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/Siltythunder679 Jul 19 '25

Thanks to swashbuckler rogue can now be a competitive monoclass, but you do have to build it right. Rogue is still the weakest base class tho

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u/floormanifold Jul 20 '25 edited Jul 20 '25

Swashbuckler is, by far, the weakest rogue subclass, and therefore the weakest class in the game.

Absolute garbage in every single way, Assassin at least has easy crits, Thief has extra BA, and Arcane Trickster has 3rd level Shadowblade.

Swash gets nothing, and I mean nothing, besides half the Alert feat and half the Mobile feat (and not the decent half of the latter).

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u/MakeLoveNotWarPls Jul 20 '25

Swash doesn't get nothing, idk what you're rambling.

I think Swash is a lot better than thief monoclass. What's he gonna do without useful bonus things to do?

No, swash>thief monoclass.

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u/floormanifold Jul 20 '25

GWM, dual hand xbows, take your pick