Beating Act 1 As A LONEWOLF FIGHTER On TACTICIAN - Baldur's Gate 3 

Act 2 is out now! Thanks for being patient while I make it and check it out here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DFjGFoon65A.html

I really appreciate someone doing a full Eldritch Knight build. Everybody always does throw barb instead because of enraged throw. I personally do like going the EK way though.

18:18 In certain circumstances thrown weapons can take a little bit to actually "hit the ground," typically on big enemies that aren't killed by it. I've found that waiting around 5-10 seconds will get it back to you, as long as you don't end your turn

10:51 "And for the first and only time this run we are glad to see shadowheart as she puts a stop to all these people trying to join me in my head. Then, she ruins it by saying this: *ad plays* "🎶IVE GOT HOME INTERNET FROM T-MOBILE!🎶"

30:00 Some creatures can't be surprised. Right-click them and hit Examine, and usually it'll say on an ability or effect there if a creature can't be surprised. Otherwise, a surprise round is initiated if you attack an enemy while both of you are out of combat. You can also make yourself immune to surprise rounds by taking the Alert feat.

This video changed my life, its warmed my milk and tucked me into bed and gave me a little forehead kiss goodnight

I am curious if you'll revisit this and complete the Githyanki Creche section because that's also a part of act 1 technically.

I know that bg3 also adds fall damage of an object when it's thrown. Making them more deadly on high ground That maybe the additional damage you saw at 14:47.

I was thinking of trying a solo fighter, but thought that it would be completely impossible without barrelmancy or explorer difficulty. Thanks for showing that this is possible!

No Barrelmancy... My man this is madness!! Madness in its purest form!!

so adamantine isn't a metal like iron where you process the ore and get the metal, it's more like steel, where you modify the process to produce a more refined material, only replace iron with mithril, and add some magical bullshit

Stumbled onto your video from the RU-vid algorithm gods and really enjoyed it! I dumped about 400 hours into BG3 since launch and still find a lot of enjoyment watching people find new ways to challenge themselves through this game, and your commentary was great.

The reason the thrown weapon does not return at 18:19 is because you ended your turn before the game was able to return the weapon in your hand. It happens to me all the time. You really have to wait up to 10 seconds sometimes for your character to re-equip it.

Thank you for this video man! I'm tempted to do a Lone Wolf Wizard playthrough thanks to you! Already got some cheesy ideas to get through more of the difficult parts of Act 1. With the recent changes to Lighting Charges, Magic Missle might actually be the strongest early-game spell for single target damage.

This is your first time using editing software?? Your audio leveling and balance is better than a lot of fulltime youtubers I've seen, huge props

Druid is my favourite class so I'd love to see that. Paladin is cool too. Anything where you can break your oath and become that which your old peers hate most.

I'm on act 2 with a lone half-orc on tactician. It's all possible, but requires some lateral thinking, constant saving, and time. You quickly realize that all of that random crap laying around is actually an assortment of precious tools to be exploited to their maximum potential.

Love the video and I’m super excited to see this series go on with different classes! You deserve way more subscribers

23:16 Adamantine is a alloy, like how copper and tin make bronze

I was having a lot of trouble with my bound weapons as well, here’s how I “fixed” the problem. If you end the turn before you get your weapon back it unbinds, so if you just wait till it flies back to your hands you should be good👍

Thanks for limiting it to act 1. Ive been avoiding bg3 content until i finish my first run but this works perfect

You have to sneak before attacking to surprise the enemy... even if you are invisible. Also keep an eye out for enemies that can't be surprised. There are a lot more than expected.

Hearing a Norwegian(?) guy saying "bugger off" was highly entertaining

Loving the video so far, can't wait too see how the later acts go for you! Edit: Ethel can't be surprised cause she has the alert feat btw

I hope you continue this series, it's been hard finding good BG3 content that isn't just showing off OP endgame builds and items

I didn't finish the video, but I want to support it! Keep working and Good Job!

It cannot be understated. You are my main source of inspiration for my own solo tactician runs. This video, and your act 2 video about your Eldritch Knight spear chucker have sent me on a wild ride. This build turns out to be capable of some truly crazy restrictions. For the best example of this, look no further than my solo Raphael video, where I save hope, use no consumables, no cheese, no gear swaps, no illithid powers and am only level 11.

Ethel has the alert feat which gives her plus 5 to initiative and makes surprising her impossible.

Legend says this warrior utters a phrase before leaving a trail of body’s the phrase quoted “I’m a proud fighter who stands on honor, one man army against 50”

Was kinda hoping for a "legit" Fighter run with some interesting meele fights but this also slaps. :D

I'm pleasantly suprised you went for a fighter throwing built instead of a barb throwing built, nice video!

If the weapon doesn't come back to your hand, you can throw it directly from the ground and it'll come back and equip for free. You can also throw a returning weapon from your backpack and it'll replace your equipped weapon.

Gotta try this build out ASAP! The throwing mechanic is one of the most entertaining I've seen in any CRPG.

Nice video, keep up the good work! Editing looks nice and pleasant for a first video. You have a great potential, keep it up!

That was super cool ! Nice to see the EK get some attention ! Im a forever Paladin so It would be very nice to see how broken they can get !

Great video! In my case the returning pike never returned if I do the initial attack out of combat. I assume it can be since its not my turn and weapons only return in my own turn. Initiating with a random spear improved my throwing build

Excited to see when Act 2 will be thrown (+1d4 +1d4 +2 Acid) at us 😎

Did you know if you take priestess gut’s sleep potion and let her imprison you, that a servant of Raphael will kill Gut and her Ogre for you?

Bound Weapons return to you IF they are more than 3ft away from you. If you throw them from melee range - they dont return back!

You should have went to the torturer in the goblin camp before attacking them to get the Loviatar's Love buff, since it's a solo run you'll never die to lose it and the +2 to hit and all saving throws when bellow 30% hp would be pretty useful for some clutch fights. The buff even lasts for 2 turns if you heal above 30% and all you need to do to get it is succeed on 3 deception/intimidation/constitution checks.

Subscribed. I really like the dry humor added to the narration.

i love this video!!!

7:14 when I took that guys sword he just resurrected with another one, same for all the scribes…

Great video man! Looking forward to seeing act 2 and 3

I just realized you only have 48 subscribers, really solid video bro

Really enjoying this playthrough. I’d love to see a similar run but playing as a tempest cleric

For your next class I think wizard would be funny on solo tactician just because early game solo wizard would probably be suffering incarnate

I really enjoyed this, thanks. Very pleased it wasn't abusing the OP stealth mechanics. Well played!

Enjoyed the video! Can’t wait for the next one.

Check enemies. You can't surprise the Hag because she has Alert, +5 to initiative (mening she almost always goes first) and is immune to surprise.

I am going to listen to this like a story when i go to sleep cant fucking WAIT for more

Bro missed the best ring in the game, ring of protection

Minor correction about the Selunite camp in the Underdark: you should be able to destroy the Moonstone powering the anti-Minotaur (and anti-Tav) lasers with a simple bow attack. Not sure why throwing weapons might not work (never tried that myself) but an arrow attack should always work no matter the build.

keep it up dude! ive been thinking of starting a channel due to this game myself and you beat me to it, looking forward to the rest of this series

Yeah, as someone else said thrown weapons sometimes take a bit to actually return to you properly, but i also noticed if you start combat with a thrown weapon it doesnt return. I think this is because if you are not first in the turn order the game cant return the weapon, since you cant change equipment if it isnt your turn. It seems returning weapons dont have an exception made. I have not tested it with a character with high initiative to see if it works properly when you are first in the turn order though, and i have not tried this in the most recent patch so it may have changed.

With regards to the Moonstone in the Selunite outpost, if you just sneak then you can avoid getting shot by the lasers without having to destroy the moonstone.

You dont surprise Auntie Ethel because she has a trait that gives her +5 initiative and immunity to being surprised. You can take it too).

Returning Weapons always come back its just that occationally it takes longer for it to go through. If your ever having problems just give it a few seconds before passing your turn. Or just run up to it and throw it without equipping it since its the same dif at that point.

Silver Necklace on normal playthrough: snack for Gale Silver Necklace on solo/one-class (without native Guidance) playthrough: Invaluable friend who never leaves somebody's neck

I believe that the invisibility reveal works like everything else in this game. It's a dice roll. Works sometimes when you roll high, and sometimes they remain invisible. Just like stealth checks

This type of “beating --- using ---“ series would be way better if it was a play through rather than a voice over”

2:38 I love seeing that I'm not the only one who forgot that i don't have Multiattack on my second playthrough

You should get sparky boots and expeditious retreat as a spell. Then the throws really hurt + mobility for solo playthrough gets extra value

Jesus Christ man! .... Badass, but you never went back for the Harpies!!! You totally could've taken them on at the end.

I was inspired to try my own solo run, and it's been a blast. I am not allowing reclassing, but I did allow myself a multiclass. I'm doing a spore druid/1 level of war cleric for the weapon/bonus action attacks. Currently just finished up the goblin camp after a little tomfoolery in the under dark to get some good striker gear. Basically relying on spike growth and the extra 1d6 necrotic +dual weilding. No fighting style, which sucks, but 2d6 flat on off hand is good. Hand crossbows for some reason ignore that tho, so my girl can just blast away with them for 1d6+6(+1 bow +gloves of archery +damage) +1d6 necrotic +2 acid 2 times a turn. Debating a dip to thief rogue 3 if I wanna stay striker or stick druid and get some summons for late game😊

The bug with the weapon not coming back mostly happens if you initiate combat with the throw. It normally works if you`re already in combat. Don`t know why they haven't fixed it yet

Nice😁

hey man awesome first video you will be a mainstay for my subscriptions

if you drink the potion and get captured priestess gut dies and so does the ogre guard of mysterious plot circumstances

Respectable effort ! You could open selunite outpost with a bow simply :)

I’ve been thinking about doing a Conjuration Wizard solo run myself. Seems like it’d be interesting to try and get through the early game without the benefits of something like the Fighter and then see how busted it gets when you get frequent access to summons.

This is a great video. Haven't finished my first normal playthrough yet (4x Barbarian party on Balanced, just learning Barb and mapping out the game), but for solo Tactician playthrough I wanna try either Rogue or Barbarian. (Maybe Bard too, but Bard seems a little cheesy depending on how you build it.) Very interesting that you're soloing with a martial class. That wasn't my first thought for soloing because my first impulse was "use a high-CHA and/or stealth character to avoid as much combat as possible". But stuff like the moving-items-around trick has really opened my eyes as another way to get around tough fights without talking around them. I also didn't realize you could shove Dror Ragzlin. Finding opportunities to gank Minthara and Gut is relatively easy, but I didn't realize Ragzlin had an easy shove opportunity (granted, I usually either assassinate him from the rafters or mess up the mind flayer seance and have a big nasty brawl right in his room)

did an insane throwing build for my 2nd playthrough, the moment I saw that ring I knew it was game over lol. I'm sure you already know but make sure to get the legendary spear in act 3, it's literally game breaking

Oh Ethel is not surprised because she has the alert feat, she can't be surprised

Wow had no clue you only had 500 subs this was a pro video. Subbed :)

I’d love to see a solo play through with like every class

the grymskull and admantine armor+ shield prevents critical hits, so I like to spread them out among the party. you dont really get the big benefits by putting them all on your heavy armor tanks, sadly.

this is ur first video? dude keep it up! amazing work

It’s not lone wolf or solo if you’re taking optional companions like Glut and the Ogres btw. Strange that you have rules for no multiclassing and no barrels but you took the two options in Act 1 for adding to your party during a fight.

Its not that the bound weapon breaks, but just that it takes a little longer. Sometimes up to 10/15 seconds.

One thing I've noticed with the returning weapons, if you end your turn too quickly it won't return. Sometimes it takes a few seconds to do so, so always wait until it does before ending

Good job on the video 👍

Man, I think they should really make so that the tavern brawler bonus for thrown items doesn't apply to martial weapons. Makes sense thematically and would be a bit less broken.

Nice video, RU-vid recommended it to me randomly, as I myself play BG3 currently. I learned some new things by simply watching you, so I will do the same in the future. Good job!

Auntie Ethel cant be surprised, a lot of bosses like her cant be, great video 👍

I was going to say yes, it's not easy but can be done, then I saw that mages defence tactics and realised I don't know a thing and her skills at evasion defeat my very understanding of physics and reality. You will die a lot but it's doable, though my murder hobo route usually makes me go down a sorcerer playstyle

30:00 Ethel has the alert feat, so she can never be surprised. Otherwise, yes she would have been surprised.

30:08 You don’t surprise Ethel because she has the Alert feat ;) I’ve also found that throwing weapons from sneaking and surprising enemies generally breaks the returning condition from Eldritch Knight's Weapon Pact or the Returning Pike and Nyrulna Looking forward to Act 2 or different classes!

Your rules were like the bare minimum of what I’d expect given the title/premise of the video

Weapons losing their magical properties when thrown is a huge bummer. It's one of the things that almost made me give up on a thrown weapon build until I found out their was a mod to make things work correctly. There's no practical way to fix _all_ of the thrown weapons in the game unless Larian does it, but modders can improve the situation a fair bit. And I will adamantly defend that this is how things *should* work. The in-game description of the Thrown property states "Melee weapons that are also made to be Thrown. When throwing, these Weapons deal the same damage they would for a melee attack." That's just blatantly untrue, since things with innate damage are some of the least consistent for thrown damage. It's just frustrating that the game will lie to the player about something you could construct a whole build around. You could maybe argue that you need to be holding the weapon to use fancy magic tricks, but if the weapon just always deals fire damage then it should do that regardless of whether or not it was thrown (if it has the thrown property).

Really looking forward to Act 2!

Your graphics settings make me angry. However your playthrough makes up for it! Well done my dude!

26:28 i had this happen so many times with my eldritch blasts, i think the giant hammer press thing is invisible for the fight so you can see but if you click the enemy the game thinks you're targeting it

Best way I've figured out how to deal with the magma mephits is to pre-drench the area with either create water, or in your case tossing a bunch of water bottles. Drench yourself too while you're at it.

You can also let the goblin priest do her stuff on you and after some dialog she dies for “reasons”

Its a fun challenge to do the same with no optional rests (no shorts, only the long rest at the end of each act) but allowing multiclass and illithid

If you killed the demon on the ship you get a great sword that is really great, for the first chapter.

Depends-are you going to barrel cheese and such? Then yes.

Owlbear is hard at start. I used mage hand, positioned him on high ground and dropped 3x acid vials and health pots near him, so he could be a "throw" healer/DPS.

30:15 oh my god I feel so stupid for never realizing this even after two playthroughs.