...You equipped the Sentinel's Shield (which you're not proficient with) just for initiative and then immediately unequip it (which doesn't cost an action). Brilliant.
Good thinking with that STR stick. I’ll usually just use STR potion for Titanstring DMG. But now you can use Bloodlust potion instead for extra action.
Larian: Patch 5 introduces a new, SUPER HARD difficulty level with Legendary skillz!!! One death can end the game! Sin Tee: lol no. Thanks for another great video! :)
What would you say is the best/most consistent bard dip? 6 Bard/4 Rogue/2 Fighter? Ive seen a ton of different variations, such as 10 Bard/2 Fighter, 10 Bard/2 Paladin, etc Thanks! Great vid brother
Hello, thanks for the video, I just have a question, how are you guaranteed to get initiative since astarion and yurgir have the same init score of 8 ? Isn't there a D4 roll to decide who is going to act first ?
@sintee106 Noticed that you attacked the displacer beast and went stealth before attacking. Was attacking the displacer beast necessary to surprise the meregons? I fought Yurgir today and attacked him first from invisibility and no one got surprised
@@clarat.3740 took me a while to figure it out, but the reason I was unable to surprise the meregons was because I was using an invisibility spell, which ends before my attack lands. If I use an invisibility potion and attack a meregon or displacer beast, then everyone except Yurgir is surprised
For pure DPR on Astarion, do you think 9SBard / 3Thief is better than 10SB/2Fighter? Now that I have The Deadshot and Risky Ring, the Archery Fighting Style from Fighter doesn't seem very... important. Astarion also has Happy to further his hit chance. Action Surge is still great, but not sure that would help over sneak attack over the course of long fights in Honor Mode. The only thing that sucks is losing magical secrets for Command and Counterspell....
i'm wondering how you get all those rerolls on flowrish attacks ... it's a bard feature? (the rest of the damage is pretty clear) BTW, bard is awesome even in tactician, in honor mode has even more value over gloomstalker i think
It's from "Brace (Ranged)" at 02:58, a weapon Action of Titanstring that sacrifices 6m of your movement to reroll all ranged damage dices and use the higher result. The buff lasts for a turn and recharges on Short Rest.
I always skipped over amulet of branding, I didn't realize that it can give vulnerability to enemies :o Now that perilous stakes was fixed its much more useful
If you look next to the player portrait to the left there is an icon of what (sub)class was taken at level 1, so its safe to say they took at least 1 bard level before anything else, hope this helps :)
with dual crossbows you get to shoot one more time, twice if you drop assasin for thief, but lose titanstring longbow which does +4 dmg and that multiplies twice for flourish*thrice for each action*who the hell knows how many times for the bouncing arrows
If you complete all Act 1, included grym forge and githianky creche, all the bosses in act 2 and halsin quest ( so basically everything that gives you XP ) before entering the gountlet of shar you end up at that point from barely level 9 to half way to level 10 ( the variable is how you completed the bosses and how much experience you where able to sqeeze out of every single encounter. in my honor Mode PT i'm barely level 9 and i'm sure i missed some XP because of some weired situation, i also missed the Hag Boon ... i normally hit level 10 in the Moonrise Fight, this time i'll probably do it in Act 3 sadly :( ... well not that makes any difference at all )
On my current save, I completed all act 1 stuff. Going to moonrise via underdark, completed everything there. Doubled back to the creche, completed everything and killed every living things that gives exp. Defended last light inn. Killed everyone in the house of healing and all possible encounters. Just talked to Raphael at the entrance of mausoleum but I haven't gone in and I'm at level 8 with half of the exp bar filled. Going to finish some side stuff then enter mausoleum at lv 9.
At the end of act 2, I have over 200K. Pickpocket is the king. Don't forget to clear out every merchant each time you level up any of your companion and yourself. Also after a long/partial rest but I didn't use it unless absolutely necessary. Just the store resets after each level up was enough.
@@guzzy9596 then you are not doing it right. I rarely fail. Even then it's -5 attitude or a simple persuasion check. The trick is to always have advantage. You can start having advantage as early as level 3. Either the gloves from Zentarims but that requires you to fight the gnoles. Easiest way is to give Shadowheart enhance ability skill and cast Cat's Grace on Astarion. You get +3 Sleight of hands with the gloves from grove fight and the ring near Karlach recruitment location. Kill the strange ox from stealth to get the shapeshifters ring. Now use Astarion to bite someone to get happy +1 buff. Shapeshift to get 1d4 from the ring. Cast guidance for another 1d4. And now go to town on every vendor. Only don't try on Aunty Ethel, it won't end well. In act 2, you can use the robe that gives +2 Dex and free cat's grace. I've pickpocketed 10k+ gold in one go from vendors without fail. The only way to fail early in the game is to try for very high number. Or roll 1 on both rolls. It happened to me around once every 100 rolls. Buy high value items that require high rolls and then break the gold in vendor's inventory into small chunks. Good luck. Edit: Also there's Hide Armor+1 at the very beginning at every vendor that adds +1 to Dex check.
@@guzzy9596 reddit blessed me with the knowledge that you can cast sleep on vendors. it's not a guarantee that you'll succeed, but they will not aggro for failure. ideally, sleep on vendor + guidance on your rogue + bane on your target and you can keep on stealin'. i've tested it myself on honour mode and it works (Larian, if you see this, please do not patch this)
There is a Shrine in the middle of Moonrise town outdoor area, you click the plagues in order to spell "OUR LADY OF LOSS" and a door opens. Inside you can pass an INT Saving throw to get +5 INT, a WIS Saving throw for +5 WIS, and a CHA Saving throw for +5 CHA. All buffs last until next long rest so can be used for the fights you find hardest in Act1 or 2.
I think that's from an item that Barcus Wroot sells at the Last Light Inn, but I've never been able to get him to spawn there. You have to rescue him from the windmill in the Blighted town in act one, then rescue him from the Grymforge with the other Deep gnomes and then convince him not to chase after his boss. It's an easy questline to miss.
...You equipped the Sentinel's Shield (which you're not proficient with) just for initiative and then immediately unequip it (which doesn't cost an action). Brilliant.
Titanstring bow is such an incredible weapon, especially in the hands of Astarion. Love the vida! Cant wait to see what you make next
one of these solo bard videos from early access inspired me to pick up the class and i haven't been able to play anything else since
I soloed Yurgir with my bard on my first playthrough. My set up was ~the power of deception and persuasion~
Please do a bard build video soon. Love your builds. They're always so well explained.
Good thinking with that STR stick. I’ll usually just use STR potion for Titanstring DMG. But now you can use Bloodlust potion instead for extra action.
Larian: Patch 5 introduces a new, SUPER HARD difficulty level with Legendary skillz!!! One death can end the game!
Sin Tee: lol no.
Thanks for another great video! :)
We're gonna need a build guide for this one
Love to see your builds and I'm looking forward to see what else you can cook up for honour mode
every video of yours is a gem. love them!
What would you say is the best/most consistent bard dip? 6 Bard/4 Rogue/2 Fighter? Ive seen a ton of different variations, such as 10 Bard/2 Fighter, 10 Bard/2 Paladin, etc
Thanks! Great vid brother
90% crit on every attack. When I play I get 3 misses in a row with a 95% chance of hitting
Assassin subclass was taken, one of it features let the character auto crits on successful attack rolls against Surprised enemies.
@@sintee106 assassin subclass is really op
Hello, thanks for the video, I just have a question, how are you guaranteed to get initiative since astarion and yurgir have the same init score of 8 ? Isn't there a D4 roll to decide who is going to act first ?
@sintee106 Noticed that you attacked the displacer beast and went stealth before attacking. Was attacking the displacer beast necessary to surprise the meregons? I fought Yurgir today and attacked him first from invisibility and no one got surprised
yurgir has the alert feat, so he cant be surprised. thats probably what happened in your playthrough
@@clarat.3740 took me a while to figure it out, but the reason I was unable to surprise the meregons was because I was using an invisibility spell, which ends before my attack lands. If I use an invisibility potion and attack a meregon or displacer beast, then everyone except Yurgir is surprised
@@APeacefulPresence thats really intresting. its a bit weird that it works that way
For pure DPR on Astarion, do you think 9SBard / 3Thief is better than 10SB/2Fighter? Now that I have The Deadshot and Risky Ring, the Archery Fighting Style from Fighter doesn't seem very... important. Astarion also has Happy to further his hit chance.
Action Surge is still great, but not sure that would help over sneak attack over the course of long fights in Honor Mode. The only thing that sucks is losing magical secrets for Command and Counterspell....
I wouldn`t go past bard 6, the point of this build is DPS. I would go bard 6/assassin 3/gloomstalker 3.
Reading "Bard Solos Yurgir", I was thinking it was going to be the sewer slide option
Got a tip for getting so many arrows? Do you just pickpocket > rest > repeat for key vendors?
Yup
im waiting for your honor act2 bosses. I followed your builds for honor act1 and it was smooth !
i'm wondering how you get all those rerolls on flowrish attacks ... it's a bard feature? (the rest of the damage is pretty clear)
BTW, bard is awesome even in tactician, in honor mode has even more value over gloomstalker i think
It's from "Brace (Ranged)" at 02:58, a weapon Action of Titanstring that sacrifices 6m of your movement to reroll all ranged damage dices and use the higher result. The buff lasts for a turn and recharges on Short Rest.
@@sintee106 tnx a lot, i didn't see you click it in the footage, my bad
I would really like to see a guide, how you get these buffs and so on, or who knows please explain
Where does the second d8 piercing come from in the damage roll? Edit figured it out, slashing flourish
Can you please make College of Lore solo guide (no multiclassing)? 🙂
I always skipped over amulet of branding, I didn't realize that it can give vulnerability to enemies :o Now that perilous stakes was fixed its much more useful
How was it fixed??
@@StickyTapeZz it no longer applies Vulnerability to enemies on Honour/Custom mode, you can only apply it to allies
@@daliblue_ so it is completly useless on enemys now? its meant to be used on allies for the onhit healing i guess? :D
@@StickyTapeZz exactly, since almost everyone used it to make enemies take double dmg it's useless now :(
This is faster way to kill kim than talking to him to death
Insane xD Noob Question.... How did you Multiclass? You took Rogue First or Bard?
If you look next to the player portrait to the left there is an icon of what (sub)class was taken at level 1, so its safe to say they took at least 1 bard level before anything else, hope this helps :)
Ahh nice, Thanks a Lot!
Square on ps5, X button for xbox if you’re new ;) at the very start of the level up process
Any plans to do a build with swords bars to level 12?
which Rogue do you prefer, with bard subclass or thief??
Bard solo, but it's 6 Sword Bard / 3 Assassin.
is slashing flourish bugged or working as intended? description says attacks up to 2 targets at once, but can attack one target twice?
So my question would be. Woudn't dual crossbow do more dmg? Also cool video to watch
with dual crossbows you get to shoot one more time, twice if you drop assasin for thief, but lose titanstring longbow which does +4 dmg and that multiplies twice for flourish*thrice for each action*who the hell knows how many times for the bouncing arrows
the hardest part of these build videos is that you're always two levels higher than I am when I reach these bosses....
You must be skipping a few quests cuz I am always atleast level 9 in this area.
If you complete all Act 1, included grym forge and githianky creche, all the bosses in act 2 and halsin quest ( so basically everything that gives you XP ) before entering the gountlet of shar you end up at that point from barely level 9 to half way to level 10 ( the variable is how you completed the bosses and how much experience you where able to sqeeze out of every single encounter. in my honor Mode PT i'm barely level 9 and i'm sure i missed some XP because of some weired situation, i also missed the Hag Boon ... i normally hit level 10 in the Moonrise Fight, this time i'll probably do it in Act 3 sadly :( ... well not that makes any difference at all )
On my current save, I completed all act 1 stuff. Going to moonrise via underdark, completed everything there. Doubled back to the creche, completed everything and killed every living things that gives exp. Defended last light inn. Killed everyone in the house of healing and all possible encounters. Just talked to Raphael at the entrance of mausoleum but I haven't gone in and I'm at level 8 with half of the exp bar filled. Going to finish some side stuff then enter mausoleum at lv 9.
Do you use a mod to have so many arrows and money plus all the important gear to buy?
I’m broke af on my honor mode run
At the end of act 2, I have over 200K. Pickpocket is the king. Don't forget to clear out every merchant each time you level up any of your companion and yourself. Also after a long/partial rest but I didn't use it unless absolutely necessary. Just the store resets after each level up was enough.
Pickpocketing yes, but honor mode you can’t save and keep trying to steal money.
No way your clearing every vendor without saving and reloading
@@guzzy9596 then you are not doing it right. I rarely fail. Even then it's -5 attitude or a simple persuasion check. The trick is to always have advantage. You can start having advantage as early as level 3. Either the gloves from Zentarims but that requires you to fight the gnoles. Easiest way is to give Shadowheart enhance ability skill and cast Cat's Grace on Astarion. You get +3 Sleight of hands with the gloves from grove fight and the ring near Karlach recruitment location. Kill the strange ox from stealth to get the shapeshifters ring. Now use Astarion to bite someone to get happy +1 buff. Shapeshift to get 1d4 from the ring. Cast guidance for another 1d4. And now go to town on every vendor. Only don't try on Aunty Ethel, it won't end well.
In act 2, you can use the robe that gives +2 Dex and free cat's grace. I've pickpocketed 10k+ gold in one go from vendors without fail.
The only way to fail early in the game is to try for very high number. Or roll 1 on both rolls. It happened to me around once every 100 rolls. Buy high value items that require high rolls and then break the gold in vendor's inventory into small chunks. Good luck.
Edit: Also there's Hide Armor+1 at the very beginning at every vendor that adds +1 to Dex check.
@@guzzy9596 reddit blessed me with the knowledge that you can cast sleep on vendors. it's not a guarantee that you'll succeed, but they will not aggro for failure. ideally, sleep on vendor + guidance on your rogue + bane on your target and you can keep on stealin'. i've tested it myself on honour mode and it works (Larian, if you see this, please do not patch this)
Swords Bard so OP >:D
Clean
What is Dark lady’s grace?🧐 +5 charisma! 😱 Where to get it?
There is a Shrine in the middle of Moonrise town outdoor area, you click the plagues in order to spell "OUR LADY OF LOSS" and a door opens. Inside you can pass an INT Saving throw to get +5 INT, a WIS Saving throw for +5 WIS, and a CHA Saving throw for +5 CHA. All buffs last until next long rest so can be used for the fights you find hardest in Act1 or 2.
@@shadowvor thank you so much!
this is crazy
can we get a build guide for this? 😅
Half expected the bard to just talk him out of fighting 😂😂
Speaking of talking, no A.I. voice anymore? I thought it was nice
How get you so much special arrows?
Pls bard guide...
does anyone know what item gives the artifice form and where to get it?
I think that's from an item that Barcus Wroot sells at the Last Light Inn, but I've never been able to get him to spawn there. You have to rescue him from the windmill in the Blighted town in act one, then rescue him from the Grymforge with the other Deep gnomes and then convince him not to chase after his boss. It's an easy questline to miss.
@@thineubaut ah no wonder
Not solo, I see party members.
just talk to the mf
Dude you are breaking the game, stop!
Video starts at 3:20
I also managed to solo him!
I convinced him to kill himself.
Less impressive than your video.