5 levels gloomstalker all the way. Also take sharpshooter feat for way more damage.

[@blshouse]

You can solo with this build by taking advantage of the thief's speed and stealth and the escape combat mechanic.

[@jameskelsea6048]

I thought Thief was better too, but realized that it is usually possible to do the alpha strikes then sneak/dash out of combat (like in another room, etc) If you do that then turn based ends and you can go ambush them all over again. Rinse and repeat.

[@jameskelsea6048]

Surprised is OP. Enemy cant move and you have advantage.

[@jameskelsea6048]

sorry, i meant auto critical hits on surprised is OP

[@JondarKorric]

Gloomstalker+Alert+20 dex= you're going first everytime with that 12 Initiative.

[@Jessterr2]

take ability score increase to raise DEX to 19 and you can SPOILER in act 1 to make it 20. For me that's a great reason to go into this with only 14 CON and put CHA to 10.

[@outty77]

I found a ring that gives advantage on attack rolls, but disadvantage on saving throws. Any shot can be a sneak attack as long as you have advantage, you do not need to be hidden.

[@josiealvarez3875]

WHERE IS THIS RING?? TELL ME NOW :O

[@TheDtroupe]

@@josiealvarez3875 just looked it up, its called the "risky ring"

[@outty77]

@@josiealvarez3875 Spoilers below the thing Araj Oblodra

[@josiealvarez3875]

Thank you :3@@outty77

[@thefettofthevoid]

The skyrim stealth archer lives on!

[@epimetheaus1214]

I put some points into strength instead so that I can use the bow that adds my strength bonus to damage.

[@vincentprice713]

For such a great video I wanna reward yall with a hilarious story of my and my friends playing playing in early access over a year ago. I decided to go full rogue stealth and was getting those sneak attacks like a mf and taking out so many enemies. When we were in the underdark, my brilliant cleric decided to enchant my daggers with light so I can see better. He didn't understand at first why I showed agitation on what he thought was helpful assistance. I hade to point out he killed my agility to sneak, which was the ultimate edge I contributed to the party. He thought it was so hilarious. This was when early access just started so we didn't know you can click and cancel it.

[@oolune]

Good video. Thanks for the idea. Some notes, though, when you're talking about ability scores: I'd recommend either taking DEX to 16 and using that last bit to bump CON to 16 as well, or putting CON to 14 and DEX to 16 and using the points in other places. Having DEX and CON at odd numbers for 7 levels minimum is a huge waste of resources.

[@JDogth3Wise]

Yea I can see your point. I just dont really want to recommend everybody to min-max that heavily because IMO it takes away some of the joy of watching a character build grow

[@zerowrathstorm3341]

u can get 3 stat points for free during ur gameplay it is fine to leave it at 17

[@ingolf82]

I play the strength version of this, I use Titanstring bow that scales its damage with your strength modifier, I still have 8 in strength, but I use the club of hill giant's strength in my off hand, it sets your base strength to 17, then you can dump points into dex for crit and lockpicking and all that, but this means you are using this club and bow for the whole game which you get in act 1. you get the club by breaking a chair in the mage tower in the Underdark. the Titanstring bow is bought from, Brem in act one, he's in the Zhentarim hideout

[@IchbinX]

Basically my first playthrough. Only, I'm straight Gloom Stalker. So busted.

[@JDogth3Wise]

Nice, I love Rangers. Been my main DND class since 2007!

[@SailHazael]

Thanks for the guide! I’m doing the melee version of this build with a Half-Orc for the triple CRIT damage + Great-Weapon Master for a bonus melee attack. I’m still in the early game, but if I’m not wrong by level 12 this build should allow for up to 7 attacks at the start of combat for a total of 214 DMG using a normal Rapier (1d8+5): 1 - Sneak Attack (3d6) + Normal Melee Attack (1d8+5). Before combat. COMBAT START - Cast Hunter’s Mark as a Bonus Action 2 - Normal Melee Attack - CRIT (3d8+5) + Huner’s Mark (1d6). On the start of combat, regain your attack. First action attack. 3 - Normal Melee Attack - CRIT (3d8+5) + Huner’s Mark (1d6) + Dread ambusher (1d8). Using Dread Ambusher, make another attack. 4 - Normal Melee Attack - CRIT (3d8+5) + Huner’s Mark (1d6). Extra Attack from Lvl 5 Ranger. 5 - Normal Melee Attack - CRIT (3d8+5) + Huner’s Mark (1d6). Second Wind to regain both attacks (1) 6 - Normal Melee Attack - CRIT (3d8+5) + Huner’s Mark (1d6). Second Wind attack (2) 7 - Normal Melee Attack - CRIT (3d8+5) + Huner’s Mark (1d6). Great weapon master grants a Bonus melee weapon attack after a crit. The damage could be optimized even more by taking a Potion of Hill Giant Strength and grabing a heavy weapon to use the +10 from GWM, for a total of 367 DMG using a normal Greatsword (2d6+5) 🤯

[@sfisabbt]

I'm going for something like that too. My plan is to go Gloom Stalker (5) then Assassin (4) then Fighter (2) and I'm not sure about the last level. Maybe Cleric Trikery for the cantrips & spell slots? At lvl 4 Gloom Stalker, I take +1 DEXT, +1 WIS. At lvl 4 assassin, I take Great weapon master. Am I doing it right?

[@JDogth3Wise]

Now thats some damage

[@zerowrathstorm3341]

​@@sfisabbtassassin 5 for the feat that halfs damage received

[@SailHazael]

@@sfisabbt Yeah, I'd stick with Lvl.5 Assassin. Uncanny dodge is great since we will be spending more time on the front line, also its at Lvl.5 that your Sneak attack goes from 2d6 to 3d6. I don't think there's a need to dip into another class here, unless you want to add some extra minor utility. For the level progression, I don't think there's a way to do it wrong since you can respec at any time for only 100gp. For the early levels (1-5), I wanted the expertise in slight of hand and perception, so I went Rogue (3) first, than ranger. Untill I reach level 6, I intend to stick with the Thief subclass for the added bonus action, this allows you to dual weild AND use Hunter's mark, for a bit of extra damage during the early game.

[@sfisabbt]

​@@SailHazael Got it, thanks for the tips. I'll go Assassin 5. Maybe experiment with thief 5 using the respec, I don't know. I also chose to go to lvl 4 in someting early since I'm the utility member of the group and I wanted the sweet +4 DEXT.

[@LeakysTV]

I may suggest 1 (maybe 2) level of warcleric, since wis is a good score you get multiple extra attack as bonus action and few bless for balance the sharpshooter malus. my build for an archer is Fighter 6 (2 feat, 2 attack, action surge, precision attack for balance sharpshooter), Ranger 4, warcleric 2.

[@JDogth3Wise]

Sounds pretty fun!!

[@LeakysTV]

@@JDogth3Wise im playing an assassin/paladin and I have to say 80% of the time fight start afther dialog so you almost never get the crit (but get the advantage) so i feel like to play a more reliable damage dealer next time. Also apparently Thief subclass get a second bonus action every turn and it sound massive, double dash, sneak, double potion, lot of possibility.

[@theAV8R]

My plan is very similar, except I sacrifice early game performance for a better save: fighter 1 (con save), rogue 1 (sneak attk, skill expertise is worth way more in bg3 than on most tabletops) ranger 5 (defensive, SHARPSHOOTER FEAT! Since damage is harder to come by than hit %), fighter 2, and last 4 levels are dealers choice. I prefer rogue 3+ either fighter 3 (battlemaster) + life cleric to juice the goodberries, or fighter 4 (alert) Claric also grabts guidance and Bless (which I hugely prefer over hunters mark, frees up my bonus action, and then i dont need a cleric in the party. , add another dps and combat becomes a lot easier

[@fistan5447]

Lvl 5 Ranger + Rogue for the rest seems to give the best results, you lose 2d6 sneak attack in total instead of 1d6, but you gain extra attack for it and even have misty step earlier.

[@carlosgabriell647]

Do you mean lvl 1-5 as ranger then 6-12 as rogue?

[@fistan5447]

@@carlosgabriell647 you'll probably gonna need one level of rogue at least before going 5 ranger. In order to gain expertise in sleight of hand at least. That is pretty much all the utility rogue brings brought just by 1 level investment. You can do 2 levels of rogue if you really want cunning actions. No more than that though, your second attack gets too delayed otherwise. I'd personally go 1 rogue + 5 gloom stalker.

[@carlosgabriell647]

@@fistan5447 interesting, a different approach, thanks for clarifying it.

[@kevak1236]

@@fistan5447 Agree, if you're going dex and light armour, which you need to as this build, I'd go rogue first for extra proficiencies, 1D6 sneak atk bonus and then go to 5 ranger for double attack then go back to rogue. That's how I'd do it anyway.

[@zealoustherealous]

That's an awesome way to go. My games seem games rarely last after lvl4 making 3 ranger and 3 rogue stronger by lvl 4 imo

[@Comicsluvr]

I like the fact that this comes online at level 6 instead of taking 8-9 levels to get going.

[@betongborr123]

Another great build. If you play as the Dark Urge, you get Deathstalker mantle very early, automaticly turning you invis on kill mid fight: The Shadow Itself: You gain expertise in Stealth Checks. Once per turn when you kill an enemy, shroud yourself in primeval darkness to become invisible for 2 turns.

[@JDogth3Wise]

Damn dark urge seems really fun

[@tftg458]

When do you get it?

[@zerowrathstorm3341]

​@@tftg458after the bard joins ur party, i'm not saying anything more than that

[@fortusvictus8297]

@@JDogth3Wise It's not, consider yourself warned. The storyline does turn you into a meme-worthy powerful combat char, but the playthrough is not fun at all.

[@JondarKorric]

@@JDogth3Wise ignore that moron. Dark Urge is fun to play and it has ALOT of story implications.

[@Honyi1]

I got a similar build to this going thief and gloomstaler then using hand crossbows, which at lvl 8 with 2 handcross bows let's me get 4atks per round with sharpshooter getting 10dmg + 1d6+ dex +sneak atk per atk and haste getting me 6atks per rnd. Practically a machine gun of arrows that deal like 20-30dmg per hit.

[@lpcmark]

With thief you can solo kill just about anything without taking dmg. You get an extra bonus action which allows you to sneak attack, stealth, then dash to a new location. They can't find you so you get to go again. Repeat.

[@calendil]

That needs moderate save scumming.. because eventually you fail on stealth checks occasionally

[@lpcmark]

@calendil there is a set of armor that gives you an advantage on stealth checks & with high enough dex, i think I've only been caught out a few times & you can easily use invisibility to reset.

[@maomao180]

I'd recommend taking Lvl 5 ranger early for the extra attack.

[@big_digo]

sick I've been running a very similar build except I am using dual hand crossbows for bonus action attacks and using the thief subclass

[@JDogth3Wise]

I was thinking of something similar as more of a consistent DPS build as opposed to a stealth hit focused one

[@xDaPrincex]

Wow that's crazy, I actually am doing 5 Ranger & Rogue & 2 Fighter. I will always go Ranger/Rogue, I love it way too much. Been wanting to try Monk but not on my main. I want to also go up & do 7 Rogue just to see how much damage it is. Might actually be better then 2 levels of Fighter, I have to see.

[@saethone]

FYI Astarion gets sleight of hand from his background so you don't need to take urban tracker

[@xDaPrincex]

*NOTE* Your better off picking Ensnaring Strike & the perk for it then to pick the Cure Wounds because you get a Amulet of Restoration. You find it sold by Derryth Bonecloak at Myconid Colony, Underdark, Act 1. I too picked Cure Wounds then got this & respecced.

[@Str8Nightmares]

solid 🗿🥷🏻🏹

[@JDogth3Wise]

Thanks!

[@Str8Nightmares]

what is the advantage of not putting just 5 into Ranger first and getting it out of the way? i noticed you deviated / dipped into Rogue Assassin at like 4(?) and then went back to ranger, just because those first few abilities are that good or… Thanks! 🤲🏻

[@JDogth3Wise]

@@Str8Nightmares I think its nice to get the subclasses for both early as possible, but you can level it in any way depending on what key abilities you want first

[@truhalos]

Start rogue over ranger you get an extra skill prof over go ranger into rogue getting you 3 in total, that being said you can just respec once you hit level 4 to do rogue first for the extra skill prof

[@gregdafoe516]

Yup. With expertise in stealth and perception. I catch most ambushes vs. my party this way.

[@travishartzler9155]

Another idea is to go 6 levels of fighter after the 3 each in rogue and ranger. That way you can still get 2 ASI's.

[@LastSecBloomer]

I'd rather get Rogue 5/Ranger 5/Fighter 2. You get the same number of feats but you get Misty Step as a spell from Ranger and Uncanny Dodge plus an extra Sneak Attack die from Rogue .

[@brianstolt3141]

im at level 8 and I have built a fighter archer with Lae'zel. I did a re-spec on her her kept her STR low to pump up DEX 18 (now) and CON stats. I gave her the (Hill Giant Club) giving me 19 STR. Then I have the Titan Bow equipped so she gets both DEX and STR damage bonus to her attack. She has Sharpshooter FEAT too. So she is doing around 25 pts damage per attack. She is almost never in melee so the low melee damage is meaningless.

[@helldanart]

Gonna try this build, i notice you are playing with Gale, did you have some magic build to share? Thanks for the guide!!

[@yujenlin1197]

actually a better bow would be the titanstring bow(+STR modifier to damage) from zentarium hideout mercchant in act 1. dump all str stat and just drink a STR potion for massive damage

[@philpeterson1887]

Can you do a video on arrrow types, and where to find them? Can you craft them?

[@jonmiliano1610]

Oddly enough that kinda how built my character but i started with gloom stalker then assassin into fighter, i wanted to pick up Sharpshooter and extra attack before multi classing

[@JDogth3Wise]

Nice! Lots of ways to build it, this 3/3 early split is how I always did it in my DnD games

[@jonmiliano1610]

Yeah in DND you can go variant human and get pick up feat. I run a DND a gloomstalker elves with eleven accuracy crossbow expert sharpshooter and two hand crossbow and a heavy crossbow my DM hates rope trick now lol

[@seamonkey8435]

I love this build. Not sure if anyone has told you this. But you kinda sound like the comedian, Tony Hinchcliffe. lol.

[@kaioh-pangolin6566]

For console players wondering adding another class is just pressing the leftmost button on the right side of your controller, so square for ps players and x for Xbox players

[@ironxian0188]

Im probably going to go 9 ranger for the lvl 3 spells

[@necroconvict]

Looks pretty awesome! I did have a question about sleight of hand from Urban Tracker, stacking with sleight of hand from Rogue... do they stack, or is that simply redundant. I do realize you point out that it lets you lock pick easier before you get the rogue class.

[@JDogth3Wise]

I believe they do stack or turn it into expertise

[@JondarKorric]

@@JDogth3Wise they do not stack, and you can't even choose it when you take Rogue if you already have it.

[@zanmatoshin877]

does sneak attack work for all attacks with advantage or just the first one or how does that one go down? feel like gloomstalker 5 / assassin 3 / sporedruid 4 might be good aswell. since you sneak alot you probably get to keep your symiotic spores up well enough and that should give +1d6dmg for all attack in case sneak attack is only for first attack (feel like I read somewhere that it is). dual handcrossbows really pump up the number of shots so +1d6 for all shots really should add up quite a bit

[@MortalMilka]

Putting this into a coop game with a proper party setup and getting buffed before combat, this could really just wipe out half of the enemy team before the fight starts.

[@JDogth3Wise]

Once played a DND game with a full party of assassin builds and nothing ever survived round 1

[@MortalMilka]

@@JDogth3Wise I sounds fun but I have a feeling after a while it was boring.

[@Stugane]

Better to start with rogue for the extra skill proficiency. And the best build in the end would probably be 3ro/3ra/6f, because you get the 2 feats you need and you also get subclass for fighter . Respeccing to this when you get to level 12.

[@JDogth3Wise]

Yea I can see it, but in game terms it would be hard to make it all work together until endgame

[@Bacbi]

You get back a free action and a bonus action when choosing assassin? I thought the reason you went for thief is to get the extra bonus action so you will have a much easier time getting back into the shadows. While Assassin is if you are looking for that critical hit, where if you have used at least two tadpoles you could actually get two crits in a row if you chose luck of the realms.

[@phlyinghigh8137]

Great guide! Are you using a mod to change your ranger's clothing in the Character Creation section or is that some sort of armor you eventually get?

[@PGnumbaONE]

Would adding a thief subclass be good since they have an extra bonus action at all times?

[@xIRobert]

You promised me a heart on my comment! Love your vids Broxah!

[@Medsas]

i prefer thief to assassin, reason is because of the circuitry glove which gives you advantage on all shots for 10 turns, so that pretty much nullifies the assassin perk #1. thief with the extra bonus action means another off hand shot!

[@JondarKorric]

Assassin gets auto crit which isn't limited to only the first attack you make. if you have a source giving you a second attack, then every attack you make during that turn will be a critical hit. this build with Assassin instead of Thief deletes most bosses on your very first turn, and it only hits harder and harder as you find better bows/crossbows.

[@Medsas]

@erichuls193 how do you reliably get the surprise, though? for the big fights theres always cutscenes. If you trigger combat by yourself on yellows and skip all that you're losing the story imo, and often the surprise mechanism doesnt work well with half the party not in the round, its not a reliable mechanic and not enjoyable imo

[@KlobTwit]

this but with dragonborn race ty

[@blshouse]

This build as a half-orc for the 3x critical hit damage; because there's no kill like overkill.

[@JDogth3Wise]

BONK

[@lanius8898]

What about gear what should I look for?

[@remizik]

Thanks for the video. What background did you go with?

[@JDogth3Wise]

Charlatan I think

[@remizik]

@@JDogth3WiseThanks for the answer, I started a coop last night and went with "Outlander". Great video once again. Cheers

[@michaelkaneaster957]

This seems really fun. Does the damage still do pretty well outside of the first turn? (Can’t kill everything after all)

[@aethewulf4787]

Hello would be awesome to make video about best items for this build if you would fancy it :)

[@gabrielschumacher3625]

It will be cool if you add items suggestion, thanks

[@yesmaybe7466]

I would start off as a Rogue so you could get the expertise in stealth right away.

[@colbyhintz3509]

In terms of weapons, what would you use? I'd assume crossbows

[@AngelusNZ]

I've been running a Barbarian / Paladin as my main character - but have been using Astarion in my party as rogue - could I respec Astarion to suit this build and not hamper his story development?

[@Shadow_BIade]

Wouldnt it be better to get ranger to level 4 first so you can get sharpshooter?

[@VikCachat]

I went gloomstalker 5 first to rush sharpshooter and extra attack, then started rogue from level 6. There are items that increase dex +2 (up to 20) and certain interactable objects than can permanently boost ability scores by +2 (up to 24) as well. At level 12 I respeced to GS 3/Sin 3/ BM 6. Ending with SS and 20 or 22 dex depending on if I have the dex clothing item on or not. I have medium armor and the dex clothing (also gives cats grace) on my hot bar so I swap between them.

[@orionfell]

What dex clothing did you find?

[@VikCachat]

@@orionfell graceful cloth act 2