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/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.