Optimizing Every Companion for Baldur's Gate 3 (Part 2)
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- Опубликовано: 14 июл 2024
- Here's part 2 of my series where I do a fun and powerful build that's also thematically appropriate for every BG3 Origin Companion. Check out part 1 if you missed it!
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Intro:(0:00)
Hit Point Press:(2:54)
Build #1: Gale:(5:23)
Build #2: Lae'zel:(19:33)
Build #3: Astarion:(33:39)
Outtakes:(47:43)
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Watch part 1 here! ruclips.net/video/YOgipqWEUV0/видео.html
Wishing for a part 3 for Halsin, Minthara, Minsc and Jaheira in the future.
Seconded.
Thirded.
And my Axe 🪓
Oh yes please. I'd espeacially like a city appropriate Druid ideas, I had Halsin tag along as healer for a bit because the bear shape made everyone freak out.
@@logancuster8035and my bow 🏹
Lae'zel's Healing Word is just telling a grievously injured party member to "walk it off."
What I love about your builds is they're seated in the mechanics of the game, rather than weird and specific items that abuse game mechanics that probably aren't intended and only come online in Act 3. Thank you for what you do!
All the good stuff is in act 3 :(
@@anthonyfaiell3263 Much rather have a good build to enjoy the journey before reaching act 3 and once upon reaching act 3..... feel the power
But everything is about the journey
This is factual. Rather have a build that's based in the game and natural progression rather than "hey this build is based on this one item you get at the end so play any build you want and respec right before you beat the game"
On the other hand, I'd love to see specific builds around items, or sets of items. Like the ones that add lightning charges. Early on I had that on a staff plus the necklace that added 1 hit to magic missiles. Used the free magic missiles casting to build up a bunch of charges, then next turn fire off a big shot of a 2nd level magic missile for 5 hits, each doing additional lightning damage, plus a big burst of damage once a certain number of charges were obtained.
Much agreed. It's fun to see how wild some of those endgame builds can be, but thanks to Colby's knowledge of 5e he's able to give us characters that progress with a natural feel; enhanced by finding rare items instead of relying on them.
On high charisma Lae’zel, as I’ve been saying for years, charisma is an individual’s force of personality, not necessarily how amicable they are. So Lae’zel having a strong presence or personality makes a lot of sense to me, as do paladin levels. She screams Oath of Devotion or Vengeance as a Githyanki Warrior.
I think a part 3 for non-origin companions would be great. Especially with the 2 very different druid builds between Halsin and Jaheira
For jaheira, if you wanted to embrace her melee, scimitar wielding style, do this astarian build, but fit 2 levels into spore druid for symbiotic entity. The surprise turn getting an extra 8d6 damage is wild.
My jaheira is currently 5 ranger, 3 rogue, 3 druid and I love it. Didn't consider paladin at first, but that would be a good place to go for the last 2 levels for biggest burst damage with smites
A random note, as a human Gale has light armour and shield proficiency.
With the 18 dex gloves and cloak of protection he was sitting comfortably at 20 AC for me leaving act 2.
I gave Gale a level of Cleric of Mystra with War Domain (figure it fit his background reasonably well). But that gives him Heavy Armour Proficiency. It was quite humorous seeing the normally squishy Gale, lumbering into battle and slinging spells while wearing a full suit of Adamantine Armor and plate helm as attacks missed him left and right.
Not sure how I missed that! Game changer
@Dervraka exactly what I'm doing 😎 nice
Tempest domain gives you heavy armor proficiency as well, and suits Mystra more imo@@Dervraka
Also worth considering swapping one feat for dual wielder rather than ASI, you can dual wield quarterstaffs meaning you get a +1 AC from the feat and also get both staff benefits, so double arcane battery, or 2 sets of spell save DC and spell attack increase. Works very nice with the endgame Legendary staff plus some of the very rare ones and as OP says you can have dex gloves and light armor, and the +1AC from talent goes some way to counter the loss of a shield
I gotta love friendly Homelander educating my newbie self on how to play BG3. Found this channel from part 1 of this series and now I’m totally hooked! Keep up the good work!
friendly Homelander...
i cant unsee this
cursed
Missed opportunity to call the wizard tank either The Wank or The Wanker
Using tarot to generate backstories is such a great idea. Tarot is, even if you are a skeptic, a great random idea generator. Making connections between the cards can get your creativity going.
Something interesting/weird about Gale in BG3. Since humans in BG3 have Light Armor and Shield proficiency, it means Gale (and Wyll) always get to use Light Armor and Shields for free without multi-classing.
it's really hard to not put shields on every character bc it's so easy esp early on
The moment I realised, I could give Gale a shield & remembered to put that shield spell in his spell list, he instantly stopped being squishy.
Wyll gets light armor from being a warlock anyway without multiclassing
@@anska7475 yeah! i also made my gale an abjuration wizard x warlock 2 if you know what I mean. my boy's unkillable. plus he got darkvision!
Very professional! Our ENTIRE family plays this and watches your channel. Age 3, 8, 13, 39, and 45. Thank you. You have a 30 ability score in our house, on Charisma, Wisdom, and Intelligence. We love the BG3 content! So good!❤❤❤
If I remember correctly Lae'zel and Gale have a bit of banter about Githyanki fighting styles and weapons early on. She offers to teach him something and he declines. So there would be some backstory for those fighter levels. ^^
"No thanks. I prefer abjuration to acrobatics."
The backstory on those fighter levels is just d4's obsession with action surge.
@@joco8587 I mean, action surge is pretty good.
@@F_Mothering yeah i know, it's just funny that he justifies it using lae'zel. Long time fans know those two levels of fighter are just coming from his obsession with it. He puts two levels of fighter in a lot of his builds it's practically a meme now.
@@joco8587 That's fair. It does seem to be his go-to when a multi class doesn't even up for feats. "Just sprinkle in some fighter levels for action surge. Stir, and bake at Karlach-degrees Fahrenheit."
Gale is actually pretty sturdy by default, or he can be. As a Human in BG3, he starts with proficiency in Light Armor and Shields. So if you spec him to have 14 Dex, he can have 12 AC natively, plus 2 from a shield is 14, then throw on, like, even a Padded+1 early on and you’re at 16 or 17 or so.
Also, on learning from Lae’zel: She actually offers to teach him some of her techniques for defense, but he says he “prefers Abjuration to acrobatics,” for what it’s worth.
That "I prefer Abjuration to Acrobatics..." line is worth a ton when the subject is selecting character specific class choices. Makes the Tanky Wizard build idea even more valid since he personally states it in game.
Anyone doubting her majesty Lae'zel taking on bard should consider that Gurney Halleck played a lot of baliset, well at least in the book. He also is fairly prickly.
I actually respecced Astarion into an Oathbreaker/Warlock; he's the only of my party to grow the *mind powers* and is running the underdark drow sword, so having him be this sort of unholy powerseeker that does loads of damage is really fun
On brand, nice
I feel like Vengeance Paladin makes soooooo much sense for Astarion especially since the dip is likely to happen in act 2 when he starts to open up more and become more affixed to the idea of taking Cazador down instead of simply avoiding him at all costs. All 3 of these builds seem super fitting to me, and that Karlach build from the last video is INSANE at least up to level 6 where she is in that playthrough. Thanks as always for the wonderful breakdowns of the synergy of your builds, it really makes DnD noobs like me have a better understanding of the game and I can't say I'd be having as much fun as I am without them. Thank you!
Just found this channel a week ago and was already waiting anxiously for Part 2. Love the DnD and Balder's Gate content and the positivity in these videos, keep up the good work!!!
I was totally planning to give Astarion Paladin levels because it feels right for the character to me. These build's are awesome. I love the idea of Lae'zel taking up the roll of battlefield commander as she slowly grows to appreciate the capabilities of her companions. Thanks for sharing :D
Interesting call on paladin! What was your thinking behind that? Always keen to hear about other cool lore builds.
@@finnfeaver1196 I'm on my first playthrough but my partner played the game before I was able to so I'm a bit spoiled on his story line. Without to many spoilers for anyone else though, I've been waiting for a specific thing to happen and if it goes the way I'm hoping it will, I think he might have a bit of a change about how he views heroes and himself among their number. At that point I think I'll respec him into several levels of paladin, I'm not sure how many yet haven't quite worked that out. But I am drawn to his line about no one ever coming to save him. I think at this point in the story he might start feeling like he could be that for someone else. Also I think if he got to smite someone on top of sneak attack he would gleeful at the destruction lol.
Feel like someone’s gonna show up in this series that I didn’t know could be a companion
There’s 10 possible.
@@hoganlex1 I was correct, I’m at the end of Act 3 and I’ve got 9
@@georgeskinner3217 n act 1/2 you have to pick between the gobbos and the Druid/tiefs. That choice leads to only having 9 available at end act 3, as you lose access to the faction leader of the side you didn’t choose.
@@hoganlex1actually siding with the goblins loses you Wyll, Karlach and Halsin in exchange for Minthara
Hopefully next week
If I'm not mistaken Gale being pushy on romance is a glitch or something. That's what I've heard anyways. I desperately need Larian to put a tag in the dialogue like [ROMANCE] when you talk to your companions. Just being nice shouldn't mean I'm trying to bone them 😅
Larian supposedly fixed that in patch 3. Did it not work?
@@zemorph42 I have no idea.
Weirdly enough, the more I learn about Gale, the more I find it appropriate to his character that he immediately thinks you're trying to flirt with him if you're slightly nice to him. Considering he threatens to blow up if you say he's decent in bed. And the fact that his ego has to be inflated from sleeping with a literal goddess. I almost find the bug fitting lol
@@zemorph42About like they fixed Minthara.
@@shawngillogly6873 I can't play the game yet. Unfortunately I don't have a device capable of running it, unless I can use cloud gaming to do so, and even then, I won't have access to it until later this year, minimum. I'm stuck living vicariously through RUclips until then.
I always respec Astarion as a Bard first and then a rogue, makes more sense considering that his job with Cazador was attracting victims, so he would be very carismatic, and I love the dual hand crossbow build, its insane
I'm incapable of playing a rogue (Astarion or Tav) without taking Thief, seeking out dual hand crossbows, and picking up Sharpshooter. It's just way too fun!
@@MsCrickBG3 also with the dual weapon fighting style from the bard, the dual hand crossbows are OP, I combine that with the bard's hat thet you can get in the grove and I turn Astarion into a Gunslinger
The two-weapon fighting style isn't necessary to get the bonus damage from Hand Crossbows because for some reason Larian coded the Hand Crossbow weirdly. As a result, you're actually better off taking the Duelling fighting style that you can Rapier + Shield and still deal decent damage if someone gets into melee range.@@HinchaGeek
@@Yabbamann Well probably its patched because im using a dual hand crossbow bard Astarion in two fo my runs and is totally OP
Thank you! This is a big help! I'm getting back into D&D after a 20 yr hiatus & thought a vg would make it easier. I had no idea how overwhelming it would be. Thank you for making my life easier.
Another excellent bonus for Rally is that it can revive Downed allies! It gives them the X Temporary Health AND 1 standard HP. Martials getting the equivalent of Healing Word with a 60ft range is nuts.
I was quite literally just waiting to see if this had been uploaded yet! What great timing, thank you so much for this!
One thing to keep in mind too, with gale specifically, is that he can use light armor and shields right from level 1 regardless of class. In bg3 humans and half elves get the civil militia feature, which gives you proficiency in all polearms, light armor and shields.
For Gale I found that Wizard 8/Sorcerer 4 was stunningly good. By putting Charisma at 12 and focusing on spells that don't require a high casting bonus but are "must takes" for my spontaneous sorcerer spells (magic missile, shield, misty step, mirror image), I was able to get some sorcerer utility (twinned spells, quickened spell, reach spell) which gave me the extra action economy of a fighter but didn't in any way diminish my spellcasting capability, and as a draconic sorcerer I picked up 3 AC and 4 HP along with yet another always useful spell - feather fall. By continuing to focus on Intelligence casting, the losses were minimal at worst and non-existent in many places. I lost two arcane recovery charges (replaced with 4 sorcery spell points which can do the same thing and were more versatile), 8 spells learned at level (which equates only to gold since I can still scribe level 6 spells and have max slots to use them), 4 prepared spells (which are replaced with 5 known spells for being a draconic sorcerer, so a net win), and my level 10 subclass feature (which as diviniation was not a huge loss and easily balanced with overall wins). This is all easily roleplayed as his connection with the artifact and/or Mystra (just as easily as cleric levels can at least).
I've been waiting for this one. I absolutely love your builds. I have never played dnd, your videos are huge on helping me understand the mechanics for BG3.
Thanks for all your hard work. I recently found your channel. Your video production is fantastic. Everyone needs to hear your outros, they're wholesome and genuine, and should be in your intro as well.
Time to respec everything. Thank you so much for doing this, I can't imagine how much work it was. It's much appreciated!💖As a noob in turn vg, I was super apprehensive. I'm just grateful I found your channel.
I think for Gale, a little bit of sorcerer would be interesting and fit his background - he was born with an incredible ability with magic...
I like the Rogue/Gloomstalker for Asterion, but his personality is all about wanting power and being charming (in a way). A pure Bard with College of Lore fits him well. He can still be your slight of hand specialist, but he now gets all sorts of illusion and charm options. Even a few good evocations if you want to take them at levels six or 10.
Arcane Trickster or Rogue 2 Wizard 10 might fit him as well, but with Bard he’s casting and picking pockets from the start. And he has perform in his default skill set, too.
Love these builds, and love your energy, man! Such a positive and refreshing thing to find on the interwebs. Your expertise has made my first playthrough so much fun!
A potential alternative for Gale's lvl 8 feat choice is spell sniper instead of +2 to INT. Pick up eldritch blast, and lvl 10 wizard he now adds INT to every blast, mimicking agonizing blast really well, but with a wider utility as a wizard.
Could also do 2 lvls in Warlock to get Eldritch Blast + Agonizing Blast, then at Wiz 10 you get both INT and CHA scaling on it (slightly MAD, but you could fit it in, or wiggle around some ability scores to get a couple extra dmg points)
@@soulstice94there is a quest reward in act 2 that gives you a robe that adds your charisma bonus to all cantrip damage that would stack as well so if you had a charisma of 20 and an int of 18 you could Eldritch blast for 3d10 + 42 if all 3 of them hit
@@BinxyBrown Charisma 20 Int 18, then everything else is at 8? Stephen Hawking out here blasting people with his mind
@@hyteclowlifeYou can put your INT, CHA and Con to 15 before ASI and just dump everything else
@@The_Crimson_Witch This is the part stumping me on the builds. They feature impossible starting stat spreads, with 16 points in stats that don't get the class bonus, like Lae'zel's Charisma, or Gale's Constitution (or Intelligence, if doing a level 1 Fighter respec).
That's my version of Astarion, the Ascendant Vampire ! For me have a lot of sense some mix of Rogue and Bard. He is very charming and cautivating and he talks a lot ( so his instrument is the lyre ). All the spells are very vampirestyle: charming, sleep, control animal, paralize, hipnotise, disguise. And a little of Warlock cause the final pact with Mephistopheles.
Disapointing that someone with more than 100 years old still on Level 1. Come on Astarion,..!
Anyway, it could be like this.
ACT 1 Nautiloide, Tiflings/Goblins, Auntie/Underdark and Crèche
1.- 1 Rogue. Sneak attack.
2.- 2 Rogue. hide/run as Bonus action.
3.- 3 Rogue. PickPocket. Extra Bonus Action. 3 attacks/round.
4.- 4 Rogue. Feat . Sharpshooter. +10damage -5attackrolls
5.- 1 Bard. Bardic inspiration. Harmful mockery is very Astarion and Friends.
ACT 2 Shadowlands. Last Light, Gauntlet of Shar and Moonrise Towers.
6.- 2 Bard. Short Rest + competence skills.
7.- 3 Bard.Colleges of Swords. 2 attacks or +4 AC or through back the enemy. + Paralize + Dual weapon bonus
8.- 4 Bard. Feat : +2 DEX or Crossbows Master.
ACT 3 Baldur's Gate.
9.- 5 Bard. Hipnotise patron. Better Bardic insp,.
10.- 6 Bard ExtraAttack Finally! Terror.
11.- Warlock Hex/Infernalrepresion. The Great old One, mortal reminder.
12.- Warlock Devil's Sight + Repeling Blast.
Gear.
Helmet of Grit +Extra Bonus Action when 50% HP.
The Deathstalker Mantle. Invisible for kill.
Bhaalist Armour. Enemies at 2 meters vulnerables to piercing damage. That's crazy. +2 initiative
Infernal Gloves. Extra damage and +1DC And Thief Gloves for stealing
Disintegrating Night Walkers boots. Misty Step and good stuffs.
Amulet of the Harpers. Shield Spell. Or Constitution cause the idea is being under 50% HP.
Risky Ring Advantage on attack rolls. And Smuggler's Ring for stealing.
Band of the Mystic Scoundrel. After hitting a creature with a weapon attack, you can cast illusion or enchantment spells as a Bonus Action. And Shapeshifter's Boon Ring for stealing.
Knife Under the Mountain 19Crit
Blade of the First Blood leftHand 18Crit + Counter Attack + 1AC
HandCrossbow Hellfire and fireburning
And the Eternal Carafe of Wine Item that you can win with the Djinn Akabi and the Tranfuse health illithid power is perfect for the Helmet of Grit. You can damage almost the half of your HP and be aqurate with the wine as free action to reach the 50% HP.
And if you don't have the Thief Gloves in Act 1, Akabi have a +2 stealing gloves with a "downside" that you gain 1 piece of hot coal for each steal you do. Then you can sell the coal for 1 piece of gold each one. The problem is that when you steal a lot of things you can burn in flames. So there is a cloak from Akabi too that make you wet. It's a funny combination :o)
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So, you have a very powerfull build here!
2 attacks + 3 bonus actions with the helmet.
With the ring you can cast a spell as a bonusaction. Use your action attacking and then paralize, hipnotize or terrify with a bonus action, and destroy with the other 2 bonusaction.
AND with the amazing Baahlist Armor, you'll be attacking with your crossbow and the +10 damage of the Sharpshooter exactly 2,00 meters from the enemy. So the enemy will be vulnerable to your piercing damage and the min distance to avoid the proximity disvantage on ranged atacks. There is a
pixel in between! ( Or you can choose Crossbowmaster to make easier ) And anyway , you wear the risky ring ;)
Also is very funy and usefull how interacts the aura of the armor out of combat. Everyone run away from you! Luckly you can toggle the pasive. Very vampire too.
So, attacking with a ( +10 dmg Sharpshooter +d10 dmg Vampire Ascendant +d6 dmg Gloves ) x 2 = 52 dmg for arrow . Plus if you have paralized before... Crit!
Put some arrows like Darkness with the Infernal Vision or arrow for Multiple enemies and have fun
Plus Illithid Powers : Flying, Cull the weak, Mind Blast, Transfuse, Blackhole, Beast Shape,. Man, that's all very vampire too, my darling ♡
I've been waiting, since part 1, for this one. :)
I'd love to see your take on a Jack of all Trades build. One that you can't respec (If achievement hunting).
You can technically cheese the achievement by getting to level 12 normally and then either getting a hireling set up with one level in each class or building one of the act 3 latecomers with that setup.
@@Galastan I was under the impression that it had to be the PC. Either way, it would be interesting to see his take on a JoaT build.
Awww yeah. Been checking up daily when part 2 came out. Been having a blast with the companion builds. They really feel just right
I would have never thought of a assassin paladin build. Thats sounds really fun thanks!
"you're better off casting haste on your strongest mele damage dealer, or maybe your eldritch blast warlock"
Just last night I hit level 5 and was twin casting haste on Karlach and Wyll with my sorcerer. I was going through enemies like a hot knife through butter...
Hey Colby, thanks for all the fire BG3 content lately, I've been making good use of some of your builds. I really love your battlefield commander idea for Lae'zel and I'm definitely gonna try it out. It does feel very thematic for her personality and I like how you tried to keep that in mind. Keep up the sick work!
I love that, after all this time taking a break from bg3 but just now getting back into it when a friend started playing; just seeing and hearing you speak about it jogs my mind and brings back all the clever tricks and tips I had gotten from you back at the game's release. Your charisma stat is considerable, lol
For optimising Gale, I like camp Gale. 3 Cleric/1 rogue/8 Transmutation Wizard. He can use Warding Bond on everyone and he gets the NPC heal self while he's not in your party so he takes half of your party's damage without ever being there and heals it all for free. He gets a level 6 spell slot for upcast Aid. He can do the longstrider and mage armor casts (if you have anyone unarmoured) saving your party from needing to prepare/use those spells. The rogue level is for expertise in Medicine to help him do alchemy and produce double outputs as a transmutation wizard. And finally he gets transmutation stone as well, that he can give away to someone. He just buffs everyone then leaves party and chills in camp.
Really happy I found your channel. You are really a fantastic resource. Thank you!
Thank you for these build guides, they are awesome 👌
I rolled with your Storm Socerer build with my Gale and never looked back. Makes boss fights trivial 😅
Totally doing the Gloomwalker for my PC! Such great videos. Thank you so much.
That last part was very nice, thank you, you too have a great day, week or month even!
Love these builds. Been looking forward to this 2nd optimizing video. I often watch this during my lunch break, yay for working from home. Totally off topic, I could listen to you read a phone book. Like for reals it just chills me out. lol.
Loved every bit of this thank you sir!
The introduction is quite likely my favorite of all introductions. Love you too!
Loving the build ideas ❤ I really enjoy trying new builds in this wonderful game.
I just watched part 1 from my recommended tab an hour ago and checked if part 2 was out. And not just 40 minutes later, here it is
The puzzle with Wizards is spell selection moment to moment. When you have quick saves that falls apart.
Such great build ideas. Thank you!
Finallllyyyy! Been waiting excitedly for a long 7 days for this! Thanks so much!
Thank you very much! Amazing videos!
I've watched so many build videos at this point and these are by far my favorites. I care much more about making the builds feel in-character instead of just min-maxing, so this was perfect! Also love that you don't focus on requiring super specific equipment to make builds work.
Can't wait to start my tactician playthrough using your builds for Shadowheart, Lae'zel, and Astarion! I'm stealing Wyll's build for my character. Planning on doing an evil playthrough so hoping for a part 3 just in case I need to sub out Shadowheart for Minthara!
I really love the Lae’zel build here. Such a cool idea for her to be mostly a Fighter/Bard. I can just hear the mockery she would yell across the battlefield, hoping to throw off an enemy just in time for a vicious strike from her allies. These build guides have been blessing for me as I do not have as much time to theory craft anymore. Thanks and keep up the fantastic work!
Honestly, my favorite Lae'zel build has been pure War Cleric of Vlaakith.
Another great video! I love your content and your attitude. 🧡
Such great builds! Thanks Colby!
I love your builds also love that you're doing BG3 content. Thanks!
Awesome ideas. Thanks!
Part 3 for Halsin and Minthara!!
Also this was an amazing video and I really liked the original and surprise twists you made in these builds. I think they made sense and I will be trying them all out!!
Your vids are so great man. Never thought I'd get invested in long form DnD build content lel
You explain stuff so well. There are some channels that are all over the place on these guides. Thai is my first “D&D” “experience” so I appreciate the explanations and the fact that you explain stuff so well. Cheers bro. Thanks
I have not heard a SINGLE WORD you've said in the last 40 minutes as I was reading articles, and writing my very own essays to a friend. Your voice is THAT soothing, and that's a compliment. it's almost like background music. if nothing else, when I need to focus on my own writing, i'll just pull up one of your 40 minute videos. xD
Empowered evocation also add the INT modifier on EACH missile of magic missile. Which is quite something considering its 8 missiles at the end so 40 hit point guaranted.
I needed to hear the don't give up. thanks
I came back just to watch the second one (even though I already got the build I wanted lol) just because you said in the first one people never watch part 2's 😂😂😂 well and your videos are so well put together.
Ha ha - thanks!
So true, I’ve only recently started watching these and have to agree, your videos are very well put together 👍
Love Lae'zel build so much! Thank you!
This is excellent Colby.
I’m tempted to turn everyone into Druids and simply wildshaping into owlbears.
This would be fun! Or barb/dru for raging owlbear.
I did Gloomstalker 5/Assasin 6/ Great Old One 1 for that Fear on Crits, was very happy with it
I actually went with Monk for Lae'zel, especially after a specific choice that begins in Act 1 and throughout Act 2.
been so excited for this! really wanna see how you do lae'zel
I will absolutely be using this Lae’zel build! So freaking dope!
Sentinel & Polearm master a great combo. If it works properly.
I love you, too, dude. Thanks for the builds.
I love the videos! I haven't watched my subscriptions page as closely as I do for these videos
Personally I love Laezel as Eldritch Knight/Abjurer. Extra tanky and get that feel of the old Psychic Warrior from older versions of D&D
Love the builds! And well... every build you've posted regarding BG3 haha. I do feel though with Gale maybe the blaster caster Tempest cleric/Sorc could've been a good fit too? No spoilers but definitely could see him being that subclass of a cleric too as well as the fact that he's a charmer as well so Charisma feels like something he should thematically have a lot in lol
Can't get enough of the BG3 content. The respec'ing and multiclassing flexibility is just wonderful for optimization.
Thankyou, been waiting for this :)
Been missing your content too, hope that everything is well 😊
Incredible info man. You know the game very well. You give me a lot of insight which I love. I'm going to keep playing around and I just entered act 3 so wish me luck! I'm almost level 8 😅
Thank you for all your hard work. I'm new to d&d and baldur's gate 3 and these builds are so helpful. So again thank you.
Awesome 👏 as someone who hasn’t played with the dnd system your explanations have really helped me to understand things better
I was waiting for this.
That Lae’Zel build is so awesome I love it!
Love it Colby!
Great videos and just what I've been looking for! I want to keep to the character's personality while making them more powerful. I appreciate the advice, as someone new to this genre and not a D&D player.
One thing I think these guide videos would benefit from are visuals from the game, it'd just be easier to follow if I could pause and see the different ability points, spell selections, and proficiencies you're suggesting so I don't have to rewind and listen a few times! Excellent content regardless, of course. :)
Finally, been waiting for this.
Actually impressed how comprahensive this is without seeing any in-game info. Very chill asmr way to learn builds. Keep em coming❤
I've got multiple hundreds of hours in this game, and I've barely even scratched the surface of act 3. These videos always inspire me to play around with different builds, thanks for being awesome!
Lae'zel as bard: I see her sitting around the campfire strumming her lute and singing "kumbaya!"
while encouraging everyone to come in closer. Group hug!!!! 🤣
. . . . ha! Can't get this image out of my mind, now!
Seriously, these two videos taught me so much about building characters, multiclassing, and group
dynamics for the party.
Well done!
If I'm not playing a bard myself, I often give the role to Astarion as college of swords and deck him out in a +1 (and later +2) chain shirt since those both have a fairly similar aesthetic to his starting outfit. He becomes my fancy Battle-Bard.
Not gonna lie, when you said Bard for Lae'zel, I was like "Okay...that's a weird choice, but I wanna see what you do with it," but as you started explaining, this is definitely something I want to play with. Very...inspirational lol
Just got BG3, was going "jees complex character development". Mate your help guides are the best. Watched them all. Gamer from Australia.
Thank you for all of your content. I'm not a min/maxer, but like seeing how different things interact, then use a little bit of it. And while I'll never take two levels of fighter just to get Action Surge for that one nova round, I'll take 3 for Battle Master and maneuvers!
I did your optimised shadowheart build. I love it. I also use a very special weapon for a very special level 6 spell.
you are my GOAT man thank u for these