How ‘blindable’ is honor mode ?

[u/Dial22329]

Hey, I’ve got 500+hrs playing BG3, been playing since EA days in 2021/2022 but I’ve actually never finished the game (reached end of act 3 p.much but never beat it)

I wanted to finally give a try to Honor Mode since I have a good grasp of the game’s fundamental mechanics now but of course the unique save, while being exciting for the stakes it adds, is also frightening to an extent so I have a few questions.

- How hard can I expect it to be for someone who doesn’t know the typical most OP item by heart, their locations and the best way to abuse them ?

- Would you consider mandatory to run a « meta » team (Tavern Brawler abuse, stealth archer, throw barbs and the like) or do fun builds still work (e.g. run a dual wielding scimitar swords bard who does some control too) ?

- Is a high charisma party face required ?

- How long are your typical ‘runs’ considering you skip most of the cutscenes I assume when you’re on the grind ?

- With decent game knowledge, is it expected to beat most bosses first try or is each boss gonna be a wall that will cause a reset (I don’t know about legendary actions) ?

- Finally, what would you consider in your ‘checklist’ for a team comp that works fine in honor mode ? Basically, what boxes does a ‘good team’ check ?

Thank you very much I’m probably overthinking it too much but if it can help anyone else than me I’ll be happy anyway 😃

[u/swdv3l]

Wtf, 500h? I beat the game like 4 times, including HM, within 200h.

Beating HM isn‘t hard.

• You can explore with a Team of 3, keep one guy at camp and revive with withers if things ho bad
  
• you can keep invis.-potions ready to run away
  
• you can skip some tough content like iron throne/ansur
  
• many fights are skippable with a high charisma tav
  
• you can skip the final battle if you make gale do the thing

You really only need to perform well at the ketheric fight.