Baldur's Gate 3 - The Blazing Blades (Dual Wield Build)
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- HI all! As I settle back in to doing my regular content, I wanted to share a personal build of mine that I have been enjoying quite a lot. It combines two of my favourite classes and my favourite fighting style, being dual wielding. I hope you enjoy this one as it's actually quite strong!
The Blazing Blades (Dual Wield Build)
Fighter 1/Fiend Warlock 5/Open Hand Monk 6 or Four Elements Monk 6
Grab the Dual Wielder Feat
and Ethels Boon (CHA)
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You have created Solomon Kane, I have no words to describe my joy for this build.
I was thinking this too!
This is literally what I've been looking for, a "fighter" with high charisma that isn't a Paladin lol
You can make your own stats....😅
How is in the video starting a new game with all his skills and gear?
@@jbxgundam2872 not a new game just respecting character at withers
@@jbxgundam2872cheat engine
Then why not just make a high charisma dual fighting rouge? Your free to your char almost how you want.
I tried a similar build for Wyll using the infernal rapier in the off hand to get Cha to every attack and it worked beautifully. The demon worked great as a distraction as a bonus!
That one of the most interesting builds i ever saw to be honest,very creative!
Hey Hobo, hope you are well! Love the build and I love dual-wielding in the game as well. I am almost done with my all-paladin play-through. I made sure I went through 8 levels with my Tav, Astarion, Shadowheart, and Lae' Zel. My Tav is Oth of Vengence 12 level pally, Asterion went 8/4 Oath Breaker with a Thief and dex dual-wielding build, Shadowheart Oath of Devotion and Light Cleric 8/4, and Lae' Zel is 9/3 is Oath of Ancients and Battle Master. Been a couple of getting my oaths back in the play through but man what fun. There were a few times early where lack of ranged/crowd control but once the smites warmed up and 2 attacks came on line, the team is a beast. I think my next playthrough either a High Dex party or a all throwing party. You have inspired a few of my builds as well, so thank you!
Thanks for doing this video! I also like the dual wielding fantasy, so I'm doing a dual wielding full 12 Warlock (Pact of the Blade) for Wyll in my current Honour Mode run and would love to share the build.
I have him running with Diadem of Arcane Synergy for CHA to Damage, Cloak of Protection, Bhaalist Armour (Aura of Murder toggle application to enemies to proc Diadem), Flawed Helldusk Gloves (upgrading to the full Helldusk soon), Evasive Boots, Broodmother's Revenge+Ring of Regeneration (this procs Broodmother's Revenge every turn for a bonus 1d6 Poison damage on all of your weapon hits), Caustic Band. With this item spread, he still has decent survivability with 20 AC, and it also synergises really well with TB Throw builds that use Piercing weapons.My Wyll is applying Piercing Vulnerability on enemies, and Karlach can stay far and throw Spears/Javelins/Pikes to deal double Piercing Damage. IIf I wanted to make Wyll have more survivability, I would probably swap out the Legacy of the Masters and add in The Reviving Hands, which essentially places a Blade Ward on him every start of his turn (because of the Ring of Regeneration, or at least that's how I expect the interaction to work).
For weapons, I wanted to keep him using Rapiers for lore reasons, and because those deal Piercing damage, they also synergise really well with Bhaalist Armour! He's using Duellist's Prerogative and Harmonic Dueller (even more CHA to damage!), and for his ranged weapon I currently have Darkfire Shortbow on him but I intend to switch to Gontr Mael for Celestial Haste which does not have the Lethargy penalty if I lose concentration on it. I also throw on the Glacial Age buff from Flail of Ages onto the Duellist's Prerogative, since I also have a Water Elemental which can apply Chilled to enemies which makes them Vulnerable to Cold damage. Unfortunately the PotB CHA-to-Atk/Damage does not apply to the Harmonic Dueller off-hand, so the Harmonic Dueller off-hand attack deals quite a bit less damage (but at least it still gets amplified by Piercing Vulnerability).
For feats, he's got Actor (for +1 CHA and Expertise in Performance checks which all but guarantees a successful Mellow Harmony on Harmonic Dueller. The Expertise in Deception is nothing to scoff at either), Dual Wielder, and +2 CHA.
With 17 base CHA, +1 Actor, +2 ASI, +1 Stelmane Memory, +2 Mirror of Loss, +1 Hag, I can potentially get up to 24 CHA without Birthright or the Ravengard sword. I grabbed the +1 CHA Hag hair but haven't used it on Wyll yet. If I luck out with the Stelmane Memory on Wyll, then I'll have him eat the +1 CHA Hag Hair for a total of 24 CHA for a +7 modifier. On Honour Mode, it is hard to guarantee it, but I hope to be able to pull it off with enough Inspirations and buffs. With all the times we are adding CHA modifier to Damage, if the enemy is not resistant/immune to Piercing, then Wyll's Aura of Murder would affect it and even just the Piercing damage component of a single weapon attack would deal more damage than 3x beams of Eldritch Blast. Of course, if I'm out of movement, I can still fall back to Eldritch Blast to continue dealing damage. It's been super fun so far!
How is he in the video starting a new game with all his skill and gear?
@@jbxgundam2872 probably a mod or cheat mode that allows him to showcase the build without having to do a different playthrough to get to level 12.
@@CheekSoda oh okay, thank you for responding, appreciate it
This reminds me of a build that I did, that was inspired by your Fire/Necrotic damage build. I just made much more of a dual wielder with Flame Blade and the Infernal Rapier, so it reminds me a bit of this build with the strong focus on multiple melee attacks and Fire Damage.
I went 6 Eldritch Knight, 6 Spores Druid, using that helmet that gives you an extra bonus action when you deal damage with a leveled spell (like flame blade).
And as. Druid with Heavy Armor, I was able to dump dex and str and have amazing stats elsewhere.
Really fun.
@26:59 You clever devil. I never thought of that.
Thanks for all your content. I haven't started the game yet until I make my ideal character, so your content really helps (watched 50% of ur channel already lol). Actually, your "Fang of Tiamat" and this build helped me make my character: Tiamat's Talons. Here's what I came up with for advice:
- Blue Dragonborn 🧑🏭 for contrast with class and lightning breath versatility (might add mod so breath scales 😂).
- 6 Draconic Sorcerer (Red) 🔥: fire resistance/damage as well as boost at 6, metamagic twin & quicken, haste, negate spell, misty
-5 warlock fiend 👹: pact weapons+extra atk, additional spells & cantrip
-1 fighter dip 🙌: just to two hand fight. Not sure if sacrificing action surge will be worth the extra lvl in warlock tho.
-Gale 🧔 & Shadowheart 💜 : make gale support to build terrain and buff weapons as wiz10/sorc2, and/or maybe extra buff with SH as Pad10/cle2 with polemaster &sentinel feats.
Overall a spellblasting, elemental blades swinging dragon with lightning & fire (headcannon is he has a blade of each element). Invested in mirror image for ac and sword flare, but I realize not getting DEX class like you did with monk might make score/equipment complicated.
Would be awesome if you could recommend anything. If this set's capabilities pales a lot to your Fang of Tiamat, I might just go for a variation of it instead + I was already dissappointed that I can't dual wield everburn with smth 😂.
Overall, will keep supporting. Keep up the good work.
Not much to recommend here, honestly. You've got a solid set-up.
I would try to make use of the Drakethroat Glaive as well for its buff, especially with a sorcerer twin casting it.
@@HoboZone thx! Will try it out. Also found that I might also use Infernal rapier or Arcane synergy to cover up any gaps in charisma modifying with my off-hand.
@@kamijouteitoku9126 Yeah that'll work nicely. Just remember that the infernal rapier is not light so you'll need the dual wielder feat
@@HoboZone Totally. Actually found out about the dual wirld feat from you 🤗
This is the exact same build I have on my current playthrough. The only difference is I have a level in war domain cleric instead of fighter and went way of shadows instead of open hand. That way I can combine darkness and devil's sight while keeping my spell slots open to use other spells.
I think dark urge works perfectly this build ❤
Love the look of this character
I think I might use this build for a origin Wyll run. I have yet to do one.
YOOO that Drakethroat Glaive made Kratos build possible! Just need to find 2 scimitars or smth!
If it means anything to anyone, at level 8-9 you can replace Fireball with smoke powder arrows. (The game says it doesn’t sell them before level 9 but I’m p sure I’ve gotten them earlier before).
If this has been said a million times I apologize
just the build i need for my dark urge run
Three levels of rogue for thief and then mainlining open hand monk as a strength monk with tavern brawler is a pretty well known build that is actually pretty gnarly even before gear options. Also flurry of blows is 2 attacks for a single bonus action, so with haste and wholeness of body up you are making the three attacts with the long swords and then should be making four with your unarmed strikes.
This build sounds fucking interesting 😍 monk +warlock dialogue choices works perfectly together ❤
Sick build, wished summoned weapons were more viable for the Noctus build. I’m trying to make builds for a 3-player run where we play as Alucard, Sypha, & Trevor Belmont from castlevania! For Trevor I was thinking dual wielder fighter / nature domain cleric for thorn whip & spirit guardians combo. For Alucard I was thinking archfey warlock / gloomstalker for dueling with a shield and teleporting around like he does, or trading warlock for Druid so you could turn into a wolf too, and using astarion as an origin character. I’m not sure if I should go way of 4 elements monk or sorcerer for Sypha though, I’d love to hear if you had any ideas!✨
I would actually go Evocation Wizard for Sypha and make her a blaster caster. It's been a while since I've seen the show, but I remember her having big ice and fire spells, which Wizard gets most of the games selection.
I have two questions my friend! First question, do have any cosmetic mods yet? Second question, where do you get your cool ass ideas from? Do you just have a spreadsheet filled with awesome build ideas in case nobody asks for build requests? Wait that’s three questions I can’t count but whatever
I have some cosmetic mods, yes. As for the other questions, I have a text document with peoples build requests for me to figure out later, but half the time, I just make it up.
Most of my more popular builds just kinda came to me. This one was one of them.
28:14 how did you start a game with all that gear or is this a new game plus?
I definitely will try this sometime, I have a very un-optimized build.
This seems like a great build for mixing things. My mind is already spinning for some extra Necrotic stuff with Warlock
I made an alternative build
5 warlock to get extra atack
3 rogue(thief) to have an another extra atack
3 fighter do lower crit chance, battle style and action surge.
the last level you can spend or in fighter or rogue for another feat
I use the hair to get 18 cha and the last feat for 20 cha
the first feat is dual wield
infernal rapier in off hand and any weapon you want in main hand
I usually use the robe that doubles piercing damage and go with the infernal rapier and a dagger
I really enjoy arch fey warlock and casting blink for a melee character, teleport all over the place.
Hey hobo this build was actually really cool but I was curious would you by chance be make companion lore builds? Similar to the origin ones you did I think it'd be cool to see what you could come up with for the additional companions Jaheira, Minthata, Halsin, and Minsc (man we really need more evil companions)
I HAVE BEEN ASKED THIS LIKE 50 TIMES
YES IT WILL HAPPEN
EVENTUALLY
@@HoboZone lol unleashed the can of worms
Cool build. Gonna try it on my MC Wyll
If you dont want to go monk what would you suggest? More fighter?
Another great build brother
Ot would be helpful to have an overview of the build, intended playstyle, etc. at the start of a video vs. jumping straight into levelling. It takes a while before even knowing what the build is supposed to be.
That's valid criticism. I'll take that into account for the future.
Stunning strike is not great in 5e, either all with scaling off a secondary stat and targeting constitution, which most monsters have absolute loads of. Just when it hits, it's cracked.
Do you need to keep shadowheart in the party to maintain the buff?
I tried after the fifth patch to make Paladin - Warlock build, and at least in tactics, the additional attacks do not add up, which is why I only have two attacks per turn. I'll try Fighter or Monk with Warlock, maybe it will work.
i dont know if you've done it before or if you would consider your pyro/cyromancer or maybe even gale build as adequate for this, but have you made a build where you try to stack as much arcane acuity and use saving throw spells? i like the idea of a bard with a wizard dip for scrolls, whom thinks theyre a full blown wizard thats powered through pure bravado, throwing spells noone can evade and thirsting for anyway to enhance their arcane abilities.
That sounds like a fun idea. It would mainly come down to stacking as much Spell Save DC boosting equipment as possible.
@@HoboZone thanks. i was thinking lore bard so it could be named Scroll Singer or the (self proclaimed) Oghma's Chosen
I fully support the use of mods... my favorites include some you use already ie leveling, all items, and chest summoning, I also love:
Astralities' Hair Color Supplement
Aether's Black Dye
Backpack Full of Scrolls
Pride Parade - A Dice Set
Carry Weight Increased - Up To Over 9000
JWL Drop All The Loot
Underwear of Rituals
Bags Bags Bags
Visible Shields
Infinite Dyes - ( One of the dyes is basically the trans colors, but sadly this dye pack seems to bug out clickables in the camp)
Transmog Enhanced
So flurry of blows works when dual wielding? Good to know
Do you not get Two Weapon fighting when picking Dual Wield as a feat?
No. All the dual wielder feat does is allow you to use non-light weapons and get a bump to your AC.
I would love to see character builds for the extra companions that can be recruited
They will happen eventually
Can you try making build inspired by Sephiroth from Final Fantasy 7 ? He is not only great swordsman but also wizard so Eldritch knight could be good start for him but also Sorcerer or Warlock.
Yeah, but how am I going to get a sword THAT long?
You only need a level 2 sorcerer for the twinned metamagic, since you can create the needed third sorcery point using a level 1 slot.
Good I have subscribed to your channel for my next video
You can cast Draconic Elemental Weapon on PCs to enchant their equipped main hand weapons.
Gotta say, this build is exactly what I'm looking for! But for Act 1 and maybe Act 2, what weapons and armor should I be looking for specifically?
Anything that works. Being a fighter really helps with versatility.
In act 1, any two light weapons will do. The Club of Hill Gja t strength in the offhand could be a good choice. If you get dual wielder early, Phalur Aluve would be awesome.
@@HoboZone Cool, gonna look into those! So if I get Dual Wielder Early (guessing do feat first, Ability Improvement later), aim for both weapons? Also, what armor and accessories would be good?
How are you able to go back to the prologue???
Can i ask you a question ? Are you using by chance Cheat Engine to speed up your builds experimentation ? Mine is not working, console commands are basically dead.
No, I use mods. I don't like CE generally.
I don't think you need two weapon fighting just get dual weird I think nott for sure I'm trying it .
Yes, you do. Otherwise, your off-hand attacks will be a lot weaker.
Do you need a mod for duel wielding longswords?
No, just the feat.
I know there's a site you can use to build/theory craft, it has all the boons you can apply, and the equipment part is in the works. It's a great site for console players, to plan out their builds and stuff. I've been trying to think of a build that I think is a gish? 1 level in fighter, 3 in Warlock for the pact boon/eldritch blast, and the rest in wizard or sorcerer but I don't know how to optimize it well. Think you could help and optimize the build?
Can you give me the name?
Eip gaming. Has all the boons/character buffs, but no equipment just yet. I apologize, as for some reason I wasn't able to make a comment that went directly to the site.
Its like why not playing 2 pala - 9 Bard - 1 Sorc instead? Lvl 5 spells as you wish and ever seen dual pumping smite?
Because everyone makes builds like that. This is something slightly different.
Wouldn't a finesse weapon in your second hand be better? As this weapon is not bonded, thus only using your strength of 8? Wyll's rapier is probably the very best choice, as it uses charisma as deafult (and also let's you summon a demon).
Monk weapons use your dex as long as they are not 2 handed, which means our main hand longsword uses our CHA and our off hand uses our DEX
@@HoboZone Ah, you get proficiency in longswords from the Fighter class, thus making it a monk weapon?
@@mattiassjostrand5018 Yup
Every two minutes. "Im rambling too much". Just let it all out bud. Lol
I want to know how you start the game at lev 12! o.O
How are you getting a level 12 in a turorial area? Showing a level 12 beating up tutorial area enemies, of course you'll do crazy damage against them.
That's not what it's about. The main boss provides a benchmark for all of my builds. It's not about fighting a tough enemy but about seeing how quickly that enemy can be defeated and how the equipment and abilities work with each other.
Also, it helps me compare my builds to each other for testing reasons.
Lastly, it's like the one encounter I can say won't spoil anyone.
okay, fair point! 😊@@HoboZone
Any suggestions if I wanted to focus on strength instead of dex?
You could start with 17 STR and then go with Tavern Brawler for +1 and an ASI for +2. You'd probably have to drop Dual Wielder and use light weapons like Scimitars instead, which would still work fine.
I would then dump DEX and use the Gloves of Dexterity to have 18 DEX.
Is this build good for the Honor mode?
Not really. It'll be decent, but in honour mode you lose the 3rd attack gained from the Warlock Extra attack. I've got a similar build coming out on Wednesday that will do something similar but is better for honour mode.
Why can’t I duel wield long swords? It says versatile ?
You need the dual wielder feat
Min maxing fireball build?
Question, how are you starting the game with that gear and all those skills?
Mods
What dye is being used for the armor? I really like it
Black and Red I think?
Thank you so much for answering my question. I have another, if you're going DEX how are you getting a good modifier on your off hand since its not your pact weapon? @HoboZone
@@BloodyMare17 Monk makes any non-two-handed weapon use DEX if you are proficient in it.
How do you get the voss silver sword?
Links to all equipment are available in the description
Can you please do a build based of Shirou Emiya from fate stay night
He's the archer guy right? It's been years
@@HoboZone he's an archer that mainly uses sword lol
If it don’t work on honor mode; it don’t make sense.
Do you have a ng+ mod or somthing
No I have mods that give me items and instantly level up to 12
Character looks like a blonde Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) lol.
Flame blades that are perma cast are much stronger then this
And on top of this, I went ranger/fighter and did the heavy armor build for fighter, so not only is my AC about 24/26 I’m holding weapons that do a 5-31 in each hand. Only flaw obviously is that it’s solely fire damage, so when attacking something immune to fire you’ll have to readjust and use something like your build. However, straight output I’m doing about 2-3 times more damage then you are a turn.
With way more AC.
And now I will be screaming to help with the algorithm:
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