I love the duality of, "These weapons are trash, you shouldn't use 'em, and if you do, you should feel bad." and, "At the end of the day use whatever you want, anything works, and take everything I say with a handful of salt"
*Crossbows 1:07:16 (Better than Bows) 1:10:44 S+: Firetooth (You can get it at the start of the game) 1:08:03 S+: Big Metal Rod 1:10:04 B: Drow Crossbow of Speed 1:09:02 B: Crossbow of Affliction 1:14:33 C: The Army Scythe (You can get it at the start of the game) 1:14:56 C: The Guide (Great in BG EE) 1:13:28 C: Flasher Launcher (Only usable by Jan) 1:13:36 C: Giant Hair Crossbow 1:13:49 C: Heavy Crossbow of Searing 1:14:08 C: Necaradan's Crossbow -Note: Just go to Vendor - Watcher's Keep at the start of the game and buy Firetooth. *Bolts 1:15:42 1:22:17 S++: Scorcher Ammunition (Big Metal Rod Ammunition) 1:20:05 S+: Kuo-Toan Bolt 1:21:29 A: Paralytic Bolt 1:23:47 A: Frag Grenade 1:22:02 A: Pulse Ammunition 1:16:19 B: Bolt of Lighting (Great in BG EE) 1:19:35 B: Flasher Master Bruiser Mate (Jan's Ammunition) 1:16:59 C: Bolt of Polymorphing (Fun to play around with) 1:16:03 C: Bolt of Biting 1:19:01 C: Drow Bolt of Sleep 1:19:22 C: Drow Bolt of Stunning -Note: Summary 1:24:35 *Bows 36:11 (Weak pick) 51:40 S: Shortbow of Gesen (Hits almost every enemy in the game) 54:18 A: Tansheron's Bow (Hits almost every enemy in the game) 45:10 A: Darkfire Bow & Upgraded Version Darkfire Bow (Gives Improved Haste once per day with Duration: 23 rounds) 41:36 B: Blindstrike Bow 50:00 B: Mana Bow (+20% Magic Dmg Reduction) 48:58 C: Heartseeker (Better than the Elven Court Bow) 47:31 C: Elven Court Bow 51:16 C: Ripper 53:26 C: Strong Arm 51:00 C: Protector of the Dryads 55:07 C: Taralash & Upgraded Version of Taralash from Cespenar -ToB 57:08 C: Tuigan Bow 57:00 C: The Dead Shot (Great for BG EE - Trash in SoA) 44:47 C: Bow of Arvoreen (Only usable by Haflings - Mazzy) -Note: Summary 1:06:19 *Arrows 58:07 1:00:44 S+: Arrow of Dispelling (No save Dispel arrow when hit) 59:28 S+: Arrow of Detonation (Difficult to find in SoA) 1:04:31 B: Poison Arrow (Only usable by Eldoth) 1:05:06 B: Acid Arrow (Great in BG EE - No Save vs Acid dmg) 1:05:35 C: Arrow of Ice (Cold dmg is worse than Acid) 1:02:19 C: Arrow of Fire (Great in BG EE) 58:34 C: Arrow of Biting (A Tier in BG EE) 1:03:00 C: Arrow of Piercing 1:03:35 C: Arrow of Slaying (For Ogre Mages) -Note: Archers either with bows or crossbows are not bad, but they are one-dimensional. *Slings: C Tier 2:52:07 2:53:35 B: Sling of Arvoreen (Has Sonic Boom - Can Hit own party) 2:53:53 B: Sling of Everard (Get it early at Vendor - Slums, Generates own ammunition) 2:52:54 C: Erinne Sling (Still bad when upgraded from Cespenar in ToB) 2:53:13 C: Lupine Sling 2:54:13 C: Wild Sling (Fun to play with) 2:55:50 C: Sling of Seeking (Generates own ammunition - Not as good as Sling of Everand) -Note: Summary 2:54:47 *Darts: C- 1:39:43 (Worst weapon proficiency) 1:41:13 B: Biter (Returning Throwing Dart) 1:40:33 Asp's Nest 1:41:46 Crimson Dart 1:42:18 Dart of Stunning 1:42:30 Dart of Wounding -Note: I didn't forget to list the Tiers, they are just all dog shit.
*Katanas 4:05:39 4:06:10 S+: Celestial Fury 4:07:27 B: Hindo's Doom (One of the BEST Off-Hands in the game, becomes A Tier if upgraded from Cespenar in ToB) 4:09:11 B: Dak'kon's Zerth Blade (Gives one extra 1,2,3 and 4 Arcane Spells) 4:07:01 B: Corthala Family Blade (Only usable by Valygar) 4:08:34 C: Malakar (Provides AC +2 vs Slashing Weapons) 4:08:58 C: Yoshimo's Katana -Note: Dual Wielding Katanas is the best Proficiency if you want Maximum Dmg. Especially if you are playing Berserker Dual Class to Mage at Lv9. *Flails: S+ Tier 1:43:12 1:48:36 S++: Flail of Ages 1:44:29 S+: Defender of Easthaven (Reduces damage taken) 1:48:29 C: Drow Flail -Note: Flail of Ages is a +3 weapon, which can become better with the upgrade from Cespenar in ToB (Flail of Ages +4). You can also make it a +5 which gives the weapon 'Free Action' and makes you immune to Haste. Don't do the Final Upgrade. *Morning Stars: B 2:36:40 2:37:04 A: Ice Star 2:38:15 B: The Sleeper 2:37:31 C: Everard's Morning Star 2:39:11 C: The Wyvern's Tail -Note: Flails/Morning Stars is the same proficiency *Battle Axes: S Tier 9:04 14:01 S+: Upgraded Version of Axe of the Unyielding from Cespenar in ToB 32:31 S: Stonefire (You can get it at the start of the game!!!) 26:31 S: Frostreaver (This and Stonefire is your bread and butter for SoA) 17:34 S: Azuredge (Devastating against Undead) 33:27 S: Stormcharged Axe (Stuns bzzt) 30:53 S: K'logarath (Throwing Axe) 28:26 A: Hangard's Axe (Throwing Axe) 31:57 A: Rifthome Axe (Throwing Axe) 12:58 B: Axe of the Unyielding 24:49 C: Battle Axe of Mauletar 29:36 C: Hojar's Fame 10:41 RP Tier: Axe of Hrothgar 20:53 RP Tier: Wizard Slayer 25:36 RP Tier: Dwarven Pickaxe -Note: BG EE Beregost/Thunderhammer Smithy has Battle Axe +1 *Longswords: S- 3:30:21 3:32:52 S: Blackrazor (One of the BEST Weapons in the game) 3:42:21 S: The Answerer 3:31:43 A: Angurvadal (Immunity to Lv Drain) 3:36:03 A: Daystar (Great Weapon for Undead but difficult to acquire early) 3:35:40 B: Blade of Roses (Can get it early) 3:38:01 B: Hold Fast (Good Stat Stick) 3:41:52 B: Sword of Balduran (Good Stat Stick - 10% Magic Resistance) 3:39:00 B: Namarra (You can get it early on - Graveyard District) 3:39:32 B: Peridan (Use it mostly for Detect Invisibility) 3:31:02 C: Adjatha the Drinker 3:37:54 C: Drow Long Sword 3:38:47 C: Holy Long Sword of Tyr 3:41:07 C: Ras, The Dancing Blade 3:43:25 C: The Equalizer 3:44:45 C: Varscona -Note: Summary 3:44:55 *Bastard Swords 3:46:07 (Not many choices, but some really good swords in all 3 games) 3:47:05 S+: Foebane (One of the BEST Weapons in the game when upgraded from Cespenar in ToB) 3:46:24 S: Albruin 3:49:53 A: Purifier (Amazing, but only usable by Paladins) 3:49:42 B: Jhor the Bleeder 3:46:56 B: Blade of Searing -Note: Summary 3:51:25 *Shortswords 2:40:01 (There are some that are nice, but pretty underwhelming) 2:46:10 S: Silent Death 2:43:44 S: Kundane (Use it for Combat Ability - Faster APR to main hand) 2:43:00 A: Ilbratha (Almost S Tier - Use it only for Charged Abilities) 2:40:39 B: Arbane's Sword of Agility (You get it early) 2:45:20 B: Short Sword of Mask (Get it at Vendor - Watcher's keep, 1d6+5 THAC0+5) 2:47:55 B: Spell Diver (Situational - For Monks - Use it only for Equipped Abilities) 2:41:26 C: Chaos Blade (only usable by Haer'Dalis) 2:49:34 C: Sword of Arvoreen (only usable by Mazzy) 2:42:27 C: Cutthroat 2:42:51 C: Entropy 2:50:57 C: The Shadow Blade -Notes: Summary 2:51:31 *Maces 2:21:57 (Better than Warhammers atleast) 2:24:55 A: Mace of Disruption (becomes S Tier if upgraded at Cromwell in ToB) 2:23:12 B: Jerrod's Mace 2:27:22 C: Storm Star (becomes B Tier if upgraded at Cespenar in ToB) 2:22:11 C: Ardulia's Fall 2:22:46 C: Handmaiden's Mace (Only usable by Viconia) 2:24:50 C: Krotan's Skullscrusher 2:25:47 C: Mauler's Arm 2:26:50 C: Skullcrusher -Notes: Summary 2:28:38 *Warhammers 2:07:44 (There are better things to use) 2:10:06 S: Crom Faeyr (Sets Str to 25 - Great for people who have bad thac0 and need a boost - Best weapon for Bards) 2:13:40 B: Dwarven Thrower (Throwing Warhammer - Only usable by Dwarves) 2:16:21 B: Runehammer 2:18:38 B: The Brick (It would have been RP Tier if it wasn't fun) 2:08:33 C: Aegis-Fang 2:09:14 C: Ashideena 2:09:33 C: Borok's Fist 2:14:35 C: Hammer of Thunderbolts 2:20:16 C: The Kneecapper -Notes: Summary 2:21:04 *Scimitars/Wakizashi/Ninjatos 3:21:16 (There are better things to put points into) 3:23:45 S: Belm 3:25:05 S: Ninjato of the Scarlet Brotherhood (Worse than Belm - Gives 1 extra APR) 3:27:51 S: Twinkle (More preferable than Ninjato of the Scarlet Brotherhood) 3:24:43 S: Icingdeath (Gives 50% Fire resistance) 3:26:46 B: Spectral Brand (Use it for its Equipped Ability) 3:28:14 B: Usuno's Blade 3:23:12 C: Yamato (You can get it early in ToB - Similar to Yoshimo's Katana) 3:21:48 C: Kachiko's Wakizashi 3:24:14 C: Drow Scimitar 3:24:20 C: Hawksight 3:26:42 C: Rashad's Talon 3:29:17 C: Water's Edge -Note: Summary 3:29:25 *Daggers: B Tier 1:25:30 1:27:32 S: Boomerang Dagger (Throwing Dagger - You can get it early in the game) 1:32:44 S: Firetooth 1:29:52 A: Dagger of the Star (Fun to play with Fighter/Thief or some combination thereof) 1:37:16 B: The Salamander's Tongue (Decent choice) 1:34:48 B: Pixie Prick (Stuns enemies) 1:35:49 C: Stiletto of Demarchess (Worse Pixie Prick) 1:36:29 C: The Jade Fang (Worse Stiletto of Demarchess) 1:27:12 C: Bonerblade 1:29:08 C: Dagger of Venom 1:33:47 C: Fire of the Golem 1:33:55 C: Ixil's Spike (ToB - Cespenar can craft Ixil's Spike (Spear) with it) 1:34:17 C: Neb's Nasty Cutter 1:36:13 C: The Grave Binder 1:35:11 C; Poisoned Throwing Dagger (Throwing Dagger) -Note: Dagger Summary 1:38:39 *Clubs: C Tier 2:29:43 (Worst Single-Handed Proficiency) 2:30:21 A: Blackblood 2:32:02 B: Club of Detonation 2:31:16 C: Bone Club 2:34:13 C: The Root of the Problem -Notes: Summary 2:36:05 *Two-Handed Swords 3:52:24 (Best Two-Handed Proficiency) 4:04:16 S: Soul Reaver (Amazing Combat Ability for prolonged fights) 4:03:26 S: Silver Sword (Good Combat Ability) 3:56:42 A: Dragon Blade (1/5 Chance to Crit with No Save Slow) 3:53:05 B: Carsomyr (Only Usable by Paladins - Use it only for Equipped Abilities, 50% Magic Resistance) 4:01:05 B: Joril's Dagger 4:01:25 B: Lilarcor 4:01:44 B: Psion's Blade 4:02:23 B: Sword of Chaos (You can give it to Sarevok and become a better version) 4:00:01 C: Ir'revrykal (Worse than Carsomyr) 3:52:48 C: Flame of the North 3:58:16 C: Gram the Sword of Grief 3:58:58 C: Hallowed Redeemer (Only Usable by Keldorn) 3:59:31 C: Harbinger 4:02:12 C: Rancor (Only usable by Dorn) 4:05:24 C: Warblade *Quarterstaves 3:02:10 (Decent choices, especially for mages) 3:11:48 S: Staff of Power 3:15:39 S: Staff of the Mage 3:09:38 S: Staff of Command (Charms almost everything in the game) 3:08:24 B: Staff of Arundel (Gives one extra 5 and 6 Divine Spells) 3:03:33 B: Rod of Smiting (Situational - Use it for Combat Ability, For Golems) 3:10:20 B: Staff of Curing 3:17:30 B: Staff of the Ram (Good for Fighters who Dual Classes into a Thief with 5points into Quarterstaves) 3:02:57 C: Cleric's Staff 3:03:05 C: Martial Staff 3:04:49 C: Rod of Terror 3:05:56 C: Serpent Shaft 3:06:37 C: Shaman's Staff (Good for Berry Farmers) 3:07:28 C: Staff Mace (Better than Basic Quarterstaff, but meh) 3:07:40 C: Staff Spear (Downgrade - Crushing Proficiency changed to Piercing) 3:13:21 C: Staff of Rhyn 3:13:25 C: Staff of Striking (B Tier if you use it for Backstabbing) 3:14:28 C: Staff of Thunder and Lighting (Only usable by Druids & Clerics) 3:15:20 C: Staff of the High Forest (Only usable by Cernd) 3:19:17 C: Staff of Woodlands 3:03:11 Neera Tier:Neera's Staff (Only usable by Neera) - 3:11:12 A: Staff of Fire (Best Elemental Staff Due to Fireshield) 3:10:45 B: Staff of the Earth (Can cast Stone to Flesh) 3:07:50 C: Staff of Air (Worst Elemental Staff) -Note: Summary 3:20:02 *Halberds 1:55:53 (Two-Handed weapons are inferior to Single-Handed due to their APR) 2:03:19 S: Upgraded Version of Ravager from Cespenar in ToB 1:57:58 B: Blackmist (Can cast AoE blind) 2:00:34 B: Dragon's Breath 2:02:19 B: Harmonium Halberd (gives +1 Str) 2:05:38 B: Wave 1:59:55 C: Dragon's Bane 2:01:35 C: Drow Halberd 2:01:42 C: Duskblade 2:05:31 C: Suryris's Blade *Spears 2:56:03 (Worst Two-Handed Proficiency) 2:58:39 A: Ixil's Nail (Interesting Combat ability if upgraded from Cespenar in ToB) 3:00:56 A: Spear of the Unicorn (Situational - Use it for its Equipped Abilities) 2:57:41 B: Impaler (Decent pick) 3:00:27 B: Spear of Kuldahar (Get it early at Vendor - Slums) 3:00:44 B: Spear of Withering 2:56:46 C: Backbiter 2:57:15 C: Drow Lancer 2:57:22 C:Halcyon (You can get it early in the game) -Note: Summary 3:01:35 Damage Type Tier: Crushing is the Best, then Slashing, then Piercing & Missile
@@SquaulDuNeant There were no timestamps made for this video and I kinda felt responsible to make one. There should be a different comment somewhere that includes all ranged weapons and ammunition.
@@mavromavro4892 Thank you for doing this. This turns this video into an easy reference guide to drill into specific weapon types or individual weapons. One note about the Mace of Disruption, it can be updated by Cromwell in SoA. Not sure if Cespenar can also upgrade it, as you state, but you don't need to wait until ToB to upgrade.
Amazing guide. S+ tier for sure. Can’t say enough good things about it. You don’t have to use it if you don’t want to. If you want to go ahead and RP as a suicide bomber with the Club of Detonation go for it. I mean you do you man. The worlds your oyster. Still S+ tier guide. Can’t say enough good things about it.
@@happyjonn9242 you don't have to powergame, but it's also extremely disappointing to get to high levels and have a very underpowered build There's definitely a happy medium in-between the two
@@Kainlarsen i think you think he thinks he's an authority.... but he's putting in the hours and my gameplay has greatly improved from taking his guide's advice... so where are your guides anon?
That's the thing about the classics. Unless they were a huge, crowd pleasing hit, you don't find much in the way of guides. I love that there are people out there who have the passion to do guides like this
I finally did it. I found the smartest person there is regarding Bauldurs Gate. I had vague memories as a child playing this with my grandfather teaching me how, but I have greater memories of Diablo 2 and Heroes of Might and Magic so I couldn't actually remember what game that was all that time ago. Upon Bauldurs Gate 3 coming out, I felt my brain tingle a bit and looked up Bauldurs Gate 1. Wow, I have spent the last month playing this and now finally I have found the man that knows everything about the game. I have needed a guide like this for so long because a vast majority of those old forums cannot be viewed anymore and all I can seem to ever find information on is the newly released Bauldurs Gate 3. I thank you so much for your services.
I've been playing this game for almost 10 years and only after your guides I finally understand how weapon speed works, how attack per round calculated with off hand, how +1 extra attack from special equipment works... Christ I feel like an idiot now :) Thank you for these guides.
@@powned100100 Weapons speed the lower the number the better Zero being the best which means you're going to hit as soon as your character is in range and swings their blade but a higher number say 5 would mean that there is some lag to how long it will take before your character actually attacks If you're holding two weapons You have a primary weapon which will be in your right hand And a offhand weapon which will be in your left if a weapon says it increases your number of attacks per round it will always affect the weapon in your right hand even if the weapon giving the bonus is in the left hand so it is beneficial to put the items giving that bonus in the left hand while you use the right hand for actually dealing damage And in general plus to the number of attacks well first off I need to point out that although the game seems to be playing out in real time it's actually turn based and what you're seeing is kind of an illusion in fact I believe a lot of the times you're swinging your weapon you're not actually attacking You can only attack a certain number of times within a certain time limit I forget what the time limit is but I think the number of times you can attack within that is capped at 5 or 10 if you're using improved haste so it's generally good to be having attribute that increase your number of attacks in fact increasing your tax speed can be more useful than just increasing your raw attack damage as it's better to do six points of damage twice then it would be to do 10 points of damage once you've got it there are a few things that will add half an attack around you need two of these before it does anything if you have just 1/2 attack per round you're not actually going to get more attacks
These guides and play throughs are rekindling my love of Baldur’s Gate again, it’s also really interesting to hear your take on some of the spell and weapon mechanics as well, it covers stuff that I’d not thought of before. A ‘Best Armour/Companion Guide’ would also be so cool to see ;)
17:57 "This will work on Kangaxx" Before someone says something, yes, Kangaxx in his Demi-Lich form is immune to +3 weapons. Azuredge will do no damage to him, but still force a save and kill him in that form (in addition to killing him like it does to any and all liches). 47:41 "Darkfire Bow is Watcher's Keep" uhhh close but not really at all. Darkfire Bow is held by Captain Erelon in Amkethran, where he and his mercs are summoning and shooting monsters to death. Talk to him too many times and he gets pissed and tries to kill you, and he drops the bow upon death. Watcher's Keep would make this available in SoA and that'd be _really_ good but you only get this bow halfway through Throne of Bhaal. 49:55 I feel the need to add to this little section on Heartseeker. When Dav says that Darkfire Bow is amazing purely for its Improved Haste ability but Heartseeker sucks when it purely exists for its +7 to-hit Aim ability, there's a caveat he forgot to add: Heartseeker's +7 to hit ability, in addition to only lasting 9 seconds, only applies to _ranged_ weapons. Nothing else. If you activate its Aim ability you can swap to a better bow for 9 seconds of decent THAC0, but that 18 Strength requirement kills it for a lot of classes. At best this item can be used by Thieves who could really use the THAC0 bonus and are equipped with a strength-boosting item to get them to that necessary Strength score. 9 Seconds of a Thief attacking with a +7 bonus to-hit for 9 seconds on ranged weapons is pretty decent, definitely useful if you need them to hit something since their THAC0 blows, but if you try to use Aim and swap to melee weapons on any character you can confirm in the inventory screen that you are not, at all, getting any THAC0 bonuses on melee weapons. That said, Tuigan Bow's 3 base APR combines well with this if you swap a strength belt onto a thief to activate Aim. 54:23 There is another, second copy of Tansheron's Bow that's used by Cattie Brie, a member of Drizzt's party. It differs in its icon and artwork being identical to the Shortbow +1, and because it's one of Drizzt's party's items if you possess it in an inventory or bag of holding after dealing with Bodhi, Malchor Harpell will show up and attempt to confiscate all of Drizzt's party's items. If you attempt to bamboozle him by dropping items he'll reappear three times and on the third he will attempt to Imprison your whole party. You can bypass that by using things like Spell Trap, Spell Immunity:Abjuration, Spell Turning, Berserker Enrage, etc., but he will teleport onto every map from that point on and attempt to talk to you but has no dialogue, so he will break every script ever and break your game. _However_ Malchor doesn't appear at all in Throne of Bhaal, and won't appear until after you clear Bodhi's Lair a second time and only appears if you carry any of the unique equipment from Drizzt's party. So if you take all that unique equipment to Watcher's Keep and dump all of it into a chest you can keep Twinkle, Icingdeath, the second Tansheron's Bow, and all the uniquely named junk and pick it up after you first leave Saradush. Tansheron's Bow x2 and Shortbow of Gesen is really only useful in a triple-thief party but it's there if you want to do that. 59:04 Special note, Arrows of Biting are magical. All non-basic ammunition is counted as magical, and they have differing enchantment levels. Creatures like ghosts that are immune to normal weapons will still be hit by Arrows of Biting, but since the Arrow of Biting is enchanted with an enchantment level of 0 anything specifically immune to +1 is immune to them. 59:50 Arrow of Detonation can miss. THAC0 doesn't matter when you use the AoD because it gives you +65,535 to your attack roll. I'm serious, a level 1 thief with 9 DEX using a shortbow he isn't proficient in will still hit any enemy in the game with this. But since there's a d20 attack roll there is still that 5% chance you roll a 1 and your Arrow of Detonation just happens to be a dud. Of special note is that because the fireball from the Arrow of Detonation is from a weapon it applies any and all on-hit effects. A Wizard Slayer can apply their Miscast Magic to every enemy hit by the explosion, Assassins and Blackguards can somehow apply poison to every enemy hit by the explosive arrow. 1:04:00 How do you miss with a -15 bonus to attack on an Ogre Mage? There's only one in all of BG1 but I use that thing to kill Kahrk on every playthrough and I have yet to miss once. 1:14:40 The Army Scythe also appears in BG1 in the Thunderhammer Smithy. That's definitely another point for Crossbows since you can buy one in BG1 that has the same APR as all bows. 1:17:00 This cannot be obtained at all except as random drop loot in the base unmodded game, and even then across four entire playthroughs of BG1 I have only gotten two of those bolts and only once one single time across 2 playthroughs of BG2, each on a different playthrough. _However_ of special note is that the final boss of Siege of Dragonspear is an enemy with immunity to +2 weapons and lower, and he has 80% Magic Resistance that is upped to 100% on any difficulty above Core. There's a number of ways to lower his MR but since Doom and Greater Malison stack, you can combine those with Enchant Weapon to possibly use one of these bolts to drop his HP to 4. Then shoot him one more time and he's dead. 1:39:13 I'd argue Daggers are the best proficiency for Fighter/Druids, especially Fighter->Druid main characters. Their only other 1-handed options are Scimitars/Wakizashis/Ninjatos and Clubs, and those two weapon classes suck. I've been playing a Kensai with the intent to dual to Druid and I can tell you there is no let-down to Daggers. A 1d4 dagger does 2.5 less average damage than a 2d4 bastard sword, that is pitiful and not worth throwing the entire class of weapon out for. Firetooth being a 2d4 +1 APR main-hand weapon is nuts. 2:55:53 The description on the page blatantly says it only generates ammo that counts as +1, it might do the _damage_ of +2 bullets but it won't hit Vampires. Also of note in the original BG1 (with or without Tales of the Sword Coast) and BG2 slings didn't add Strength bonuses to damage, but the Sling of Seeking was the only one that did. Since the Enhanced Editions changed all slings to use Strength damage this weapon got reworked to be an infinite +1 ammo weapon. 3:05:20 The Rod of Terror used to have a little exploit that got patched out in the Enhanced Editions: if you were equipped with the Ring of Human Influence which set your Charisma to 18 and attacked with the Rod of Terror until you hit a base Charisma of -1 it would instead roll over and make your Charisma score the max of 25. Now in the EE if you go down to zero you stay there and if you ever take off the Ring of Human Influence while you have 0 base Charisma you die. 3:06:09 Oddly enough the Serpent Shaft is the only way a Cleric can deal poison damage. 3:14:29 Just a clarification, the Staff of Thunder and Lightning is obtained at two points; one after defeating Faldorn during the Animal Trouble in Trademeet quest (which everyone can do) and the other on the main floor of Spellhold. You do _not_ have to be a Druid to get this. 3:46:47 Albruin is not +3, right there in the name it's +1. It adds 3 damage, yes, but the coded enchantment level often does not match the damage that the normal pen-and-paper D&D would have. If you attempt to hit Belhifet at the end of Siege of Dragonspear with Albruin you will not hurt him. 3:48:51 Foebane was broken during the 2.5 patch where they messed up Larloch's Minor Drain. LLMD would add 4 current and temporary hitpoints but would not stack upon itself and when the temporary HP from LLMD was active you could not heal from additional LLMDs, so Foebane could only heal you for 4 HP once per turn. That's fixed as of 2.6. The fix for it was to take a copy of the weapon's files from Icewind Dale and dump them into an override folder in your BG2 directory, same with Flail of Ages (which had a bug where any enemy immune to specifically the poison head was immune to the entire weapon, also fixed in the unmodded EE game as of patch 2.6). Also, you missed three weapons. You missed Embarl's Dagger, the legendary unenchanted dagger that uses the mighty d6 damage die, you missed the Fist, equipped by default on every character that exists, and you missed the Monk's Fist, the most powerful godslaying universe-rending weapon of devastation so powerful that it is locked behind the late-game powerhouse. EDIT: Whoa, I actually just noticed after thinking things through, you missed a crucial weapon: You never mentioned The Burning Earth, the +1 fiery longsword that gets bonuses against different creatures including +4 against undead. It's the most expensive weapon you can import from BG1 to BG2 and it can be used to kill Demi-Liches since it counts as +4. That seems like a bit of an oversight.
Small note about Bala's Axe as well: you can get two of those, one in the planar sphere and one in Irenicus' dungeon as imported weapon for a character who has points in axes.
Aren't there several Ogre Mages? Like one in the sewers, like 5 or 6 that gank you outside of CandleKeep, one holding a Sirine hostage I think, and one around Firewine Bridge? Unless those others aren't maybe classified as Ogre Mages?
Firetooth dagger is especially awesome because it allows say, Cavaliers to go ranged outside of Azuredge, which is only good vs undead. Also, it's a ranged weapon that gets 2D4 base damage, recieves STR bonuses, counts as +3 Ammo *and* does elemental damage to go through stoneskin.
Thanks for another awesome guide! For your completionism: - armor guide - companion guide Maybe a “monster guide”? You brought up some interesting stuff like using a certain weapon against balors because of some special attack they have. Is there enough content monster wise for a video about how their special attacks work / what to look out for? I feel like that would be awesome.
@ 1:17:36 "...and it hits you, you're a squirrel forever and that's devastating." That was funny when talking about the Bolt of Polymorphing, really enjoyed your whole video and very informative even for someone like me who has played this game off and on for years.
Thank you for your time making this mate not only is it so in depth over 4 hours but at the same time your enthusiasm etc makes it a really entertaining yet educational listen while I'm at work
Just got the notification, just have to drop a comment until later. You're a legend Dav!! Sorry I can't join you live these days... But I watch when I can. What can I say? Many blessings man! You're doing something that is a big part of the good my life. The weapons guide could be concluded in "Clubs OP S-tier pog Go Root of the Problem, best in SOA!". but who knows, there may be surprises :)
Had to stop mid-work for about 30 secs of uncontrollable laughter when you started talking about 'The Root of the Problem' club. Thanks for the chuckles and this awesome guide good sir!
The reviews you've done for classes and stuff have really helped me take what I want. I've been constantly starting and restarting, because I don't know what I want to do, but with the guides I'm finally going to go kensai with either axes or long sword
I don't know if this has been said, but if you go off AD&D 2e rules, Save vs. Paralyzation is part of Poison/Death. It's commonly referred to as PPDM (Paralyzation/Poison/Death Magic). Fantastic guide all in all and I've learnt a lot about a lot these weapons and I've been playing this game for far too long.
Keldorn’s two handed sword actually has a pretty fun use, which I assume you already know Dav. You can walk up to any wizard with full defenses up, which usually include some fire shield, and since it damages you they WILL take the magic damage and for most of the game they don’t have protection from magical energy. This means they will get interrupted pretty often, that on top of taking the 5 magic with every swing. This being said, Keldorn will take damage as well, so it’s a way to hinder wizards in many fights but to be used with care. Love the videos man, keep it up!
and finally in the end :D it aiming you mad this wide and think you very much :D was super useful 99% of the stuf you say I agree :D on what not its play style thing :D im glad at least 3 of our top 3 weapons mach, Ages, Fury and Unyielding thx
It's absolutely hilarious how excited I was to see a 4 hour long video about the different types of weapons in this game lmaoo 2 years ago I had never even heard of Baldur's Gate, then I stumbled onto Dav's stream Now I have like 600 hours in BG 1 and 400 hours in BG 2 I STILL have not beaten either game lmaooooo not because I couldn't or don't know how at this point, I just have too much fun dicking around and just enjoying the game world and combat systems, all thanks to discovering Dav BG1 is literally my favorite videogame of all time, and I know how to wave dash in Super Smash Bros Melee so if you know what Melee is and what that means you already know why that's funny
Use Greater Deathblow with Blackrazor. As you’ve drained that dragon to level 12, the GD will proc, and instakill the dragon. No chance of losing the loot, either, due to level drain. This also works with Black Blade of Disaster, though that disintegration is worrisome. 😋
@@kiemugen9830 Is Greater Deathblow sealed in LoB, or are the levels too high on the targets? If the latter, (level too high) that's why this post talks about Blackrazor. Blackrazor drains levels. 😈 if I recall, many dragons in TOB are around level 20? With Improved Haste, you should be able to get 8-10 attacks per round. If 4 hits proc, (level 12) on the next hit, Greater Deathblow will instantly take it down, without losing any loot, due to level drain. 😈😈😈😛. Vorpal weapons have conditional triggers. The Axe of the Unyielding has a 10% proc, but a Save vs Death at a -4 penalty (?). So using Improved Haste with a speed weapon (Kundane) in the off hand, and casting Greater Malison would be optimal. 🥷
@@User_Un_Friendly I used black blade of disaster everytime on LoB, it has both 4level drain and disintegrate vs save, and I tried spamming deathblow on summoned sword, usually it dies from first strike on lower difficulties, but in LoB I had to hit it a lot until it died from level drainm and some enemies, fire giants, planetars, monks die from first hit, their saves get bugged and they fail every savethrow, so vorpal weapon can actually help you a lot on lob, but only against specific enemies, others will never fail a save
@@kiemugen9830 As mentioned, each Vorpal weapon has a condition to trigger. The Ravager has a straight percentage, so all you need is someone (Saravok) with multiple Greater Whirlwinds. Also, some enemies are immune to Vorpal hits. "Know yourself, and know your enemy. You will always be victorious." (Sun Tzu). 🫡
The shadow's blade is typically buffed by rogue rebalancing. It's a pseudo +5 weapon and raises backstab multiplier by one. It's a nice off hand. It's a pseudo +5 because it only applies when wielded by a thief, and as i recall, always applies the +2 to the main hand.
Really looking forward to listening to the whole thing. After playing Baldur's Gate 3 for a while I absolutely had to go back and play the first two again after not touching them for a very long time. All I really remember is Carsomyr, so this is going to be some great education about what I might look at building this time!
Awesome guide. I played through SOA and TOB when they first came out and a few times since then but not since the Enhanced version came out. I built an Undead hunter and tried him with Azures's Edge on the Lich in the Crooked Crane very early on. I was able to one-shot his ass. From that point in, the undead were absolute cheese for me. Its fun going back and playing with different abilties.
Best guide of BG weapons, that said, for people looking for a playstyle nearer the DnD 2e core rules, which means not using mods to double the damage of mosters comparing to the monster manual, order of the best weapons may change a bit.
Great video, thanks. After like 20 something years of playing BG1 and 2 I still found some new info here. :-) By the way, I think you missed the Gnasher, a not too bad club: 1d6+2 (crushing), slivers add 2 points (piercing) damage each round for 4 rounds.
My dude, I was just thinking today about how awesome it would be if Dav dropped a weapon guide after the masterpiece that was your class guide. Haven’t even pressed play yet, but stoked to enjoy this! Thanks always!
3:24:58 I keep the Drizzt items at the end. The sh1ti mage spawns and I turn into Slayer form, and after that I just use freedom on my party. The same wizard spawns in every map I enter, but he completly bugs out, he has no dialogues, so the triggers has bugged. Its sad for the items are not great, maybe this scimitar, and my party keeps starting to attack the wizard every time he spawns. In ToB I keep the items and the wizard didnt shows up. A trick.
The shortbow, "Eagle Bow: "Protector of the Dryads"", at least in original BG1 and 2, has an ability that is not in its description, it adds the user's strength damage bonus to its hits. Give ogre gauntlets to Coran or other main archer and they do lots of damage all the time. Or give them a giant strength potion and gauntlets of weapon expertise, for the big fights, and you're looking at hitting up into the 20s every shot. I think a lot of people didn't notice the ability because in BG1 you'd normally just give a shortbow to a thief with unexceptional strength. Also just to spite the ranged nerf in BG2, I did one run with a bow-heavy group with a heavy reliance on acid arrows since acid affected most things.
Seriously, great content. Been hammering through a lot of your content lately. Class guide is awesome. Grew up on Baldur's Gate, and can't wait to have the time to try the updated versions. Will need to find those mods too!
At 1:23:00, you can use all the Big Metal Rod ammo in Firetooth and you don't need to wear the armor. Not sure if you just meant you had to complete the Big Metal Unit quest line, which is all that's required.
Anything about throwing weapons that newbie should know? I fail to find anything about those... Great guides on this channel btw, thanks for recording those!🤓👍
Man you are amazing, thanks for this guide, recently I finished BG 1 for the first time Now i want to replay it with berserker/mage dual class and finish all the saga your guides were very helpful!
Fun fact about 2e ad&d Initiative was so much better than it is today. You rolled a 1d10 and added either the speed factor for the weapon or Spellcasting speed of the spell to that number. The lower numbers went first in the order. If there was multiple attacks in a round then everyone attacked in their order then if someone had an additional attack they would act in their order again, and repeat until all attacks are resolved then the round expires. 1/2 attacks were dealt with as being able to use an additional full attack every other round (2 1/2 attacks would be done like 2 attacks, 3 attacks, 2 attacks 3 attacks, etc) That's another one of the big reasons why magic missile was so renowned... it was one of the few spells with a super low speed factor (1) and couldn't miss (making it an anti-mage spell as it should still be used to this day. Mages would have their spells interrupted and lost if they took damage before their spell went off) I think people would live 2e if they actually attempted to play it. The amount of great mechanics, detail, and balancing is amazing
3:04:49 Rod of Terror was used to make your Charisma 24 in the original BG2 game. While wearing Ring of Human influence (which sets your CH 18) you could reduce your charisma to -1, which is impossible, thus the game computes CH as 24. After that you can get rid of Ring of Human influence, and Rod of Terror and play with your overpowered character(assuming you reduced your CH to minimum and distributed the points to other stats). Both the ring and rod can be obtained from Athkatla, ring from the circus tent and rod from the city gates.
One of my favorite runs was a fallen paladin wielding Black Razor (OG, so no Blackguard). Hands down an incredible weapon and a hell of a lot of fun. Didn't even matter I had nerfed my pally by turning evil.
I have played so much RuneScape in the past that you mentioned going down into the Falador mine in this BG guide, and it took me a second to realize that’s a totally different game and ur joking lol
I can’t believe I didn’t know about the insane “no save” of the Staff of Command domination. 😵💫Awesome! And here I thought the mind layer circlets were bad enough…😍
3:37:09 SCS dont have scrolls of undead protection? I just throws one in Hexxat, unlock the chest and beat the lich with no problems. Also Sunray is goat spell.
Beholders are a pain in the ass. I always used to carry the Shield of Balduran and Cloak of Mirroring and popping it on a couple party members and letting the chaos fly. Great video btw.
3:53:13 instead Ruining Sorceres and wizard with giving them infinite spells to fight lich-es here is what i do THE EXODIA OF BG -wizards are the game, so weapon that works on them is best: "Konata"/Chevalier +Holy Avenger+ THE Champion spell Lv5 (sac a priest) + haste + Draw power After THE champion spell. (you steel need to spell strike and nothing lass, and rubi , and breach the caster, because its a crappy system where this Avenger sword SHOULD disenchant weapon immunity but it dos not) Still as weapon to fight wizards its the best. For anything else 2 hand with haste or whirlwind works. - Because of this Avenger is the best weapon of the game :D granted the 25 str hammer "Faeyr" would be 1st if it would not be possible to get 25 str so many other ways (for fighters its the best hammer). 3th is "Ages"for slow , 4th Katana Fury because its +3 , 4th is unyielding ace of decapitation, (everyone has their own fighting stile :D) in that note Chevalier is the best Fighter class of the game. (i hate fear so much)
The God of the Gate! Dude, you rule, and this rules. Thanks as always for the sweet deats and for the awesome delivery of this much appreciated information!
I was surprised by Ashideena's C rank! When going for warhammers it's my choice for BG1 and for a sizable chunk of BG2. When I started watching your video I was trying to guess a few of your rankings and had guessed it as an A heh
Bala Axe Wizard slayer is a normal axe that applies Miss Cast on hit. That sounds like a very good weapon against wizards that cast Protection against Magical Weapons because Bala Axe will still hit and apply Miss Cast on them
problem is the only wizards who use pfmw are liches who are immune to it anyway and low level wizards who get destroyed in 2 sec by anything anyways. Most wizards (humanoids that would normally be hittable) use greater mantle which was buffed with scs to block more weapons.
I kind of disagree with rating Tuigan's as C-tier, simply because that puts it on the same tier as Protector of the Dryads etc. and I think it's quite a bit better than that tier of weapon. It's not amazing by any stretch, but when you factor in how you can get it 5 seconds after leaving the starting dungeon, and extra APR it gives to characters like Imoen and Nalia, I personally have a hard time calling it anything other than a B-tier weapon. Love the video my dude, thank you so much for making it and contributing consistently excellent content for the Baldur's Gate community.
I need to sit down & give these games a fair shake. Got BG1 20 years ago or whatever, puttered around a few hours & forgot about it. Although I was crazy about the old "gold box" games when I was a kid, there just wasn't much time for games with a wife & kids in the house. Downloaded the updated version from GOG recently & have done the same, not much more than traveling south from the inn with the couple you meet there. In my defense, I'm revisiting Morrowind for the first time in 20 years & that takes some time. Got in a mood & bought several games I either haven't played or only fiddled with briefly, so BG1 & 2, Neverwinter Nights, Icewind Dale, Vamp the Masquerade: Bloodlines, the 3rd Witcher, Wasteland2, KCD, & Fallout New Vegas. People rave about these games. Time to see what the fuss is about. Considering the mage who ambushes you at the Friendly Arms took me several tries, it'll be a while if not forever before I try handicapping myself with more difficulty & mods.
Great guide. I play core no-reload and agree with pretty much everything said. Only major difference for me on core rules is that Defender of Easthaven, while good, isn't as important. I really hate how APR off-hands warp the entire hierarchy of weapons around them. APR weapons should grant the extra attack to themselves even when held in the off-hand. I wouldn't feel as guilty using top-tier two-handers if that was the case.
The reason Yoshimo gets +1 to AC is due to him having 1 point in single weapon style, the AC bonus would be applied by any other weapon as well, as long as he's not dual-wielding.
Nice review but one thing, in BG1 potions are the best items. Easy to get 22str giant potions. Not to mention you can obtain all tomes if you play multi and edit characters so you can have 25to all stats :D
I love the duality of, "These weapons are trash, you shouldn't use 'em, and if you do, you should feel bad." and, "At the end of the day use whatever you want, anything works, and take everything I say with a handful of salt"
Have fun feeling bad about using shitty weapons
*Crossbows 1:07:16 (Better than Bows)
1:10:44 S+: Firetooth (You can get it at the start of the game)
1:08:03 S+: Big Metal Rod
1:10:04 B: Drow Crossbow of Speed
1:09:02 B: Crossbow of Affliction
1:14:33 C: The Army Scythe (You can get it at the start of the game)
1:14:56 C: The Guide (Great in BG EE)
1:13:28 C: Flasher Launcher (Only usable by Jan)
1:13:36 C: Giant Hair Crossbow
1:13:49 C: Heavy Crossbow of Searing
1:14:08 C: Necaradan's Crossbow
-Note: Just go to Vendor - Watcher's Keep at the start of the game and buy Firetooth.
*Bolts 1:15:42
1:22:17 S++: Scorcher Ammunition (Big Metal Rod Ammunition)
1:20:05 S+: Kuo-Toan Bolt
1:21:29 A: Paralytic Bolt
1:23:47 A: Frag Grenade
1:22:02 A: Pulse Ammunition
1:16:19 B: Bolt of Lighting (Great in BG EE)
1:19:35 B: Flasher Master Bruiser Mate (Jan's Ammunition)
1:16:59 C: Bolt of Polymorphing (Fun to play around with)
1:16:03 C: Bolt of Biting
1:19:01 C: Drow Bolt of Sleep
1:19:22 C: Drow Bolt of Stunning
-Note: Summary 1:24:35
*Bows 36:11 (Weak pick)
51:40 S: Shortbow of Gesen (Hits almost every enemy in the game)
54:18 A: Tansheron's Bow (Hits almost every enemy in the game)
45:10 A: Darkfire Bow & Upgraded Version Darkfire Bow (Gives Improved Haste once per day with Duration: 23 rounds)
41:36 B: Blindstrike Bow
50:00 B: Mana Bow (+20% Magic Dmg Reduction)
48:58 C: Heartseeker (Better than the Elven Court Bow)
47:31 C: Elven Court Bow
51:16 C: Ripper
53:26 C: Strong Arm
51:00 C: Protector of the Dryads
55:07 C: Taralash & Upgraded Version of Taralash from Cespenar -ToB
57:08 C: Tuigan Bow
57:00 C: The Dead Shot (Great for BG EE - Trash in SoA)
44:47 C: Bow of Arvoreen (Only usable by Haflings - Mazzy)
-Note: Summary 1:06:19
*Arrows 58:07
1:00:44 S+: Arrow of Dispelling (No save Dispel arrow when hit)
59:28 S+: Arrow of Detonation (Difficult to find in SoA)
1:04:31 B: Poison Arrow (Only usable by Eldoth)
1:05:06 B: Acid Arrow (Great in BG EE - No Save vs Acid dmg)
1:05:35 C: Arrow of Ice (Cold dmg is worse than Acid)
1:02:19 C: Arrow of Fire (Great in BG EE)
58:34 C: Arrow of Biting (A Tier in BG EE)
1:03:00 C: Arrow of Piercing
1:03:35 C: Arrow of Slaying (For Ogre Mages)
-Note: Archers either with bows or crossbows are not bad, but they are one-dimensional.
*Slings: C Tier 2:52:07
2:53:35 B: Sling of Arvoreen (Has Sonic Boom - Can Hit own party)
2:53:53 B: Sling of Everard (Get it early at Vendor - Slums, Generates own ammunition)
2:52:54 C: Erinne Sling (Still bad when upgraded from Cespenar in ToB)
2:53:13 C: Lupine Sling
2:54:13 C: Wild Sling (Fun to play with)
2:55:50 C: Sling of Seeking (Generates own ammunition - Not as good as Sling of Everand)
-Note: Summary 2:54:47
*Darts: C- 1:39:43 (Worst weapon proficiency)
1:41:13 B: Biter (Returning Throwing Dart)
1:40:33 Asp's Nest
1:41:46 Crimson Dart
1:42:18 Dart of Stunning
1:42:30 Dart of Wounding
-Note: I didn't forget to list the Tiers, they are just all dog shit.
You are doing Gods work
*Katanas 4:05:39
4:06:10 S+: Celestial Fury
4:07:27 B: Hindo's Doom (One of the BEST Off-Hands in the game, becomes A Tier if upgraded from Cespenar in ToB)
4:09:11 B: Dak'kon's Zerth Blade (Gives one extra 1,2,3 and 4 Arcane Spells)
4:07:01 B: Corthala Family Blade (Only usable by Valygar)
4:08:34 C: Malakar (Provides AC +2 vs Slashing Weapons)
4:08:58 C: Yoshimo's Katana
-Note: Dual Wielding Katanas is the best Proficiency if you want Maximum Dmg. Especially if you are playing Berserker Dual Class to Mage at Lv9.
*Flails: S+ Tier 1:43:12
1:48:36 S++: Flail of Ages
1:44:29 S+: Defender of Easthaven (Reduces damage taken)
1:48:29 C: Drow Flail
-Note: Flail of Ages is a +3 weapon, which can become better with the upgrade from Cespenar in ToB (Flail of Ages +4). You can also make it a +5 which gives the weapon 'Free Action' and makes you immune to Haste. Don't do the Final Upgrade.
*Morning Stars: B 2:36:40
2:37:04 A: Ice Star
2:38:15 B: The Sleeper
2:37:31 C: Everard's Morning Star
2:39:11 C: The Wyvern's Tail
-Note: Flails/Morning Stars is the same proficiency
*Battle Axes: S Tier 9:04
14:01 S+: Upgraded Version of Axe of the Unyielding from Cespenar in ToB
32:31 S: Stonefire (You can get it at the start of the game!!!)
26:31 S: Frostreaver (This and Stonefire is your bread and butter for SoA)
17:34 S: Azuredge (Devastating against Undead)
33:27 S: Stormcharged Axe (Stuns bzzt)
30:53 S: K'logarath (Throwing Axe)
28:26 A: Hangard's Axe (Throwing Axe)
31:57 A: Rifthome Axe (Throwing Axe)
12:58 B: Axe of the Unyielding
24:49 C: Battle Axe of Mauletar
29:36 C: Hojar's Fame
10:41 RP Tier: Axe of Hrothgar
20:53 RP Tier: Wizard Slayer
25:36 RP Tier: Dwarven Pickaxe
-Note: BG EE Beregost/Thunderhammer Smithy has Battle Axe +1
*Longswords: S- 3:30:21
3:32:52 S: Blackrazor (One of the BEST Weapons in the game)
3:42:21 S: The Answerer
3:31:43 A: Angurvadal (Immunity to Lv Drain)
3:36:03 A: Daystar (Great Weapon for Undead but difficult to acquire early)
3:35:40 B: Blade of Roses (Can get it early)
3:38:01 B: Hold Fast (Good Stat Stick)
3:41:52 B: Sword of Balduran (Good Stat Stick - 10% Magic Resistance)
3:39:00 B: Namarra (You can get it early on - Graveyard District)
3:39:32 B: Peridan (Use it mostly for Detect Invisibility)
3:31:02 C: Adjatha the Drinker
3:37:54 C: Drow Long Sword
3:38:47 C: Holy Long Sword of Tyr
3:41:07 C: Ras, The Dancing Blade
3:43:25 C: The Equalizer
3:44:45 C: Varscona
-Note: Summary 3:44:55
*Bastard Swords 3:46:07 (Not many choices, but some really good swords in all 3 games)
3:47:05 S+: Foebane (One of the BEST Weapons in the game when upgraded from Cespenar in ToB)
3:46:24 S: Albruin
3:49:53 A: Purifier (Amazing, but only usable by Paladins)
3:49:42 B: Jhor the Bleeder
3:46:56 B: Blade of Searing
-Note: Summary 3:51:25
*Shortswords 2:40:01 (There are some that are nice, but pretty underwhelming)
2:46:10 S: Silent Death
2:43:44 S: Kundane (Use it for Combat Ability - Faster APR to main hand)
2:43:00 A: Ilbratha (Almost S Tier - Use it only for Charged Abilities)
2:40:39 B: Arbane's Sword of Agility (You get it early)
2:45:20 B: Short Sword of Mask (Get it at Vendor - Watcher's keep, 1d6+5 THAC0+5)
2:47:55 B: Spell Diver (Situational - For Monks - Use it only for Equipped Abilities)
2:41:26 C: Chaos Blade (only usable by Haer'Dalis)
2:49:34 C: Sword of Arvoreen (only usable by Mazzy)
2:42:27 C: Cutthroat
2:42:51 C: Entropy
2:50:57 C: The Shadow Blade
-Notes: Summary 2:51:31
*Maces 2:21:57 (Better than Warhammers atleast)
2:24:55 A: Mace of Disruption (becomes S Tier if upgraded at Cromwell in ToB)
2:23:12 B: Jerrod's Mace
2:27:22 C: Storm Star (becomes B Tier if upgraded at Cespenar in ToB)
2:22:11 C: Ardulia's Fall
2:22:46 C: Handmaiden's Mace (Only usable by Viconia)
2:24:50 C: Krotan's Skullscrusher
2:25:47 C: Mauler's Arm
2:26:50 C: Skullcrusher
-Notes: Summary 2:28:38
*Warhammers 2:07:44 (There are better things to use)
2:10:06 S: Crom Faeyr (Sets Str to 25 - Great for people who have bad thac0 and need a boost - Best weapon for Bards)
2:13:40 B: Dwarven Thrower (Throwing Warhammer - Only usable by Dwarves)
2:16:21 B: Runehammer
2:18:38 B: The Brick (It would have been RP Tier if it wasn't fun)
2:08:33 C: Aegis-Fang
2:09:14 C: Ashideena
2:09:33 C: Borok's Fist
2:14:35 C: Hammer of Thunderbolts
2:20:16 C: The Kneecapper
-Notes: Summary 2:21:04
*Scimitars/Wakizashi/Ninjatos 3:21:16 (There are better things to put points into)
3:23:45 S: Belm
3:25:05 S: Ninjato of the Scarlet Brotherhood (Worse than Belm - Gives 1 extra APR)
3:27:51 S: Twinkle (More preferable than Ninjato of the Scarlet Brotherhood)
3:24:43 S: Icingdeath (Gives 50% Fire resistance)
3:26:46 B: Spectral Brand (Use it for its Equipped Ability)
3:28:14 B: Usuno's Blade
3:23:12 C: Yamato (You can get it early in ToB - Similar to Yoshimo's Katana)
3:21:48 C: Kachiko's Wakizashi
3:24:14 C: Drow Scimitar
3:24:20 C: Hawksight
3:26:42 C: Rashad's Talon
3:29:17 C: Water's Edge
-Note: Summary 3:29:25
*Daggers: B Tier 1:25:30
1:27:32 S: Boomerang Dagger (Throwing Dagger - You can get it early in the game)
1:32:44 S: Firetooth
1:29:52 A: Dagger of the Star (Fun to play with Fighter/Thief or some combination thereof)
1:37:16 B: The Salamander's Tongue (Decent choice)
1:34:48 B: Pixie Prick (Stuns enemies)
1:35:49 C: Stiletto of Demarchess (Worse Pixie Prick)
1:36:29 C: The Jade Fang (Worse Stiletto of Demarchess)
1:27:12 C: Bonerblade
1:29:08 C: Dagger of Venom
1:33:47 C: Fire of the Golem
1:33:55 C: Ixil's Spike (ToB - Cespenar can craft Ixil's Spike (Spear) with it)
1:34:17 C: Neb's Nasty Cutter
1:36:13 C: The Grave Binder
1:35:11 C; Poisoned Throwing Dagger (Throwing Dagger)
-Note: Dagger Summary 1:38:39
*Clubs: C Tier 2:29:43 (Worst Single-Handed Proficiency)
2:30:21 A: Blackblood
2:32:02 B: Club of Detonation
2:31:16 C: Bone Club
2:34:13 C: The Root of the Problem
-Notes: Summary 2:36:05
*Two-Handed Swords 3:52:24 (Best Two-Handed Proficiency)
4:04:16 S: Soul Reaver (Amazing Combat Ability for prolonged fights)
4:03:26 S: Silver Sword (Good Combat Ability)
3:56:42 A: Dragon Blade (1/5 Chance to Crit with No Save Slow)
3:53:05 B: Carsomyr (Only Usable by Paladins - Use it only for Equipped Abilities, 50% Magic Resistance)
4:01:05 B: Joril's Dagger
4:01:25 B: Lilarcor
4:01:44 B: Psion's Blade
4:02:23 B: Sword of Chaos (You can give it to Sarevok and become a better version)
4:00:01 C: Ir'revrykal (Worse than Carsomyr)
3:52:48 C: Flame of the North
3:58:16 C: Gram the Sword of Grief
3:58:58 C: Hallowed Redeemer (Only Usable by Keldorn)
3:59:31 C: Harbinger
4:02:12 C: Rancor (Only usable by Dorn)
4:05:24 C: Warblade
*Quarterstaves 3:02:10 (Decent choices, especially for mages)
3:11:48 S: Staff of Power
3:15:39 S: Staff of the Mage
3:09:38 S: Staff of Command (Charms almost everything in the game)
3:08:24 B: Staff of Arundel (Gives one extra 5 and 6 Divine Spells)
3:03:33 B: Rod of Smiting (Situational - Use it for Combat Ability, For Golems)
3:10:20 B: Staff of Curing
3:17:30 B: Staff of the Ram (Good for Fighters who Dual Classes into a Thief with 5points into Quarterstaves)
3:02:57 C: Cleric's Staff
3:03:05 C: Martial Staff
3:04:49 C: Rod of Terror
3:05:56 C: Serpent Shaft
3:06:37 C: Shaman's Staff (Good for Berry Farmers)
3:07:28 C: Staff Mace (Better than Basic Quarterstaff, but meh)
3:07:40 C: Staff Spear (Downgrade - Crushing Proficiency changed to Piercing)
3:13:21 C: Staff of Rhyn
3:13:25 C: Staff of Striking (B Tier if you use it for Backstabbing)
3:14:28 C: Staff of Thunder and Lighting (Only usable by Druids & Clerics)
3:15:20 C: Staff of the High Forest (Only usable by Cernd)
3:19:17 C: Staff of Woodlands
3:03:11 Neera Tier:Neera's Staff (Only usable by Neera)
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3:11:12 A: Staff of Fire (Best Elemental Staff Due to Fireshield)
3:10:45 B: Staff of the Earth (Can cast Stone to Flesh)
3:07:50 C: Staff of Air (Worst Elemental Staff)
-Note: Summary 3:20:02
*Halberds 1:55:53 (Two-Handed weapons are inferior to Single-Handed due to their APR)
2:03:19 S: Upgraded Version of Ravager from Cespenar in ToB
1:57:58 B: Blackmist (Can cast AoE blind)
2:00:34 B: Dragon's Breath
2:02:19 B: Harmonium Halberd (gives +1 Str)
2:05:38 B: Wave
1:59:55 C: Dragon's Bane
2:01:35 C: Drow Halberd
2:01:42 C: Duskblade
2:05:31 C: Suryris's Blade
*Spears 2:56:03 (Worst Two-Handed Proficiency)
2:58:39 A: Ixil's Nail (Interesting Combat ability if upgraded from Cespenar in ToB)
3:00:56 A: Spear of the Unicorn (Situational - Use it for its Equipped Abilities)
2:57:41 B: Impaler (Decent pick)
3:00:27 B: Spear of Kuldahar (Get it early at Vendor - Slums)
3:00:44 B: Spear of Withering
2:56:46 C: Backbiter
2:57:15 C: Drow Lancer
2:57:22 C:Halcyon (You can get it early in the game)
-Note: Summary 3:01:35
Damage Type Tier: Crushing is the Best, then Slashing, then Piercing & Missile
Holy jesus christ
@@SquaulDuNeant There were no timestamps made for this video and I kinda felt responsible to make one.
There should be a different comment somewhere that includes all ranged weapons and ammunition.
Hey mate, you mislabeled Crom Faeyr. Despite Davaeorn dumping on it for most of its review time, he does still rate it at S.
@@mavromavro4892 Thank you for doing this. This turns this video into an easy reference guide to drill into specific weapon types or individual weapons. One note about the Mace of Disruption, it can be updated by Cromwell in SoA. Not sure if Cespenar can also upgrade it, as you state, but you don't need to wait until ToB to upgrade.
Thank you so much for the work you put into this!
I used to watch these to learn. Now I watch them to relax.
Dude... this is so true. BG brings peace to my mind.
Amazing guide. S+ tier for sure. Can’t say enough good things about it. You don’t have to use it if you don’t want to. If you want to go ahead and RP as a suicide bomber with the Club of Detonation go for it. I mean you do you man. The worlds your oyster. Still S+ tier guide. Can’t say enough good things about it.
The sky is your limit.
God bless
fucking hell hahaha
meta building and cheesing is the best way to ruin BG
@@happyjonn9242 you don't have to powergame, but it's also extremely disappointing to get to high levels and have a very underpowered build
There's definitely a happy medium in-between the two
Always a pleasure to attend to a Baldurs Gate lesson by Hagrid
Yer a Bhaalspawn, Harry
Yeah... if Hagrid was a rude bastard who thinks he's the authority on the game.
@@Kainlarsen what do you mean?
Don't know why but i gotta tell you this made me laugh a lot. Like really a lot. Lots and lots.
@@Kainlarsen i think you think he thinks he's an authority.... but he's putting in the hours and my gameplay has greatly improved from taking his guide's advice... so where are your guides anon?
9:05 Axes
36:15 Bows
1:07:17 Crossbows
1:25:31 Daggers
1:39:44 Darts
1:43:13 Flails
1:55:53 Halberd
2:07:44 War Hammers
2:21:58 Maces
2:29:44 Clubs
2:36:42 Morning Stars
2:40:02 Short Swords
2:52:07 Slings
2:56:05 Spears
3:02:11 Staves
3:21:20 Scimitars
3:30:24 Long Swords
3:46:08 Bastard Swords
3:52:25 Two-handed Swords
4:05:41 Katanas
You champion. Thanks mate.
Nice!!! The internet is really lacking in super detailed guides about this game.
That's the thing about the classics. Unless they were a huge, crowd pleasing hit, you don't find much in the way of guides. I love that there are people out there who have the passion to do guides like this
I finally did it. I found the smartest person there is regarding Bauldurs Gate. I had vague memories as a child playing this with my grandfather teaching me how, but I have greater memories of Diablo 2 and Heroes of Might and Magic so I couldn't actually remember what game that was all that time ago. Upon Bauldurs Gate 3 coming out, I felt my brain tingle a bit and looked up Bauldurs Gate 1. Wow, I have spent the last month playing this and now finally I have found the man that knows everything about the game. I have needed a guide like this for so long because a vast majority of those old forums cannot be viewed anymore and all I can seem to ever find information on is the newly released Bauldurs Gate 3. I thank you so much for your services.
I've been playing this game for almost 10 years and only after your guides I finally understand how weapon speed works, how attack per round calculated with off hand, how +1 extra attack from special equipment works... Christ I feel like an idiot now :)
Thank you for these guides.
Only 10 years?
Can you explain? Im still dumb
@@powned100100 Weapons speed the lower the number the better Zero being the best which means you're going to hit as soon as your character is in range and swings their blade but a higher number say 5 would mean that there is some lag to how long it will take before your character actually attacks
If you're holding two weapons You have a primary weapon which will be in your right hand And a offhand weapon which will be in your left
if a weapon says it increases your number of attacks per round it will always affect the weapon in your right hand even if the weapon giving the bonus is in the left hand so it is beneficial to put the items giving that bonus in the left hand while you use the right hand for actually dealing damage
And in general plus to the number of attacks well first off I need to point out that although the game seems to be playing out in real time it's actually turn based and what you're seeing is kind of an illusion in fact I believe a lot of the times you're swinging your weapon you're not actually attacking
You can only attack a certain number of times within a certain time limit I forget what the time limit is but I think the number of times you can attack within that is capped at 5 or 10 if you're using improved haste
so it's generally good to be having attribute that increase your number of attacks in fact increasing your tax speed can be more useful than just increasing your raw attack damage as it's better to do six points of damage twice then it would be to do 10 points of damage once you've got it
there are a few things that will add half an attack around you need two of these before it does anything if you have just 1/2 attack per round you're not actually going to get more attacks
Take a shot every time Dav says "can't say enough good things about it."
The world is your Oyster too 😂
Take half a shot at “stinking pile of sh!t” and “meme tier”. Otherwise you’d get plastered in the first hour. 🤣
You'd be dead before the video is out, but the world is your oyster.
Or dogshit.
"That being said" drinking game has lead to dozens of deaths.
These guides and play throughs are rekindling my love of Baldur’s Gate again, it’s also really interesting to hear your take on some of the spell and weapon mechanics as well, it covers stuff that I’d not thought of before.
A ‘Best Armour/Companion Guide’ would also be so cool to see ;)
soon.tm
@@Davaeornlol And soon it was
17:57 "This will work on Kangaxx" Before someone says something, yes, Kangaxx in his Demi-Lich form is immune to +3 weapons. Azuredge will do no damage to him, but still force a save and kill him in that form (in addition to killing him like it does to any and all liches).
47:41 "Darkfire Bow is Watcher's Keep" uhhh close but not really at all. Darkfire Bow is held by Captain Erelon in Amkethran, where he and his mercs are summoning and shooting monsters to death. Talk to him too many times and he gets pissed and tries to kill you, and he drops the bow upon death. Watcher's Keep would make this available in SoA and that'd be _really_ good but you only get this bow halfway through Throne of Bhaal.
49:55 I feel the need to add to this little section on Heartseeker. When Dav says that Darkfire Bow is amazing purely for its Improved Haste ability but Heartseeker sucks when it purely exists for its +7 to-hit Aim ability, there's a caveat he forgot to add: Heartseeker's +7 to hit ability, in addition to only lasting 9 seconds, only applies to _ranged_ weapons. Nothing else. If you activate its Aim ability you can swap to a better bow for 9 seconds of decent THAC0, but that 18 Strength requirement kills it for a lot of classes. At best this item can be used by Thieves who could really use the THAC0 bonus and are equipped with a strength-boosting item to get them to that necessary Strength score. 9 Seconds of a Thief attacking with a +7 bonus to-hit for 9 seconds on ranged weapons is pretty decent, definitely useful if you need them to hit something since their THAC0 blows, but if you try to use Aim and swap to melee weapons on any character you can confirm in the inventory screen that you are not, at all, getting any THAC0 bonuses on melee weapons. That said, Tuigan Bow's 3 base APR combines well with this if you swap a strength belt onto a thief to activate Aim.
54:23 There is another, second copy of Tansheron's Bow that's used by Cattie Brie, a member of Drizzt's party. It differs in its icon and artwork being identical to the Shortbow +1, and because it's one of Drizzt's party's items if you possess it in an inventory or bag of holding after dealing with Bodhi, Malchor Harpell will show up and attempt to confiscate all of Drizzt's party's items. If you attempt to bamboozle him by dropping items he'll reappear three times and on the third he will attempt to Imprison your whole party. You can bypass that by using things like Spell Trap, Spell Immunity:Abjuration, Spell Turning, Berserker Enrage, etc., but he will teleport onto every map from that point on and attempt to talk to you but has no dialogue, so he will break every script ever and break your game.
_However_ Malchor doesn't appear at all in Throne of Bhaal, and won't appear until after you clear Bodhi's Lair a second time and only appears if you carry any of the unique equipment from Drizzt's party. So if you take all that unique equipment to Watcher's Keep and dump all of it into a chest you can keep Twinkle, Icingdeath, the second Tansheron's Bow, and all the uniquely named junk and pick it up after you first leave Saradush. Tansheron's Bow x2 and Shortbow of Gesen is really only useful in a triple-thief party but it's there if you want to do that.
59:04 Special note, Arrows of Biting are magical. All non-basic ammunition is counted as magical, and they have differing enchantment levels. Creatures like ghosts that are immune to normal weapons will still be hit by Arrows of Biting, but since the Arrow of Biting is enchanted with an enchantment level of 0 anything specifically immune to +1 is immune to them.
59:50 Arrow of Detonation can miss. THAC0 doesn't matter when you use the AoD because it gives you +65,535 to your attack roll. I'm serious, a level 1 thief with 9 DEX using a shortbow he isn't proficient in will still hit any enemy in the game with this. But since there's a d20 attack roll there is still that 5% chance you roll a 1 and your Arrow of Detonation just happens to be a dud. Of special note is that because the fireball from the Arrow of Detonation is from a weapon it applies any and all on-hit effects. A Wizard Slayer can apply their Miscast Magic to every enemy hit by the explosion, Assassins and Blackguards can somehow apply poison to every enemy hit by the explosive arrow.
1:04:00 How do you miss with a -15 bonus to attack on an Ogre Mage? There's only one in all of BG1 but I use that thing to kill Kahrk on every playthrough and I have yet to miss once.
1:14:40 The Army Scythe also appears in BG1 in the Thunderhammer Smithy. That's definitely another point for Crossbows since you can buy one in BG1 that has the same APR as all bows.
1:17:00 This cannot be obtained at all except as random drop loot in the base unmodded game, and even then across four entire playthroughs of BG1 I have only gotten two of those bolts and only once one single time across 2 playthroughs of BG2, each on a different playthrough. _However_ of special note is that the final boss of Siege of Dragonspear is an enemy with immunity to +2 weapons and lower, and he has 80% Magic Resistance that is upped to 100% on any difficulty above Core. There's a number of ways to lower his MR but since Doom and Greater Malison stack, you can combine those with Enchant Weapon to possibly use one of these bolts to drop his HP to 4. Then shoot him one more time and he's dead.
1:39:13 I'd argue Daggers are the best proficiency for Fighter/Druids, especially Fighter->Druid main characters. Their only other 1-handed options are Scimitars/Wakizashis/Ninjatos and Clubs, and those two weapon classes suck. I've been playing a Kensai with the intent to dual to Druid and I can tell you there is no let-down to Daggers. A 1d4 dagger does 2.5 less average damage than a 2d4 bastard sword, that is pitiful and not worth throwing the entire class of weapon out for. Firetooth being a 2d4 +1 APR main-hand weapon is nuts.
2:55:53 The description on the page blatantly says it only generates ammo that counts as +1, it might do the _damage_ of +2 bullets but it won't hit Vampires. Also of note in the original BG1 (with or without Tales of the Sword Coast) and BG2 slings didn't add Strength bonuses to damage, but the Sling of Seeking was the only one that did. Since the Enhanced Editions changed all slings to use Strength damage this weapon got reworked to be an infinite +1 ammo weapon.
3:05:20 The Rod of Terror used to have a little exploit that got patched out in the Enhanced Editions: if you were equipped with the Ring of Human Influence which set your Charisma to 18 and attacked with the Rod of Terror until you hit a base Charisma of -1 it would instead roll over and make your Charisma score the max of 25. Now in the EE if you go down to zero you stay there and if you ever take off the Ring of Human Influence while you have 0 base Charisma you die.
3:06:09 Oddly enough the Serpent Shaft is the only way a Cleric can deal poison damage.
3:14:29 Just a clarification, the Staff of Thunder and Lightning is obtained at two points; one after defeating Faldorn during the Animal Trouble in Trademeet quest (which everyone can do) and the other on the main floor of Spellhold. You do _not_ have to be a Druid to get this.
3:46:47 Albruin is not +3, right there in the name it's +1. It adds 3 damage, yes, but the coded enchantment level often does not match the damage that the normal pen-and-paper D&D would have. If you attempt to hit Belhifet at the end of Siege of Dragonspear with Albruin you will not hurt him.
3:48:51 Foebane was broken during the 2.5 patch where they messed up Larloch's Minor Drain. LLMD would add 4 current and temporary hitpoints but would not stack upon itself and when the temporary HP from LLMD was active you could not heal from additional LLMDs, so Foebane could only heal you for 4 HP once per turn. That's fixed as of 2.6. The fix for it was to take a copy of the weapon's files from Icewind Dale and dump them into an override folder in your BG2 directory, same with Flail of Ages (which had a bug where any enemy immune to specifically the poison head was immune to the entire weapon, also fixed in the unmodded EE game as of patch 2.6).
Also, you missed three weapons. You missed Embarl's Dagger, the legendary unenchanted dagger that uses the mighty d6 damage die, you missed the Fist, equipped by default on every character that exists, and you missed the Monk's Fist, the most powerful godslaying universe-rending weapon of devastation so powerful that it is locked behind the late-game powerhouse.
EDIT: Whoa, I actually just noticed after thinking things through, you missed a crucial weapon: You never mentioned The Burning Earth, the +1 fiery longsword that gets bonuses against different creatures including +4 against undead. It's the most expensive weapon you can import from BG1 to BG2 and it can be used to kill Demi-Liches since it counts as +4. That seems like a bit of an oversight.
Small note about Bala's Axe as well: you can get two of those, one in the planar sphere and one in Irenicus' dungeon as imported weapon for a character who has points in axes.
I think he missed the ogre with the slaying arrow by rolling a 1, which is always a miss regardless of bonus
Also, storm star +5 says it has 10d6 electrical damage instead of 1d6 for storm star +3, which sounds like if could make a difference.
Aren't there several Ogre Mages? Like one in the sewers, like 5 or 6 that gank you outside of CandleKeep, one holding a Sirine hostage I think, and one around Firewine Bridge? Unless those others aren't maybe classified as Ogre Mages?
Dear diary redditor coming through
I came to this game as an adult and it was everything I wanted it to be and more. Thanks for showing me how much more I could be enjoying it.
God bless you and thanks for watching buddy.
Holy shit, 4 hours and 11 mins, strap yourselves in boys and grils, were going in deep x Thanks Dav, one love x
Firetooth dagger is especially awesome because it allows say, Cavaliers to go ranged outside of Azuredge, which is only good vs undead. Also, it's a ranged weapon that gets 2D4 base damage, recieves STR bonuses, counts as +3 Ammo *and* does elemental damage to go through stoneskin.
Hell yeah, it’s a new Dav guide. Keep up the amazing work, friend.
These guides are S tier; I can't say enough good things about them.
Insane deep dive! Kudos, man! Subbed to your channel halfway in this video. Greetings from Hamburg, Germany ✌️
Thanks for another awesome guide!
For your completionism:
- armor guide
- companion guide
Maybe a “monster guide”? You brought up some interesting stuff like using a certain weapon against balors because of some special attack they have. Is there enough content monster wise for a video about how their special attacks work / what to look out for? I feel like that would be awesome.
Another masterpiece by an absolute legend.
Wow this just made my week!! Love these videos and your level of insight.
@ 1:17:36 "...and it hits you, you're a squirrel forever and that's devastating." That was funny when talking about the Bolt of Polymorphing, really enjoyed your whole video and very informative even for someone like me who has played this game off and on for years.
Thanks for watching and commenting friend!
Wow, I'm playing a cleric using a flail and I was ready to accept I'd be using some C tier weapons, good to know there's cool flails in the game
Thank you for your time making this mate not only is it so in depth over 4 hours but at the same time your enthusiasm etc makes it a really entertaining yet educational listen while I'm at work
Just got the notification, just have to drop a comment until later.
You're a legend Dav!!
Sorry I can't join you live these days... But I watch when I can. What can I say? Many blessings man! You're doing something that is a big part of the good my life.
The weapons guide could be concluded in "Clubs OP S-tier pog Go Root of the Problem, best in SOA!". but who knows, there may be surprises :)
I don't know why but I can sit here and listen to you talk about everything baulder's gate for hours and not get bored.
Had to stop mid-work for about 30 secs of uncontrollable laughter when you started talking about 'The Root of the Problem' club. Thanks for the chuckles and this awesome guide good sir!
The reviews you've done for classes and stuff have really helped me take what I want. I've been constantly starting and restarting, because I don't know what I want to do, but with the guides I'm finally going to go kensai with either axes or long sword
I love it dude, peace. Next one - NPC guide please. You made my day with this upload, thanks for keeping alive greatest game of all time.
It's next on the list soon.tm
Another vote for an NPC guide from me too! Really interested to hear your opinions, strategies, tricks and tips. Especially on the BG 2 ones.
I don't know if this has been said, but if you go off AD&D 2e rules, Save vs. Paralyzation is part of Poison/Death. It's commonly referred to as PPDM (Paralyzation/Poison/Death Magic). Fantastic guide all in all and I've learnt a lot about a lot these weapons and I've been playing this game for far too long.
Interesting thanks for watching and commenting friend!
Keldorn’s two handed sword actually has a pretty fun use, which I assume you already know Dav. You can walk up to any wizard with full defenses up, which usually include some fire shield, and since it damages you they WILL take the magic damage and for most of the game they don’t have protection from magical energy. This means they will get interrupted pretty often, that on top of taking the 5 magic with every swing. This being said, Keldorn will take damage as well, so it’s a way to hinder wizards in many fights but to be used with care. Love the videos man, keep it up!
Fun idea thanks for watching and commenting friend!
and finally in the end :D it aiming you mad this wide and think you very much :D was super useful 99% of the stuf you say I agree :D on what not its play style thing :D im glad at least 3 of our top 3 weapons mach, Ages, Fury and Unyielding thx
It's absolutely hilarious how excited I was to see a 4 hour long video about the different types of weapons in this game lmaoo
2 years ago I had never even heard of Baldur's Gate, then I stumbled onto Dav's stream
Now I have like 600 hours in BG 1 and 400 hours in BG 2
I STILL have not beaten either game lmaooooo not because I couldn't or don't know how at this point, I just have too much fun dicking around and just enjoying the game world and combat systems, all thanks to discovering Dav
BG1 is literally my favorite videogame of all time, and I know how to wave dash in Super Smash Bros Melee so if you know what Melee is and what that means you already know why that's funny
Same for me haha...This dude rehypes this game all by himself
Dicking around is the best way to play games brother. God bless and thanks for watching and commenting.
Your breakdowns of this game are absolutely brilliant, thanks for sharing.
Happy Valentine's day dude! Thanks for the video
To you too buddy god bless sorry for the late reply
Use Greater Deathblow with Blackrazor. As you’ve drained that dragon to level 12, the GD will proc, and instakill the dragon. No chance of losing the loot, either, due to level drain.
This also works with Black Blade of Disaster, though that disintegration is worrisome. 😋
What a stud.
just for info deathblow doesnt work on legacy of bhaal (and vorpal is bugged, it either kills from first strike some enemies or doesntt work at all)
@@kiemugen9830 Is Greater Deathblow sealed in LoB, or are the levels too high on the targets? If the latter, (level too high) that's why this post talks about Blackrazor. Blackrazor drains levels. 😈 if I recall, many dragons in TOB are around level 20? With Improved Haste, you should be able to get 8-10 attacks per round. If 4 hits proc, (level 12) on the next hit, Greater Deathblow will instantly take it down, without losing any loot, due to level drain. 😈😈😈😛. Vorpal weapons have conditional triggers. The Axe of the Unyielding has a 10% proc, but a Save vs Death at a -4 penalty (?). So using Improved Haste with a speed weapon (Kundane) in the off hand, and casting Greater Malison would be optimal. 🥷
@@User_Un_Friendly I used black blade of disaster everytime on LoB, it has both 4level drain and disintegrate vs save, and I tried spamming deathblow on summoned sword, usually it dies from first strike on lower difficulties, but in LoB I had to hit it a lot until it died from level drainm and some enemies, fire giants, planetars, monks die from first hit, their saves get bugged and they fail every savethrow, so vorpal weapon can actually help you a lot on lob, but only against specific enemies, others will never fail a save
@@kiemugen9830 As mentioned, each Vorpal weapon has a condition to trigger. The Ravager has a straight percentage, so all you need is someone (Saravok) with multiple Greater Whirlwinds. Also, some enemies are immune to Vorpal hits. "Know yourself, and know your enemy. You will always be victorious." (Sun Tzu). 🫡
I love love love, how after about 2 hours, each hit turned to eat shit in my head and I could not unhear it
XD
The shadow's blade is typically buffed by rogue rebalancing. It's a pseudo +5 weapon and raises backstab multiplier by one. It's a nice off hand.
It's a pseudo +5 because it only applies when wielded by a thief, and as i recall, always applies the +2 to the main hand.
Another great, detailed, and informative BG video. Thanks Dav, this will help a lot of new and old players.
God bless you buddy
oh man those videos are pure gold, i just hope whatever gods you believe in keep you safe, so you can keep making them.
God makes sure those he hates stick around the longest, so I'll be 100 years old at least making crap. God bless you friend!
Nice! You're guides are the best! and you know what they say: One millionth time a charm!... thanks for all your great content and effort Lord Dav!
I need that companion guide my dude😀
Anyhow, this will also make me survive another 4 hours.
Seconded. I especially want to see your take on bg1 companions
Really looking forward to listening to the whole thing. After playing Baldur's Gate 3 for a while I absolutely had to go back and play the first two again after not touching them for a very long time.
All I really remember is Carsomyr, so this is going to be some great education about what I might look at building this time!
God bless buddy thanks for watching hope you enjoy the game!
Awesome guide. I played through SOA and TOB when they first came out and a few times since then but not since the Enhanced version came out. I built an Undead hunter and tried him with Azures's Edge on the Lich in the Crooked Crane very early on. I was able to one-shot his ass. From that point in, the undead were absolute cheese for me. Its fun going back and playing with different abilties.
Best Guide ever. I didnt even care about the weapons. I just like hearing this guy rantig about everything.
Best guide of BG weapons, that said, for people looking for a playstyle nearer the DnD 2e core rules, which means not using mods to double the damage of mosters comparing to the monster manual, order of the best weapons may change a bit.
Awesome i was waiting for this video for a long time
Great video, thanks. After like 20 something years of playing BG1 and 2 I still found some new info here. :-) By the way, I think you missed the Gnasher, a not too bad club: 1d6+2 (crushing), slivers add 2 points (piercing) damage each round for 4 rounds.
4 hours long video.
God Bless you.
God bless you buddy thanks for watching and commenting
My dude, I was just thinking today about how awesome it would be if Dav dropped a weapon guide after the masterpiece that was your class guide. Haven’t even pressed play yet, but stoked to enjoy this! Thanks always!
God bless dude thanks for watching
basically just make 6 kensai/mages.
3:24:58 I keep the Drizzt items at the end. The sh1ti mage spawns and I turn into Slayer form, and after that I just use freedom on my party. The same wizard spawns in every map I enter, but he completly bugs out, he has no dialogues, so the triggers has bugged. Its sad for the items are not great, maybe this scimitar, and my party keeps starting to attack the wizard every time he spawns.
In ToB I keep the items and the wizard didnt shows up. A trick.
The shortbow, "Eagle Bow: "Protector of the Dryads"", at least in original BG1 and 2, has an ability that is not in its description, it adds the user's strength damage bonus to its hits. Give ogre gauntlets to Coran or other main archer and they do lots of damage all the time. Or give them a giant strength potion and gauntlets of weapon expertise, for the big fights, and you're looking at hitting up into the 20s every shot.
I think a lot of people didn't notice the ability because in BG1 you'd normally just give a shortbow to a thief with unexceptional strength.
Also just to spite the ranged nerf in BG2, I did one run with a bow-heavy group with a heavy reliance on acid arrows since acid affected most things.
Seriously, great content. Been hammering through a lot of your content lately. Class guide is awesome. Grew up on Baldur's Gate, and can't wait to have the time to try the updated versions. Will need to find those mods too!
At 1:23:00, you can use all the Big Metal Rod ammo in Firetooth and you don't need to wear the armor. Not sure if you just meant you had to complete the Big Metal Unit quest line, which is all that's required.
I remember decapitating a beholder once and just wondering how that actually works, seeing how a beholder is basically just all head
😂😂😂 oh lord
I just picked up this game on a whim - I figured it would be fairly deep but holy moly. I hope I can get into it.
I love listening to you go over things about this game.
I love having you watching buddy god bless.
Anything about throwing weapons that newbie should know? I fail to find anything about those... Great guides on this channel btw, thanks for recording those!🤓👍
Wow good stuff. Thanks for all the BG content. The streams are a good time too
Ohhhhhhh, a new video! I really appreciate you making these.
god bless you dude thanks for watching
Just realized you teased a companion video one day. Really looking forward to it. I know it'll probably take a while.
Finally! Thrilled to see this, fantastic stuff as always.
Man you are amazing, thanks for this guide, recently I finished BG 1 for the first time
Now i want to replay it with berserker/mage dual class and finish all the saga
your guides were very helpful!
Thanks for watching and commenting buddy!
This video is S tier a the way. Cant say enough good this about it. Keep up the work daveorn
God bless u brother.
Algorithm boost for another 4hr plus video that I watched for a game I played 15 years ago :D Thank you sir.
Thanks for watching and commenting friend!
Fun fact about 2e ad&d
Initiative was so much better than it is today.
You rolled a 1d10 and added either the speed factor for the weapon or Spellcasting speed of the spell to that number. The lower numbers went first in the order. If there was multiple attacks in a round then everyone attacked in their order then if someone had an additional attack they would act in their order again, and repeat until all attacks are resolved then the round expires. 1/2 attacks were dealt with as being able to use an additional full attack every other round (2 1/2 attacks would be done like 2 attacks, 3 attacks, 2 attacks 3 attacks, etc)
That's another one of the big reasons why magic missile was so renowned... it was one of the few spells with a super low speed factor (1) and couldn't miss (making it an anti-mage spell as it should still be used to this day. Mages would have their spells interrupted and lost if they took damage before their spell went off)
I think people would live 2e if they actually attempted to play it. The amount of great mechanics, detail, and balancing is amazing
Watching you flame the shittiest Baldur's Gate weapons is surprisingly hilarious. Keep up the good work fellow Gater
Thanks for watching brother god bless.
You had me for a second with Shaman's Staff being S+ tier :D
Uff. 4h 11min. Thanks for all the effort. I wish you all the best and good health.
you too brother god bless
3:04:49 Rod of Terror was used to make your Charisma 24 in the original BG2 game. While wearing Ring of Human influence (which sets your CH 18) you could reduce your charisma to -1, which is impossible, thus the game computes CH as 24. After that you can get rid of Ring of Human influence, and Rod of Terror and play with your overpowered character(assuming you reduced your CH to minimum and distributed the points to other stats). Both the ring and rod can be obtained from Athkatla, ring from the circus tent and rod from the city gates.
Beamdog fixed that. Now it just kills you. 🤓
It wrapped around to 25. 24, 25, made no difference though. Fun stuff!
Lul
Just saw this vid, then I saw the playtime, then I smiled :D Epic!
One of my favorite runs was a fallen paladin wielding Black Razor (OG, so no Blackguard).
Hands down an incredible weapon and a hell of a lot of fun. Didn't even matter I had nerfed my pally by turning evil.
Hell yeh. Thanks for watching and commenting friend!
I have played so much RuneScape in the past that you mentioned going down into the Falador mine in this BG guide,
and it took me a second to realize that’s a totally different game and ur joking lol
I can’t believe I didn’t know about the insane “no save” of the Staff of Command domination. 😵💫Awesome! And here I thought the mind layer circlets were bad enough…😍
IKR XD
3:37:09 SCS dont have scrolls of undead protection? I just throws one in Hexxat, unlock the chest and beat the lich with no problems. Also Sunray is goat spell.
Nice! Very glad to see you uploading this.
I've subscribed to your channel, because lad you deserve it.
Thanks! I'll make notes to this for a future play through!
Thank you so much for that Video, much needed! You made my week!
Beholders are a pain in the ass. I always used to carry the Shield of Balduran and Cloak of Mirroring and popping it on a couple party members and letting the chaos fly.
Great video btw.
thanks for watching and commenting buddy!
3:53:13 instead Ruining Sorceres and wizard with giving them infinite spells to fight lich-es here is what i do THE EXODIA OF BG
-wizards are the game, so weapon that works on them is best: "Konata"/Chevalier +Holy Avenger+ THE Champion spell Lv5 (sac a priest) + haste + Draw power After THE champion spell. (you steel need to spell strike and nothing lass, and rubi , and breach the caster, because its a crappy system where this Avenger sword SHOULD disenchant weapon immunity but it dos not) Still as weapon to fight wizards its the best. For anything else 2 hand with haste or whirlwind works.
- Because of this Avenger is the best weapon of the game :D granted the 25 str hammer "Faeyr" would be 1st if it would not be possible to get 25 str so many other ways (for fighters its the best hammer). 3th is "Ages"for slow , 4th Katana Fury because its +3 , 4th is unyielding ace of decapitation,
(everyone has their own fighting stile :D)
in that note Chevalier is the best Fighter class of the game. (i hate fear so much)
Watchers keep at start of BG2 is a 100% cheese. SCS adds tweak to move it at the end of BG2 for a reason.
hell yeaaaah i've been waiting this
Great work dude, love the format of these guides!
Glad you like it friend thanks for watching and commenting!
The God of the Gate! Dude, you rule, and this rules. Thanks as always for the sweet deats and for the awesome delivery of this much appreciated information!
I was surprised by Ashideena's C rank! When going for warhammers it's my choice for BG1 and for a sizable chunk of BG2. When I started watching your video I was trying to guess a few of your rankings and had guessed it as an A heh
It's really just an import for bg2 sadly, for bg1 yeah it's way better ofc.
Bala Axe Wizard slayer is a normal axe that applies Miss Cast on hit. That sounds like a very good weapon against wizards that cast Protection against Magical Weapons because Bala Axe will still hit and apply Miss Cast on them
problem is the only wizards who use pfmw are liches who are immune to it anyway and low level wizards who get destroyed in 2 sec by anything anyways. Most wizards (humanoids that would normally be hittable) use greater mantle which was buffed with scs to block more weapons.
I kind of disagree with rating Tuigan's as C-tier, simply because that puts it on the same tier as Protector of the Dryads etc. and I think it's quite a bit better than that tier of weapon. It's not amazing by any stretch, but when you factor in how you can get it 5 seconds after leaving the starting dungeon, and extra APR it gives to characters like Imoen and Nalia, I personally have a hard time calling it anything other than a B-tier weapon.
Love the video my dude, thank you so much for making it and contributing consistently excellent content for the Baldur's Gate community.
I need to sit down & give these games a fair shake. Got BG1 20 years ago or whatever, puttered around a few hours & forgot about it. Although I was crazy about the old "gold box" games when I was a kid, there just wasn't much time for games with a wife & kids in the house. Downloaded the updated version from GOG recently & have done the same, not much more than traveling south from the inn with the couple you meet there. In my defense, I'm revisiting Morrowind for the first time in 20 years & that takes some time.
Got in a mood & bought several games I either haven't played or only fiddled with briefly, so BG1 & 2, Neverwinter Nights, Icewind Dale, Vamp the Masquerade: Bloodlines, the 3rd Witcher, Wasteland2, KCD, & Fallout New Vegas. People rave about these games. Time to see what the fuss is about.
Considering the mage who ambushes you at the Friendly Arms took me several tries, it'll be a while if not forever before I try handicapping myself with more difficulty & mods.
Great guide. I play core no-reload and agree with pretty much everything said. Only major difference for me on core rules is that Defender of Easthaven, while good, isn't as important.
I really hate how APR off-hands warp the entire hierarchy of weapons around them. APR weapons should grant the extra attack to themselves even when held in the off-hand. I wouldn't feel as guilty using top-tier two-handers if that was the case.
Awesome guide by most knowledgeable dwarf there is!
God bless friend!
OMG!!!! at last! Thanks Davaeorn :D
4 hours of nitty gritty baldurs gate content? My day is saved!
God bless you buddy.
4:01:29 Lilarcor is my favorite companion in the game :D for some reason talking weapons are the best :D
Agreed. I wish there was a way to upgrade him
@@marzx13I’m sure there’s a mod that lets you, but it should be vanilla 😢how can I abandon my boy
I needed this one Dav
The reason Yoshimo gets +1 to AC is due to him having 1 point in single weapon style, the AC bonus would be applied by any other weapon as well, as long as he's not dual-wielding.
I legitimately thought I remember reading his katana that it gave him extra I definitely wasn't thinking of the stat sheet itself XD.
I'm installing the oldest version of BG2 I own to check if they didn't change it actually😂
Excellent guide! Thanks Dav!
Aaaaaaaaa yeees a 4 hour weapon guide this is the absolute best
Thanks for wtching and commenting brother.
THE EMPEROR RETURNED!!!
Nice review but one thing, in BG1 potions are the best items. Easy to get 22str giant potions. Not to mention you can obtain all tomes if you play multi and edit characters so you can have 25to all stats :D