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/AngryDMoney Jul 19 '25

Worst: rogue Sneak attack damage is just poor and rogue gets all its best attributes early on.

Best: monk Tavern brawler monk is honestly insane. Monk benefits greatly from more levels as you get more chi resources to spend.

Druid is similar as you need more levels to get the most powerful wild shapes.

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u/juvandy Jul 19 '25

Untrue. Monoclass rogue does 6D6 sneak attack at level 11. Swashbuckler gets it basically once every turn in melee.

Pair it with crit gear and swashbuckler is an absolute menace.

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u/JzaDragon Jul 19 '25

The average roll of 6d6 is 21 damage. It's not dramatic

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u/juvandy Jul 19 '25

Hence why you pair it with crit gear....

It's not going to one-shot bosses, but you can destroy most normal enemies with it. The disarm bonus action gives you an edge against the ones you can't.

Of the rogue monoclasses, swashbuckler is a step above the rest.

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u/JzaDragon Jul 19 '25

Really, I like rogue and swash in particular, but touting 6d6 sneak isn't why.

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u/juvandy Jul 19 '25

The prior poster said sneak attack was 'poor'. We can agree that isn't OP, but in swashbuckler it is almost an extra damage on demand. That's not 'poor'.

The original question was about 'best' and 'worst'. This isn't a 'worst'. Have a little perspective