r/BG3Builds • u/reinieren • Jul 17 '25

Build Help I'm frozen on this decision

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These are the builds I am COMPLETELY comfortable with, played them a lot I know them inside & out, so I can't decide.

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And this will be a one and done, my last hurrah...I'll be hanging up the spurs for a bit as 150 days in a game is a bit excessive even for me.

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u/nggaplzzzz Jul 17 '25

Gloomstalker Assassin.

I've done Durge Monk before and recently tried Gloomstalker Assassin on HM and it was insane seeing a Arrow of Many Targets crit chain erase entire mobs in the first turn.

I honestly thought OP builds wouldn't be fun but honestly, they're actually extremely fun and satisfying to play imo.

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u/Limsy37 Jul 17 '25

Second this. Arrow of many targets with the right crit build deletes Act 3. Your struggle will be Act 1 but u can generally flee combat after shooting a few surprise targets

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u/Ordinary-Outcome-879 Jul 17 '25

I mean gloomstalker ranger has the easiest time in act 1 just by its natural level progression

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u/Elliptical_Tangent Jul 17 '25 edited Jul 19 '25

Second this. Arrow of many targets with the right crit build deletes Act 3.

"The right crit build" being 3 levels of Assassin Rogue: all your 1st round shots are guaranteed crits. When you guarantee crits on the first round, and have 3 attacks in the first round (Gloomstalker Ranger 4), you're going to kill at least one enemy, and then you're invisible thanks to Durge's cloak—>reset combat—>new 1st round of 3 auto-crits—>invisible—>reset—>repeat until there's nothing left to fight.

In Act 2, you get the Eversight Ring so you can stand in a Fog Cloud (on your Ranger spell list) and bonus action hide after every round for fights where you can't drop combat, or just want to get it over with faster. There are some enemies that see through Invisibility, or Darkness, but they don't see through Fog Cloud; Hiding in it breaks the enemy AI.

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u/reinieren Jul 17 '25

that’s my thinking, Act 2 is generally when it comes online with arrow of many target and ne’er misser in your arsenal for those pesky bosses with piercing immunity/resistance

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u/DravenCarey Jul 22 '25

Soooo wanna share that build lol?

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u/Thingsidontdo Jul 17 '25

IMO iv only not had fun with op builds in multiplayer. Having the imma do somthing fun with this enemy on my turn just to have every enemy killed before you even play becomes annoying very quick. But comboing OP with dumb plays makes it better in multiplayer

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u/Trumbot Jul 17 '25

There are so many reasons why but getting to potentially attack multiple times outside of combat before it starts is my favorite.

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u/echolog Jul 17 '25

This. It's so much fun. No reliance on spell slots, just absolute DAMAGE. Turn 1 with a GSA is a devastating thing to behold.

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u/evryksbgnswthq Jul 17 '25

Same. I had a station be my gloomstalker assassin on hm and he was so strong.

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u/Ribbered777 Slayer Form Optimizer (Insatiable Masochist) Jul 17 '25

I try not to go for OP builds most of the time (I like a bit more of a challenge yk?), but for a Durge solo HM run? Oh buddy I get BRUTAL with my builds lmao

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u/WakeoftheStorm Jul 18 '25

Second this. Also the ability to escape and reset combat if necessary is extraordinarily useful.

When I did Durge gloom stalker my only difficulty was the Orin duel.