I wish they did what every other crpg does and let me access everyone's sheet in the camp. It's annoying having to swap people out in the camp to give people new equipment.
@@angmori172 It would make the game much easier though. It's not balanced around this idea, Wasteland uses it's own proprietary system. BG3 uses 5E. I wish more failures had an interesting outcome like in Disco Elysium or Planescape Torment (sometimes deaths will literally lead you to unlocking new memories and additional experience) and weren't just a simple punishment incentivizing savescumming. Losing persuation dice rolls to Ethel or a skill check when you find that one book in a dungeon doesn't lead to anything more. The outcome is often simple "you lost, oops", yet Larian devs have repeatedly said they wanted people to accept the rolls and move on to create a unique story. Thing is the failure often means simply another loose end, so people reload instead.
Depends on the build and party comp, but I really like taking Beast Speech as your other 2nd level invocation. It lasts all day, no concentration, and there's tons of details critters can tell you about when you talk to them 😅
I love how they did interactions with animals. Animals are simple-minded and straight forward, they tell you one thing and you need to abide that single term.
Unger of Hadar and Eldrich blast with Repel blast are a deadly combo. Enemies can't really reach you and when they do you just blast them back into the Hadar black hole.
You have been killing it lately. Just wanted to show my support a bit above the typical likes and what not. Take care of yourself, you've built a hell of a little community and I am very thankful. Have fun playing.
Content train goes chooo choooooo. I'm here for all of. I feel like I understand BG3 and 5e in general a lot better after your videos. I encourage you to keep talking about the class fantasy and Role Playing aspects - it helps put all these numbers into context and contributes to in-game immersion.
I found taking 1 level in fighter and the rest in Warlock to be way better for a Bladelock. Giving you access to heavy and medium armour as well second wind (which scales with characters level not fighter level) and a fighting style as well as saving throw in Con to let you keep Hex up as well as other stuff. You don't lose out on the extra slot at lvl 11 warlock. One of the lost feats that was gonna be replaced by the medium armour feat is replaced with the fighter dip. Fighting style also helps out a nice bit
1 level fighter would probably be better at lv12, but on the route levelling up 2 levels of fighter might feel better. Action surge for multiple eldritch blasts on a hexed target is huge for boss fights
@@hamblance5938 It would slow down your extra attack from Pact of the Blade, making you rely more on EB which after taking 2 levels into fighter feels weird. Action Surge is nice but i don't see it as worth it. If i were to dip 2 levels in a class i would then much rather take Paladin 2 for the short rest smites if i am doing a Bladelock. Downside is no con saving throw bonus and no second wind. Probably take polearm master then for more smite chances. At that point tho i might as well take Paladin 3 Vengance for the true boss killer
@@Faith-sl1reim an oathbreaker lock atm 2 paladim 3 great old one just hot pact of the blade. Idk wether to go 9 paladin or 9 warlock what would be better
@@SG-qi5jg I would go Paladin 3 for the subclass feature but leave it there. At lvl 5 a pact of the blade warlock auto gets extra attack. Get some better scaling smites with the warlock. However i think it comes to what you want more. Leaving Warlock as is and going full Paladin will make you more tanky with overall more smites, but less powerful ones, the d10 hit dice will also make you more tanky. Warlock 9 will give you good high level spells, up to lvl 5, give you powerful smites and letting them refresh. It guess it depends if you wanna be a powerful nuker or a more general paladin that has the advantage of fully investing into CHA
@@Skylingale At lvl 1 in character creation. Taking your first level as fighter lets you gain heavy armor as well as CON saving throws and gives you a base higher HP pool with the d10 hit dice. That depends if Pact of The Blade applies to the off-hand weapon. I do not believe it does, so, it's not something that would work, as the whole point of taking Warlock is to be able to attack with your CHA. It will also limit you on the weapons you can use as well as forcing you to take feats that will stagnate some stuff early on Just make sure to assign your ability modifiers to that of a warlock and not a fighter. This will hurt you in the tutorial but that's about it, from there you can EB your way through till you get to lvl 4 and get pact of the blade, from there, you should be good
Thanks for the awesome, very well explained and detailed Warlock build; best one I've seen yet. I tried out a Fextralife warlock build during EA but this one definitely sounds better. I was planning on making my character a Dark Urge origin Warlock Tiefling so this is perfect. Your party composition is also what I was mostly preferring to use in EA. Time to get to character creation as I finally have the full version downloaded and Geforce drivers updated. Looking forward to builds for other party members.
I have about 100 hours in BG3 and about 50 hours have been spent on the character creation screen rebuilding new characters/deleting them. Your video sold me - should have followed my gut instinct the whole time. Thank you for the video
If anyone is looking for that Killer Sweetheart ring, I found it in Shar's Gauntlet. It's dropped by one of the mirror self enemies when they are all beaten
It's funny, I also went with zariel tiefling warlock for my (still in progress) first run of the game. However, I went with the urchin background to get slight of hand proficiency and used an eldritch invocation to get persuasion and deception proficiency. Talking my way out of problems but also being able to fireball my way out of problems is a great way to play the game.
I absolutely will be going Archfey, but this gives me some great ideas to consider. A Face/Gish Combat character is definitely the end goal, much like yours.
The answer to that end goal is 1 lvl paladin, 6 lvls swords bard, add another lvl paladin, 1 lvl wizard, remaining 3 lvls bard (or sorcerer if preferred). You have way better skills with 9 lvls swords bard, you also have extra attack, dual wielding (for 3 melee attacks per turn), flourishes, heavy armor, smites, access to all bard spells up to level 9, expertise in multiple face skills, and access to all wizard spells in the game through learning scrolls (yes all, this is actually how it works in bg3 - if you have the spell slot you can learn the scroll, regardless of lvls in wiz, but wiz spells will use your int modifier so keep an eye out for int gear), and because bard is a pure caster you have the spell slots of a pure level 11 caster.
@@steele5823 that's great. Truly, thank you for the info. But I meant specifically in the context of Archfey Warlock. Just having fun with RP. The specifics all come secondary to that lol. Not looking for perfect optimization.
I made my warlock toon the other day! I def like the way the warlock class functions! So many ways to build! I made a Drow Warlock, with the Dark Urge origin story.
Being able to speak to animals is really good during the early game. So if you dont really have any solid preference for that second invocation at level 2, you might want to just take Beast Speech
A thing to consider when choosing invocations is that if you are going to use Hunger of Hadar a lot, Devils sight is really good since it lets you see through magical darkness.Make enemies stuck inside the dark area and take both damage from the cold and your eldritch blasts. :D
My Warlock build looks similar except I went Gith, which means I get medium armour proficiency right out of the gate, so level 4 I took ability points.
I agree with a lot of this build but (for now) I have the Guild Artisan for + Investigation and persuasion and I use the 17 int item (and I have 14 wiz). That let's me take some really interesting skills to be the face. Arguably less effective in combat - but also as a Drow you can get dual hand crossbows for that bonus action attack
Watched a lot of your content leading up to the release, one of the main reasons I picked the game up! I didn’t worry too much about min/maxing since I didn’t know a lot about the game. Still fun to see what the reasoning is for your build.
Ok. I played Warlock during EA and wasn’t a fan tbh. Thanks to todays video, I see where I went wrong with my build and now know how to make this class work for myself. Definitely referencing this video when I’m playing the game the first time. Thank you sir! May you wander in wisdom, and have a fantastic day!
How'd you do the leveling for warlock/fighter? I want to do that build but not sure which class to start as and when to multi class. Feels like you should start warlock through at least level 3 for pact of the blade, if not all the way to level 5 for the extra attack
Love the build. The Dark Old One Pact Warlock is my favourite. I always pick it, too. I've got to try your set-up though! I might respec my build to that later. I'm experimenting with a high Charisma & Wisdom Warlock with a Level in Druid, for Shillelagh, Medium Armour, and Shields. Maybe giving him more levels to get Circle of the Spores and Shapeshifting. If your spells fail, and you can't hold the line as fragile caster -> Shapeshift Bear / Raven and you are golden. You can also use a Salami as a bound Weapon (or Shillelagh) and kill Dragons with it. Just Imagine the embarrassment in their afterlife. I'm livestreaming getting there. Thank you Morty for all the amazing BG 3 content I can look at for inspiration. Also for everyone reading this: Take "speak with animals" - You aren't playing Larian Games right, if you can't speak with animals!
I dumped strength and did 13 dex 16 con for mine instead of the points in int. Dex rounds out with the medium armor feat and there's at least one chance to get a permanent bonus to charisma to get it to 18. Leaves you with an asi to get cha to 20 and whatever feat tickles your fancy.
Thank you for having a good, succinct explanation on things while not spoiling things! I was at a standstill debating on rerolling a Paladin since I was getting stomped everywhere. Thanks to you, I learned more about pact blade (WOO) and that it's mainly gear/AC issues atm. Keep doing what you're doing!
My next playthrough is a Dark Urge GOO Warlock but a Githyanki instead. Gets medium armor, invisible mage hand, astral knowledge for proficiency in wisdom skills and fits RP wise as he sailed the astral sea making a pact with a GOO to gain abilities to fight mind flayers. Only downside is no racial darkvision but Devil's Sight fixes that.
As for my weapon with a Warlock, as soon as I picked up the Phalar Aluve sword in the Underdark, I have not put it down since. It's such a good weapon that also looks cool.
Dang, 300 comments, good to see these videos doing well! :) Really looking forward to your thoughts about Mr Murder as the starting character, hopefully without spoilers, hah. I'd take stats on the first Feat choice, personally. Mage Armour + Dex gets you to decent AC, and the two +1s let you get your Dex to 16 and Cha to 18, which is a big buff imo. Love Repelling Blast as well, fall damage to NPCs in this game, like DOS2, is no joke :)
Zariel Tiefling also gives you Thaumaturgy which helps in Intimidation checks. In my playthrough I also picked that same basic build but I chose Beast Speech so I can talk to everyone all the time.
Glad to see this. I'm planning on my Dark Urge evil run and decided to go with Great Old One Warlock (though I'll miss those Fiend hit points), although I'm likely going to go with Drow. I like Drow's evil Lolth conversation options.
Nice, that is my first choice for a playthrough as well. It's nice getting the dice RNG to bow to your whims: proficiency/jack of all trades, expertise, guidance, bardic inspiration, etc.
A really useful video might be one on consumables and alchemy. Like which ones are actually really good? There’s so much you can make and use that it’s overwhelming and my bags are full of potions and bombs haha
Don't forget to right click on all those Oil Barrels and select 'Send to Camp'. Later on you can retrieve them to set up exploding barrel traps before certain fights. It's not quite the same as alchemy, but works.
@@XoRandomGuyoX so far I don’t really feel like I need to do shenanigans like that yet playing on balanced. I still haven’t made it out of Act 1 yet though so hopefully difficulty will increase some
Ended up going Drow (for perception) Bard1/Fey Warlock11 for my first run. Tons of proficiencies, extra spells including heals and jamming on my lute after blasting things. 16 dex 20 charisma with Actor. Only bad part of it was being stuck in my stupid Bard clothing for so long.
there are race choices with medium armor and war weapons, but because i chose a race just for the look..i did 1 lvl ranger for my woodelf, and then change to warlock..with hair and cosmetic a bit gothik style and background performer. a kid pressured into a job just to get a friend (a crow) then gaining freedom from his surroundings and pressured from the horror of this adventure, hold out to the old ones for power and manipulation. a weak core, but a onbroken mind hungry for power and love, but cold even to his party until some time...
Devil vision or whatever it’s called is a great invocation because it lets you see in the darkness spell. This means that you have advantage in the spell but enemies have disadvantage.
Not only that, but even your party can use it to nullify advantage enemies would get, before moving out of the blindness to attack and moving back. Blocking projectiles (from only non-devilsight enemies, which seems incorrect according to the tooltip, but w/e) is also a massive bonus given the sheer amount of ranged combatants in the game.
Im using gloves of dexterity (dex to 18) and a medium armor i bought at last light inn that allows your dex bonus to count fully toward your ac and doesnt penalize you in stealth. With that i could respec and put my dex down to 8 and push my wisdom up to help with saves. Combined with the cloak of protection, I'm sporting 20AC, 10/18/14/12/14/20 and 59HP at lvl 8. I also have 3 casts of misty step from items (2 short, one long rest) and a cast of haste from my bow.
Also, making use of spell replacement as you move forward is great for getting more of the higher level spells. (E.g. Hex for that frost armour spell, hellish rebuke for counterspell, misty step swapped for dimension door)
hey! I've been extremely busy applying to medical school meaning I haven't been able to play BG3 at all despite pre-ordering it. Your videos have been a god send in keeping me hyped despite everything else trying to keep me down. Now that my thanks is out of the way, for how much of the game do you get to be "Max level" without beating the game? I've been hoping that I get to enjoy being Max level for a while! I'm planning on playing a gunslinger gloomstalker with Sharpshooter and dual hand crossbows so I wanna know how long I can enjoy all of that. Once again thanks so much! if you do have a gloomstalker build video, I'll be amongst the first viewers!
killer's sweetheart ring you get from the Selfsame trial in the Gauntlet of Shar, the last enemy you kill drops it. Tip to make this trial easier is to unequip all your party's gear before entering as the enemies you fight will be clones of your party. then requip the gear when fighting.
Whatcdobyou thinkbof the combo darkness spell and devil's sight invocation? Should give you advantage on all attacks and enemies would have disadvantage against you... For attributes i would have taken 13 in Dex increased with moderate armor at level 4 and actor at level 8 to get 18 in CHA, then attribute improvement to get CHA to 20 at level 12... I like actor for the face as it gives you expertise in deception.
After your Tactician run I would really like to see a breakdown of the differences and your recommendations. I mostly want to play on Tactician, but if it's going to devolve into "put barrels everywhere before fight" each time I will get bored of that playstyle fast.
I didn't know I could get a bad ass smite ability as a devil boy. I went human for thr armor and shield spec and ended up doing two levels of fighter anyway
There’s no actual character as your patron unless you play as Wyl. You just get vague dialogue for warlock options of things like “my patron gives me the power to do this”
@@teamwolfe19 Truly? I thought I saw footage for a few seconds elsewhere of a 60' tall Cthulu monster head that seemed like it would be an obvious shoe-in for the Great Old One patron...
This looks like a Very fun play through! I'm still in act 1 (Just finished the druid/refugee quests) and I'm tempted switch my sorc over and give this build a try!
I'm playing blindly rn and having fun with my Dragonborn Bard, gonna go back to your tutorials for second playthrough with dark urge and tactician difficulty (probably gonna respec all origins into different things just for fun of it)
For your level 8 feat(/ASI), you correctly mention that adding a second point to Charisma doesn't do anything, and also that adding the extra point in Strength has very minimal benefits. I'd strongly suggest instead taking the Actor feat; you still get to increase your Charisma (and its modifier) by 1, but gaining advantage on Deception and Performance checks is a huge benefit for a "face" character (especially one as liberal with the truth as a warlock). Essentially you have a straight choice between "+1 Strength" and "advantage on Deception and Performance checks", and I don't think there's any doubt that the latter is the better option for this character.
This is a fun build, and very similar to how I play my warlock. One of the major differences, at least from start, is that I picked Friends and Eldritch Blast as my first two cantrips in order to get advantage on many of the various conversations. Haven't reached max level yet, so I'll keep an eye on this video for when I level up further.
@@Chedonled00 Chest is 17, cloak is 1, shield 2, boots 1, 1 level from 'defense', a passive warrior 'feat' i believe my last rank was from a ring i dont have anymore,
There are dialogue options and the patron is watching over you during your playthrough. It's nothing too crazy so don't get too excited but the patron is present.
This build is cool and currently I'm trying to make a similar build on will but more focused on melee. Currently thinking about using polearms on wyll with 6 paladin and 6 warlock while using diadem of arcane synergy so whenever I use hex charisma applies twice to damage . At the very least paladin multiclass gives you smite and medium proficiency if you invest 2 levels with the added benefits of level 1 spell slots you can use for hex .
You shouldn't do an even split. Both paladin and warlock get feats at 4, 8, and 12. If you do a 6/6 split, then you only get 2 feats by 12th level. Doing a 4/8 split either way will get you all 3 feats.
Soo... can you go to mountain pass and underdark or you can only choose one path? since you mentions you get item from both route, does it mean you can do both?
@@MortismalGaming is there a hardlock that you need to switch between the regions before progressing the main story? Or you can just go to underdark & mountain pass whenever you want even thou you have done the moonrise?
Thank you for this build. I’m completely new to this kind of game and I’m loving it. I finally recently got to Act 3 with this build. Now that there’s been some time with the game’s release, is there an update with your gear recommendations? I only ask because with all the legendary equipment we can get in act 3, surely there are better gear setups than those from act 2?
Not sure if better or not in any way, thought if you're not really role playing a super justice type character, you could use Auntie Ethel's +1 on yourself and also take 2 attr for first feat both in Charsima, then you will end up with the 20 charisma right from level 4. You do have skip the medium armor at lvl 4 until later though.
Finally, some build with the real in-game experience! Most video about builds show some theoretical build and don't take the playing experience into account. For example, many builds like to take 8 INT, although INT is very frequently used in dialogs, or it is just me liking those dialog options that roll INT... Anyway, I've been playing a warlock and at the beginning it's more powerful than sorcerer, but at lvl 4 it feels weaker with still one eldritch blast and the pact of chain. The familiar is helpful and feels like it helped me a lot during tougher battles, but in the end, it is the character that must be powerful, not some additional distraction on the field, that is not doing much damage and only taking some hits. That is why I'm planning to respect my character for pact of the blade. In theory, warlock should be a distance fighter, but no matter what, enemies are still finding ways to come closer, and this is not a way to play to escape all the time to get good spots, especially with a low mobility range. Melee is helpful in many situations, and it's painful to see that the strongest fighters in the party is Astarion as an assassin and La'zael as a second. Shadowheart is absolutely just a utility character and not doing much damage, which is disappointing, because clerics always were a strong choice in the previous games. Not this time. The magic system in BG3 is so broken that it nerfs all caster classes and builds focused on combat plus utility spells win. Pure casters are forced to use utility spells as well, so they don't do much damage in the end, especially when most magic not AoE spells need an attack roll anyway and miss a lot... while AoE is hard to apply with all that moving through the battlefield.
Warlock has honestly been about the most fun and powerful class so far at least in my playthrough. Blasting things back with eldrich blast had been insane op and funny. So far no enemy no matter the size can resist. I've knocked every enemy in the underdark off the edge to their death. Yeah I miss the loot but I get to end combat in one turn which is to fun. Also the great old one sounds awesome thst 100% crit combined with aoe fear sounds awesome. I went fiend even though I don't care for the flavor but dang I undervalued how good it is to get some temp HP every kill. Between the heavy armor with shield and temp HP my lock is the tankiest on the team. Also maybe the best face for the party if you can get a way to make sure you get proficiency in persuasion from your background.
was this on balanced difficulty? I really want to make this warlock build but i don't want the entire game to be a cakewalk so if its OP I may go bard.
Great guide. Like the theme and idea! Although I wonder if there is a way to warp it for like pally into warlock (old ones sub class). And of course going pally you choose to break your vows. Want a sort of soldier of light turned into a harbinger of darkness run for a dark urge run.
Wish character creation in BG3 was more like Pathfinder: WOTR and let you see what every class gets when they lvl up.
yeah, its a huge oversight. I fully expect them to add it at some point but I hope its sooner rather than latter
I wish they did what every other crpg does and let me access everyone's sheet in the camp. It's annoying having to swap people out in the camp to give people new equipment.
Yes, same goes for bonuses specific to subraces. That stuff needs to be visible.
@@angmori172 It would make the game much easier though. It's not balanced around this idea, Wasteland uses it's own proprietary system. BG3 uses 5E.
I wish more failures had an interesting outcome like in Disco Elysium or Planescape Torment (sometimes deaths will literally lead you to unlocking new memories and additional experience) and weren't just a simple punishment incentivizing savescumming. Losing persuation dice rolls to Ethel or a skill check when you find that one book in a dungeon doesn't lead to anything more. The outcome is often simple "you lost, oops", yet Larian devs have repeatedly said they wanted people to accept the rolls and move on to create a unique story. Thing is the failure often means simply another loose end, so people reload instead.
And being more like Pathfinder, I wish it had more companions in party when you travel.
Depends on the build and party comp, but I really like taking Beast Speech as your other 2nd level invocation. It lasts all day, no concentration, and there's tons of details critters can tell you about when you talk to them 😅
In case you didn't know you can also make a potion for this that works the same way as the spell. It's fairly easy to make as well
@@Kjartan9 I did but the invocation has practically no upkeep, which makes it easier to obtain at the start of the game
@@adamglenen734exact same upkeep using a spell Everday and drinking a potion, no?
@@KittenCritters the spell is ritual magic and does not use a spell slot, so it"s completely free
I love how they did interactions with animals. Animals are simple-minded and straight forward, they tell you one thing and you need to abide that single term.
Unger of Hadar and Eldrich blast with Repel blast are a deadly combo. Enemies can't really reach you and when they do you just blast them back into the Hadar black hole.
You have been killing it lately. Just wanted to show my support a bit above the typical likes and what not. Take care of yourself, you've built a hell of a little community and I am very thankful. Have fun playing.
Thanks!
Killer's Sweetheart drops off the Self-Reflection trial in the Guantlet of Shar in Act 2 :) Phenomenal video as always Mort!
Content train goes chooo choooooo. I'm here for all of. I feel like I understand BG3 and 5e in general a lot better after your videos. I encourage you to keep talking about the class fantasy and Role Playing aspects - it helps put all these numbers into context and contributes to in-game immersion.
I found taking 1 level in fighter and the rest in Warlock to be way better for a Bladelock. Giving you access to heavy and medium armour as well second wind (which scales with characters level not fighter level) and a fighting style as well as saving throw in Con to let you keep Hex up as well as other stuff. You don't lose out on the extra slot at lvl 11 warlock. One of the lost feats that was gonna be replaced by the medium armour feat is replaced with the fighter dip. Fighting style also helps out a nice bit
1 level fighter would probably be better at lv12, but on the route levelling up 2 levels of fighter might feel better. Action surge for multiple eldritch blasts on a hexed target is huge for boss fights
@@hamblance5938 It would slow down your extra attack from Pact of the Blade, making you rely more on EB which after taking 2 levels into fighter feels weird. Action Surge is nice but i don't see it as worth it. If i were to dip 2 levels in a class i would then much rather take Paladin 2 for the short rest smites if i am doing a Bladelock. Downside is no con saving throw bonus and no second wind. Probably take polearm master then for more smite chances. At that point tho i might as well take Paladin 3 Vengance for the true boss killer
@@Faith-sl1reim an oathbreaker lock atm 2 paladim 3 great old one just hot pact of the blade. Idk wether to go 9 paladin or 9 warlock what would be better
@@SG-qi5jg I would go Paladin 3 for the subclass feature but leave it there. At lvl 5 a pact of the blade warlock auto gets extra attack. Get some better scaling smites with the warlock. However i think it comes to what you want more. Leaving Warlock as is and going full Paladin will make you more tanky with overall more smites, but less powerful ones, the d10 hit dice will also make you more tanky. Warlock 9 will give you good high level spells, up to lvl 5, give you powerful smites and letting them refresh. It guess it depends if you wanna be a powerful nuker or a more general paladin that has the advantage of fully investing into CHA
@@Skylingale At lvl 1 in character creation. Taking your first level as fighter lets you gain heavy armor as well as CON saving throws and gives you a base higher HP pool with the d10 hit dice.
That depends if Pact of The Blade applies to the off-hand weapon. I do not believe it does, so, it's not something that would work, as the whole point of taking Warlock is to be able to attack with your CHA. It will also limit you on the weapons you can use as well as forcing you to take feats that will stagnate some stuff early on
Just make sure to assign your ability modifiers to that of a warlock and not a fighter. This will hurt you in the tutorial but that's about it, from there you can EB your way through till you get to lvl 4 and get pact of the blade, from there, you should be good
Devil's sight and darkness is a crazy combo for melee warlock
Yeah, that's why you should pick one of the races that get darkness at 5.
Thanks for the awesome, very well explained and detailed Warlock build; best one I've seen yet. I tried out a Fextralife warlock build during EA but this one definitely sounds better. I was planning on making my character a Dark Urge origin Warlock Tiefling so this is perfect. Your party composition is also what I was mostly preferring to use in EA. Time to get to character creation as I finally have the full version downloaded and Geforce drivers updated. Looking forward to builds for other party members.
What is the ideal party composition to play with this warlock build?
I have about 100 hours in BG3 and about 50 hours have been spent on the character creation screen rebuilding new characters/deleting them. Your video sold me - should have followed my gut instinct the whole time. Thank you for the video
If anyone is looking for that Killer Sweetheart ring, I found it in Shar's Gauntlet. It's dropped by one of the mirror self enemies when they are all beaten
Loved this video. Watched it twice! Thank you.
This is perfect this was exactly the kind of build I was planning for my second playthrough as Durge, looking forward to it
It's funny, I also went with zariel tiefling warlock for my (still in progress) first run of the game.
However, I went with the urchin background to get slight of hand proficiency and used an eldritch invocation to get persuasion and deception proficiency.
Talking my way out of problems but also being able to fireball my way out of problems is a great way to play the game.
Thanks for the great guides for BG3 as well as CRPGs in general. Very level-headed and clear guides with no nonsense and screaming :D
Thank you as well!
I absolutely will be going Archfey, but this gives me some great ideas to consider.
A Face/Gish Combat character is definitely the end goal, much like yours.
The answer to that end goal is 1 lvl paladin, 6 lvls swords bard, add another lvl paladin, 1 lvl wizard, remaining 3 lvls bard (or sorcerer if preferred). You have way better skills with 9 lvls swords bard, you also have extra attack, dual wielding (for 3 melee attacks per turn), flourishes, heavy armor, smites, access to all bard spells up to level 9, expertise in multiple face skills, and access to all wizard spells in the game through learning scrolls (yes all, this is actually how it works in bg3 - if you have the spell slot you can learn the scroll, regardless of lvls in wiz, but wiz spells will use your int modifier so keep an eye out for int gear), and because bard is a pure caster you have the spell slots of a pure level 11 caster.
@@steele5823 that's great. Truly, thank you for the info. But I meant specifically in the context of Archfey Warlock. Just having fun with RP. The specifics all come secondary to that lol. Not looking for perfect optimization.
I’ve been waiting for this 😌
u can say that again
_"Kept you waiting, huh"_
I made my warlock toon the other day! I def like the way the warlock class functions! So many ways to build! I made a Drow Warlock, with the Dark Urge origin story.
So, how does weapon prof working for you?
@@lazanya0000 it's cool, I'm using a rapier now.
Being able to speak to animals is really good during the early game. So if you dont really have any solid preference for that second invocation at level 2, you might want to just take Beast Speech
A thing to consider when choosing invocations is that if you are going to use Hunger of Hadar a lot, Devils sight is really good since it lets you see through magical darkness.Make enemies stuck inside the dark area and take both damage from the cold and your eldritch blasts. :D
Does hunger of hadar count as magical darkness? Doesn’t work like that in DnD
I think it doesnt work, but what does work is a ring that makes you immune to blindness :D
@@CatMandiano hunger of hadar is magical darkness, and devils sight can see through magical darkness per it's description.
DEFINITELY want a video for those game-altering choices like the path to chapter 2 and the item consequences!
My Warlock build looks similar except I went Gith, which means I get medium armour proficiency right out of the gate, so level 4 I took ability points.
Can't wait to level this up, just started my first play-through. Might make a spreadsheet to help out. 🙏
Did you manage to get that spreadsheet done friend?
Can’t wait for the bard video!
Great build video. Wasn't considering a warlock until seeing this. Warlock evocations are a lot of fun, haven't played a warlock in years.
I agree with a lot of this build but (for now) I have the Guild Artisan for + Investigation and persuasion and I use the 17 int item (and I have 14 wiz). That let's me take some really interesting skills to be the face. Arguably less effective in combat - but also as a Drow you can get dual hand crossbows for that bonus action attack
The Killer sweetheart ring is picked up in Shars Gauntlet in Act 2, specifically in one of the trials where you fight copies of yourself
Nothing wrong with on the nose. Besides main character builds, I think it would be cool to see companion builds. Not everyone, more like favorite.
Watched a lot of your content leading up to the release, one of the main reasons I picked the game up!
I didn’t worry too much about min/maxing since I didn’t know a lot about the game. Still fun to see what the reasoning is for your build.
this is great...i never understood how to play warlock..maybe will do now
Why? It mostly boils down to spamming Eldritch blast. lol
Using disguise self to take the form of a githyanki activates the passive effects on githyanki weapons, making mask of many faces very useful.
Ok. I played Warlock during EA and wasn’t a fan tbh. Thanks to todays video, I see where I went wrong with my build and now know how to make this class work for myself. Definitely referencing this video when I’m playing the game the first time. Thank you sir! May you wander in wisdom, and have a fantastic day!
Love this video series idea and I'm excited to see what else you play through :)
Got a single player game going where I’m playing as a warlock/fighter combo and got a coop playthrough where I’m playing a vengeance Paladin.
How'd you do the leveling for warlock/fighter? I want to do that build but not sure which class to start as and when to multi class. Feels like you should start warlock through at least level 3 for pact of the blade, if not all the way to level 5 for the extra attack
Love the build. The Dark Old One Pact Warlock is my favourite. I always pick it, too. I've got to try your set-up though! I might respec my build to that later.
I'm experimenting with a high Charisma & Wisdom Warlock with a Level in Druid, for Shillelagh, Medium Armour, and Shields. Maybe giving him more levels to get Circle of the Spores and Shapeshifting. If your spells fail, and you can't hold the line as fragile caster -> Shapeshift Bear / Raven and you are golden.
You can also use a Salami as a bound Weapon (or Shillelagh) and kill Dragons with it. Just Imagine the embarrassment in their afterlife. I'm livestreaming getting there.
Thank you Morty for all the amazing BG 3 content I can look at for inspiration.
Also for everyone reading this: Take "speak with animals" - You aren't playing Larian Games right, if you can't speak with animals!
Why not just start with 16 Charisma and 10 Wisdom if you're not planning on taking a half feat that rounds out the charisma score from 17 to 18 ?
There might be a secret thing in the game that magically helps with that if you get far enough
@@Finckelstein Ah, okay, I'm not very far into the game yet, please no spoilers.
I dumped strength and did 13 dex 16 con for mine instead of the points in int. Dex rounds out with the medium armor feat and there's at least one chance to get a permanent bonus to charisma to get it to 18. Leaves you with an asi to get cha to 20 and whatever feat tickles your fancy.
Thank you for having a good, succinct explanation on things while not spoiling things! I was at a standstill debating on rerolling a Paladin since I was getting stomped everywhere. Thanks to you, I learned more about pact blade (WOO) and that it's mainly gear/AC issues atm. Keep doing what you're doing!
My next playthrough is a Dark Urge GOO Warlock but a Githyanki instead. Gets medium armor, invisible mage hand, astral knowledge for proficiency in wisdom skills and fits RP wise as he sailed the astral sea making a pact with a GOO to gain abilities to fight mind flayers. Only downside is no racial darkvision but Devil's Sight fixes that.
This is my exact build!! What a coincidence, thanks for all the useful tips
You rock senpai.
As for my weapon with a Warlock, as soon as I picked up the Phalar Aluve sword in the Underdark, I have not put it down since. It's such a good weapon that also looks cool.
Dang, 300 comments, good to see these videos doing well! :) Really looking forward to your thoughts about Mr Murder as the starting character, hopefully without spoilers, hah.
I'd take stats on the first Feat choice, personally. Mage Armour + Dex gets you to decent AC, and the two +1s let you get your Dex to 16 and Cha to 18, which is a big buff imo.
Love Repelling Blast as well, fall damage to NPCs in this game, like DOS2, is no joke :)
Thanks!
Zariel Tiefling also gives you Thaumaturgy which helps in Intimidation checks. In my playthrough I also picked that same basic build but I chose Beast Speech so I can talk to everyone all the time.
Can’t wait to play this game on console, never played the other 2, but I absolutely loved pillars of eternity and this game looks even better.
Glad to see this. I'm planning on my Dark Urge evil run and decided to go with Great Old One Warlock (though I'll miss those Fiend hit points), although I'm likely going to go with Drow. I like Drow's evil Lolth conversation options.
lol I chose this class because it looked badass, dagger and a book but I can't play this class well and dying so often
thank you for this guide!
cant wait to see more builds! love it!
Thanks for the video. Armor and health are just inferior forms of dodging. Onward to 300k. All glory to the algorithm.
Going to try respec Wyll into this and add him to my party.
So excited for your bard build! I'm currently running a college of valor bard.
Nice, that is my first choice for a playthrough as well. It's nice getting the dice RNG to bow to your whims: proficiency/jack of all trades, expertise, guidance, bardic inspiration, etc.
A really useful video might be one on consumables and alchemy. Like which ones are actually really good? There’s so much you can make and use that it’s overwhelming and my bags are full of potions and bombs haha
Don't forget to right click on all those Oil Barrels and select 'Send to Camp'. Later on you can retrieve them to set up exploding barrel traps before certain fights. It's not quite the same as alchemy, but works.
@@XoRandomGuyoX so far I don’t really feel like I need to do shenanigans like that yet playing on balanced. I still haven’t made it out of Act 1 yet though so hopefully difficulty will increase some
Ended up going Drow (for perception) Bard1/Fey Warlock11 for my first run. Tons of proficiencies, extra spells including heals and jamming on my lute after blasting things. 16 dex 20 charisma with Actor. Only bad part of it was being stuck in my stupid Bard clothing for so long.
there are race choices with medium armor and war weapons, but because i chose a race just for the look..i did 1 lvl ranger for my woodelf, and then change to warlock..with hair and cosmetic a bit gothik style and background performer. a kid pressured into a job just to get a friend (a crow) then gaining freedom from his surroundings and pressured from the horror of this adventure, hold out to the old ones for power and manipulation. a weak core, but a onbroken mind hungry for power and love, but cold even to his party until some time...
Loved all your WotR build guides, so I'm really looking forward to them for BG3 :)
Im excited for these build videos, they're really neat
Devil vision or whatever it’s called is a great invocation because it lets you see in the darkness spell. This means that you have advantage in the spell but enemies have disadvantage.
Not only that, but even your party can use it to nullify advantage enemies would get, before moving out of the blindness to attack and moving back. Blocking projectiles (from only non-devilsight enemies, which seems incorrect according to the tooltip, but w/e) is also a massive bonus given the sheer amount of ranged combatants in the game.
Killer sweetheart is a pick up in the self same trial right after you go up the left stairs
I can see a little bit of Mortim's favourite pathfinder Kineticist build here with the Cloud of Daggers, and Eldritch Blast = Kinetic Blast
Yeah Kineticists are pathfinders redesigned warlocks from 3.5, theres a lot of similarities
Excellent guide! Looking forward to guides for other classes as well.
Im using gloves of dexterity (dex to 18) and a medium armor i bought at last light inn that allows your dex bonus to count fully toward your ac and doesnt penalize you in stealth. With that i could respec and put my dex down to 8 and push my wisdom up to help with saves. Combined with the cloak of protection, I'm sporting 20AC, 10/18/14/12/14/20 and 59HP at lvl 8. I also have 3 casts of misty step from items (2 short, one long rest) and a cast of haste from my bow.
Also, making use of spell replacement as you move forward is great for getting more of the higher level spells. (E.g. Hex for that frost armour spell, hellish rebuke for counterspell, misty step swapped for dimension door)
I’m doing a storm sorcerer with a small multi class into tempest cleric for my first run, can’t wait for the sorcerer guide
Great to see this! Would it be worth it to change wyll to this?
If you want, fiend is also pretty fun in its own ways
Awesome here we go! The build vids
Let‘s gooo! 🎉
this looks greate , seems much more fun than playing a pure caster warlock that spamms eldritch blast and hex 24/7
hey! I've been extremely busy applying to medical school meaning I haven't been able to play BG3 at all despite pre-ordering it. Your videos have been a god send in keeping me hyped despite everything else trying to keep me down.
Now that my thanks is out of the way, for how much of the game do you get to be "Max level" without beating the game? I've been hoping that I get to enjoy being Max level for a while! I'm planning on playing a gunslinger gloomstalker with Sharpshooter and dual hand crossbows so I wanna know how long I can enjoy all of that.
Once again thanks so much! if you do have a gloomstalker build video, I'll be amongst the first viewers!
Good luck, the hardest part about med school was getting in.
killer's sweetheart ring you get from the Selfsame trial in the Gauntlet of Shar, the last enemy you kill drops it. Tip to make this trial easier is to unequip all your party's gear before entering as the enemies you fight will be clones of your party. then requip the gear when fighting.
Whatcdobyou thinkbof the combo darkness spell and devil's sight invocation?
Should give you advantage on all attacks and enemies would have disadvantage against you...
For attributes i would have taken 13 in Dex increased with moderate armor at level 4 and actor at level 8 to get 18 in CHA, then attribute improvement to get CHA to 20 at level 12... I like actor for the face as it gives you expertise in deception.
After your Tactician run I would really like to see a breakdown of the differences and your recommendations. I mostly want to play on Tactician, but if it's going to devolve into "put barrels everywhere before fight" each time I will get bored of that playstyle fast.
For my taste it was way too easy so I dont see how you would need to cheese at all. I also rarely see streamers needing to load at all.
I didn't know I could get a bad ass smite ability as a devil boy. I went human for thr armor and shield spec and ended up doing two levels of fighter anyway
Finally some build video
How often did the warlock patron effect the story? Are they an actual character with their own cinematics or just open up unique dialog options?
I second that question
There’s no actual character as your patron unless you play as Wyl. You just get vague dialogue for warlock options of things like “my patron gives me the power to do this”
@@teamwolfe19 Truly? I thought I saw footage for a few seconds elsewhere of a 60' tall Cthulu monster head that seemed like it would be an obvious shoe-in for the Great Old One patron...
Unique dialogue unless you're Wyll
@@XoRandomGuyoXif you're talking about what i think you're talking that's not à patron it's something else entirely
Repelling blast saved me sooooooo many times
This looks like a Very fun play through! I'm still in act 1 (Just finished the druid/refugee quests) and I'm tempted switch my sorc over and give this build a try!
Ive heard Sorcerer Walock is a good combination.
I'm playing blindly rn and having fun with my Dragonborn Bard, gonna go back to your tutorials for second playthrough with dark urge and tactician difficulty (probably gonna respec all origins into different things just for fun of it)
For your level 8 feat(/ASI), you correctly mention that adding a second point to Charisma doesn't do anything, and also that adding the extra point in Strength has very minimal benefits. I'd strongly suggest instead taking the Actor feat; you still get to increase your Charisma (and its modifier) by 1, but gaining advantage on Deception and Performance checks is a huge benefit for a "face" character (especially one as liberal with the truth as a warlock).
Essentially you have a straight choice between "+1 Strength" and "advantage on Deception and Performance checks", and I don't think there's any doubt that the latter is the better option for this character.
This is a fun build, and very similar to how I play my warlock. One of the major differences, at least from start, is that I picked Friends and Eldritch Blast as my first two cantrips in order to get advantage on many of the various conversations. Haven't reached max level yet, so I'll keep an eye on this video for when I level up further.
I would consider a level of Fighter as lvl 1, i had 24 AC on my fighter/warlock/sorcerer when i entered act 2
How did you get up to 24?
@@Chedonled00 Chest is 17, cloak is 1, shield 2, boots 1, 1 level from 'defense', a passive warrior 'feat' i believe my last rank was from a ring i dont have anymore,
Quick question Mortismal, can you interact with your patron in dialogue?
There are dialogue options and the patron is watching over you during your playthrough. It's nothing too crazy so don't get too excited but the patron is present.
If you have a wizard in your party, hunger of hadar + evard's black tentacles is insanely op.
A Githyanki or Shield Dwarf Warlock can get Medium Armor without spending a feat.
Will try this one as my first player =) Good show sir
This build is cool and currently I'm trying to make a similar build on will but more focused on melee. Currently thinking about using polearms on wyll with 6 paladin and 6 warlock while using diadem of arcane synergy so whenever I use hex charisma applies twice to damage . At the very least paladin multiclass gives you smite and medium proficiency if you invest 2 levels with the added benefits of level 1 spell slots you can use for hex .
You shouldn't do an even split. Both paladin and warlock get feats at 4, 8, and 12. If you do a 6/6 split, then you only get 2 feats by 12th level. Doing a 4/8 split either way will get you all 3 feats.
Soo... can you go to mountain pass and underdark or you can only choose one path? since you mentions you get item from both route, does it mean you can do both?
You can do both
@@MortismalGaming is there a hardlock that you need to switch between the regions before progressing the main story? Or you can just go to underdark & mountain pass whenever you want even thou you have done the moonrise?
@@ryouyuuichi823 I haven't tested every possibility but best I can tell you're free to double back until the climax for Act 2 starts
@@MortismalGaming thank you for the info
Thank you for this build. I’m completely new to this kind of game and I’m loving it. I finally recently got to Act 3 with this build.
Now that there’s been some time with the game’s release, is there an update with your gear recommendations?
I only ask because with all the legendary equipment we can get in act 3, surely there are better gear setups than those from act 2?
I’ll probably roll a Forest Gnome Fey Warlock that focuses on ranged. Haven’t decided whether to take Pact of the Chain or Tome yet
Please do more build vids
Been dying so much😅😅
Not sure if better or not in any way, thought if you're not really role playing a super justice type character, you could use Auntie Ethel's +1 on yourself and also take 2 attr for first feat both in Charsima, then you will end up with the 20 charisma right from level 4. You do have skip the medium armor at lvl 4 until later though.
Currently playing this rn
Very solid and fun looking build!
Finally, some build with the real in-game experience! Most video about builds show some theoretical build and don't take the playing experience into account. For example, many builds like to take 8 INT, although INT is very frequently used in dialogs, or it is just me liking those dialog options that roll INT...
Anyway, I've been playing a warlock and at the beginning it's more powerful than sorcerer, but at lvl 4 it feels weaker with still one eldritch blast and the pact of chain. The familiar is helpful and feels like it helped me a lot during tougher battles, but in the end, it is the character that must be powerful, not some additional distraction on the field, that is not doing much damage and only taking some hits. That is why I'm planning to respect my character for pact of the blade. In theory, warlock should be a distance fighter, but no matter what, enemies are still finding ways to come closer, and this is not a way to play to escape all the time to get good spots, especially with a low mobility range. Melee is helpful in many situations, and it's painful to see that the strongest fighters in the party is Astarion as an assassin and La'zael as a second. Shadowheart is absolutely just a utility character and not doing much damage, which is disappointing, because clerics always were a strong choice in the previous games. Not this time. The magic system in BG3 is so broken that it nerfs all caster classes and builds focused on combat plus utility spells win. Pure casters are forced to use utility spells as well, so they don't do much damage in the end, especially when most magic not AoE spells need an attack roll anyway and miss a lot... while AoE is hard to apply with all that moving through the battlefield.
Warlock has honestly been about the most fun and powerful class so far at least in my playthrough.
Blasting things back with eldrich blast had been insane op and funny. So far no enemy no matter the size can resist. I've knocked every enemy in the underdark off the edge to their death. Yeah I miss the loot but I get to end combat in one turn which is to fun.
Also the great old one sounds awesome thst 100% crit combined with aoe fear sounds awesome. I went fiend even though I don't care for the flavor but dang I undervalued how good it is to get some temp HP every kill. Between the heavy armor with shield and temp HP my lock is the tankiest on the team.
Also maybe the best face for the party if you can get a way to make sure you get proficiency in persuasion from your background.
was this on balanced difficulty? I really want to make this warlock build but i don't want the entire game to be a cakewalk so if its OP I may go bard.
Loved your builds for Pathfinder. Looking forward to more for BG3! Could you make one for Bard? I love the class but I’m torn about multiclassing it.
Just picked up the killer's sweetheart ring at the self same trial in the gauntlet of shar
Very interesting character build!
Love your guide. Made me love the warlock over the wizard. I have a question: what is the armor you are wearing there?
Heh. A Great Old One Warlock with Dark Urge is PRECISELY what I was planning to use as my PC for the game, except that I'm going with Human.
All i can think of when looking at your character is Rasputin
Killers Sweetheart you get in act 2. I just got to act 3 and I have it. Don't remember if it's from a boss or a vendor though.
Great guide. Like the theme and idea! Although I wonder if there is a way to warp it for like pally into warlock (old ones sub class). And of course going pally you choose to break your vows. Want a sort of soldier of light turned into a harbinger of darkness run for a dark urge run.