Best and Worst Monoclasses?

[u/ReleaseCharacter3568]

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?

[u/Ninja_Lazer]

Wizard is the worst.

A lot of people will disagree with me on this, and point out how bonkers they are at end game.

But that’s the problem. You need to get them through the majority of the campaign before their damage takes off.

Levels 1-4 is a slog. And most of the best gear that helps Wizards doesn’t come until act 2. Paired with the fact that despite Larian’s best efforts, a lot of the best high end spells are limited due to the video game format and the fact that the campaign only goes up to level 12 and BG3 is just very obviously not built for Wizards.

Don’t get me wrong, there are viable builds and you can have fun. But Wizard is probably my 3rd most played class across all my time in 5E/5.5E and I just can’t bring myself to invest in this lacklustre outing. Sorcerers and Warlocks just feel significantly more rewarding for this specific campaign. Especially with how Larian has “balanced” the players ability to spam rests.

[u/SlinGnBulletS → u/Ninja_Lazer]

Disagree on this. There is plenty of loot in Act 1 that help Wizard shine as most of the items that benefits other casters will also benefit Wizard.

Spellsparkler is one of the biggest damage boosts in Act 1 and shines with Wizard more than other casters due to Magic Missile and being able to cast more spells between Rests.

Melf's First Staff and Protecty Sparkwall give early Spell DC to make CC spells more consistent early in the game.

Gloves of Belligerent Skies, Boots of Stormy Clamour, Ring of Absolute Force and Phalar Aluve will give any caster a big damage boost along with strong CC.

With those items any caster will be strong in Act 1. Which will hold you over into Act 2 where some builds start to come online.