Why am I anything but a Paladin? (Baldur's Gate 3)

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  • Опубликовано: 24 сен 2024
  • "I'm fighting something"
    update:
    I honestly didn't think even for a moment this video would get more than a handful of clicks from anyone besides my friends who wanted to look back and laugh at our nonsense. seeing it blow up like this pretty much overnight surprised me immensely, I'm glad people were amused by a dumb under-2 minute clip from our game session
    I have almost no experience with turn based RPGs and I have absolutely zero experience with DND or anything similar to it. This video was not meant to insult the other classes in-game or anyone who plays them and I apologize if that's how it came across. I firmly believe anyone can and SHOULD play whatever they want however they want.
    For those who are curious:
    This is just a pure level 5 Oath of Vengeance Paladin with 2 Illithid points spent on "Luck from the Far Realms" and "Favorable beginnings"
    I have not done any multi-classing nor have I broken my Oath on this character

Комментарии • 987

  • @TheArnoldification
    @TheArnoldification Год назад +2159

    7 feet tall, 2% body fat, square-jawed 73 IQ gigachad pally time

    • @vilxxblack2472
      @vilxxblack2472 Год назад

      2% bodyfat is straight up unhealthy lmao.

    • @couriersix208
      @couriersix208 Год назад +164

      Room temperature IQ 😎

    • @shepherdlavellen3301
      @shepherdlavellen3301 Год назад +91

      @@couriersix208 plot twist: it's Celcius

    • @donloder1
      @donloder1 Год назад +9

      @@shepherdlavellen3301 warm and harm

    • @Canadish
      @Canadish Год назад +28

      All the best Paladin's are Himbos.

  • @VDA19
    @VDA19 Год назад +5337

    Ah yes, the beauty of a Paladin doing 100 damage due to Smite crits and then basically being a handicapped Fighter until he takes a long rest

    • @plamenyonkov9154
      @plamenyonkov9154 Год назад +177

      Multiclass 2lvl of paladin and the rest pure caster... now tell me how much damage does a caste slot lvl5 smite do?
      Edit: he would be limited to only level 1 paladin spells though.

    • @VDA19
      @VDA19 Год назад +84

      @@plamenyonkov9154 I don't know how much damage he does but a Fighter with multiple attacks and advantage on every swing thanks to Trip Attack still out DPSes you. Paladin's only good for bursting ONE target with all they got.

    • @Noeyk200
      @Noeyk200 Год назад +370

      Paladins are so much more than handicapped Fighters even when they’re out of spell slots. They have auras (Aura of Protection is inarguably the strongest class feature in the game besides full-caster spellcasting), Lay on Hands, Divine Sense, Channel Divinity (called Channel Oath in this game), Cleansing Touch, and likely a good number of subclass features. If a Fighter has used their Action Surge, the Paladin isn’t likely too far behind in damage unless we’re talking about level 11+, as the only differences in damage before level 11 would be subclass features (which vary a ton in usefulness) and the Fighter’s extra ASIs.
      There’s a reason why Paladin is considered by most optimizers to be the strongest martial class in 5e. In fact, most optimizers consider Paladin stronger than Warlock (and sometimes Sorcerer, depending on who you ask). That fact still 100% holds true in this game, albeit to a much lesser degree as some of the changes made in the translation from TTRPG to video game benefitted other classes more than Paladin (which is a good thing, because it puts some of the less powerful classes closer to the spotlight).

    • @El_Deen
      @El_Deen Год назад +11

      so, Paladin kinda sucks?

    • @AshnakAGQ
      @AshnakAGQ Год назад +159

      This is why you go 3 levels into warlock. Get 2 level 2 smites back on short rest, and use charisma for your weapon attacks.

  • @ZoeBateman
    @ZoeBateman Год назад +2176

    Paladin truly is the "I am going to delete you from this existence in 6-12 seconds with the power of god" class in this game

    • @Mrmoocows99
      @Mrmoocows99 Год назад +34

      Thats what it is in 5e to. As soon as you get Divine Smite. You just get 2d8 more damage per damage.
      Swing a great sword thats 2d6+2D8+str mod or 16+str mod damage on average at level 2.
      At level 5 you can do 2d6+3d8+strmod or 25.5 damage per attack, and with extra attack you can go twice and swing for 51 damage a turn. This only really gets beat by a Rogue.

    • @gamesguy
      @gamesguy Год назад +4

      ​@@Mrmoocows99at level 5 tempest 2 sorcerer 3 can do 48 dmg to a single target with one chromatic orb and an additional 3d8x2 dmg on the same or different target. And it doesn't burn all their resources and does it from range.

    • @Mrmoocows99
      @Mrmoocows99 Год назад +12

      @@gamesguy They can do that once, and you are out of the channel divinity. I can't think of a reason you are multiplying the dice of the twinned Chromatic Orb. You can push it to 4d8 by casting it at second level though.
      4d8 Maximized is 32, with quickened sure its 50 average in one turn but thats a one time use still, and blows your channel divnity, a level two spell slot, and two of your three sorcery points.
      Sounds worse.

    • @Erde04
      @Erde04 Год назад +2

      don't forget the power of anime, one divine deity is never enough

    • @bigj1905
      @bigj1905 Год назад +2

      “And then lightly tap the other bad guy for the next 30 minutes.”

  • @gb1620
    @gb1620 Год назад +1133

    You have a 5% chance to crit, and by gods you're gonna make your enemies REALLY feel that 5% chance

    • @CanisMythson
      @CanisMythson Год назад +31

      More like 11% on Vengeance Pally, Vow of Emnity for advantage on big enemies

    • @DoomsdayR3sistance
      @DoomsdayR3sistance Год назад +10

      @@CanisMythson If it's using advantage only, should be 9.75% chance to Crit from Vow of Enmity.

    • @lukefairfax2889
      @lukefairfax2889 Год назад +141

      He had a 100% chance to crit due to luck of the far realms@@DoomsdayR3sistance

    • @teinmeizeshi5209
      @teinmeizeshi5209 Год назад +63

      He had 100% crit, that's what made him strong, Illithid powers are op on any class.

    • @DoomsdayR3sistance
      @DoomsdayR3sistance Год назад +3

      @@lukefairfax2889 that is very overpowered then, and yea. would break Paladin immensely.

  • @ubermaster1
    @ubermaster1 Год назад +77

    Paladin is such a funny class for no reason. Like yes I will delete that one target, right here, right now, but I’ll need to take a nap right after.

    • @ezpzjayzaar
      @ezpzjayzaar 5 месяцев назад

      You know how you have 10 companions? You know how you can switch them up anytime you want? Well, save Minthara for specific fights, like boss fights and use your regular fighter for the rest of the minions before it. Paladins wake up only to remove the evil and then they go back to nap when the area is cleansed. Let them do what they do best.

    • @petergohan
      @petergohan 5 месяцев назад +4

      It's like "Megumin" from the anime "Konosuba", can do really well one thing, and needs to rest later. hahahahahhhaha
      But it's epic, tho.

    • @LynneReinault
      @LynneReinault 5 месяцев назад

      Paladins are still very useful even without their smites because of their Aura of Protection (or Aura of Hate if Oathbreaker) which is a tremendous help in fights.

    • @MayHugger
      @MayHugger 28 дней назад

      Good thing the game hands you waaay too much, so you honestly could just take a nap after every encounter if you wanted to.

  • @davidlazerz8564
    @davidlazerz8564 Год назад +2970

    For everyone going "one pump chump!" just remember: taking a major threat off the field NOW is better than doing "good sustained damage" over a long fight.

    • @seangraner297
      @seangraner297 Год назад +128

      Long Resting after every fight is annoying as hell though. To each their own

    • @Kokorae
      @Kokorae Год назад +306

      @@seangraner297 You do know that you have 4 members in your party. If the 'only' damage you're relying on is Smite, then you need to reevaluate your tactics.

    • @PoVisko
      @PoVisko Год назад +663

      ​@@Kokoraere-evaluate your tactics and make party with 4 paladins.

    • @spiralzzz203
      @spiralzzz203 Год назад +140

      games not even that hard, ya'll min maxing weirdos are so cringe lmao

    • @Gurgio
      @Gurgio Год назад +9

      True in like every game with a reasonable TTK... burst is almost always the most important damage profile

  • @voidbinary
    @voidbinary Год назад +612

    The fact that the rest of the group is ranting in the background and the paladin is just like "hold my beer" and takes care of the bulette like it's just another day is just perfect.

  • @Webhead123
    @Webhead123 Год назад +80

    This is why Luck of the Far Realms might be one of the most broken abilities in the entire game. It's beautiful.

    • @nathanieljefferies5491
      @nathanieljefferies5491 19 дней назад

      Love using killer’s sweetheart too…it essentially allows you to instacrit an attack as well

  • @Happyfoam-lw3yt
    @Happyfoam-lw3yt Год назад +313

    "The problem is that I can't really get down there without befuddling myself."
    "Hey, what you guys up t-... OH MY GOD I AM BEFUDDLED!"

    • @JihoonJKim
      @JihoonJKim Год назад +35

      Lore accurate dnd lmaooo

  • @spectralassassin6030
    @spectralassassin6030 Год назад +1254

    Do you wanna tank? Do you wanna fight? Do you wanna class that’ll instill fright? Pick up some plate and keep the goblins in sight cause you wanna make sure they eat this paladin SMITE!
    -JoCat.

    • @StabYourBrain
      @StabYourBrain Год назад

      Do you wanna blow your entire load in one fight and then be a worse fighter for the rest of the day?

    • @peterplful6342
      @peterplful6342 Год назад +18

      You just broke your oath for that goblin comment. ~Liam

    • @spectralassassin6030
      @spectralassassin6030 Год назад +7

      @@peterplful6342 Oath of Vengeance.

    • @ephemispriest8069
      @ephemispriest8069 Год назад +2

      You should quote a good paladin. Not that ham fisted panderer.

    • @spectralassassin6030
      @spectralassassin6030 Год назад +14

      @@ephemispriest8069 I have no idea what you’re talking about. I’m quoting his crap guide to dnd videos.

  • @EvilNinjaPokerBunny
    @EvilNinjaPokerBunny Год назад +196

    My paladin needs to watch this.

  • @Jaskaran158
    @Jaskaran158 Год назад +47

    *fight ends* "Hey guys can we go for a long rest?"

    • @Minumer
      @Minumer Год назад

      Meanwhile Palalock Short Rests and immediately gets back to Smiting, lol.

    • @arandomcheese
      @arandomcheese Год назад +1

      @@Minumer Sadly, you can't choose to use the warlock spell slots before the paladin slots.

    • @nick15331
      @nick15331 Год назад +4

      So he used two level 2 and a level 1 spell slot to kill what is considered a boss mob and will be back from rest well before most other groups kills it.

    • @Yabbamann
      @Yabbamann Год назад

      You can actually. Manually select Divine Smite and you can scroll across the the orange spell slots (warlock) and it should use them. I think if you use it with the reaction feature then yes, it uses Paladin first.
      But, manually selecting 3rd level Warlock slots and then using the tadpole power to get a free crit means you deal a ridiculous amount of damage and get the slot back on a short rest anyway. Very good value.@@arandomcheese

  • @daethmer7834
    @daethmer7834 Год назад +273

    My barbarian doesn't need to call Jesus every time he wants to kill something

    • @KING_NIMROD
      @KING_NIMROD Год назад +47

      so independent so strong !!uWu

    • @_JB89
      @_JB89 Год назад +5

      Best comment lmao

    • @ravenna6543
      @ravenna6543 Год назад +3

      lmaooooooo I'm stealing this

    • @anon7596
      @anon7596 Год назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @emackenzie
      @emackenzie Год назад +28

      Barbarians make _others_ call Jesus when they attack

  • @RedLotusRPG
    @RedLotusRPG Год назад +46

    luck of far realms, is honestly an insane trigger even if it only triggers once per long rest, because now you pretty much guarantee your half-orc will decimate whatever it hits.

    • @elbonnybar
      @elbonnybar Год назад +4

      let me rephrase that.
      YOU'RE GOING TO YEET OUT OF EXISTANCE the first thing you decide to use smite on. with GREAT PREJUDICE.
      i'm surprised there was not a explosion of gore. gad damn the crits.

  • @yellaturd
    @yellaturd Год назад +332

    When that thing first emerged from the ground it sent my entire party plummeting into the void. After a reload I avoided the first attack then sent it off the cliff with an eldritch blast. I highly recommend using the knockback effect on eldritch blasts.

    • @ToonLinksDair
      @ToonLinksDair Год назад +66

      You can't loot the body.

    • @horrorfan117
      @horrorfan117 Год назад +26

      And you can't make it a spore zombie.

    • @Kugrox
      @Kugrox Год назад +5

      that sounds more like a bug, you arent meant to be able to move creatures that big. theres enemies that are technically smaller than the bullet that you cant move so they will probably fix this in a future patch.
      for everything else, theres telekinesis.

    • @kda4636
      @kda4636 Год назад +52

      @@KugroxNot a bug, there’s no size limit on Repelling Blast

    • @buschnzarr7980
      @buschnzarr7980 Год назад +2

      But you didn't get the sweet loot

  • @kaliek5281
    @kaliek5281 Год назад +52

    This is such a mood. Ive done this with my Paladin in actual tabletop D&D and it always feels SOOOO freaking good.
    Remember pallies: Spell slots are ACTUALLY Smite Slots, and try to save those higher level ones for crits!
    Dip a few levels into warlock for some rechargeable on short rest slots, for even more smite action!

    • @Trehek
      @Trehek Год назад

      Or just go hard warlock for the fast caster level progression and get 5th level slots to smite with!

    • @Kytseo
      @Kytseo 9 месяцев назад

      Specifically Hexblade, and Blade Pact, for a Greatsword that runs on sheer force of will.

  • @Diwwah
    @Diwwah Год назад +325

    This is a half-orc with savage attacks, which according to it's description triples damage dice on a crit instead of doubling like other races. In actual d&d, he only gets to add one extra dice roll of weapon damage. I suspect here in bg3 he gets to triple all dice including the smite dice on a crit, hence ludicrous damage.

    • @mrfreeman2911
      @mrfreeman2911 Год назад +18

      Yep. Plus you can control if you want to crit. Pretty shit design tbh.

    • @0wnf4c3
      @0wnf4c3 Год назад +44

      It's still just one extra die: normal crits = 1 extra die = "double", half-orcs get another die = "triple"; but you're right, in BG3 it's not just to the weapon damage, but any other riders as well, such as divine smite.

    • @donloder1
      @donloder1 Год назад +164

      @@mrfreeman2911 found the bullette

    • @Diwwah
      @Diwwah Год назад +11

      @@0wnf4c3 In case of a 2d6 greatsword, in BG3 you get to roll both dice again with savage attacks. In DnD you would only get to roll a single die again. So BG3 savage attacks = 2d6+2d6+2d6, DnD savage attacks = 2d6+2d6+1d6.

    • @0wnf4c3
      @0wnf4c3 Год назад +2

      @@Diwwah Ah interesting, guess that opens up weapon options beyond great axe/maul. I haven't done extensive testing with it yet, been focused on my bardlock skill monkey playthrough.

  • @matt.oconnor
    @matt.oconnor Год назад +17

    As DM"s we LOVE Paladins because they get these moments in Tabletop. Awesome roleplay characters, big wombo combo deleters. The entire table gets excited when the Paladin deletes a big threat. Love the video. Don't even care about Luck of the Far Realms (i'm full avoidance in my playthrough). Paladins crit like this all the time anyway :). Great video. Keep on smiting!

  • @AllowedGold
    @AllowedGold Год назад +9

    this clip is filled with gold "i love and cherish you and i dont care but you still befuddled me" rings so true to playing with my friends when we get passive aggressive over someone's mistake. totally gonna use that one

  • @proverbialking3452
    @proverbialking3452 Год назад +252

    The second half of the game is so much easier with classes that do radiant damage.

    • @The_Panda62
      @The_Panda62 Год назад +29

      radiant damage is so OP in this game lol

    • @SinKieran
      @SinKieran Год назад +2

      Especially If u Oathbreak.
      Then you just turn undead and wreck sh*t :V

    • @dallagen3423
      @dallagen3423 Год назад

      Except for the fight in the Shar temple fuck that

    • @Skz1337
      @Skz1337 Год назад +18

      On Tactician every Shar cultist reflects radiant damage back x2, good luck smiting that

    • @The_Panda62
      @The_Panda62 Год назад +18

      @@Skz1337 only like 5 percent of the player base is gonna play on that

  • @DLuniz
    @DLuniz Год назад +17

    "Hey God, its me, King" *thing is compelled to die quickly*

  • @badtiming2208
    @badtiming2208 Год назад +148

    Ah yes, the melee spellcaster

    • @sanguin3
      @sanguin3 Год назад +22

      More like the melee Smitecaster 😂

    • @VDA19
      @VDA19 Год назад +19

      What is this spellcasting you talk about? Paladins don't have spell slots they have smite slots.

    • @DjuraValtr
      @DjuraValtr Год назад

      @@VDA19 0:57 it literally shows a spell that requires level 2 slots zzz

    • @MegaOgrady
      @MegaOgrady Год назад +25

      ​@@DjuraValtr r/Woosh

    • @TheCosmicUprise
      @TheCosmicUprise Год назад

      level 2 smites you mean???@@DjuraValtr

  • @lordandragor8448
    @lordandragor8448 Год назад +11

    I'm playing in coop with my friend and he picked paladin. It's an understatement when I say that all of the fun got sucked out of the game, he kills everything in one hit.

  • @munchkingod6
    @munchkingod6 Год назад +17

    Also: the game gives you the parasite power to get a crit on demand which is…. Very funny.

    • @lucasistrom
      @lucasistrom Год назад

      I got it on my wizard and every time I use it I end up wishing I had saved my reaction for shield

    • @criticaltipper7699
      @criticaltipper7699 Год назад +2

      Oathbreaker parasite paladin is peak

    • @munchkingod6
      @munchkingod6 Год назад

      @@lucasistrom oof. Yeah I definitely wouldn’t take it on a wizard. That power shines on any class that can do burst damage. Rogue & Paladin are probably the best synergies for it.

    • @pressing_issues838
      @pressing_issues838 Год назад

      And a ring later on

    • @lucasistrom
      @lucasistrom Год назад

      @@munchkingod6 Yeah it ends up being a reaction trap more often than not

  • @tioalra6746
    @tioalra6746 Год назад +21

    I used shadowheart to command it to sit until my team was finished pummeling it to death, than turned its body into a spore zombie and never used him due to fear of him dying XD

    • @Steir12
      @Steir12 Год назад +6

      Yeah i did it too and guess what, the damn god forsaken duegars fight you in a tight location where this chonker cant fit anywhere and thus completely useles.

    • @MegaOgrady
      @MegaOgrady Год назад

      ​@@Steir12that BS fight... If you don't have alert and you don't ambush them, it's _hell_

    • @SahilP2648
      @SahilP2648 Год назад

      That's the default gaming sentimentality alright xD

    • @zriiksparks5637
      @zriiksparks5637 Год назад +2

      ​@MegaOgrady Probably too late but if you destroy all the ladders the zombies can't climb and the fight is infinitely easier

    • @MegaOgrady
      @MegaOgrady Год назад

      @@zriiksparks5637 I was at the docks when I got ambushed. There was no where to run. It's why I was forced to load an older save to better position myself

  • @TheLostPrimarch2nd
    @TheLostPrimarch2nd Год назад +7

    "I'm going to best you with the power of faith.... And this level 3 Divine Smite I found! "

  • @elephantwaffle5612
    @elephantwaffle5612 Год назад +7

    It pays to be a beacon of light in a dark world

  • @alexbehr6193
    @alexbehr6193 Год назад +2

    "If my God cannot reach you, I will send you to him myself"

  • @channman201
    @channman201 Год назад +6

    i love Paladin, the choices i can make during some scenes sound so bad ass

  • @lendial
    @lendial Год назад +3

    its hard to balance long rest when paladins can bring down the force of a star in one turn

  • @FenrirFrostborn
    @FenrirFrostborn Год назад +4

    its all fun and games until you meet an enemy with Radiant Retort.

  • @CsStrez
    @CsStrez Год назад +4

    Warlock Paladin gets 3 attacks if you go Pact of the Blade(minimum 5 levels in each). Whether that is a bug or Larian homebrew rule remains to be seen. 5 Paladin - 7 Warlock nets you 3 main hand weapon attacks, 2 lvl4 warlock spell slots in addition to the 4 level 1 and 2 level 2 Paladin slots. Pact of the Blade means you can just focus Charisma and Constitution since weapons will scale with Charisma. There are some great weapons that are designed specifically for Pact of the Blade or Eldritch Fighter's, and only get their buffs when used as a pact/bound weapon.
    Sorcadin is another great combo since you can guarantee crits(bonus action cast Hold Person and then attack for guaranteed crit), among other great stuff. Infernal Rapier would be useful since you won't have to spread your stats as much, as it scales off your spellcasting stat.

    • @sadpee7710
      @sadpee7710 Год назад

      oooh the hold person build sounds fun

    • @ironman4do
      @ironman4do Год назад +2

      Warlock(PotB)/Paladin is indeed a GREAT combo, though I'd highly recommend Paladin7/Warlock5. Going from 5>7 in Paladin gives you two permanent aura effects, effecting you and any of your group close to you. The first grants +5 to ALL saving throws, which is just utterly insane. The second gives effects like half damage from all spells, or +5 damage to all melee attacks. Sure, your two Warlock spell slots don't raise from L3>L4, but you do get an extra Paladin spell slot for an additional smite. You miss the L6 Patron feature (which are pretty lackluster) and an extra Eldritch Invocation. The EI's are good, but nothing even remotely as good as those two Paladin auras are.

    • @CsStrez
      @CsStrez Год назад

      @@ironman4do that’s fair. The trade off of auras vs level 4 warlock spells can go either way. The extra invocations don’t really matter since you probably took the good ones at level 2 anyways.

  • @dragirby
    @dragirby Год назад +18

    I came across the bullete and was astonished by how easy it was only to learn later the game considers it a significant fight.

    • @christiansanchez7448
      @christiansanchez7448 Год назад +7

      same but i remember it being much scarier in the alpha, i think i reached it while over leveled this time

    • @MisterGreenw00d
      @MisterGreenw00d Год назад +5

      Well I went there a bit under level yesterday and got shredded to pieces. Had to go back and do more questing to level up 😂

    • @KungKokkos
      @KungKokkos Год назад +7

      First time I got there, it burrowed right into my party in real time knocking 3 of them into the abyss and leaving one at like 30% HP. Fun stuff.

    • @angulinhiduje6093
      @angulinhiduje6093 Год назад +4

      i fought it level 3 or something like that and it oneshot my entire party in 1 turn with an aoe.
      after that i kinda over prepped and killed in 1 turn

    • @sol-hunter2332
      @sol-hunter2332 Год назад +2

      All depends on your level, like with most things. As a level 4, this is a dangerous fight, but level 5 is a crazy power spike in dnd5e.

  • @buschnzarr7980
    @buschnzarr7980 Год назад +25

    You can press + next to your sandclock to increase the number of your row for your skills

  • @Kapppa
    @Kapppa Год назад +7

    Oh yah, that guaranteed crit parasite buff is absolutely absurd on a Paladin

  • @neruba2173
    @neruba2173 Год назад +1

    The true hero is the tadpole skill tbh. Other than that they are perfectly balanced.

    • @GnomeHats
      @GnomeHats Год назад +1

      Exactly, that Illithid power is busted

  • @figa5567
    @figa5567 Год назад +6

    This makes me wanna do a half orc paladin for those x3 crits.
    Actually kinda broken due to the illithid thing

  • @TheAHuman
    @TheAHuman Год назад +1

    Every other class: Alright, so I am going to go in, and start by cas-
    Paladin: jobs done.
    Although I won’t pretend Shadowheart’s inflict wounds isn’t one of my favorite ways to delete enemies in the mid-early game.

  • @Noeyk200
    @Noeyk200 Год назад +38

    I just checked out the damage numbers in the video and added them up. 157 damage lmao. Paladins are so goddamn funny.

    • @Wicked_Carnifex
      @Wicked_Carnifex Год назад +2

      Double crit, long rest ability and 3 spell slots. Just the ability to nova a single target

  • @somethingwithat5787
    @somethingwithat5787 Год назад +7

    I felt the same power with my monk, I wasn't expecting the amount of damage it can do after it hits level 6+

    • @reyserzaeta6181
      @reyserzaeta6181 Год назад +2

      FIST OF FURY

    • @ggwp638BC
      @ggwp638BC Год назад

      Monk are deceptively powerful, specially because there are so many gauntlets with crazy unarmed buffs.

  • @MomentaryLapse
    @MomentaryLapse Год назад +7

    “Omg im befuddled” has me dead 💀

  • @ASDASD34RDFS
    @ASDASD34RDFS Год назад +6

    Do this in combination with executioner and you can 1 tap most bosses. Radiant weapon buff, radiant smite, far realms, executioner, illithid execution below points, two handed weapon with great weapon mastery and you do a solid 150-300hp if high enough level.

    • @thedoomslayer5863
      @thedoomslayer5863 10 месяцев назад

      The half orc triple crit only rolls the die an extra one time for three rolls on a crit right? So if you use a sword at 1d6 , crit so 2d6 half orc so 3d6 it would be better to have a great axe so it would be 3d12 yeah?
      Or does it math out to 3d12 anyway on half orcs savage attacker with 1d6 weapons?

    • @edwardking9359
      @edwardking9359 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​@thedoomslayer5863 Nah, you're right, the half-orc buff is only 1d6 extra on a greatsword.

  • @Verd254
    @Verd254 Год назад +8

    Not just a crit, not just back to back crits. But high rolled back to back crits. Very nice.

  • @AJR352
    @AJR352 Год назад +4

    I changed my class from rogue to paladin yesterday and I’m mad I didn’t make this class from the beginning

    • @judasiscariot6263
      @judasiscariot6263 Год назад

      So you basically doing game in very easy mode, not sure if I would be proud saying this

    • @edwardking9359
      @edwardking9359 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​@judasiscariot6263 They're not boasting, they're talking about what they enjoy. It's not like playing games on easy is anything to be ashamed of, either!

  • @talleywa5772
    @talleywa5772 4 месяца назад

    The wise man fears 3 things.
    A night no stars
    A sea with no wind
    A paladin who just crit

  • @Moe_Infinity
    @Moe_Infinity Год назад +1

    Paladin is literally the "I have the power of God and Anime on my side" class.

  • @evangelism2
    @evangelism2 Год назад +9

    Amazing, then theres me missing constantly even at 80+% chance to hit.

    • @KsanUwU
      @KsanUwU Год назад +4

      welcome to my life, ive missed numerous 88-98% chances while never missing hold person under 50%

    • @libertyprime5177
      @libertyprime5177 Год назад +1

      yeah sometimes the game seems to hate me too, yesterday I've done 1 in dice roll 5 times in a row lmao

    • @Hawk7886
      @Hawk7886 Год назад

      ​@@libertyprime5177try toggling on karmic dice

    • @blingwraith6951
      @blingwraith6951 Год назад

      I action surged with my fighter at 65% chance to hit and missed all four attacks 🥲

  • @Kogobean
    @Kogobean 7 месяцев назад

    it gets better when you have someone to haste you as the pally. two actions = four divine smites i have so much fun as a pally in this game.

  • @boxant
    @boxant Год назад +5

    that auto crit ability is very nice

  • @bamcki991
    @bamcki991 8 месяцев назад

    Paladin is just the swiss army knife in my BG3 party. I am the damage dealer, taker, and healer.

  • @krelekari
    @krelekari Год назад +4

    Paladin burst damage is legendary in the community for a reason 😎

  • @songbird6414
    @songbird6414 8 месяцев назад

    Current build: Paladin rogue. One hit with smite, one hit with sneak attack if I’m in the front row with Karlach. Definition of a glass cannon and it’s SO much fun.

  • @JakiStow
    @JakiStow Год назад +9

    How can players function with a chaotic hotbar like that will forever puzzle me.

    • @seankizzee8617
      @seankizzee8617 Год назад +2

      How is a hotbar supposed to look? I've been playing like that until just recently where I attempted to organize it, but there's just so much

    • @Hawk7886
      @Hawk7886 Год назад +3

      ​@@seankizzee8617you can increase the number of rows with the plus button next to the hourglass, then manually move stuff around to better suit your style. It can take a while to fiddle with but it's super worth it.

    • @MkadinA01
      @MkadinA01 Год назад

      the radial menus in controller mode are much nicer, although you do miss some features like swapping weapons easily

  • @CryuYT
    @CryuYT Год назад +1

    Strike with great vengeance!!!!

  • @kjellannn
    @kjellannn Год назад +17

    Saw a paladin/fighter multiclasser solo a 607 hp boss doing about 150dmg/ hitt lol

    • @zetros9508
      @zetros9508 Год назад

      Send me the link to that build lmao

    • @Arcticun
      @Arcticun Год назад +4

      @@zetros9508 It's likely something like level 2 or 3 Battlemaster fighter + Paladin the rest of the way.
      Battlemaster fighter gets a lot of extra damage on their maneuver attacks, and those can crit which you can smite off of so it ends up being pretty chunky.

    • @MegaOgrady
      @MegaOgrady Год назад +3

      ​@@Arcticunfighter also get that Skill that resets all your actions. So if you can strike 3 times, it doubles to 6! Sounds digusting

    • @lon3580
      @lon3580 Год назад

      If it has that much hp, the paladin/fighter is likely at endgame with the best gear available. Not super surprising.

    • @MegaOgrady
      @MegaOgrady Год назад

      @@lon3580 Act two, the shadow lands there's a tollroad with a gold lady... She has that much HP and you're around level 5-7

  • @VenomSteak
    @VenomSteak Год назад +2

    Now hit em with that executioner ring

  • @thesongoflunch
    @thesongoflunch Год назад +48

    Do you guys have a series of your multiplayer campaign? Sounds like it would be a fun watch

    • @cabezonx
      @cabezonx Год назад +2

      I second this

    • @dddaaa6965
      @dddaaa6965 Год назад

      @@cabezonx he said the n word

    • @psyched.shelby5391
      @psyched.shelby5391 Год назад +1

      @@dddaaa6965ok and? They are adult friends playing a game in discord they can say whatever they want

    • @sol-hunter2332
      @sol-hunter2332 Год назад +9

      ​@@dddaaa6965used as a slur or in the casual rap style? Because they are wildly different.

    • @dddaaa6965
      @dddaaa6965 Год назад +1

      @@sol-hunter2332 explain how

  • @mattvancamp764
    @mattvancamp764 Год назад

    i play a vengeance paladin in my TT game. I like to channel my inner Vegeta knowing i will absolutely cumpster any thing that want a piece of me.

  • @Blue-yk9yw
    @Blue-yk9yw Год назад +3

    I leveled paladin to level 6 then started leveling sorc for those sweet sweet spell slots. Got Divine Smite for days

    • @valk_7233
      @valk_7233 Год назад

      Sorcadin is one of the best build both in BG3 and TT

  • @ImmortalLemon
    @ImmortalLemon Год назад

    I remember doing something like this right as my friend walked over to see how I was doing with a fight. He didn’t say anything, he just walked away and took a deep breath

  • @azathothic
    @azathothic Год назад +10

    I am just loving this game

  • @theyincorporated5711
    @theyincorporated5711 Год назад +1

    My vengeance Paladin be like “something something justice something something vengeance…I’m just gonna kill you”

  • @ivanmartinphotography
    @ivanmartinphotography Год назад +7

    Loving my Paladin. Just hit Level 6 and starting Act 2 tonight. 50 hours in 😅

  • @Vallinen92
    @Vallinen92 Год назад +1

    I've done something like this on my paladin I play at the table. It's always glorious, every time.

  • @PaladinLarec
    @PaladinLarec Год назад +17

    Well, it's due to him being an orc and getting 3x on crits instead of 2. Smite is nice though, I'll admit. I played a Pally in the EA version of the game and liked it, except with how LUDICROUSLY easy it was to fall and betray my oath. A barbarian can do just as much though with 2 reckless attacks and a frenzied attack.

    • @Ramschat
      @Ramschat Год назад +5

      That orc trait only adds a single die of damage to each critical hit, the smites are much more significant (and not affected by the half-orc trait at all)

    • @shmarko1
      @shmarko1 Год назад +5

      @@Ramschatnot in bg3

    • @CsStrez
      @CsStrez Год назад +2

      Oath of Vengeance is almost impossible to break, but they definitely refined the oathbreaking stuff from the early access to be more consistent.

    • @Ramschat
      @Ramschat Год назад

      @@shmarko1 Are you sure? If so, the wiki is wrong, it's description states: "When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can roll one of the weapon's damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit."

    • @shmarko1
      @shmarko1 Год назад +2

      @@Ramschat I do believe if you have a 2d6 weapon it’ll give you an extra 2d6 rather than just a 1d6. It’s just a tad bit better for bg3

  • @Pallyrulez
    @Pallyrulez 10 месяцев назад

    Bulette: Please I have off springs! A family!
    King: I'm gonna end this man's whole career

  • @boriswelter3628
    @boriswelter3628 Год назад +4

    D&D is balanced about resource-managemend. In the tabletop game you can only benefit from a long rest every 24h and an adventuring day is supposed to have 4-8 encounters, that become more challenging towards the end, as you have less spellslots at your disposal.
    Paladin going Nova in one encounter, taking out a big target and then being mostly useless is a meme even in the tabletop game.
    Also with the way action economy works, you wanna focus on the weakest targets first and kill the tougher ones last, keep them in check with CC if you can.
    Personally i try to play BG3 more like i would with the rabletop game and less "video gamy", meaning not exploiting weird game mechanics like carrying boxes in my bag to stack and stuff like that.

    • @Minumer
      @Minumer Год назад +4

      Luckily in *this* game, you can bypass this uselessness phase with a little thing called 'Paladin Warlock Gish', wherein you get Smites back on every Short Rest.

    • @sandman4663
      @sandman4663 Год назад +3

      Most people that play are looking to play a video game. Myself included. I find a lot of dnd tapletop sticklers to be masochistic in their love of RNG punishment. I happily have left that to the tabletop!

    • @Ralathar44
      @Ralathar44 Год назад

      Its not just multiple encounters either. Pally vs single boss = boss mode. Pally vs entire gobling camp = nerfed fighter. Pally vs Tucker's Kobolds (specific DnD concept, google it) = why am I even here?

    • @TheInfectous
      @TheInfectous Год назад

      @@sandman4663 what? nothing about his post mentioned RNG, he was simply talking about video game cheese and balance. unless the connection is you quicksave and quickload for favorable outcomes which is kinda sad. Personally I'll probably do multiple playthroughs, currently I want to pursue specific story options but later I'll probably do a pure rp-esque run and see where the game takes me, I think that idea probably holds a lot of fun.

    • @sandman4663
      @sandman4663 Год назад +1

      @@TheInfectous are you not aware of how dice rolls work? also referred to as RNG. In case you don't know, whenever you roll a dice, it's a *random* *number* *generation* in BG3.

  • @tehjefey
    @tehjefey Год назад +1

    A man who goes by the discord server name "do not bullshit me" brought me here.
    And I think he got some shit to sort out personally.

  • @TNTspaz
    @TNTspaz Год назад +34

    Paladins have enough restrictions that you can lose all your crazy buffs pretty easily. However. Following all the restrictions pays out in the long run.

    • @ultamaflare
      @ultamaflare Год назад +4

      Then you just become an oathbreaker paladin and do Necrotic damage.

    • @daethe
      @daethe Год назад +3

      Except Oathbreaker is stronger than any of the other Paladin Oaths in terms of damage, so you don't lose anything. Your numbers are just a different color.

    • @ephemispriest8069
      @ephemispriest8069 Год назад

      When your gold star for being a good boy manifests as a holy ass whooping.

    • @jamiefenwick8359
      @jamiefenwick8359 Год назад

      Beat the game as a vengance paladin and I did some pretty fucked up stuff and never become an oathbreaker. At one point I repeatedly donated to the gods to get buffs then stole those donations back from the gods then repeatedly killed the angels they sent to punish me to try and farm xp then finally killed the pissed off but non aggressive priest in cold blood to steal his relics from his corpse and all that was apparently fine. I'm not sure what exactly you have to do to break your oath.

    • @finickyflame
      @finickyflame Год назад

      ​@jamiefenwick8359 i accidentally broke mine because I stopped 2 persons murdering someone. They were avenging the death of a peer...

  • @Ravii697
    @Ravii697 Год назад +1

    This is what having the power of God and Anime looks like

  • @Cederlof_Ink
    @Cederlof_Ink Год назад +11

    I wish i had friends to play this game with hahaha 😂

    • @cerealdrainceo
      @cerealdrainceo Год назад

      for real

    • @BlackPantherEclipse
      @BlackPantherEclipse Год назад +6

      I'm so close to beating the game (I think) but my next playthrough I REALLY want to get my friends to play.

    • @MH-sf2wg
      @MH-sf2wg 29 дней назад

      Yeah, like hell.

  • @Ian_Moon42
    @Ian_Moon42 6 месяцев назад

    This may be the greatest BG3 video I've watched. Paladins ftw

  • @codeninja1
    @codeninja1 Год назад +4

    This reminds me of a DND campaign I played over 20 years ago, 2nd edition. I was a gnome illusionist whos main damage was magic missle (might have been 2d4+int mod and armed with a quarter staff +1 which i couldnt land a hit unless a rolled a 20.
    We were in this big battle. All spells used up. I rolled a 20(crit) and I may have done 2d6+3 damage. Woohoo i thought.
    Then my friend whos the Paladin rolls a 12 to hit...starts adding his bonuses and its like 25 or something so he hits. Then he grabs a bunch of dice for his damage and ends up doing 40+. Pays to the Dm's fave lol.

  • @collindouglas8188
    @collindouglas8188 10 месяцев назад

    Just remember kiddos... Champion gets to crit on a 19 (10% chance to crit), Elixir of Viciousness makes that an 18 (15%), Reckless Attack makes it have advantage (so basically a 30%) and you can attack up to 3 times with Berserker. Finally, Brutal Critical and Savage Critical each adds an extra die of damage.

  • @BigDavo75
    @BigDavo75 Год назад +3

    As a Paladin main.... YESSSSSSS

  • @dsagent
    @dsagent Год назад

    This thing killed my party twice so I had the warlock NPC throw him off a cliff.

  • @AlexG12345
    @AlexG12345 Год назад +8

    Wow that’s crazy! Is this just paladin or did you take any multi classes?

    • @kingofthingsd
      @kingofthingsd  Год назад +6

      Just a pure lvl 5 non oath-breaker Vengeance Paladin

    • @SeiRedeye
      @SeiRedeye Год назад

      @@kingofthingsd Has anyone figured out how to break oath for oathbreaker?

    • @hanyan__
      @hanyan__ Год назад +3

      @@SeiRedeye It depends on your oath you take as subclass but in general killing non hostile enemies will do it.

    • @leoleo1035
      @leoleo1035 Год назад

      @@SeiRedeye Kill using an attack from behind. Works like a charm with bow/crossbow.

    • @irontildeath
      @irontildeath Год назад +2

      @@SeiRedeyewell I killed the tieflings that captured Leizel and that did it. I was so confused because they had imprisoned her. How is that not serving justice against someone doing evil?

  • @deadjuice1880
    @deadjuice1880 Год назад +2

    "WTF. WHY ARE WE EVEN HERE?!"
    😂

  • @stranger6822
    @stranger6822 Год назад +4

    Would still rather have a barbarian since they require fewer rests and can do some absurd damage as well. Paladin is great for its aura, although staying in range of the paladin in BG3 is a lot harder than in tabletop due to the amount of movement and enemy aoe in this game.
    100% hate fighting against enemy paladins because they dump all their smites.

  • @daethe
    @daethe Год назад +1

    My experience playing Paladin so far has been way different, Miss, Miss, Miss, Miss, Miss

    • @NoorAgafia
      @NoorAgafia Год назад +1

      The fighter/battle master initially has 3 battle manoeuvres, I would pick Feinting Attack (riposte & trip attack) - that negates a lot of the misses against higher AC enemies. The 4 dice also refill with every short rest so you will almost always have them up. (4 of those attacks is better than smite imo.) - trip attack is also nice as you and your allies have advantage against prone enemies. GL!

  • @shinjireference3568
    @shinjireference3568 Год назад +3

    I chose druid for my multiplayer play through, but i think ima switch to paladin 😳😂

    • @MeowLesty
      @MeowLesty Год назад +1

      Having to unshape shift to talk to people has to be the most annoying thing about druid. Probably not as bad if youre playing with friends and they do all the talking. But Moon Circle druid despite being pretty stronk is so fucking clunky.
      Just let me unshapeshift during the dialogue and then autoshapeshift back once the dialogue is over.

    • @MegaOgrady
      @MegaOgrady Год назад

      ​@@MeowLestyJust use someone else to do the talking? Druids often lack the charisma to pass those nice influence checks

    • @MeowLesty
      @MeowLesty Год назад

      @@MegaOgrady yeah but like... what if i dont wanna do the dialogue with Wyll for the 9th bagillion time :

    • @MegaOgrady
      @MegaOgrady Год назад

      @@MeowLesty then savescum your way

  • @Talostoro
    @Talostoro Год назад

    And this is the beginning of a new pali main. Just wait till he finds out Oathbreaker hexbkade

  • @moordrake1761
    @moordrake1761 Год назад +7

    what's even more disgusting is if you took Great Weapon Master as a feature, you'd have done almost 2x more damage

    • @mavairick
      @mavairick Год назад +1

      And if you are an half-orc your crit are x3 instead of x2 (not sure if applies to smite thought.)

    • @andrewmcmillan229
      @andrewmcmillan229 Год назад

      You’re both wrong. Half orc adds another die of weapon damage on a crit. since he’s using a greatsword (2d6) it would be just an extra d6.
      Also crits only double the dice damage, the extra 10 damage from great weapon master are not doubled.

    • @moordrake1761
      @moordrake1761 Год назад

      @@andrewmcmillan229 🤓

    • @adilchaudhry8860
      @adilchaudhry8860 Год назад

      @@andrewmcmillan229do you know what are the best feats to take as a vengeance paladin. Im still lvl 3, but I’m thinking great weapon mastery, ability mastery, or that saving attack one.

    • @andrewmcmillan229
      @andrewmcmillan229 Год назад

      @@adilchaudhry8860 Great weapon master is good on any martial that can get advantage easily. Vengeance paladin can do that but not super often. Pumping your charisma and strength also a good idea.

  • @lolmanmagee2785
    @lolmanmagee2785 5 месяцев назад +2

    holy shit you can trigger crit divine smites WHILE using other smites??
    iv been slightly under-rating the shitty smites.
    this actually has real potential with hold monster and luck of the far realms.

  • @mefninja
    @mefninja Год назад +4

    Personally went ranger so i didnt have to use that fruitty rogue

    • @Necrostrike
      @Necrostrike Год назад +1

      You don't have to use him either way. Zhentarim hideout vendor has gloves of thievery, then by the river at the hyenas there is a corpse with a ring with +sleight of hand and stealth, and with those two you get double dice advantage and can lockpick/disarm most shit trivially.

    • @mefninja
      @mefninja Год назад

      @@Necrostrike hmm i think i missed that ring

    • @mekboy7403
      @mekboy7403 Год назад

      @@mefninja You could have also done what I'm planning on for my next run and make custom party members after meeting Withers.

  • @Fr0st1989
    @Fr0st1989 Год назад

    This video has everything. Giant lizards. Befuddlement. Random cats jumping in to bite. And of course, massive fucking crits.

  • @joco8587
    @joco8587 Год назад +1

    Haven't you ever seen a lightning bolt boosted by luck of the far realms + channel divinity destructive wrath on a wet enemy? That shit's like ~200-300 damage

  • @fistan5447
    @fistan5447 Год назад

    That kill needs an edit with "Powerwolf - In the name of God" in the background.

  • @Chairchuckee
    @Chairchuckee Год назад

    Meanwhile I just positioned Wyll right and Eldritch blasted him into the abyss.

  • @thanatosor
    @thanatosor Год назад +1

    here come 5% chance
    god pump it to 500% for supporting you

  • @blingwraith6951
    @blingwraith6951 Год назад

    Ah yes, the bulette. We have dismissed that claim.

  • @mars0liveira
    @mars0liveira Год назад

    While I had 2 rounds of combat to finally defeat this creature

  • @faydetoblack
    @faydetoblack Год назад +2

    Grats on the crit! Good work my holy dude.

  • @Antonin1738
    @Antonin1738 9 месяцев назад

    I love how the cat attacks this giant thing lol

  • @TheRealVandpistolen
    @TheRealVandpistolen Год назад +4

    For anyone who is interested in my little theorycraft here:
    Hastened buff from potion of speed or Haste spell from Wizard/Sorcerer
    Extra attack from lvl 5
    Thats 4 Divine smites in 1 turn with Paladin
    To go even further you can use 2 Divine smites as spell slot lvl 2 for extra damage and the other 2 on spell slot lvl 1
    Now include Luck of the far realms from Illithid tadpole talent tree and Great weapon master feat from lvl 4 or Savage attacker feat from lvl 4 (though savage attacker is not that great)
    Have fun

    • @ggwp638BC
      @ggwp638BC Год назад +1

      You can make this even more powerful with Mind Sanctuary, turning the bonus action into another action for a total of 6 consecutive attacks.

    • @TheRealVandpistolen
      @TheRealVandpistolen Год назад

      @@ggwp638BC Damn! Will take notes :-)

  • @ggwp638BC
    @ggwp638BC Год назад

    Paladins are crazy on single target damage when going nova, but if want the maximum damage possible you want a Sorcerer with Haste.

  • @JesusKid1000
    @JesusKid1000 3 месяца назад +1

    Paladins don't have spell slots. They have smite slots.

  • @jude2214
    @jude2214 Год назад

    Ah yes, Paladin. Or as my friends and I call it, the reason Champion Fighter is worth it

  • @Kilroy098
    @Kilroy098 Год назад +1

    Good thing I re-rolled paladin 5 hours in.

  • @jkman9828
    @jkman9828 Год назад

    Throw a jar of spiders in its dumb face, it'll cripple it. Big boi hates spiders.