COMPLETELY BROKEN Shadow Blade Build in Baldurss Gate 3 | BG3 

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You should be using the Boots of Striding to not get knocked prone

yea and he actually even has like 200+ more health in honor mode

@@Little-wig He only has that extra health when you aren't in the act 3 fight. It is set back to 666 in his fight.

@flamewing7851 oh dayum I didn't know I been skipping his fight

Why I mod to give enemies more health

Geringot Thorm is more then 500 hp. 600 + - But it is armor)

can create a transmuter stone every day. not "can create every day"

​@@Sarkhan69 "can create, every day, a Transmuter stone"

You can get the watcher greatsword still, just cant use it

Is there a vid going over how to get all these ‘secret items’ that’s on latest patch? Kinda crazy how many they are. Makes me wonder if maybe melee isn’t completely outclassed by ranged attacks if the DPR is higher using some of these weapons

@@ironbar2009 Ranged builds are strong because they keep you out of melee range of most enemies, and most enemies have their strongest attacks up close(think the act 2 paladins for example The Myrmidon weapons can be looted after defeating Lorroakan in Act 3, kill his Myrmidons, then long rest, come back, and the pouches should be on the ground. This also works with the Myrmidons spawned in the Wyrmway trials The Deva Mace and Djinni Scimitar can be obtained by stealing from the offering chests under Stormshore Tabernacle in Act 3, this curses the character who stole the offerings. When the cursed character is Healed, 2 enemies will spawn. If the Cursed character dies, only 1 will spawn. Normally, the enemies will be Devas, but if the thief was a Cleric of Tempus, Helm, Oghma, or Kelemvor, then it will summon Djinni instead. Kill the summoned Devas or Djinni (or also Cambion, but those only have a basic +1 Trident IIRC). Then pick up the remains, the Deva body or the Djinni ash pile, and then enter your weapons tab, you'll see the weapons with a purple hand icon on top of them, send the items to camp, and you can then retrieve them for use. The Shadow and Flame Blades can be obtained using the method shown in this video. Honestly, if you're going to get any of these, then stick with the Deva Mace or Flail of the Vortex. Deva mace is effectively a level 3 DIVINE SMITE on every single attack, if you're playing Paladin, then you can get up to 10d8 Radiant Damage using a level 4 Divine Smite with the Deva Mace. This is the highest possible damage you can deal with a single raw Weapon Attack, not considering item stacking or shenanigans with Damage Riders. Flail of the Vortex can deal 1d8 + 1d8 + 1d10 every turn using Electrified Flail, which can also stun your target for 2 entire turns, albeit with a pretty low saving throw DC

Those broken weapons, I just consider to have a built in Great Weapon Master. They have less than a -5 to hit, but do more than 10 damage more than their counterparts without needing a feat!

@@somedudewithakeyboard5388 Goated response! Agree with your point that primary benefit of ranged attackers is being able to manipulate the enemy movement but I’m operating under the assumption that a 10/2 split between swords bard and paladin was the highest damage build in the game taking advantage of ranged flourish, sharpshooter, smiting w level 5 spell slots. Wondering if an optimized melee build with savage attacker and Deva Mace would come close to that level of damage output or if range is just strictly better for attacking classes.

I didn't manage to open space to it in any of my builds tbh, but it's not "bad" per se - just forces you to pass on 2 slots for a slightly above average damage as a 1h sword. Edit: I did NOT take into consideration the ressonance stone :P

no it is terrible lol having your weapon have to rely on concentration makes it unusable, and the damage isnt worth taking up the ring slot when there are so many better weapons in the game, not to mention rings

​@@Tentacl just test a spell caster like a Sorcerer use it with a 4° level slot and look at the damage.

Broken? It's only upside is an extra d8, and it costs you your concentration, your bonus action to cast, an item slot, and an action if that concentration breaks to re-equip the weapon. All for an extra damage dice. Not to mention it doesn't get any bonuses to accuracy like a +# weapon. You can get the same result from ketherics Warhammer, which you were guaranteed to have, and casting divine favor as a bonus action, and it's also a +1 weapon so you are more likely to hit them in the first place. You can also just cast magic weapon at the start of your day, and have it last for the whole day instead of 10 turns. Oh yeah, and minthara has one of THE BEST uses for her bonus action, soul branding, which shadow blade wastes.

@@Tentaclcyberpunk pfp spotted

My pleasure!

no, he is a deadman anyways...

Hehe 😂 very kind to hear ☺️

I did not understand. Is it a bug?

🤣 Yeah

It's pretty fun 😁

I know right? I didn't expect L2 music

Hmmm. Probably 🤔 will investigate!

​@@TheSpudKing passing the checks with the githyanki patrol gives more xp than fighting them btw!

@@BarelyGoodTVYeah I think i got like 100xp from killing them…

Yeah, just get there on tactician and save game ;) I Guess save will work.

Its impossible to use that smite, because its using concentration, so only thunderous, as i showed :)

P.S. Without bugged sword ofc

This exact armour is shars armor you get if you play evil role in act 2, for helmets, if they important i explain in the video where to get

What’s your full build with this? I want to pair it with this one

@@michaelhopkins4057 Thief Rogue 10, Wiz 2 Divination (potent dice) Obtain Shovel, always invisible. (Activates sneak attack, invisible keeps shovel out of direct combat) Respect to have higher INT Diadem of Arcane Synergy, Broodmothers Revenge, Strange conduit Ring, Risky Ring, Nere's Boots, Bhaal Armor, Bonespike/Stalker gloves. Orin's short sword, The Render of Mind and Body short sword. Hold spell Amulet of branding on Spell-caster, Drakethroat Glaive, to enchant The Render sword, Bliss orb Eversight Ring (combo with darkness) Great for being annoying. Magic weapon spell, cast on Orin's sword or Enlarge spell/Darkness Shar's Mirror for extra 2 dex Ethel's hair for INT Savage Attacker feat Potion 27 strength *Nimble finger gloves are great for extra +2 dex, Shape shift to Gnome and equip. *Shapeshifters boon *Githzerai Mind Barrier *Brain filled to the brim with glorious worms😂 I think that's all lol

Or get her as a party member early in act 2 and just ask her for them politely

@@andybodle7560 🤣🤣

Pally never prof in CON save. You are thinking of fighter I guess.

@@lenam317 You're right, I must have mixed something up there.

Nice one! Correct 💯

Gl ;)

@@TheSpudKingUPDATE finally finished my run. For anyone wondering yes this build is actually doable in honors mode. Idk about solo run because it’s not really reliable especially in honors run. The build is weak at the beginning especially if you hit the githyanki creche where you actually get your first gear items it’s intensely hard you need to properly position yourself correctly or you will be punished. Act 2 is a fly by nothing to serious. Do be careful when fighting the Steel watch bc getting malmed will get you killed. You don’t have a lot of movement and you don’t have enough health to take dmg. Act 3 is insanely easy for some reason having full lvl and build plus gear you will do insane dmg. I destroyed the mind flayers in one turn. And the Final boss in one turn. Also when fighting Orin her legendary resistance will messed you up, so I recommend stocking up on magic missile and speed potion and put on a amulet I forgot what it was called but it’s the one that lets you add additional missile on your magic missile. PS my honor run wasn’t solo it was with companions. I may not be the best bg3 player but I have finished the game 3 times in tactician and now 1 honors mode. So I am atleast experienced at this game. If this is your first time playing don’t run this on honors mode just yet and play what you wanna play.

Yeah, that's moded teleport ring, so i can go into different locations, like teleport to act 1 from act 3 to show some early stuff

Does it work same w as as flame blade by just dismissing them? If so im excited because I really wanted to do like a dual weild shadow blade assassin

​@@percyal1It does. It also scales with spell level, but it becomes a light weapon (not finesse) so you would have to either use a strength build or Pact of the Blade

Yeah, steely guys still eat smites and extra coatings

Just Blast the Steel Watch with absorb intellect mind flayer perk. They keel over and die in 3 turns. Blast, Invisible, and run away 🏃💀😂

Probably from "light" cantriip

Sounds cool 😎

Just tried, my invis is requiring short rest ;( lol, ok...figured out ! Thanks for idea!!!!!!!

Technically yes, but i will make permanent flameblade after patch 7 if not fixed

Hmmm 🤔 i got loads of stuff planned right now, but it sounds fun and challenging, because stats won't line up too good. So... Will try! 😁

There's 2 . 3 warl 5 pal 4sorc or 5 pal 4 sorc 3 rogue

Yeah, and you can use it on your meeele fighter, while bard stays behind

I like good Dion memories

Thats moded "goth blue dye" if im not mistaken, will drop my mod list after path 7 online, so im not feature stuff that will break. In game, there is close one "harlequin black and blue"

I feel like going paladin 3 for advantage is a bit weird, theres certainly easier ways for advantage that aren't 1/4th of your level

@@Justin-lr6yf true, i guess you could hid midfight should the position allows it and fire the sneak attacks, or flank an enemy i wonder if risky ring also works on spells with attack rolls if you know anything that could give out advantage for spellcasting let me know

@@javelin1423 I dont see why you wouldn't just use bonus action hide since you are already rogue after all, if you cannot hide for whatever reason you could also have another character that excels at providing advantage like a ranger built to root or a fighter with prone maneuver or even a cleric with guiding bolt. Gets more complicated if you are solo, im not sure about good items for advantage asides from melee

@@javelin1423 Also I believe sneak attack on spells was a bug, wouldn't work too well anyway since your int would be underwhelming

@@Justin-lr6yf thanks for the suggestions i forgot about CCs from other classes, i'll go take a look and maybe plan a dedicated cc build on one of the party members regarding the damage, its not optimal but getting to proc sneak attack 1 to 3 times (up to 3 rolls of 5d6) is not bad... at the very least, the numbers could be improved with items like spellsparkler, the int boosting tiara, and the like also yes its a bug, hence why I'm still not sure if Larian patched it yet

Hmm. That's better, i thought it's only for pushes

Nere’s boots are way better, much more versatile and provides immunity from slipping. Also doesn’t Ketheric’s armour have the same buff as the boots? And his greatest enemy was anything slippery cuz he couldn’t move one inch without giving up his turn.

@@4m4n40 Boots of Striding comes in earlier, depending of course if you do grym forge or the grove defense / raid. His greatest enemy is prone, because that auto-knocks concentration. Prone doesnt only come from slippage, as demonstrated in the video it can also come from shield bash etc. Ketheric's armor does the same thing, you are correct. However, you would need some feat or level dip in order to use heavy armor.

CON proficiency from fighter is important

I think he's cheating in a ton of items. Having cloud giant strength potion that early shouldn't be possible either. And I think he even cheats in the shadow blade ring. Kinda hope I'm wrong though, super lame if he's just "Do as I say, not as I do".

Elixir of Cloud Giant is obtainable starting lvl 6 in the first act. Derryth Bonecloack sells it randomly. Derryth and Blurg also sell ingredient (cloud giant finger) starting lvl6. If you have transmutation wizard then you can make 2 elixirs instead of 1. All the traders refresh their inventory on every rest or level up, so you can stack tons of elixirs of Cloud Giant at lvl 6 in act 1. Ring of shadow blade is a reward for finding Arabella's parents in act 2.

@@Andromeda087 He wasn't level 6 yet though. He started in the nautiloid.

In case enemies dont want to go in

Fine, you just destroy them fast, or there is armour with resistance to psychic

Yeah, thats "dark gothic dye" mod. Closest unmoded will be "black with blue" or smth like this

@@TheSpudKing you’re the best thanks!

Oh yeah, can't find time for fallout too :) will post 5 early game builds on tuesday btw, so take a look for lvl2-5 fun and broken stuff

Unsummon hireling, and then buy him again

Recruit hireling > summon shadow blade > dismiss hireling completely > resummon same hireling > move permanent shadow blade to your inventory > repeat If you recruit a Druid at a higher level and level then up you can upcast flame blade and do the same thing. I have a few 6th lvl flame blades from doing this.

Hehe, Toying with that right now :) feels good

Mostly some dye's and thats it

Its not Dex, but could be. Str is better in my opinion

Moded for recording, to do it faster and save some space on SSD 😉

i love u man forever an overlord w8ing for group to log in

Yeah, was looking onto it, but cut down, because it's not finesse

​@TheSpudKing but pack weapon changes the weapon to use charisma instead...

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Use them as improvised weapon

@@TheSpudKing oooooh i see thanks

@@TheSpudKing doesnt work. theyre too heavy.

Most likely from fighting style Dueling (adds +2 damage to a weapon if it is held in one hand and is NOT a versatile or heavy)