Written Guide Azata Inciter Skald Race: Human, but it will work with anything else Background: Pickpocket Str:19 Dex:14 Con:14 Int:9 Wis:8 Char:14 Can use Str 14 and Char 19 for a crowd control focus Skills: Athletics, Persuasion, Use Magic Device Deity: Any with chaotic for Azata Bonus Feat: Lingering Performance 1: Power Attack, Arcane Spirit or Metamagic (Extend or Heighten), Grease and Cure Light Wounds 2: Hideous Laughter or Remove Fear 3: Extra Rage Power: Beast Totem Lesser, Lethal Stance, Remove Fear 4: Increase highest stat Str or Char, Combat Trick: Cleave, Heroism, Glitterdust or Blur 5: Cleaving Finish, Glitterdust or Mirror Image 6: Beast Totem, Mirror Image 7: Outflank, Unbreakable Heart, Good Hope and Haste 8: Reviving Finale 9: Lunge, Combat Trick: Exotic Weapon Proficiency: Fauchard, Displacement or Any 10: Sense Vitals, Echolocation and Freedom of Movement 11: Improved Critical: Fauchard, Any spell, Greater Invisibility 12: Beast Totem Greater, Dimension Door 13: Armor Focus: Medium Armor Focus or Improved Initiative or Great Cleave or Combat Reflexes, Remove Curse or Any, Heroism Greater and Dispel Magic Greater (or Heaven's Wing Strike if Char) 14: Dispelling Attack or Wearying Strike or Petrifying Strike, Any spell, Any spell (Cacophonous Call if Char) 15: Improved Initiative, Any spell 16: Any spell, Cat's Grace Mass and Overwhelming Presence 17: Extra Rage Power: Deadly Accuracy, Any spell 18: Lethal Accuracy 19: Raging Brutality, Wearing Strike or Dispelling Attack 20: Any Mythic 1: Close to the Heavens or Instrument of Freedom, Abundant Casting 2: Extra Mythic Ability: Mythic Inspiration 3: Ever Ready 4: Improved Critical (Mythic): Fauchard, Incredible Might 5: Mythic Charge 6: Mythic Power Attack or Mythic Medium Armor Focus Assault, Zippy Magic, Animal Aspect Greater 7: Master Shapeshifter 8: Improved Initiative Mythic or Mythic Medium Armor Focus Assault or Mythic Power Attack, Life-Bonding Friendship Precise Strike or Shake It Off 9: Any or Last Stand, Shake It Off or Precise Strike 10: Improved Initiative Mythic, Marvelous Endurace Gear Amulet: Vellexia's Magnifying Amulet or Voracious Spirit Armor: Life Infuser, Chainmail of Comradery for Early Game Shirt: Robe of the Seven Sins Belt: Belt of the Last of the First Humans Gloves: Fencer's Gift Boots: Boots of Stampede or Ronneck's Sacrifice Helm: Hat of the Bitter End or Wind Master Helmet or Hat of the Heartening Song Glasses: Broken Trickster or Goggles of Piercing Gaze or Razmir's Mask Cloak: Grand Festival Cloak or Any Cloak of Resistance Ring: Ring of Triumphant Advance and Ring of Imminent Demise, or Ring of Evasion or Ring of Guiding Star Braces: Bracers of Slaughter or Engraved Lucky Bracers for Early Game Weapon: Mighty Blow of Good or Bearer of Sorrow, Sin Mage's Staff for casting buffs Consumables: Signet of House Vespertilio, Jharsygax, Extend Metamagic Rods, Old Grimoire, Lucky Dice or Triceratops Statuette
I made an inciter using your 2h ranged throwing axe skald guide as a foundation of sorts for a mercenary. I took petrifying strike on the skald. Using your aeon sohei guide for my main I destroyed Playful Darkness optional wiping out his buffs and and ac from the -2 dex each hit. He survived a round only to be a fraction of himself. Such a good sub class!
Been following your channel for a while, and got to say: You consistently put out amazing rpg build videos, with very well explained game mechanics and the reasoning for your own choices. Keep at it brother.
Dispelling attack party-wide simply breaks the game. With so many attacks you completely dispel enemies in a single round. Very much my new favorite skald ability.
problem with owlcat now if a build is up they probably hard at work in nerfing. it's bad and they are not aware of what they are doing is going push gamers away. i hope their bosses read this and don't let their own employee sabotage their game. obsidian literally kill their own game with this as i was a kickstarter backer back then
@@archavenxyeah I have to worry that Inciter is going to get hit with the nerf hammer. Owlcat completely nerfed the heck out of the build I was using in Rogue Trader. Made me put the game down until the next DLC.
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seeing the fact you have more guides coming out makes me excited, I have a reason to do another playthough of this game, with more time spaced out so I don't spend another 200 hours within like 4 months.
I believe Destructive Dispel as well as the new Dispel Focus feats all work with Dispelling Attack. I had my Skald built for range and on respec/new run filling in the feats from 13ish onwards with the Dispel related chain seems pretty solid.
What i have done, and mostly because i wanted my skald to play differently, was stack him with a throwing axe/longbow/whatever ranged, pick the spell pene and enchantment DC feats and stack her with all the enchamtment gear you find. Even on unfair Fights barely last a round anyway and her damage doesnt really matter. A nice Song of Discord or Confusion, which hits more often than not, is a very good substitution for the missing "Outflank/attack of opportunity" proccer. Also a nice place to wear the White Dragon Chest in the back rank if you wanna stack up some sort of cold dmg caster with Elemental Imbument
DId you end up taking any ranged feats like precise shot etc. from the skald talents? Been trying to make this work with Daeran since he can use Cloak of the Ancient Herald but there's no dex reach weapons and he gets eaten alive by opportunity attacks :/
@@Dragonology99 For this i used a respec mod and used Aru, was a bit sick of the same limitations of the premade Companions after liek 7 playthoughs :D. I picked point blank/precise/imp crit/weapon focus, 2x Spellfocus Ench, 2x Spell Pene. and the good skald stuff (lethal stance, beast totems, etc) Not doing much dmg with the bow, but passable, but with mythic spell pen basicly can put anybody into some sort of enchantment spell, confusion, laughter, whatever really. Am in the office right now so cant look, but i might have crammed shatter defenses in there somewhere
@@cRPGBro i tried it with Axes, as in plural, but then you really need to cut some stuff for the DW talents. If you do it without my dips into Enchantment and Spell pene, it works quite well as DW even.
I feel that Inciter is a better buffer as a legend 20 level inciter 20 level Thug Dispelling stacks on character levels Get all the fear-based feat and then get a Barberan bonus feat for the wide party buff. With thug(rouge) you can get all the advanced rouge feat, specifically the minus to attribute.
It's very hard to compete with Legend, especially Trickster > Legend for non merged Mythics. I just wanted something different and felt Azata was very thematic for uber buffing.
Hi there and thank you! And yep, it's definitely Unfair viable considering Skalds are one of the most important party member for an easy time on Unfair. Of course it's not meant to tank, but that's what Reach is for! But for Unfair you might prefer to go Trickster and grab all the Critical Boosting feats starting from level 13 onwards, the same for the rest of your party.
Awesome build! Looking forward to what comes next for these builds. Still hoping the Azata Menagerie gets a rework from you as I absolutely love summons and that was such a fun build to run but now it's kinda broke 😢
Glad I could help! Animal Fury wasn't picked as Bite attacks won't stack anymore, and it doesn't work well with characters that have Reach Weapons, but for the rest of the party it can provide an extra attack regardless!
Can’t wait to see what you come up with the magic deceiver class I feel that you’d cook something devious also I wanted to see if you do a swarm that walks winter child will you get multiple winter children or just one
hey CRPGbro. Thank you again for an awesome guide. Do you think this skald build is good enough for a unfair run or would you recommend something else?
Great build. I was put off Inciter by the description at first, seemed like the "Evil Skald", but I can see it as a freedom inciting Azata now. Will definitely be respecing my base Skald Azata to this now. One question, why not take Seize the Moment? It appears on a lot of your older builds and I took it on my base Skald with Life-Bonding Friendship to great effect. Combined with Outflank that's two AoO for every critical. I'm using your Seelah build with Scimitars for 25% crit chance so her mount effectively gets 1 free attack for every 2 of hers.
@@cRPGBro Ah ok. Won't be taking that again then. 😅 Another question for you, how well would this build with with Duel Rapiers? I'm halfway through Act3 so have benched Camillia (still got her, for now...) and my Skald worships Cayden Cailean so it seems thematic. Plus my next play through will be some sort of Angel divine gish so I'll likely go 2H there as well. I figure it would let me take advantage of Incredible Might more often and I ride Aivu later I won't accidentally attack with reach outside of her range. More likely to get hit but also more AC and initiative is useful too.
The only caution I would give to dispelling strike is that it breaks your own CC. I once gave dispelling strike to my loremaster/arcane trickster and if I tried stacking sirocco and mass icy prison, dispelling sneak attack caused sirocco to break mass icy prison a very high proportion of the time. Depending on your reliance on CC, having a dispel that cannot be conveniently turned off isn't always desirable.
You gotta try sable company marine/hunter. Id recommend divine hound for the judgments. However sacred would get you domains and domain spells.. so there is an argument to be made. But even though hound would normally be dog/wolf, a griffon is waaaay better
Add on the title,tank.. that f... Insult passive is a aggro magnet lol had monsters aggro my Cavalier and another party member dog when i charge to only get Seeleah ( made her Inciter ) get hammered down REALLY quick lol, when i forget to pull back like on your "how to play" part of the vid. Giving me idea to dip one level of this class on any tank i build 🤨 ( if fails to land, they go after the caster, low charisma tank and good to go lol )
I don't know what I am doing wrong but my mercinary inciters lethal stance buff does not apply to party. I turn accept rage on, all their attacks show inspiring rage bonus to both attack and damage but there is no lethal stance bonus in the combat log! I went for trickster path btw.
Because half the builds are skald builds. People were hoping for something actually interesting. I for one was really hoping for a magic deceiver vid since the spell combos are really interesting.
@@marky6456We get videos for free, why complaining if you are not interested? I'm not gonna dislike Elden Ring videos because I'm not interested in that game. To each their own i guess
@@greggreg2458 They have every right to dislike the video. The dislikes will show him that his audience isn't happy with the content he's putting out.
@@marky6456 Magic deceiver has a very limited spellbook. Essentially, you will be combining AOE + laughter/stun or AOE + polymorph against those who are immune to stun/laughter.
The extra sneak attack and rogue abilities sharing is nice, but are you giving up anything from the standard skald? The base skald has free haste effect at level 20, anything else of value lost?
Hi there and thanks! Yep I did BG3 on Honor with many builds. I have a Complete Honor + Honor Party Guide here: ruclips.net/video/3jUgD2uRhfE/видео.html
@@cRPGBro Very true, but I think it’s a level 12+ ability anyway. By then you’re able to handle it and even abuse it. Edit: Also, thanks for always making these videos. You’re doing great work.
@@cRPGBro It seems nowadays enemies have changed they behavior. Few rounds and they completely ignore your tank in most fights. So I think basic skald is a little bit safer bet.
Any time you won't be feat starved and you're playing a Charisma Caster Kindred raised half elf is is almost always the best race in my opinion. it let's you get a plus 4 to charisma with no negative stats. Personally I prefer high Charisma bard/skald since you can get all the buffs on your spell list and still have enough spell slots to pick up all the best CC on their list. But yeah being feat starved especially early sucks, just started a new unfair playthrough and getting through the shield maze with out precise shot alone made me wish I ran human lol.
Yeah, the Human extra Feat benefit is really strong early! It's true that Kindred Half Elf is amazing and quite unique since I can't recall any other Race granting such a high bonus to stats.
I'm currently running a build like this but using bard. I like using Aivu as a mount. I plan on equipping the Zaoris's Beauty helm on her so I can give out more teamwork feats but Idk if that works yet.
Just Put mercenaries in your Party for playing different classes. For me it was boring playing Seelah the 4th time as Paladin, so i added a merc as skald.
Im playing on ps5 and bought a merc skald last night. At level 2 I had to pick a skald talent. Every build or guide I look up doesnt mention this at level 2, whats the deal?
I just gave mine a tower shield. Tower shield+ sorcerous reflex displacement lets anyone tank. And everything tries to attack it because of the debuff. Tank buffer and healer in one guy.
I know this isnt related but what mythic path would you pair with the blade bound magus? Trickster is the first choice but hoping something else works more
Now that shatter defenses is working as written, it's not nearly as good. Is it still worth taking on my companions? Is there something else that's a better use of feats?
Does anyone know how "Hit the Nerve" is supposed to function? I thought it would let my other party members cast spells while under the effect of inspired rage, but it just doesn't. They also still lose the 1 AC from the song. Is it supposed to just allow the skald himself to cast spells, while the allies are still limited?
Because of baldurs gate 3 build video i subscribed to you ! Is this game worth buying including all the dlc and will i enjoy like i enjoy baldur gate 3 very much
Thank you! I would highly recommend Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous with all DLC if you like cRPGs. It's not exactly the same as BG3 (for example graphics are not as good and there's no full voice acting) howeve there's a a LOT more content like build options, classes, feats, spells etc. I also prefer the party members & the story, especially the Mythic Paths (main character can become Lich, Angel, Demon etc.).
I do not recommend to pick Arcane Spirit. While the concept might sound cool, the DC on enemies you need to beat... is unreal. For example, at the end of act 2 you will need 93 DC (!) to beat with Arcane Spirit. Perception on enemies is incredibly high in Wotr.
How much would quality of this build change if played in full RTWP instead of turn-based? I intend to go RTWP Core Last Azlanti after I finish my current unfair run and I'm already looking for some inspiration and leaning towards doing something based on Azata.
Yes, because Skald is still a tremendously useful addition to almost any party, especially as there's no story party member Skald! And well, Inciter is the best Skald.
Yes, the feats are exactly the same as well, you can replace the Trickster specific ones for something else if your MC goes another Mythic. You'll have Reach from early so AC boosting feats don't matter. You can pick Extra Rage Power: Animal Fury, Combat Reflexes, Weapon Focus, even Dazzling Display + Shatter Defenses. Great Cleave & Improved Cleaving Finish as well, depending on what you prefer.
Can you confirm the bug with mythic inspiration : with this ability I can no longuer cast spells with my teammates.. :( I am trying to solve this with toybox but :( Call to violence cloak doesnt work either.
@cRPGBro can you ask Owlcat when they will publish the new Update on console? Especially on PS5? I wanna start my first unfair run with a drunken master tank. My Party should contain mercs as Paladin, Cleric, Skald, Brownfur and Witch. All with pets of course.
I feel like Azata is the new "go to" melee mythic path. After nerfs to improved critical you gain meager 2 range to your critical threat with trickster path which doesn't feel that good anymore, I guess you still have your critical multiplier bonus which is nice but trickster no longer feels "overpowered", while having a very weak and cringy quest line. Plus, you get an awesome talking dragon as an Azata. Just wished Azata had something for dex based melee builds, incredible might feels worthless since it only scales with STR.
I don't think you should go for Power Attack at level 1 tbh. If you are melee then Dodge + Crane Style is a must, and if you are ranged then Precise Shot is mandatory. I mean UNLESS you are perma-enlarged (you cannot, especially in the early game) then fighting defensively is essential for Core +. Sure if you are playing Story then ignore everything I wrote here completely useless BUT for Unfair (which I assume most of us are here for) then no melee should be running without fighting defensively. Sure if you hire an Inciter merc then yeah go for Power Attack BUT the MC NEEDS to fight defensively 100% of the times, as the big and dangerous dudes WILL be aiming for YOU first. Anti-player bias is INSANE in this game then WILL skip your frontline and go directly for you whenever possible trust me I have seen it so many times, especially the boss of the Shield Maze who always seems to rush for you immediately in the first turn if she wins initiative (80% of times on Unfair).
The thing is stacking Reach means you can safely attack behind your allies/tanks. Which is why I recommend going for Glaives early, you also have size spells like Enlarge Person/Legendary Proportions and of course the Lunge feat, all of which stacks! You should also have tanks ahead of party formation, so they reach the enemy first to engage them, which is easy with pets because they tend to have higher speed.
I understand where you're coming from but disagree. While it is true that the enemy npcs have a homing beacon on the KC, you can still position your party to keep them safe. Using the right formation helps a lot, and if you ever get caught with your pants down you can hit "T" to switch to RTwP for a moment to reorganize your lineup to make sure your positioning is on point. It would also require either a 1 level dip into monk, or an additional feat to get Imp unarmed strike which is a 3 feat tax to get extra AC for a character that doesn't intend to be a tank. Nothing wrong with that playstyle if that is how you like to build your KC, but to say it is a must is incorrect.
Could you try making some builds where they might be a little more rp focused instead of min max style. I love your vids and watched a lot of them but when you focus so much on being as strong as possible they end up getting repetitive, 90% of your melee builds are either trickster mythic path or a build with a pet
Love your vids, this is a sad one for me however, as this killed the game for me. When this released, I was struggling against those damn arcane golems that ragdoll your party, and this was the new class class that came out, and I absolutely HATE it's concept. So it's a bard, that's also a barbarian, that's also a paladin, that does every single thing those guys do but 100x better. Just stack 9 million buffs and autoattack. Genius. Cos the one thing people were hungry for was retri paladin gameplay from WoW. This class is like the DM designed it for his new GF. yuck
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Written Guide
Azata Inciter Skald
Race: Human, but it will work with anything else
Background: Pickpocket
Str:19
Dex:14
Con:14
Int:9
Wis:8
Char:14
Can use Str 14 and Char 19 for a crowd control focus
Skills: Athletics, Persuasion, Use Magic Device
Deity: Any with chaotic for Azata
Bonus Feat: Lingering Performance
1: Power Attack, Arcane Spirit or Metamagic (Extend or Heighten), Grease and Cure Light Wounds
2: Hideous Laughter or Remove Fear
3: Extra Rage Power: Beast Totem Lesser, Lethal Stance, Remove Fear
4: Increase highest stat Str or Char, Combat Trick: Cleave, Heroism, Glitterdust or Blur
5: Cleaving Finish, Glitterdust or Mirror Image
6: Beast Totem, Mirror Image
7: Outflank, Unbreakable Heart, Good Hope and Haste
8: Reviving Finale
9: Lunge, Combat Trick: Exotic Weapon Proficiency: Fauchard, Displacement or Any
10: Sense Vitals, Echolocation and Freedom of Movement
11: Improved Critical: Fauchard, Any spell, Greater Invisibility
12: Beast Totem Greater, Dimension Door
13: Armor Focus: Medium Armor Focus or Improved Initiative or Great Cleave or Combat Reflexes, Remove Curse or Any, Heroism Greater and Dispel Magic Greater (or Heaven's Wing Strike if Char)
14: Dispelling Attack or Wearying Strike or Petrifying Strike, Any spell, Any spell (Cacophonous Call if Char)
15: Improved Initiative, Any spell
16: Any spell, Cat's Grace Mass and Overwhelming Presence
17: Extra Rage Power: Deadly Accuracy, Any spell
18: Lethal Accuracy
19: Raging Brutality, Wearing Strike or Dispelling Attack
20: Any
Mythic
1: Close to the Heavens or Instrument of Freedom, Abundant Casting
2: Extra Mythic Ability: Mythic Inspiration
3: Ever Ready
4: Improved Critical (Mythic): Fauchard, Incredible Might
5: Mythic Charge
6: Mythic Power Attack or Mythic Medium Armor Focus Assault, Zippy Magic, Animal Aspect Greater
7: Master Shapeshifter
8: Improved Initiative Mythic or Mythic Medium Armor Focus Assault or Mythic Power Attack, Life-Bonding Friendship Precise Strike or Shake It Off
9: Any or Last Stand, Shake It Off or Precise Strike
10: Improved Initiative Mythic, Marvelous Endurace
Gear
Amulet: Vellexia's Magnifying Amulet or Voracious Spirit
Armor: Life Infuser, Chainmail of Comradery for Early Game
Shirt: Robe of the Seven Sins
Belt: Belt of the Last of the First Humans
Gloves: Fencer's Gift
Boots: Boots of Stampede or Ronneck's Sacrifice
Helm: Hat of the Bitter End or Wind Master Helmet or Hat of the Heartening Song
Glasses: Broken Trickster or Goggles of Piercing Gaze or Razmir's Mask
Cloak: Grand Festival Cloak or Any Cloak of Resistance
Ring: Ring of Triumphant Advance and Ring of Imminent Demise, or Ring of Evasion or Ring of Guiding Star
Braces: Bracers of Slaughter or Engraved Lucky Bracers for Early Game
Weapon: Mighty Blow of Good or Bearer of Sorrow, Sin Mage's Staff for casting buffs
Consumables: Signet of House Vespertilio, Jharsygax, Extend Metamagic Rods, Old Grimoire, Lucky Dice or Triceratops Statuette
Awesome, thanks!!
There goes my hero ... he's ordinary!!!
Thank you random guy from internet, you'r an angel! or a demon if suits better lol
Thanks! My question is, no lingering performence for inciter like normal skald?
So many "options" and they are all human pick pockets, fauchard user ....
Keep em coming, I almost have a full party of new CRPG Bro builds to play through one last time!
That's the plan!
@@cRPGBroDo you take build requests?
The best WOTR build channel I must say. Love everything about these builds and videos!
I made an inciter using your 2h ranged throwing axe skald guide as a foundation of sorts for a mercenary. I took petrifying strike on the skald. Using your aeon sohei guide for my main I destroyed Playful Darkness optional wiping out his buffs and and ac from the -2 dex each hit. He survived a round only to be a fraction of himself. Such a good sub class!
Yep, it's really good!
And the Aeon dispelling ALL buffs on ALL attacks is ridiculous 😁
Been following your channel for a while, and got to say: You consistently put out amazing rpg build videos, with very well explained game mechanics and the reasoning for your own choices. Keep at it brother.
Thank you so much!
Dispelling attack party-wide simply breaks the game. With so many attacks you completely dispel enemies in a single round. Very much my new favorite skald ability.
Yep, it's why I like it on the Inciter!
Dispelling attack dispell your crowd control spells too, IDK its bug or not.
Aeon is still the best dispeller
problem with owlcat now if a build is up they probably hard at work in nerfing. it's bad and they are not aware of what they are doing is going push gamers away. i hope their bosses read this and don't let their own employee sabotage their game. obsidian literally kill their own game with this as i was a kickstarter backer back then
@@archavenxyeah I have to worry that Inciter is going to get hit with the nerf hammer. Owlcat completely nerfed the heck out of the build I was using in Rogue Trader. Made me put the game down until the next DLC.
Please do updated builds for the various companions
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Glad to hear you got some well deserved rest 😀
this is exactly what i needed for my next walkthrough. thank you!
Always glad to help!
The character is versatile enough that you can also go with any other Mythic, but ideally Lich, Trickster, Aeon or Demon.
seeing the fact you have more guides coming out makes me excited, I have a reason to do another playthough of this game, with more time spaced out so I don't spend another 200 hours within like 4 months.
Great video and you did a terrific job of explaining all the progression. I am going to try this for my main character next :)
Glad it was helpful! It's really a perfect fit for MC due to the lack of Bard/Skald story party member.
Hi man! Thanks you for all ypur build, it really help. Good work🤘
You're welcome and thanks a lot for the comment!
Inciter is a great class to have one your companions, then you can focus on an even higher dps melee build with all the skald bonuses.
Yep, it's a great class overall, but also good for MC due to how high the bonuses are + all the bonus feats.
Cool to see an update on the skald
I believe Destructive Dispel as well as the new Dispel Focus feats all work with Dispelling Attack. I had my Skald built for range and on respec/new run filling in the feats from 13ish onwards with the Dispel related chain seems pretty solid.
What i have done, and mostly because i wanted my skald to play differently, was stack him with a throwing axe/longbow/whatever ranged, pick the spell pene and enchantment DC feats and stack her with all the enchamtment gear you find. Even on unfair Fights barely last a round anyway and her damage doesnt really matter. A nice Song of Discord or Confusion, which hits more often than not, is a very good substitution for the missing "Outflank/attack of opportunity" proccer. Also a nice place to wear the White Dragon Chest in the back rank if you wanna stack up some sort of cold dmg caster with Elemental Imbument
DId you end up taking any ranged feats like precise shot etc. from the skald talents? Been trying to make this work with Daeran since he can use Cloak of the Ancient Herald but there's no dex reach weapons and he gets eaten alive by opportunity attacks :/
@@Dragonology99 For this i used a respec mod and used Aru, was a bit sick of the same limitations of the premade Companions after liek 7 playthoughs :D. I picked point blank/precise/imp crit/weapon focus, 2x Spellfocus Ench, 2x Spell Pene. and the good skald stuff (lethal stance, beast totems, etc) Not doing much dmg with the bow, but passable, but with mythic spell pen basicly can put anybody into some sort of enchantment spell, confusion, laughter, whatever really.
Am in the office right now so cant look, but i might have crammed shatter defenses in there somewhere
Throwing Axes are very good for Skalds too!
@@cRPGBro i tried it with Axes, as in plural, but then you really need to cut some stuff for the DW talents. If you do it without my dips into Enchantment and Spell pene, it works quite well as DW even.
I feel that Inciter is a better buffer as a legend
20 level inciter 20 level Thug
Dispelling stacks on character levels
Get all the fear-based feat and then get a Barberan bonus feat for the wide party buff.
With thug(rouge) you can get all the advanced rouge feat, specifically the minus to attribute.
It's very hard to compete with Legend, especially Trickster > Legend for non merged Mythics.
I just wanted something different and felt Azata was very thematic for uber buffing.
Love you man, the best
Thank you so much!
Top-notch build as always, dude. I'll give this a try in my next playthrough. Is it Unfair viable, BTW?
Hi there and thank you!
And yep, it's definitely Unfair viable considering Skalds are one of the most important party member for an easy time on Unfair.
Of course it's not meant to tank, but that's what Reach is for!
But for Unfair you might prefer to go Trickster and grab all the Critical Boosting feats starting from level 13 onwards, the same for the rest of your party.
Awesome build! Looking forward to what comes next for these builds. Still hoping the Azata Menagerie gets a rework from you as I absolutely love summons and that was such a fun build to run but now it's kinda broke 😢
Great vid! I still prefer Trickster, but some great new ideas in this one. cRPGbro delivers as usual 😎
I personally also prefer Trickster 😅
No Animal Fury? I am a bit disappointed :). It is an awesome guide, good work. I was looking forward to it. Thank you!
Glad I could help!
Animal Fury wasn't picked as Bite attacks won't stack anymore, and it doesn't work well with characters that have Reach Weapons, but for the rest of the party it can provide an extra attack regardless!
Beautiful build! Also, would love if you'll make a magic deciever build!
Coming soon!
Can’t wait to see what you come up with the magic deceiver class I feel that you’d cook something devious also I wanted to see if you do a swarm that walks winter child will you get multiple winter children or just one
So if you were going to use a Trickster instead of Azata, how much better would it be?
hey CRPGbro. Thank you again for an awesome guide. Do you think this skald build is good enough for a unfair run or would you recommend something else?
hello my Brazilian friend
Hi there 😁
Great build. I was put off Inciter by the description at first, seemed like the "Evil Skald", but I can see it as a freedom inciting Azata now. Will definitely be respecing my base Skald Azata to this now.
One question, why not take Seize the Moment? It appears on a lot of your older builds and I took it on my base Skald with Life-Bonding Friendship to great effect. Combined with Outflank that's two AoO for every critical. I'm using your Seelah build with Scimitars for 25% crit chance so her mount effectively gets 1 free attack for every 2 of hers.
Seize the Moment sadly won't stack with Outflank, which is why I soon stopped picking it on most builds!
@@cRPGBro Ah ok. Won't be taking that again then. 😅
Another question for you, how well would this build with with Duel Rapiers? I'm halfway through Act3 so have benched Camillia (still got her, for now...) and my Skald worships Cayden Cailean so it seems thematic. Plus my next play through will be some sort of Angel divine gish so I'll likely go 2H there as well.
I figure it would let me take advantage of Incredible Might more often and I ride Aivu later I won't accidentally attack with reach outside of her range. More likely to get hit but also more AC and initiative is useful too.
Guarded Hearth now grants sacred bonus, so Skald even more OP.
The only caution I would give to dispelling strike is that it breaks your own CC. I once gave dispelling strike to my loremaster/arcane trickster and if I tried stacking sirocco and mass icy prison, dispelling sneak attack caused sirocco to break mass icy prison a very high proportion of the time. Depending on your reliance on CC, having a dispel that cannot be conveniently turned off isn't always desirable.
Thanks for the note!
Kinectic Sharpshooter build Soon ? love your videos for this, made me understand the game way better and get into it
Thank you so much for the support, especially the Channel Membership 😀
I'll see what I can do about Sharpshooter.
You gotta try sable company marine/hunter. Id recommend divine hound for the judgments. However sacred would get you domains and domain spells.. so there is an argument to be made. But even though hound would normally be dog/wolf, a griffon is waaaay better
It should be one of the next Builds, together with Wereshifter!
This is such a fun concept. :) Are you going to make a magic deceiver build in the future? Class seems so fun yet so hard to build right.
Yep, it should come eventually!
Nice !
Thanks 😁
How do you have a dog pet for your skald at minute 25:38 if skalds cannot have companion pets?!
Add on the title,tank.. that f... Insult passive is a aggro magnet lol had monsters aggro my Cavalier and another party member dog when i charge to only get Seeleah ( made her Inciter ) get hammered down REALLY quick lol, when i forget to pull back like on your "how to play" part of the vid. Giving me idea to dip one level of this class on any tank i build 🤨 ( if fails to land, they go after the caster, low charisma tank and good to go lol )
I don't know what I am doing wrong but my mercinary inciters lethal stance buff does not apply to party.
I turn accept rage on, all their attacks show inspiring rage bonus to both attack and damage but there is no lethal stance bonus in the combat log!
I went for trickster path btw.
Why so many dislikes on this video? Did new viewers forget that cRPG Bro is a master of Pathfinder: WotR builds?
Because half the builds are skald builds. People were hoping for something actually interesting. I for one was really hoping for a magic deceiver vid since the spell combos are really interesting.
@@marky6456We get videos for free, why complaining if you are not interested? I'm not gonna dislike Elden Ring videos because I'm not interested in that game. To each their own i guess
@@greggreg2458 They have every right to dislike the video. The dislikes will show him that his audience isn't happy with the content he's putting out.
Hahaha because many of his viewers are here for pathfinder and the content slowed down significantly 😂 but he is still my go to guy for any build
@@marky6456 Magic deceiver has a very limited spellbook. Essentially, you will be combining AOE + laughter/stun or AOE + polymorph against those who are immune to stun/laughter.
Can echolocation replace blindsight feat?
The extra sneak attack and rogue abilities sharing is nice, but are you giving up anything from the standard skald? The base skald has free haste effect at level 20, anything else of value lost?
Stil hoping for the Bloodseeker; I think it isn't very good so....I hope.
It... isn't 😅
But I'll see what I can do, especially with Lich and the unique summon Bloodseeker has!
How do you deal with the AOE radius aggroing enemies early thanks to insult? Just have the skald stand further back in the party lineup?
Love the build as always! 2 questions for you, did you end up beating Hounor mode BG3? What team comp did you use if so?
Hi there and thanks!
Yep I did BG3 on Honor with many builds.
I have a Complete Honor + Honor Party Guide here: ruclips.net/video/3jUgD2uRhfE/видео.html
Does Come and Get Me share with skald song? That might be fun with a melee heavy build.
I believe so, later it has better uses as your party will have much higher defenses, but early it's very dangerous!
@@cRPGBro Very true, but I think it’s a level 12+ ability anyway. By then you’re able to handle it and even abuse it.
Edit: Also, thanks for always making these videos. You’re doing great work.
How long does it last HASTE with this build?
Can This build be used for mercenaries and not MC?
I've heard inciter capstone is bugged, is this still true?
Question will there be a new ultimate party build video or is the old one still the one you will use?
Build Ember 3Witch/17Skald, maybe should respec to Inciter. Was a bit afraid of Insult ability, don't want to focus attacks on Ember.
If Ember stays at range, it shouldn't matter much.
As other allies will most likely engage the enemy first.
@@cRPGBro It seems nowadays enemies have changed they behavior. Few rounds and they completely ignore your tank in most fights. So I think basic skald is a little bit safer bet.
Any time you won't be feat starved and you're playing a Charisma Caster Kindred raised half elf is is almost always the best race in my opinion.
it let's you get a plus 4 to charisma with no negative stats. Personally I prefer high Charisma bard/skald since you can get all the buffs on your spell list and still have enough spell slots to pick up all the best CC on their list.
But yeah being feat starved especially early sucks, just started a new unfair playthrough and getting through the shield maze with out precise shot alone made me wish I ran human lol.
Yeah, the Human extra Feat benefit is really strong early!
It's true that Kindred Half Elf is amazing and quite unique since I can't recall any other Race granting such a high bonus to stats.
Would a brown fur arcanist be a good companion in a party with this build?
I'm currently running a build like this but using bard. I like using Aivu as a mount. I plan on equipping the Zaoris's Beauty helm on her so I can give out more teamwork feats but Idk if that works yet.
Bard is fun too, especially with the new feat that adds Sonic damage to all allies' attacks!
@CrpgBestBro so after all who's better now? Skald or Inciter?
Inciter, since it's Skald but with more useful abilities added on top!
@@cRPGBro Ok thanks
i haven't play a skald before.. damn there's too many builds that i want to play.
Just Put mercenaries in your Party for playing different classes. For me it was boring playing Seelah the 4th time as Paladin, so i added a merc as skald.
Im playing on ps5 and bought a merc skald last night. At level 2 I had to pick a skald talent. Every build or guide I look up doesnt mention this at level 2, whats the deal?
I just gave mine a tower shield. Tower shield+ sorcerous reflex displacement lets anyone tank. And everything tries to attack it because of the debuff. Tank buffer and healer in one guy.
I know this isnt related but what mythic path would you pair with the blade bound magus? Trickster is the first choice but hoping something else works more
Lich can work just fine, but Trickster is ideal.
Now that shatter defenses is working as written, it's not nearly as good. Is it still worth taking on my companions? Is there something else that's a better use of feats?
Does anyone know why it wouldn't be a good idea to pick Opportunist as a skald/rogue talent?
Hey CrpgBro can you make Weretouched build plsss?
Maybe i will try azata finally
It's a fun path with lots of unique story content!
Não consigo acessar Combat Trick no nivel 9 aparece acizentado e diz que já foi selecionado 😭
Another question, does the Skalds Puonce ability work on Shifters claws?
Should work with whatever weapon you have equipped, including any natural weapons.
Yes, it will work for whatever weapon, well, besides Ranged.
Does anyone know how "Hit the Nerve" is supposed to function? I thought it would let my other party members cast spells while under the effect of inspired rage, but it just doesn't. They also still lose the 1 AC from the song. Is it supposed to just allow the skald himself to cast spells, while the allies are still limited?
I believe it was supposed to be fixed in the last patch but if not, this is a known bug. It should not be impacting AC or preventing spellcasting.
Because of baldurs gate 3 build video i subscribed to you ! Is this game worth buying including all the dlc and will i enjoy like i enjoy baldur gate 3 very much
Thank you!
I would highly recommend Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous with all DLC if you like cRPGs.
It's not exactly the same as BG3 (for example graphics are not as good and there's no full voice acting) howeve there's a a LOT more content like build options, classes, feats, spells etc.
I also prefer the party members & the story, especially the Mythic Paths (main character can become Lich, Angel, Demon etc.).
I do not recommend to pick Arcane Spirit. While the concept might sound cool, the DC on enemies you need to beat... is unreal. For example, at the end of act 2 you will need 93 DC (!) to beat with Arcane Spirit. Perception on enemies is incredibly high in Wotr.
It was mostly for the early game, but later Extend/Heighten is definitely better.
How much would quality of this build change if played in full RTWP instead of turn-based? I intend to go RTWP Core Last Azlanti after I finish my current unfair run and I'm already looking for some inspiration and leaning towards doing something based on Azata.
It's actually a lot better on RTWP!
@@cRPGBro thx for answer
Can you do a swarm ghat walks build ?
Are all the feat selections optimal for a high charisma character?
Thanks, mate!
Didnt they change the animal aspect spells to not trigger master shapeshifter?
Gonna try this with a drunken monk mercenary
How does this build compare to Brown Fur?
Inciter Skald is better as you can provide more party wide, but of course you can have both on party.
Do you recommend inciter skald for non main character skalds (mercenary)
Yes, because Skald is still a tremendously useful addition to almost any party, especially as there's no story party member Skald!
And well, Inciter is the best Skald.
i'd love if you did call of the wild mod kingmaker builds
Summoner is very fun!
New best pet guide? Is wolf/dog still best?
Yep, they're even better now since latest big patch increase their power: ruclips.net/video/po5AmJMgrow/видео.html
Is there a way to adapt this so a companion could be the skald?
Yes, the feats are exactly the same as well, you can replace the Trickster specific ones for something else if your MC goes another Mythic.
You'll have Reach from early so AC boosting feats don't matter.
You can pick Extra Rage Power: Animal Fury, Combat Reflexes, Weapon Focus, even Dazzling Display + Shatter Defenses.
Great Cleave & Improved Cleaving Finish as well, depending on what you prefer.
@@cRPGBro awesome! Thank you very much, your builds are hands down the best out there
I always make my companions a skald, I don't find it for me to use it as a MC. Great build though!
Thanks! It's great for MC too since it can be quite powerful damage wise.
Can you confirm the bug with mythic inspiration : with this ability I can no longuer cast spells with my teammates.. :(
I am trying to solve this with toybox but :(
Call to violence cloak doesnt work either.
Ok solved with toybox 👍
wait for dual curse oracle build or tortured crusader
Dual Cursed Oracle with horse mount is great for early game on unfair
This works as a hireling?
Yep, with same feat selection.
@@cRPGBro thank you. Might have to use a skald 1st time.
I noticed if you want to use this as a companion you get 5 skill points less at character creation :(
Can u make this work with a mercenary?
Yep, the feat selection is the same.
you only miss the first 2 legendary levels I guess.
My skald can't learn the finale spells, despite having the dlc... any idea what might cause that?
It's bugged, at level 20 it's capstone ability doesn't work, you're better off relevelling into any other skald at 20
@cRPGBro can you ask Owlcat when they will publish the new Update on console? Especially on PS5? I wanna start my first unfair run with a drunken master tank. My Party should contain mercs as Paladin, Cleric, Skald, Brownfur and Witch. All with pets of course.
DLC?
I feel like Azata is the new "go to" melee mythic path. After nerfs to improved critical you gain meager 2 range to your critical threat with trickster path which doesn't feel that good anymore, I guess you still have your critical multiplier bonus which is nice but trickster no longer feels "overpowered", while having a very weak and cringy quest line. Plus, you get an awesome talking dragon as an Azata.
Just wished Azata had something for dex based melee builds, incredible might feels worthless since it only scales with STR.
I don't think you should go for Power Attack at level 1 tbh. If you are melee then Dodge + Crane Style is a must, and if you are ranged then Precise Shot is mandatory. I mean UNLESS you are perma-enlarged (you cannot, especially in the early game) then fighting defensively is essential for Core +. Sure if you are playing Story then ignore everything I wrote here completely useless BUT for Unfair (which I assume most of us are here for) then no melee should be running without fighting defensively. Sure if you hire an Inciter merc then yeah go for Power Attack BUT the MC NEEDS to fight defensively 100% of the times, as the big and dangerous dudes WILL be aiming for YOU first. Anti-player bias is INSANE in this game then WILL skip your frontline and go directly for you whenever possible trust me I have seen it so many times, especially the boss of the Shield Maze who always seems to rush for you immediately in the first turn if she wins initiative (80% of times on Unfair).
With reach wepon + enlarge person/legendary proportions + mirror images you dont need AC at all.
The thing is stacking Reach means you can safely attack behind your allies/tanks.
Which is why I recommend going for Glaives early, you also have size spells like Enlarge Person/Legendary Proportions and of course the Lunge feat, all of which stacks!
You should also have tanks ahead of party formation, so they reach the enemy first to engage them, which is easy with pets because they tend to have higher speed.
I understand where you're coming from but disagree. While it is true that the enemy npcs have a homing beacon on the KC, you can still position your party to keep them safe. Using the right formation helps a lot, and if you ever get caught with your pants down you can hit "T" to switch to RTwP for a moment to reorganize your lineup to make sure your positioning is on point. It would also require either a 1 level dip into monk, or an additional feat to get Imp unarmed strike which is a 3 feat tax to get extra AC for a character that doesn't intend to be a tank. Nothing wrong with that playstyle if that is how you like to build your KC, but to say it is a must is incorrect.
Could you try making some builds where they might be a little more rp focused instead of min max style. I love your vids and watched a lot of them but when you focus so much on being as strong as possible they end up getting repetitive, 90% of your melee builds are either trickster mythic path or a build with a pet
Love your vids, this is a sad one for me however, as this killed the game for me. When this released, I was struggling against those damn arcane golems that ragdoll your party, and this was the new class class that came out, and I absolutely HATE it's concept. So it's a bard, that's also a barbarian, that's also a paladin, that does every single thing those guys do but 100x better. Just stack 9 million buffs and autoattack. Genius. Cos the one thing people were hungry for was retri paladin gameplay from WoW.
This class is like the DM designed it for his new GF. yuck
DRUNKEN MASTER PLZ