It's always a great joy to see your gameplay. This fight to me is one of the most risky fights in the game if you play solo honour. And you did it incredibly well. Your tactics make me understand that knowing the basic items and game mechanics is a life-saver. Especially those "void bulb" and "darkness arrow" parts were genius man! Many people, including me, normally use spells such as fireball, wall of fire, hunger of hadar, spirit guardian etc. in this part of the game. With this video, you show us that we don't actually need those fancy spells to overcome the darkness :D I think you'll be able to finish the game with this character if Myrkul is not a killjoy again. If you can reach the Act 3, you will become unstoppable, especially with the Bhaalist armor and Orin's double knives.
Thank you! Got to play around with the tools given to us when running solo. Before I’ve used wall of fire and darkness arrows but this was honestly a lot easier. I really hope Myrkul goes down. I’m pretty stoked for the content I haven’t seen in act 3 and my first ever good ending 😅. The elephant will most likely die though!
@@FriendlyLich Even in my good journeys I kill that elephant you know :D, since it deserves such a thing due to its hubris and indifference to the murders. I think killing it gives a good lesson
Nice! Love sleet storm for this fight. Also, you can check how long a surface (like ice, darkness, or fire) has left by hovering over it and pressing t like inspecting a tooltip.
Man, excellent use of your tools there. That void bulb and sleet storm combo absolutely saved the day. Good strategy of using those low HP enemies to proc the elixir of bloodlust as well. I usually lean heavily on AoE damage dealing spells for this one so it was cool to see you handle it with this method
I'm such a sucker for void bulbs! First time trying out sleet storm so I was a bit nervous about it working good, but turns out it was great! Glad you enjoyed it!
Your setup was brilliant!I just used globe of invulnerability scrolls and put some barrels on my solo run, didn't want to risk it at all. ( It was with the deathmarch mod tho)
Hey if it works it works! Nothing wrong with using scrolls and barrels :). I’m not familiar with deathmarch (or mods in general) but it sounds hard. What build did you use?
@@FriendlyLich Hey! Yes Deathmarch is very difficult especially in act 2 this is why I previously asked you to try it since I think you will love the challenge! Gloomstalker ranger lol
Just did this fight in my duo. We used a lot more grease but the sleet storm was way better. The void bulb idea was amazing for the ravens. We used precious multi target arrows
Since the ravens always (?) group up the bulb makes em easy. Fireball is great too if you can catch more enemies with it. What duo builds are you running?
1:48 never used this kind of arrow before. thought one had to actually click on the different targets as in spells affecting several characters. nice to know the arrow finds targets on its own even when they are still concealed from the archer. gz on the arrow critically hitting every target. or does it happen all the time?
I think that if you crit the first it always crit on the rest, but honestly I don't know. I haven't used a lot of special arrows before so I don't know for sure
@@FriendlyLich still watching the battle. 3:19 must be a frightful sight even for someone who knows what's coming. one (and a mage hand) against a whole host of shadow creatures. if I counted correctly, they amount to 27 enemies (presently 'alive', not counting the ones you already dispatched at this point). wondering if you intentionally created some sort of avenue for them to reach the gate by not covering the area in grease completely. did you place just two barrels? is there not enough room for more without them blowing each other up in a chain reaction?
@@FriendlyLich 5:19 I take it back. 27 was an understatement. now there are *35 enemies* still present and the mage hand is gone already. most mobs passed the barrels too.
@embreis2257 That is a lot of enemies! Hah I have never counted before but I did not think it was that many! And yea, it must be quite disturbing to see all the undeads come crawling towards the portal! I was thinking of blowing them up (one barrel is there from the start but had brought an extra) but ended up not doing it. I dunno, was busy with other stuff I suppose :)
playing act two without character outlines on is the most underappreciated skill on display here. i can’t see shit even in the brighter parts of the game lmao my eyes suck 💀💀
All the enemies repeatedly slipping on the ice and losing their turns is the funniest thing I've seen in a week. 😂 That paid off. Given that Shadowheart is a Sharran, are you going to fully break the shadow curse?
Yeah the slip animation is pure gold 🖤 I’m doing a good-isch run so I will mostly do good decisions. Including breaking the curse. I think I might kill that stupid elephant though!
@@FriendlyLich Doesn't everyone kill the elephant? 🤔 I don't think I've had a single run where I didn't. ...I'll probably have to save them when my paladin gets that far. I have a feeling sacrificing them breaks every oath.
What's the idea behind the new gear starting from the last video? Something to do with the Wis bonus to AC no longer being enough, I expect, but it's still a fairly radical departure
@@Corenair2 you cant, you can sleet storm with darkness or hunger as they are clouds. every turn the ice will be reapplied to the ground and overlap any effects like fire grease electrified water and spikes
Basically I wanted to raise the armor class (as you theorized) more than I could do with wis bonus. I'm even contemplating putting on heavy armor since I think it looks cool. Might go for it a bit in act 2 here to get a dj-feel and then move back to light in act 3.
Hmm. I have been trying to do a solo honour mode for a while and have trouble getting past act 1. I do a stealth archer build on the recommendation of people who tell me it's the easiest way to do it but I have failed a lot at it. Last time was actuslly going really well, I beat the inquisitor in the creche but then failed a check on a trap to get the mace and fell to my death. After this many failed attempts I am starting to wonder if I should just choose a class I am comfortable with, with tools I understand well and be creative with it instead of going with what people tell me is the easiest. I personally like druids, they are not the most powerful but they have a very diverse toolkit that makes then good in every situation even if they don't excel at any. Maybe I should give it a shot. My only worries is that a druid won't put out enough damage to kill the final boss.
I'd argue that Act 1 is the hardest part of the game when running solo. It's so easy to just die from a crit (specially from goblins and their fury of the small). Morgana's stealth archer build is really strong, no doubt about it. But if you're more comfortable with druids I think you should go with druid. I'm far from a druid expert but there are several really good solo runners that love the class (Seihoukei on twitch for example) and have finished runs with it. My spore druid run unfortunately ended in the underdark, got one-shot by a Minotaur crit. I know there's some tavern brawler druid shenanigans that you can do if you need damage output but I don't know the details of that, sorry! Anyhow, what I'm trying to say is that run with something that you enjoy. Any class can complete the game solo :) Good luck and feel free to pop questions in my vids about different encounters if needed! I'll try to answer the best I can.
@FriendlyLich yeah, I just know that when I played in a party, wild shape saved my ass more time than I can count. It's a nice cushion of HP if you're running low and drinking a potion won't save you and some have so much movement speed you can just flee combat if it goes wrong. Then shenanigan with owlbear form are well known. On top of having a bunch of summons and some really useful spells. Yeah, I think I am going to go for it. And for the final boss I will deal then. Maybe creating water and rolls of chain lighting will get me there anyway.
@@Ophelia381 You can 100% do some good damage on the brain with lightning. I mean, you got quite a few rounds so just make sure you can do 2 damage types reliably and you should be good! Just make sure that orpheus/emperor pop a vigilance elixir so they go before you and eat the brain's reaction to getting hurt first in a turn.
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BG3: On Ice
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@FriendlyLich You literally opened my eyes to this method. I do it every time now. Makes that fight a breeze.
It's always a great joy to see your gameplay. This fight to me is one of the most risky fights in the game if you play solo honour. And you did it incredibly well. Your tactics make me understand that knowing the basic items and game mechanics is a life-saver. Especially those "void bulb" and "darkness arrow" parts were genius man! Many people, including me, normally use spells such as fireball, wall of fire, hunger of hadar, spirit guardian etc. in this part of the game. With this video, you show us that we don't actually need those fancy spells to overcome the darkness :D
I think you'll be able to finish the game with this character if Myrkul is not a killjoy again. If you can reach the Act 3, you will become unstoppable, especially with the Bhaalist armor and Orin's double knives.
Thank you! Got to play around with the tools given to us when running solo. Before I’ve used wall of fire and darkness arrows but this was honestly a lot easier.
I really hope Myrkul goes down. I’m pretty stoked for the content I haven’t seen in act 3 and my first ever good ending 😅. The elephant will most likely die though!
@@FriendlyLich Even in my good journeys I kill that elephant you know :D, since it deserves such a thing due to its hubris and indifference to the murders. I think killing it gives a good lesson
Scary fight.. but that sleet storm saved the day 😃
That large pile of enemies begged for a fireball 😂
Indeed they did! 🤭 All out of scrolls though :/
Nice! Love sleet storm for this fight. Also, you can check how long a surface (like ice, darkness, or fire) has left by hovering over it and pressing t like inspecting a tooltip.
Ooooh! Thank you! I’ll try that out!
Oh man, Sleet Storm is so dang good here lol. Nicely done! :D
Pretty close to an instant win button :D
Makes me see Sleet Storm in completely new light :D
It made that fight so easy 😅
Well done - this fight is always stressful af 😅
Can get ugly real fast. I was a bit worried about trying out sleet storm here but it worked out pretty well!
Man, excellent use of your tools there. That void bulb and sleet storm combo absolutely saved the day. Good strategy of using those low HP enemies to proc the elixir of bloodlust as well. I usually lean heavily on AoE damage dealing spells for this one so it was cool to see you handle it with this method
I'm such a sucker for void bulbs! First time trying out sleet storm so I was a bit nervous about it working good, but turns out it was great! Glad you enjoyed it!
Perfect timing, love how your Haste ended right as the battle was won
Sometimes it aligns just right!
i'll never not laugh at enemies slipping on ice
I just love the animation 😅
I love sleet storm so much
It pulled it’s weight here! First time using it too, very satisfied with the result
Your setup was brilliant!I just used globe of invulnerability scrolls and put some barrels on my solo run, didn't want to risk it at all. ( It was with the deathmarch mod tho)
Hey if it works it works! Nothing wrong with using scrolls and barrels :). I’m not familiar with deathmarch (or mods in general) but it sounds hard. What build did you use?
@@FriendlyLich Hey! Yes Deathmarch is very difficult especially in act 2 this is why I previously asked you to try it since I think you will love the challenge! Gloomstalker ranger lol
@@wickedsink9235 Cool! Thought I recognized the name :)
it's so funny watching them slip on the ice lol
Haha I agree!
me sitting here like "FIREBALL YOURSELF" when you did the void bulbs xD
100% would had but no scrolls 🥲
nicely done!
Thanks!
Just did this fight in my duo. We used a lot more grease but the sleet storm was way better. The void bulb idea was amazing for the ravens. We used precious multi target arrows
Since the ravens always (?) group up the bulb makes em easy. Fireball is great too if you can catch more enemies with it. What duo builds are you running?
@FriendlyLich shadow monk/fighter using shars spear of evening and a gloomstalker assassin archer
@ That sounds like a good team up! You spent a lot of time “farming” special arrows for the stalker?
@FriendlyLich we buy out the shop every chance. He hits like a truck and with shars spear I can just tank hordes
1:48 never used this kind of arrow before. thought one had to actually click on the different targets as in spells affecting several characters. nice to know the arrow finds targets on its own even when they are still concealed from the archer. gz on the arrow critically hitting every target. or does it happen all the time?
I think that if you crit the first it always crit on the rest, but honestly I don't know. I haven't used a lot of special arrows before so I don't know for sure
@@FriendlyLich still watching the battle. 3:19 must be a frightful sight even for someone who knows what's coming. one (and a mage hand) against a whole host of shadow creatures. if I counted correctly, they amount to 27 enemies (presently 'alive', not counting the ones you already dispatched at this point).
wondering if you intentionally created some sort of avenue for them to reach the gate by not covering the area in grease completely. did you place just two barrels? is there not enough room for more without them blowing each other up in a chain reaction?
@@FriendlyLich 5:19 I take it back. 27 was an understatement. now there are *35 enemies* still present and the mage hand is gone already. most mobs passed the barrels too.
@embreis2257 That is a lot of enemies! Hah I have never counted before but I did not think it was that many! And yea, it must be quite disturbing to see all the undeads come crawling towards the portal!
I was thinking of blowing them up (one barrel is there from the start but had brought an extra) but ended up not doing it. I dunno, was busy with other stuff I suppose :)
@@FriendlyLich this is correct. Hold person on one target and then shooting with multi arrows makes everyone get crit
playing act two without character outlines on is the most underappreciated skill on display here. i can’t see shit even in the brighter parts of the game lmao my eyes suck 💀💀
of course jokes aside this was super impressive to watch as usual
Haha I don't have the best eye-sight either but I don't think the outline looks very good unfortunately
@@FriendlyLich i’m with you, i turn them off when i can stand to haha, the game is so much prettier without them. act two is just so dark 😔
All the enemies repeatedly slipping on the ice and losing their turns is the funniest thing I've seen in a week. 😂 That paid off.
Given that Shadowheart is a Sharran, are you going to fully break the shadow curse?
Yeah the slip animation is pure gold 🖤
I’m doing a good-isch run so I will mostly do good decisions. Including breaking the curse. I think I might kill that stupid elephant though!
@@FriendlyLich Doesn't everyone kill the elephant? 🤔 I don't think I've had a single run where I didn't.
...I'll probably have to save them when my paladin gets that far. I have a feeling sacrificing them breaks every oath.
@ Sounds very reasonable that it would break the oath 😅
What's the idea behind the new gear starting from the last video? Something to do with the Wis bonus to AC no longer being enough, I expect, but it's still a fairly radical departure
Also I wonder if it's possible to combine Spike Growth and Sleet Storm
@@Corenair2 you cant, you can sleet storm with darkness or hunger as they are clouds. every turn the ice will be reapplied to the ground and overlap any effects like fire grease electrified water and spikes
Basically I wanted to raise the armor class (as you theorized) more than I could do with wis bonus. I'm even contemplating putting on heavy armor since I think it looks cool. Might go for it a bit in act 2 here to get a dj-feel and then move back to light in act 3.
@@FriendlyLich in this clip you have AC27. quite impressive. can you raise it even more?
@embreis2257 Hm mirror image would raise it more and iirc there's also a pair of gloves that could give another point of armor
Hmm. I have been trying to do a solo honour mode for a while and have trouble getting past act 1. I do a stealth archer build on the recommendation of people who tell me it's the easiest way to do it but I have failed a lot at it. Last time was actuslly going really well, I beat the inquisitor in the creche but then failed a check on a trap to get the mace and fell to my death. After this many failed attempts I am starting to wonder if I should just choose a class I am comfortable with, with tools I understand well and be creative with it instead of going with what people tell me is the easiest.
I personally like druids, they are not the most powerful but they have a very diverse toolkit that makes then good in every situation even if they don't excel at any. Maybe I should give it a shot. My only worries is that a druid won't put out enough damage to kill the final boss.
I'd argue that Act 1 is the hardest part of the game when running solo. It's so easy to just die from a crit (specially from goblins and their fury of the small). Morgana's stealth archer build is really strong, no doubt about it. But if you're more comfortable with druids I think you should go with druid. I'm far from a druid expert but there are several really good solo runners that love the class (Seihoukei on twitch for example) and have finished runs with it. My spore druid run unfortunately ended in the underdark, got one-shot by a Minotaur crit. I know there's some tavern brawler druid shenanigans that you can do if you need damage output but I don't know the details of that, sorry!
Anyhow, what I'm trying to say is that run with something that you enjoy. Any class can complete the game solo :) Good luck and feel free to pop questions in my vids about different encounters if needed! I'll try to answer the best I can.
@FriendlyLich yeah, I just know that when I played in a party, wild shape saved my ass more time than I can count. It's a nice cushion of HP if you're running low and drinking a potion won't save you and some have so much movement speed you can just flee combat if it goes wrong. Then shenanigan with owlbear form are well known. On top of having a bunch of summons and some really useful spells. Yeah, I think I am going to go for it. And for the final boss I will deal then. Maybe creating water and rolls of chain lighting will get me there anyway.
@@Ophelia381 You can 100% do some good damage on the brain with lightning. I mean, you got quite a few rounds so just make sure you can do 2 damage types reliably and you should be good! Just make sure that orpheus/emperor pop a vigilance elixir so they go before you and eat the brain's reaction to getting hurt first in a turn.
@@FriendlyLich oh neat trick on the vigilance potion, thanks
How did you get that extra necrotic damage to your punches?
It's from the gloves. Flawed helldusk
Always impossible. At least it would be for my Tav. Thanks
I'm sure you can do it too 💪