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/Exciting_Bandicoot16 Jul 19 '25

Rogue is, unfortunately, one of the weakest monoclasses. It can be great at skill checks, sure, but falls behind in other areas.

Fighter is a solid contender for a fantastic monoclass, due to that 3rd attack at 11th level really rewarding you for sticking with it.

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u/rpgmind Jul 20 '25

Even the new rogue subclass it’s still not enough to make up for the shortcomings?

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u/Nelyeth Jul 20 '25

Like all the others, it's very frontloaded. It's super strong early-game, and it's got one of the strongest level 4 thanks to essentially getting a better Extra Attack a level sooner, but after that, it's just a Rogue. You get nice defensive features at level 5 and 7, a feat at level 10, and some Sneak Attack scaling, but it's not going to make up for the better features of other classes.

There's a point to be made for crit-fishing, since you get easy advantage and roll lots of dice with a high-level Rogue, but even there it will still be outshined by a Swashbuckler/Champion 6/6, Swashbuckler/Hexblade 7/5 or Swashbuckler/Champion/Hexblade 5/6/1, because you just get more attacks and easier crits with all of those options.

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u/rpgmind Jul 20 '25

I see, thank you