How To Be A Truly DARK Overpowered Warlock In Baldur's Gate 3 (Get OP Early)
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- čas přidán 25. 09. 2023
- Do you want to be a truly powerful Warlock in Baldur's Gate 3, but in the darkest possible way? You're at the right video. Torture your enemies through the elimination of their sight while blasting them like a powerful magic archer. Make sure you're one step ahead at all times and can't be targeted yourself while you erase your enemies from the world. Use your patron and pact magic in advanced ways to make sure you master the arts of Warlock combat. Acquire a powerful staff that makes your damage output spiral out of control, right at the start of your adventure. And much more. This video shows you how to be an overpowered Warlock early in Baldur's Gate 3, going for tactics, synergies, combos, spells, cantrips, eldritch blasts, levels, character creation, race, subclass, fiend, great old one, abilities, pact magic, gear and more.
- Nizar
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Level 1: Eldritch Blast and Blade ward
The fiend
Armor of Agathys, and Arms of Hadar
+2 Charisma (17) +1 Constitution (16) 8 STR, 14 DEX, 8 INT, 10 WIS
Level 2
Repelling Blast and Devil’s sight
Hex
Level 3
Pact of the chain
Level 4
Bone chill
Command
Ability Improvement +2 CHA (19)
Gear: Spellsparkler, daredevil gloves, disintegrating night walkers or amulet of Misty step, spider silk armor,
Level 5
Agonizing blast
Hunger of Hadar!
Level 6
Fireball
Replace arms of hadar with counterspell
I've use the Infernal Robe instead of Spider Silk robe but either two you can use it, just humble opinion 😅
@@victorperaza7410 Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll keep it in mind, I was just commenting on what armor was suggested in the video
@@HenriBolDeRiz 👍
Then in act 2 potent robe from saving tieflings quest and iz is pretty much game over for your enemies after that. Lol
> fiend AND armor of Agathys
Are you aware that temp. HPs dont stack? Basically with fiend your temp HPs from agathys will be overwritten each time you kill someone, so what's the point in using this spell?
> pact of the chain
Objectively worst pact in the game, lmao, not only because in the rules you can duplicate the only benefit you get (a familiar) by just going tome and getting "find familiar" spell (and some more good stuff), you actually can bind yourself a unique quasit who can talk, getting you that same familiar without even choosing a pact. Chain pact is garbage. If you want to shank people in the gut, get bladepact, if you want to differentiate your spell arsenal and get to cast rituals, get tome, but chain pact is just garbage.
Very good build. Only a few pointers, though:
1) Temporary HP doesn't stack, so I would not advise grabbing Armor of Agathys as a ranged Fiend Warlock when every single one of your kills gives you a fresh layer of Temp HP.
2) I would grab Hex at 1st level, since it's pretty much the only concentration spell worth having as a Fiend Warlock until 3rd level, and it pays for itself with being able to be transferred from enemy to enemy as they die.
3) It's worth considering a race that grants you a free casting of Darkness per day, like Drow or Asmodeus Tiefling, in case you run out of spell slots in the middle of a fight.
4) Although Eldritch Blast produces multiple beams, it's worth having Scorching Ray to burst bosses down, especially good with Hex.
5) Making Karlach use Reckless Attacks neutralizes her disadvantage when attacking enemies inside your Darkness, exploit it when she's caught in it.
6) MINOR ILLUSION is worth having early on, because it lures enemies together so you can blast them all at once.
(EDIT: Separated the points wider to make this more legible.)
Is hex really worth using one of our two spell slots on though? A 2nd darkness/hunger of hadar is generally what I cast. W on the rest
@@Shaksie1 As long as you don't lose concentration, Hex can last until you take a long rest. Even when your target dies, you're still concentrating on the spell, so you can just Reapply Hex as soon as the next fight begins.
As far as I'm aware, you can take your short rest(s) and regain your spell slots while still concentrating on Hex, so it's extremely economic.
@@Shaksie1yes. It is.
I'm really not enjoying Warlock eldritch blast miss like crazy when you're low level and now that im lvl 6 i constantly watching NPCs throwing bombs when they are inside Hunger of Hadar and they are blind they throw bombs meters outside the circle. what is this s....
It should also be noted you can get arrows that cast darkness for limited, but concentration free darkness.
Game is almost over by the time you hit level 12 anyway, early strong builds give you waaaaay more mileage
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nah, I hit level 12 _just_ as I got to act 3, and I mostly skipped the mountain pass content. I strongly suspect doing both underdark and mount pass quests will get you to level 12 _before_ act 3.
@@romxxiiThis comment is what we need.. I tried the way you just said, I'm generally a completionist in every playthrough and I can confirm I am level 8 and still in act 2 going for nightsong then whole fight at moonrise towers so I'll be 10 I guess till act 2 ends at the very least
@@romxxiiif you do all contents available in act 1 and 2 (choosing to fight most major bosses instead of talking your way through), you can get to level 12 very early in act 3 as I did in 2nd playthrough. On my first one where I didn't do all, I got to lv 12 in mid act 3
@@romxxiinope still haven't reached level 12 yet
Nizar, with all my heart, this build guide is one of the best on the entire platform. Y0our explanations are concise and informative. Your guide isn't just taking a max powered cheat engine character and showing different builds, but a realistic, "I just started the game" build guide. Guides that center around level 12 make ZERO sense in a game like this. Building towards something is different than building for something. Many don't get the difference and you obviously do. So thank you for being realistic and keeping it real for us.
thanks man, appreciate the kind words a lot
Gotta say, the cinematography of your guides is amazing. Even if I know most of these builds, it's a pleasure to watch them anyway!
wow the special effects and production on this video are amazing. very cool to watch
Digging the Ungodly OP Monk cameo. Glad to see you're covering multiple op builds in your playthroughs for us.
Also wanted to mention that your builds are fantastic. I'm following your builds for both Wyll and Tav (who I made a tempest cleric.) In particular, your suggestion to use Darkness is particularly helpful. In fact, I use it for more than just Wyll. I also place my other characters right at the edge of it so they get the benefits of the darkness on the enemy's turn and can easily step out of it on my turn. Never would have thought of that without your suggestion to use darkness in the first place.
Awesome video! Very well presented, easy to follow and understand, and superb editing. Thanks for the build guide!
this is great, thanks dude! As others have mentioned, I also really appreciate build guides that work from the beginning! so many are end-game super builds that aren't relevant for ages. as someone new to DnD videos like this are super helpful!
This is fantastic!! I've been playing a spellblade warlock and having loads of fun, but I learned some cool things here, like Devil's Sight letting me cast ranged attacks from within Darkness. Thank you!!
Love this guide!! Looking forward to part 2 on multi-classing
I love your in depth build guides, keep up the great work its so nice to watch your videos. Also 2 build suggestions would be 4 element monk and a melee /self buff circle of the land druid.
As always, another brilliantly produced guide. Nobody entertains at the same time as informing as well as you. It must take so much effort, and is appreciated. Wyll is about to get made over in my first play through, and I look forward to blasting everything! Cheers!
agreed
Can't wait for the second part! I join the chorus 'Yours are the best guides around'. Thank you!
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Really hoping you'll eventually do all of the classes. I really like your layouts because they make sense and I can already see how it would improve my current playthrough where I'm struggling.
Loving these guides nizar!
I made a whole team of characters multiclassing into warlock a while back, then put them all in darkness with devil's sight. It was completely broken. So easy I decided to try something else. It was fun for a while, though! Definitely recommend trying it. You can make pretty much any class work with a dip in warlock.
Love your style and editing with this build. This would be a good companion to dark shadowheart.
your videos just get better and better, can't wait for the multiclass video, I want to see what you say about sorlock
Making that introduction must've been an asbolute blast, I love it
an absolute eldritch blast if i may
@@bobbytarantino1066 bro why? XD
What a great (and funny!) video. I'm totally new to this game and genre. On my first run I just jumped in blind, half the time I had no idea what I was doing but I had a blast. For my second run I found your videos to teach me how to be more badass 😈 Thanks so much!
I can't tell you how much I celebrate your build vidz. Very informative, you explain it in a way that any beginner can understand. And above all, the entertainment factor is simply the best thing I've seen in Baldur's Gate 3 build vidz in the last few weeks. I mean "Ok Hadar, enough is enough". 😂😆
Thanks bro and I'm looking forward to the second part, the mid and late game build of this char. 👍❤
Keep the guides coming. Love them
The best video!! waiting for LV7-12
Love your videos man! Very in depth and clearly a lot of editing work into it. Could you do one for Paladin next?
Thanks for another great video Nizar!
thanks for watching! :)
Scorching Ray is better than Fireball. Still can target multiple enemies but if you Hex an enemy and focus all rays each ray adds 1d6 necrotic damage from hex. Since you always upcast as a Warlock, you'll 4 rays with a 3rd level slot, which is 8d6 fire damage plus 4d6 necrotic damage, for 12d6 total -- an average of 42 damage. Considerably better than a Fireball's average 28. With it being multiple attack rolls the damage is more consistent than relying on a dex save (noting that higher level rogue enemies can negate all damage on successful dex saves if they have evasion) plus chances to crit. Even if not using Hex and using Darkness/HoH then all rays are at advantage. Also, no risk of damaging your allies or setting things on fire that you don't want to be.
Beautiful and well written. Thank you!
Just based off the devils sight, I feel like if someone was going to attempt a solo tactician run with a magic character I feel like this would be the best option to try. Thank you for the video and build!❤
I solo'd Balthazzar on my Warlock by accident. Hexblade is definitely one of the most fun, and might be one of the best builds
I've been doing really well with a barbarian spore druid solo tactician run. Pretty good.
Monk would be the pick
@@Nimootit’s melee bonus is automatically given to all pacts in this game maybe what he means?
Love it bro, thanks for the help.
hahaha 11:50 that was subtle. you earned this sub 😂
also great guide. i only started playing recently, so i don't know all the classes. have seen a bunch of guides on the pala, but somehow still struggle to really make it my thing. this however got me hooked
Nicely done!
I just happen to be running this exact same build on my dark urge drow. it feels very good to play. scaling off of charisma makes you very persuasive in dialogue which is always fun.
Fast clear to the point top guide 👍
I really like your guides :)
waiting for part 2 hehe
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Love these videos
Great video!!!
Patiently waiting for a wizard 1-8 guide so I can make my character 'Not Gale.' Awesome guides dude keep up the good work! People like me who want a simple, easy to follow walkthrough on build with various multiclass choices/itemization/party synergy appreciate you more than you know! I followed the monk guide to a T and Tactician was a breeze; I've made it to 9 w/ no real threat to wiping my party.
Get magic missile. Get spellsparkler. Enjoy.
Love this guide
Pact of the blade has some of the best use of opportunity attacks when paired with polearm master. Its powerful early on and also gives you free attacks each turn late game. It'll also give you access to the most fun weapons of the game that you might not be able to use effectively otherwise. Definitely a contender and shouldn't be dismissed 😅
Paladin and Warlock is one of the best multiclass ever. Warlock level 6 (pact of blades) and Paladin level 6 (oath of vengeance). You get aura of courage with Warlocks charisma modifier which will be +5. Or Warlock 5, Paladin 5 and Fighter 2. Pact of blades extra attack plus paladins extra attack and then action surge. Pact of Blade extra attack (if you bind your weapon or have pact weapon) and paladins extra attack stack in this case. Divine smith your way to victory.
Must admit I picked agonizing blast as my first invocation. Increasing minimum and average damage by 3 really felt like a lot and made the damage output rival Lae'zel and Karlach. It was not until I picked up the Titanstring bow and specced Karlach for a hybrid dex/str build that I saw higher numbers for the spammable stuff.
I really enjoy your videos! Can’t wait for you to post the final leveling build video! Soon?
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I played a pal/warlock til end of act 2. Started a Druid and played til end of act but haven’t finished. Went back and started a monk. Halfway through act 2 I love monk. I saw my two fav of monk and Druid are 10-11 on the list. Crazy because I never play as either. I always go fighter, wizard, or rogue. But haven’t played as 1 yet besides the companions. I love that this game has such variety and replayability .
Top, ga ik zeker proberen!
Bro, just motivated me to do an evil run through with this build... Let me know when you have done the second half off this build please! Subscribed!
Good video, but Archfey is actually BUSTED (with the small caveat of having a Durge in the party... and they don't want the cloak they'll get).
With Archfey patron at lv6, you'll get a free lesser invisibility (2turn) on reaction and a free bonus action misty step (on your next turn) for being damaged. (Misty Escape)
Pair that with free invisibility on killing a creature, avoid killing Alfira for a well-loved boost to damage in Act 2, stack as many items that give you +to hit and -to min roll crit... and you've made an unstoppable monster.
You get hit? Advantage and a free relocate.
You kill? Advantage.
It gets to a point where every beam is 99%, and they're critting 33% of the time. Mind you, that's WAY better than the typical 60-80% to hit, 5% to crit. LITERALLY INSANE, even.
I've been letting my Durge Drow Warlock do literally all the tadpole and extra funny magic shenanigan story beats, and they can pump out damage and self-sustain like its leaves on the wind...
Do NOT sleep on Archfey.
A rogue with warlock abilities darkness and dark sight would be interesting as well. Great video.
GREAT Build again, after i changed cleric, fighter and Sourcerer according to your build vid's, now the next one following - perfect job! Did i miss the second part of this build? Couldn't find it (maybe am resting in my own dark)?
Hunger of Hadar has good synergy with Storm Clerics, as they get the ability to push back targets hit by their lightning. This applies to lightning surfaces, so they keep getting knocked back into the lightning surface when they try to walk out of it. Drop a HoH on top and it's virtually inescapable!
that sounds like an amazing combo, nice idea!!
Also good multiclass options are gloomstalker ranger or even shadow monk. Extra resources are very useful and it's nice to be able to hide as a bonus action.
You can't have temporary hit points from more than one source so the fiend temp hp doesn't work with Armor of Agathys which is much better.
Race wise, Drow and Half-Drow are good if you're going pact of the blade melee since they get faerie fire as a racial but they also work with the darkness build because you get an extra cast of that as a racial. However, Asmodeus Tiefling is probably the over all best since they get darkness and hellish rebuke as racials so you don't have to waste spell slots on them. I've tried several variations and the Great Old One ended up being far better, especially combined with spell sniper. You will regularly lock down groups of enemies with eldritch blast crits and by the end of the game you can have up to 4 blasts in a single cast so 4 chances to crit.
Repelling blast is the one to leave out at level 1. Devils' sight and agonizing is the way to go with repelling later but only if you feel like you really need it. It's a good way to destroy loot by throwing it down a hole. Agonizing blast with 17 cha are +3 damage from 1 - 4, +6 total from 5 - 9 and +9 at 10 - 12 (until you get the gloves that give you the 4th blast) and that's assuming you never raised cha through the whole game.
I also recommend getting the Knife of the Undermountain King from the Creche as well as the gloves mentioned. The improved crit range works on all attack rolls including spells like eldritch blast.
Repel blast is a toggle. I have never lost loot with repelling blast because I turn it off when needed.
@@nunya_bizniz if you can only use it on weaker foes without good loot, then why take it? Or if it requires positioning and environmental hazards? Straight damage is better than hypothetical damage. Its why the damage invocation is usually regarded as the best.
@@justhecuke who said you can only use it on weak enemies? My one and only point is that losing loot to repelling blast is the player's fault because it can be toggled off. The OP seemed to be ignorant to this fact if you read his comment.
@@nunya_bizniz because the strong enemies have loot? You can try reading what I wrote before replying, you know.
My point is about utility. Repelling blast, besides being mildly entertaining, only has conditional utility since it relies on there being environmental dangers nearby and in the right position relative to the enemy.
@@justhecuke again bro, you are missing the point. If you lose loot because you used it wrong, that's on you. I am debating nothing. Why are you bringing up all this irrelevant shit?
Looking forward to the mid to late game build! Kudos good sir
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amazing video i love not to waist my time and i enjoyed every sec.
Wow, I thought since normally you can't shoot into or out of fog cloud/darkness that it was just a hard rule, and not related to the blind condition. I swear I tried this with the ring that prevents blind + fog cloud, and I had to walk out of the fog cloud. This is EXACTLY the build I wanted for my Dark Urge, time to respec!!
Thanks this is exactly what i have been looking for. Meaning someone to just tell me what to pick. Everyone wants to take you down a rabbit hole of information and im watching like just tell me what to pick already. I replayed the game 2 times already and im not happy with either of my builds. Fist as a warlock but obviously i didnt pick anything else right to go with the warlock and then the bard and that seems really weak. Im goona try this one i think ill be happy with it and stick with it. Im just annoyed i gotta restart it all over again.
Another cool way of how you can play this build early is to get pact of the blade level 3, get sentinel feat at level 4, and get that extra reach weapon from the druid groove. So, starting from level 4, you can jump into the biggest pack of mobs, cast darkness on them, cast arms of hadar, and just start smacking them while being in the darkness. And they can't get out of darkness because each time they try, they are getting hit by your sentinel opportunity attack, which dries out all of their movement speed. At level 5, you get your 2nd attack, and then you can multiclass into a paladin or a fighter to smack inside of the darkness even harder
This is cool, but you only get one reaction per turn, so some of the enemies will probably get away. This is why it's hard for me to sacrifice feats for sentinel and polearm master
maybe you're right. then a good alternative would be archfey early on with respec to GOO later on when you'll get more crit chance. Thank you for your clarification regarding sentinel
This is the build I’ve been running for my first playthrough! Very enjoyable. I have two levels in Paladin and 8 levels in Warlock with part of the blade and great weapon master feat. 3 smack attacks with high damage output is OP. Plus all the awesome spells and Eldrich blasting shit off up high spots 😈
That's closer to what I'm doing. 5 Lock 7 Pally is most optimal, IMO. I went Great Weapon Master for the +10 damage, the -5 attack not being that big of a deal once you have reliable Advantage. At Lock5/Pally2, you can Smite and have 2 attacks per round, giving both great burst and sustain. Voss can drop his legendary Silver Sword of the Astral Plan in act 1. I'm a Half-Orc shapeshifting as Githzerai, so crits do a bajillion damage with Smite.
There's a bunch of gear in late act 1 and mid act 2 that benefits casting/melee hybrids, so you can get some really beneficial synergies going around CL 7-9, if you know what to look for. This builds out your sustain for non-boss fights, because you're pretty much only using EB and melee attacks. Once you get to CL10, with 3 attacks per turn and 3 bolts per EB, the real fun begins, especially if you have party members casting Haste and Hold Person/Monster for you.
Being able to face, tank, and do a bunch of melee damage while only needing 2 stats is pretty great.
Although this would only be late game there IS a rapier in act 3 that if you are dueling with it the weapon gives you a second reaction, again not much but can lock down 2 targets instead of one
Exciting build~
Eldritch blast has the coolest animation for a spell hands down
Great video and editing too !
I'm highly interested in this gameplay but I'm scared that I'll end up making it worst since my teammates who are not immune to blind won't be able to do anything, how do you deal with this situation?
I heard about the ring that gives you imune to darkness that I could use on one of my teammate I guess
Nice build.
I have to add that the darkness synergy works REALLY well with a pact of the blade warlock as well.
In general, warlocks can become terrifying melee fighters.
absolutely! pact of the blade warlocks are great as well
Hunger of Hadar reminds me of a Convention Game I played and they gave me a Warlock Tiefling from the lower Nobility of Baldurs Gate - was a murder Mystery with a Fiend as Boss the Murderer had made a Pact with.
GM had only given that Char the "Worst Spells" with close to no utility - but allowed to alternativeley use them.
And intimidating People when telling them to stay on the "good Side" else the Hell awaits them - and then conjure "hellish Stuff" was a grat Option for me to be the "nice bad Cop".
my main is a human warlock - fiend. i didnt realise how powerful this blind+devil's sight. I am in midgame and already got eversight ring now else would have definitely respec'ed to get devil's sight. the pact of the tome did give me call lightening which is a aoe spell i can use for 10 turns non stop - once per long rest as long as my concentration is not broken. i am level 8 at the moment and i got
+21 AC from
+10 Base Armor
+3 Mage Armor
+4 Dex
+2 shield
+1 Clock of protection
+1 evasive shoes
For saving throws, i got
Amulet of the Harpers
Cloak of protection
Absolute's warboard since i am branded by the goblin leader
and another +2 saving throws to Corellon's grace staff since i am unarmored
Wisdom saving throw from Forbidden knowledge
the feat i have taken is +2 to charisma and war caster for advantage on saving throws
and situational lovitar's love
Also got Obsidian Laced Robe that reflects 4-7 fire damage on successful saving throws and gives fire resistance which synergies with my helmet - which gives me arcane acruity on dealing fire damage
8 Str
18 Dex with the Gloves of dexterity
14 Constitution
10 Int
16 Wisdom
20 Charisma incl Aunt Ethals hair
I am in middle of Act2 atm.
Pretty nice
This is the video that made me sub. Also, would you recommend starting level 1 as tempest sorcerer for that bonus to constitution saving throw, considering we will need it for how much we are using concentration? And then following this guide as is afterward.
it's not that needed, considering spells like blindness and hunger of hadar already make it hard for your enemies to attack you in the first place in order to break your concentration. Better to just make sure you get them as fast as possible.
@@NizarGG hey there, i was thinking about same thing, however on Dex Stats, wont it hurt to use 16 dex/14 con since i wanna use Potent Robe on my Warlock, so with high dex i get more AC if constitution is not a problem with darkness and stuff
I’ve seen a few of your videos recommend having a hard in the party. Could you make a video on Bards?
This is a great build. Currently using it on my second tactician playthrough. Have you done up to level 12 with a build like this or is it better to switch it up to a different kind of warlock?
I like how you dynamic your videos are! Very talented👍 and the information is useful
Good stuff, about to try this class out for the first time. hunger of hadar with a bard casting confusion is going to be amazing.
The great thing about having a bard with a warlock is that bard's get a free extra short rest for the party, and warlock spells recover on a short rest. Easy and super convenient combo.
Hey how would you multi class this from lv1 to lv12
On darkness vs hex, i say always use hex and load up on darkness arrows. Instead of a action to cast darkness shoot a arrow as it does not require concentration. Sure it only lasts 3 turns but even in tough fights 3 turns is enough to pretty much end it.
Hell yes a Warlock build let's gooo
Another banger
Great video! Any alternatives to the potent robes? I locked myself out of it in my playthrough and am bummed on all the extra DPS I am missing out on.
There are other good options, but I feel your pain. When I realized how important that bard was, I was only midway through act 1. I restarted because I'm a completionist anyway who likes to have as many unique items as possible in a playthrough or the best possible reward. Killed the Dragonborn bard the 2nd time through. I'm also trying the method of "tricking" Mizora by killing Karlach, talking ro Wyll, then resurrecting her before resting to get his armor instead of the horns.
If I was in Act 2, I would've just used one of the other great, albeit slightly suboptimal options.
amazing
I have a question.....So from my understanding of how temp hit points works, when receiving temp HP from more than one source (in this case from the Fiend Warlock's Dark Ones Blessing as well as the Armor of Agathys spell), the highest source of HP will take precedence (or override) the other. So, if you have Armor of Agathys up (5 HP per upcast level), the Dark Ones Blessing will have no role in combat as long as AoA is active, as AoA is stronger than the Dark Ones Blessing (at least, in the case of a level 1 casting of AoA). So, in a combat scenario for a 1st level Warlock, you have already pre-cast your AoA (you have 5 temp HP). You enter combat, and kill an enemy, which would normally grant you 4 temp HP as a Fiend Warlock due to the Dark Ones Blessing, but since we have AoA currently granting us those 5 temp HP, the 4 temp HP from the Dark One's Blessing won't apply. Then you get hit for 5+ damage. Your 5 temp HP is now gone, as the AoA spell ends once the temp HP is depleted. From my understanding, this is where the benefit of the Dark Ones Blessing will activate, basically giving us a secondary source of temp HP. So, it doesn't stack with the Dark Ones Blessing, but it does supplement it. Am I correct? And the whole time AoA is active, is the 4 temp HP from Dark Ones Blessing basically being "banked"? So if our AoA ends, and we've already killed 3 enemies, will we now have 12 temp HP up and active as soon as our AoA ends?
Love it
was there some sort of nice the great one skill line a while back? I remember using your guide build in first playthrough, now in my second it seems slightly different - nerfed in a patch maybe?
Very good when multiclassed with rogue. Enemies have no idea what to do when the whole party is hidden in darkness.
I would like you to post the entire build to follow it up in your guide. Thanks
I like this guy
Hi, would you recommend another weapon to use? I already got the bow and not the stirrup and I'm already almost through act 2, what would you recommend? Thank you
Waiting for the best druid build 😂 love the video
Hey sir can u make a video on how the perfekt team or the most effecktiv team looks like? i dont care if its 3 hours long. i will watch it. i love this game so much ty and keep up the ood work.
@Nizar GG thanks for this interesting video. I'm looking for inspiration for my second playthrough. I may have found it. What would you consider as party members for a non-multiplayer game ? a fighter like laezel or Karlach, I can think of Astarion and Shadowheart but not sure. What doi you think ?
hey, it's addressed at the last few minutes of the video!
I've been running everyone with 3lvl of fighter for proficiencies Surge and Champion, and then Warlock for old one, devil sight and blade pact.
4 characters with 20AC, double crit chance and fear on crit going into act 2 is brutal.
A lot of enemies with legendary resistance don't apply it to fear and it absolutely neuters them when you can average around 2 crits a turn.
Hi Nizar! Any recommendations on which illithid powers to get for this warlock build?
Major problem in with this. Dark Onee's Blessing cancels out Armour of Agathys. You can only have temporary hit points from one source, so as soon as you kill something with armour and get the blessing, the armour goes away.
nice of u to talk about level 3 and after that jump to lvl2 like that was possible
Ultimate OP party build is get everyone in your party at least 2-3 lvls of Warlock. Everyone has Devil's Sight and just fight in the Darkness. Your party will have Advantage on the enemy while the enemy will have Disadvantage on you. Enemies won't be able to attack from a distance and force them to come close to you. Also choose The Great Old One subclass, that way your party will just constantly proc Frighten on the enemy. I did this party build in Honor and the game honestly started to become way too easy. It's honestly a super broken party build in battles.
On which level you recommend to start multiclass?
Great video :) Re:Hex, does choosing Constitution mean harder Concentration checks for enemy casters targetted?
No because those are Con Saves and Hex has no affect on Con Saves.
I consider Warlok a very bad class you make it seam like its awesome :D thx for the build it seams outstanding :D
Little Addition: The Charisma Thing is nice, but Dex is imho to be favoured to Con.
When Multiclassing, mind the Saving Throw Proficiencies. Warlock has Wis and Cha as Proficiencies - pretty important ones. Yet, Dex is a real Deal as well especially when you want to use the Shield Feat to negate AoE Spell Damage.
Regardless of your Choice, you might Want to consider Favouring Dex and multiclass into Rogue as well as choosing Pact of the Blade as option to this Build not focussing on Spellslinging rather than Melee.
Rogue grants a pretty Boon in form of Expertise for Sleight of Hand (Lockpick and Pickpocketery) and also for Survival (basically finding all of the Hidden Chests) or something else you like - and an extra Bonus Action is nice as well as the Assassin Feat could work out well as well - in addition to the Cunning Action you gain.
And with Sentinel you can lock down Enemies pretty good inside your Hunger of Hadar/Darkness Spells.
The Thieves Gloves grant advantage on Sleight of Hand so you can basically either Barter or steal as you please - all of the Vendors Stock is "for Free" for you.
And I do not have to tell you what a Thief(3) Warlock(5) with Double Melee Attack and 2 Bonus Actions plus Cunning Action can do - especially when you then start to put in Levels of Sorc after that and gain the Spells from Wizzard Level(s) as well (with the Int17-Circlet a really good deal).
Love this. So from lv 1 to lv 12 how would you multi class?
Pact of the tomb will give you thornwhip. Which will help your amor spell, and will drag them into your darkness to blind them.
You are DA BEST xD
can you answer this very important point: 1) Temporary HP doesn't stack, so I would not advise grabbing Armor of Agathys as a ranged Fiend Warlock when every single one of your kills gives you a fresh layer of Temp HP. ?
Hunger of Hadar plus rock wall druid spell is the true death trap
After all, the fiend and armour of Aghatys
Overlap
If you have Aghatys on you and you kill your opponent, Armour disappears and only the buff from fiend remains.
Nice video, any tips on how to improve accuracy? Earlier on as a caster it's impossible for me to land any of my cantrip like eldritch blast or any other
Blind them with the raven or something else that will give you advantage.
Get high ground, bless, blind them (fog works), get your caster skill as high as possible (cha for warlock)
Hi Nizar any chance on a bard build in the future.....Thanks
There was a bug in the video. Did anyone notice it?
Lightning charges and other modifiers which add to the damage of cantrips or spells bug Agonizing blast. If you look at the video at 13:53 you see something strange. That's a bug, But the damage of agonizing blast is being counted twice. Once as part of the normal damage roll and again being added as force damage as flat damage. Although I think this bug was fixed with Lightning charges this last patch, or my mods have fixed it I'm not sure, this bug still works with Phalar Aluve's shriek ability. Do note that the enemy needs to be in the aura, you don't need to be. Slap this on your Cleric or Bard and increase your damage exponentially.
Another Note, Pact of the Tome gives you Haste, Call lightning and Animate dead at level 5. As of right now from my playthroughs Tome is far stronger long term than Chain, however chain is stronger up till level 5. But I haven't been able to test this with the best familiar you get later on in the game, US.
Also, you don't need a frontline character. Control spells work just fine. Bring a druid with infinite web or ranger with a pet with infinite web and repelling blast and you're good.