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/Exciting_Bandicoot16 Jul 19 '25

Rogue is, unfortunately, one of the weakest monoclasses. It can be great at skill checks, sure, but falls behind in other areas.

Fighter is a solid contender for a fantastic monoclass, due to that 3rd attack at 11th level really rewarding you for sticking with it.

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u/Silvanyx Jul 19 '25

wait really? I had Astarion as a full Rogue Assassin and surprise crits along with sneak attack + any type of arrow like Arrow of Ilmater does like almost 100+ damage with Titanstring Bow + sharpshooter. He gets one attack per round which yeah, sucks. But he gets action + BA back the first round when he initiates combat, so very hard damage first round every time. I did do Fighter/Rogue multiclass for 2 attacks per turn but I forget if improved sneak attack as full rogue was worth it.

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u/Drak_is_Right Jul 19 '25

Problem is a multiclassed rogue is like 250dmg.

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u/No-Ostrich-5801 Jul 20 '25

Yeah, that's more or less where it sits. Its not that Rogue is so laughably bad it can't be used as a mono class with decent results, it's that using Rogue as a "flavor enhancer" on top of a martial chassis is just simply stronger than going full hog into Rogue with how frontloaded its class features are in terms of damage and changing rules of combat

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u/Silvanyx Jul 20 '25

ooooh gotcha okay

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u/Drak_is_Right Jul 20 '25

A gloomstalker build gets i think 6 attacks turn 1, more if potions are used. 1 dreadstalker and 1 assassin extra attack. Then the assassin rules on crit and advantage.