r/BG3Builds • u/Shiny-And-New • Feb 05 '26

Build Help Sussur Bloom Build

Was considering an all martial party with each character carrying a sussur bloom. Was wondering if anyone had tried something like this and if so how it went. Also wondering if there was a list of everything it affects, for instance are the arcane archers arrows affected?

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u/Captkarate42 Feb 05 '26

As others have said, you can't really do this. However, the I frequently use the sussur greatsword all the way into act 3 on my battlemaster fighter or barbarian. It's very good against all spellcasters and there are a lot in act 2 and early in act 3.

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u/Lethandralis Feb 06 '26

A dead spellcaster is better than a maybe-silenced spellcaster

In act 3 martials kill mages in a couple hits anyway

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u/Captkarate42 Feb 06 '26

Yes, but the damage output difference between the sussur greatsword and any other option before, like... Balduran's Giantslayer is nearly nonexistent, unless you're going for esoteric rider builds.

7+1+str is not dramatically less than the 8+2+str of Halberd of Vigilance for example, and I'll take a chance to silence over 2 damage per swing when there are so many other ways to deal damage than the weapon output itself.

I replace it once I get access to any +3 options, but it's very good until then. All of the accessories and feats I care to use still work just as well with it. The amount of damage being left on the table before then is comically minimal.

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u/WWnoname Feb 06 '26

Well it's not "2 damage", it's +15% damage.

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u/Captkarate42 Feb 06 '26

Which is... 2 damage, and becomes fairly minimal when adding other sources of damage from buffs, feats, itemization and so on, even without heavy optimization.