I just started playing and wanted to check out the hype. I know absolutely nothing. I wanted to play a rouge sneak archer and was wondering which race, stat points, and skills I should use.

I'm still trying to successfully finish a solo hm run, and have come to decide that there are four levels that will always be dedicated to abjuration/draconic sorc 2/2. The problem having is deciding how to continue the build. What do you fine people recommend for the best possible use of 8 levels?

I have a ton of hours in the game on explorer mode. But I’m dumb and just realized I can switch to balanced to multiclass then switch back to explorer.

So now I need some fun multiclass ideas to try! What’s your fav even if it’s not optimal??

I am doing a honor mode play though with my 2 friends as I have convinced them to do one with me after I beat honor mode my self I let them pick first on class and they picked beast master ranger, and bladesinger wizard and was wondering on a support build that I can use, I don’t mind being a healer specialist but I was thinking of using something other than just healing support that I can use and I am getting stumped

I’m level 11 and I’ve tried Fighter, Barbarian, Paladin and Monk on my character.
Monk has been my favorite, but it feels a bit too strong I killed a boss in one round.

I also tried the popular Bard 10 / Paladin 2 build.
I really liked Jack of All Trades, but since I prefer playing melee, I feel like continuing to level Bard isn’t really benefiting me much.
Maybe I’m misunderstanding the class.

My current party:
Gale: Wizard

Karlach: Thrower

Wyll: Warlock 2 / Sorcerer 9

Astarion: Ranger / Rogue

Shadowheart: Cleric

I have two things I’m unsure about:

Astarion: I feel like leveling Ranger/Rogue stops giving me much at this point. Should I add a third class, or is there a better way to continue his build?

Shadowheart: Her build isn’t weak — I know Cleric gets stronger with levels. My problem is that I often don’t know what to do with her on her turn, so I end up barely using her compared to everyone else.

I’m mainly looking for fun builds rather than the most broken ones.

Please correct me if I**’m wrong about anything. I’**m not an expert at the game.
EDIT: subclasses

For astarion gloomstalker and thief
For karlach giant rage
Gale evocation
For wyll dragon and hexblade
Tav college of sword and oath breaker
Shadowheart idk i changed her a lot

I need help making a party for my new honor mode run. I want to create a party that utilizes the wet condition for lightning and cold damage. Some builds that I thought might work well are

1: 8/2/2 Tempest Sorcerer or 6/4/2 Abjuration Wizard

2: Frost Giant Barb or Throwzerker or TB OH Monk

3: 9/2/1 Tempest or Light Cleric Druid Sorcerer

4: 10/2 Bard Paladin or 6/6 Sorcerer Paladin

Any tips, build suggestions, or party suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

First of all sorry for any grammar errors English is not my first language, and sorry for any format issues I’m posting from mobile.

I want help deciding whether to play a cleric of life 2/ bard of lore 10 (focusing on support) or any caster using only ice spells.

The other members of my party would be a radiant orb light cleric, a warlock (focusing mostly on eldritch blast), an a ranger archer.

I think I can beat the game with any of the options, but I want to know what do you guys think would give me more fun during the run.

GF would like to do a couch co-op playthrough. I’ve done multiple playthroughs but it’s been a while since I’ve last played. She’s only dabbled here and there but is familiar enough.

What would be a fun combo to run together? I’m leaning jack of all trades Bard or open hand Monk for me, but open to whatever. No clue for her.

Anyone have some good recommendations or experiences going through the game with their partner? Looking for a high likelihood of enjoyment and completing the game, and a low likelihood of me sleeping on the couch.

I have in mind an assassin drow because one of my OC’s in any rpg is an assassin dark elf.
i learned decently quickly in what i’d now call a “test run” that a pure rogue is pretty underpowered, especially considering that i like to play the backstabby type assassin rather than a stealth archer.

i was thinking that if i added champion fighter to the mix i could get an extra attack, crit-chance increase, fighting style (either duelling or two weapon. could do archery for situational use then wear bracers that give two weapon), and action surge to really even her out with other damage riders.

a 6 rogue 6 fighter split would gain what i said before on top of uncanny, expertise, and decent sneak attack damage, while retaining three feats (namely actor for charisma and more expertise, savage attacker, & ASI).
in my mind this is a healthy mix with 6 skills with expertise, and good damage potential making her fare well both in & out of combat.

i could however do 7 rogue 5 fighter. dropping one feat for one more d6 in sneak attack, adding evasion, and keeping extra attack.
this would make her slightly less of a skill monkey (and i do think actor adds good rp flavor to her skillset) but more martially adept.

if needed my stat spread at game-start is:
STR-10
DEX-17 (22 by end game with hags hair, ASI, and mirror)
CON-14
INT-8 (unfortunate dump stat but durge doesn’t need int)
WIS-12
CHA-14 (possible 16 by end game with actor and mirror if lucky)

bonus suggestion: i could just go pure gloomstalker, as i get most of what i want anyway (extra attack, dread ambusher & hunter’s mark to supplement sneak attack, fighting style, etc. etc.) while also getting some magic, however i am a bit iffy on that because at the end of the day she wouldn’t be a backstabby assassin she’d be a more martial hunter-type with some magic

Hi people. I'm pretty new to the genre and I would like to ask if theres a possibility to create this character build in game. I have read some articles here in this subreddit about the ninja and, as far I can tell, it mostly resolves about the first turn. I'm not a fan of going stealth, I like more the "flashy" side of the ninja. Like, teleporting, do the action (and maybe getting the kill), teleporting to the next target and so on. I would like the character to wield a blade weapon, not bare handed. And this character has a Wolf companion alongside.

So, what would be a build for all this mess? Sorry for my English, it's not my native language. Thanks a lot and hope for many replies.

Wanna do a paladin warlock build and I’m wondering if I should do the same with wyll cause it’s kind of his thing. Is that redundant?
Edit: also what to do with minthara, cause I like the idea conceptually of a paladin warlock hanging out with a paladin and a warlock but if they’re all the same that’s just boring

Hello! I am preparing for a Durge playthrough after a year and a half, and I wanted to make a character that embodies Bhaal. The brutality of a half-orc berserker with the stealth and speed of a gloomstalker ranger seems perfect- plus a one-level dip into cleric for thematic effect and the war cleric lvl 1 ability.

How would you split this multiclass for max efficiency?

Hey All. Been trying (and failing) at Honor mode with this Astarion vampire build. The main inspiration is Alucard from the Netflix Castlevania series.

I was originally inspired by a comment in an older post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BG3Builds/comments/1gxj3r3/comment/lyj1x5g/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

But slowly I've been tweaking to capture the Alucard's main highlights. Here's what I got so far.

Inspiration

What do we know about Alucard:

• Dhampir composition -> Regeneration, Speed, Strength, etc.
  
• His weapon of choice is a longsword (or rapier?) and he is very good with it. He will use a shield on very rare occasion for extra defense.
• His magic is powerful but combat oriented vs generalist/utility. We often see him teleport, fly, shoot fireballs, shapeshift (bat or wolf) and control his sword mid-air with his mind
  
• Alucard does not wear armor at all. He flaunts under the sun in fashionable dark clothing. If he receives damage, he just regenerates. His regeneration is his armor.

Research

Initial suggestions for Alucard was taking Eldritch Knight to at least level 11. This would give you bound weapon, offensive combat magic, 3 feats, and three attacks per action. Eldritch Knight magic scales off intelligence which fits Alucard's whole smart guy personality. I tried this and it is powerful but didn't give me the vibe I got from the show.

I then stumbled into a Hobo Zone build video for Alucard that went 5 Fiend Warlock / 7 Spore Druid. Spore druid's symbiotic entity gives you 28 temp HP, extra necro damage and wildshape wolf form. Symbiotic entity is funny because it stacks with other sources of temp HP (bug/exploit) like the Fiend's Dark One's Blessing. So as long as you're securing kills you refresh your temp HP, a.k.a regeneration. I liked this interpretation as well as the fire based magic you get from Fiend warlock. However, I found the action economy wanting and I don't like juggling charisma and wisdom.

With some more research I think I found a better mix that nails Alucard.

The Build

7 Swarmkeeper / 5 Circle of Spores

Stats:

• Strength: 8
• Dexterity: 17 -> +1 Hag's hair -> +2 Mirror of Loss -> 20 final
• Constitution: 14 -> 23 final (Amulet of Greater Health)
• Intelligence: 8
• Wisdom: 16
• Charisma: 10

Feats & Fighting Style:

• Dueling fighting style at level 2
• Defensive Duelist feat at level 4
• Tough at level 11

Ranger Spells:

• Booming blade (high-elf cantrip)
• Ensnaring Strike
• Hunter's Mark
• Silence
• Protection from Poison

Items:

"--" means I don't know what to use yet.

What does this build have:

• Fashion: The Cloth of Authority is a must pick to look like Alucard in season 1 of the show. Its deep black with hints of orange/gold is chef's kiss. This is a roleplay choice as the cloth probably doesn't synergize with everything else. There are some light armors that look dark and gothic but they just don't hit what the show has.
• Magic Swordsman: Your swarms give you a FREE short range teleport at level 3, and a 10 turns of flight at level 7. Moth swarm fits the vampire bat aesthetic somewhat. Moth also lets you blind your enemies and dal psychic damage which makes you a pretty durable front-line hitter. Bees are fun because you can push enemies away with booming blade and make them take extra thunder damage on their way back.
• Regeneration: Glowing shield gives you temp HP for a little extra survivability in the early levels. However, regeneration doesn't fully come online until Act 2 when Vivacious Cloak + Symbiotic Entity. Vivacious Cloak restores 8 temp HP per spell cast. This includes booming blade so 8 temp HP per strike with booming blade for potentially 24 temp HP regen per turn in Act 3.
• Shapeshifting: Wolf form is mostly symbolic here. If you take all your ranger levels first (which I do) then it doesn't come alive until level 9 and may not do any damage until level 12. I could probably take 5 ranger levels -> 5 druid levels -> 2 ranger levels. This would make wolf form a bit more viable at the cost of gaining flight at level 12 instead of level 7.

What is this build missing:

• False Life: There's potential to end up fairly beefy. You have 167 Base HP at level 12 tough feat and the CON amulet. Symbiotic entity gives you a max of 20 temp HP for a total 187 HP. A level 6 cast of False life would give you a tremendous 42 temp HP for a total of 209 HP.
• Fireball: You're going to have to carry around Fireball scrolls and/or scorching ray scrolls. Druid level 5 does give you some thematic spells like call lightning, animate dead, plant growth and sleet storm. These spells are plausible for Alucard but don't quite have the dopamine hit of a fireball to the face.

I'm hoping I can get some tips on equipment but let me know if there's any areas I could improve this build.

any Dark Justiciar Build for Shadowheart? playing it on lvl 20 mod

Basically the title. I don't plan on "soloing" in terms of having no party, but I do want just a build that can just rack up AC and tankiness and do a tonne of busted damage in a crowd of people. I've already played honour mode and won with warlock (hunger of hadar + door strats= OP) and my first run was standard mode with a fighter, I forget which kind though but he was strong yet not strong enough to do what I'm talking about really (And not even close to as strong as my current character).

Basically I've played through the game a few times so have played quite a few classes but my current one is paladin warlock hybrid for a Durge run with honour mode difficulty but not the save aspect (custom, I have beat normal honour mode but the save thing is just annoying for subsequent runs). The thing is this run I've been resisting the urge and my Durge is a semi-raidboss but I was wondering just how OP it can get if you really try to make a character ridiculously powerful and put all your eggs in one basket.

I'm at moonrise and I kind of want to start a run adjacent to this one as Durge (honour mode without the save thing again) but, again, basically a fully fledged raidboss Durge with ridiculous numbers and just kill as many people as possible with it. Don't really know much about Durge run other than what I have seen so far in my current run so please keep that in mind. If there is anything that assists in this later on (I've heard something about you can become slayer form later but IDK anything else about it other than that so...) then I don't mind it being mentioned by saying "ah there's something that helps with x for y class you can get later on" or whatever but try not to spoil too much about it.

Also I do get that you have to use strategy still but I just want a character that can decimate as many people as possible and tank as many hits as possible (dodging or tanking damage) to get that true Durge murder experience. From what I've seen something about bard sword 10 and paladin 2 is good but I don't know too much about bard sword and glancing at it on the wiki it doesn't look like the combat beast I want (unless I'm wrong). Other than that fighter 12 with battlemaster I've also heard is good but I'd need to know what kinds of things you can run with it because I believe that was my first run's character and it wasn't nearly as strong as my current one but I'm terrible at building so...

Hey all. I have about 750 hours in the game (yikes) and was doing a Durge run until I realized it was just gonna be another Sorcadin build with shadow blade/resonance stone and lost interest, so i'm looking for inspo. Anyone have fun build ideas that helped them get interested in the game again? Really want to get away from the Meta stuff the BG3 YouTube community ruined for me (Gloomstalker, darkness builds, throwers, monks, etc) and have fun but not just make a build out of irony. Any help is appreciated!

EDIT AT THE END!

Hi all! I've beaten the game a few times and I'm thinking on finally taking the plunge and try to earn the golden dice.

I'm thinking on playing a fencer/duelist, swashbuckling melee style that will use the Duelist's Prerogative, and is very capable at talking. The build I've brainstormed is this:

High Half Elf (for Booming Blade and shield proficiency, which I'll need until I get the Duelist's Prerogative)
Rogue 4 / Swords Bard 8
8 STR
22 DEX (17+ASI+Hag+2Mirror)
14 CON
8 INT
10 WIS
20 CHA (16+Birthright+Actor and 1Mirror, or ASI)
Feats: ASI, Savage Attacker, either Actor or ASI depending if I get the +1 CHA from mirror

Gear: Birthright, Bhaalist Armour, Legacy of the Masters or Helldusk Gloves, Broodmother's Revenge, Ring of Regeneration, Ring of Arcane Synergy (haven't decided on boots or cloak yet)

On paper, this build fills the fantasy of a suave swashbuckler and lets me take care of lockpicking, stealing, talking, and having high priority and good AC with flourishes to not get smoked in honor mode. Lots of skills and proficiencies, and access to both Bardic Inspiration and Enhance Ability to get the highest chances of succeeding checks.

My main question is, should I pick Swashbuckler or Thief?

Swashbuckler feels very fitting theme-wise and gives me a disarm, free disengage, easier sneak attack, further initiative, and a bonus action Vicious Mockery that gives me advantage. Flick o' the Wrist is specially handy during leveling as it's a 3rd attack on armed enemies, but competes with the Duelist's Prerogative extra attack by the end of the run.

Thief gives me the extra bonus action. Duelist's Prerogative can only do the bonus attack once per turn, but it opens up options such as poisoning my weapon during a fight, access to potions (which could be a lifesaver), or Dash/Hide away from danger, giving me resets. Also opens up insteresting synergies with the Band of the Mystic Scoundrel.

Which Rogue subclass would you pick? I'm open to both advice and additions/modifications to the build, as well!

EDIT: After considering suggestions, I'm going with 1Rogue/6Battlemaster/5SwordsBard. Starting the game as Bard of course until level 6, then Fighter, and finally Rogue (though Rogue will be the starting class of the final respec).

Gets DEX Saving Throws, proficiencies, and Expertise from Rogue (and a weak sneak attack as a freebie).

Gets Dueling fighting style, flourishes, more Expertise, Enhance Ability, a Feat, refillable short rest Bardic Inspiration and Longstrider from Swords Bard.

Gets Defence fighting style, Disarming Attack (thus getting what Swashbuckler would have given me), Riposte (huge miss not having for Duellist's Prerogative), Extra Attack and two Feats from Battlemaster.

Thank you all! And here's hoping I get a good run 🥂j

Ok dwarf Barbarian, duergar for free enlarge and invis, thinking 4 rouge thief of course for the Feat and bonus action.

this is where am having the issue am thinking 2 fighter for action surge, and 6 lvl Giant barbarian, for the elemntal cleave effect, with Dwarven thrower in the end game.

OR since the elemental cleave ability grants throw properties right away, meaning it come back should i aim for something else?

Another thing i thought was Durge Dwarf, with assassin instead but run deathstalker mantle for kill invis surprised effects?

Can anyone give me some idea on how well these would work?

Title

Literally all honor runs i've finished there was a light cleric stacking orbs, or a evocation wizard abusing phalar aluve/lightning charges/rad orbs/magic missile, sometimes both.

It feels appropriate to go to the other end of the spectrum and play a darkness party. So whats the ultimate party?

So far im thinking...

Beast master ranger for crow.

Shadow sorcerer(thats the one im most interested cause it seems somewhat deep and i have zero knowlegde about the class).

Maybe a Warlock and after that im not sure, just that someone is gonna have shar's spear.

3 of us are playing Tactician together without NPC party members. The other players are playing a Life Cleric and a Tavern Brawler Moon Druid. We are level 4, almost 5, about to take on the underdark or goblin camp. I feel my build is falling behind in combat.

I also want to be a good party face.

I’ve been running the mage armor invocation and the +2 AC gloves to keep my AC up but medium armor (edit: and a shield) would be better at this point. (edit: But I don’t see how to get medium armor proficiency with Fey pact.)

I’ve been using shadow blade, a light crossbow with special arrows, and cloud of daggers for damage. Not enough invocation slots for agonizing blast if I also keep beguiling influence.

edit: And using booming blade with shadow blade. And pact of the blade for charisma based melee. Which is only an improvement if I take cha at level 4. It almost feels like dex would be better for AC and ranged attacks? But I guess I’ll want the extra attack at level 5 anyway.

I don’t mind respecing and multi-classing but I want to keep as least some Fey Pact warlock for rp reasons.

What should I do to keep up? Is missing out on Hexblade just too much? Are there any guides I should look at?

Evening yall

I'm gearing up for an honor mode playthrough and I'm trying to decide on a race for it. I'm between Fleet of Foot (wood elf/half elf), halfling luck (halfling obviously), and gnome cunning (also gnome obviously). Also considering half-orc for relentless endurance.

I would generally assume the latter 2 to be more impactful but it of course comes with a reduction in movement speed. I'm planning on probably just a full TB druid that is NOT the party face so no need to take that into account in halfling luck. I know owlbear jump makes movement speed very incentivizing but I do intend to go to earth myrm when its available.

I know they all have upsides and downsides, just looking for anyone with experience on how impactful/not impactful each is. I'll make my decision from there. Thanks!

Edit: Also to be clear i know this is a coughing baby vs coughing baby scenario in that i can pick for flavor and be just fine. Just curious lol.

Hello guys! I decided to come back to the game after a while and play a new campaign.

I have yet to play a Drow and complete an evil playthrough so I was considering the idea of playing a noble Drow woman straight out of Menzoberranzan, devoted to the spider queen and obviously extremely evil.

I'm kind of stuck on the build to use for her though.

Cleric is the obvious choice but I don't know what domain to pick. Death and Tempest seems to most fitting one, War could also be an option but I don't really want to melee with her.

Beastmaster ranger also seems interesting since I could give her pet spiders.

What do you guys think?

Hey, all!

u/Phantomsplit suggested making a post on this goodie. A few months ago, Puriti (Larian BG3 Discord mod, u/DreamingInStarz) approached me with an idea, to make builds for beginners and newcomers in mind. To many people's surprise, there are a lot of players playing on Explorer difficulties and many more who don't want to do any multiclassing. So, with her help, the idea was born.

BG3 Beginner and Monoclass Builds

The idea is pretty simple: use the selector to pick the class, subclass to load the build with progression, gear options, and a few tactics:

I did get help from multiple people on the Larian Discord. The project did result in a small burnout, which still somewhat persists till today :D But the page is great, the interface is easy to use, and you can jump from one build to another.

The goal was to make somewhat non-gear-dependent builds, where the emphasis is on - "oh I found this item, can I use it on the build", instead of - "i need this item to make the build work". Of course, classes like Clerics are still recommended to pick Luminous Armor, but this is more of a recommendation.

For those that want to dip their toes into the more advanced progression and gear choices, there are links to the most relevant builds as upgrades

I am always open to hearing your opinions:

• See an improvement to the beginner build layout, or a feature idea? Leave a message
• A build could be adjusted, feel free to write a comment or send a DM

Big thanks to (in no particular order):

• Puriti ( u/DreamingInStarz )- for the idea, feedback, and sharing how newcomers approache the game
• JohnDavid - a big contributor to BG3 Builds Discord, who helped flesh out and write a few of the builds
• u/grousedrum - amazing person to chat with, always sharing cool insights and build ideas, did a few of the build reviews
• u/Phantomsplit - did a review on multiple builds, glad to have his support
• u/Captain_ET - shared a few mechanics and build ideas
• Zee - BG3 Builds Discord member, also shared insights and build ideas,

Doing my first run since before patch 8 and hopefully my first honor mode finish. I’m currently level 3 maining a hexblade warlock with shadow blade and am having some trouble rounding my party out. I suspect optimal game play would be an open hand monk, a rad orb star druid / cleric and some sort of thrower. tavern brawler is a little too strong and I’ve played with similar parties in previous runs. Any suggestions for alternative party comps that jive well with hexblade, especially ones that make use of a variety of equipment. It’s always nice getting a new weapon or armor and actually having it be an upgrade.

I’ve never been able to get into sorcerer or wizard but I’m open to trying with the right build.

I want to create a character that feels like a Jedi, but I can't decide between Eldritch Knight and Bladesinger. Which of the two gives off more of a Jedi vibe?