Top Multiclass Builds for Baldur's Gate: Vol. 4

[@DnDDeepDive]

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[@dergoth2860]

can u help i am playing bg3 and am new to dnd and playing with frands my job was the healer i wonted to rp as a witch Docter so i was planining on going healing dom fot 4 lvl the 8 in to spore druid and its not filling right can you help

[@scott3084]

Got a case of the maple waffle. Declined the spoon however...lol

[@mikemcguinness92]

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[@DnDDeepDive]

@@mikemcguinness92 I’m sure they’d ship but I don’t know how expensive it would be!

[@mikemcguinness92]

@@DnDDeepDive thanks for the reply, please encourage them to come to the UK! 😁

[@jakebuss2381]

Colby near the end of every build: “now that we’re really cooking with gas, this is where I’d probably take two levels of fighter”

[@jonfall7941]

😂

[@Gryllus2501]

As in the real table top D&D, pretty much any good power multi-class build uses two levels of fighter. Action surge is so good.

[@Spectacular_Insanity]

If it works, it works. Action Surge is amazing.

[@coreytaylor3633]

That single ability, available so early in fighter yes is my biggest beef with 5e design

[@kaeBR]

In pnp it's good, but honestly I think it's very overrated in the game. If Action Surge is all you're getting out of Fighter, I think most builds get more out of doing something else. e.g. Monk9/Thief3 imo is better than Monk6/Thief3/Fighter3

[@vorlox3094]

After sinking 350 hrs into bg3, you're my favorite content creator, I love hearing your ideas it is so simple and soothing to listen to. Thank you for what you do!

[@timfriday9106]

Same. Ive spent abt 300hrs and ive watched every colby video.

[@Paul_Oz]

if you ever get into 5e, colby's builds are off the chain brilliant and fun to play

[@avargs3505]

@@Paul_Ozhis ideas always led to funny and interesting convos with my DM

[@zinxderobo]

I couldn't agree more! Thanks Colby!!

[@yaminfaruque9474]

It's great to see Homelander taking a break to give us these AMAZING content!

[@williamking7800]

Colby is the wholesome ordinary person who they stole a genetic sample from to make Homelander.

[@yaminfaruque9474]

Hahaha yeah, funny thing is, I didn't even see the video before I typed my comment. Typed this and then seeing the vid gave me a good chuckle xD

[@MikesterMF]

Remember, you guys, are the REAL heroes

[@nathanbarnhart7823]

He doesn’t actually look like Anthony Starr (who has black hair), but I actually made a similar comment, because damn does he look like the character

[@williamking7800]

@@nathanbarnhart7823 stop messing with my head canon

[@yaeko4777]

I'd love a thematic build for every Origin character. Maybe they have to have at least 6 levels in their starting class?

[@MikesterMF]

Seconded. Although I had asked for that on the last video too, so reiterated. Lol

[@kazaroth]

this is what I want

[@NONA_N17]

Yeah, that would be awesome.

[@alexandrejesus8709]

I did a 5 original in shadowheart 5 clerig 7 monk spirits and punching it was awesome

[@seerozymandias7616]

This is similar to, if slightly less strict, the Dungeon Dudes restriction for their multiclass videos - "must always have more levels as the main class than any other"

[@jamesgreen6211]

I really appreciate that your builds aren’t built around finding certain in game items, they’re just great straight out of the gate!

[@daneb.9040]

If anything, the items take his builds even further!

[@avargs3505]

Yeah Colby’s videos have always brought out that uniqueness in all of the characters

[@andrewmcmillan229]

Yeah people from the D&D optimization community almost always assume no magic items when making a build because your DM will give whatever magic items they want, can’t just assume “get this item for your build” Unless you are an artificer of course 😂

[@Scotty86doo]

Maybe a Video that just builds around 1-2 items? Like Lightning Charges or something

[@Scotty86doo]

@@SqueekysquidYea thats just an example a little act 1 baby like me can come up with but if theres anymore build likes that that do focus around weapons/equipment that would be cool, I know theres a neat magic missile necklace you can probably use really well

[@IdyllicMullet]

This channel is the embodiment of a life lesson I learned a long time ago: "If you're passionate about something, then you'll find a way to make it a living."

[@ranenap]

I played with my main character being full wild magic sorc Definitely a lot of funny moments, (no spoilers) but at the very end of the game on the final boss, I cast a spell to finish the boss off and wild magic turned me into a cat! The craziest part was that I was still a cat through the endgame cinematics! I wish I could spoil, but man was it a treat to watch a cat do those things

[@derekburm]

Longstrider is also a ritual, so it doesn't cost a slot, so you can cast it on the whole party for free every morning for a solid party-wide move speed buff. Truly OP!

[@SpiderAnt2018]

Longstrider has that anoying sound all the time when up. I really hate to use it.

[@juliesauv]

Another one! I’m so excited everytime I see another short and know there’s going to be a new video the next day and SO happy once I get to finally watch another one of these treasures!! Love the cozy vibes and theorizing as always and the quirky nature of BG3 only makes these all the more fun to watch!

[@Dragonology99]

For the Wizard Tank, the level 1 cleric spell Create Water is actually huge because both Armor of Agathys and Fire Shield deal cold damage, and Create Water can easily apply the wet condition to an entire room of enemies to double the damage they take!

[@mattstadon]

I made this build and I call him the "Water Balloonist". Yes, I can cast create water but I love throwing the water flask (it looks like a water balloon).

[@blairbrook1336]

I would go tempest cleric so the people that hit me get hit by the electric shield they get.

[@BEEVIN]

same i made a elritch knight with tavern brawler that sets wet on people for my tempest cleric lol @@mattstadon

[@WinterAyars]

Create Water is actually broken, yeah. All my casters have it memorized, including the Sorc.

[@luzhang2982]

Minor illusion (gather all enemies at once) ---> Water ---> electricity

[@berkdikmen95]

48:20 I highly recommend 6 Open Hand Monk/ 4 Thief Rogue/ 2 Spore Druid for bonus action + Symbiotic Entity. The extra d6 on your 8 hits (2 normal unarmed with extra attack + 2 if you have haste + 2 flurry of blows + 2 another flurry of blows from thief bonus attack) per turn is amazing!

[@xandroy1273]

I really like monk 5/barb 4/rogue 3. Extra rage bonus and a lot of survivability from beastheart. But you lose monk 6 sadly (maybe you can go monk6/barb3/rogue3 with right equipment, but eh)

[@Broku.420]

10/10 will watch your builds again and again. Intelligent, funny, entertaining, and wholesome. What more can one want from a video?

[@slothistotle]

10/10 👍🏻

[@briandhackney]

So glad the BG3 videos are doing so good for you. I have watched them several times each.

[@Folken420]

I can't get enough of your BG3 builds, the theory-crafting behind them is always incredible and theory-crafting is probably what I enjoy the most in this game

[@jakegless5828]

I've appreciated these videos more than I can say! My wife and I have never played D&D or really any game like this, but it has been a great bonding experience learning together, and you have been a huge part in that!! Learning builds and how to understand and enjoy the combat in the game as well as the story is amazing ❤

[@jordanw2741]

Wild magic sorcerer is a blast. Love that that I can embrace the chaos without affecting other players at my table. My favourite occurrence was when I was tracking down some killers in act 3. I found them and had a fight in the streets. Civilians cowering, guards nowhere to be seen. Cast a spell that went wild. Produced spiky terrain. Hurt me, but also the enemies. Anyways, wrapped up the fight and was about to get on with things. However... I couldn't cancel the effect. So the civilians went about their everyday and WALKED THROUGH THE SPIKES AND DIED! So some guards came running in (where they were in all the previous fighting remains unknown). And some vigilante civilians decided to be heroes and punch the level 11 party. So anyways... Had to kill three guards and two civilians as well. Kind of took the steam out of being a hero that day lol.

[@krumplethemal8831]

I don't think you can ever be a true hero if you allow chaos to accompany you.. learned that lesson IRL dating the wrong girl..

[@Kuglovitz]

One great way to play monk is to go 8 STR/16 DEX/13 CON/8 INT/17 WIS/8 CHA, then farm hill giant strength with underdark vendors. Take tavern brawler and increase your CON, use Ethel's hair on WIS, then take +2 to WIS and use those lovely boots that let you add WIS to damage rolls as well. You can also use cloud giant strength potions later in game! At the end, you have AMAZING unarmored defense without sacrificing any damage! Currently hitting 90+ DMG flurry of blows and have around 12 ATKs per round. Absolutely insane! BTW love the content!

[@ccibinel]

Yep the elixirs have all strength based characters dump strength by ~level 10 since they are cheap and allow the strength component of a character to be satisfied easily without even occupying a slot; that is one solution to the mad problem but really only works because BG3 showers you in strong magic items. The dex gloves are also similar but in general I tend to use them on mages for AC instead of actual dex based characters since the initiative and AC are really nice.

[@bobnewkirk7003]

took me awhile to find but "Boots of Uninhibited Kushigo" from killing the Prelate in A3.

[@MTGMaxMac]

Love that you mentioned sticking with the class the companions start with (allowing for multiclassing). I'm doing that myself and it's a fun restriction that gives me RP value. Glad I'm not the only one!

[@zidanedude1]

I believe you can also get armor of Agathys from draconic sorc if you don’t want the warlock levels. It lets you keep your spellslot progression going but you don’t get the infinite mage armors. If you do go the mage armor route it works on find familiar summons so remember to use it on them.

[@20storiesunder]

Hahaha that's a fun loophole.

[@SuperSwineGod2MaximumOverSwine]

Still go two levels in Sorc like Colby did for Lock in the video. 2nd level Scor gets Twinned Spell. Can twin abjuration spells for more ward or hold person/pick your favorite. Edit; you need to pick white dragon for the draconic lineage to get Armor of Agathys.

[@Byssbod]

What abjuration spells are you twinning? If you say mage armor I'm gonna frown at you but I guess you can have that one. But like, is there any OTHER abjuration spell you're twinning?

[@SuperSwineGod2MaximumOverSwine]

@@Byssbod Protection from evil and good is the first to jump to mind, Shield of Faith too. But that's only in legit d&d to be fair. I think I'd really enjoy Divine Soul as a subclass option for BG3. Banishment comes to mind. Take two mobs out of the fight as well as get ward built real quick. Counter spell is a situationally useful one. You can twin counter spell so you can counter a counter spell on your counter spell. To be clear I mean; it's the 1st monster's turn they cast fire ball, you cast counter spell (twinned) then the 2nd monster uses counter spell, you use the second counter spell (from the twinned spell metamagic) to stop the 2nd monster counter spelling your first counter spell. Thus allowing your first counter spell to successfully stop the fireball of monster 1. Edit; then again this is coming from d&d too i suppose. . . I haven't made much progress in BG3. My PC is kinda a paper weight rn. Only just started up on PS5. So I haven't hit lvl 5 yet to test the whole counter spelling thing.

[@GerryTolbert]

Even with your frustration, the episode rocked! As always, your calm and even demeanor inspired peaceful thoughts of beating monsters senseless as a strength based monk :)

[@itzzaamia]

Of all the d&d channels that have flooded my algorithm since bg3 came out, this is one of my favorites. Colby is just so pleasant.

[@BinxyBrown]

To anyone wondering, 2 levels of draconic sorcerer and picking white dragon also gives you armor of agathys, you lose the option of dumping str for cha and doing Eldritch blast though. There is a robe in act 2 that gives you the ability to cast armor of agathys as a 3rd level spell. Ice bite robe. Those are some options if you would rather try and go full or near full wizard.

[@TechnoLawyer]

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[@vladtheinhaler9744]

That Wizard Warlock interaction is pure gold. totally gonna use this for Wyll this run.

[@timfriday9106]

Even better, if you go 3 warlock you can get pact blade and ur cha is uswd for weapon strikes, so you can dump str and dex and ur cha spells can work, as well as ur wizard spells. But....that also means you can get sorc spells too. So you keep ur high level spell slota which u can use for wizard spells you can copy. And only lose your to level 6 slot from the 2level warlock dip, which is totallt worth, and have 4 different spell types: cleric/wiz/warlock/sorc AND you could even combine that paladin build with this with effextive cha with blade pact. Esp since this build doesnt 'require' feats. You could easily multiclass all of that. Getting like 3cleric/3warlock/3wiz/3sorc. Or 1cleric 2bard. *2bard gets u song of short rest

[@arubaga]

@@timfriday9106 How about keeping Wisdom and Charisma High? Cleric 5 / Wizard 2 / Warlock 5. You have a double attack from pack weapon, and all these War Priest bonus attack charges. Tanky and DPS at the same time.

[@timfriday9106]

@@arubaga well, u want more wiz levels for arcane mark dmg reduction, the whole point of the build. 1 clericnisnjist for heavy armor, and its atill a spell casting class sonyou get the level towards spell slots. Warlocknuses different slots so u wanna keep ur warlock levels low, unless all u want is ther interaction n dont care abt spells, then u would trade our cleric for fighter so ya go 5warlock/5fighter/2wiz. U get the extra attack from pact and fighter(they stack) plus action surge. U lose spells but u gain more pure dps. Or instead u can go 2 fighter and 3 paladin for action surge and divine smite, but u lose a feat. Personally, 7fighter and 5warlock is the best imo. You get an extra feat from fighter 7 and eldritch knight gets a crazy good ability at 7. Amd you can go the polearm master/greater weapon/heavy armor master.

[@vladm2364]

You mean Gale.

[@SolidGoldGalt]

@ 2:20 he says "Absolute themepark". Must be the tadpole talking 😂

[@philneilson8123]

Keep the non traditional builds coming! Love it!

[@BubbleShield570]

Love your builds man, now I can't stop creating silly builds :D Here's my favorite so far, "The angry monkey" or "Nanomachines,son" if you played Metal gear rising ahah Sorry my english is not so good Main stats : Strength as much as you can for tavern brawler. Wisdom secondary for the monk passive damage and AC The rest is up to you (though you can't have constit AC boost from barbarian AND wisdom AC boost from monk at the same time, it will pick the higher stat sadly) Classes : Monk - Way of the Open Hand lvl 8 = main source of damage - 1st feat : tavern brawler.. 2nd feat : whatever you like Fighter lvl 2 = That sweet action surge baby Barbarian lvl 2 = rage for defensive and offensive capabillity (none of the open hand attacks are considered "spells" so raging works wonders) Equip as much items that can add damage to your bare hands attack. Haste by an ally. (offensive and defensive capabillity and that sweet 2nd action, also the bonus movement is usefull to chain multiple ennemies in the same turn) Wholeness of Body, rage, action surge, bonus attacks etc... it's just poundtown Hokuto No Ken style. Did not find every item I need and I'm already 16-30 dmg for each hit I THINK you can get up to 10 attacks on the first turn if you combo correctly and if you have haste (higly recommended) probably more but honnestly I just created this from scratch it's not perfected yet. Use of potions is highly recomended too obviously.

[@gavinerickson9392]

Something about the wizard tank, you should absolutely take glyph of warding, it's good for control, like a sleep fireball and it's decent for damage, but most importantly it's an abjuration spell.

[@timfriday9106]

Good call. Glyph if warding is low key one of the best spells in the game.

[@paulj7736]

Also when I cast it just before a boss fight I was still seen as that boss's ally until I dropped a wall of fire on them. That boss got very crispy

[@kfisher723]

Critlander with Elixer of Bloodlust would also be a solid combo, getting that extra action after you down an enemy when you can do that kind of alpha strike would be fantastic!

[@ericnewman4462]

I really enjoyed a 2 fighter / 10 sword bard run. Great skills, great damage and 100% crowd control spells due to itemization. A 100% hypnotic pattern really trivialized some of the hardest encounters in the end game. There is a ring that lets you cast enchantment and illusion spells as a bonus action after a weapon hit, and a hat that stacks 2 spell DC / hit chance up to 7 per weapon hit.

[@Mozar2020]

Colby, Thank you, for welcoming home, and nourishing me with your multiclass, character builds.

[@THEQuantumBacon]

Super cool seeing the Wizard Tank! For those who don’t like the Armor of Shadows trick, but still want access to Armor of Agathys, you can of course go only 1 level of warlock, but you can also go Draconic bloodline (white) sorcerer to get AoA.

[@joydipnayek8070]

Can you elaborate that a bit? So I don't have to take my clothes off and on to get the arcane ward up? Or it's not possible with the sorc levels? Just a bit confused. XD

[@mattgopack7395]

​@joydipnayek8070 You wouldn't have access to that invocation, so no infinite stacking of ward points (you'd need to use spell slots to refill it). But you'd get armor of agathys without needing warlock levels. So if doing a more dexterous one, you'd have decent AC without needing any other dip (Sorc 1 for the unarmored ac, con saves, and armor of agathys, then wizard the rest of the way)

[@ProbeAway]

Also, just taking one level of sorc instead means (a) at level 11 you'll get a 6th level spell slot and (b) at level 12 you'll reach wizard 10. That gives you improved arcane ward, which adds your wizard level to your arcane ward stacks after every short rest. Personally I think I prefer that to the fiddliness of cheesing mage armour between fights Edit: I just realised that it's easy to get a scroll of Armour of Agathys that Wizards can learn, so you could just go 1 Cleric/11 Wizard to learn 6th level spells

[@Sheamu5]

Tbf he did say you could lower your ac to get hit, maybe forgo the level in cleric and just wear clothing

[@TheMarvin045]

Without the cleric level though you can’t do heavy armor master

[@johncostello4565]

I love watching your BG3 videos!! I also have to say that the contrast between your wholesome kindness and the nightmare brutality of the game makes me laugh.

[@Althexia]

For all the non concentration spells that last until long rest: You can make buffing Hirlings, swap a party member out, buff everyone you'll be taking with you while in camp (even the member you swapped out for the hirling), then when you're done, swap the hireling back out, and you'll retain all those buffs, without having to take those spells on an active party member. Also makes it so no one is taking extra damage with warding bond since they wouldn't be in the party.

[@TomHigson1]

I love the cleric build! I hardly ever see any cleric builds in BG3 so it's refreshing to see them

[@BrickCube]

I've really enjoyed all your BG3 stuff, Colby. You're convincing me to try out DnD as well. Thanks for the great vids!

[@thediddler6954]

Perfect timing. I'm about to start my second playthrough and I wanna switch it up completely, since that was my first DnD anything and I kept my party comp simple. Love the guides, I stole the barbadin from the first video and it crushed all the way through to the end.

[@nicksikkink3430]

I didn’t even notice the frustration, good on ya! Another terrific vid, thanks. I think leaving gear out of the builds is the only way to go at this point in the game’s life cycle. There’s too much joy of discovery in this game that can be diminished by potentially knowing what sweet things you’re gonna get from xyz.

[@vampirmccool]

Just wanted to say a massive thank you for making these BG3 videos. Even a year after release and about 900 hours into the game I find myself coming back for inspiration. Thanks for these cool guides an ideas! :)

[@dezysun9323]

I really love it when you do Baldurs gate 3 builds, since it's the reason I discovered you and because I love the game a whole lot. Your dnd build Videos are all amazing and I really like your deep dives, you always put so much effort in these Videos that I can't help but like you more the more I watch your content :)

[@jeffs555]

For your wizard tank, Glyph of Warding is an offensive abjuration spell, and you can change the damage type. So is Stoneskin. And you can get Armor of Agathys from being a White Draconic Sorcerer.

[@krumplethemal8831]

Yes this route is great too.

[@xManu333x]

i mean yes... but u wont be able to cast mage armor for free if u dont go warlock 2 anyway so heh

[@iopohable]

go full abjurer gith and just use shield. getting arcane ward charges is not that hard that you need to gimp yourself that bad with 3 classes with 0 synergy. you gonna reach act 2 with 16 int. this idea is so goofy it makes me worried.

[@xManu333x]

@@iopohable so shield is free spell ? Isn't that uses spell slot? Also where is your armor of agathys or whatever it's called ? The build resolves around retaliation..

[@SCI-FIWIZARDMAN]

I ran the Wizard Tank build, except in my run I went without the level in Cleric. As you mentioned in the video, the amount of damage reduction/nullification you can get on your char is so over the top that having a high AC actually doesn't matter as much. So I went around rocking robes instead of armor, and still ended up tanking perfectly well. Better, arguably, since enemies tend to prioritize the targets with the lowest AC. Plus it saved me tons of time, not having to constantly take off and put on my armor whenever I wanted to top off my Abjuration Ward.

[@NinesTempest]

Something to think about for wearing armor as a monk in bg3, at least for the early game: the way monk features work in bg3, pretty much the only feature you lose if you wear armor (if you are proficient, obviously, probably from another class) is your extra movement. So doing something like a barbarian or fighter dip to get armor is absolutely useful

[@Helixros]

Colby, thanks for everything you do. I wish you all the success for your future, I genuinely love your content. One of these days I'll eventually meet you, and I would love to go over some dnd things. In either case. Thanks again for being the light in these days that can be overwhelming.

[@IFailAtUsernames19]

Nature Cleric would get you heavy armor, and Shillelagh. Shillelagh works differently in bg3 and lets you use your highest spellcasting stat to attack. So a 1 Nature Cleric/X Wizard can attack with int.

[@kasimmorathi]

Your builds have taught me that I needed to focus less on what is the most "optimized" and what is just the most fun. BG3 is challenging, but just about anything works on the normal difficulty. My Warlock/Way of Shadow is an absolute hoot. I can use my Ki to drop down area of effect Darkness, Shadow Step into it, use Stunning Strike to debilitate some foes, and then start blasting. I need to play with multiclass mechanics a bit more when it comes to saving throw proficiencies and spellcasting ability modifiers to "optimize" it, but I just love how it feels and plays.

[@Tndvrs]

I'd really love to see magic items incorporated into builds, and I also would really love to see thematic builds for each origin character

[@joaovitorreisdasilva9573]

Bro this guy seems to be so damn wholesome. Reaaally wish there were a couple of peeps like him to play d&d with in my city '-'

[@shizanketsuga8696]

For the Pugilist build I am thinking about dipping into two levels of spores druid. With all that clobbering going on that bonus necrotic damage from Symbiotic Entity should stack up quite nicely.

[@andrewcastanon5313]

D4 did a build on this! Way of the Spore I believe, multi class of Monk and Spore Druid

[@shizanketsuga8696]

@@andrewcastanon5313 I see why his channel got such a big boost from BG3 players. He seems to cover A LOT of interesting build concepts instead of focusing on some highly minmaxed build that only works with a laundry list of specific magical items but does really big numbers during two turns of combat per long rest. I really like that approach.

[@lolpaladins]

having the 2 channel divinity charges, on a short rest, is what, imo makes the light cleric so strong. With a short rest-focused party such as with a bard/lock, that's definitely the way to go.

[@itsLindell]

About monk: you can dip your stats in Dex, Con and Wis and don't worry about Str at all because in bg3 we have unlimited access to potion of great strength very early in the game

[@LegatusDauxite]

Colby, I have been playing around with a monk build in my head for a while, and you have helped me to complete it! Now, take your pugilist build and be a Mephistopheles Tiefling, you get fire resistance as well as burning hands among other things. There are also a lot of fire artifacts, of course, and you could be Demon Liu Kang or something. Lol I know there is also a robe that will give you fire resistance, but there are so many other good ones

[@DieDieNacho]

I've been loving all the content, whether that's 5e or bg3!

[@CriticC2rd]

That wizard tank is a GREAT Gale build! Sorcadin too for a good Durge. Love these Colby!

[@MS-it9vv]

I enjoy these videos! Thanks for them, and please keep the BG3 videos coming. :)

[@AnonymityIx]

Man I'm really enjoying these. Theorycrafting is a lot of fun or if I'm in a mood to just try something new without starting from scratch I can just watch one of these and tweak it as I play. Please keep making them if you're enjoying it too! I can tell you this viewer is.

[@jasimon951]

You mention that Resistance stacks with damage reduction, but I think it's extra important to note that the order of operations of resistance and damage reduction is different in BG3 than D&D. Resistance applies FIRST, and then you get the reduction, so it's way better than it would be on tabletop!

[@mistahanansi2264]

Omg he DOES look like Homelander! Cannot unsee forever 😆 In fairness, there's nothing wrong with looking like Antony Starr, he's a handsome dude.

[@PeterAlagna]

There is an insane heavy armor that you get really easily in act 3 that: makes it so blade ward is ALWAYS active on you AND gives you an additional -2 to damage taken. I assume this would be insane with that wizard build

[@stevetheblobman]

A build theory crafter? A man after my own heart, i think so far I've found more joy trying to nuild around themes and vague ideologies than I have playing, heck ive certainly spent more time thinking than doing. Granted my thought processes are still rudimentry as my system knowledge is still a work in progress.

[@DirtyCheesecake]

I like the fact that if you take only 1 level in wizard and the rest in some other full caster class, you can still learn every scroll in the game. Granted your wizard spell slots will be extremely limited and low DC, but having say a Cleric 11/ Wizard 1 with access to things like Haste, Misty Step, Magic Missile, Globe of Invulnerability, Walls, etc. is pretty fantastic.

[@WolfHreda]

It's like a Knowledge Domain Cleric with a lot more spells.

[@ProbeAway]

Yep and you can always throw on the headband of warped intellect to get 4 prepared wizard spells plus a reasonable spell DC, even if INT is a dump stat

[@WolfHreda]

@@ProbeAway I haven't found that one yet. Roughly where is it?

[@bobnewkirk7003]

@@WolfHreda Blighted Village: Lump the Enlightened

[@ProbeAway]

@@WolfHreda There are three trolls in the Blighted Village and their leader, Lump, is wearing it. You can kill them or hire them as a summon to fight for you. The best option is probably to hire them, use them in a tough fight, and then kill Lump for the headband (or just loot it if he died in the fight)

[@hikingpete]

I had a cut scene where I met the child of a deity while I was polymorphed into a sheep. It kept cutting back and forth between Aylin and a sheep as the dialogue went on. Wild.

[@Shacklez]

For the monk build you don't necessarily need to put any points into strength, simply leave the Hag for later and buy 3 elixirs of giant strength from her every long rest and character level up(level ups reset vendors too) once you have ~30 or so you can easly clear a lot of the game and even when you run out you can find a merchant in the underdark that sells them too.

[@kaeBR]

That locks you out of using Bloodlust elixirs instead, which add more damage than you get by just adding STR

[@LiamFarleyMA]

​@@kaeBR bloodlust is really good in conjuction with the strength gauntlets

[@nyfinest_bkny]

Thank you for amazing content! Sharing your wealth of knowledge with those of us who are novices. You’re truly a natural - you could honestly speak about rocks and the video would be super interesting lol Hope you’re doing well!

[@CodeNinj]

The Pugilist (38:14) is almost exactly how I built a monk after I read the tavern brawler feat. Of note (thank you combat log): (44:40): The DC for way of the open hand is actually STR or DEX if it's higher (unlike four elements which uses WIS), so stun(CON save) has the same dc as topple(DEX save) and push(STR save). stagger is automatically applied if the attack hits. (48:34): Since WIS isn't used for save DC on open hand, the barb dip may be a better option than it seems, as its unarmored defense and speed uses DEX+CON instead of DEX+WIS, and allows for (and gives proficiency in) shields. Reckless attack does not work without a weapon though, but at level 6 (+3 proficiency) you already have a +13 to hit on your unarmed attacks with 20 STR.

[@Madzak]

bg3.wiki/wiki/Boots_of_Uninhibited_Kushigo makes WIS a double dip stat (armour and dmg).

[@late_gaming]

Colby is the GOAT. So wholesome and informative.

[@DecidiousDrake]

Everyone calls you the homelander. But I only see Liam O'Brian's lost brother

[@derColt]

Karlach is indeed the best companion!! Pls do such builds for the companions :D

[@Paradigm777]

Hey Colby, I just joined your channel as a member (my first ever membership). Just wanted to say thanks for your incredibly detailed build guides. The in-depth explanation of why you're taking each skill/ability/spell is super helpful in understanding how to play the build. Keep up the good work and I look forward to more awesome build guides in the future.

[@ImRoosevelt]

2x BG3 Videos in a span of 7 days! Amazing to see, thanks for the videos! Time to put them to use in my playthrough, especially since your Control Freak build helped my Gale out big time

[@camelbro]

Need some Bard builds!!

[@Shibamanda]

So this is mostly irrelevant to your video but during your Magic Spoon sponsor section you mentioned your daughter's favourite and it made me think and I just wanna say you seem like a great dad. :D You seem super wholesome and friendly and I bet she's happy to have a dad like you! Keep up the excellent videos! I came to this channel a few videos ago while looking for BG3 builds and stayed for the great chill and friendly vibes!

[@jeroen92]

There's a mod that adds the artificer class

[@IFailAtUsernames19]

Been playing it and I like it so far

[@IamWalkingDead1]

Eldritch cannon make enemies go weeeee with force catapult

[@SoI_Badguy]

Also most of the cleric subclasses. And one for bladesinger. Bladesinger works great btw.

[@ThisIsAHandleOrSomething]

@@SoI_Badguyyeah. Love the death and twilight domains for a Shar or Selunite Tav. Lol

[@alessandrodellanno948]

Which is the mod?

[@aylictal]

i ran a similar build in my first playthrough, although i opted for the 6paladin/6sorcerer route rather than 7 paladin. it slapped pretty hard. also having an extra level 3 spell from the 6 sorcerer was very nice to have as well late game (counterspell) because a lot of enemies are no longer attacking you with their turn but casting nasty spells at you on a regular basis.

[@Dylan-et2yz]

I would love to see you make thematic companion builds that are powerful and fit the companion personalities and story arcs. For example, could you make an illusion tank Trickster Cleric for Shadowheart? I gave up on her subclass in my first run but I'm new to dnd.

[@austinfontenot8955]

Yeah, I can't come up with a way to make Trickster worthwhile... Would love something on this.

[@abacusite]

​​@@austinfontenot8955I use it to give my rogue sneak attack repeatedly. Incapacitate, guiding bolt, the illusion double. That's on top of being able to up party at range with healing word and mass heals, and her AC is over 20 so I can shove her on the front line. Plus, command alone is broken when combined with all that. Regularly taking out multiple enemies round 1. Haste her with gale, and I can give Lae'zel advantage along with my tab rogue, or use the advantage and haste Lae'zel and decimate bosses in 1 round using battle master and my rogue's dual hand-crossbows in concert.

[@babastroumf]

Just a note for the monk, right now in the game if you have a ranged weapon equipped most spells & cantrips requiring an attack roll proc sneak attack, so punching with a monk might actually work, haven't tested it yet though.

[@moontoonex3984]

For ShadowHeart build ideas ... I'd recommend people try 1 tempest Cleric/ 11 open hand Monk with Tavern Brawler. It's a really strong, REALLY fun build that lets you use Heavy Gear + shield and gives you a very cool reaction to being hit in melee that you prob wouldn't use too often if you ran with a caster tempest. Also ... LITE SPOILERS Following! I feel like it's lore wise very fitting for her. The Dark Justiciar like enemies, in EVERY encounter I've had with them, seem to love running up and punching/ stabbing IIRC. They don't seem Cleric like at all. For my NEW play through, I'm gonna look into mixing her half and half with a different melee that could make better use of her lore weapons. Because regardless of which path she goes down, she seems to get melee weapons that she wont fully use if she's a caster focused party member (Yeah, one of the weapons gives you Moon Beam iirc. But I don't see that spell being better than concentrating on legit anything else a higher level Cleric can be concentrating on in battle). Also, I like how poetic Tempest Cleric is. It matches her. Storms can be Dark, but they have flashes of brilliant light in them.

[@iopohable]

lol shadowheart is so intrinsically a trickery cleric that she literally tells you. and just try starting as shadowheart and being alone in that beach on tactician, and see if she wants to fight those intelect devourers or sneak by. sure you can make those goofy combinations with her, just dont pretends its lorefully intended.

[@moontoonex3984]

@@iopohable Hmm? If you're just looking at one aspect of her personality, then that's on you and as they say "you do you, Boo Boo". The beauty of them making a well written 3 Dimensional character is that you have a lot of ways you can read their personas. I could easily say that "Cleric" is the only aspect of her that I would keep unconditionally, as I could find something to support every single one of the Cleric sub-classes. When you start the game, she knows F-all about herself other than whats been programmed into her. Had her memories taken away. Been programmed by this cult for like 40 years. Regardless of with path you take her, she comes out the other end a different person. Hell, I could make a case for her being a Nature Cleric given what she says for one of the paths when asked "What do you want to do after all this is over?". Like I said, if you think there's nothing more to the character than her Shar programming/ brainwashing, then you do you. She undoubtedly has a strong divine connection, how one reads it beyond that is free real estate to me, Jim.

[@MrUself]

❤ I love how you format 4 builds at a time.. The little song you did at the end. Marvelous.

[@ericmckenzie1221]

Gear Spoilers: I know you said in this video that you don't like including gear choices because of the near limitless possibilities. That said, in the Grymforge area, you find a helmet that gives the enemy the reeling condition if they miss an attack on you, and the medium armor you can craft gives reeling if the enemy lands an attack on you. You can just sprint around the battlefield with your light cleric, intentionally proccing opportunity attacks from everyone, and they will automatically get the reeling condition regardless if they attack hits or misses

[@Paul_Oz]

awesome idea for a character like the abjuration tank who is trying to get hit. with the light cleric build you are usually popping your highest level spell slot on your spirit guardians. past a certain level, if you get critted, you are going to lose that spell. wasting your best slot, your action reapplying the spell that your entire build depends upon, and also being useless for the end of the round.

[@plaxy100]

@@Paul_Oz forgetting one thing though both that helmet and Armor make you immune to Crits.

[@Paul_Oz]

well and good. but a twenty hits automatically. that's the point. i know you can juice your concentration save, but on a build that is literally created around using your highest level spell slot for the duration of the battle, i think it's better to use those pieces/that strategy on a class whose efficacy doesn't get crippled if they lose concentration.@@plaxy100

[@frosty5047]

Isn't that the Shield that does that not the helmet?

[@maradas1689]

Baldurs Gate was the best thing to ever happen to this channel

[@nils9560]

Hey Colby, I have been a long time viewer of the channel, and I've thoroughly enjoyed the video's you've created over the last couple of years! I definitely understand that the BG3 video's give you a lot of exposure to new fans and allows you to increase your channel, so don't get me wrong, but I really hope that you'll get back to DnD builds soon :)) I'm sadly not much of a video gamer, so these video's don't really appeal to me, and I miss your DnD video's a lot. Really happy to see that the channel has grown a lot recently, and there is no person in the world that deserves it more than you, so I understand that you keep these BG3 video's coming! But please don't forget DnD :) Love❤

[@O-D-X]

Problem with regular D&D builds right now, is that most of them will be outdated in a few months when D&D One releases. So interest in 5e builds is really at an all time low til D&D One launches.

[@DnDDeepDive]

Thanks for the feedback - yeah, I put something out on the community saying this, but just to re-iterate: will have a D&D build next week - I decided to do yet another BG3 vid today because it launches on Playstation today so figured it'd be good, timing wise. Thanks for your patience while I ride this wave a bit :).

[@nils9560]

@@DnDDeepDive Yess understandable, enjoy the wave! The more people that are introduced to this community, the better. Presence of Colby in one's life is always a significant improvement over absence of Colby in one's life

[@alanseymour675]

I gotta say the comparison of Karlach to Garrus is right on. I LOVE both of them.

[@ethan6882]

There’s a weapon called Sorrow that gives you a thorn-whip like cantrip as a bonus action. Could be a good option for the AOE cleric. A dip in Storm sorcerer also might be an interesting option. It doesn’t increase your move speed but the flight might be good for reaching enemies in hard to get to areas. Also gives con save proficiency which is always nice.

[@justinfaith2322]

Found you on the apple podcast app as I’m a newbie BG3 and the world a D&D. Love the pod and videos I look forward to every multiclass build video. Your the man!

[@urbancommando79]

For the Critlander you can get the sword from the demon at the start of the game. Just have ShadowHeart cast Command and make him drop it

[@EskiZagra]

You can do the same for the githyanki in Act 1. You can get the end game silver sword from the Voss or whatever his name was.

[@niklasstahl98]

Or get a +1 Greatsword an hour later and dip it for more damage

[@O-D-X]

@@niklasstahl98 Dipping will overall cost you damage as you have to use your bonus action to dip, a bonus action that can often be spent on doing more attacks or damage than you get from the fire. So better to just get a weapon that already does this from level 2 on.

[@niklasstahl98]

@@O-D-X And losing +1 wll lose you more than 1d4 damage from missing attacks on top of the damage loss itself

[@LunaLunatic1337]

Dropping this here for Colby to tell us how to make it even better! Spore Druid is busted in BG3 due to Summonsnot having Concentration. You want at least 9 levels of Druid, 10 levels if you want Spreading Spores (and you do since it lands a Concentration free hazard). Rest of your levels go Fighter for Armor and Weapon Profs and AS. We are Duel Wielding Hand Crossbows for two attacks a turn, which in BG3 benefit from your Symbiotic Entity (Don't forget that Halo of Spore is a reaction on your turn so it's just more damage!) At 4th level you take Sharpshooter and at 8th level ASI. There are also two ways later in the game that give you stat bumps so don't stress about missing a Feat. You will get Animate Dead and Fungal Infestation from Spore Druid. This gives you two Undead you can Summon. You will also take Summon Woodland Being, which itself can Summon a Wood Woad. Take Summon Lesser Elemental and Summon Elemental. At the start of the day you Cast Woodland, Wood Woad, Lesser Ele and Ele. That's 4 Summons. Kill some stuff and use Fungal Infestation and Animate Dead. At Higher Levels you can make a Flying Ghoul. Now you have 6 Summon creatures, 40 Temp hit points, +10 to ranged damage (no need to be in the fray with your minions) and can be Concentrating on a powerful spell like Contagion, Confusion, Cloudkill, ext. Add a Cleric in the mix and with Hero's Feast and Aid all of those Summons could get around +40 Hit Points. Enjoy your army. Potential to take Ranger instead of Fighter for Find Familiar to Summon a Raven to Blind and still get Archery Fighting Style and your 7th level spell slot.

[@TheSwooj]

i know of the ways is the hag whats the other?

[@Blobby3822]

There are mods out there for the artificer class and for a LOT of subclasses too.

[@BeefNEggs057]

Laying here watching eating magic spoon as a dessert. Works for keto.

[@billwumsen4108]

To put some cheese on top of that fine Wizard Tank you got there: Gale has an interesting ability that usually only NPCs have. It lets him restore all his hp with one auto cast (when he is not in your party) (You can try that out by using him as a training dummy in your camp.) ... Warding bond stays active on an ally, that is not in your party ^^°

[@marcelosantos4254]

man, even if i wasn't here for BG3/DND, I would totally still come here just to listen to your soothing voice, amazing speaker :)

[@RobThePrincess]

Most of these builds were things I was already planning on putting together. Now I have a blueprint for it! I love it! I already have Gale taking advantage of AoA and Arcane Ward, so good! I plan on getting the Pugilist and the Light Cleric next! Edit: Also I didn't notice that Shadowheart was wearing Lae'zel's undies until now. Thank you Outtakes! Lol ** Totally not judging you :P **

[@lordwillshire1398]

For my sorlock blaster I made wyll a wild magic sorcerer. 2 notable instances were at the end of the game where he got turned into a sheep and then later he caused entangle to pop up everywhere

[@ismount]

Strength builds are way more fun than dexterity builds (excluding sneaky builds) in BG3 due to leap, shove, and throw IMO. I wish dexterity translated into physical prowess somehow because it doesn't feel right that my super nimble and athletic monk can't out jump a wizard who has never worked out in their life.

[@MOJI4YH_Dushniy]

Thanks for the last part of the video! Bloopers are insane!

[@scottcombs3882]

Pro warding bond tip (probably a bug). Gale heals himself when he sits in your camp, so re-specing him to cleric for warding bond, making him cast warding bond on you, and dismissing him so he sits in camp should give you permanent warding bond without having to worry about the health of your companion. It might be patched as I write this, but I saw this in a stream not too long ago.

[@scottcombs3882]

Secondary tip. It's not concentration, so he can literally just cast it on the whole party and put the game on easy mode lol.

[@lucasramey6427]

From reading on my part I've found in baldur's gate 3 barbarians mechanically can completely dump str and go a dex and con focused build that way you have a big focus on durability and bonus you can be an Alright tank thanks to how the ai reacts to reckless attack making them want to target you more often than your allies and with all this it opens up ideas for builds like the classic rogue barbarian multiclass and with the upgrade thief rogue got allow you to make a pretty durable dual wielding build

[@HeirOfDrills]

On the Wizard Tank (Also one of my favorite BG3 builds), I highly recommend replacing the two levels of Warlock with two levels of Sorcerer! Starting Sorcerer gives us Con Proficiency and White Dragon Ancestory gives us the Armor of Agathis too! Going War Cleric later will still give us all the armor and martial profiencies even if we don't start with it. More importantly, we are now a fullcaster at every level, so this also means at level 11 we get our 6th Level spell slot! Assuming we get the appropriate spell scrolls, this means our Wizard gets access to his spells at the same rate as if he were monoclassed. Very spicy! We won't have the Armor of Shadows invocation for guaranteed max arcane ward, but honestly it's not hard to keep the ward topped off with spells like Glyph of Warding, Counterspell, Armor of Agathis, etc. Plus, with two levels of Sorc, we can crush our less used 1st and 2nd level spell slots into sorcery points to either twin our powerful control spells (and haste!) Or to transform them into the more impactful higher level spell slots. 1st level spell slots are especially devalued since the Shield spell doesn't give us Arcane Ward stacks currently (probably a bug) and is otherwise a hindrance to our reflection damage output.

[@Smite_Sion]

For the wizard tank, we can get psuedo taunt somewhere else then fighter :) IT IS BARBARIAN TIME Armor of Agathyst and Fire Shield are not concentration, meaning you can have them during rage. 3 levels of barbarian gives you reckless attack and bear heart gives your resistance to all damage. (excluding psychic) This will be instead of the cleric level. Also reckless attack lets the enemies hit you easier for all the return damage, so no more misses :) Just make sure to pick up one of the items that makes you immune to crits and you should be good to go and there is also a staff that is very nice to get called mourning frost, you can get it in act 1. Also for the people that don't want to do the "cheesy" mage armour strat with warlock for this, you can do 1 level white draconic sorcerer instead to get armor of agathyst.

[@maruko_yt]

I'd propose x-bow swords bard with thief rogue (and fighter for action surge) for next week. This thing is a beast, even without perfect itemization.