I've never understood Honor build guides that have gear recommendations literally right at the end of the game considering most of Act 1 and 2 will be struggle regardless. There should be builds per act, with gear that can be obtained as soon as you enter the act and going forward recommending which quests to do in order to maximize your damage and build potential.
Sadly these channels won’t post builds like that as that would not look anywhere near as cool as all the huge crits on every attack and it would actually require them to play an honor mode save
It’s nice for showcasing the maximum potential of a build, but yea,, I agree it isn’t that helpful for the early game, especially since most of the run killers happen before you even reach the end of act 1 (for example, the paladins of Tyr, Grym, or literally any Gith fight). I guess there are other guides for that, but still
None of these builds work for early levels. There are very few builds that come online earlier than level 8 in my experience. You are better off going pure one class until level 8 or so and then start looking at respecing into one of these fancy builds.
check out limit breakers early op builds - or i cant recall - but if you take one level of light cleric and then 2 of druid (land druid) you can cheese with santaury and moon beam for a bit
Act 1 is full of high places. Just use gravity for tough fights. Act 2, just use a light cleric. Act 3 is where the fight are more difficult bc of certains legendary action. Use end game buils like the ones in the video...
Certain builds will make the game easier but I think the main thing is having a good plan for everything you do. If you don’t have that, then meta builds won’t matter.
Dude, sorlock literally deals 500 hunds dmg every turn… You literally one shot Raphael and 6 dudes first turn if you go full Rambo…if you go with a little thinking you kill everyone first round… Thrower deals little less but has 34 AC…so it’s almost the same thing
While I never loved advertising competitors in the interest of everyone's enjoyment of this wonderful game I will vouch for this Nizar fellow, he has some very nice 4 man comps that share minimal items and no essential ones Also, to help OP and anyone else reading this I will give this advice 1)Consider what your builds do the same So for example relying on crits is rly hard to maximize on two characters due to many specific items with no replacement, same for relying on the same damage type like cold or fire and same for relying on the same fighting style like unarmed or heavy two handed, as long as you avoid having two crit builds, two with the same element, two cc casters or two unarmed/ranged attackers/dual wielders/two hand attackers you will probably be fine 2)Consider what they do different that still complements each other, for example a lighting build has great synergy with a cold build as they both rely and profit off wet, a CC caster relies a lot on spreading conditions that give advantage to hit the target and even auto CRIT at times and a CRIT build like any type of paladin, bard, battle master, rogue profits off of that So different things that work well together and you usually got it!
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*Lv 12 battelmaster - Gloomstalker assassin champion - Abjuration cleric worlok - Bardadin All builds i tried for solo honor mode and make the run so smooth*
well, you don't NEED anything to have a good build, it's all relative, sometimes multiclassing is good, sometimes it's not, sometimes you need it, sometimes you don't, you can easily beat the game without it, you can easily get destroyed with it, it's just another thing you can do or not do
@sunbleachedangel Actual perfect answer. I play this game to have fun, to fvck up and actually exercise my GD brain by learning this stuff. Now, I'm not gonna yuck somebody's yum if their idea of fun is to ONLY PLAY HARDCORE AND WIN AT ALL MFing COSTS. If that's fun for them, go for it. Enjoy playing your game however TF you want to.
It took me 7 tries to beat honor mode. The first 6 I didn’t even get out of act 1. On the 7th run it was smooth sailing after act 1. I even sailed through Rafael’s fight which I was dreading. Tav- 6 theif/6 fighter duel weild. All finess, woodelf for lots of movement. Tons of ways to do lots of damage and take advantage of battle master superiority dice as well as sneak attack. As well as dexterity based armor Shadowheart- life cleric, sword and board with the deva mace Karlak- oath of the ancients sword and board with deva mace. For bonus heals and burst damage. Lae’zell- oath of ancients paladin. Sword and board with deva mace. For the tanks I made them all take sehild master and heavy armor master. They all had as much armor as possible. This got me to the end. No problem. Rafael hot tip: plan ahead to make this fight easy. Help that one devil in act two and he’ll join your side in act three. Then smuggle in as many smoke barrels as possible. When you arrive. Put at least two at each obisk or as many as you can muster. Then just detonate them when the fight starts to quickly deal with them. Also, tossing a globe of invunurinlity on Hope helps as she has great heals and skills to buff you all.
Raphael on Honor mode was really easy, just bring 4 scrolls of disintegrate, 1 for each pillar. They're vulnerable to force dmg, have 99hp and the spell does 50-100. With haste pots, you can take down all 4 on turn 1 with 2 characters. No barrelmancy nonsense needed
I beat it 1st try, but I have nearly 700 hours in this game, so I know exactly what I can & can't do, when to take on certain enemies, and how to do it⁶
@@hiroshima19 even that is barely necessarz if you have gale in the party, or any wizard for that matter. the sorcerous vault spells are just that good. mind sactuary t1 and then the stratagem spell + magic missiles kills most of the pillars with just one turn
Big thanks for your builds ! I'm currently confidently navigating honor mode with 3/4 of them, sorlock, ligh cleric and throw fighter. I complemented the team with a bard gunslinger. My light Shadowheart have been an incredible carry during act 1 and 2 and i can't wait to finish the sorlock gear for it to slap as much as it should ! You did a great job to be concise and clear in all aspect of building a character and didn't even pass on where to find the pieces. A special mention for the retreat spell with the lightning boots, it's an amazing combo that i wouldn't have ever thought about! Keep up the good work, i'm eager to try new build you might create
If we're thinking about class synergy, the thrower doesn't need the callous glow ring, it's only +6 damage per turn with 3 attacks. It's better on the eldritch blaster. I also don't like using the knife of the underking on the blaster when you can use dual wield and use two staffs. Personally I think the actual strongest class in the game for honor mode is either the open hand monk or the bard6/assassin4/fighter2 hand crossbow sniper. Both are insane from beginning to end, and don't share any gear with anything else other than the underking knife. Giving the the party an extra short rest and getting 5 double attack per short rest is crazy. I killed raphael in one round from stealth with my killer bard without doing any unusual other than hold person from stealth (since rapheal can't be surprised, and assassins get full refunds of actions upon entering combat).
the other way to play the bard is Swords 6 + Assassin 3 + Fighter 3 using The Titanstring bow and Club of Giant strength (or just elixirs). From there you can pack on magic arrows and take advantage of the Ranged Flourish for some really stupid opening damage. If you wanted to get really sneaky you could also have someone run Pass Without Trace (or get the Ring of Shadows) and cast Greater Invis with the Elegant Studded Leather armor equipped; really takes the build to broken.
I too prefer to use Titanstring and Hill giants (either club or potion) early on since that comes online early Act 1. The hand xbows gain more traction once you have multiple sources of rider damage available.
Was really excited when I saw this and watched the first section. It provides great information and covers progression, not just some powerful build that only kicks in at level 12. Then I was crushed when I scanned the other builds and noticed the same gear on another character in the same 4-man group which is what this video said that it was providing.
Great Weapon Master gives you an attack as a bonus action if you crit or kill in a turn. War Domain Cleric charges give you an extra attack as a bonus action. There's a set of gloves that let you cast a cantrip as a bonus action once per short rest (I think? Maybe long rest.). All I got off the top of my head. And I'd only say Thief 3 for those who will have too many bonus actions honestly. Some builds do just fine with the one bonus action.
You want to replace that Sorcerer with a Swords Bard. Life Cleric with on heal effects like Bless and Blade Ward will carry your team. My favorite comp: Swords Bard (dual hand crossbows) Open Hand TB Monk Life Cleric Gloomstalker Assassin (did Charisma focus so he can be the party face. This also let's the Vard use their Bardic Inspirations on them)
I'm sort-of doing my variant of the Sorcadin, where I am going oathbreaker (dark urge) on a dragonborn, and taking Wild Magic Sorcery instead of Dragonblooded Sorcery on Honor Mode. My biggest reason for that is 1) Wild Magic will let me do what Friendship does anyways with the only repercussions being that I run the risk of a negative effect on me down the line, and 2) I have my husband playing an old character that he had in BG1 and 2 which dabbled into Necromancy. Which means that as soon as he starts summoning skeletons, they will benefit from my Aura of Hate (end point being 7 oathbreaker paladin and 5 wild magic sorcerer). The reason for choosing the Dragonborn is because it is the first class selected. I still changed that one around to be female and looking different (Predacious Crest, Fiery blue eyes that look like they were touched with ice, and that royal chin adornment, plus the second-to-last White selection), but otherwise it is still the same Race and sub-race.
53:13 …. Yeah I’m pretty sure 5 barbarian, 3 thief is better overall since you can tank hits, can rage and bonus action enraged throw on the same turn, plus use your bonus actions to jump and or dash with the lighting boots to get lighting charges on top of everything. Plus Guaranteed throw is just better.
I typically go for this, then reclass into pure champion after hitting level 11 for the 6 throws at the beginning of each battle, most enemies just straight up dissolve if you start the battle from far enough away
The helldusk gloves are currently glitched so that they apply bleeding to enemies that are hit with thrown weapon attacks not just unarmed. They also apply the 1-6 (or 1-4 for the flawed version) fire damage per throw and are the best option for a tavern brawler.
Would've loved to have build recommendations progressing with the game (for each act for example) or a section with "early game" items that are nice for the build. Most items from these builds are from late act 2 or act 3 leaving act 1 and most of act 2 as a big gap! I would also love to see how you would spend your points and proficiencies at the start. Do you just leave it at recommended? Is there a prefered way to spend points?
finished my first honor mode using this setup. Great group build. Only thing I had a problem with is you use some of the same gear on mulitple builds so I had to find some gear to make up for another character using the item suggested.
Typically I use Karlach, Gale and ShadowHeart. Karlach 8 Battlemaster barbarian and four levels of fighter. Shadowheart light cleric or tempest cleric. Gale can stay as evocation wiz. All you need really. Though would tweak the ability points to be ideal for their classes. You don't need anything technical or in depth.
This is going to depend on whether you want a 5th party member or not. By that I mean, do you mind leveling and specing a 4th companion that just sits at camp and buffs you in the morning. Some consider this too cheesy. Assuming not, I second the light cleric suggestion - just respec Shadowheart as soon as you get Withers. While healing still sucks like in 5e tt, the game added a bunch of healing support items - a lot of them in Act 1! That do stuff like give your whole party Bless for free when they are healed, and as showcased in the video by Act 2 they are a great team member on their own. The rest I would just worry about loot distribution. Don't make too many that want the same build defining pieces. Just make sure casters particularly are not hurting each other. Like if one wants to cover the ground in ice make sure all your melee can walk on ice and that other casters aren't using fireball lol
The Gloves of belligerent skies are a super good choice for the Sorlock up until you get the Spell might gloves in act 3… or if you like it up close and personal you could go with the Daredevil gloves and both are obtained in the Gith base way earlier in act 1.5
In majority of 'best honour mode builds' I've seen Paladin and Cleric in some form and so these seem to be the best classes to go for. Think Paladin offers the damage and Cleric adds that support and versatility. People underestimate Cleric going for 4 characters that kick out damage, but they just don't build Light Cleric to full potential, imo. I've got to admit I like Monk as DPS character, Bard as CC and the survivability of Abjuration Wizard. Abjuration Wizard just gaurantees you have 1 character still alive
Great video. Would like to see an optimal team composition video because you can give Auntie Ethel hair just to one of your 4 party members, only one of your party members can have Risky Ring etc. Like how to make optimal party with item distribution. 1. Sorlock - I agree with everything you said. Only one thing I will do differently. I will replace Coruscation Ring with Risky Ring to have Advantage on all my Eldritch Blast Also personally I love build: Bard Collage of Sward level 6/ Rogue Thief level 4/ Fighter level 2. Dual Hand Crossbow. In main hand is Ne'er Misser this makes main damage output Force. With Haste, in first round you have 11 attacks (9 of them are main force damage).
A point about your Warlock build: The Feywild pact is better than the fiend due to faire fire granting advantage on attack which will WILDLY increase your crit chance.
He picks Fiend in the beginning because in the early levels you're worried more about survival until you have enough levels and gear to make the build start working, Then the main class is great old one for the mortal reminder feature
Did one play through and then straight into honor mode and dominated. End boss was easy as, had a tone of high end scrolls. Scrolls are all you need really after that play through haha.
My Party is doing honor mode with 3/4 builds here definitely makes things easier but knowing the game and planning for fights is the key thing I would say.
For your thrower, try throwing from your off-hand and holding the stat stick in your main. Then you should be able to switch weapons mid-fight. Eldritch knight is also a waste of damage when you could go zerker-thief-champion for enraged throw, second bonus action and improved crit and you can have a different character use weapon bond for things like the lightning jabber and then just pass it to the thrower. You can also completely dump strength and use elixers since you’ll have unlocked Emerald Grove before a thrower even comes online.
Ty very much for the dueling thing.........no other video I saw was showing this.....there was even one build which was ok to sacrifice 3AC from shield just to get 1d8 instead of 1d6 and he was chosing defense for +1AC. The two flat dmg from dueling already outshines the benefit from 1d8 (compared to 1d6), and the shield outhines +1AC from defense.......it a straight up buff with no downside you gave us here. Time to start my honor run.
I would like to mention the ilithid power that let's you use actions and bonus actions interchangeably. Which means with haste you can cast eldritch blast 5 times
For sorlock I’d recommend risky ring instead of coruscation ring and have your melee party member have light cast on their weapon. This increases the chance of a CRIT while still getting the radiant damage from callous glow ring
5:30 ok don’t get me wrong. This is helpful but I gotta point this out…. Why double, triple and quadruple down on Eldrich blast… when scorching ray is straight up better? Eldrich blast with +7 charisma with the best stuff for it (no extra damage. Just stuff that helps its force damage) is 1d10 + 14. Which is 15-24 force damage per blast. Scorching ray with minimal investment (draconic sorcerer bloodline fire damage power up.) is 2d6 +7. Which makes it 9-19 fire damage per ray. But at base it fires 3 rays and with each upcast there’s another ray. Doing the math. 3 blasts deals in total. 45-72 damage. While 3 rays deal 27-57. Which turns to 36-76 when cast at 3rd level. 45-95 at 4th level. 54-114 at 5th level. And 63-133 at 6th level. And if you think that means nothing cause it’s fire damage. Not force damage. A lv 11 fighter with Ne’er misser deals 1d6 +6 from max possible dexterity, and +10 from marksman along with archer +2 deals 20-24 force damage three times. Which can be modified by the game’s consumable arrows. I apologize for making this comment be stupendously long, and I hope you enjoy your day after reading this.
The point is that Eldritch Blast is Cantrip, then it doesn't take any Spell slots, therefore you can't get short on Eldritch blasts, but you can cast like 6 Rays that are stronger than Eldirtch blasts, then you are weaker than with Eldritch Blasts. + Eldritch Blasts will take your prone enemies easly or at least blast them off.
I mean...you kinda low key pointed out many points yourself. For Ray to match damage, it has to be upcasted to 3rd level, 4+ to surpass it. And fire resistance is very relevant. The big thing for me is, if you add metamagic on top, you either A. Get like 2-3 metamagic for the day B. Burn through your spell slots Case example: say, in 1 fight, you cast 2 Scorching Ray, and once quickened. That is the equivalent of using all your 3rd level slots + 1 higher level In 1 fight. For the day. Ofc if you did not upcast, the damage is outright inferior. If we are talking just big damage numbers, sure, Scorching Ray is great. But sustainability and utility in a wide range of scenarios is just as important.
I mean yeah... but you're comparing a cantrip with an upcasted spell. Scorching Ray will do more damage but you're spending 4-5-6th level spell slots to do so. Not to mention a lot of enemies are resistant or straight up immune to fire, making it very inconvenient for some fights. Eldritch Blast on the other hand requires no spell slots and has the added utility of pushing enemies, gets stronger as the game progresses, and has arguably the best damage type in the game (force).
@@Kusabiii @taznkid1730 @Madzongnez1 And that’s where the confusion starts. Its main selling point is three force blasts for free. Do you know what else does force damage and can be done for free to do three attacks? A fighter with Ne’er misser. A force damage crossbow which you can use elemental weapon on using the dragon glaive, along with adding +10 damage with sharpshooter.
I already beat honor mode, but im restarting a new play. I was surprised the mound didnt have a legendary action, played it super safe because i was assuming i was missing something
@NinjaPeko22 my main damage was my tav as a ranger with sharpshooter playing it safe, while laezel and Karalach got funky. Gale was there as a support wizard. Idk exactly, how I did it, but big damage numbers were important
@@NinjaPeko22random tip that might help: you can shove (or throw) your party members off of the platform if they are frightened or downed, as long as the character doing the shoving/throwing has enough strength. I think you can do this to Aylin too, allowing her to revive herself and hopefully tank a hit for you.
@@NinjaPeko22I just put inside a Backpack, 40 SEPARATED Smokepowder Bombs (that I bough from Quatermaster Talli ) and 1 RunePowder from Philomeen.... When you Throw the BackPack, the Backpack will get destroyed and all the Bombs will get out.... after that you just Throw an Alchemy Fire Bottle. I Did the same with the ElderBrain, I got like 50 FireWorks, 10 Smokepowder Bombs inside One BackPack.
Sorlock, Sorcadin, Bardadin, and Light Domain Cleric. You'll absolutely thrash everything in your path. Items don't overlap as much as you may think. Light Domain should be built as the Reverberation / Orb gearing. Bardadin should be your CC and Nova round caster. I'd give the Ring of Mystic Scoundrel to the Bardadin coupled with the Helm of Arcane Acuity. Bhaalist Armor and Duelist Perogative. It's unbelievably powerful. Sorlock, More CC and more single target DPS. Frightening and controlling while using GOO. Sorcadin. Nova round burst damage. Main tank. Buff/ Debuff. You can do great dps, or just dump your load on one single target that needs to die. This means three of the four members will be able to party face thanks to high Charisma. Bard adds a third short rest. Insane AC from Swords Bard and Sorcadin between Shield and Defensive Flourish and heavy armor. Almost nothing can hit you thanks to light domain orb/reverb cheese. And there's not a lot in the game that can survive getting Eldritch Blast Machine Gun to the face every single round.
Just play 11 fighter + 1 war cleric archer or any variation of +2 fighter with swords bard / gloomstalker / rogue thief / rogue assassin and grab a bunch of special arrows and clear every encounter in 1-2 turns solo.
For honor mode Burst damage is king; if you can put down the boss before their turn most encounters get trivialized. To that end I prefer SorLock (6/2/4), BardDin (2/10), Archer (Sword 6, Assassin 3, Gloom 3), and Either a Thrower (which I hate, but is undeniably strong) or a TB-OH monk (9/3). The gear overlaps a whole lot less than what the video showcases, though the Bhaalist armor is probably the best in the game. You can also run Tempest, but I'm not a fan of the full casters as they tend to eat up a ton of action economy and increase the need for rests. Personally I like the BardDin over the Sorcadain as the spell selection and slots are basically the same, but Bard bring way more utility including Song of Rest. Also expertise if you are not planning on running one of the many Thief 3 builds. I run mine GWM and Alert, but there is plenty of precedence for running it as a Dexdin (until you get the Buld GS)
Love the video, But Why do Orc builds always pick Soldier background? Orc Racial gives Intimidation already so you gain only Athletics. Wouldn't it be more beneficial to grab Outlander instead? Or is the proficiency sacrifice worth it because inspiration is easier as a Soldier?
Wait, I thought Honor was just "normal" but with only 1 save, you're telling me it's also significantly harder than Tactician?? I'm in for a long ride here..
Great video! Odd you didn't mention Hat of Fire Acuity and Helm of Arcane Acuity for your Sorlock and Sorcadin builds, as this is literally what they are based around, also using Command to control the battlefield
Wood Elf Light Cleric is such a fun all round straight up level 12 build. I really has a bit of everything for all encounters and has a lot of items that work for many different ways to play the class. As much as I like the items you recommend it's hard to pass up on all the saving throw items you can get in act 1 and 2 and really focus on spirit guardians and using other spells while you jump/walk around enemies. One of the strongest Race/Class combo's. I'm going to use this to beat my Honour Mode run when I start. I think I might run almost everyone a straight up build, BM Lae'zel, Frenzy Karlach, then maybe have someone spec into rogue for the lockpicking and stealing while also being another class. Maybe Warlock/Rogue? Obviously as long as I have a good balance of melee, range and support I should be fine and I'm 100% abusing cheese for some bosses like Grym and throwing stuff down at the boss.
Love your videos and have a suggestion for a new video. What do you think of a tier list of the best build for each level? Like level 1 could be it's own video, level 2 and multiclassing could be a video, level 3 and so on. A lot of casuals (like me) would probably appreciate the insight as they work their way up to any of these awesome builds you show that need act 3 equipment. Anyway, thanks for the great videos 😁
Some Items are used on Multiple Characters so you can't Build your party with these Builds, You have to pick an choose 2 or 3 and then use other Builds for the other ones
10:44 wouldn’t that be terrible for this build? It focuses on Crits. Without crits, you deal a moderate amount of damage (compared to other powerful builds.) Plus I’m pretty sure it isn’t affected by crits. Crits double dice. Scarlet remittance is a flat damage, accuracy, and dc increase. It stays the same on crit.
my friend and i beat honor mode using similar builds except monk over cleric and bard instead of sorc for the paladin and we didnt come close to wiping a single time on our first honor attempt
Barbarian/monk or Paladin/monk is strong asf if you build it right, and I main it and love them cause ur basically a durable powerhouse. for paladin/monk u basically have great strength and power control so if someone knocks ur weapon out ur hands u still have bare hand abilities that can do some brutal damage while using holy power but for this build I use oathbreaker/monk For barbarian/monk only downfall about this build is you can’t use ur favorite heavy armors but ur extremely durable and when using rage with monk abilities it increases ur strength ALOT packing a lot of punk while in rage. But I would advise you using the way of the fist subclass for monk for obvious reasons. Sometimes I have a hard time deciding to be oathbreaker/monk or barbarian/monk
5:45 …. Why the hat if Duke Raven guard gives you a sword that gives +2 charisma? You don’t need to kill him either. Just cast command drop on him, cast darkness on the area, grab it in darkness, then teleport far away so he can’t say anything about it while still blinded. If he’s in your camp when you do this, just go to an area that forces the camp to change so he doesn’t ask if you stole from him. For those who can’t get it to work cause he’s an ally? He isn’t tagged as an ally for party members who weren’t there when he was rescued…
it would be nice to know which items from the list overlap between these various builds. If I try to build a party using all of them, how many issues do i have by them all needing the same gear?
Hi my friend. I love your guilds. I have a question with the warlock. If you plays with Devil's Sight. who the radiant orb works? Don't they counteract each other?
I wish you made the video in a way of creating a 4 build team. but you kinda made them individually so there are gear shared between builds. you should talk about alternatives. for example, if I gave the knife of the undermountain king with the eldritch blast sorlock how can I also use it with the tavern brawler? you should give alternatives.
wouldn’t the best weapon to use for the sorcadin be something w polearm master assuming you are getting to use the reaction attack more often than not?
I'm currently beating honour run with a party of 3 sorcadins and a cleric. Easiest build ever made I'm trash at the game and pretty much never making it to round 2 of combat
If u were building a solo warlock or cleric for solo tactition or honor mode how would u go about it...u can min max any classes what ever ..just lookkn for the most op solo builds for cleric and warlock thay feels good to play and has morenthen one combo to win..my fav clsss is druid and i cant stand it to play in bg3...just a spike growth reload till rolls work out kinda thing...druid is dead to me
For tactician I’d say 5 warlock 5 paladin and 2 sorcerer to have infinite spells with reprive potions, along with being able to shot down a darkness arrow at your feet and take free shots at enemies with eldrich blast while having devil’s sight. But I’ve been playing in custom mode ever since it got into the game, so take that with a grain of salt.
thats it, im restarting my honor mode run... i had to kill minthara anyway cause i chose the wrong dialogue option after s*x. imma date Shadowheart this time instead. you have to side with the Grove and complete Alfira's quest to rescue Lakrissa to get Potent rode.
As fun as it is to abuse, I kind of wish they would patch TB and fix DRS mechanics so that you can't literally do 6K damage in a single turn (which right now you can).
for divine smite sorcadin. why do we put points to strength if giant elixir can boost that to 27? can't we just put points in charisma instead? 17 strength is really necessary? should I boost it to 18 with auntie ethels hair or should I use it on charisma and boost charisma to 20 instead?
59:16 … wait a minute. Why not the dagger from cazador? Reducing the crit number means nothing without advantage anyway so why bother with that when cazador’s dagger gives flat damage to everything involved in the throw?
52:02 so why do you mess around with barbarian in the first place when you could have just gone fighter all the way or was that just to pad the running time?
Rage gives you resistance to all physical damage, and another throw as a bonus action. Fighter only beats it out in usefulness at around the time he said.
If you actually want to do a durge blaster, you can ~~~SPOILERS~~~ Knock out Alfira everyday until Quill (a random dragonborne bard) shows up at your camp instead of Alfira. Just make sure you don't finish the save the tieflings quest before Quill shows up, because then you can't find Alfira anywhere in order to knock her out. No one else needs to live, except Alfira. (And also once you have the Potent Robe Alfira can die if your wheel of fate ever turns dark)
I've never understood Honor build guides that have gear recommendations literally right at the end of the game considering most of Act 1 and 2 will be struggle regardless.
There should be builds per act, with gear that can be obtained as soon as you enter the act and going forward recommending which quests to do in order to maximize your damage and build potential.
Sadly these channels won’t post builds like that as that would not look anywhere near as cool as all the huge crits on every attack and it would actually require them to play an honor mode save
It’s nice for showcasing the maximum potential of a build, but yea,, I agree it isn’t that helpful for the early game, especially since most of the run killers happen before you even reach the end of act 1 (for example, the paladins of Tyr, Grym, or literally any Gith fight). I guess there are other guides for that, but still
None of these builds work for early levels. There are very few builds that come online earlier than level 8 in my experience. You are better off going pure one class until level 8 or so and then start looking at respecing into one of these fancy builds.
check out limit breakers early op builds - or i cant recall - but if you take one level of light cleric and then 2 of druid (land druid) you can cheese with santaury and moon beam for a bit
Act 1 is full of high places. Just use gravity for tough fights. Act 2, just use a light cleric. Act 3 is where the fight are more difficult bc of certains legendary action. Use end game buils like the ones in the video...
Certain builds will make the game easier but I think the main thing is having a good plan for everything you do. If you don’t have that, then meta builds won’t matter.
Dude, sorlock literally deals 500 hunds dmg every turn…
You literally one shot Raphael and 6 dudes first turn if you go full Rambo…if you go with a little thinking you kill everyone first round…
Thrower deals little less but has 34 AC…so it’s almost the same thing
I would love a video like this having into account team composition, these are great but they share a lot of items
Nizar GG makes build videos with cohesiveness in mind
While I never loved advertising competitors in the interest of everyone's enjoyment of this wonderful game I will vouch for this Nizar fellow, he has some very nice 4 man comps that share minimal items and no essential ones
Also, to help OP and anyone else reading this I will give this advice
1)Consider what your builds do the same
So for example relying on crits is rly hard to maximize on two characters due to many specific items with no replacement, same for relying on the same damage type like cold or fire and same for relying on the same fighting style like unarmed or heavy two handed, as long as you avoid having two crit builds, two with the same element, two cc casters or two unarmed/ranged attackers/dual wielders/two hand attackers you will probably be fine
2)Consider what they do different that still complements each other, for example a lighting build has great synergy with a cold build as they both rely and profit off wet, a CC caster relies a lot on spreading conditions that give advantage to hit the target and even auto CRIT at times and a CRIT build like any type of paladin, bard, battle master, rogue profits off of that
So different things that work well together and you usually got it!
@@TheBelowAverageGamers nah that guys annoying he always unnecessarily splits his videos into multiple parts
Splitting something into multiple parts is usually beneficial. It organises ideas and significantly boosts coherency.
For example, say someone wrote a large wall of text, but their only form of punctuation was a few scattered commas. That would be a very difficult comment to read.
@@jotarokujo3603 I see what you did there 😂
PSA: you don't need to multiclass to have a "good build". In fact, multiclassing is detrimental if you don't know what you're doing.
That's why I'm watching this video before 🤓
*Lv 12 battelmaster -
Gloomstalker assassin champion -
Abjuration cleric worlok -
Bardadin
All builds i tried for solo honor mode and make the run so smooth*
Tell me you’ve never played table top dnd 😂 boy stfu multiclassing cas the BEST build combos idk wtf ur talking about
well, you don't NEED anything to have a good build, it's all relative, sometimes multiclassing is good, sometimes it's not, sometimes you need it, sometimes you don't, you can easily beat the game without it, you can easily get destroyed with it, it's just another thing you can do or not do
@sunbleachedangel Actual perfect answer.
I play this game to have fun, to fvck up and actually exercise my GD brain by learning this stuff.
Now, I'm not gonna yuck somebody's yum if their idea of fun is to ONLY PLAY HARDCORE AND WIN AT ALL MFing COSTS. If that's fun for them, go for it.
Enjoy playing your game however TF you want to.
Larian: We patched it to make bosses harder.
BG3 Veterans: LOL. Dies to barrelmancer.
It took me 7 tries to beat honor mode. The first 6 I didn’t even get out of act 1.
On the 7th run it was smooth sailing after act 1. I even sailed through Rafael’s fight which I was dreading.
Tav- 6 theif/6 fighter duel weild. All finess, woodelf for lots of movement. Tons of ways to do lots of damage and take advantage of battle master superiority dice as well as sneak attack. As well as dexterity based armor
Shadowheart- life cleric, sword and board with the deva mace
Karlak- oath of the ancients sword and board with deva mace. For bonus heals and burst damage.
Lae’zell- oath of ancients paladin. Sword and board with deva mace.
For the tanks I made them all take sehild master and heavy armor master. They all had as much armor as possible.
This got me to the end. No problem.
Rafael hot tip: plan ahead to make this fight easy. Help that one devil in act two and he’ll join your side in act three. Then smuggle in as many smoke barrels as possible. When you arrive. Put at least two at each obisk or as many as you can muster. Then just detonate them when the fight starts to quickly deal with them. Also, tossing a globe of invunurinlity on Hope helps as she has great heals and skills to buff you all.
Raphael on Honor mode was really easy, just bring 4 scrolls of disintegrate, 1 for each pillar. They're vulnerable to force dmg, have 99hp and the spell does 50-100. With haste pots, you can take down all 4 on turn 1 with 2 characters. No barrelmancy nonsense needed
I beat it 1st try, but I have nearly 700 hours in this game, so I know exactly what I can & can't do, when to take on certain enemies, and how to do it⁶
@@hiroshima19 even that is barely necessarz if you have gale in the party, or any wizard for that matter. the sorcerous vault spells are just that good. mind sactuary t1 and then the stratagem spell + magic missiles kills most of the pillars with just one turn
Big thanks for your builds !
I'm currently confidently navigating honor mode with 3/4 of them, sorlock, ligh cleric and throw fighter. I complemented the team with a bard gunslinger. My light Shadowheart have been an incredible carry during act 1 and 2 and i can't wait to finish the sorlock gear for it to slap as much as it should !
You did a great job to be concise and clear in all aspect of building a character and didn't even pass on where to find the pieces. A special mention for the retreat spell with the lightning boots, it's an amazing combo that i wouldn't have ever thought about!
Keep up the good work, i'm eager to try new build you might create
If we're thinking about class synergy, the thrower doesn't need the callous glow ring, it's only +6 damage per turn with 3 attacks. It's better on the eldritch blaster. I also don't like using the knife of the underking on the blaster when you can use dual wield and use two staffs.
Personally I think the actual strongest class in the game for honor mode is either the open hand monk or the bard6/assassin4/fighter2 hand crossbow sniper. Both are insane from beginning to end, and don't share any gear with anything else other than the underking knife. Giving the the party an extra short rest and getting 5 double attack per short rest is crazy. I killed raphael in one round from stealth with my killer bard without doing any unusual other than hold person from stealth (since rapheal can't be surprised, and assassins get full refunds of actions upon entering combat).
the other way to play the bard is Swords 6 + Assassin 3 + Fighter 3 using The Titanstring bow and Club of Giant strength (or just elixirs). From there you can pack on magic arrows and take advantage of the Ranged Flourish for some really stupid opening damage.
If you wanted to get really sneaky you could also have someone run Pass Without Trace (or get the Ring of Shadows) and cast Greater Invis with the Elegant Studded Leather armor equipped; really takes the build to broken.
I too prefer to use Titanstring and Hill giants (either club or potion) early on since that comes online early Act 1. The hand xbows gain more traction once you have multiple sources of rider damage available.
Was really excited when I saw this and watched the first section. It provides great information and covers progression, not just some powerful build that only kicks in at level 12. Then I was crushed when I scanned the other builds and noticed the same gear on another character in the same 4-man group which is what this video said that it was providing.
Weaponize action bonus :
- barbarian berserker (throwing things)
- two-weapon fighting (specially hand crossbows)
- sorcerer quickened spell
- Monk : martial arts
(anything else?)
Et then take rogue 3, thief for everyone.
Great Weapon Master gives you an attack as a bonus action if you crit or kill in a turn. War Domain Cleric charges give you an extra attack as a bonus action. There's a set of gloves that let you cast a cantrip as a bonus action once per short rest (I think? Maybe long rest.).
All I got off the top of my head.
And I'd only say Thief 3 for those who will have too many bonus actions honestly. Some builds do just fine with the one bonus action.
You want to replace that Sorcerer with a Swords Bard.
Life Cleric with on heal effects like Bless and Blade Ward will carry your team.
My favorite comp:
Swords Bard (dual hand crossbows)
Open Hand TB Monk
Life Cleric
Gloomstalker Assassin (did Charisma focus so he can be the party face. This also let's the Vard use their Bardic Inspirations on them)
I'm sort-of doing my variant of the Sorcadin, where I am going oathbreaker (dark urge) on a dragonborn, and taking Wild Magic Sorcery instead of Dragonblooded Sorcery on Honor Mode. My biggest reason for that is 1) Wild Magic will let me do what Friendship does anyways with the only repercussions being that I run the risk of a negative effect on me down the line, and 2) I have my husband playing an old character that he had in BG1 and 2 which dabbled into Necromancy. Which means that as soon as he starts summoning skeletons, they will benefit from my Aura of Hate (end point being 7 oathbreaker paladin and 5 wild magic sorcerer).
The reason for choosing the Dragonborn is because it is the first class selected. I still changed that one around to be female and looking different (Predacious Crest, Fiery blue eyes that look like they were touched with ice, and that royal chin adornment, plus the second-to-last White selection), but otherwise it is still the same Race and sub-race.
53:13 …. Yeah I’m pretty sure 5 barbarian, 3 thief is better overall since you can tank hits, can rage and bonus action enraged throw on the same turn, plus use your bonus actions to jump and or dash with the lighting boots to get lighting charges on top of everything.
Plus Guaranteed throw is just better.
I typically go for this, then reclass into pure champion after hitting level 11 for the 6 throws at the beginning of each battle, most enemies just straight up dissolve if you start the battle from far enough away
These builds seem very strong but there’s overlapping with items etc, do you have a recommended full party composition for Honor mode?
The helldusk gloves are currently glitched so that they apply bleeding to enemies that are hit with thrown weapon attacks not just unarmed. They also apply the 1-6 (or 1-4 for the flawed version) fire damage per throw and are the best option for a tavern brawler.
Throwing weapons is still glitched as returning weapons dont always return making it too annoying to play long term
@@danboyce8533they only don't return if you throw them to open combat. Either open with a javelin on your thrower or any of your other 3 chars.
My first run of honor mode I used 2 Vegenence paladins, 1 Battlemaster and 1 life domain cleric and it was extremley easy
what I took away from this is that sorcerer is the strongest class in the game and every class gets better by dipping at least one level into it
Would've loved to have build recommendations progressing with the game (for each act for example) or a section with "early game" items that are nice for the build. Most items from these builds are from late act 2 or act 3 leaving act 1 and most of act 2 as a big gap!
I would also love to see how you would spend your points and proficiencies at the start. Do you just leave it at recommended? Is there a prefered way to spend points?
finished my first honor mode using this setup. Great group build. Only thing I had a problem with is you use some of the same gear on mulitple builds so I had to find some gear to make up for another character using the item suggested.
It would be great to see team compositions for honor mode.
2dps, sorc for double haste and counterspell, and life cleric for mass heal and buff
Typically I use Karlach, Gale and ShadowHeart. Karlach 8 Battlemaster barbarian and four levels of fighter. Shadowheart light cleric or tempest cleric. Gale can stay as evocation wiz. All you need really. Though would tweak the ability points to be ideal for their classes. You don't need anything technical or in depth.
This is going to depend on whether you want a 5th party member or not. By that I mean, do you mind leveling and specing a 4th companion that just sits at camp and buffs you in the morning. Some consider this too cheesy.
Assuming not, I second the light cleric suggestion - just respec Shadowheart as soon as you get Withers. While healing still sucks like in 5e tt, the game added a bunch of healing support items - a lot of them in Act 1! That do stuff like give your whole party Bless for free when they are healed, and as showcased in the video by Act 2 they are a great team member on their own.
The rest I would just worry about loot distribution. Don't make too many that want the same build defining pieces. Just make sure casters particularly are not hurting each other. Like if one wants to cover the ground in ice make sure all your melee can walk on ice and that other casters aren't using fireball lol
Deathstalker mantle is not Durge exclusive, you can loot it off of the cereal killer dwarf in act 3.
where is he at?
Why is it that 9 times out of 10 when I see videos like this, they never seem to compensate for gear overlap?
This guy at least (I’m pretty sure) just combined a bunch of vids into one. There’s a vid by Nizar GG that I’m pretty sure doesn’t have any.
Well the thing is, these are all builds generally for you to play as, not a team composition build
@@jevilreformed yeah, Nizar's most recent one is the one I was thinking of when I said "9 out of 10"
@@KalinaHitanaVTuber 👍
The Gloves of belligerent skies are a super good choice for the Sorlock up until you get the Spell might gloves in act 3… or if you like it up close and personal you could go with the Daredevil gloves and both are obtained in the Gith base way earlier in act 1.5
why did i never think about twinning haste?? that’s so useful thank you!
In majority of 'best honour mode builds' I've seen Paladin and Cleric in some form and so these seem to be the best classes to go for. Think Paladin offers the damage and Cleric adds that support and versatility. People underestimate Cleric going for 4 characters that kick out damage, but they just don't build Light Cleric to full potential, imo. I've got to admit I like Monk as DPS character, Bard as CC and the survivability of Abjuration Wizard. Abjuration Wizard just gaurantees you have 1 character still alive
Great video. Would like to see an optimal team composition video because you can give Auntie Ethel hair just to one of your 4 party members, only one of your party members can have Risky Ring etc. Like how to make optimal party with item distribution.
1. Sorlock - I agree with everything you said. Only one thing I will do differently. I will replace Coruscation Ring with Risky Ring to have Advantage on all my Eldritch Blast
Also personally I love build: Bard Collage of Sward level 6/ Rogue Thief level 4/ Fighter level 2. Dual Hand Crossbow. In main hand is Ne'er Misser this makes main damage output Force. With Haste, in first round you have 11 attacks (9 of them are main force damage).
A point about your Warlock build: The Feywild pact is better than the fiend due to faire fire granting advantage on attack which will WILDLY increase your crit chance.
more importantly, once you get the Potent Robe that gives temp HP every turn you don't really need the Fiend passive.
How about risky ring?
@@sittiprasittikulwat4023 if you're using Potent Robe + Risky Ring you should go with Great Old One patron like the video suggests ✌️
He picks Fiend in the beginning because in the early levels you're worried more about survival until you have enough levels and gear to make the build start working, Then the main class is great old one for the mortal reminder feature
Did one play through and then straight into honor mode and dominated. End boss was easy as, had a tone of high end scrolls. Scrolls are all you need really after that play through haha.
One note - half orc already gives intimidation proficiency so you are probably better off going a different background than soldier
My Party is doing honor mode with 3/4 builds here definitely makes things easier but knowing the game and planning for fights is the key thing I would say.
The Sorlock build carried me in HM. Holy cow... thank you. It was so fun to me idk if I'll ever enjoy any other class the same.
Do you know where to find all the stuff for the sorlock build
im confused how you still have hex in the first build once you switch to sorcerer, since you don't ever pick up hex in the build after that
For your thrower, try throwing from your off-hand and holding the stat stick in your main. Then you should be able to switch weapons mid-fight.
Eldritch knight is also a waste of damage when you could go zerker-thief-champion for enraged throw, second bonus action and improved crit and you can have a different character use weapon bond for things like the lightning jabber and then just pass it to the thrower. You can also completely dump strength and use elixers since you’ll have unlocked Emerald Grove before a thrower even comes online.
the dead shot is sold by Fytz the Firecracker at the Stormshore Armoury in Lower City.
This earned you a sub, thank you SO MUCH for all the detail, and info packed into these vids. Particularly how and where to find equipment as well.
I hate that most guides always have gear that isnt available until the end of the game😑
Ty very much for the dueling thing.........no other video I saw was showing this.....there was even one build which was ok to sacrifice 3AC from shield just to get 1d8 instead of 1d6 and he was chosing defense for +1AC. The two flat dmg from dueling already outshines the benefit from 1d8 (compared to 1d6), and the shield outhines +1AC from defense.......it a straight up buff with no downside you gave us here.
Time to start my honor run.
I would like to mention the ilithid power that let's you use actions and bonus actions interchangeably. Which means with haste you can cast eldritch blast 5 times
For sorlock I’d recommend risky ring instead of coruscation ring and have your melee party member have light cast on their weapon. This increases the chance of a CRIT while still getting the radiant damage from callous glow ring
My honor mode team is OH Monk, Sword bard (ranged), gloom as, storm cleric, easy claps. regardless, its mostly about set up and not going in blindly.
Kinda difficult to outfit your Sorc and your Cleric with the same rings, dontcha think?
These are separate builds. He didn't have a team in mind, just single builds.
I died. Thanks for trying :3
Try again! 😊
5:30 ok don’t get me wrong. This is helpful but I gotta point this out….
Why double, triple and quadruple down on Eldrich blast… when scorching ray is straight up better?
Eldrich blast with +7 charisma with the best stuff for it (no extra damage. Just stuff that helps its force damage) is 1d10 + 14. Which is 15-24 force damage per blast.
Scorching ray with minimal investment (draconic sorcerer bloodline fire damage power up.) is 2d6 +7. Which makes it 9-19 fire damage per ray. But at base it fires 3 rays and with each upcast there’s another ray.
Doing the math. 3 blasts deals in total. 45-72 damage. While 3 rays deal 27-57.
Which turns to 36-76 when cast at 3rd level. 45-95 at 4th level. 54-114 at 5th level. And 63-133 at 6th level.
And if you think that means nothing cause it’s fire damage. Not force damage.
A lv 11 fighter with Ne’er misser deals 1d6 +6 from max possible dexterity, and +10 from marksman along with archer +2 deals 20-24 force damage three times. Which can be modified by the game’s consumable arrows.
I apologize for making this comment be stupendously long, and I hope you enjoy your day after reading this.
The point is that Eldritch Blast is Cantrip, then it doesn't take any Spell slots, therefore you can't get short on Eldritch blasts, but you can cast like 6 Rays that are stronger than Eldirtch blasts, then you are weaker than with Eldritch Blasts. + Eldritch Blasts will take your prone enemies easly or at least blast them off.
I mean...you kinda low key pointed out many points yourself. For Ray to match damage, it has to be upcasted to 3rd level, 4+ to surpass it. And fire resistance is very relevant.
The big thing for me is, if you add metamagic on top, you either
A. Get like 2-3 metamagic for the day
B. Burn through your spell slots
Case example: say, in 1 fight, you cast 2 Scorching Ray, and once quickened. That is the equivalent of using all your 3rd level slots + 1 higher level In 1 fight. For the day. Ofc if you did not upcast, the damage is outright inferior.
If we are talking just big damage numbers, sure, Scorching Ray is great. But sustainability and utility in a wide range of scenarios is just as important.
I mean yeah... but you're comparing a cantrip with an upcasted spell. Scorching Ray will do more damage but you're spending 4-5-6th level spell slots to do so. Not to mention a lot of enemies are resistant or straight up immune to fire, making it very inconvenient for some fights.
Eldritch Blast on the other hand requires no spell slots and has the added utility of pushing enemies, gets stronger as the game progresses, and has arguably the best damage type in the game (force).
@@Kusabiii @taznkid1730 @Madzongnez1
And that’s where the confusion starts. Its main selling point is three force blasts for free. Do you know what else does force damage and can be done for free to do three attacks?
A fighter with Ne’er misser. A force damage crossbow which you can use elemental weapon on using the dragon glaive, along with adding +10 damage with sharpshooter.
I already beat honor mode, but im restarting a new play. I was surprised the mound didnt have a legendary action, played it super safe because i was assuming i was missing something
Oh really? How did you defeat kendriks final form and what was in your party. I was lvl 10 and got crushed.
@NinjaPeko22 my main damage was my tav as a ranger with sharpshooter playing it safe, while laezel and Karalach got funky. Gale was there as a support wizard. Idk exactly, how I did it, but big damage numbers were important
The mound definitely did for me, maybe the update didn’t go through for you yet?
@@NinjaPeko22random tip that might help: you can shove (or throw) your party members off of the platform if they are frightened or downed, as long as the character doing the shoving/throwing has enough strength. I think you can do this to Aylin too, allowing her to revive herself and hopefully tank a hit for you.
@@NinjaPeko22I just put inside a Backpack, 40 SEPARATED Smokepowder Bombs (that I bough from Quatermaster Talli ) and 1 RunePowder from Philomeen.... When you Throw the BackPack, the Backpack will get destroyed and all the Bombs will get out.... after that you just Throw an Alchemy Fire Bottle.
I Did the same with the ElderBrain, I got like 50 FireWorks, 10 Smokepowder Bombs inside One BackPack.
Sorlock, Sorcadin, Bardadin, and Light Domain Cleric. You'll absolutely thrash everything in your path.
Items don't overlap as much as you may think. Light Domain should be built as the Reverberation / Orb gearing.
Bardadin should be your CC and Nova round caster. I'd give the Ring of Mystic Scoundrel to the Bardadin coupled with the Helm of Arcane Acuity. Bhaalist Armor and Duelist Perogative. It's unbelievably powerful.
Sorlock, More CC and more single target DPS. Frightening and controlling while using GOO.
Sorcadin. Nova round burst damage. Main tank. Buff/ Debuff. You can do great dps, or just dump your load on one single target that needs to die.
This means three of the four members will be able to party face thanks to high Charisma. Bard adds a third short rest. Insane AC from Swords Bard and Sorcadin between Shield and Defensive Flourish and heavy armor. Almost nothing can hit you thanks to light domain orb/reverb cheese. And there's not a lot in the game that can survive getting Eldritch Blast Machine Gun to the face every single round.
Just play 11 fighter + 1 war cleric archer or any variation of +2 fighter with swords bard / gloomstalker / rogue thief / rogue assassin and grab a bunch of special arrows and clear every encounter in 1-2 turns solo.
What are the recommended ability points build for a main character warlock in honor mode?
For honor mode Burst damage is king; if you can put down the boss before their turn most encounters get trivialized. To that end I prefer SorLock (6/2/4), BardDin (2/10), Archer (Sword 6, Assassin 3, Gloom 3), and Either a Thrower (which I hate, but is undeniably strong) or a TB-OH monk (9/3). The gear overlaps a whole lot less than what the video showcases, though the Bhaalist armor is probably the best in the game. You can also run Tempest, but I'm not a fan of the full casters as they tend to eat up a ton of action economy and increase the need for rests.
Personally I like the BardDin over the Sorcadain as the spell selection and slots are basically the same, but Bard bring way more utility including Song of Rest. Also expertise if you are not planning on running one of the many Thief 3 builds. I run mine GWM and Alert, but there is plenty of precedence for running it as a Dexdin (until you get the Buld GS)
Love the video, But Why do Orc builds always pick Soldier background? Orc Racial gives Intimidation already so you gain only Athletics. Wouldn't it be more beneficial to grab Outlander instead? Or is the proficiency sacrifice worth it because inspiration is easier as a Soldier?
Lmao love when item suggestions are all centered around act 3 and I'm struggling to get past Myrkul.
Wait, I thought Honor was just "normal" but with only 1 save, you're telling me it's also significantly harder than Tactician?? I'm in for a long ride here..
You can do what you wanted with the customized ruleset option that came out with honor mode.
Great video! Odd you didn't mention Hat of Fire Acuity and Helm of Arcane Acuity for your Sorlock and Sorcadin builds, as this is literally what they are based around, also using Command to control the battlefield
Wood Elf Light Cleric is such a fun all round straight up level 12 build. I really has a bit of everything for all encounters and has a lot of items that work for many different ways to play the class. As much as I like the items you recommend it's hard to pass up on all the saving throw items you can get in act 1 and 2 and really focus on spirit guardians and using other spells while you jump/walk around enemies.
One of the strongest Race/Class combo's. I'm going to use this to beat my Honour Mode run when I start. I think I might run almost everyone a straight up build, BM Lae'zel, Frenzy Karlach, then maybe have someone spec into rogue for the lockpicking and stealing while also being another class. Maybe Warlock/Rogue? Obviously as long as I have a good balance of melee, range and support I should be fine and I'm 100% abusing cheese for some bosses like Grym and throwing stuff down at the boss.
An idea for a video. BEST HONOR MODE TAV FOR A DARK URGE RUN (Both outcomes: redemption & embracing your "nature")
Love your videos and have a suggestion for a new video.
What do you think of a tier list of the best build for each level?
Like level 1 could be it's own video, level 2 and multiclassing could be a video, level 3 and so on.
A lot of casuals (like me) would probably appreciate the insight as they work their way up to any of these awesome builds you show that need act 3 equipment.
Anyway, thanks for the great videos 😁
The sorc/warlock was so good when I played honor mode
Some Items are used on Multiple Characters so you can't Build your party with these Builds, You have to pick an choose 2 or 3 and then use other Builds for the other ones
10:44 wouldn’t that be terrible for this build? It focuses on Crits. Without crits, you deal a moderate amount of damage (compared to other powerful builds.)
Plus I’m pretty sure it isn’t affected by crits. Crits double dice. Scarlet remittance is a flat damage, accuracy, and dc increase. It stays the same on crit.
Displace Illithid power is great for throwing build too :)
0:10 Rag Drazlin???
my friend and i beat honor mode using similar builds except monk over cleric and bard instead of sorc for the paladin and we didnt come close to wiping a single time on our first honor attempt
Wow just what i needed
Barbarian/monk or Paladin/monk is strong asf if you build it right, and I main it and love them cause ur basically a durable powerhouse.
for paladin/monk u basically have great strength and power control so if someone knocks ur weapon out ur hands u still have bare hand abilities that can do some brutal damage while using holy power but for this build I use oathbreaker/monk
For barbarian/monk only downfall about this build is you can’t use ur favorite heavy armors but ur extremely durable and when using rage with monk abilities it increases ur strength ALOT packing a lot of punk while in rage. But I would advise you using the way of the fist subclass for monk for obvious reasons. Sometimes I have a hard time deciding to be oathbreaker/monk or barbarian/monk
5:45 …. Why the hat if Duke Raven guard gives you a sword that gives +2 charisma? You don’t need to kill him either. Just cast command drop on him, cast darkness on the area, grab it in darkness, then teleport far away so he can’t say anything about it while still blinded.
If he’s in your camp when you do this, just go to an area that forces the camp to change so he doesn’t ask if you stole from him.
For those who can’t get it to work cause he’s an ally? He isn’t tagged as an ally for party members who weren’t there when he was rescued…
I never thought to take his weapon. Thanks for info!
monk,fighter and fighter sword bard sounds good
it would be nice to know which items from the list overlap between these various builds. If I try to build a party using all of them, how many issues do i have by them all needing the same gear?
Your videos are amazing! Thank you. Most likely you noticed, but just wanted to mention your video edit around 7:50-8:30 ish, a little repeat happened
Necromancer staff was nerfed, you cant use the mentioned features infinite times anymore.
Hi my friend. I love your guilds. I have a question with the warlock. If you plays with Devil's Sight. who the radiant orb works? Don't they counteract each other?
Jesus - that is an Kamehameha blast
44:55 potion of poison resistance works as well oddly enough
Some of these BiS’s were repeated… or am I wrong? Callous ring specifically.
I feel sad that Hamarhraft illithid barbarian thief didn't even get an honorable mention
I wish you made the video in a way of creating a 4 build team. but you kinda made them individually so there are gear shared between builds. you should talk about alternatives. for example, if I gave the knife of the undermountain king with the eldritch blast sorlock how can I also use it with the tavern brawler? you should give alternatives.
When is the earliest you can detonate Gale and still complete honor mode?
Sword Bard+ Titanstring+ Bhaalist Armor (before act3 amulet of vulnerability) BOOM.😋
First to watch ! :D thank you for your amazing work ;)
I did it a Sorcerer. It my fave class and so strong.
The biggest issue I’ve got with the sorlock build is perilous stakes no longer works in honor mode
wouldn’t the best weapon to use for the sorcadin be something w polearm master assuming you are getting to use the reaction attack more often than not?
40:46 mfw im enjoing my life in some other plane of existence and a giant fucking dragon lich shows up and obliterates me
I'm currently beating honour run with a party of 3 sorcadins and a cleric. Easiest build ever made I'm trash at the game and pretty much never making it to round 2 of combat
If u were building a solo warlock or cleric for solo tactition or honor mode how would u go about it...u can min max any classes what ever ..just lookkn for the most op solo builds for cleric and warlock thay feels good to play and has morenthen one combo to win..my fav clsss is druid and i cant stand it to play in bg3...just a spike growth reload till rolls work out kinda thing...druid is dead to me
For tactician I’d say 5 warlock 5 paladin and 2 sorcerer to have infinite spells with reprive potions, along with being able to shot down a darkness arrow at your feet and take free shots at enemies with eldrich blast while having devil’s sight.
But I’ve been playing in custom mode ever since it got into the game, so take that with a grain of salt.
@4:50 i dont think you can haste enemies anymore at least not for honor mode. And perilous stakes is also allies only.
omg, i cant get potent robe. i destroyed the grove for Minthara...
thats it, im restarting my honor mode run... i had to kill minthara anyway cause i chose the wrong dialogue option after s*x. imma date Shadowheart this time instead. you have to side with the Grove and complete Alfira's quest to rescue Lakrissa to get Potent rode.
For your sorcadin build how did you get your strength and charisma so high?
IF the glitch is still in place, you can get the hell dusk armor in Act 1
I couldn't get it to work on console, but I could just be doing it incorrectly.
As fun as it is to abuse, I kind of wish they would patch TB and fix DRS mechanics so that you can't literally do 6K damage in a single turn (which right now you can).
drs is fixed in honor mode
Paladin 5
Warlock pact of the chain 5
War priest 2
4 attacks per turn without haste
Life essence has been fixed, you should double check that prior to reusing your clips from before the patch 6
why do all builds use the exact same gear, I have 4 characters man can we see some good alt gear please?
I need as much help as i can get as i cant even get off the nautaloid
for divine smite sorcadin. why do we put points to strength if giant elixir can boost that to 27? can't we just put points in charisma instead? 17 strength is really necessary? should I boost it to 18 with auntie ethels hair or should I use it on charisma and boost charisma to 20 instead?
Soo, on the paladin, how are you boosting spell DC?
59:16 … wait a minute. Why not the dagger from cazador? Reducing the crit number means nothing without advantage anyway so why bother with that when cazador’s dagger gives flat damage to everything involved in the throw?
What is the best way to get darkness for the first build?
Spell scrolls, and Warlock has it as a spell you can choose from. If you're not doing a solo run, your other party members can help.
52:02 so why do you mess around with barbarian in the first place when you could have just gone fighter all the way or was that just to pad the running time?
Rage gives you resistance to all physical damage, and another throw as a bonus action.
Fighter only beats it out in usefulness at around the time he said.
I do not understand it. Do I have to do it with 3 hirelings? or is it my main character with Shadowheart, gale & Ariston which i can transformer?
Rip Durges trying the Eldritch blast sorlock
If you actually want to do a durge blaster, you can
~~~SPOILERS~~~
Knock out Alfira everyday until Quill (a random dragonborne bard) shows up at your camp instead of Alfira.
Just make sure you don't finish the save the tieflings quest before Quill shows up, because then you can't find Alfira anywhere in order to knock her out.
No one else needs to live, except Alfira. (And also once you have the Potent Robe Alfira can die if your wheel of fate ever turns dark)
What about that mace for the paladin?
I feel like the sorcadin is better with 7 levels in sorcerer for the lvl 4 spell slot.
If only my squad had 3 callous glow rings…