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First time viewer. Really love how you present and organize this information. I just recruited Minthara, now that you can without killing all of the tieflings, and have been looking for a build for her.
you should use this on Minthara, for the extra fire damage on bonus action, also you can use Vow of Emnity on yourself not just 1 enemy, and get advange on EVERYTHING for 10 turns
In defense of Zariel tiefling, you get smites as spells that take spell slots as paladin, but you get them free of spell slot wastes as Zariel tiefling, and Thaumaturgy is a must have when you're a front face of the party - which paladin usually is. So you can choose other spells without smites, and you get advantage on often-used charisma checks. Resistance to fire just makes them OP paladins too.
Half orc def best mid-lategame when your controllers come online Zariel is nice in the mid game so you don't need to long rest refresh after every other encounter
The thing I love about this channel is that it doesn’t want or ask for money. It tells you when it would be best to leave if that’s all you want to know (I hardly ever do though). I also love how they take into account role playing but then also give the best option for both minmaxers and casual players.
I can see this being a fairly flavorful build for Karlach, at least insifar as the gear selection is cincered. I'd like to try a Heat build for Karlach, but I didn't really understand the mechanic on my first playthrough.
Been obsessed with BG3 and was impressed by your style and format. I would love to see your perspective on a crowd control/support character. I've heard a good honour mode character would be 2 life cleric/10 lore bard with a focus on spells like hold person. What's your perspective on that sort of build's efficacy?
Gonna use this fire damage and heat concept on the cleric/fighter Templar build you put out. Turn it into a Hell Templar with either the asmodeus or zariel tiefling
Did 12 levels of Vengeance on my first playthrough and loved it. Only catch was I broke my oath with the freaking hag hair and had to pay to get it back haha.
here's a cool idea for a build: 1 nature cleric/11 hunter. dual wielding, shileilag clubs/staves. resistance to cold, fire and poison. can dump str and dex, and focus only on wisdom and constitution, while wearing heavy armor. gets whirlwind attack and can mark bosses. feats on +2 wisdom, savage attacker, spell sniper to get thorn whip and eldritch blast or dual wielder(to dual staves). the idea is to have this on a party member, instead of the main character. as a side note, im pretty sure, dual wielding torches with shilleilagh will probably out dps most weapons in the first act. being 2(5-15) with a 16 or 17 wisdom. if you do pick this as a starter, you can make them a dragonborn so they could gain resistance to a 4th element. either lightning or acid. you can also start as druid, or go fighter instead of ranger. but i like the idea of this cleric of nature, that is used to dealing with group of poachers. either breaking their groups apart, or going for their boss. as a side note, shilleilagh, if picked from the druid initiate feat, can allow an eldritch knight to use int instead of str, dex or wis as their attack mod. so you could finally make an eldritch knight who can become more of a spellblade. and because you already have so many feats from fighter, its easier to pull off.(you can also get thorn whip since you get 2 druid cantrips).
High elf cantrips now scale with your spell casting modifier. You can see it in the screen when you’re going over it around 04:10 - it states CHA at the top.
It’s interesting how even something as “cookie cutter” as this can vary from person to person. I just hit level 5 with my OOV Honor mode Paladin, and I decided to go with a dexterity focused build to get good initiative for the early game. I’m purely paladin right now; 18 dexterity w/ ASI using Phalar Aluve as a one handed weapon with a shield using the dueling fighting style. While haste / speed potions are nerfed in honor, I like using that to get Sing or shriek online and still get to attack with one added attack on following turns. Thinking it will also be handy to have that extra action for hold person into two crit smites
@@waterenchantress7619funny enough, my other playthrough I’m working on in tactician is a Brass Dragonborn sorcerer. BG3 is my first DnD based game, and I’ve been loving that playthrough. I could definitely see it being fun and powerful combined with paladin, especially since I have the gloves of dexterity now allowing me to focus on charisma and constitution
Hello, just watched your video and i am glad i found it. I have a question though... I broke my Oath in Act 1. while killing the Tieflings to save Laezel. Can i respec without having to pay the 1000 gold to restore my oath? Does Oathbreaker work with this build aswell, because it sounds like an interesting class too. Thanks!
Just got the game doing first playthrough found this guide and love the build. Your other video have been helpful learn the ins and outs as well. Might seem dumb but what build are you useing on shadowheart in this video?
Unfortunately, until Polearm Master is fixed, I can't recommend any guides that suggest taking it or want to take it myself. Savage Attacker is far superior on Paladins since the Smite damage is rerolled, giving insane value to each attack.
How is polearm not working? I play OoV Paladin with my friend and I constantly crit. In Crèche Y’llek I literally critted every hit, even on opportunity attacks
@@brysonsocall123AFAIK, They haven't patched the polearm bonus attack to include GWM, which at this point may mean that it's an intentional nerf, rather than a bug.
@@singincowboyahhhhh, I had no idea. I mean as a polearm master/sentinel paladin I already feel like a divine blender, if great weapon master was also proc-ing on that it’d go even crazier. Nevertheless, I feel like that is very anti the spirit of the game.
For anyone that didn't know, that periapt of wound closure works for potions, too. Every superior healing potion healing 40 hp is awesome. I'll switch it around to my different chars after a tough battle to get everyone healed up.
I use periapt on my Half-Orc Ancients Paladin. With the items that regen health on saves or in general and Blood of Lathander, it's stupidly hard to kill.
Here you go :) ua-cam.com/video/6xykA83EzhI/v-deo.html&ab_channel=ItalianSpartacus I'll be making a Beastmaster/Fighter build that I actually use for my playthrough and he dual wields :)
Not sure if you'll see this as this is an old video... but how do you have skills you already know highlighted so you don't accidentally choose it when leveling up?
Hey I was wondering, and I guess it's kinda a stupid request, but could you make/theorize a Khaga build? I've always found her kinda really iconic, and with those dual-scimitars she can put out a lot of Damage; don't think I've ever seen her shapeshift, and obviously we can't get a snake, but yeh, would love to see you do a themed/theorized build for her.
Hmmm!!! Probably like... Druid 7/5 fighter. If you want to get extra attack online so you feel dangerous in melee. Go land druid and maybe champion fighter for just more crits. Pick up two weapon fighting weapon style from fighter and dual wield perk!
@@italianspartacus what do you think the character stats should be on creation? I have actual ttrpg experience (PF1e), but ngl, always needed to ask my DM/friends for help with initial skill allocation to meet my vision. Focus dex' and whatever spellcasting is for druid, with the 3rd being con?
You can never go wrong with Paladin, a Durge oathbreaker either path of redemption or giving into the urge... Literally it breaks the game... Paladin is my fav class...Trying Warlock and Bard..but I'm subclassing in Paladin
I have terminal restart-itis, I've yet to get past act 2 lol I love the concept of paladin but I'm also trying to run it on honor mode, so I'd like to have something optimized but also thematic so I can rp
After switching to the two hand mastery, whether I use a greatsword or a great axe my rolls against enemies are always at a disadvantage. Can someone explain why? Before switching to this feat I was anywhere from 60-75% to land an attack but now I’m in the 30s. Is this gonna remain this way until I hit level 8 and respec
Worth noting that Zariel tiefling's branding and searing smite do better damage then the paladin ones. Instead of the normal 1d6 legacy of avernus smites do 2d6
I think the Periapt of Wound Closure might be bugged. I've been using it but if my character gets downed they don't stabilize ever, I either have to help them get up or just heal them. Otherwise they just stay on the floor indefinitely.
So what it does it prevents them from taking death rolls. You'll notice they get downed right then it just looks like a big ole D20 over their head? They're stable. So you don't need to heal them before they die permanently resulting in a revivfy scroll. They're just waiting for you to either use the help action or Heal them via spell or potion! Does that help??
Hey i know this will sound thirsty, but a build that I have not seen is a Slaanesh Demonette. There is no succubus, control, charm, high charisma build. Maybe monk in there, for unarmored def..
It seems like the build is centred around the heat mechanic but then in your gameplay showcase at the end you don't seem to use it. Is there a point in the game when you stop using the heat mechanic? Maybe once you get the polearm? What are the advantages/disadvantages of each?
I believe I had a few items missing so I couldn't show case them unfortunately! I'd only stop using it if I came across so some filly resistant to Fire!
@@italianspartacus Thanks. I'm still trying to level this build so so far I'm only in act 1 with not much of the gear. But I'm curious about the weapon choice once you switch to the polearm, if still using heat. If I'm understanding it right, heat convergence deals extra damage when you deal fire damage, but if you switch to the polearm how are you meant to consistently deal fire damage to enemies? Searing Smite? The cloak?
You said that your paladin did a poor showing for purposes of making an example of how awesome the character can be. I'm going to respectfully disagree. There's theorycrafting awesome builds, and then there's the reality of those builds. In play, we're not always going to get our hits in, we're not always going to trigger bonuses and abilities, and we're not always going to win. I think it's as important to see the failures as the successes. We want to see real play, not some expertly edited video that only shows successful hits. This helps us make informed choices about what builds we want to pursue. Or at least, that's how I feel about it. Still loving your videos, because they're not polished or scripted. Keep being awesome, and I'll keep tuning in! 🙂
Its for puzzles mostly. Its also a free resource so good for shoving, absorbing a hit that would otherwise hit ur party and throwing stuff like healing potions and the like
Thanks so much for watching my bros! Plenty of additional information in the resources below :)
Complete Playlist ►ua-cam.com/play/PLDLBnN-W_m2n6nk1Y5-snG4PpOuj9b-7g.html&si=j1T4BfjqOcSClZFS
Spellcasting Guide ► ua-cam.com/video/uRWdLeXUTY8/v-deo.html
Sneaking Guide ► ua-cam.com/video/T3ZQ0ajLG-o/v-deo.html
Character Creation ► ua-cam.com/video/EpZ33jsWjHk/v-deo.html
Terms Guide ► ua-cam.com/video/TQrJZPtnqBU/v-deo.html
Every time I watch one of these videos I want to start a new run. It feels like I'll never escape Act 1 😭
I feel the pain
This is me!
Same here
Wait, there’s more than act 1 ?!
@@Joseph.Belmont lmao 😂
49:10 very important! : for vow of Enmity, cast it on yourself it will give you the bonus for every ennemies you attack the next 10 turns
First time viewer. Really love how you present and organize this information. I just recruited Minthara, now that you can without killing all of the tieflings, and have been looking for a build for her.
you should use this on Minthara, for the extra fire damage on bonus action, also you can use Vow of Emnity on yourself not just 1 enemy, and get advange on EVERYTHING for 10 turns
In defense of Zariel tiefling, you get smites as spells that take spell slots as paladin, but you get them free of spell slot wastes as Zariel tiefling, and Thaumaturgy is a must have when you're a front face of the party - which paladin usually is. So you can choose other spells without smites, and you get advantage on often-used charisma checks. Resistance to fire just makes them OP paladins too.
Thats not all. The searing and branding smite for Zariel tieflings do *more damage* then the normal paladin ones. They do 2d6 instead of 1d6 xtra
@@pepparmostheelder yeah, they're upcasted by 1 level
agree. I’d argue Zariel Teiflings are the BEST race for a paladin Aside from maybe Half Orc/Gith but even then i like the Tief more.
Half orc def best mid-lategame when your controllers come online
Zariel is nice in the mid game so you don't need to long rest refresh after every other encounter
Zone of Control! You were so close (16:00)
Love the video, as always
The thing I love about this channel is that it doesn’t want or ask for money. It tells you when it would be best to leave if that’s all you want to know (I hardly ever do though). I also love how they take into account role playing but then also give the best option for both minmaxers and casual players.
18:03 people don't know that savage attacker also rerolls smite damage so it's a must have on a paladin if you ask me.
I can see this being a fairly flavorful build for Karlach, at least insifar as the gear selection is cincered. I'd like to try a Heat build for Karlach, but I didn't really understand the mechanic on my first playthrough.
Been obsessed with BG3 and was impressed by your style and format. I would love to see your perspective on a crowd control/support character. I've heard a good honour mode character would be 2 life cleric/10 lore bard with a focus on spells like hold person. What's your perspective on that sort of build's efficacy?
I don't sub to most anything but they way you put the cliff notes at the start is fantastic.
Gonna use this fire damage and heat concept on the cleric/fighter Templar build you put out. Turn it into a Hell Templar with either the asmodeus or zariel tiefling
Did 12 levels of Vengeance on my first playthrough and loved it. Only catch was I broke my oath with the freaking hag hair and had to pay to get it back haha.
Same here lol
worth
Still awesome videos :) You trigger my mind concerning the class choice ;)
here's a cool idea for a build:
1 nature cleric/11 hunter.
dual wielding, shileilag clubs/staves.
resistance to cold, fire and poison.
can dump str and dex, and focus only on wisdom and constitution, while wearing heavy armor.
gets whirlwind attack and can mark bosses.
feats on +2 wisdom, savage attacker, spell sniper to get thorn whip and eldritch blast or dual wielder(to dual staves).
the idea is to have this on a party member, instead of the main character.
as a side note, im pretty sure, dual wielding torches with shilleilagh will probably out dps most weapons in the first act. being 2(5-15) with a 16 or 17 wisdom.
if you do pick this as a starter, you can make them a dragonborn so they could gain resistance to a 4th element. either lightning or acid.
you can also start as druid, or go fighter instead of ranger.
but i like the idea of this cleric of nature, that is used to dealing with group of poachers. either breaking their groups apart, or going for their boss.
as a side note, shilleilagh, if picked from the druid initiate feat, can allow an eldritch knight to use int instead of str, dex or wis as their attack mod.
so you could finally make an eldritch knight who can become more of a spellblade. and because you already have so many feats from fighter, its easier to pull off.(you can also get thorn whip since you get 2 druid cantrips).
High elf cantrips now scale with your spell casting modifier. You can see it in the screen when you’re going over it around 04:10 - it states CHA at the top.
It’s interesting how even something as “cookie cutter” as this can vary from person to person. I just hit level 5 with my OOV Honor mode Paladin, and I decided to go with a dexterity focused build to get good initiative for the early game. I’m purely paladin right now; 18 dexterity w/ ASI using Phalar Aluve as a one handed weapon with a shield using the dueling fighting style.
While haste / speed potions are nerfed in honor, I like using that to get Sing or shriek online and still get to attack with one added attack on following turns. Thinking it will also be handy to have that extra action for hold person into two crit smites
Is a Dragonborn Paladin 6 (Vengeance) + Sorcerer (Draconic Bloodline: White/Fire/ who uses Dex good for a first playthough?
@@waterenchantress7619funny enough, my other playthrough I’m working on in tactician is a Brass Dragonborn sorcerer. BG3 is my first DnD based game, and I’ve been loving that playthrough. I could definitely see it being fun and powerful combined with paladin, especially since I have the gloves of dexterity now allowing me to focus on charisma and constitution
Hello, just watched your video and i am glad i found it. I have a question though... I broke my Oath in Act 1. while killing the Tieflings to save Laezel. Can i respec without having to pay the 1000 gold to restore my oath? Does Oathbreaker work with this build aswell, because it sounds like an interesting class too. Thanks!
Just got the game doing first playthrough found this guide and love the build. Your other video have been helpful learn the ins and outs as well. Might seem dumb but what build are you useing on shadowheart in this video?
Just straight up light nothing fancy :)
@@italianspartacus awesome thanks. Again guides are amazing, some of the best I've seen for any character build type games
Elemental Adept allows you to ignore resistances and deal full fire damage to anything resistenct to it
Unfortunately, until Polearm Master is fixed, I can't recommend any guides that suggest taking it or want to take it myself. Savage Attacker is far superior on Paladins since the Smite damage is rerolled, giving insane value to each attack.
How is polearm not working? I play OoV Paladin with my friend and I constantly crit. In Crèche Y’llek I literally critted every hit, even on opportunity attacks
@@brysonsocall123AFAIK, They haven't patched the polearm bonus attack to include GWM, which at this point may mean that it's an intentional nerf, rather than a bug.
@@singincowboyahhhhh, I had no idea. I mean as a polearm master/sentinel paladin I already feel like a divine blender, if great weapon master was also proc-ing on that it’d go even crazier. Nevertheless, I feel like that is very anti the spirit of the game.
I want Polearm Master to work with GWM like in D&D. GWM + Sentinel + Polearm Master would be a insane combo
For anyone that didn't know, that periapt of wound closure works for potions, too. Every superior healing potion healing 40 hp is awesome. I'll switch it around to my different chars after a tough battle to get everyone healed up.
I use periapt on my Half-Orc Ancients Paladin. With the items that regen health on saves or in general and Blood of Lathander, it's stupidly hard to kill.
Awesome build dude! Got anything for a frontline dual wielding build?
Here you go :)
ua-cam.com/video/6xykA83EzhI/v-deo.html&ab_channel=ItalianSpartacus
I'll be making a Beastmaster/Fighter build that I actually use for my playthrough and he dual wields :)
Thanks so much!
Thanks!
Thank YOU! Very generous of you man!!
Not sure if you'll see this as this is an old video... but how do you have skills you already know highlighted so you don't accidentally choose it when leveling up?
Can u do a barbarian/paladin build i think that would be a monster of a build
Diiiiiirty. Gonna give this a go
11:27 anyone know what armor that is looks dope i think i know what dye hes using
I'd like to try this with the fireproof Karlach mod
Dont understand why Larian dont show the full Tiefling sub racial perks. They only show the starter lvl 1 perks
Tieflings will nevee not be popular, maybe to encourage lesser played races like giths, duarger and gnomes?
Hey I was wondering, and I guess it's kinda a stupid request, but could you make/theorize a Khaga build? I've always found her kinda really iconic, and with those dual-scimitars she can put out a lot of Damage; don't think I've ever seen her shapeshift, and obviously we can't get a snake, but yeh, would love to see you do a themed/theorized build for her.
Hmmm!!! Probably like... Druid 7/5 fighter. If you want to get extra attack online so you feel dangerous in melee. Go land druid and maybe champion fighter for just more crits. Pick up two weapon fighting weapon style from fighter and dual wield perk!
@@italianspartacus what do you think the character stats should be on creation? I have actual ttrpg experience (PF1e), but ngl, always needed to ask my DM/friends for help with initial skill allocation to meet my vision.
Focus dex' and whatever spellcasting is for druid, with the 3rd being con?
16 dex 14con 16 wis!! Should be good :) maybe 10 str because the scimitar is a finesse weapon
How do you think this fits thematically for a Durge build going for redemption arc?
You can never go wrong with Paladin, a Durge oathbreaker either path of redemption or giving into the urge... Literally it breaks the game... Paladin is my fav class...Trying Warlock and Bard..but I'm subclassing in Paladin
I have terminal restart-itis, I've yet to get past act 2 lol
I love the concept of paladin but I'm also trying to run it on honor mode, so I'd like to have something optimized but also thematic so I can rp
Как ты можешь советовать эльфа и при этом не упоминаешь дуергара? Дуергар на мой взгляд лучшая раса в игре из за своих пассивных навыков
After switching to the two hand mastery, whether I use a greatsword or a great axe my rolls against enemies are always at a disadvantage. Can someone explain why? Before switching to this feat I was anywhere from 60-75% to land an attack but now I’m in the 30s. Is this gonna remain this way until I hit level 8 and respec
It gives you +10 damage, but the downside is -5 to attack rolls.
Worth noting that Zariel tiefling's branding and searing smite do better damage then the paladin ones. Instead of the normal 1d6 legacy of avernus smites do 2d6
Yeah it's basically upcast 1 level built in
I think the Periapt of Wound Closure might be bugged. I've been using it but if my character gets downed they don't stabilize ever, I either have to help them get up or just heal them. Otherwise they just stay on the floor indefinitely.
So what it does it prevents them from taking death rolls. You'll notice they get downed right then it just looks like a big ole D20 over their head? They're stable. So you don't need to heal them before they die permanently resulting in a revivfy scroll. They're just waiting for you to either use the help action or Heal them via spell or potion! Does that help??
That sounds more accurate than the item's description itself lol thanks!@@italianspartacus
How does this hold up in Honor mode?
As always, I would chese the hell out of Auntie Ethel's 3 STR pots/day and dump STR, pump Dex to 14, Wis to 12, CHA to 17, Con to 16.
Looking for a storm based melee build but fire is cool😂
This maybe a stupid question I'm new to dnd and this style of game. Would it be beneficial to run elemental adept fire?
Unfortunately not since that's SPELLS you cast, not damage you do :( If it was linked to the damage type, it would be juicy!
@@italianspartacusthanks dude. Also one more question. Would a shape shifting druid benefit from any of the monk stuff? Like the four elements.
Unfortunately no :( unless they cast concentration abilities BEFORE shape-shifting
Hey i know this will sound thirsty, but a build that I have not seen is a Slaanesh Demonette. There is no succubus, control, charm, high charisma build. Maybe monk in there, for unarmored def..
It seems like the build is centred around the heat mechanic but then in your gameplay showcase at the end you don't seem to use it. Is there a point in the game when you stop using the heat mechanic? Maybe once you get the polearm? What are the advantages/disadvantages of each?
I believe I had a few items missing so I couldn't show case them unfortunately! I'd only stop using it if I came across so some filly resistant to Fire!
@@italianspartacus Thanks. I'm still trying to level this build so so far I'm only in act 1 with not much of the gear. But I'm curious about the weapon choice once you switch to the polearm, if still using heat. If I'm understanding it right, heat convergence deals extra damage when you deal fire damage, but if you switch to the polearm how are you meant to consistently deal fire damage to enemies? Searing Smite? The cloak?
Smokin
The gods still require their champions of Khorne, Tzeentch and of course Slaanesh!
Sacrifices and damned screams for the masters!
It's about time the Dragonborn racial SCALED huehuehue...
What is that pole arm?
It's in the weapon section
You said that your paladin did a poor showing for purposes of making an example of how awesome the character can be. I'm going to respectfully disagree.
There's theorycrafting awesome builds, and then there's the reality of those builds. In play, we're not always going to get our hits in, we're not always going to trigger bonuses and abilities, and we're not always going to win.
I think it's as important to see the failures as the successes. We want to see real play, not some expertly edited video that only shows successful hits. This helps us make informed choices about what builds we want to pursue.
Or at least, that's how I feel about it. Still loving your videos, because they're not polished or scripted. Keep being awesome, and I'll keep tuning in! 🙂
I keep hearing mage hand is useful, but why? am i missing something?
Its for puzzles mostly. Its also a free resource so good for shoving, absorbing a hit that would otherwise hit ur party and throwing stuff like healing potions and the like
You should have called this video fiery but mostly violent! Now that would have been funny
"Kind of on fire, but otherwise quite harmful"
@@italianspartacus I got this game 2 weeks ago I think I have watched everything you made on this to get ideas. Now I am onto your banner lord vids
Gotta love them narratives 😂
Is thi build still viable
Yuppp
first?
HAHAHA Dragonborn breath weapon blows ass it does shit damage and NOT worth it as you have to be within 2 inches