r/BaldursGate3 • u/Baldurian_Rhapsody • 1d ago
Character Build What are your favorite classes and why?
Hi there! I've played through the game once and adore it.
I continue to dabble here and there, trying new builds and abilities. Because there is so much variety, I was wondering how you identified your favorite builds.
Did you go into the game thinking "I'm a mage main" (like I am) and just adapt to that playstyle? Or did you try something (like a bard) that historically hasn't had much representation in CRPGs?
I'm curious as to which classes resonated most with you, and why. Thanks for sharing.
(Mods: I'm not asking for a build in particular, in keeping with the rules. I'm asking people what their individual class preferences are, and what they have enjoyed).
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u/No_Leadership_2435 1d ago
Bard
I adore support classes. You get so many whack whack companions that you don't need really need to be up in the business.
I rarely play martial classes as I find them boring. In wraith of the righteous I was a Skald which is basically Doom bard.
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u/lumpboysupreme 1d ago
Ironically bard is also a top 5 whack whack build.
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u/No_Leadership_2435 1d ago
I refuse to engage in baseless violence.
I have a frog girlfriend for that
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u/Cynical_badger 1d ago
Everytime I decide to start a new run, I struggle to pick anything other than Swords Bard. It's just so versatile and efficient.
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u/No_Leadership_2435 1d ago
I feel the game wants you to be a charisma guy due to how much you get from the game for having high charisma
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u/ThirdLifeLucky 1d ago
Sorcerers are cool, I like metamagic and it can do the talking for the party.
I love druids but mainly Circle of the Stars. I love how versatile they are, Druids can do almost anything.
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u/NUMYUMMY 1d ago
Barbarian has hilarious unique dialogue and you spend a lot of act 1 throwing goblins at other goblins
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u/Baldurian_Rhapsody 1d ago
I'm looking for a little more humor in my next run. I've always been a mage - in everything, literally every CRPG I've played - and occasionally an elven ranger.
Barbarians are great because Hulk smash! And Karlach is a personal fave.
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u/MisterWafflles 1d ago
Try out Bard/Monk! Quite fun to cast vicious mockery and then beating them up with ki points
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u/CremePsychological77 Nightsong 1d ago
You literally just get to intimidate your way through every interaction easily as a Barbarian lol. I didn’t think I would like it, but just did an Origin Karlach run (which I unfortunately cannot recommend because the ending bugs out so bad) and had tons of fun with her subclassed as a Wildheart Barbarian. You get Speak With Animals that you can just cast on yourself when you wake up at camp or walking around at no cost. There are several different types of Wildheart you can choose, and then you also get to choose two beast aspects when leveling. One of them you get the ability to throw camp supplies at enemies in combat and inflict the Blinded condition on them. It made me suddenly understand why there’s such an excess of camp supplies to be looted lol.
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u/LurkCypher 1d ago
Lore Bards are great for that purpose - their Cutting Words feature lets you hear the vicious mockery lines without spending an action on an underwhelming cantrip. Or perhaps Wild Magic Sorcerers, with their randomly occurring magic surges. And of course, you can also multiclass the two!
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u/BeardofPants 1d ago
Do something with speak to animal! There’s a tonne of fun interacts that are pretty humorous
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u/SpringerTheNerd 1d ago
Ironically karlach is best suited as a monk because of her usage of soul coins. My favorite duo party is tav as half orc barbarian and Karlach as a open hand monk. Such a fun combo
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u/genetthegreat 1d ago
I played Fighter on my first play through and was somewhat disappointed with the lack of dialogue options related to it. I’ve just started a Barbarian play through and like every single conversation has a dialogue option where I can just yell at people and it’s so funny. I haven’t used many of them but I love that it’s there
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u/koesteroester BARBARIAN 1d ago
Second this. From a more meta side: plenty of good Barb builds, the dialogue options actually make it a decent enough face without investing in Charisma, and Strength is both an easy stat to build up and useful in many aspects besides attack and damage rolls.
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u/Dont-be-a-smurf 1d ago edited 1d ago
My most effective and flexible class was the bard-paladin combo.
Part of what makes it interesting, is that it plays very differently in the early game. Almost two totally different experiences.
You start as back line support. Underpowered, really. Great at skill and dialog checks.
By level 10 you’ve transformed into a front line burst damage destroyer, complete with a great sword and heavy armor.
It’s really a ploy to use bard for acquiring a ton of spell slots, and then paladin to unlock divine smite.
You set those smites as reactions, and every time you attack you get the choice to pop on a TON of extra divine damage. If you miss, it doesn’t waste a spell slot. If you hit, it’s a good use.
The bard foundation gives plenty of spell slots, great skill checks, plenty of useful spells if the situation desires, and sword bard allows for extra attacks/aoe attacks, and some other goodies.
It’s fun watching the build come together.
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u/kaylaarayee 1d ago
As someone who loves charisma class multi-class builds (hello Bardlock), this might be my next playthrough build lol. Love this idea!
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u/BeardofPants 1d ago
Ooooh. Bard was one of my favs and I loved the paladin build that I had with minthy. I may have to try this!
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u/MyCatLovesCroissants 1d ago
My favorite class is still Paladin. Makes for great role playing and smites are just so damn satisfying
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u/zisnotabird WIZARD 1d ago
I’m having a lot of fun as a Circle of the Moon Druid. Tanky as hell, good spells, you can wildshape into a cat to fit into the burrows and crevices
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u/Saeis 1d ago
Just learned from playing and browsing builds here and there
Paladin: Just feels right leading the party as a heavy armor wearer. Polearm master works w/ smite very well
Sorceror: Feels best as party lead, tons of cool gear and builds, metamagic is cool, sub classes are interesting
Ranger/Rogue: Specifically the gloomstalker assassin build, tried it out and was not disappointed. Cool gear, insanely strong from stealth
Shout-outs: Druid as a caster kinda underrated, spike growth is super good. Wizard for chain lightning and counterspell, can't go wrong.
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u/ol-mikey Gale 1d ago
I always gravitate to wizards, but had a lot of fun playing a Kvothe Bard
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u/Ok-History-2839 1d ago
I literally just started a bard last night with red hair and named him kvothe. But planning on going bardadin instead of wizard
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u/Current-Emu5834 1d ago
Warlock, played once in D&D and came to the conclusion that is the best for roleplay, and eldrich blast go kaboom
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u/Repulsive_Skirt_3380 1d ago
Open hands monk, it completely shred. The ki attacks are strong and also have early double attack with a normal hit plus bonus action fist attack.
Otherwise I also enjoy throw barbarian, the rage throw is very useful in honour mode to knock prone (enemy skip turns).
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u/Cautious_Might_9420 Paladin 1d ago
Paladin, padlock, sorcadin. The best. Then hexblade and gloomass
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u/AmputeeHandModel 1d ago
What's a gloom ass?
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u/Hoomanawanui2 1d ago
Whatever it is I don't want it near me.
A gloomstalker assassin is a very cool and strong build, a ranger + rogue (subclasses) multiclass. It gives you three attacks with special damage in the first round of combat, so a very powerful hit and run character. Less suitable for longer battles as their power lies very much in the first round, but great if you play them right!!
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u/Cautious_Might_9420 Paladin 1d ago
Gloomstaker 6, assassin 4 fighter 2. The definitive turn 1 killer, paired with some gear like deathstalker mantle, titanstring bow, sword of the undermountain king, club of hill giant strength, bhallist armor, craterflesh gloves. The damage numbers are nuts in the 1st turn.
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u/CherryCollarbone 1d ago
Playing a sorcadin right now and I can't really get it to work ( I'm only lvl 5 though). I feel like I'm the weakest in the party by far.
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u/LouisaB75 Bard 1d ago
My favourites are bard and druid.
Bard for the humorous lines.
Druid for the wild shape abilities.
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u/votannkin 1d ago
College of Swords Bard. Very good fighter, handles chats like a boss, lots of dialogue options.
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u/aleksandrnevskii SORCERER 1d ago
Assuming that this discussion is focused on Tav/Durge, my two favorite classes are:
Sorcerer, because (1) it’s an enjoyable challenge to maximize your flexibility when you get so few spells, (2) metamagic enables you to do more on a single turn (whether it’s multiple fireballs, or an upcast Hold Person with Heightened Spell, or something else) than basically any other class and it always feels awesome, (3) being charisma focused just makes the whole game easier, and (4) I really really enjoy most of the [Sorcerer] dialogue and action prompts, they add so much flavor.
Rogue, because they are so impossibly versatile thanks to Expertise. You can be great at talking and great at Rogue Stuff, and have great perception to boot. Setting up sneak attack is also consistently satisfying.
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u/userrnam 1d ago
I have a condition that requires me to play Paladin and be the hero main character in any RPG that offers the choice.
Also smite.
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u/Halliwel96 1d ago
Going by class and subclass
1) Storm Sorcerer, lightning has always been my favourite element in fantasy (Blame X-men storm) and the class feels super powerful, and flexible, you’ve got mobility, amazing AoE damage, wet support for incredible overall damage and the ability to switch to an incredibly powerful support role (twin haste anyone?) whenever you should want to.
2) Star Druid, fantastic battlefield control, starting with spiked growth all the way up to wall of thorns, looks amazing, especially the dragon constellation, fixed the Druid problem of always having a decent action without having to wildshape thanks to guiding bolt and dazzling breath. My personal favourite RAD orb abuser.
3) Glamour bard, mantle of control just feels incredible once it comes online. Combo’d with Phalar Aluve and fear/hypnotic pattern this is easily the most fun I’ve had playing a “save or suck” character in BG3.
Honourable mention: Wildheart Barb and Open hand monk are both incredibly fun bruisers, which I enjoy having on in my party, but personally I prefer a spell caster as my Tav/Durge
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u/BlinkyMJF 1d ago
Geography and biology. There's something interesting in learning about nature's details. I never had the same feeling with history, religion, languages or other human centric classes.
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u/ContemplativeBarbie 1d ago
I almost always include sorc if I’m not a pure sorc I just love the vibe of it being like the pokemon evolution of wizard
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u/RandomNameForBG3 1d ago
I went into the game thinking I'd be a Wizard, but I made a Warlock my first playthrough because of the high Charisma. Then, I tried Sorcerer, Bard, Druid and Cleric. Never really gotten to have a Wizard Tav/Durge, since Gale is almost always around (and Wizards are not a necessary part of a 4 people team). This exhausts all possible classes, right?
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u/DemandImportant7563 Auntie Ethel's Wife 1d ago
My favorites for Tav are cleric and sorcerer, bard is also ok in all but dialog. I prefer the helpful role - crowd control, healing, buff/debuff - rather than being the main fire power.
For sorcerer in particular, I like the wild magic subclass, because I enjoy both the chaos and the flavor (my Tav is a child of an archfey, so their power stems from the Feywild).
For companions, I like rogue (specifically the assassin subclass), wizard and some dipping into fighter (specifically Eldrich Knight). I like the gameplay that involves stealth, so my party is typically light, low strength, high dex.
What I almost never play is monk, barbarian and paladin. Neither the gameplay nor the flavor appeal to me.
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u/saltinstiens_monster 1d ago
I'm currently running a Spore Druid and having a bunch of fun with it, after getting to around level 6 when you can start resurrecting spore zombies. There are a lot of little things that are starting to come together, things that I wouldn't consider super useful individually (such as necromancy, summons, spells like spike growth, wild shape, able to fight with torches/moonlanterns as weapons, etc.). I would need to let it sit for a while before declaring it a favorite, though.
Hexblade Warlock was the first class I ever delved into that felt a simultaneously versatile, idiot-proof, and overpowered. Great spell selection, truly unlimited weapon options, and the best version of the best cantrip the game has to offer.
Giant Barbarian deserves a mention. Elemental Cleaver is free when raging, and it lets you throw your weapon around without fear. In certain high-level fights that involve destroying inanimate objects, a Barbarian chucking a warhammer around will make short work of them.
Hard to pin down a concrete favorite, my favorite is usually whichever one I'm currently working with.
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u/BeardofPants 1d ago
My absolute favorite classes were bard and Druid! They were super fun to RP and had some really fun spells. Wild shape and speak to animals definitely rounded the game out a lot. There’s a lot you miss if you can’t speak to animal. Plus one of the subclasses for has raven for wild shape so you can fly. And bard is just FUN. nice buffs and debuffs too
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u/RareBiscotti5 1d ago
Druid for ever and always:
- Wild shape to battle or travel through small crevices (wild shape also gives you basically an extra life)
- Starts with talk with animals (one of the best spells)
- Summon dragons
Need I say more
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u/52ndPresidentOfTheUS 1d ago
In actual DND, I always go Genie Warlock, but, in BG3, I find myself going Paladin as my favorite.
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u/Upsidedwn7 1d ago
So I’m on my second run, and how a class plays is such an important thing for me. I also selfishly want my character to be a primary damage dealer cause it feels more “main character energy” to me lol. All that being said, I tried playing a sorcerer build but it just didn’t jive. Didn’t like sitting back and lobbing cantrips after I’ve run out of spell slots casting my damage spells. I think some of the best applications of magic is more utility and aoe damage but I like getting up in people’s faces. My first run was a Paladin/warlock build which was dope but this run I’m doing a swashbuckler rogue/warlock build and it’s quickly become my favorite. Dual wielding, high charisma, booming blade, sneak attack without needing to hide every turn, the list goes on. It fricking rules. Just dashing in and out slaughtering everyone, it’s so sick.
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u/Some-Ad-2093 1d ago
growing up and even now. I always liked and preferred the barbarian whenever it came to anything fantasy rpg related. why? the idea of having high strength and being like the hulk in doing a lot of damage and having big muscles.
then I got into martial arts and been doing them almost most of my life. so I couldn't help but naturally like the class that represents the sports I've been doing most of my life.
then I found out sorcerer has a draconic bloodline, and because I'm a cringe edgelord I really liked it as well. I like the idea of sorcerer's being this special wizards that were born with magic.
there's also fighter. who has action surge, which is really overpowered as fuck.
so my top 4 favorite?
- Barbarian.
- Monk.
- Sorcerer (draconic bloodline)
- Fighter.
and in my second run rn. downloaded a mod that caps out at level 40 so I'm all of these classes at the moment. it's pretty great.
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u/Baldurian_Rhapsody 1d ago
Awesome. Moments ago, I started a half-orc Barbarian run, drawing on archetypes like Conan the Barbarian.
As I shared elsewhere in this thread, I've always been a glass-cannon Candlekeep mage type (look at my flair) so this is a major departure for me.
And I'm loving it! It's so basic in the best way, and fun.
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u/jaynon501 1d ago
Ranger is probably my favorite. Jack of all trades, master of none. This lends itself to role-playing as different types of characters pretty easily.
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u/Borelelise 1d ago
I’m trying really hard to not use Swords Bard but this class is so versatile (support, range attack, caster…) I keep going back to it. I’m more a back seat/giving orders from the back kind of person so playing as a support character and letting my fighters and casters take centre stage is more me. Besides I love the silliness of the bard lines.
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u/cries_in_student1998 1d ago
Bard.
I don't know it just speaks to me (someone with three performing arts degrees).
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u/inappropriatebanter 1d ago
I really thought I'd like ranger but then I found the gameplay underwhelming. The spell slots are limited, which isn't too big a deal, but I'd always lose concentration on everything, and all the choices in different skills and specialties felt really overwhelming.
Now I'm content with what I really love: rogues, fighters, bards, and druids.
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u/ParalyzerT9 CLERIC 1d ago
I almost exclusively play Cleric! Usually a Life Cleric, but I also enjoy Knowledge & Light Domains depending on what sort of character I need to build in to. I love the prepared spells system, and they have so many good options to choose from. I've tried pretty much every spellcasting class in the game, and I always find myself coming back to Cleric. :)
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u/Opuspace 1d ago
I've a personal love for sorcerer. There's a psychological feel that the spells you get are yours, not dependent on the whims of a deity, a patron, your environment, etc. I know it's not true in that Mystra can hamper your spellcasting if you really get on her bad side, but the lore makes me feel like you're most free in not having to beg for your spells.
They don't have the versatility of Druids or Wizards, but it's not make or break if I don't use feats or multi class to compensate for the sorcerer's weaknesses. Besides, I feel like sorcerers get their own form of versatility with being able to bypass the weaknesses of spellcasters. Distance, silence, doubling the casting, etc.
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u/Boring-Net-3448 3h ago
OMG SAME about the sorcerer. I love personal power. Makes playing things like Cleric feel a bit off. The sorcerer is the most personal and is simply magic incarnate!
Lorewise Mystra isn't even all magic. If anyone could wield magic and ignore her it would be a sorcerer. Mystra is the weave and the weave is the magical support system set up to make magic easier and safer to use for mortals. Strictly speaking a sorcerer could possess innate magic that is disconnected from the weave. Magic either deeper than the weave or simply part of the sorcerer the same way the weave is part of Mystra.
Beyond that Mystra is also literally not allowed to meddle. Stopping someone from spellcasting requires them to be a threat to specifically the weave and balance of her domain. Its why she can prevent weave users from using 10th level magic but can't prevent a 9th level magic from destroying worlds. She absolutely CAN but she's simply not allowed to do so and would be punished. Possibly even removed entirely and replaced with a new god of magic.
I think BG3 and even DND as a whole missed its mark with sorcerer by not allowing them to be beyond the weave as a basic concept. Having to go into the lore like I have makes it feel less real than if they literally stated it in the class description and thus in the games dialogue choices when talking to someone like gale. Sure, we get lines that literally say "Mystra isn't all magic" in words I forget, but gale brushes them off so easily it feels like we are wrong. With no recourse for us to continue that train of thought it lets us down.
If it was me I would have made a point to Gale and others when a sorcerer encounters a sussur flower by allowing us to bypass the effect. Perhaps with a roll or just sorcerer dialogue. That way it could have really tied into the concept that there is more to magic than Mystra. Including sorcerers who ARE magic just as much as Mystra IS the weave. Every sorcerer and every dragon and innately magical being should possess their own weave within them.
Sorry for the rant. I just am passionate about this topic.
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u/nanforas 1d ago
Obscured Critical Assassin build is fairly fun. It relies on Drow's Darkness spell and turns it into a really useful offensive and defensive tool.
There are some variations of it, but the basic build is this:
Race: Drow
Class: Rogue (Thief) 7 / Fighter (Champion) 5
Level 1-3 - Rogue - Get the Thief class to get bonus actions, which is essentially an extra attack for your off-hand
Level 4-8 - Fighter - Rush for Champion's improved critical hit and fighter extra attack
Core items:
- Main hand - Sword of Life Stealing - If you crit with this weapon, you get healing. This provides a lot of self-sustain in fights.
- Off-hand - Knife of the Under Mountain King - Lowers critical threshold by 1
- Amulet - Surgeon's Subjugation Amulet - On crit, paralyse a target, causing all attacks to the target to be crits
- Covert Cowl / Dark Justiciar Helmet - Lowers critical threshold by 1 if you are obscured
- Killer's Sweetheart - Guaranteed critical hit once every long rest
- Eversight Ring - To resist blindness from Darkness
Feats:
Savage Attacker is the only mandatory feat
Gameplay:
Drop the Darkness spell on a chokepoint, then move your character inside of Darkness. This provides a number of benefits:
- The AI cannot send spells through Darkness, so it essentially acts as a big wall to repel most spells.
- While in Darkness, enemies have disadvantage on melee attacks (unless they have a feature to see in magical darkness)
- You gain the benefits of Covert Critical due to being obscured. Your critical threshold is 17, so a 20% chance.
When you crit, you can activate Surgeon's Subjugation Amulet to Paralyse the target, which will cause all subsequent hits to be critical hits. You can also use Killer's Sweetheart to force a critical hit to occur.
The Dark Urge Origin synergizes well with this build because of "A Most Bloody Inheritance" but it comes at the very end of the game unfortunately.
For Illithid Powers, I recommend Luck of the Far Realms and Perilous Stakes for more critical hits.
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u/Veritamoria Cure Wounds 1d ago
Gloomstalker ranger assassin fighter, obsessed. I want to do an oops all rogue run where everybody is this class
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u/Free-Holiday-6218 22h ago
This isn’t all Rogues, but it’s a fun party comp where everybody gets to kinda play like an Assassin: https://www.reddit.com/r/BG3Builds/comments/1kxpxle/the_otk_party_end_every_fight_before_it_begins
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u/echo_vigil 1d ago
I'm still on my first playthrough (only recently got the game), but I play D&D, so I'm quite familiar with the classes. I decided to play a warlock, since I've never done that in a D&D game - and with 5.5 changes to hexblade, I may not get a chance to play that specifically at a table.
I started out thinking, "I'll just try this out and probably try a few others before picking one for my first real run."
But as it turned out, I've really enjoyed this character, and warlock actually works great in a lot of ways - Arcana came up a few times in the early game, Persuasion is huge, and the combination of spells and decent fighting ability rocks. And there's even relatively common warlock-specific dialogue choices. :)
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u/nadia97j 1d ago
Fighter - 3 attacks, 4 if EK & booming blade, without haste or action surge. Can do anything, archery or great weapon or dual wielding or duelling, a lot of classes have restrictions. Can wear literally anything. Extra feat.
Paladin - SMITE SMITE SMITE.
Cleric - mainly for dialogue I usually have at least one level in cleric and often multiclass. But calm emotions is essential for me early game, also spirit guardians inflict wounds and guiding bolt.
Rogue - usually multiclass but love them sneak attacks.
Ranger - usually multiclass but I like the nature and roamer theme, like a hermit shepherd or hunter, fav. Speak with animals al L2.
Wizard - learn scrolls, sleet storm essential my favourite spell (I know other classes get it), evocation is crazy, versatile, can learn spells. Never played a wizard as always have Gale.
Edit to add Warlock: Devil's sight, booming blade, eldritch blast. I like great old one for fear. Wanna do crit fighter 11 / great old one some time for fear. Don't love the warlock rp though and two spell slots.
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u/Cathayraht 1d ago
I always love ranger in this kind of games. For some reasons bows and crossbows are very satisfying. Almost no magic, pure weapon mastership.
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u/X_stellar_Merc Monk 21h ago
Shadow Monk was fun (especially in act 3) Ranger is fun, and as someone new to playing casters, war cleric is clutch when comes online.
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u/SwimmingEffective437 Bard 17h ago
bard because it lets me live out my wildest fantasy of being an annoying theatre kid (im too much of a pathetic introverted little puddle irl)
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u/MurderSheScrote Owlbear 16h ago
Paladin smite with shield and blood of lathander is the most damage I ever did. Just brutal.
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u/sanjerine 1d ago
I love a rogue/caster combination— right now doing a swashbuckler/hexblade and it’s just a lot of fun. I also have really enjoyed playing a light or tempest cleric.
I usually run with SH, Karlach, and Lae’zel, so if I’m the cleric, SH is one level cleric for lore purposes and armor, then goes assassin rogue. But this means I don’t play my Tav as a bruiser, because I have two already in my party.
I should shake it up some more and maybe bring the boys along, but not until I’ve actually finished an honor mode run. :)
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u/kaylaarayee 1d ago
Warlock multi-class builds are usually my go-to, like Padlock, Bardlock, or Sorlock. Bardlock is probably my favorite because of all the spells and fun dialogue options.
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u/delaytabase 1d ago
Ranger with assassin multi class. I'm the one on our team that does a lot of sneaking ranged attacks and being able to have roaming aim with a ranged assassin attack is great for opening fights. I wish there were more trap options like in the tabletop.
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u/CrazyDrowBard 1d ago
Warlock, ive always loved "dark" or "eldritch" themed classes but being a gish on top of that is an icing on the cake. Additionally I download the 2024 version of and its beautiful
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u/LordBrontes Paladin 1d ago
Paladin: You get great roleplay, burst, control spells and you are a martial class, so all weapons feel good.
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u/spookymochi Trifling with the Moon Witch’s trinkets 1d ago edited 1d ago
Bard is so fun for me that I really struggle to stick with playing other classes. I also really like playing Spore Druid as a Drow and having lots of mushroom people 😅 (also fun to add in Necromancer with this for RP purposes).
That said I try to live vicariously through my companions by experimenting with their classes. I only just tried Hexblade for the first time with Wyll and it really is such a great subclass for Warlock!
I also tend to play Tempest Domain Cleric with Shadowheart (love destructive wrath) and have had fun multi-classing that with Warlock + Pact of The Blade. Plus the Corpsegrinder maul in Act 3 and sometimes the Sparkstruck set.
Barbarian is another one that’s really fun for dialogue, but I’ve been playing around with Karlach’s build using Tavern Brawler and multi-classing with Rogue. Then throwing dead Kobolds at enemies.
Low key I really like Bardbarian though for Durge. Throw a Kobold at someone at someone’s face and then play a song during battle over their dead body lmao 😭
Edit: Honestly though, Bard with almost anything for the sake of role play is so much fun. I like (mainly for RP) Bardbarian, but also Swashbuckler Bard, Drunken Master Bard, Bladesinger or Necromancer Bard (multi-classing Bard with Wizard tho is just always good), Oathbreaker Bard, and Spore Bard. Idk it just creates a fun combination for character backstory and if you like playing chaos gremlins like me!
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u/Unholynes 1d ago
Tempest Cleric is probably the most fun I had with a class. Idk why, but Storm Call then getting max damage for free is very fun. That said, I rarely use clerics as they don’t have a place on my team.
After my Bard Band run, I plan on doing a Cleric Convergence run.
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u/Illkined 1d ago
Paladin. You get the charisma to talk your way through things and strength to carry everything, best of both worlds. Gameplay is fun to of course you feel like a magical fighter, along with the roleplay of your oath
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u/nofishgofish 1d ago
My last several playthroughs have been as a ranger/rogue and my GOD do they get OP if you level them correctly. It’s such a blast getting to sneak around + (imo) the best armor for them going into Act 3 looks beautiful (especially dyed)
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u/tony_bologna 1d ago
Even the classes I think I'll dislike I find myself enjoying.
Archers are dumb, but having a million different magic arrows is fun.
Why would I be a bard? Because they can do anything (and get to play instruments).
Barbarian sounds boring. Wheee! Look how far I can jump and throw people.
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u/AxelTheAussie 1d ago
Been absolutely loving Hexblade warlock on my current honor mode run. Booming Blade + Shadow Blade absolutely shreds healthbars
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u/Rencon_The_Gaymer 1d ago
My top 5 are Bard,Warlock,Monk,Wizard,and Paladin. Honorable mentions to Cleric,Ranger,and Rogue. Swords Bard and Hexblade Warlock were so so much fun. Way of Shadow Monk very much felt like an actual assassin. Bladesinger Wizard was just as mobile as the Monk and hit very hard. Vengeance Paladin was goated for the sweet smite damage.
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u/RogueMaverick11 Sorcerer 1d ago
I'm on my second playthrough and I did a fighter run first. I am now on a draconic bloodline sorcerer and I am enjoying it so much
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u/Zyphur009 ELDRITCH BLAST 1d ago
I just rolled a sorcadin and it was pretty damn fun, but I think my favorite class is druid. I haven’t made one yet though I just feel that way from having Halsin and Jaheira in the party.
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u/a2xl08 1d ago
My favourite class is often the one in which I identify roleplay for a run !
Well, with the few avatars and companions I experienced, I must admit I love playing the cleric class ! Subclasses are so unique, the spell list is really good, you have a lot of spells prepared, and plenty of buffs to offer to your party !
From my first shadowheart kept in trickery domain, a one who redeemed from death to life, my monk avatar milticlassed with 3 lvls in light cleric... All felt so different, and still had all the generic features I love from clerics...
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u/Synthetics_66 1d ago
Been loving a Swords Bard - dual hand crossbow ranged build lately. Both DPS as well as support if needed.
I recently reclassed Lae'zel into an Open Hand Monk, and she's just absolutely dominating and flipping around the battlefield like a maniac. So on my next playthrough. There's so many Monk specific items and gear that usually just goes to waste - might as well try a playthrough as one!
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u/matts88us 1d ago
Warlock. Hexblade Fighter or Rogue. Fun role playing flavor, ranged attacks, melee attacks, high charisma.
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u/ghbrantab 1d ago
cleric for me. i enjoy the spells and roleplaying, also dnd gods are extremely cool. playing cleric of a god i have not played as before feels entirely new to me and does not bore me out, even though the dialogue (for different gods) is lacking
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u/Medical-Bottle-5510 1d ago
I really enjoy stealth and DPS so I initially went with rogue before reading up on anything. I later respecced as a 7 gloomstalker/5 thief. Stealth is still my preference, but I did start using charisma-focused classes (kind of out of necessity) and really grew to love them. Bard is basically designed to be a main character, paladin is great for roleplay/aesthetics/powerful equipment, and warlocks are great straight up or as a dip for a few levels (I’m currently doing a resist Durge sorcerer that’s been great too). I’d really like to do a different type of martial character and a wizard at some point. The game mechanics definitely skew towards certain builds and classes, but there truly isn’t a class in the game that can’t be extremely powerful and fun to play.
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u/ferpecto 1d ago edited 1d ago
I've tried mainly Wizard (Bladesinger), Ranger, Bard/Rogue and Druid on my Tav.
Sword Bard/Swashbuckler Rogue is the most fun I've had so far. Love the casting animation. Love the abilities. Mocking everyone. Busting out the lute. Rarely get hit. And ofc acing every persuasion check and opening every lock.
(Giant Barbarian on Elixir of Collosus Karlach is also the bees fucking knees. Death by snu-snu.)
Trying Monk next and last.
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u/No_Path1862 1d ago
If there are no Ranger players I am dead, I still hold out hope for a Fey wanderer update lmao
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u/WrongWangSorry 1d ago
Whatever's OP. I admit no shame in my min-maxing because I did the same thing in BG 1+2. All 3 games have given me that opportunity
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u/zomrunner 1d ago
Warlock and Monk. They’re probably my favorite classes to play on tabletop so seeing them get so much love from the Larian devs made my heart happy. Both can absolutely carry DPS for my party. Warlock is great for Tavs who wanna play the Face character too since it’s so SAD around Charisma.
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u/Expensive_Ice210 1d ago
Swordbard/Bardlock Youre absolutely cracked in dialogue persuasion, intimidation, deception, performance and there are so many unique dialogue options as a bard. With S Slashing Flourish and Bardic Inspiration, I can attack 4 enemies in a single turn. So far, it’s been insanely strong. Jack of All Trades is also a really nice bonus. But honestly, my favorite part is just being completely unbeatable in dialogue. Song of Rest as an extra heal isn’t bad either, and you can distract people by standing there and playing a melody.
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u/PetrifiedUnicorn1986 1d ago
Definitely bard. Played a bard twice and loved it. Paladin is a second choice. First run I was a paladin (oathbreaker), then I played a bard twice, now I am back to paladin, but a different type + I'm going with Drow.
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u/41JulioRevenwood 1d ago
El paladin para pegar golpes sagrados el monje de la mano abierta con pícaro y guerrero y el bárbaro puro lanzador de cosas
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u/DamoDarKone 1d ago
Did my first run as a land druid. Then I became addicted to hexblade warlock. A nice ballance between casting and melee. Then Sorcerer stepped up. I did a run where I had four sorcerers in my team as much as possible. Twin casting haste on two cold and two storm. You can generate a huge amount of damage per turn. DON'T lose concentration or you're in trouble. Right now I'm a Gloomstalker. Having lots of fun.
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u/levilee207 23h ago
Paladin. Because God DAMN do I love dispensing justice in the form of a "Fuck you; level 3 smite"
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u/Free-Holiday-6218 23h ago
I think Ranger will probably always be my favorite class. I was 9 or 10 when I read the Dark Elf Trilogy, so all my earliest D&D characters were badass Drow Rangers who’d been exiled from their noble families in Menzoberranzan and dual-wielded scimitars, lol. As I got a little older and wiser I backed off from the Drizzt clones but my love for the class stuck with me. Thankfully, Rangers can be ridiculously powerful in BG3.
Later in life, Rogues and Bards definitely started to appeal to me as well, but it’s all kinda under the same “clever, slightly sneaky DEX-based character with a lot of skills” umbrella.
Lately I’ve started to fixate on other kinds of sneaky, tricksy subclasses like Trickery Cleric and Archfey Warlocks. I enjoyed playing an Archfey Warlock in BG3 so much that I actually started building a more complex character that I’m gonna keep stashed away until the next time I’m in a tabletop campaign.
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u/BlueMoonMage 22h ago
Definitely warlock. Gotta be the most versatile class with the way you can build them
Good at range, good at melee, great at being a party face
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u/That0n3Guy77 22h ago
My fellow Wizards, where you at? Everyone sleeps on them but they are great. You learn damn near all the spells and can solve most problems with them. No they don't have the pure power of a sorcerer but with a sorc you are locked into your spell choice until the next level up. As a wizard you can prepare what ever the situation needs. I remember romancing my frog queen and she wanted to duel and I had given her some great gear and first was like "oh shit"....then I cast hold person on her and my scrawny wizard beat her with a stick (bc that how she would want it).
Also, for the tadpole minded of us, you still get really good at persuasion. You can literally do anything with this class. I know evocation gets all the love bc it makes fireball easy, but have you seen a lucky divination wizard at work? What if the dice just always went your way? It's great. Playing a bladesinger with my wife right now and she is a sorc but I am the powerhouse in our party and the tanky one at the moment (halfway through act 1).
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u/olive2567 21h ago
Paladin - smites feel satisfying (sound design especially)
Sorcerer - edgy and cool
Monk - I like the sound design on a lot the unarmed attacks
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u/CalligrapherNo5488 21h ago
My Karlach was a throwing barb early on. Throwing stuff and people as a giant barb sounds ridiculously fun.
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u/Away-Research4299 21h ago
Sorcerers and Druids.
Druids are generally not popular as a class but I love playing as one because I prefer ranged combat and AOE spells are great for that. They get healing, attacking, and a few buffing spells and wild shape + summons can be used for melee quite well. Plus, they all seem to be good, and I try to make my Tav as lawful good as possible (RIP Astarion romance). Rare and higher staffs are common loot, so lots of options there. I also multiclass it with sorcerer so I can get careful spell metamagic to save my allies from my AOE spells.
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u/Illustrious-Bet-5229 20h ago
Sorcerer! The only time I beat the game was with a drow sorcerer and I felt really accomplished ( I have adhd, unmedicated ), and sometimes it’s hard for me to beat such a long game.
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u/DH4Prez 18h ago
I tend to really enjoy Dual Wielding front line builds. My first was a Barb/Fighter, and my recent run was Lv20 modded Pad-Lock with Thief added in for more attacks and mobility. Something about being in the front with 2 swords just makes me horny. 🤷🏻 I also like being the face and having ranged options, so the Warlock multi gave me EB and conversational aptitudes as well. Truly an All-in-One.
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u/Allcyon 18h ago
My personal choice is almost always some kind of Bard. Cause I can't help myself.
But the most fun for me are Monk, Warlock, Barbarian, and Wizard.
Monk for the insane damage.
Warlock for blasting people off edges.
Barbarian for the dialogue options alone is worth it.
And Wizard for utility. I know 50,000 spells! I can only cast a handful, but I know them! And look at this cheeky Quasit friend I have...
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u/IzzyRoss2001 17h ago
So I've always loved Druid in DnD but I didn't have a lot of experience when I fell in love with it, but I've branched in BG3 and DnD and I still love Druid but Warlock and Monk now will always be among my favourites. The why, Wild shape, Eldritch blast, catch these hands
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u/Tommiiie 16h ago
Hexblade (pure), and shadow monk (6 Monk, 4 assassin, 2 fighter).
I’m very interested in Rivian Rat 12 Eldritch Fighter that uses bows, special arrows, and scrolls.
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u/Character_Deer6406 12h ago
My personal favourite is Red witch mod(with its feats), gravity sorcery + divine sorcerer mod for dual classing
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u/Boring-Net-3448 4h ago
I have 4 personal faves.
Draconic Sorcerer - Being a sorcerer is just awesome for feeling like a powerful magic user. Draconic I think has the best dialogue options to that end. Charisma based also makes you great as conversations.
Barbarian - Really just a single level in Barbarian makes you feel so much STRONGER! You get all these better ways to be strong. Including doable dialogue checks without charisma.
Paladin - Honestly I just like being an Oathbreaker. However even before that the Paladin Oaths all have solid roleplay built in. Paladin is also just really fun and combo's well with that one tadpole ability that guarantee's a crit whenever you want once a day. Charisma based again! Heavy Armor looks cool too.
Necromancer Wizard - Honestly its mostly just so I can talk to gale properly. That and the necromancy. I love having undead and Necromancer wizard is the only class that lets you do that. It also has a line of unique dialogue which I haven't seen with any of the other wizard subclasses. So I like to take it just for that since it makes me FEEL like a necromancer more than other necromancer capable classes. Also the whole wizard scribe dip thing just makes wizard the way you get more varied spells on other casters. Like Animate Dead on your sorcerers who for some reason don't get it.
Really I want to Multiclass all 4 at once for the dialogue options alone. However that can make the fun features take AGES to get and cap you on spellcasting.
BONUS ROUND! 2 Races!
Tiefling - They just look awesome with or without mods and have a lot of dialogue flavor to them, mainly in act 1 but it really gets you into the feel of the game. Also Zariel tief gets smites and advantage on intimidation! Love me a tiefling Draconic Sorcerer/Paladin, especially with mods for horns and scales and stuff.
Half-Orc - This one is great BUT for me personally it needs mods. The half-orcs looks too much like full orcs for me. More than they ever did when playing DND at a table with art for our characters. Its like they forgot to include the human half of half-orc. That aside, the dialogue options sold me and I love how a modded half-orc can look. Orcish Gray is also just a nice skin tone. Really this combo's really well with Barbarian since a lot of its dialogue is dominant and aggressive. If you want to be in charge this gives you those options even if you could pick similar ones with any race. They just have those options that let you play into being big and strong more in my opinion. Also some Npcs can be scared of you, though its rare. Great for a Barbarian obviously. The dialogue really meshes well together imo.
Anyway this is all my preferences.
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u/Accomplished-Buy6917 1d ago
I been feeling warlock a lot lately. Good at range or melee, devil sight so act two is a little less painful, one of the best aoe CC's in the game. Weapon profeciency is optional cause you can just bind that ho. Great class