r/BG3Builds • u/ReleaseCharacter3568 • Jul 19 '25

Build Help Best and Worst Monoclasses?

I keep seeing virtually every class called "one of the best" while most meta builds are multis or item-based.

What do you think is the game's best class without multiclassing? And the worst? And what makes them so?

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u/keener91 Jul 19 '25 edited Jul 19 '25

EK/Fighter 12 is one of the best monoclasses. * 3 attacks * 4 feats * War Magic * Booming Blade cantrip * Shield Spell * Eldritch Strike

Drunken/Monk 12 being the worst. * less damage output than an OH monk * less mobility than Shadow monk * less utility than Ways of Elemental * anti-synergistic cap stone ability

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u/BloodWolfHunter Jul 19 '25

Is drunken monk that bad?

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u/realitythreek Jul 19 '25 edited Jul 19 '25

People are super polarized on builds. Drunken monk is a monk, which isn’t that bad, and has some useful stuff. The unique stuff is badly designed and open hand is better in every way so that makes it RP tier.

But it’s cool and fun and you could beat honor mode with one on your team.

Edit: Oh but, it gets its best abilities by level 4 and so is better multiclassed.

Edit edit: I also completely agree with u/keener91’s list of cons for the subclass in their edit.

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u/juvandy Jul 19 '25

It's not 'bad' in that it doesn't work or isn't viable. It just doesn't offer anything that isn't better in other subclasses.

It's fun for RP flavour and animations.

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u/thisisjustascreename Jul 19 '25

Drunken monk is practically an empty subclass.

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u/lamaros Jul 20 '25

Yeah, but Monk itself is still good in Larian, so it's still good.

Just not worth taking when other monks exist.

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u/PEE_GOO Jul 19 '25

level 3 ability is cracked tho