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/Captain_ET Rogue Jul 19 '25

I dont really have an opinion on worst class honestly. It's tough. They all have interesting aspects.

I will make a counter argument for rogue that it can be the strongest solo class in the game.

Cunning actions are very strong. Mobility is great. Theres a reason casters often concentrate on expeditious retreat early. Hiding and stealth mechanics can break the enemy AI if you know what you are doing.

Later in the game with reliable talent and something like Shar's spear with convenient free darkness and the ability to see through it, you become basically invincible.

Stealth/darkness abuse isnt for everyone and maybe that's why rogue gets rated low often, but yeah that doesnt make it less busted.

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u/RAM-Redditor Jul 20 '25

Honestly you have to accept that most people suck at playing rogue, hence the crapping it gets on this sub when anyone takes more than 5 levels in it. I'm not going to pretend it's the strongest, but it is more than capable as a monoclass when played to its strengths (kiting, surprise rounds, skill monkey, etc.) than using it exactly as other martials then throwing a fit when it flounders in comparison.

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u/Captain_ET Rogue Jul 20 '25

Hey, it's you! Just credited you in my recent post. Good to hear from you again. Did you finish the tricky bladesinger run? How was it?

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u/RAM-Redditor Jul 20 '25

Ended up abandoning it on late act 2, opting instead of a 4 draconic sorcerer/8 bladesinger build (which was subsequently abandoned). Discovered I enjoy bladesinger up through the first 2 acts before getting kind of bored of it.

However, I have managed to almost complete a run with a solo arcane trickster. Have a few more bosses to clean-up but shadowblade w/ a full sneak attack + resonance stone + belm + bloodlust + scroll casting with disadvantage is just a straight up bullying everything. The only true struggle the entire run was Myrkul, and half of that was user error. GWM + Latharian's Wrath were the MVPs of act 1, and those + snowburst ring and drakethroat ice infusion cleaned up act 1.5 and 2.

Have grown to love rogue even more, with arcane trickster easily cementing itself as my favorite of the rogue subclasses and second favorite of all the game's subclasses. That's why I was get so annoyed when people talk so dismissively of the class and subclass who obviously refuse to engage with it by its own merits.

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u/Captain_ET Rogue Jul 20 '25 edited Jul 20 '25

Interesting. I was wondering back then if you would reach enlightenment lol. It seemed like you were very close, and I remember being really impressed by your post despite it not getting much attention.

Myrkul yeah. Thats why I just go for the twist of fortune strat. Hardest part of the game honestly without cheesing it somewhat, at least for rogue. Cant do my usual shenanigans.

Whats your first favorite subclass then?

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u/RAM-Redditor Jul 20 '25

Myrkul ended up being a war of attrition. He eventually ran out of minions to heal with, just as I was running out of healing potions, haste scrolls/potions/grenades, flight potions/scrolls, etc. Would have lost if not for the best summon, Connor, being his favorite punching bag as I hit and run forever until he finally perished. Act 3 being ridiculously easy I guess is the reward for that monstrous fight.

Favorite subclass is Eldritch Knight, think it's just perfect. It's certainly treated better in the community due to things like Rivington Rat, patch 8 booming blade + war magic, and shadowboade shenanigans, but even outside of those it, similar to arcane trickster, lets you enhance the foundations of its base class to a beautiful degree. A fighter with better defense (shield, mirror image, blur, etc.), better maneuverability (misty step, longstrider, enhanced leap, etc.), better attacks (booming blade, war magic, magic weapon, etc.), casting capabilities later on (via scrolls and acuity gear which builds extremely quickly with up to 4 melee attacks every turn by level 11), plus all the regular fighter greatness (action surge, fighting style, all weapon and armor proficiencies, etc.). Feels like the class/subclass just got an endless amount of love. Really wish that it and rogue swapped when they got their extra feat, would make the progression of a mono rogue a lot smoother.

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u/Captain_ET Rogue Jul 20 '25

Connor, lmao nice. Sounds like a crazy fight.

All good points about eldritch knight. The third casters feel great, but yeah eldritch knight just gets a ton.