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- The Eldritch Blast Sorlock is one of the strongest builds in Baldur’s Gate 3 for the extremely high damage output thanks to multiple sources of damage from a single Eldritch Blast cast...
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00:00 Why Warlock
00:24 Level 1 - Fiend Warlock
01:03 Level 2 - Agonizing & Repelling Blast
01:31 Level 3 - Pact of the Chain
02:18 Level 4 - Ability Improvement: Charisma
02:32 Level 5 - Devil's Sight
03:02 Level 6 - Change Class to 4 Sorcerer / 2 Warlock
04:33 Levels 7 & 8 - Sorcerer
04:45 Levels 9-12 - Fighter
05:08 BiS Helm - Birthright
05:35 BiS Cloak - Cloak of the Weave
03:53 BiS Armor - Potent Robe
06:21 BiS Gloves - Craterflesh Gloves
07:18 BiS Boots - Boots of Stormy Clamour
08:00 BiS Amulet - Spineshudder Amulet
08:39 BiS Ring 1 - Coruscation Ring (Or Risky Ring)
09:04 BiS Ring 2 - Callous Glow Ring
09:33 BiS Melee Weapon 1 - Knife of the Undermountain King
10:18 BiS Melee Weapon 2 - Rhapsody
10:31 BiS Ranged Weapon - The Dead Shot
10:43 Conclusion
...and very powerful items to complement it. The build has insane crowd control by pairing Frightened with Prone forcing enemies to skip their turns repeatedly. The build also becomes strong very early on and is perfect for a Tav thanks to the super-high Charisma.
To get started, choose Warlock at level 1. Make sure to select Eldritch Blast as one of your cantrips because it will be the action we use most often. For subclass you’ll want to choose the Fiend subclass because the temporary health after slaying an enemy can be helpful early on.
For spells you’ll want Hex and Hellish Rebuke. Hex is a damage rider adding necrotic damage to attack rolls. Since Eldritch blast is an attack roll, each blast will deal additional Necrotic Damage when used on a Hexed target. We’ll want to use our bonus action to apply Hex before casting Eldritch Blast on a target for this bonus necrotic damage. Hellish Rebuke can be used as a reaction when attacked to deal fire damage. This can be helpful to finish off wounded enemies during their turn.
At level 2, you’ll want to select your Eldritch Invocations. Agonizing Blast is the best for an Eldritch Blast build because it adds your Charisma Modifier to the damage it deals, and charisma is where we put the majority of our ability points. You’ll also want to select Repelling Blast. This causes your Eldritch Blast to push your targets back up to 4.5 meters away from you. This is incredibly powerful to both keep enemies away from melee range where you would get disadvantage from Threatened, but also gives you the option to instantly kill enemies by pushing them into chasms.
At level 3 you’ll want to choose Scorching Ray as your next spell to learn. This spell hurls 3 rays of fire, each dealing 2-12 Fire Damage. This spell is most powerful when used on a Hexed target since each ray of fire will gain additional Necrotic Damage, making this your best single-target burst damage spell at this level, which is absolutely AMAZING. Amazing just like the sponsor of today’s video.
For your Pact Boon, you’ll want to select Pact of the Chain. This gives you access to Find Familiar: Imp. The Imp has Invisibility which can be used an unlimited number of times which can be used outside of combat to initiate and Surprise enemies - making them skip their turn, allowing you to sometimes end encounters before your enemies even have a chance to take a turn.
At this level you can also replace the spell you learned at level 1 with Cloud of Daggers. Cloud of daggers deals 4d4 Slashing damage in an area and is our best AOE option right now.
At level 4, I’d recommend choosing Darkness as your spell, since it will be useful next level. You also get access to your first Feat which we’ll use on Ability Improvement to increase our Charisma to 19. Getting Auntie Ethel’s hair to increase our Charisma to 20 would be ideal for this build.
At level 5 you’ll get access to new powerful spells. Choose Fireball and replace Misty Step with Hunger of Hadar. Both Fireball and Hunger of Hadar are powerful spells, and Misty Step can be found on a lot of equipment, so it is no longer needed. At level 5 you also get another Eldritch Invocation. This time choose Devil’s Sight. This makes Darkness much more powerful, allowing you to see through it but your enemies cannot. This will give your enemies disadvantage when they try to attack you while you sit in the Darkness, and simultaneously give you Advantage when you attack them. Also your Imp will now have Extra Attack.
At level 6, you’ll want to go to Withers and change your class to Sorcerer. Sorcerers get proficiency in Constitution Saving Throws which helps you keep concentration on spells you’ll be using like Darkness or Haste.
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Hey bro what's that aura thingy around you. Is that a mod?
Another alternative pair of gloves that works with this build are the Gloves of Belligerent Skies which can be found towards the end of Act 1 (beginning of act 2?) in a chest in the Githyanki Crèche. These gloves inflict two stacks of reverberation whenever you deal lightning, thunder or radiant damage. Combined with the Spell Sparkler, which you can get early in act one, you can make a viable early version of this build before fleshing it out in late game with more levels and better gear options.
I call the crèche act 1.5 and I’d also put the grymforge in there to a lesser extent it still I would.
if you wear the risky ring you are doubling your chance for a crit, which is already pretty high, but makes it nearly guaranteed (50-60 % chance, over 3 attacks per action), far better than 2 extra damage or the debuf light orbs
100% agreed. Risky ring is just a must-have for any crit focused builds.
yeah but you're forgetting the debuff aspect of that ring. the disadvantage you'll receive will very likely result in a concentration break, and on tactician/honor, concentrating on Haste pretty much makes every enemy want to bang you hard (and i think casting a twinned haste makes them want to bang even harder). this way, not only you but also another ally will lose a turn and likely get critted into oblivion.
IF you're 100% going risky ring, make sure to cast mage armor, mirror image and use shield as a reaction instead of the hellish rebuke. (and the occasional prayer to the dice gods)
It's not really double, but double is a decent approximation for not too high crit chances.
doesnt quite double your crit chance it just lets you roll twice and use the highest result. the thing here is that this happens because of the advantage mechanic. and there are plenty of other ways to get advantage. for example if youre not completely soloing the build, you have devils sight and you can just go hide into a magical darkness cloud from your cleric for example and you get advantage on every roll. its not better than the radiant damage simply because it applies on all damage rider sources. you can use phalar aluve etc. to get extra damage rider sources to multiply that radiant damage into procking several times per attack. also id like to mention that you automatically gain advantage against proned targets as well which happens very often in this build as well
you can also use darkness to get advantage
This is legit exactly the kind of build ive been looking for, thank you so much! great video!
Glad you like it!
@@PonchoGbrieldid you even watch the video?
Quick List of the Best item set for this build and Where to find them:
Boots of Stormy Clamour: Act II, Michonid Colony, Ameluum.
Spineshudder Amulet: Act II, Mimic on Moonrise Towers. Obs: Do not let the mimic reveal itself.
Coruscation Ring: Act II, near the Last Light Inn.
Callous Glow Ring: Act II, Gauntlet of Shar. Loot it from a chest near Balthazar.
Knife of the Undermountain King: Act II, Githyanki Hatcher. Buy it from the merchant.
Potent Robe: Act II, Rescue the Tieflings.
Birthright: Act III, Sorcerous Sundries
Cloak of the Weave: Act III, Devil's Fee.
Spellmight Gloves: Act III, Pickpocket from the circus lady.
Craterflesh Gloves: Act III, Echo of Abazigal.
Rhapsody: Act III, Corpse of Cazador.
The Dead Shot: Act III, Buy it in the Stormshore Armoury.
Myconid Colony is in the underdark in Act 1... Gith Hatchery is also in Act 1...
Sadly spineshudder doesnt work with cantrips ;(
@@aslo7365 Do you mean the amulet doesn't work anymore in this build?
@@aslo7365 This is not true, it does work with cantrips. It only doesn't apply to spells that do not make attack rolls
@@GnarDogTstix No, it works. This person probably used it with a cantrip that does not make an attack roll like sacred flame or vicious mockery. It works with Eldritch Blast.
Another reason the king of the under mountain king is perfect is that for the first attack, if the target is not illuminated and partially obscured, you have advantage. After the first hit, the radiant benefits kick in
Knife?
Finally someone is giving my favorite class some love and recognition
I appreciate you adding where to find the items you are talking about 🙏
If for whatever reason you miss the Knife of the Undermountain King, the knife that comes from Orin also reduces the roll for a crit hit by 1
Reverberation so good you mentioned it twice.
Very well explained and organized! Awesome video!
This is nuts. The definition of "overkill".
Perfect for a solo run
Prepare to struggle in your first 6 levels if you want to do EB build in solo tactician :')
My tip is to get Devil Sight at lvl2 and cheese your way through with Darkness at lvl 3.
@@yihsien1112 It's easy to get to level 5-6 as a warlock. You just run past most things. Use stealth cheese to kill the goblin leaders (or Halsin if you want a tougher fight). Move on to act 2 and talk the Thorms to death. Then you will be level 5. The rest you get from just exploring. You get full experience from talking your way out of combat. Then can turn around and fight when you are level 5 and can 1 tap most enemies.
My first full playthrough was a tact solo run. Since I played during early access, I just knew where everything was and ran around collecting exp.
I didn’t understand why all of a sudden he went to Withers and respecced into Sorcerer, instead of just adding the class? then got Warlock again and chose slightly different feats than before. Then added fighter which I think is great but I was completely lost and confused by then. Care to explain? bit new-ish and the fact he didn’t simply “add” Sorcerer and basically went through leveling up all over again confused the hell out of me.
@@earnshawheathcliff5189 He mentions it in the video at the start of the section, 3:02. Sorcerer has proficiency in Construction Saving throws, which is nice for keeping up concertation for spell if you are hit. Most of the important abilities you are wanting for this build come from Sorcerer, but if you want the feeling of playing the same build from beginning to end then it's better to start Warlock for the earlier levels. At the end, 10:43, he also mentions you are using your spell slot to convert into meta magic points so you can cast more Eldritch Blasts as bonus actions, so you want Sorcerer levels to give you more spell slots since Warlock doesn't have as many.
Question: why not just grab Shovel from the Blighted Village and choose something else besides "Find Familiar"
shovels can't fly 🤷
Great question. I prefer the Conjured Imp because it has Fire Immunity. This means you can surprise an enemy with the Imp and then cast a fireball without fear of hurting your Imp who is often in melee range.
@@yujin_sumeragi You must not be throwing them hard enough
@@Toyhouze Good work around to validate using it. In the tabletop, the Imps most useful because of it being able to use the Help action, and the fact that it has enough intelligence and physical capability to use items, but neither are a thing in BG3 for familiars which is quite sad.
@@cyanide7270to be fair, if familiars could open doors, inventories, chests, and use items, you could pretty much just do almost everything by familiar with little to no risk of yourself
Gonna save this for when I start my honour mode playthrough. Gonna make Will legendary!
i have used similar accessory equipment on my wizard cleric hybrid for machinegun spell missile build but never tried this warlock fighter sorcerer combination with those daggers.
This guide is all over the place
I'm gonna use this for my Tav on my future honour runs! Been rocking a college of swords bard so far, but this seems a lot more effective
I’ve always thought a warlock sounded interesting, but this is definitely a build I’m going to try out , as I’ve never been able to find my footing when it comes to this class.
yeah.. but this is endgame, warlock alone without 2 additional classes, isnt very impressive
@ez1418 it's decent if you take pact of the blade, bind the fire sword from the tutorial to use charisma for attacks, and you could take fighter or paladin at lvl 1 for the heavy armor proficiency and greatswords until you get the potent robe I'm act 2
I was waiting this thanks
The Craterflesh Gloves now do 2d6 (it's 1d6 but it's a crit so it's doubled to 2d6... used to be 2d10, still hits like a truck)
This was my first build on my first run, it made subsequent runs feel underpowered. They did nerf the dual marko/sparkler combo which was nutty broken. The other fun build before it was nerfed was 3F -champ, 3R - thief as it let you bonus action another EB 😊
How was the "3F -champ, 3R - thief" nerfed?
Nice video, I am working on a similar warlock build.
This was my very first character, a Sorlock. Nowhere near as optimized as here but I had fun with it.
What robes would you recommend if you can’t get the ones in the video?
300 hours in and I just learned you can have upwards of 20+ sorcery points at a time if you blow a bunch of spell slots…
Here is the best part too, using the spellslot elixir let's you bypass having to use all you spell slot/ add a ridiculous extra amount
@toyhouze thanks for this build, I unknowingly am doing all of this before i saw this guide. But i do have a question. In my lvl 4-5 upgrade for lvl3 spells fireball wasnt there and it was lvl 3 fear. Everything i did was the same. Can you help me understand, because i do want fireball but i dont think i can get it now? Also do you reccomend another spell if you cant get that one?
I tried out a variation that used Rogue instead of Fighter for the extra bonus action instead of action surge. Was pretty good tbh.
If you used rogue, I don’t think you’d get the extra crit or the ability to cast more spells w/o using sorcery points
@Toyhouze is this build still strong in Honor mode? With the Damage rider changes Im a bit confused.
What do you suggest new player use for armor and weapons? Because the ones you listed are far into the story.
I am very glad that someone recently came out with a build that ive been trying to create, but while i understand the true power it eventually gets to be, would anyone recommend that i either continue down this path of doing little damage initially, knowing that it will get much better, or do i just switch to a different build(such as a monk that is very promising) until i feel like this build will work at a higher level. Thank you for this amazing video and any answers to my questions will be very appreciated.
Do you have any other recommendations for rings? Using both listed here for my light cleric
Great build! I rly like the reverberation combo with fear.
Any good ring replacement (besides risky ring, which is already taken by different character)? Rest of my party is using items which benefit from not beeing in light like dark justicar helmet.
Ring of Spiteful Thunder (sold by one of the moonrise NPCs, don't remember which) sets a Daze debuff whenever reverberation detonates. Daze removes the DEX bonus to AC and gives disadvantage on WIS saves, and makes it to where they can't take reactions if they don't get knocked prone. It's not a lot, but its an option.
This is My 1° build ! , i dont have the special gloves" for Chaos Good roleplay... But i got the Dex gloves and they are soo good !
You have to wear armor to get the benefit of the defense fighting style
the gloves are medium armor, so it does
@@SpaceElvisInc I’m sorry but neither the craterflesh gloves (6:52) nor the spell might gloves (6:27) are considered armor;
Even if you wore medium armor gloves it would then nullify the Draconic armor bonus and prevent you from using mage armor so it would result in an overall -2 to ac even with def fighting style
Aren't all the fighting styles basically pointless for this build
@@flyingmonkey147 correct, I would dual wield knife of undermountain king and bloodthirst and take dual wielder just cause; could also wear one of the armors that is advantage on concentration then def style will help
how come you say level 6 sorc then in your footage your bring it down to 4 and put 2 into rogue?
what is the best party you can get with this build? i currently have shadowheart, laezel and astarion
any substitute to the potent robe? doing an evil playthrough trying with this build but the potent robe is unobtainable because i slaughtered the druid grove
Same issue here
Kill Karlach in act 1 for Wyll and use the Infernal Robe. You could also use the Protecty Sparkswall, which is found at the end of the trap corridor in the Grymforge, this robe pairs well with the Spellsparkler staff.
Those will carry you until you can get the Robe of the Weave in Ramazith's Tower.
Is it possible tondo a video for all the items and how to get there? Because in my 5th playthrough now i did never find the githyanki vendor for the dagger
I am not finding where you recommend to spend the ability points. What is your recommendation?
why at the end do you change to 4 sorc 2 warlock 4 fighter and 2 rogue. why are you adding rogue into the build?
Ehm, I don't understand. @5:00 you have 6 sorc, 2 lock, and then 3 in fighter, and then last level in fighter for a feat, but then @5:05 when you tell us to get our final feat with lvl 4 fighter, it states, you have also 2 levels in rogue that you didn't specify and somehow you have only 4 levels in sorc instead of 6. That's quite confusing to say the least.
I like dipping 1 level into barbarian, for +6 ac instead of draconic sorcerer (and taking storm sorc for flight instead), by using the house of hope item that sets your con
Its pretty easy to get to 23+ AC (28+ with Shield spell) as a Sorcerer/Warlock, so i dont feel the Barb multi is necessary?
@@cyanide7270 Yeah I mean both are totally fine, I just like getting early game flight from ritual + storm sorc, and stacking ac is fun
@@alfiearmadillo For early game, you can even get the Warlock Pact that lets you cast False Life without a spell slot whenever you want, so you're able to trigger Flight even mid-combat without having to use a Spell Slot.
@@cyanide7270 Exactly. They're talking about late Act 3 anyway and by that point? I'm in the middle of Act 2 and my Gale Storm Sorcerer is at 21 AC.
I'm curious what the reason for going fighter for 4 levels is over just going 4 more levels of sorcerer. Champion fighter gives you 4 more max hp over levelups, action surge, a fighting style (which doesn't look too be terribly helpful), and 1 reduction to your critical threshold. Just going 4 more levels in draconic sorcerer gives you 4 more sorcery points, another metamagic, 3 level 4 and 2 level 5 spell slots (the equivalent of 22 more sorcery points or a way to upcast scorching ray even more), another cantrip learned and 3 more sorcerwr spells learned. I feel like the spell slots and sorcery points together more than make up what fighter offers, and I'm not too hung up on losing 4 hp. What am I missing?
I'm guessing "Action Surge?"
It's a crit fishing build, and he was trying to lower his critical range as much as possible.
What background did you select?
Under your charisma bonuses, whats the Bards Memory(up to 25) from, i cant find it anywhere online
Do the attributes need to be these or can change them a bit ? was thinking 8 16 14 8 10 17 and taking hair
Great video, though I wish the title was a little less generic (kind of a pain to find this in my build playlist).
Does elemental affinity from sorcerer apply to the damage you get from lighting charges?
Why does your level up screen show what you get for selecting certain perks. Like when selecting a dragon ancestry it tells you you get a spell at the bottom. Mine doesn’t tell me what spell I’m going to get
1:03 you missed what spell to take here from lvl 1 -> 2. I'm guessing burning hands, but I just go for high damage as I don't know anything about this game yet, lol.
Worth pointing out you can also consider using the Dark justiciar helmet - it reduces your critt roll by 1 as long as you are obscured which is going to be a lot of cases especially if you make use of your devils sight. Not sure whether the -1 critt roll is better than 2 charisma but its certainly a viable option
Doesn't Sarevok's helmet do the same except without the need of being obscured?
@@Pessimists Yes but takes even longer to get and being obscured is rather the rule rather than the exception in BG3 - especially if you use things like darkness. As a lock with devil's sight you might also want to keep saveroks helm for a non warlock companion. So for example if you play around darkness then you automatically is always heavily obscured and saveroks allow companions to also make use of the shadow with you
So in terms of efficiency I'd say for this build DJ helmet probably wins out for most cases but it does require some awarness and strategy while saveroks helm is just something you put on and forget about. Saverok also comes with the benefit of immunity to fear while DJ gives some extra con save. So yeah, arguably better item but also quite significantly later for most players in terms of when you will access it
Damage sources as damage riders have been removed in honor mode btw
What does this mean
@@w.d.gaster3972 it means this build is not as strong in honour mode, as it will do less damage
True, but I think martial builds got hit harder in Honor difficulty with the tightened action economy causing Extra Actions granted through Hastened or Elixir of Bloodlust to no longer benefit from Extra Attack.
Tavern Brawler was not changed or nerfed in any way. Tavern Brawler martials still trivialise the entire game either as a melee Monk or ranged Thrower using Berserker or Eldritch Knight.@@Toyhouze
@@Yabbamann Tavern Brawler got buffed, now It works for elemental forms
A brown alabaster fan? Immediate sub 🎉
Mage/fighter: throw 2 fireballs (or chain lightning) on turn 1.
Very hard to see what spells you switched out throughout the video. I get you have to condense the video. You skipped over a lot
Eldritch blast and haste is all you need brother
Yeah, what is the level 1 spell he replaced for cloud of dagger at level 6?
Can you add a list of spells that we should have at each level?
I love this build! What other 3 builds that you have done do you think will go well with this build for a solid party that can do Tactician or even Honour mode?
Tavern brawler thrower, sharpshooter, and smite paladin imo!
@@Toyhouze think I decided on the storm sorc/tempest cleric instead of the thrower.
@@Toyhouze I think I went with Storm sorc/tempest cleric instead of the thrower.
@@Toyhouze I've researched a bit on your suggestion but I think the Tavern Brawler Thrower you showed clashes a bit with the Sorlock's preferred equipment like the light rings (or other items that can stack modifiers in attacks) and Undermountain King for crits. I think I'll prefer the Eldtrich Blast Sorlock keep those. I am still looking into the Sharpshooter and Smite Paladin. Do you have any other ideas? I have considered Tavern Brawler Thrower without the rings and Undermountain but I don't know what substitutes to get.
Wondering here, would it be better to run Rhapsody, or Orin's Bloodthirst for this build? Since the Bloodthirst also reduces the crit requirement by one, meaning thats 6 different rolls that can crit instead of 5.
As draconic lineage I picked bronze dragon, Sorc 6 allows you to add CHA bonus to damage with your element, works with lighting charges/Spellsparkler, with Potent Robe and agonizing blast you can add your CHA bonus three times to each blast (but that changes whole build a bit)
Sorlock is really strong but the most broken class I found so far is monk, you go with following stats: STR 8, DEX 16 and WIS 16, CON 15, then either 10CHA/8INT or other way around, doesn't matter, you level up as monk till level 6, choosing way of open hand and Tavern Brawler as feat (and pick increased CON, that's why you start with 15), you buy all strength potions you can find, Aunt Estel has some, dwarven woman in Underdark (mushroom ppl colony) is the other vendor for acts 1+2, they last till long rest, always have one on you, in act 3 just visit all vendors, they have some as well, at level 7 you multiclass to Rogue, at level 9 (monk6/rogue3) pick Thief for extra bonus action (extra flurry of blows), last 3 level are up to you, can continue as monk, can splash fighter 2(action surge) + cleric1 (sanctuary), up to you
Draconic lineage bonuses no longer are applied to your lighting charges/Spellsparkler. It was patched :/
@@frosttrip69 I didn't know... thanks for info, that's sad, in this case golden dragon lineage seems superior
Don’t go with 2 fighter on the monk/rogue build, you’re missing out on two feats for action surge which really isn’t worth it. If you get all the right equipment, buffing your wisdom is just straight up better than any amount of fighter.
You could technically drop two levels of monk for fighter and only lose out on one feat, but then you lose Evasion, so I definitely wouldn’t bother. Monk 8/Rogue 4 is ideal IMO.
If you liked Tavern Brawler Monk you should try Tavern Brawler Throw Barbarian/Thief or Tavern Brawler Throw Eldritch Knight. Nyrulna trident for the first and Lightning Jabber for the second. Your damage and accuracy are ridiculous and with Cloud Giant, Kushigo gloves and ring of flinging you just demolish everything in your way. With haste you can do up to 6 throws in one turn averaging about 40 damage a throw. So at peak power you'll be doing over 200 damage in one character turn.
@@pieterlindeque7798 I tried eldricht knight throw build, it was funny, I am not sure but it feels like if difference between elevations is significant, you deal your damage AND falling object damage, I am currently in act3 in honour mode so not exactly a moment for experiments :P but thanks for suggestions, I'll give it a try
How come start off as wizard only to respec to sorc but then choosing wizard subclass? Would it be easier to just start off as a sorc?
200dmg eldritch blast got the gods shakin in their boots
Shadowheart and knife of the undermountain king : not proficient with martial weapons or shortswords. How were you able to use it? I bought mine from the Githyanki creche. My shadowheart build is similar to yours at level 6. Is it because of your later fighter class ?
Edit: yup thats it. My bad. Thanks for the guide mate.
I know this is an old comment, but you do not have to be proficient with the weapon to get the enhanced crit; it will work as soon as you can get it. Proficiency only enables the special flourish and piercing strike abilities.
How important are the Mountain King sword and the Deadshot? I wanted to combine this build with a Crit rogue, who already uses those items.
Very clever
you left out the abilities portion, what do you recomemned?
I just use sorc extended greater invisibility to my gloom stalker+assassin with pass without trace. 22+ stealth then start pew pew with dual crossbow ne'er miss and hell stalker
How do I get your build
Hello, I was wondering how Hex works, so if i'm using it with Eldritch Blast do I have to use the hex with the charisma debuff or the one with the force debuff ? Since the spell is a force base spell, but at the same time we scale on charisma so I don't know.
Sorry if it's a stupid question, it's my first time playing this kind of game so i'm a bit lost
For the purposes of damage, the type of Hex does not matter. Each type applies a penalty that the target receives when they try to make a check of that attribute. An example is if they try to shove one of your characters. That would be an Athletics skill check, and Athletics is a Strength skill, so a strength Hex would give them the penalty of disadvantage on it (roll two dice, take the lower result).
Shoving is also a contested check, where the shoving character rolls Athletics (Strength) and the target rolls either Athletics or Acrobatics (Dexterity) to resist it, using whichever skill has a higher bonus. You can right-click and examine a target to see their Strength and Dexterity, apply a Hex to the higher value, and have a much easier time shoving them off a cliff! This can be way deadlier than the bonus 1d6 necrotic damage.
Thanks !
is there a good alternative for boots? i missed them on my run
1 more thing this build dosnt come online until the game is almost done?
Does the defense fighting style even do anything with this build?
You could always get the extra 2 charisma from the Mirror of Loss and swap the birthright hat to Sarevoks helm for an even better crit chance
I’m not certain if this was patched but even tho the birthright hat says it has a cap of 22 you can get 24 charisma with hat +mirror, agian don’t know if it was patched, might’ve been how he got 24 charisma in video
at some point stats are above what the story requires. +1 to spell DC, +1 to dmg (x2), +1 to attack rolls, when u take 24 char with the hat vs -1 required to crit + mental CC immunity@@LoganHicks75
So wait are you taking all those levels in warlock then completely trading them for sorcerer?
what dye makes potent robes look like that?
Doesn't picking defense fighting style make choosing the draconic Sorcerer irrelevant? You won't get the base 13 if you wear armor and defense needs to wear armor to get the +1.
So what do I use Undermountain King with? Just an empty hand?
I don't have much experience with CRPGs, so I'm just wondering if there's something I should be using or if there's any downside to having a dagger and empty hand.
You can use a shield if you have proficiency from being human/half-elf
Bro what happens at 4:12 I don’t understand how you have two things up Im really confused?
I think it's spread between Teo different builds. He started as sorcerer with that other one, I'm pretty sure. It doesn't really work.
Do I choose a new sorcerer class from withered or add sorcerer as a subclass at level 6?
Why would you not start Sorc for CON save throws for better concentration saves?
what are out feats ?
How can you dual wield with having improved stats and spell sniping ? Did I miss some feat ?
Quarterstaves are versatile, 1H/2H, meaning it can be combined with a shield or a Light Property weapon; I.e A dagger or Shortsword like the Knife of the Mountainking.
How do you know what kind of hex to use?
Idk if its a bug for me but getting volos eye stops devil sight from working
is there a written form of this guide? also im playing 1st time dont know in which act i find those and i dont want to miss anythingh.
Is this build still good if you play as dark urge, because you won't get "potent robe" of Alfira?
Maybe I'm missing something, but why choose Defence for Fighter? (4:47)
This build doesn't use armor, no?
Yeah, I thought the same. None of the fighting style options are really spectacular. I ended up choosing two-weapon fighting just because it's the only one that could actually even potentially do anything with this set up on the off chance you make a melee attack for whatever reason.
Would tgs build still word if i only use 1 weapon + shield? Because one of my other memeber. wars tge same weapons
Wish there was a way to become an Unholy Assassin without offing Minsc and Jaheira. What better use of the Feign Death spell could there be? Basically I want to get the gear, without the guilty conscience. Cheating the system.
Cool build, this close to what I’ve been theory crafting on my current playthrough, helps a lot with synergies. Thanks!
Why switch to sorcerer @ lv 6 when you're unable to get haste?
Should of done this
I'm currently level 8 but my Warlock spell slots are only level 1. Do I need to be a higher level?
This is my build 😂
I can’t watch this video yet but it’s exactly what I’m building
Can I multi class with Sorcerer and Fighter or do I have to switch
Yeah but I killed alfira on durge are there any other alternatives for the chest armor
I kinda wish you explained more why we take stuff. For example, "we take minor illusion, mage hand, and light". I am not very good at this game and to me minor illusion and light dont seem all that useful. I get that you only need 1 combat cantrip (because of blast) but why not bone chill or ray of frost? I run into this multiple times in the guide, and it would be very helpful to understand why we do certain things so I can make my own builds more effectively in the future :)
I think best build in the game is a stretch. There are better builds out there. This isnt even the best EB build. Its still pretty good though and most likely how players who dont like stealth would play EB. If willing to play with stealth, there's a better configuration.
personally I think the open hand 8 monk/ 4 rogue or 9 monk/ 3 rogue are the best in game build. I would have put pact of the chain Padlock as my number 1 but apparently the extra attack you can get from it doesn't work in Honour Mode.
@@jaihalai7674 yeah oathbreaker/vengeancelock gets nerfed in honor mode but i'd also say thats not the best smiter either but like the EB build presented here, its probably the best if one isnt willing to play with stealth. Open hand 9, thief 3 for sure is one of the best builds in the game and yes is the best unarmed build. they do get nerfed in honor mode as well due to the crack down on dmg rider/source abuse.
Personally i wouldnt name THE best build as alot of them are pretty close together that it comes down to nitpicking, preferences/bias and situation (like are we assessing solo? party? honor mode? Late game? Early game?). I'd only name like the best build for a category. For example, i'd say the best summoner is a spore druid, typically multiclassed with a cleric.
@@TheRobversion1whats the strongest build with stealth ?
@@jaxen231 assassin. Most martial builds simply perform better with assassin. for example for an eb build, going sorc 5, warlock 4, assassin 3 gets the best dmg numbers. Ends combat faster too.
@@jaihalai7674 10 bard/1 fighter/1 wizard is completely busted on the same level as open hand monk as well, you get amazing damage and get to CC entire encounters at the same time.
Twinned spells to cast haste on 2 enemies simultaneously 👁️👄👁️
Sounds very good
why would you give your enemies haste?
@@kayc_base I think he misspoke and meant blast?
He meant allies.
Cast it on two enemies, then immediately cancel concentration to give them lethargy and skip their next turns.
for some reason i cant cast my imp, I dont have the option but I have been following this guide to a T.
may i ask whats the point of going lock first if you're just gonna reclass to sorc then multi back into lock? genuinely curious since im not too well versed with bg3 dnd shenanigans
The main point of the class is the use eldritch blast for pushing enemies away at low levels, and that added dmg. Respecing bc sorc adds those multiple use of e blast, if you start splitting earlier its just harder since itl take longer to get the ability boost and other needed abilities
@@aestheticleviathan7028 appreciate. My dnd versed buddy explained as well lol.
My head cannon is that this is an Aberrant mind Sorcerer
Finished my first ever playthrough and this build was similar to my own lmao. I literally have no experience with the prior bg games, DND or even turn based combat games xD
Can you do a monk build next?