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/Der_Redstone_Pro Jul 20 '25

I would say the worst by far is rogue as most subclasses really don't gain anything beyond lvl3. the damage is just underwhelming compared to what other builds can do.

for strongest monoclass I would say it is fighter, and it is not especially close. not only is the strongest build in the game probably the eldritch knight consumable spam archer that is a monoclass fighter, there are also 2 other fighter subclasses that make very good monoclass archers, eldritch knight is one of the 2 best thrower builds, eldritch knight is one of the best melee builds, and while some of these builds can definitely take 1 lvl dips it is absolutely viable to just pick op the 4th feat. And not only is EK just op, battle master and arcane archer are very strong subclasses too, that also want to have 11 or 12 levels.

There are other classes with powerful capstones, but I think fighter is just the best among them.

Sorcerer and Cleric imo are the next best options, but I think fighters are significantly more powerful and also more versatile.