This can be taken a lot further, with some optimization. Always start sorcerer (or in this case fighter), so you get constitution save proficiencies for your concentration. This goes double, nay, triple, when you use haste, where you lose your entire action if you lose concentration! If you use fighter levels in the build, start fighter, so you can get heavy armor and shield proficiency. Even if you do not use armor (yeah, potent robe is a must, but you gain it at the end of act 2, so 2/3 through the game), it is still nice to have, since certain gloves, helmets and so on require proficiency. For warlock, I would take Great Old One. The more attacks you make, the more likely you are to crit on one of them, meaning you can reliably inflict the fear effect every round for free in a small AoE, and keep enemies from moving closer (especially in addition to your pushback) Your dragon ancestor should always be bronze in this build, since that means you can use lightning charges (with the spell sparkler, and later Markoheshkir as a staff). Draconic sorcerers can add their charisma every time you deal damage associated with your element, which, with lightning charges, you will do on every single blast. So another +5 to every blast, just as much as potent robe gives you. This can in fact be increased even further with the necklace of elemental augmentation, which adds another +5 to every beam, IF you use lightning charges and picked bronze as your ancestry. So another +10 on every beam right there, if you have 9 beams (haste + quicken), that is 90 damage. If you decide to use action surge. 120 damage. While not costing you anything, really. Markoheshkir is the best staff in the game for you, anyways :)
Holy that sounds super cool. I also noticed the temp hit points somehow make the ones from the fiend to not work properly., so the whole passive almost becomes redundant. Not sure if it's bugged or intended. I'll definitely give a try to your tips/.
Some of this definitely sounds low damage, or not fully optimized. Your damage should be around 1d10+15 (21) with 3 base beams, 3 from action surge, 3 from sorc, 3 from haste = 12 beams. 21x12 = 252 base damage average. I say base damage since there could be some other spells, potions, effects, items... that could add a little bit more damage. Some i can think of instantly is the mind flayer buffs, and crits. I would think you could with perfect optimization (which im not sure of yet) do around 300 damage average...
Because for the table top a lot for here builds are super old. So the question is do the work in bg3. BTW for this build fighter extra action for more blast
@@strawman3859 Won't work (at least by TT standards). Extra Attack is when you take the "Attack" action and not the "Cast a Spell" action, which eldritch blast is. I made this same assumption though (because I play bladesingers most of the time and 6th level extra attack lets you make 1 cantrip attack) so I got confused. lol
The Potent Robe gives you Temporary Hit Points, the ones you get from "The Fiend" is wasted. Take "The Old One" instead to get a chance to frighten everything when you crit. Also, I recommend using Saravoks Helm, Blade of First Blood and The Dead Shot along with the Spellsniper Feat and a Viscous Elixir (Meaning you crit on 15 and up). This'll let you turn the machine gunning into a CC build on top of nutters damage.
I wouldn't use Saravok's Helm. The crit only increases dice damage, not the fixed damage, and the extra +2 damage(and +1 to hit) from the Birthright hat gives 2*12 extra damage when action surging, on top of making it more likely that you hit. Going from 16 to 15 crit does nothing for your to hit chance, and "only" increases your average crit damage per hexed target from 2.25 at 16 crit to 2.7 at 15 crit (30% chance of crit at 15 with an average of 5.5 and 3.5 damage increases from the dies).
Great video! My current build is basically the same. But I feel like there are a few tweaks you could do to make this even better. If you are going to be wearing the Amulet of Greater Health there is no point in taking the war-caster feat. You can't get advantage on constitution saving throws twice, and I don't think the opportunity spell feature alone is worth a whole feat/ASI when you only get 2 here. Maybe if we had booming blade or green flame blade, but you shouldn't be in melee range super often with this character if you can help it. You can also take out points from constitution and put it into another ability. This also frees you up to take another ASI increase, Alert, lucky, or mobile feats. For anyone else looking to make this build some other good items to look for are: Gloves of Spell Might - Gives you +1d8 spell damage per attack for a -5 attack penalty. Basically the sharpshooter feat for spells. Just another way to add about 4-5 extra damage per Eldritch blast The Spellsparkler - Rare Quaterstaff that gives you 2 lightning charges when you hit with a spell/cantrip. Adds lightning damage to each of your Eldridtch blasts after the first one. The Dead Shot - Bow that increases crit range by 1 even for Eldritch blast so you can crit on a 19.
Just an important distinction to make in regards to the Defence +1 ac from fighter, wearing robes doesnt matter if you wear a pair of gloves or a helm or boots that is either light or medium. just any of those slots. i swapped to a medium helm and my ac bonus details immediately included itself.
Colby over at D4 is very good at designing builds, isn't he? I believe he called it the "The Ultimate Blaster". But in a comment under his video i dubbed it the "Eldritch Machine Gun" (I probably wasn't the only one). For those wondering the key bits are: 8 / 14 / 16(1) / 10 / 12 / 17(2) 1 - Fighter 1 (martial ability: all armor, defense +1, con saves) 2 - Warlock 1 (fiend or fey, Colby liked Fey, but I actually prefer Fiend for temp hp & hellish rebuke gets you a solid very reaction option, _get_ eldritch blast invocation and the hex spell) 3 - Warlock 2 (eldritch invocations: agonizing & knockback for eldritch blast) 4 - Fighter 2 (action surge, you could also do 2 levels of fighter, then 2 of warlock, pretty similar result. but start with fighter, and get 2 of each in your first 4 levels) X - Hag's hair (Charisma bonus +1) 5 - Sorcerer 1 (draconic, a couple good options but bronze does get you use for lightning charges, being 5th level you now get 2 eldritch blasts) 6 - Sorcerer 2 (metamagic: twin & extended) 7-12 - Sorcerer 3-8 (metamagic: quickened, first ASI: +2 to charisma for 20, many options for your second ASI/feat at lvl 12, which is sorc 8) Spells to taste, lean into aoe and utility though, eldritch blast is your 1-2 target cannon. Gear, anything which can add damage to every cantrip attack will be absolutely phenomenal, even +1 or 2 dmg. It'll multiply a lot per turn. You'll start to feel the power of the dark side at lvl 5 when you your eldritch blasts become 2 beams. You'll be a full Sith lord at level 7 when you get quickened as well, to use EB attacks on bonus actions. Before 5th level, it's nothing to write home about.
@@MoxHalite but he did just recently put out a UA-cam video explaining exactly this and it was a massive success in terms of views. Not a massive leap really
Just want to point our your stat distribution is impossible. You'll have to have two stats at 8 for that build or one at 8 and two at 9 which does nothing. I'm guessing you forgot later points take 2 points to level and not just 1. At best you can do 8 / 14 / 16(1) / 8 (or 10) / 10 (or 8) / 17(2)
@@Illustria Interesting. I was using an online point buy calculator (unofficial) for bg3, but I double checked with a different online point buy calculator (for tabletop) and you seem to be right on that one. Later tonight I'll try in-game in BG3, to confirm, but I think you're right. Assuming you're right, i'd go 8/14/16/8/10/17. 17 cha gets to 20 cha quickly with hag hair, 14 dex is nice with medium armor, 16 con is as good as it gets for starting con saves as a second-priority stat, and with 2 points left, wisdom is the obvious spot for saves. Functionally, it's very similar, just a difference of 1 bonus each on Int and Wis saves, and no other effect on the build. But I'll double check in-game (I suspect the bg3 point buy calculator I was using is bugged, i've noticed a few bugs elsewhere in the builder as well).
Yes, always take sorcerer for constitution proficency in saving throws. Also, your warlock Sub class you pick "The Old One", Fear on Crit. This is extremly strong. But only with the right items. You want to equip "Knife of the Undermountain King" in your main hand. Now this short sword reduce your critical strike range AND reroll 1 and 2s, on all attacks. It works with your bow attack, handcross bow builds and with your cantrip or spell attacks. You now score a critical strike on 19-20. Now, add in Covert cowl or Dark Justicar helmet and you will most of the time have a critical strike rating of 18-20. Now to further this, we add a Ring Called "Risky RIng", which you purchase early act 2. This ring provides ALL your attack rolls, Melee, Ranged and spell attack rolls to give you advantage (Overpowered on Thief/Ranger/Warlock Handcross bow build as you have sneak attack always), The second ring in my humble opinoin can be most but RIng of Arcane Synergy is potent as you gain 2 arcane surges every time you deal damage with a cantrip. Since Eldritch blast hits multiple times, this quickly adds up and is important to ensure our To Hit is strong. For Gloves I recommend Gloves of Dexterity from Act 1. 18 dex and a +1 to ALL attack rolls. (This also means you can stat dump your dexterity to 8 when respeccing since these gloves gives you 18). As a feat you need Warcaster since "Risky RIng" gives you disadvantage on all saving throws. And to main tain your concentration saves you have warcaster to nullify this effect, plus due to gloves of dexterity you have 16 constitution. Obviously later in the game you have other stats but this is for act 2 once you aqquire this robe and items you have up until now. As for Eldritch invocations. Do not neglect Devils Sight as this let you see through darkness. Basically you can throw a darkness spell under your feet and sit inside it and attack freely. not to mention this adds also superior dark vision to you, meaning you have dark vision up to 24m. So Devils Sight plus Agonizing blast is stronger.
7:08 i would still go with Misty Step. Having 2 sources for it is much better :) Most spells that you can learn at that level require concentration anyways, so you rarely, if ever, use them. 12:02 I'd rather go with Quickspell Gloves or at least consider them as great contender. They also only work once per short rest, but unlike Gemini Gloves, they provide an additional full cast of eldritch blast as bonus action in your 2nd turn (assuming you use Haste as Bonus Action in your 1st turn). Gemini Gloves also only work once per short rest afaik and they only give you 1 additional beam, not an entire cast with 3 beams. Edit: You can also cast Haste as an Action and use Quickspell Gloves in your 1st turn to get the 2nd eldritch blast without using any Sorcery Points. This way you can keep up your SP much longer and eventually even use it to refill some Spell Slots if needed. And i think the best option for your cloak (that i found so far at least) is Cloak of the Weave, which gives a +1 bonus to Spell Save DC and Spell Attack Rolls. It can be bought from Helsik at the Devil's Fee :)
11:00 IIRC, the Potent Robe is a quest-reward from that female Tiefling bard you first encounter at the grove (can't recall her name ATM). You need to speak with her at Last Light, then rescue the Tieflings from Moonrise Tower prison, then speak with her again - she's sitting on a bar-stool in the main room, very near to where Jaheira stands. Not sure if you get it no matter what, but you *might* have to rescue the Tieflings without a single one of them getting killed during the escape. Not 100% sure on that. EDIT: Her friend Lakrissa needs to survive the rescue - otherwise you won't get the Potent Robe. On my second play-through, I saved everyone and got a ton of items from her for it, including the Potent Robe. The way I rescued them was to whittle down the enemy presence in the prison before starting the escape. Do this "Hitman"-style (look for enemies who aren't in view of other enemies and kill them first). Probably best to start with the Scrying Eyes found in the area. Take everyone down one by one and make sure to kill the Warden once there's no more enemies in her vicinity to support her. She's got one of the best amulets in the game and lots of other loot in her office and "attic". Once all guards are dead, you might as well go to the warden's office and simply open all the cells to start the escape (small levers on the wall behind her desk). The prisoners will run out and exit the prison towards the docks. Probably best to also clear the docks of all enemies before you release the prisoners. These friendlies don't have a lot of hitpoints and will go down very quickly if you let the enemies target/attack them.
Protection for the fighter level works if you are an elf because you get proficiency with shields and they do not count as armor, and you can still use staffs as 1 handed, so you get an okay reaction skill for free to actually make use of that
2 Warlock/4 thief Rogue/6 Sorc lets you use that extra bonus action for a second quickened EB, while also giving you access to cunning disengage if needed and an extra feat to work with to boot, spell sniper is a solid candidate for this extra feat with so many attack rolls. Also the expertise is nothing to sneeze at. Since you’ll have 16 dex anyway, this can open a party slot when you can be both the face and the lock picker/pickpocket. Gloves from Circus lady are also a good option, basically gives GWF/Sharpshooter to spell attacks for +3d8 vs +1d10+5 (6 if Mirror), I’ll take the extra damage that can get added to critical hits. Add Bloodlust elixir, and you can guarantee an extra action every turn too.
Elixir of Bloodlust give an extra action if you kill something on your turn and lasts until long rest. That procs almost all the time for 3 more attacks. They are pretty rare but so good. There's tadpole stuff too. Is fighter really what you want for one action per fight? Thief would give you an extra bonus action, every round for 3 levels of course so only Sorcerer 7. You can also twin Haste to help out someone else.
@@CreativeUsernameEh fighter: 1 action per 1 short rest, 2 short rest per day ... but bard give you 1 extra short rest (more party members profit) and emergency twined healing word, if things go bad + better talking stuff because why not use charisma character, that 30+ rolls are not a problem anymore
The thing is most fights dont even last 2 turns if you're playing a minmaxed party comp / the second turn is just cleaning up mobs that pose no threat at all, so you just auto attack them or cantrip them to death. The first turn is really crucial. Action surge is incredibly powerful, not to mention it only costs 2 levels instead of thief 3. I would see a bigger argument to be made in dropping fighter alltogether and going warlock 3 sorc 9 to get access to level 5 spells and convert your warlock spell slots to level 2. That actually sounds incredibly good too, but again, an extra action + heavy armor proficiency for the early game both sound amazing as well. Hard to judge which is best - if you're leaning 100% into eldritch blast then the fighter version is definitely better at that, the warlock 3 sorc 9 version is more flexible I suppose.
On the draconic bloodline, if you use the spellsparkler then either blue or bronze is the best as the lightning dmg from lightning charge will trigger the extra dmg from the bloodline passive at sorc 6
Makoheshki staff does the same thing. One of the until long rest buffs it gives you gives you resistance to lightning, increased damage with lightning spells, and lightning charges in spell hit. It's literally the same as the sparkler but better.
For gloves as well, I would use the ones you get from the Necromancer chick in the Circus for finding all of the Clown body parts scattered throughout Act 3. You take a -5 penalty to hit, but deal an additional 1d8 (force?) damage on hit. Suuuuuuuuper strong addition to this build.
You want the ring that gives + 1d4 to ALL CHECKS while shapeshifted. Cast put the ring on after long rest, cast disguise self to get the buff, swap to the light rings you mentioned in the video, the damage is far higher. Also, have you considered the dual-wielding feat? dual wield staves for extra shenanigans.
@Guille2033 staves are versatile meaning you can 2hand it for a little extra damage or use it one handed with a shield or another weapon if you have the dual wield feat
You can get 6 Smites off with one turn if you do a 5/2/5 Paladin/Fighter/Warlock multiclass. Get haste from an outside source and that becomes 9 smites.
I wonder if 3 levels in Rogue for the extra Thief bonus action would be better than action surge if you really wanted to focus on Eldritch Blast. You'd burn through sorcery points quicker, but you wouldn't be restricted to one extra action per short rest.
You need 3 sorcery points to use EB as a bonus action which you get from the 3 lvls in sorc, so you'll need 6 SP to use both BA. Obviously, you can only use action surge once per short rest so its kind of 50/50 on which is better.
Honestly i'd personally do 1st sorc > 2nd-4th lock > 5th-10th sorc > 11th-12th fighter. Or if you want the action surge earlier replace any 2 levels of sorc 5th-10th with 2 levels fighter. **Starting fighter is overrated for ranged caster builds so I would never do that.** Prof in STR/CON is not very good if you plan on dumping STR. Sorc has the optimal starting saving throws (cha/con) so it is usually the best starting class for ranged CHA multi-class builds no matter what. Action surge is fun, but higher level spells are better most of the time, so saving fighter for last is what I'd do. But it is fun to use action surge, so I can understand how that can trump having more spell slots and higher level spells sometimes for players. Stat spread using pt buy would be best spent towards maxing out CHA/CON and putting remainder in DEX. **Dump the rest.** Why Dex? You need to be going earlier in initiative if you're planning to control the battle field with forced movement. It will offer you more AC. As a ranged caster, your only fear should be dex saving throws, and staying clear of any physical interaction. Create a space with repelling blast and stay out of any thing else's range, use misty step and the shield spell if you have to. Your fear should be dex saves though because they cover the most area, have the most range, and are the most common saving throw. So dex is important. The best subclasses for this build aren't available yet, but in table top it would be divine soul, clockwork soul or shadow magic for sorc. Draconic bloodline is a decent choice at the moment though. Hexblade warlock would be the best lock for this build by far, hopefully they add that one day.
Also with the staff the ability it gives, gives resistance to whatever element you choose + you get two spells depending on what element you choose. Fire is a free cast (no spell slots) of Fireball & Wall of Fire. Lightning is Chain Lightning and Lightning Bolt. Just a heads up if for any reason you'd want some free cast spells. You can change which element you are attuned to on a short rest.
I'd drop the shield and put The Spellsparkler in your off hand. You would have to use a feat for dual wielder but if you use that and take lightning draconic bloodline for sorc, you add your modifier to every extra bit of damage from the lightning charges you get, which will be every time you use eldritch blast. I'm not sure if you get the prof bonus from Kereskas favor added to all lighting damage but you can equip the elemental augmentation necklace and add you charisma mod to the damage of your lightning charges also. Also I'd use the spellmight gloves. It basically gives you the same bonus as great weapon master except for spells and its 1d8 instead of a flat +10. -5 to attack rolls might seem like a lot but late game you can easily offset it. Plus I'm pretty sure the extra damage from the gloves also gets your charisma modifier added to it because of potent robes. Rings aren't too important. If you want to squeeze every drop of damage you can out of your attacks then you can use the callous glow and coruscation rings to add some radiant damage and apply radiating orb. Just cast the light cantrip on your weapon so you are always making use of them.
Since the guide doesnt tell you where to get the potent robe, its a reward from Alfira for saving the tieflings quest. If you are dark urge you will be killing her as part of a cutscene but you can avoid that by knocking her out before triggering the cutscene.
Do you get this at the grove or the party? I saved the tieflings and we had the party and they moved on and Alfira was at my camp composing a song but i don't remember gettingthis robe. do you get it later?
@@nmtarav Ah yes. I googled it and it is from Alfira from the "save the tieflings" quest in Act 2 last light inn and not Act 1 which was "save the refugee's". I went through the underdark but will def get it now. Thanks!
You could have a better character for leveling. Start sorcerer for the con save proficiency and unarmored ac, then either immediately take two levels of warlock for eldritch blast, or arguably better, go to sorcerer 5 first and then do the warlock dip, then skip the fighter dip and go all sorcerer for maximum sorcery points and spells of the highest level possible. This really comes online at level 7, much better than level 9 in a game that only goes to 12. No, you can't do four spells in one turn but you can do two per turn one more time than you could do as shown in the video, and you can make one of them a higher level spell, like wall of fire at level 9 instead of level 11. Plus you get fifth level spells, which are sometimes awesome.
should look into 5warlock and 7fighter(eldritch knight) level 7 ability war caster you get from EK7 is you get to melee attack after each cast of a cantrip, so you can really pump out a stupid amount of dmg just from cantrips and melee attacks. PLUS, the extra attack from warlock 5 from blade pact, stacks with the extra attack you get from fighter...so you can pump out a SHIT TON of dmg. 3x3 eldritch blasts and 3 melee attacks, plus you wield heavy armor and a shield AND, your melee attacks do a ton of dmg based off your charisma so you can max out your con and if you wanna use medium you can max out your dex as well, with the hag +1 And your first feat of +2 to charisma, you can use your 2nd and 3rd feats for medium armor master which gives you another dex while wearing medium armor, and you can get the armor proficiency from fighter for +2 ac, plus you can sneak around without malus from medium armor which is a nice bonus. you can also get spell sniper, with how many eldritch blasts you'll be using, the +1 crit range will have a LOT more opportunities to go off. if you don't want the extra attack and invocation and feat from level 5 warlock. you can go 2bard(you need 3warlock from the blade pact)...but 2 bard gives you the song of short rest and since your warlock spells and action surge resets from short rests...it gives you extra hellish rebukes and another action surge and more bard spells. Warlock and fighter are the 2 best classes to multiclass into/with. you can even do a 3rogue/5warlock/4fighter for the extra bonus action. use mage armor from warlock invocation, super stack dex and charisma for the extra ac from dex. you can dual wield, both weapons using your charisma to attack, plus action surge, and you can get the ability point increase plus hag point to get dex and cha to 18 each. you get the dual weapon style from fighter and action surge, tho you loose out on the extra attack, but you make that up mostly from the bonus action you get from rogue. if you don't need the feat from fighter or the sublcass, you can go 1 monk and 1 barb, max out your dex/con so you can use a different invocation instead of mage armor, get the same ac with the unarmored bonus from barb for con to ac and you can use the thief bonus action to do a double unarmed strike, you can use both actions to get 4 unarmed strike plus your main weapon, and then with action surge another main weapon attack again, or 2 eldritch blasts and 4 unarmed strikes or 2 offhand strikes(with dual fighter style you get cha to your offhand attack so it hits like your mainhand but using a bonus action instead) so you can get an eldritch blast and 2 attacks each turn without doing anything. plus with rage, you can always do a full melee round with all the extra dmg from rage, with 4 unarmed strikes plus 2 main attacks and then the extra attack from warlock 5. warlock/barb/monk work well together since they want to all be unarmored, fighter is just stupid good for multiclassing so even a 2warlock 1monk/1barb/3rogue/5fighter could work pretty well, depending on some decision making. tho you could drop warlock and do a 7fighter as well with battlemaster and have a ton of incombat melee options and attacks at your disposal. the combo of 3rogue for the bonus action and monk using ki on bonus action and barb for ac and rage for all the attacks you'll be making in one round and 2 higher for action surge, is a very potent 6level combo that you can build upon/expand on in a LOT of different ways that are very strong. you can even just go 7monk from there or just go straight 8fighter which is VERY strong all on it's own. I would argue higher is probably the best straight 1-12 class in the game. which is why it's so strong for multiclassing because it's powerful at almost every level so if you just want 2 for surge or 3 for sublcass or 4 for feat or 5 for extra attack or 6 for another extra feat...it's perfect for whatever you're needing to piece together into your multiclass build but by going 6, you get that extra feat you usually lose from multiclassing and by going 8 fighter, you pick up that extra attack you're losing by multiclassing...it's almost like...at every level of fighter you're like...well i could just get one more level of fighter... every class in the game is heavily front loaded but both warlock and fighter really make you wanna keep going instead of multiclassing so the juice has really gotta be worth the squeeze. but even 2warlock/2fighter is already stupid for the heavy armor/extra eldritch blast combo as well. and 8 levels of almost anything else can work really well with that. the multiclass option in BG3 are fucking ENDLESS! I love it so much
If you'd like to look into somewhat of a meme-build...the tavern brawler salami machinegun is a thing... throwing damage is broken atm and it adds gravity damage too. if you build it right you can get around 55 dmg per salami with 9 attacks in one round, adding up to almost 500 dried meaty damage. (before gravity damage) it needs a lot of buffs and pots to make it work to it's absolute fullest potential but it is legit the funniest thing ever even when you dont minmax the shit out of it. just obliterate a single target in 1 round by throwing a bunch of salamis at them...that's peak gaming right there if you ask me.
Take Devil's Sight instead Repelling Blast, cast darkness , stay inside, now u can solo destroy all enemy - no one can shoot the cloud of darkness, npc don't go inside. If you take a Drow, you will get darkness as a race bonus on 5 lvl.
Yeah I don't understand why everyone says to take repelling blast. I don't always want to push enemies back, and you don't get to choose with RB. Knocking enemies into chasms is fun and all, but you lose loot. Devil's Sight or the one that gives you Speak With Animals at will are straight up better IMO.
@@Skaftholu because darkness is a concentration spell, which means you are sacrificing the extra turn from haste to use it, which makes no sense if you are trying to maximize damage.
@@twizaa You do realize other characters can cast Darkness right? Like, Shadowheart, Gale, and many enemies? Also, your answer still doesn't explain why repelling blast is so popular, not did you address the Speak With Animals invocation, which I personally think is way better than repelling blast because it allows access to a lot of different ways to do things.
I use this same build except for using Warcaster! I use Dual Wield Feat instead and dual wield 2 Staffs! I currently have 22 AC and 22 CHA! Lvl 12 i take +2 to CHA! (I use +1 CHA from Hag Hair & +2 CHA Helmet "Birthright" from Sorcery Sundry!
Not a big fan of fighter in this build, sure action surge works but that's about it. You could go rogue 3 for thief and be able to burn 6 metamagic points a turn with quicken spell too, but it's also kinda meh. I'd just go 10 levels into sorcerer for more metamagic points and spell slots. But most importantly... you are not using any lightning charge equipment... you REALLY should. Even spell spark when you have charges make EACH HIT from eldritch blast trigger the charge, it's insane extra damage, plus each charge also procs hex, for a double dip, and it also procs agonizing blast too. I don't even know if it's a bug or not, but having lightning charges make eldritch blast hits like a truck more than anything else.
Also, not sure if maybe my play-through is glitched or I have something on without realizing it: But for the radiating orb ring; you honestly don't need to ever cast light on yourself. From testing it around with my friends, you just have to be in a light source?? Or really attack them with magic, and that tends to give enough light. Cause when I've been playing, every time I attack creatures; it automatically gives them radiating orb. There's also a hat called "Hat of Fire Acuity" in the shadow-cursed lands that gives you arcane acuity every time you deal fire damage. Arcane acuity gives you +1[or +2] to your spell save dc and spell attack for every round it's still up [max of 7 I believe, like with the ring]. The amount of bosses I've slowed so far is hilarious. It's honestly really good, especially if you have scorching ray and fireball.
another version of this build if you can afford to lose 1 feat/ASI (since you got the hag hair) is: sorc 7, great old one warlock 2 and thief 3 we get one less feat here but replace action surge with fast hands. this means that extra eldritch blast can now be done every turn by doing quickened eldritch blast. it'll cost you more sorc points/spell slots but now gives you a more sustainable extra EB. great old one with mortal reminder makes it the better EB-user among the warlocks.
The interesting twist here is if you start rogue, you have a "charisma rogue" witch is basically the best setup in the game to succeed at every check outside of the game, have a bard in your party and pick up the friends cantrip for max out of combat utility.
@@NorNamor you dont need a bard for friends. sorcs get access to friends. basically any cha + dex based build will do well with the whole content. i'm currently playing a draconic (blue) 6, tempest 2 with dex as a his 2nd highest stat with lots of +stealth items (essentially a stealth lightning nuker) and i'm clearing everything the game has to offer both in and out of combat on solo tactician. wet is such a powerful condition in this game which is something not in 5e. will probably finish up with 4 more levels in cleric for a 6/6 split then move on to another build/run.
@@XaadeTheBlade while i typically walk around stealthed, when i'm the one that gets ambushed/mobbed after convo, i pull out the old reliable darkness + devil sight combo. then i go to machine gunning them. another option in case there's safe places i can misty step to, is i just misty step, cast haste then proceed to machine gunning the closest ones 1st.
Advantage on Constitution saves includes concentration. It is redundant with warcaster. I don't know if that's intended but that's how it is in BG3. Proficiency in Constitution save also applies concentration so often times its better to get the resilient trait and put the point in constitution to get a proficiency bonus to concentration instead of advantage at lower numbers.
dude did you read my mind, i was just googling warlock multiclass builds and just got that chest piece for wyll, then I find your vid that was uploaded an hour ago, i know im subbed but still lmao. also i just realized im about to have 3 party members that have sorc multiclass lmao shits too good ALSO you get the chest piece from saving tieflings in the tower
i wouldnt start with warlock, but with fighter or sorcerer. probably sorcerer for the lower levels or fighter if you are okay wth not doing anything on level one. why? bc of constitution saving throw proficiency. especially if you want to protect hex or any other effect you have going on while you are shooting your eldritch blasts. especially when using haste, you do not want to skip a round immediatleyy after casting haste
Level 1 lasts for the toutorial + 1 fight.. even on tactician its over before its even started.. so yet another reason why just starting fighter is the go to. Fighter 1 -> Lock 2 -> Fighter 2 -> rest sorc.
I think i would rather go 10 Sorc instead of getting Action Surge with those levels. You get access to 2 5th level spells that way - which can include Cloudkill, Telekinesis, Cone of Cold, and even Dominate Person. Using Telekinesis to throw enemies around the battlefield with my mind just sounds fun.
If you freed the pixie in act 2 and have the blessing active, when you attack it applies the radiant orb on enemies. No need to cast light on yourself if this is active! Enjoy!
Hmmm...I would only make a couple tweaks: For Fighting Style, since you want to be wielding the Staff of Spellpower or Markoheskir, you have a free hand for a shield. May as well be using one, and if you are the Protection fighting style imposes disadvantage on those trying to attack nearby allies. May as well make the rest of your group a lot harder to hit than do nothing with your fighting style. I also don't like Repelling Blast. Too many times will you knock an enemy somewhere you can't loot them, or away from your tanks. I choose something else. You can also give Wyll the Staff of Spellpower, which is basically Markoheskir-Lite. You still get Arcane Battery, and can give Markoheskir to Gale. And that stuff about lightning charges people are mentioning... No, I don't think it is worth it. First, you have to hit with an attack, so your first attack doesn't gain any damage, and you need 5 charges to start dealing an additional 1d8. Yeah, with multiple attacks you can build and use charges decently quickly, but why not just drop a fireball with Red or Gold draconic ancestry and just have the bonus?
its probably wise to start fighter for the con save/heavy armor in the early game, then respec to this version once you collect some of those high-tier items. This is the build i'm currently playing and its pretty incredible. between this and my shadowheart respecced to tempest cleric/storm sorcerer...mobs melt fast and in large numbers
a better staff would be the spell sparkler it gives you 2 lightning charges every time your cantrip does damage so your adding an extra 1-7 lightning damage and theres some other items that stack lightning charges aswell lik the speedlight feet boots that give 3 charges whenever you dash so your getting essentially 2 full lightning charges off on 1 cantrip
If you dont pick eldritch blast as one of your warlock cantrips, you can pick it with spell sniper instead to expand the crit range on all those blasts, and if you pick the great old one patron, then you'll be constantly freezing everyone in fear with those crits (assuming they arent just all dead)
If you don't pick Eldritch Blast as a warlock cantrip then you have made an objectively bad choice. That's the crux of the entire class. I cannot fathom why you would do that.
@@Skaftholu I'm not saying don't take eldritch blast, i'm saying don't pick it as one of your warlock cantrips. If you use spell sniper to pick it up instead you can have a better eldritch blast with an increased crit range, which is great since you can get so many blasts and it's so easy to get advantage
@@amaknita Spell sniper applies to all your spells, there is no reason to do that. It's better to pick a different cantrip that you don't otherwise have access to as a Warlock.
Nice! I’ve been using this build with Wyll, minus the two points in Fighter. You should do a video on the thief 4/barb6/fighter2 build next, or in my opinion the Conan build 😝 it’s so OP my barb has 151 HP, 5 attacks w/o haste or action surge yet, and a base 50 damage w/o crit. With crit you’re dealing consistent 100-200 damage per turn on a single target without needing to long rest or potions. Of course getting Balduran’s giant slayer is very important too. My stats are: str 24 (ability improvement, permanent potion, auntie, and mirror), dex 16, con 23(amulet), int 9, wis 10, cha 10. Feats I took were GWM and ability improvement. If you run berserker barb you get more attacks per turn, if you run Bear wild heart you get more health (got this from another commenter) either one is goood.
@@lorddarkflareI went barb until lvl 5, then rogue until lvl 9. Then one more into barb, and last two lvls in fighter. At that point adding fighter was just extra. The action surge and weapon skill was the Cherry on top.
For the eldrich invocations you are better to take devil's sight and get darkness that way you can just cast from darkness and no one will be able to kill you
If you take a 1 lvl dip in War Domain Cleric you also get 2 more attack actions per short rest and access to divine favor which gives your attacks an additional 1d4 radiant for your concentration if the situation calls for it.
I see you saw D4 as well. Thus is his go to sorlock build for many years. 1 fight, 2 lock, 1 fight, rest sorc. The firstb4 are flexible in order but I prefer taking fighter first so u have hvy armor until you get the pieces you need and you have it anyways.
Watching the D4 video a few weeks ago for This build is what helped me Choose it for my first playthrough. I am lvl 6 just made my adamantine armor n fought Grym.. this game is So Much Fun.
I have both the rings and thought they would be awesome in combo with each other. I am glad to see that even green items in the right situation beat out epic and legendary items. AND that I wasn't crazy to still have them equipped on Wyll after I got to the city.
Pro tip: Go Old One for frighten chance - you get temp hp from the robe. Use Spineshudder Amulet for extra thunder damage/prone chance. Use risky ring for more crit chance. Use Rhapsody foor more to hit chance/dmg. Use Spellmight Gloves for up to 3d8 more dmg. Go 2 Old One/6 Draconic Sorc/4 Champion (for more crits, action surge and feat). You can even use Boots of Stormy Clamour for even more thunder damage/prone chance. Stats: 8 STR/16 DEX/14 CON/8 INT/10 WIS/17 CHA. GL!
I didnt see it taken so I’ll say that Spell Sniper is amazing with a blaster build. It lets you crit on a 19, so double crit chance. Pair this with the Ancient Old One patron and when you crit you terrify the enemies as well. And with that many attacks and 10% crit chance you’ll be looking at a crit every turn or two
As crit items stack, you could also add: Elixir of Viciousness, Shadeslayer Cloak, The Deadshot Bow, and one of these daggers: Knife of the Undermountain King or Bloodthirst.
Potent Robe is the reward from the hiden quest of Alfira, which basically is help her with any worry she has in every act. (Finish her song, save her lover and sooth her anxiety).
Nah, all you have to do is rescue the Tieflings in Act 2. I didn't even interact with Alfira at all until that point on my second playthrough when I got the robe.
• Quickn spell counts as bonus action. • Thief, grants an extra bonus action. So on your first turn you cast Haste, then quicken Eldritch Blast, then again. That should work, right?
not going sorc or fighter at lvl 1 keeps you from getting the constitution saving throw proficiency, usually take this spec fighter @1, warlock @2, warlock @3, fighter @4, Sorc @5, 6, 7,...12 all rest into Sorc
I personally would just go 6 sorc 6 warlock, seems more consistent than a 2 level dip for a single action surge per short rest. You could get an extra eldritch invocation (like more proficiencies or learning bestow curse/slow) and the -2 levels of sorc mans you lose out on 4th level spells but if youre just gonna be spamming eldritch blasts I'd say its worth it
As a DND/BG(3) noob on his first playthrough, just looking for cool things. What would a 6/6 build get you, as opposed to his suggested 2/2/8? - And why not 4 warlock, 8 sorc if skipping fighter? Won't that give 3 feats?
@@DOLamba 6warlock 6 sorc would give you an extra eldritch invocation. 4 warlock 8sorc would give you one more feat, more sorc points for quickened meta magic, and access to 4th lvl spells. I think overall 4warlock8sorcerer would be stronger as you can use more quickened spells.
This is just a thought and maybe I miss heard something but since you got pretty much everything you need at lvl 9. Why not put the last 3 lvls in rogue to got thief subclass getting another bonus action allowing another class since you already got the ability from sorcerer that allows your to use bonus actions for spell activations.
for me, i build 2 Warlock 3 Fighter(Champion, for the crit buff) 7 Sorc. with Dagger of undermountainking and Orin dagger for another -2 crit chance roll. then i choose the Spellsniper feat for another -1 crit chance roll. and for the gloves i go for spellmight glove from the circus that add another 1d8 dmg/blast. to cover the weakness i have cleric bless and support sorcerer caster to cast twined haste to me and laezel as frontliner. that Crit Blaster build hits hard mate
if you want to boost your armor more the camp caster trick would work i.e before leaving camp add gale to your party and have him cast mage armor on player them swap him for another person. because he stays in camp it cant be intirupted and stays on tell long rest
the one thing I would caution/is super annoying with this build: warlock spells and sorcerer spells conflict on your hotbar, so it keeps trying to "fix" or "adjust" your hotbar every. single. time. you. reload. Before people go "well in setting you can change..." no. you can't. it stops items and ammunition being added. but when you have warlock spells that are the same slot as your sorcerer spells, it just takes it upon itself to remove the warlock spells and move sorcerer spells around on its own. The only way I can think of to get around it (not tested), is to have identical spells for whatever level your warlock spell slots end at.
I did get the radiant ring combo, and the legendary staff which has electric charges on it, and the potent robe. Its absolutely wicked. As good as hex is though I use haste instead.
For those looking for the Potent Robe. It is a reward given to you by Alfira, the Bard tiefling girl from Emerald Grove. It is a reward for the "Rescue the tieflings" quest in Act 2 from moonrise. Talk to her in the Last Light Bar and once you freed the tieflings and gnomes, talk to her again. She will give you the robe. Naturally this means that you will need to have saved the grove and make sure Alfira is alive.
Given the fact that you can use both bonus action and normal action to cast, I would much rather get Rogue Thief subclass instead of Warrior to always have an extra bonus action
That’s what I been saying. Their bonus action is too good to pass up. Hell getfing fighter is also good to combine cause they get that extra action also, and once you get 2 attacks that’s really 4 attacks and 2 bonus actions.
The problem with that is you burn through sorcery points WAY faster that way. Costs 6 SP to cast two EB as bonus actions. The fighter dip allows you to conserve resources more efficiently at the cost of 5th level spells.
The point in taking fighter first with this build is not only for the heavy armor, but also so that your character has proficiency in constitution saving throws to help maintain hex if you take a hit.
@@MilkBeard555 Sorc first works if you play a race that is proficient in shields. Otherwise you kinda need fighter first, but it all comes down to what the player is looking for.
@@maliticus7474 You don't have to start as fighter to have shield prof, you can dip it at any time for it. If you value AC at low level then go straight for it- mage armor and shield (the spell) are better though. If you're dumping the STR stat, fighter 1st is a waste. I'd do fighter 1st only if paladin was included in this build.
@@MilkBeard555 you only get class proficiencies from classes at level 1, if you dip into fighter later you absolutely will not be getting shield proficiency from it
@@ljsmith197878 yea I mistook it for tabletop rules there. 5e you would. You do get limited profs and shields are included in that, in 5e. That does kind of change things... Personally I wouldn't value the shield as much as having prof in con/charisma saves from being sorc 1st. Especially when playing exclusively ranged. Although with a level cap of only 12, I guess it makes it a trade off I don't know the math for tbh. +2 AC (no idea how magical shields get in BG3) vs Prof in those con saves which nets you additional +4 to con saves at level cap of 12th... I'd take the prof bonus tbh but thats just me.
@CaptainBanananana First of all it's a longsword that is also a finesse weapon which means you can do sneak attacks with it. The shriek power surrounds you in an aura. Every damage you do also does extra thunder damage. The thunder damage rides on all other types of damages so it can stack many times. An easy example would be magic missiles, every tick gets extra damage. There are many other Interactions with it. Oh and you can also pair it with the necklace of elemental augmentation so your eldritch blasts do way more damage..
Don't take eldritch blast at level 1, instead take spell sniper and use that to learn eldrich blast to get a +5% crit bonus an extra spell slot, and you can no longer roll 1's to hit.
theirs another set of gloves that acts as an extra use of quicken i'd recomend, I'm pretty sure you can buy it, but it's pretty handy for more eldrich blasts if you don't wanna use up more sorcery points
According to another you tuber. The bonus taking fighter first is you get advantage on constitutional saving throws but did not if it was your second class. Was that a change. Having advantage on all concentration checks seems darn nice for a class that gets damage keeping hex on a target. Guess I should have added that a concentration check is con is it not? If that is true would that not make warcaster useless or less useful?
You are losing spell slots from not putting those three into sorc, also you lose out on the higher level sorc spells for utility. So yeah you get to use bonus actions for more EB's but you lose more on the high end.
@@Desertmaverick sure, but if you are going raw EB, its just an option for more, is this build as good as going into just a million fireballs? probably not, so the whole convo is just kinda irrelevant in the first place lol but its still fun and strong and thought id share how to get a couple more in lol
this is good and all....but have you considered going into rouge instead of figher? if you are using that armor it wont matter what armor or weapon proficiencies you take and you can either go thief or assassin and have the ability to hide and hit them with surprise round, if your dex is high enough you can hit them with two rounds of damage before they even act.
Pure draconic fire sorcerer destroys everything. And if you take carefull spell and twin spell haste on yourself and your barbarian you essentially kill everything.
I would've gone with Spell Sniper instead of War Caster especially if you know you gonna get that item that increases con later on. Spell sniper lower your crit range to 19-20 which means you have a higher chance to crit on all of those crazy eldritch blasts :D
"attacks" in 5e refer to both spell attacks (things that require an attack roll like eldritch blast or scorching ray) and weapon attacks. Hex works on eldritch blast. "Weapon attack" is the phrase that refers to weapons only, no spells, such as Fighter Battlemaster superiority dice attacks, or fighting style archery, or sneak attack.
the clothing was a reward from the bard in the druid grove. when in last light inn she will ask you to save her kind, do it and she will reward you with it
1 barb - con and dex contribute to ac. 2 warlock. 9 sorc. Better than getting 1 extra action per short rest imo. especially with the 23 neck. respec once you get the necklace and DUMP con. This lets you start with 17(18 with the hair) cha and 16 dex. +6 (con mod) with +5 (dex with 2 ability increases) = 11 + 10 = 21 ac WITHOUT a shield. 24 with a +3 shield. This also gives you another sorc level for a 5th level slot and an additional sorc point. Draconic scales from dragon sorc doesn't seem to stack so we can't get to 27 ac. but 24 (26 if you get shadowheart to cast shield of faith on you) is still nothing to sneeze at. This version might actually be better off with storm sorc. Fly as a bonus action for a 1st level spell slot is pretty handy. Especially if you are just going to rely on EB for damage. Further more: since those cantrip gloves are a per rest ability. You can actually just skip them for the 18 dex gloves. This gear swap will lower you ac by 1 but also free up 2 feat slots.
Yea I ran Lazael but sorta reversed as main Ek to get the cantrip intwo a swing and nuking a target with E blast then running into them with a gith sword. Running a chr based EK was quite the ride.
Gemini gloves are ok but not optimal as it requires a short rest, better to use the quickspell gloves for a bonus cast so 6 hits over 4, to go even further if u want you can use the reward from the dribbles the clown quest called spellmight gloves which is like a diet greatweapon master for spells that require a target, -5 to hit +1d8 force dmg which works on each hit so thats 3-24 extra dmg if they hit
This can be taken a lot further, with some optimization.
Always start sorcerer (or in this case fighter), so you get constitution save proficiencies for your concentration. This goes double, nay, triple, when you use haste, where you lose your entire action if you lose concentration! If you use fighter levels in the build, start fighter, so you can get heavy armor and shield proficiency.
Even if you do not use armor (yeah, potent robe is a must, but you gain it at the end of act 2, so 2/3 through the game), it is still nice to have, since certain gloves, helmets and so on require proficiency.
For warlock, I would take Great Old One. The more attacks you make, the more likely you are to crit on one of them, meaning you can reliably inflict the fear effect every round for free in a small AoE, and keep enemies from moving closer (especially in addition to your pushback)
Your dragon ancestor should always be bronze in this build, since that means you can use lightning charges (with the spell sparkler, and later Markoheshkir as a staff). Draconic sorcerers can add their charisma every time you deal damage associated with your element, which, with lightning charges, you will do on every single blast. So another +5 to every blast, just as much as potent robe gives you.
This can in fact be increased even further with the necklace of elemental augmentation, which adds another +5 to every beam, IF you use lightning charges and picked bronze as your ancestry.
So another +10 on every beam right there, if you have 9 beams (haste + quicken), that is 90 damage. If you decide to use action surge. 120 damage. While not costing you anything, really. Markoheshkir is the best staff in the game for you, anyways :)
Holy that sounds super cool. I also noticed the temp hit points somehow make the ones from the fiend to not work properly., so the whole passive almost becomes redundant. Not sure if it's bugged or intended. I'll definitely give a try to your tips/.
Some of this definitely sounds low damage, or not fully optimized. Your damage should be around 1d10+15 (21) with 3 base beams, 3 from action surge, 3 from sorc, 3 from haste = 12 beams. 21x12 = 252 base damage average. I say base damage since there could be some other spells, potions, effects, items... that could add a little bit more damage. Some i can think of instantly is the mind flayer buffs, and crits. I would think you could with perfect optimization (which im not sure of yet) do around 300 damage average...
I would guess with some weird freaky combos and elixirs you could even do above 400 damage in some round with a bit of luck...
its because you can only have temp hit points from only one source@@Khrazegaming
is sorcerer the class i should begin with if i want to make a good spell class?
I watch these videos just to find someone in the comments who can take the build to the next level! This community is truely amazing
Because for the table top a lot for here builds are super old. So the question is do the work in bg3. BTW for this build fighter extra action for more blast
Because his videos are always wrong. Just shameless.
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@@strawman3859 Won't work (at least by TT standards). Extra Attack is when you take the "Attack" action and not the "Cast a Spell" action, which eldritch blast is. I made this same assumption though (because I play bladesingers most of the time and 6th level extra attack lets you make 1 cantrip attack) so I got confused. lol
@@lordvalinar774 it does work fully tested its not a extra attack action surge gives you a full action no mater what
The Potent Robe gives you Temporary Hit Points, the ones you get from "The Fiend" is wasted. Take "The Old One" instead to get a chance to frighten everything when you crit. Also, I recommend using Saravoks Helm, Blade of First Blood and The Dead Shot along with the Spellsniper Feat and a Viscous Elixir (Meaning you crit on 15 and up). This'll let you turn the machine gunning into a CC build on top of nutters damage.
I wouldn't use Saravok's Helm. The crit only increases dice damage, not the fixed damage, and the extra +2 damage(and +1 to hit) from the Birthright hat gives 2*12 extra damage when action surging, on top of making it more likely that you hit. Going from 16 to 15 crit does nothing for your to hit chance, and "only" increases your average crit damage per hexed target from 2.25 at 16 crit to 2.7 at 15 crit (30% chance of crit at 15 with an average of 5.5 and 3.5 damage increases from the dies).
Great video! My current build is basically the same. But I feel like there are a few tweaks you could do to make this even better. If you are going to be wearing the Amulet of Greater Health there is no point in taking the war-caster feat. You can't get advantage on constitution saving throws twice, and I don't think the opportunity spell feature alone is worth a whole feat/ASI when you only get 2 here. Maybe if we had booming blade or green flame blade, but you shouldn't be in melee range super often with this character if you can help it. You can also take out points from constitution and put it into another ability. This also frees you up to take another ASI increase, Alert, lucky, or mobile feats.
For anyone else looking to make this build some other good items to look for are:
Gloves of Spell Might - Gives you +1d8 spell damage per attack for a -5 attack penalty. Basically the sharpshooter feat for spells. Just another way to add about 4-5 extra damage per Eldritch blast
The Spellsparkler - Rare Quaterstaff that gives you 2 lightning charges when you hit with a spell/cantrip. Adds lightning damage to each of your Eldridtch blasts after the first one.
The Dead Shot - Bow that increases crit range by 1 even for Eldritch blast so you can crit on a 19.
Just an important distinction to make in regards to the Defence +1 ac from fighter, wearing robes doesnt matter if you wear a pair of gloves or a helm or boots that is either light or medium. just any of those slots. i swapped to a medium helm and my ac bonus details immediately included itself.
Would this counter the draconic resilience because it says u cant wear armor
@@j.w.7608 yes so ignore my comment lol, didnt realize that
Colby over at D4 is very good at designing builds, isn't he?
I believe he called it the "The Ultimate Blaster". But in a comment under his video i dubbed it the "Eldritch Machine Gun" (I probably wasn't the only one).
For those wondering the key bits are:
8 / 14 / 16(1) / 10 / 12 / 17(2)
1 - Fighter 1 (martial ability: all armor, defense +1, con saves)
2 - Warlock 1 (fiend or fey, Colby liked Fey, but I actually prefer Fiend for temp hp & hellish rebuke gets you a solid very reaction option, _get_ eldritch blast invocation and the hex spell)
3 - Warlock 2 (eldritch invocations: agonizing & knockback for eldritch blast)
4 - Fighter 2 (action surge, you could also do 2 levels of fighter, then 2 of warlock, pretty similar result. but start with fighter, and get 2 of each in your first 4 levels)
X - Hag's hair (Charisma bonus +1)
5 - Sorcerer 1 (draconic, a couple good options but bronze does get you use for lightning charges, being 5th level you now get 2 eldritch blasts)
6 - Sorcerer 2 (metamagic: twin & extended)
7-12 - Sorcerer 3-8 (metamagic: quickened, first ASI: +2 to charisma for 20, many options for your second ASI/feat at lvl 12, which is sorc 8)
Spells to taste, lean into aoe and utility though, eldritch blast is your 1-2 target cannon.
Gear, anything which can add damage to every cantrip attack will be absolutely phenomenal, even +1 or 2 dmg. It'll multiply a lot per turn.
You'll start to feel the power of the dark side at lvl 5 when you your eldritch blasts become 2 beams. You'll be a full Sith lord at level 7 when you get quickened as well, to use EB attacks on bonus actions. Before 5th level, it's nothing to write home about.
Does feel like this was just straight up taken from d4.
Yeah, d4 was probably the first person in history to realize sorc points and action surge can help other spells...
@@MoxHalite but he did just recently put out a UA-cam video explaining exactly this and it was a massive success in terms of views. Not a massive leap really
Just want to point our your stat distribution is impossible. You'll have to have two stats at 8 for that build or one at 8 and two at 9 which does nothing. I'm guessing you forgot later points take 2 points to level and not just 1. At best you can do 8 / 14 / 16(1) / 8 (or 10) / 10 (or 8) / 17(2)
@@Illustria Interesting. I was using an online point buy calculator (unofficial) for bg3, but I double checked with a different online point buy calculator (for tabletop) and you seem to be right on that one. Later tonight I'll try in-game in BG3, to confirm, but I think you're right. Assuming you're right, i'd go 8/14/16/8/10/17.
17 cha gets to 20 cha quickly with hag hair, 14 dex is nice with medium armor, 16 con is as good as it gets for starting con saves as a second-priority stat, and with 2 points left, wisdom is the obvious spot for saves. Functionally, it's very similar, just a difference of 1 bonus each on Int and Wis saves, and no other effect on the build.
But I'll double check in-game (I suspect the bg3 point buy calculator I was using is bugged, i've noticed a few bugs elsewhere in the builder as well).
Yes, always take sorcerer for constitution proficency in saving throws. Also, your warlock Sub class you pick "The Old One", Fear on Crit. This is extremly strong. But only with the right items. You want to equip "Knife of the Undermountain King" in your main hand. Now this short sword reduce your critical strike range AND reroll 1 and 2s, on all attacks. It works with your bow attack, handcross bow builds and with your cantrip or spell attacks. You now score a critical strike on 19-20. Now, add in Covert cowl or Dark Justicar helmet and you will most of the time have a critical strike rating of 18-20. Now to further this, we add a Ring Called "Risky RIng", which you purchase early act 2. This ring provides ALL your attack rolls, Melee, Ranged and spell attack rolls to give you advantage (Overpowered on Thief/Ranger/Warlock Handcross bow build as you have sneak attack always), The second ring in my humble opinoin can be most but RIng of Arcane Synergy is potent as you gain 2 arcane surges every time you deal damage with a cantrip. Since Eldritch blast hits multiple times, this quickly adds up and is important to ensure our To Hit is strong. For Gloves I recommend Gloves of Dexterity from Act 1. 18 dex and a +1 to ALL attack rolls. (This also means you can stat dump your dexterity to 8 when respeccing since these gloves gives you 18). As a feat you need Warcaster since "Risky RIng" gives you disadvantage on all saving throws. And to main tain your concentration saves you have warcaster to nullify this effect, plus due to gloves of dexterity you have 16 constitution. Obviously later in the game you have other stats but this is for act 2 once you aqquire this robe and items you have up until now.
As for Eldritch invocations. Do not neglect Devils Sight as this let you see through darkness. Basically you can throw a darkness spell under your feet and sit inside it and attack freely. not to mention this adds also superior dark vision to you, meaning you have dark vision up to 24m. So Devils Sight plus Agonizing blast is stronger.
This is why I love RPGs like this, the insane amount of creativity left up to the player regarding their character.
7:08 i would still go with Misty Step. Having 2 sources for it is much better :) Most spells that you can learn at that level require concentration anyways, so you rarely, if ever, use them.
12:02 I'd rather go with Quickspell Gloves or at least consider them as great contender. They also only work once per short rest, but unlike Gemini Gloves, they provide an additional full cast of eldritch blast as bonus action in your 2nd turn (assuming you use Haste as Bonus Action in your 1st turn). Gemini Gloves also only work once per short rest afaik and they only give you 1 additional beam, not an entire cast with 3 beams.
Edit: You can also cast Haste as an Action and use Quickspell Gloves in your 1st turn to get the 2nd eldritch blast without using any Sorcery Points. This way you can keep up your SP much longer and eventually even use it to refill some Spell Slots if needed.
And i think the best option for your cloak (that i found so far at least) is Cloak of the Weave, which gives a +1 bonus to Spell Save DC and Spell Attack Rolls. It can be bought from Helsik at the Devil's Fee :)
11:00 IIRC, the Potent Robe is a quest-reward from that female Tiefling bard you first encounter at the grove (can't recall her name ATM). You need to speak with her at Last Light, then rescue the Tieflings from Moonrise Tower prison, then speak with her again - she's sitting on a bar-stool in the main room, very near to where Jaheira stands. Not sure if you get it no matter what, but you *might* have to rescue the Tieflings without a single one of them getting killed during the escape. Not 100% sure on that. EDIT: Her friend Lakrissa needs to survive the rescue - otherwise you won't get the Potent Robe. On my second play-through, I saved everyone and got a ton of items from her for it, including the Potent Robe.
The way I rescued them was to whittle down the enemy presence in the prison before starting the escape. Do this "Hitman"-style (look for enemies who aren't in view of other enemies and kill them first). Probably best to start with the Scrying Eyes found in the area. Take everyone down one by one and make sure to kill the Warden once there's no more enemies in her vicinity to support her. She's got one of the best amulets in the game and lots of other loot in her office and "attic". Once all guards are dead, you might as well go to the warden's office and simply open all the cells to start the escape (small levers on the wall behind her desk). The prisoners will run out and exit the prison towards the docks. Probably best to also clear the docks of all enemies before you release the prisoners. These friendlies don't have a lot of hitpoints and will go down very quickly if you let the enemies target/attack them.
Protection for the fighter level works if you are an elf because you get proficiency with shields and they do not count as armor, and you can still use staffs as 1 handed, so you get an okay reaction skill for free to actually make use of that
You don't need to be an elf because being a Fighter already makes you proficient in Shields.
This is what we need. More companion builds that wont mess up their story mechanics
2 Warlock/4 thief Rogue/6 Sorc lets you use that extra bonus action for a second quickened EB, while also giving you access to cunning disengage if needed and an extra feat to work with to boot, spell sniper is a solid candidate for this extra feat with so many attack rolls. Also the expertise is nothing to sneeze at. Since you’ll have 16 dex anyway, this can open a party slot when you can be both the face and the lock picker/pickpocket. Gloves from Circus lady are also a good option, basically gives GWF/Sharpshooter to spell attacks for +3d8 vs +1d10+5 (6 if Mirror), I’ll take the extra damage that can get added to critical hits. Add Bloodlust elixir, and you can guarantee an extra action every turn too.
Elixir of Bloodlust give an extra action if you kill something on your turn and lasts until long rest. That procs almost all the time for 3 more attacks. They are pretty rare but so good. There's tadpole stuff too. Is fighter really what you want for one action per fight? Thief would give you an extra bonus action, every round for 3 levels of course so only Sorcerer 7. You can also twin Haste to help out someone else.
I prefer 2 bard lvl (Song of Rest and Jack of All Trades as talking character) before fighter.
@@michaelamichaelova8860 sounds suboptimal and weakening
@@CreativeUsernameEh fighter: 1 action per 1 short rest, 2 short rest per day ... but bard give you 1 extra short rest (more party members profit) and emergency twined healing word, if things go bad + better talking stuff because why not use charisma character, that 30+ rolls are not a problem anymore
The thing is most fights dont even last 2 turns if you're playing a minmaxed party comp / the second turn is just cleaning up mobs that pose no threat at all, so you just auto attack them or cantrip them to death.
The first turn is really crucial. Action surge is incredibly powerful, not to mention it only costs 2 levels instead of thief 3.
I would see a bigger argument to be made in dropping fighter alltogether and going warlock 3 sorc 9 to get access to level 5 spells and convert your warlock spell slots to level 2. That actually sounds incredibly good too, but again, an extra action + heavy armor proficiency for the early game both sound amazing as well. Hard to judge which is best - if you're leaning 100% into eldritch blast then the fighter version is definitely better at that, the warlock 3 sorc 9 version is more flexible I suppose.
On the draconic bloodline, if you use the spellsparkler then either blue or bronze is the best as the lightning dmg from lightning charge will trigger the extra dmg from the bloodline passive at sorc 6
no one is gonna be using those
@@shazam2323i use it and do like 300 damage in 1 turn lmao, it's amazing
i do 4-500 without using any of the sparkler gear so sounds like it's holding u back@@charlesdovideo
Makoheshki staff does the same thing. One of the until long rest buffs it gives you gives you resistance to lightning, increased damage with lightning spells, and lightning charges in spell hit. It's literally the same as the sparkler but better.
@@cartouchator Care to explain how it being better helps in act 1 and 2?
For gloves as well, I would use the ones you get from the Necromancer chick in the Circus for finding all of the Clown body parts scattered throughout Act 3. You take a -5 penalty to hit, but deal an additional 1d8 (force?) damage on hit. Suuuuuuuuper strong addition to this build.
You want the ring that gives + 1d4 to ALL CHECKS while shapeshifted. Cast put the ring on after long rest, cast disguise self to get the buff, swap to the light rings you mentioned in the video, the damage is far higher. Also, have you considered the dual-wielding feat? dual wield staves for extra shenanigans.
staves are two handed weapons, you can't dual wield them
@@Guille2033 You can.
@Guille2033 staves are versatile meaning you can 2hand it for a little extra damage or use it one handed with a shield or another weapon if you have the dual wield feat
You can get 6 Smites off with one turn if you do a 5/2/5 Paladin/Fighter/Warlock multiclass. Get haste from an outside source and that becomes 9 smites.
If you do this with the great old one, mortal reminder triggers on almost every round leaving most of your opponents feared
I wonder if 3 levels in Rogue for the extra Thief bonus action would be better than action surge if you really wanted to focus on Eldritch Blast. You'd burn through sorcery points quicker, but you wouldn't be restricted to one extra action per short rest.
You need 3 sorcery points to use EB as a bonus action which you get from the 3 lvls in sorc, so you'll need 6 SP to use both BA.
Obviously, you can only use action surge once per short rest so its kind of 50/50 on which is better.
Honestly i'd personally do 1st sorc > 2nd-4th lock > 5th-10th sorc > 11th-12th fighter. Or if you want the action surge earlier replace any 2 levels of sorc 5th-10th with 2 levels fighter. **Starting fighter is overrated for ranged caster builds so I would never do that.** Prof in STR/CON is not very good if you plan on dumping STR. Sorc has the optimal starting saving throws (cha/con) so it is usually the best starting class for ranged CHA multi-class builds no matter what. Action surge is fun, but higher level spells are better most of the time, so saving fighter for last is what I'd do. But it is fun to use action surge, so I can understand how that can trump having more spell slots and higher level spells sometimes for players. Stat spread using pt buy would be best spent towards maxing out CHA/CON and putting remainder in DEX. **Dump the rest.** Why Dex? You need to be going earlier in initiative if you're planning to control the battle field with forced movement. It will offer you more AC. As a ranged caster, your only fear should be dex saving throws, and staying clear of any physical interaction. Create a space with repelling blast and stay out of any thing else's range, use misty step and the shield spell if you have to. Your fear should be dex saves though because they cover the most area, have the most range, and are the most common saving throw. So dex is important.
The best subclasses for this build aren't available yet, but in table top it would be divine soul, clockwork soul or shadow magic for sorc. Draconic bloodline is a decent choice at the moment though. Hexblade warlock would be the best lock for this build by far, hopefully they add that one day.
Also with the staff the ability it gives, gives resistance to whatever element you choose + you get two spells depending on what element you choose. Fire is a free cast (no spell slots) of Fireball & Wall of Fire. Lightning is Chain Lightning and Lightning Bolt. Just a heads up if for any reason you'd want some free cast spells.
You can change which element you are attuned to on a short rest.
I'd drop the shield and put The Spellsparkler in your off hand. You would have to use a feat for dual wielder but if you use that and take lightning draconic bloodline for sorc, you add your modifier to every extra bit of damage from the lightning charges you get, which will be every time you use eldritch blast. I'm not sure if you get the prof bonus from Kereskas favor added to all lighting damage but you can equip the elemental augmentation necklace and add you charisma mod to the damage of your lightning charges also. Also I'd use the spellmight gloves. It basically gives you the same bonus as great weapon master except for spells and its 1d8 instead of a flat +10. -5 to attack rolls might seem like a lot but late game you can easily offset it. Plus I'm pretty sure the extra damage from the gloves also gets your charisma modifier added to it because of potent robes. Rings aren't too important. If you want to squeeze every drop of damage you can out of your attacks then you can use the callous glow and coruscation rings to add some radiant damage and apply radiating orb. Just cast the light cantrip on your weapon so you are always making use of them.
Since the guide doesnt tell you where to get the potent robe, its a reward from Alfira for saving the tieflings quest. If you are dark urge you will be killing her as part of a cutscene but you can avoid that by knocking her out before triggering the cutscene.
Do you get this at the grove or the party? I saved the tieflings and we had the party and they moved on and Alfira was at my camp composing a song but i don't remember gettingthis robe. do you get it later?
@@Flintlockon theres a few prerequisites. Her being alive is the bigger one. You should google to see if you met them.
@@nmtarav Ah yes. I googled it and it is from Alfira from the "save the tieflings" quest in Act 2 last light inn and not Act 1 which was "save the refugee's". I went through the underdark but will def get it now. Thanks!
You could have a better character for leveling. Start sorcerer for the con save proficiency and unarmored ac, then either immediately take two levels of warlock for eldritch blast, or arguably better, go to sorcerer 5 first and then do the warlock dip, then skip the fighter dip and go all sorcerer for maximum sorcery points and spells of the highest level possible. This really comes online at level 7, much better than level 9 in a game that only goes to 12. No, you can't do four spells in one turn but you can do two per turn one more time than you could do as shown in the video, and you can make one of them a higher level spell, like wall of fire at level 9 instead of level 11. Plus you get fifth level spells, which are sometimes awesome.
should look into 5warlock and 7fighter(eldritch knight) level 7 ability war caster you get from EK7 is you get to melee attack after each cast of a cantrip, so you can really pump out a stupid amount of dmg just from cantrips and melee attacks. PLUS, the extra attack from warlock 5 from blade pact, stacks with the extra attack you get from fighter...so you can pump out a SHIT TON of dmg. 3x3 eldritch blasts and 3 melee attacks, plus you wield heavy armor and a shield AND, your melee attacks do a ton of dmg based off your charisma so you can max out your con and if you wanna use medium you can max out your dex as well, with the hag +1 And your first feat of +2 to charisma, you can use your 2nd and 3rd feats for medium armor master which gives you another dex while wearing medium armor, and you can get the armor proficiency from fighter for +2 ac, plus you can sneak around without malus from medium armor which is a nice bonus. you can also get spell sniper, with how many eldritch blasts you'll be using, the +1 crit range will have a LOT more opportunities to go off.
if you don't want the extra attack and invocation and feat from level 5 warlock. you can go 2bard(you need 3warlock from the blade pact)...but 2 bard gives you the song of short rest and since your warlock spells and action surge resets from short rests...it gives you extra hellish rebukes and another action surge and more bard spells.
Warlock and fighter are the 2 best classes to multiclass into/with.
you can even do a 3rogue/5warlock/4fighter for the extra bonus action. use mage armor from warlock invocation, super stack dex and charisma for the extra ac from dex. you can dual wield, both weapons using your charisma to attack, plus action surge, and you can get the ability point increase plus hag point to get dex and cha to 18 each. you get the dual weapon style from fighter and action surge, tho you loose out on the extra attack, but you make that up mostly from the bonus action you get from rogue. if you don't need the feat from fighter or the sublcass, you can go 1 monk and 1 barb, max out your dex/con so you can use a different invocation instead of mage armor, get the same ac with the unarmored bonus from barb for con to ac and you can use the thief bonus action to do a double unarmed strike, you can use both actions to get 4 unarmed strike plus your main weapon, and then with action surge another main weapon attack again, or 2 eldritch blasts and 4 unarmed strikes or 2 offhand strikes(with dual fighter style you get cha to your offhand attack so it hits like your mainhand but using a bonus action instead) so you can get an eldritch blast and 2 attacks each turn without doing anything. plus with rage, you can always do a full melee round with all the extra dmg from rage, with 4 unarmed strikes plus 2 main attacks and then the extra attack from warlock 5.
warlock/barb/monk work well together since they want to all be unarmored, fighter is just stupid good for multiclassing so even a 2warlock 1monk/1barb/3rogue/5fighter could work pretty well, depending on some decision making. tho you could drop warlock and do a 7fighter as well with battlemaster and have a ton of incombat melee options and attacks at your disposal.
the combo of 3rogue for the bonus action and monk using ki on bonus action and barb for ac and rage for all the attacks you'll be making in one round and 2 higher for action surge, is a very potent 6level combo that you can build upon/expand on in a LOT of different ways that are very strong. you can even just go 7monk from there or just go straight 8fighter which is VERY strong all on it's own. I would argue higher is probably the best straight 1-12 class in the game. which is why it's so strong for multiclassing because it's powerful at almost every level so if you just want 2 for surge or 3 for sublcass or 4 for feat or 5 for extra attack or 6 for another extra feat...it's perfect for whatever you're needing to piece together into your multiclass build but by going 6, you get that extra feat you usually lose from multiclassing and by going 8 fighter, you pick up that extra attack you're losing by multiclassing...it's almost like...at every level of fighter you're like...well i could just get one more level of fighter...
every class in the game is heavily front loaded but both warlock and fighter really make you wanna keep going instead of multiclassing so the juice has really gotta be worth the squeeze. but even 2warlock/2fighter is already stupid for the heavy armor/extra eldritch blast combo as well. and 8 levels of almost anything else can work really well with that.
the multiclass option in BG3 are fucking ENDLESS! I love it so much
The fact that the upgrade path layout is VASTLY different on console makes these videos a nightmare.
Dude frfr
If you'd like to look into somewhat of a meme-build...the tavern brawler salami machinegun is a thing...
throwing damage is broken atm and it adds gravity damage too.
if you build it right you can get around 55 dmg per salami with 9 attacks in one round, adding up to almost 500 dried meaty damage. (before gravity damage)
it needs a lot of buffs and pots to make it work to it's absolute fullest potential but it is legit the funniest thing ever even when you dont minmax the shit out of it.
just obliterate a single target in 1 round by throwing a bunch of salamis at them...that's peak gaming right there if you ask me.
Take Devil's Sight instead Repelling Blast, cast darkness , stay inside, now u can solo destroy all enemy - no one can shoot the cloud of darkness, npc don't go inside. If you take a Drow, you will get darkness as a race bonus on 5 lvl.
Yeah I don't understand why everyone says to take repelling blast. I don't always want to push enemies back, and you don't get to choose with RB. Knocking enemies into chasms is fun and all, but you lose loot. Devil's Sight or the one that gives you Speak With Animals at will are straight up better IMO.
@@Skaftholu because darkness is a concentration spell, which means you are sacrificing the extra turn from haste to use it, which makes no sense if you are trying to maximize damage.
@@twizaa You do realize other characters can cast Darkness right? Like, Shadowheart, Gale, and many enemies? Also, your answer still doesn't explain why repelling blast is so popular, not did you address the Speak With Animals invocation, which I personally think is way better than repelling blast because it allows access to a lot of different ways to do things.
I use this same build except for using Warcaster! I use Dual Wield Feat instead and dual wield 2 Staffs! I currently have 22 AC and 22 CHA! Lvl 12 i take +2 to CHA! (I use +1 CHA from Hag Hair & +2 CHA Helmet "Birthright" from Sorcery Sundry!
Not a big fan of fighter in this build, sure action surge works but that's about it. You could go rogue 3 for thief and be able to burn 6 metamagic points a turn with quicken spell too, but it's also kinda meh. I'd just go 10 levels into sorcerer for more metamagic points and spell slots.
But most importantly... you are not using any lightning charge equipment... you REALLY should. Even spell spark when you have charges make EACH HIT from eldritch blast trigger the charge, it's insane extra damage, plus each charge also procs hex, for a double dip, and it also procs agonizing blast too.
I don't even know if it's a bug or not, but having lightning charges make eldritch blast hits like a truck more than anything else.
i dipped into Tempest Cleric rather than fighter for Destructive Wrath and Wrath of the Storm along with the gear that gets you lightning charges.
Great walkthrough of the build. You are very thorough. Thanks so much. This is my next build to attempt.
Also, not sure if maybe my play-through is glitched or I have something on without realizing it:
But for the radiating orb ring; you honestly don't need to ever cast light on yourself. From testing it around with my friends, you just have to be in a light source?? Or really attack them with magic, and that tends to give enough light. Cause when I've been playing, every time I attack creatures; it automatically gives them radiating orb.
There's also a hat called "Hat of Fire Acuity" in the shadow-cursed lands that gives you arcane acuity every time you deal fire damage. Arcane acuity gives you +1[or +2] to your spell save dc and spell attack for every round it's still up [max of 7 I believe, like with the ring]. The amount of bosses I've slowed so far is hilarious. It's honestly really good, especially if you have scorching ray and fireball.
The Potent Robe is from Alfira. You have to rescue Lakrissah from Moonrise Towers to get it.
Is there any alternatives to the potent robe? our dark urge player killed alfira way back in act 1 :(
another version of this build if you can afford to lose 1 feat/ASI (since you got the hag hair) is:
sorc 7, great old one warlock 2 and thief 3
we get one less feat here but replace action surge with fast hands. this means that extra eldritch blast can now be done every turn by doing quickened eldritch blast. it'll cost you more sorc points/spell slots but now gives you a more sustainable extra EB. great old one with mortal reminder makes it the better EB-user among the warlocks.
The interesting twist here is if you start rogue, you have a "charisma rogue" witch is basically the best setup in the game to succeed at every check outside of the game, have a bard in your party and pick up the friends cantrip for max out of combat utility.
@@NorNamor you dont need a bard for friends. sorcs get access to friends. basically any cha + dex based build will do well with the whole content. i'm currently playing a draconic (blue) 6, tempest 2 with dex as a his 2nd highest stat with lots of +stealth items (essentially a stealth lightning nuker) and i'm clearing everything the game has to offer both in and out of combat on solo tactician.
wet is such a powerful condition in this game which is something not in 5e. will probably finish up with 4 more levels in cleric for a 6/6 split then move on to another build/run.
@@TheRobversion1 How are you handling the big fights that ambush you?
@@XaadeTheBlade while i typically walk around stealthed, when i'm the one that gets ambushed/mobbed after convo, i pull out the old reliable darkness + devil sight combo. then i go to machine gunning them.
another option in case there's safe places i can misty step to, is i just misty step, cast haste then proceed to machine gunning the closest ones 1st.
if you use the necklace of elemental augmentation and the spellsparkler you get in act 1, you can get even more damage lol
I want to make this built with sleep based spells. Call it Snorlock
Advantage on Constitution saves includes concentration. It is redundant with warcaster. I don't know if that's intended but that's how it is in BG3. Proficiency in Constitution save also applies concentration so often times its better to get the resilient trait and put the point in constitution to get a proficiency bonus to concentration instead of advantage at lower numbers.
dude did you read my mind, i was just googling warlock multiclass builds and just got that chest piece for wyll, then I find your vid that was uploaded an hour ago, i know im subbed but still lmao. also i just realized im about to have 3 party members that have sorc multiclass lmao shits too good
ALSO you get the chest piece from saving tieflings in the tower
i wouldnt start with warlock, but with fighter or sorcerer. probably sorcerer for the lower levels or fighter if you are okay wth not doing anything on level one. why? bc of constitution saving throw proficiency. especially if you want to protect hex or any other effect you have going on while you are shooting your eldritch blasts. especially when using haste, you do not want to skip a round immediatleyy after casting haste
Level 1 lasts for the toutorial + 1 fight.. even on tactician its over before its even started.. so yet another reason why just starting fighter is the go to. Fighter 1 -> Lock 2 -> Fighter 2 -> rest sorc.
I think i would rather go 10 Sorc instead of getting Action Surge with those levels.
You get access to 2 5th level spells that way - which can include Cloudkill, Telekinesis, Cone of Cold, and even Dominate Person.
Using Telekinesis to throw enemies around the battlefield with my mind just sounds fun.
If you freed the pixie in act 2 and have the blessing active, when you attack it applies the radiant orb on enemies. No need to cast light on yourself if this is active! Enjoy!
Hmmm...I would only make a couple tweaks: For Fighting Style, since you want to be wielding the Staff of Spellpower or Markoheskir, you have a free hand for a shield. May as well be using one, and if you are the Protection fighting style imposes disadvantage on those trying to attack nearby allies. May as well make the rest of your group a lot harder to hit than do nothing with your fighting style.
I also don't like Repelling Blast. Too many times will you knock an enemy somewhere you can't loot them, or away from your tanks. I choose something else. You can also give Wyll the Staff of Spellpower, which is basically Markoheskir-Lite. You still get Arcane Battery, and can give Markoheskir to Gale.
And that stuff about lightning charges people are mentioning... No, I don't think it is worth it. First, you have to hit with an attack, so your first attack doesn't gain any damage, and you need 5 charges to start dealing an additional 1d8. Yeah, with multiple attacks you can build and use charges decently quickly, but why not just drop a fireball with Red or Gold draconic ancestry and just have the bonus?
its probably wise to start fighter for the con save/heavy armor in the early game, then respec to this version once you collect some of those high-tier items. This is the build i'm currently playing and its pretty incredible. between this and my shadowheart respecced to tempest cleric/storm sorcerer...mobs melt fast and in large numbers
is there a build video for shadowheart tempest cleric/storm
@@jeezze07 Just follow any build for this on youtube and apply it to shadowheart
a better staff would be the spell sparkler it gives you 2 lightning charges every time your cantrip does damage so your adding an extra 1-7 lightning damage and theres some other items that stack lightning charges aswell lik the speedlight feet boots that give 3 charges whenever you dash so your getting essentially 2 full lightning charges off on 1 cantrip
If you dont pick eldritch blast as one of your warlock cantrips, you can pick it with spell sniper instead to expand the crit range on all those blasts, and if you pick the great old one patron, then you'll be constantly freezing everyone in fear with those crits (assuming they arent just all dead)
If you don't pick Eldritch Blast as a warlock cantrip then you have made an objectively bad choice. That's the crux of the entire class. I cannot fathom why you would do that.
@@Skaftholu I'm not saying don't take eldritch blast, i'm saying don't pick it as one of your warlock cantrips. If you use spell sniper to pick it up instead you can have a better eldritch blast with an increased crit range, which is great since you can get so many blasts and it's so easy to get advantage
@@amaknita Spell sniper applies to all your spells, there is no reason to do that. It's better to pick a different cantrip that you don't otherwise have access to as a Warlock.
Nice! I’ve been using this build with Wyll, minus the two points in Fighter.
You should do a video on the thief 4/barb6/fighter2 build next, or in my opinion the Conan build 😝 it’s so OP my barb has 151 HP, 5 attacks w/o haste or action surge yet, and a base 50 damage w/o crit. With crit you’re dealing consistent 100-200 damage per turn on a single target without needing to long rest or potions. Of course getting Balduran’s giant slayer is very important too.
My stats are: str 24 (ability improvement, permanent potion, auntie, and mirror), dex 16, con 23(amulet), int 9, wis 10, cha 10.
Feats I took were GWM and ability improvement. If you run berserker barb you get more attacks per turn, if you run Bear wild heart you get more health (got this from another commenter) either one is goood.
How did your level prgression go?
@@lorddarkflareI went barb until lvl 5, then rogue until lvl 9. Then one more into barb, and last two lvls in fighter. At that point adding fighter was just extra. The action surge and weapon skill was the Cherry on top.
For the eldrich invocations you are better to take devil's sight and get darkness that way you can just cast from darkness and no one will be able to kill you
So i just started eldritch blasting...
If you take a 1 lvl dip in War Domain Cleric you also get 2 more attack actions per short rest and access to divine favor which gives your attacks an additional 1d4 radiant for your concentration if the situation calls for it.
“Most important is this robe that I have no idea where I got it” lol
I see you saw D4 as well. Thus is his go to sorlock build for many years. 1 fight, 2 lock, 1 fight, rest sorc. The firstb4 are flexible in order but I prefer taking fighter first so u have hvy armor until you get the pieces you need and you have it anyways.
It doesn't matter if it is fighter or sorcerer, but don't start with warlock. Con save proficiency is important for concentration checks
D4's builds are so sick, and inspired me to make some based off of his builds too
Watching the D4 video a few weeks ago for This build is what helped me Choose it for my first playthrough. I am lvl 6 just made my adamantine armor n fought Grym.. this game is So Much Fun.
@xandroy1273 it does matter fighter start also give heavy armor
Also he 100% saw d4s vid and then created his machine gun ...lol
I have both the rings and thought they would be awesome in combo with each other.
I am glad to see that even green items in the right situation beat out epic and legendary items.
AND that I wasn't crazy to still have them equipped on Wyll after I got to the city.
Pro tip: Go Old One for frighten chance - you get temp hp from the robe. Use Spineshudder Amulet for extra thunder damage/prone chance. Use risky ring for more crit chance. Use Rhapsody foor more to hit chance/dmg. Use Spellmight Gloves for up to 3d8 more dmg. Go 2 Old One/6 Draconic Sorc/4 Champion (for more crits, action surge and feat). You can even use Boots of Stormy Clamour for even more thunder damage/prone chance. Stats: 8 STR/16 DEX/14 CON/8 INT/10 WIS/17 CHA. GL!
I didnt see it taken so I’ll say that Spell Sniper is amazing with a blaster build. It lets you crit on a 19, so double crit chance.
Pair this with the Ancient Old One patron and when you crit you terrify the enemies as well. And with that many attacks and 10% crit chance you’ll be looking at a crit every turn or two
Theirs a bow that also gives a crit bonus it works with blasts
As crit items stack, you could also add: Elixir of Viciousness, Shadeslayer Cloak, The Deadshot Bow, and one of these daggers: Knife of the Undermountain King or Bloodthirst.
Potent Robe is the reward from the hiden quest of Alfira, which basically is help her with any worry she has in every act. (Finish her song, save her lover and sooth her anxiety).
Nah, all you have to do is rescue the Tieflings in Act 2. I didn't even interact with Alfira at all until that point on my second playthrough when I got the robe.
Can you still get the robe as dark urge? I mean you know what happens with alfira when playing dark urge...
@@jakubnocun2858 no.
@@jakubnocun2858 yes you can, when she comes to your camp you can go back to the grove and knock her out. This way * you know what * wont happen.
@@Neonmirrorblackbut that auest is given by alfira tho?
It looks like you did something very clever to a significant element in this video. I applaud you for this consideration.
Armor of Agathys wont stack with Dark One's Blessing.
Temp hit points only can come from one source at a time.
• Quickn spell counts as bonus action.
• Thief, grants an extra bonus action.
So on your first turn you cast Haste, then quicken Eldritch Blast, then again. That should work, right?
This build is d4 d&d deep dives build. He made a video on it like days before the game came out.
not going sorc or fighter at lvl 1 keeps you from getting the constitution saving throw proficiency, usually take this spec fighter @1, warlock @2, warlock @3, fighter @4, Sorc @5, 6, 7,...12 all rest into Sorc
You can equip a second staff from House of Hope instead of a shield. It takes a two-handed trait and it'll do more damage for you.
I personally would just go 6 sorc 6 warlock, seems more consistent than a 2 level dip for a single action surge per short rest. You could get an extra eldritch invocation (like more proficiencies or learning bestow curse/slow) and the -2 levels of sorc mans you lose out on 4th level spells but if youre just gonna be spamming eldritch blasts I'd say its worth it
As a DND/BG(3) noob on his first playthrough, just looking for cool things. What would a 6/6 build get you, as opposed to his suggested 2/2/8? - And why not 4 warlock, 8 sorc if skipping fighter? Won't that give 3 feats?
@@DOLamba 6warlock 6 sorc would give you an extra eldritch invocation. 4 warlock 8sorc would give you one more feat, more sorc points for quickened meta magic, and access to 4th lvl spells.
I think overall 4warlock8sorcerer would be stronger as you can use more quickened spells.
@@iamcursed1128 that probably would work better, I just can't get rid of my advantage on persuasion and deception!!!
This is just a thought and maybe I miss heard something but since you got pretty much everything you need at lvl 9. Why not put the last 3 lvls in rogue to got thief subclass getting another bonus action allowing another class since you already got the ability from sorcerer that allows your to use bonus actions for spell activations.
for me, i build 2 Warlock 3 Fighter(Champion, for the crit buff) 7 Sorc. with Dagger of undermountainking and Orin dagger for another -2 crit chance roll. then i choose the Spellsniper feat for another -1 crit chance roll. and for the gloves i go for spellmight glove from the circus that add another 1d8 dmg/blast. to cover the weakness i have cleric bless and support sorcerer caster to cast twined haste to me and laezel as frontliner. that Crit Blaster build hits hard mate
you can use sarevok helmet for another crit roll buff but i go for the +2 charisma hat for easier ability check and another +2 charisma😂
if you want to boost your armor more the camp caster trick would work i.e before leaving camp add gale to your party and have him cast mage armor on player them swap him for another person. because he stays in camp it cant be intirupted and stays on tell long rest
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the one thing I would caution/is super annoying with this build: warlock spells and sorcerer spells conflict on your hotbar, so it keeps trying to "fix" or "adjust" your hotbar every. single. time. you. reload. Before people go "well in setting you can change..." no. you can't. it stops items and ammunition being added. but when you have warlock spells that are the same slot as your sorcerer spells, it just takes it upon itself to remove the warlock spells and move sorcerer spells around on its own. The only way I can think of to get around it (not tested), is to have identical spells for whatever level your warlock spell slots end at.
I did get the radiant ring combo, and the legendary staff which has electric charges on it, and the potent robe. Its absolutely wicked. As good as hex is though I use haste instead.
For those looking for the Potent Robe. It is a reward given to you by Alfira, the Bard tiefling girl from Emerald Grove. It is a reward for the "Rescue the tieflings" quest in Act 2 from moonrise. Talk to her in the Last Light Bar and once you freed the tieflings and gnomes, talk to her again. She will give you the robe. Naturally this means that you will need to have saved the grove and make sure Alfira is alive.
Quickspell gloves can only be used once per short rest btw. I think there’s better glove choices out there but can’t remember the which ones I used.
Given the fact that you can use both bonus action and normal action to cast, I would much rather get Rogue Thief subclass instead of Warrior to always have an extra bonus action
That’s what I been saying. Their bonus action is too good to pass up. Hell getfing fighter is also good to combine cause they get that extra action also, and once you get 2 attacks that’s really 4 attacks and 2 bonus actions.
The problem with that is you burn through sorcery points WAY faster that way. Costs 6 SP to cast two EB as bonus actions. The fighter dip allows you to conserve resources more efficiently at the cost of 5th level spells.
The point in taking fighter first with this build is not only for the heavy armor, but also so that your character has proficiency in constitution saving throws to help maintain hex if you take a hit.
sorcs have prof in con and cha. Both will be your primaries for this build, I'd say sorc would be the play over fighter and warlock for 1st level.
@@MilkBeard555 Sorc first works if you play a race that is proficient in shields. Otherwise you kinda need fighter first, but it all comes down to what the player is looking for.
@@maliticus7474 You don't have to start as fighter to have shield prof, you can dip it at any time for it. If you value AC at low level then go straight for it- mage armor and shield (the spell) are better though. If you're dumping the STR stat, fighter 1st is a waste. I'd do fighter 1st only if paladin was included in this build.
@@MilkBeard555 you only get class proficiencies from classes at level 1, if you dip into fighter later you absolutely will not be getting shield proficiency from it
@@ljsmith197878 yea I mistook it for tabletop rules there. 5e you would. You do get limited profs and shields are included in that, in 5e. That does kind of change things... Personally I wouldn't value the shield as much as having prof in con/charisma saves from being sorc 1st. Especially when playing exclusively ranged. Although with a level cap of only 12, I guess it makes it a trade off I don't know the math for tbh. +2 AC (no idea how magical shields get in BG3) vs Prof in those con saves which nets you additional +4 to con saves at level cap of 12th... I'd take the prof bonus tbh but thats just me.
Everybody sleeping on Phalar Aluve's hidden mechanic on its shriek ability.
I just got that sword. How do you use it?
@CaptainBanananana First of all it's a longsword that is also a finesse weapon which means you can do sneak attacks with it. The shriek power surrounds you in an aura. Every damage you do also does extra thunder damage. The thunder damage rides on all other types of damages so it can stack many times. An easy example would be magic missiles, every tick gets extra damage. There are many other Interactions with it. Oh and you can also pair it with the necklace of elemental augmentation so your eldritch blasts do way more damage..
Don't take eldritch blast at level 1, instead take spell sniper and use that to learn eldrich blast to get a +5% crit bonus an extra spell slot, and you can no longer roll 1's to hit.
Sorry forgive the silly question...where does spell sniper come from?
@@Symmetryinlifeit's a feat
How does he have 3 charhes of eldrich blast is a unique thing to Will or csn i make a costum char ?
All warlocks get it at character level 10. Yes, even if you only have one level in warlock.
theirs another set of gloves that acts as an extra use of quicken i'd recomend, I'm pretty sure you can buy it, but it's pretty handy for more eldrich blasts if you don't wanna use up more sorcery points
It is part of the fun in this game to find out what works and what doesnt. These builds guides is basically the same as spoiling the story.
Thanks for the video. You always had helpful information for NMS and now this
According to another you tuber. The bonus taking fighter first is you get advantage on constitutional saving throws but did not if it was your second class. Was that a change. Having advantage on all concentration checks seems darn nice for a class that gets damage keeping hex on a target. Guess I should have added that a concentration check is con is it not? If that is true would that not make warcaster useless or less useful?
Brilliant! Precisely the build I was searching for.
if you go 3 into rouge you can take thief and get another bonus action which lets you cast EB a second time with quickened spell meta magic
That's a gain some, lose some option, like most things in mc'ing. And what's with "rouge"? A meme, or just bad spelling? I see it everywhere.
You are losing spell slots from not putting those three into sorc, also you lose out on the higher level sorc spells for utility. So yeah you get to use bonus actions for more EB's but you lose more on the high end.
@@Desertmaverick sure, but if you are going raw EB, its just an option for more, is this build as good as going into just a million fireballs? probably not, so the whole convo is just kinda irrelevant in the first place lol but its still fun and strong and thought id share how to get a couple more in lol
@@Demane69 bad spelling, sorry, old habits of spelling it bad still creep up on me
@@Demane69 In this case 'rouge' is a misspelling, but it's actually a nice shade of red.
Love the coverage brother. I'm glad Larian waited to release for multí classing. Gives everyone time to figure out something.
>Important piece of gear that buffs your damage even further
>I dont know where i got it
Couldve at least looked it up
this is good and all....but have you considered going into rouge instead of figher? if you are using that armor it wont matter what armor or weapon proficiencies you take and you can either go thief or assassin and have the ability to hide and hit them with surprise round, if your dex is high enough you can hit them with two rounds of damage before they even act.
Pure draconic fire sorcerer destroys everything. And if you take carefull spell and twin spell haste on yourself and your barbarian you essentially kill everything.
I would've gone with Spell Sniper instead of War Caster especially if you know you gonna get that item that increases con later on. Spell sniper lower your crit range to 19-20 which means you have a higher chance to crit on all of those crazy eldritch blasts :D
to be fair, you dont need the fighter lvls, just 2 warlock 10 sorcerer is just as good.
how are you doing 4 attacks of eldritch per attack? I can only do 2
Main action, fighter action surge, quicken spell for bonus action from sorcerer, and haste.
I wouls do a 3 level dip into rogue to do a 5th cast.
lowkey my favourite part of people finding broken BG3 builds is how it's going to seep into broken D&D builds. lezgetit.
You can find a lot of builds in the dnd 5e threads. I believe this one is called the john wick build.
Usually we just call it sorlock
If you read hex it says specifically attacks get boosted not spells
"attacks" in 5e refer to both spell attacks (things that require an attack roll like eldritch blast or scorching ray) and weapon attacks. Hex works on eldritch blast. "Weapon attack" is the phrase that refers to weapons only, no spells, such as Fighter Battlemaster superiority dice attacks, or fighting style archery, or sneak attack.
You get Potent Robes from Alfira after rescuing the Tieflings in Act 2. I do believe her name is Lakrissa(?), that you also need to keep alive.
But my dark urge character... D:
@@OminousPinapple you can knock her out before going to camp, which will trigger a different cutscene and outcome
Great video! This is going to make my playthrough way more fun.
the clothing was a reward from the bard in the druid grove. when in last light inn she will ask you to save her kind, do it and she will reward you with it
you don't even need Sorlock for it. You can do it as a straight up Sorc. Just take Spell sniper and pick Eldritch blast as your cantrip
You need 2 levels in warlock for the eldritch invocation Agonizing blast that adds your charisma modifier as dmg to your eldritch blast.
@@Aescarion27 oh crap, thats right
1 barb - con and dex contribute to ac. 2 warlock. 9 sorc. Better than getting 1 extra action per short rest imo. especially with the 23 neck. respec once you get the necklace and DUMP con.
This lets you start with 17(18 with the hair) cha and 16 dex.
+6 (con mod) with +5 (dex with 2 ability increases) = 11 + 10 = 21 ac WITHOUT a shield. 24 with a +3 shield.
This also gives you another sorc level for a 5th level slot and an additional sorc point. Draconic scales from dragon sorc doesn't seem to stack so we can't get to 27 ac. but 24 (26 if you get shadowheart to cast shield of faith on you) is still nothing to sneeze at. This version might actually be better off with storm sorc. Fly as a bonus action for a 1st level spell slot is pretty handy. Especially if you are just going to rely on EB for damage.
Further more: since those cantrip gloves are a per rest ability. You can actually just skip them for the 18 dex gloves. This gear swap will lower you ac by 1 but also free up 2 feat slots.
Yea I ran Lazael but sorta reversed as main Ek to get the cantrip intwo a swing and nuking a target with E blast then running into them with a gith sword. Running a chr based EK was quite the ride.
This was my first build. So much fun
Gemini gloves are ok but not optimal as it requires a short rest, better to use the quickspell gloves for a bonus cast so 6 hits over 4, to go even further if u want you can use the reward from the dribbles the clown quest called spellmight gloves which is like a diet greatweapon master for spells that require a target, -5 to hit +1d8 force dmg which works on each hit so thats 3-24 extra dmg if they hit
potent robe: ACT 2- reward from Alfira when you rescue someone from somewhere. Don't want to spoil anything.