The BEST SUPPORT CLERIC in Baldur's Gate 3 - Shadowheart Build Guide
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2024
- The most powerful class in the game is here! Clerics are the ultimate supports, and this character can do that and so much more! Perfect for Shadowheart or a main character on tactician mode to step up to the plate for their party!
This character uses Light Cleric and Oath of the Ancients Paladin to get powerful spells, devastating attacks, unrivalled supporting tools, and overwhelming versatility and optionality.
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Two items you can get super early in the Emerald Grove are 'The Whispering Promise' (ring) and 'Hellrider's Pride' (gloves). With both these items, any time you heal an ally they receive Bless and Blade Ward for two turns. These scale amazingly into the late game, as a level 10 cleric you can use your single use of Divine Intervention to get a pretty sweet mace that has a healing aura.
I don't like to pigeon hole myself with items, but these two are so accessible so early that they're both worth picking up.
Very good suggestions! I likewise usually try to keep these builds as item-agnostic as possible, but those two are available so early and add so many new dimensions to your play that I really should have called them out. Especially powerful with Mass Healing Words since that lets you cast several turns' worth of buffs with a single bonus action
There is also necklace called "Amulet of Restoration" which you can buy from a seller in the Underdark Act 1 which gives you "Healing Word" & "Mass Healing Word" skills so you can use other spells as well.
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For stats, light cleric I love to go 16 dex, 15 con, 16 wis and pick up the resilient: constitution feat, which brings you to 16 con and gives you proficiency in con saving throws. You’ll never loose concentration.
OR you can go 1 Fighter 11 Cleric Get Heavy Armor + Prof in Con Save
@@NerdGlassGamingPA You do lose wisdom save proficiency that way though
Nice build. My only real critique is downplaying how good Aid is. You can cast it outside of combat, it's not concentration, and it lasts until a long rest. It's basically a permanent buff to max HP for your entire party, starting at 5 for level 2 spells and all the way up to 25 for a level 6 spell. And you can stack temp HP on top of this, too. Aid is one of the best support spells in the game, IMO
@christopherbohan1451 that's a bit game-y though. Doing that feels more like an exploit than playing the game
These guides are amazing! Something that would help is to add chapter markers for each level up :) super helpful as someone following along.
Thanks so much! I've started doing timestamps in my more recent videos - I'll probably backfill the older ones when I get a chance as well.
@@Cephalopocalypse wonderful!
Upcasting Aid is probably the most significant overall damage mitigation you can apply. Not counting some cheese methods.
No concentration, 20-25 extra HP to all allies, including all summons, is crazy good.
And it's not just a temp HP shield. It changes your max hp so on short rests your increased HP comes back. Assuming you'll have a Deva and an Elemental Summon in your party that's like 150hp buff overall.
Ever since I realised it raises your literal maximum it’s the first thing I do once the whole gang is together (all allies and summons)
Improves the survivability exponentially for every additional ally it effects
That's true! I usually in my own play end up not really using summons even though I recommend them in this build, but I am very lazy. Great point that aid works with them, and of course is higher value the lower the unit's base hit points are. If you're throwing Boo in that's a lot of extra Boo!
Spirit guardians + luminous gear is awesome for support....guiding bolt is good in the regard as well as advantage on next attack
True, the luminous gear is an excellent suggestion - very powerful item set!
Staff of arcane blessing DOES ADD that bonus ontop of the normal bless buff (it shows up as 2 seperate bless buffs on the affected characters one buff is the standard bless and one buff is the additional buff from the staff) just checked :D
The Staff of Arcane Blessing buff overrides the normal buff from Bless in effect, sadly. All it does in practice is add 1d4 to spell attack rolls over normal Bless. Good if you have a bunch of warlocks/ray of frost spammers, otherwise a worthless item.
Thanks for the info. I have nevered played DnD. So the first 10 hours i been winging it. I just hit level 5 so this is really helpful
Awesome, really glad it's helping! :D
The actual best is to go 1 level in wizard at some point and the rest into cleric so you get full spell progression and every wizard spell in the game since wizard learned spells are bugged and allow you to learn anything up to your current spell level, not just your wizard levels.
That's very true - it's SO true in fact that I did a video about exactly that build! You can find it under "The Real Best Wizard in Baldur's Gate" here on the channel :D
Larian has plans to patch this out though, and it’s probably going to be soon, so I wouldn’t get too attached to doing this.
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In a ideal world you don't need healing but in a "realistic" world, unless you're playing on easy/normal diffciulties, you certainly need some/lot of healing to survive, esp on low level and underlevel.
How to make the healing worth your action tho, is the main concern. That's when you want your cleric life domain. At lv2 you get a group heal Perserve Life, and the only group heal b4 lv5 mass healing. At the very early game in Druid Gove, you can get a gloves off Zavlor (either by kil/steal him or do the quest) that grant the target you healed Bladeward. Also you can get a ring off Volo (steal or trade, don't kill him ... ) grant your healed target Bless for 2 turns. In addition for that, you can get a ammy on Kagha (kill or steal, or quests?), it gives your weapon 1d6 poison damage.
Spending turns in combat healing is something of a vicious cycle - the more time you spend healing, the more incoming damage you'll receive since you aren't removing enemies from the fight, so the more healing you'll need. It's usually better to prevent that damage in the first place. The blade ward and bless on heal items *are* excellent though, since they add a huge amount of action economy to healing spells. In particular they're great with Mass Healing Word, so you can apply several actions' worth of buffs with a single bonus action.
Hold person won some encounters on its own for me
What about the skills at level 1? You skipped that whole part. 🤷🏻
Thanks for your guide! I hope you make a follow up to your sorcerer guide as it was what got me to follow your channel. The first one was great but feels incomplete compared to the recent ones
Thanks so much! And true, I definitely should revisit that one now that I've seen the whole game all the way through!
Love the video but some constructive criticism. Just add time stamps for each level. Makes going back and fourth much easier
Thanks! My more recent videos have time stamps. I'll probably add them to the older ones at some point when I get the time
@@Cephalopocalypse not a problem! Keep it up
I've got 700 hrs in the game and this is the first time speccing Shadow like this. I'm really enjoying it so far. Radiance of The Dawn is crazy!
For sure - there's some encounters you can just end with it. Also try any of the gear that applies the Radiating Orb effect, the stacking -1 to-hit penalty becomes ridiculous! (For more on that, check out my Lore-Friendly Shadowheart build that just went up today)!
Glad you're enjoying the build!
@@Cephalopocalypse Thanks! I'll definitley check it out. I've never played real DnD, may I ask, why is it you don't want uneven numbers on the ability points? Most builds I see have never mentioned this and use uneven numbers, but I followed your advice with my spore druid and made sure they were all even.
@@lmjuniper Sure! So the way attributes work is somewhat confusing - the actual number isn't used for (almost) anything.
Instead, even numbers contribute to your bonus. The baseline is 10, so at 10 in a stat you have a +0 modifier to any rolls you make using that stat - at 12, it becomes +1, at 14 +2, and so on. Any time you roll a d20 (almost every check in the game), you add the *bonus* for the stat that roll cares about, so only even numbers actually change what you add to your dice.
Basically, a character with 15 wisdom is exactly as wise as a character with 14 - only by going up to 16 do they actually improve. Hope that helps!
@@Cephalopocalypse omg, I had no idea. Thank you so much for explaining this! There's so much to wrap your head around in this game. Again, thank you so much for taking the time to help me. :)
Good guide, but when you are talking about a spell it would help if you leave your mouse over it instead of spinning it around so viewers can see the skill you are talking about while you talk about it.
I have been watching warding flare, it seems like it goes off and does absolutely nothing. the attacks hit, the damage is the same, nothing different then if i didn't have it.
I love your guides. Thank you.
Thanks so much! Glad you like them :D
I like making what I call the Sponge. I go life cleric 4 with heavy armor master and warding bond on everyone, then I go the rest of the levels in spore druid and pick up all the armor pieces that add temporary hit points or reduce damage.
With the vital conduit boots, you can cast any concentration spell including cantrips to recharge your spore shield and if you are in melee you can get another 7 hp from the cloak if you cast a spell
I'm pretty sure that you can't recharge your temp hit points in any way. I tried building around that with armor of agathys with fiend warlock and abjuration wizard, with the idea being that arcane ward + armor of agathys prevents me from taking damage, while enemies dying fills up any lost hit points on my armor of agathys due to dark one's blessing. Didn't work that way.
@@common_undead It only works with spore druid temporary hit points, not with armor of agathys.
But you need to have a large enough spore shield for it to be reliable, if the spore shield loses all its hit points, it doesnt matter if you proc the temporary from items, the shield is gone.
If you can get around 20 hp on the spore shield (level 5 druid), that's typically enough to make it stick through a round of damage and let you recharge. If combat ends and you get into dialogue, using guidance will recharge it outside of combat too.
That is a very cool build if spore shield works that way - I didn't know it would let you recharge temp hit points! Will have to try that out. Normally you can only have temp hit points from one source so whatever the highest number is will overwrite all other sources
@@Cephalopocalypse I use it right now, spore shield is the only source of temporary hit points that can be recharged. It may be a bug, but that's how it works in the current version and all previous versions.
The great thing about the sponge is that it doesn't really require life cleric, you can do it with any of the heavy armor cleric subclasses.
Weapon - Blood of Lethander - let's have a chance to blind half of act 2, yeah it can be annoying for your stealth chars; you'll need to move away from them.
Yeah, absolutely best in slot for this character for most of the game!
You do know the effect can be toggled on and off, right?
Ceph between this build and the previous Tempest build, which do you prefer to run more often in your playthroughs?
The staff of blessing buff doesn't require concentration either.
Unbelievable. This item lol
I just tested it, and it looks like the extra 1d4 bonus to spell attack rolls still works without concentration, but the normal effects of bless aren't applied. That's still a nice buff for a warlock buddy but not nearly as powerful as if it removed the concentration requirement from bless. I was ready to declare it the most broken item in the game yet again
What gear am I supposed to equip for them?
Cool build! My Light Cleric is not able to cast Blade Ward on anyone but herself though. I would still pick it as one of the first 4 cantrips. Resistance is also quite good, but underused.
Also: going Light Cleric on a Shar follower - what is this heresy? :D
Thanks! And yes, that's an error in the video - I bamboozled myself by remembering the item that allows you to trigger blade ward on healing, not the actual blade ward spell. It's still a reasonable pick but much less valuable than I make it sound here unfortunately.
I like to think she'd appreciate the irony!
Ok, sorry for what is likely an off-topic and stupid question, but... I just started my first playthrough, and Blade Ward seems a no-brainer for a tanky companion. My problem, though, is getting my tank to do her job- is there a way to draw aggro in BG3?
@@sjbell4653 Hey not a stupid question at all! The short answer is that in D&D there aren't really mechanics to draw aggro like in other games, so you have to plan for your back line characters to have good defenses as well - wizards have the Shield spell, for example, which can prevent them from taking hits, and everyone should have good HP (you'll notice almost all of my builds have 16 CON)!
You can do a few things to help though! The best is choke points - if your tank is in a doorway, they won't be able to get to you through them. Also make sure your melee characters have good damage - enemies won't be able to run from them without taking an attack of opportunity, so you can just drop them with that and save your allies.
There's a ton of extra nuance to positioning in this game, but you'll pick it up quickly as you play. Good luck!
Paladins have a spell that forces (well, strongly persuades) enemies to target them, but it only lasts a turn, and there are usually better things to do with your action. @@sjbell4653
As a Main Warlock wouldnt it be a Good Idea to Multiclass it with a Bard? Especially the later levels with Haste and Ward of Vitality which gives you the Opportunity to Heal free per Bonusaction while you doing your other Stuff?
Any suggestions for earlier and endgame item's for this build? Thanks in advance 🙏🏻
This build is honestly very item-agnostic, so you don't need anything specific! You'll want the highest AC heavy armor and shield you can find, and anything that increases your Spell DC is very good. One item set that *is* worth mentioning is the Hellrider's Pride gloves and the Whispering Promise ring, both available in act 1 - those add buffs to an ally when you heal them, turning your Healing Word and Mass Healing Word into super efficient bonus action buff spells. Hope that helps!
Can you put the build in text form please? tyvm
Could you please explain how Create or Destroy Water was a better option?
Wet makes characters take double damage from lighting or ice. Also creates a surface.
Completely disagree with life domain cleric as your support. The act 1 gear alone you get justifies going life domain. Casting an aoe heal that blesses, adds dmg mitigation, temp hit points and other effects justify it alone.
All clerics get access to mass healing word, which is the best way by far to apply those effects
@@Cephalopocalypse right but life also gets the divinity charge AOE heal. Freeing up your spell slots
Hey! To be honest as a beginner i don`t understand how this works.So i started as a palladin.I wanna make companion shadowheart as a suport class.Is it posible?I mean after i recruit her she already have a "standard build" .
Early in the game you'll meet a character who will let you respec your companions' builds! Spoiler below:
Try exploring the ruins near the starting beach - if you open the right box, you'll meet Withers, who will come live in your camp after your next long rest and will let you respec your characters and hire new ones
What if I need her to pass my charisma checks? Any decent cleric build that also has high charisma?
...guidance + enhance ability? 😅
Wouldn't switching from Tickery domain to Light domain cause certain changes in dialogue options and origin story?
change it after act 2
How are you getting 9 prepared spells at level 5?
Mine is only allowing me 8 prepared spells.
Prepared spells should equal your Cleric level plus your WIS modifier - do you have at least 18 wisdom? If it's lower than that, you'll get fewer prepared spells.
Light domain shadowhart?
Heretic
Bro get to the point 😂
the video is pretty on point as it is, maybe you're just stupid 🤷🏼♂️
If you don't like this video or find it useless, you can just ignore and go to another video. Why waste your time here to talk and use emoji like that bruh.
@@wou5435to clear if its useful you must watch it and waste your time.
OR you can check comments real quick and see the perspective
It's s good guide have patience it's u not the videos problem
YT short/TikTok format has doomed our collective attention span.
Way too much going on. What is the build? Listening for 5 minutes and you're talking about why you're not doing something and why half elf isn't ideal and a bunch of other superfluous words..... What's the build dude??? level 1 level 2 level 3 it's just so much simpler to follow
You're right. It would be horrible if you accidentally learned something.
@@Cephalopocalypse Just watched this video and actually liked that aspect of it - found hearing your thought process helpful.
Whats the point if you don't understand the build. Your gonna nissout 1/3 of the fun is building the character and knowing what he does. Well, you do you.
@@Cephalopocalypse learned? I was lost. That was literally the point. I get it this is a niche game particularly a real nerd's game. You're trying to teach people who don't know or talk to your fellow nerds? Because that's exactly what it sounds like you having a conversation with people who are already into what you're into.... That's not how you teach people bud. But if that's not what you're trying to do just say that and I won't bother with another over complicated video
@@angrypepecancer5205 the info was all over the place.... Even if you sectioned it off level by level however there is a such thing as too much information. CLEARLY you are already into the DND community so you're not coming from a place of trying to learn but from a place of casual conversation. This entire thread is a bunch of people already familiar with this stuff. This is why these games don't come out in abundance or when they do sequels or remakes like they did with final fantasy they scrap a lot of this stuff because the learning curve is too high to the point the makers of the game do a poor job at explaining as well as content creators.... So when Baldurs Gate sequel comes out and it's live action and all this stuff is irrelevant you'll know why