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Beast master pets are so good. I love the fact that their abilities are per turn. Its really valuable at low level to be able to use more abilities when spell slots are limited
My issue with them is their pathfinding. If larian can fix that, then I can absolutely get down with a beast master ranger. But until then, I hate starting a fight only to find my wolf at the other side of the map
Wood Elves also get proficiency in perception (from being an Elf) and stealth (from being a Wood Elf). That's two free proficiencies in Dex and Wis skills, abilities which are likely to be high for a Ranger. That, together with the movement range and how well the race fits ranger roleplay-wise, makes the Wood Elf the number one choice. Edit: oh, never mind, you mention it later.
half-elf gets that + light armor and shields dreugar dwarf enlarge adds dmg to any weapon attack, not just melee gith is OP AF with astral knowledge and MEDIUM armor/g.sword (not as necessary for ranger), racial misty step. very very powerful if you're not taking the astral tadpole for illithid fly
As someone who's loved the idea of the Ranger ever since seeing Lorn of the RIngs as a kid, I was always disappointed with 5E's base Ranger and LOVE what Larian did to rework it. Doesn't feel like it lives or dies based on subclass anymore, and the widely viewed as worst subclass is really good now.
Been playing Ranger with my friends and I love how much utility I bring with sneak stuff and disarming traps and lock picks. I can dish out some respectable damage also. But this is before I've been thinking of dual classing into rogue. I can't wait to see how that it going to feel. Thanks for the video!
Greetings from Germany and a huge thanks for the great guides for the classes and much more about bdg3. I am pretty new to the Universe (just heard about the classes and the races but didn‘t know them in detail) and the guides helped me so much to understand certain mechanics ❤. A huge thanks for these awsome guides. Sorry if some things are written wrong its realy difficult to write a proper text in englisch with german autocorraction.😅
Just want to use this post to thank you for all your videos. I am as new as it can be to this genre and am waiting a few more days to play this on the PS5. Your content has been invaluable to me as a complete newcomer and this one in particular has cemented my first play through. Spoiler free, but without being vague, they have helped me a great deal in making this journey much less fraught with ignorance. Done the like, sub, comment, etc.
After taking Ranger to 12, my conclusion is that the best ranger is a Fighter/Ranger/Rogue. You get weapon and armor proficiencies, superiority dice to disarm and trip at range, sneak attacks, hide/dash as an extra bonus action, and you're pretty much a lock picking, breaking & entering machine.
@@XeUrden I completely disagree, my MC is Hunter/Battlemaster with dual weapons and Colossus Slayer lets me dish out a ridiculous amount of damage. No doubt Fighter/Rogue has its advantages but Ranger is no slouch. In theory though he's right, you could run 6/3/3 for Fighter/Rogue/Ranger and be a monster in melee or ranged.
18:04 Actually, with Dark Urge, if you have Speak with Animals active the squirrel encounter is quite mundane. Could be a good reason to choose Ranger for a Dark Urge playthrough. I think if your character can understand the creature's aggression, those animal instincts are less likely to kick in.
Playing as a Gloomstalker is a fun way to kill off multiple targets with Astarion in combined ambushes. Surprise is so good. If you're feeling spicy, Level 5 Gloomstalker and Level 3 Assassin gets an initial surprise attack with advantage, +3 to initiative, then Dread Ambush, 2 Sneak Attacks and an ability to hide again all with advantage. You can delete enemies before they even have an opportunity to move.
There are two Longswords in Act 1 (one in the Underdark and one from a vendor in the Creche) that have the Finesse property. Both are +1 weapons and have some nice abilities as well. Just saying.
I started with beast master. Its good when your pet levels up so to speak. I switched to gloom for now, will go back when i reach level 12. I do like the gloom stalker in general, may try a full group for that with fighter subclass. First round attack cycle will be brutal.
I've read that Survival helps in finding buried treasure chests, and as I role play as either Phillip or Terrance from South Park, that is a huge bonus. Also, collecting some components in the wild & underdark seemed to be aided by Nature checks. Animal handling I have found to be less of a factor, but only because I am legally prohibited from going to most petting zoos.
I like to take a 1 level dip into Light Clieic. Guidance, Bless especially for negating the Sharpshooter penalty along with Archery Fighting Style, and Healing Word when you need to get Shadow heart or a front liner up.
@italianspartacus That's cool. There's just too many options, but I like how pretty much any choice seems viable. I can't wait to try it out. It goes live on PS5 tomorrow.
Initially i was looking into the hunter subclass for the AOEs. Although AOE is useful, there are other chars that can have interesting AOEs like Gale with spells and La'zael with cleave, so i went with a BM to have an extra 5th char for free which also has very interesting abilities and can kill enemies just fine. The bear can lock down an enemy and also has a CC, the raven can fly far and take care of your rangers/casters while also crippling them, but the spider is truly a master of AOE and CC. Putting down a web in a choke point and having 2-3 enemies stuck in it, then having another char shoot a fireball or fire arrow at the web and setting them on fire, that is just a great wombo combo. The spooder can also cocoon an enemy that will not do anything for a few turns and also has poison bite. For me, having an extra body in combat that can cast different abilities each turn and also create all kinds of combos is absolutely fantastic and much more interesting gameplay than just shooting some AOEs from time to time. The gloomy guy i see more like a rogue than a ranger, with most of his power being in the first turn and from sneak attacks. Beast Master plays well with the RP of an outdoor hunter that has spent most of his life in the wild, communing with nature and observing animals as they do their thing. And i just love my fluffy Booboo bear XD. Yes i called him Booboo.
@@mancamiatipoolause thorns spell for choke points. Enemies are delt damage as they move through. And sometimes the cpu won't move through it so enemies just stand outside of it
I'm going 1 rogue 11 ranger(beastmaster) on Minthara. The reason for going thief first is so I can add passive ability in perception and sleight of hand. She's going to replace Astarion in my first playthrough.
Another good race choice is Deep Gnome Knight Ranger. If I the understand the rules correctly, wearing heavy armor gives you disadvantage on stealth checks, but the advantage Deep Gnomes get for stealth cancels each other out. You can still be a heavily armored stealth ranger.
i made my minthara a gloom stalker college of sword bard so she has combat maneuvers, can start combat off first usually from dread ambusher, can misty step, i also get an additional short rest. Then i gave her sentinel and mage slayer so she can counter attack on others turns with reactions i also gave her duelest prerogative for another reaction. for her final feat im thinking sharp shooter since she has the dead shot bow that gives lower crit also duelest prerogatives lower crit. It’s great she attacks a bunch per turn melee or ranged for big damage and potentially more crits, i also gave her the risky ring and shifting corpus ring so she always has advantage on attacks and blur so they miss her way more often so she can stay alive way longer or escape with the amulet of wind rider if she starts taking to much damage/ too far from the healer.
@ziljanvega3879 tbh, shapeshifting for moon is only a thing because the elemental forms, at least in TT. Earlier levels its not bad, but later levels most beasts are not good :( Which as far as I know also made ranger pets weaker, at least in PHB but they fixed it with Tasha, even with that said... I want the dragon themes ranger subclass from Fizbans :3
Right? First, Blind playthrough playing durge. I multiclassed to rogue at baldurs gate and shortly after Gortash made the reveal. The new rogue dialogue options felt so naturally implemented and, by the time I got my Assassin subclass, I fought Orin. Man I was incredibly immersed In the story.
So i do want to make a note, the only thing you don't get from heavy armor is the dex AC, everything else from damage and hit rolls on dex weapons as well as bonuses to slight of hand and the like still apply, I keep hearing it on the webs and wanted to get the info out there that that's how it works in game
Dragon Knight and you can still go Dex Ranger. Sneaking isn't that big of a deal in BG3 if you didn't pick the urban tracker feat. Just bring Astarion along because at 11 he gets the ability where he can roll anything less than a 1 so you can have him pickpocket all the gold and items off vendors in Act 3 besides armor. Barter -> take 500G -> do this to their whole gold stack -> then go in and pickpocket all the 500G stacks. They have a DC 9 check. Steal all the alchemical ingredients, steal all the arrows, steal all the potions. If there's any armor or weapons you really want that's beyond a 10DC check just buy it, then repeat the 500G gold stack pickpocket route. Make sure to have Astarion hoof it while you still have the vendor locked in chat. So when they're like THEIF you're already gone, if they ask your chat companion you can just say it wasn't me. Then group up everyone. Waypoint to a new "region" then waypoint back. Boom vendor is back in their store, not mad, poor, and ready to barter for their gold back.
Currently working on a melee ranger idea I've wanted to try out. Went with Ranger Knight and chose hunter. Taking two levels fighter for Defensive fighting style and action surge. And then going with Sword Bard. Better spells, additional skill from bard, and the flourishes sound like they'd go so well with a sword and board or two weapon fighter. I figure I get defensive fighting style from fighter and then the bard and ranger can take dueling or two weapon styles. And then I can duel crossbows for ranged combat.
I really like a single level of monk on hunter or beast master in order to avoid putting points into strength while still being able to wield quite a lot of non-finesse weapons with a dex modifier. I like Gloomstalker with trickery domain Cleric, too - aside from something like thief or fighter. It’s great on anything that dumps dex as well, due to the passive boost to initiative without having to take alert as a feat.
So one piece of feedback for you is most stats should probably not go to 17 unless you are planning to take a half feat. If you leave your primary at 16 you can bump an 8 to a 10 or a 10 to a 12 and get an extra point for the related save and dialogue. Other than that super informative guides. Id also like your recommendations on what spells to pick up rather than just an overview of what they are.
Thanks so much dude!! I sort of alluded to it in the video, but I just left this comment on another individual's post who said the same thing: I didn't want to spoil this in the video, but if you get the "Hag's hair" (that's the least spoiler thing I can call it) and Improved Ability Score at lvl 4, you will have 20 Dex - or any stat for that matter - well before you're even halfway through Act 1. In most cases, I would definitely agree with you, especially for Wisdom which has ZERO half feats in BG3!
For the most part, thief is the best rouge subclass. However for this build, I have found assassin to much stronger. I also went 5 ranger, 5 rouge, 2 fighter. The action surge ability in late game either lets you nuke a boss with 5 auto crits, or nearly every (if not all) mobs.
Thank you for this - my first time playing BG3 and 5th edition, grew up on the original D&D and 2nd edition back in the 70s and 80s, so its a strong learning curve. I never played a ranger until this game - having a blast with Beast Master - much like what you discussed. My only gripe with Beast Master is i can't keep my companion animals to stay with me! They bounce all over the map! How can I fix this?
I made a Hunter and am leaning into ensnaring strike...so much so I do not even know Hunter's mark. Hunter's mark for me is kind of like you with duel crossbows. It's strong but so boring as you just always use hunters mark. It's a lot more fun to force my self to use other spells as the situation arises. That first ogre battle in the village was really nice. I kept the smart one ensnared from the ledge most the battle, while everyone else dealt with the other 2.
D&D creators: "What about half-elf?" Other Creator: "What about them?" DDC: "They don't have any special abilities. What's even the point?" Other Creator: "Just make it so they can't roll a 1." DDC: "OK."
Been running as Battlemaster/Hunter with Dual Weapons, with Colossus Slayer you can do a disgusting amount of damage per turn. I also respec'd Wyll into Hunter/Thief with Dual Crossbows and Hordebreaker and that's similarly fuckin' bonkers though now that more characters have AoEs i might switch him also into Colossus Slayer but i can't overstate how helpful Hordebreaker is early on.
Sound great that you experimented so much with the hunter on 2 chars. Although AOE is useful, there are other char that can have interesting AOEs like Gale with spells and La'zael with cleave, so i went with a BM to have an extra 5th char for free which also has very interesting abilities and can kill enemies just fine. The bear can lock down an enemy and also has a CC, the raven can fly far and take care of your rangers/casters while also crippling them, but the spider is truly a master of AOE and CC. Putting down a web in a choke point and having 2-3 enemies stuck in it, then having another char shoot a fireball or fire arrow at the web and setting them on fire, that is just a great wombo combo. The spooder can also cocoon an enemy that will not do anything for a few turns and also has poison bite. For me, having an extra body in combat that can cast different abilities each turn and also create all kinds of combos is absolutely fantastic.
Hear me out... 16 dex, 16 wis, 15 con? if you get 3 feats +4 dex and resiliant for +1con and con saving throw prof for more HP and better concentration checks (for spike growth or hunters mark) later with 18dex gloves you can respec and dump dex, take all the con, wis, cha you want :) Horde Breaker on hunter is crazy good
I'm going for a WH fantasy dwarf ranger, and I think gloom stalker might be most fitting for that sort of archetype. The only issue is that axes and hammers are str weapons, while ranged weapons are dex weapons, and no self-respecting dawi would use a sword....
You can fix the class a bit by putting all feats in STR and also speccing into fighter. Fighter battlemaster is so good because it gives you a lot of interesting extra attacks that can be used with melee and ranged weapons and also action surge and a self heal. Playing as a dwarf warrior/ranger just fits so well and i think for you a 8 ranger / 4 fighter is ideal because you still get 3 feats, which you can use to fix your STR. So in time you will get stronger and stronger with your axes while being a very good at archery. With 3 feat points the game really allows you to play any kind of RP and fix small inconsistencies like being able to use STR weapons on a DEX char and viceversa, if that is your wish.
@mancamiatipoola thanks for the advice. I'm currently playing fighter, and it's great for that dwarf warrior RP, but I'll look into the multiclassing you've suggested. And hey, I could never a ranger (GW) that throws axes, right?
Dang it Sparty! I gotta find out from Indy you had a watch party for Space Marine 2! 😅 looks fun no? Don't get me wrong this is A+ content too... probably S actually. But they got my buggy boys AND my Egyptian sandy boys now! MAXIMUM AROUSAL🎉🎉🎉!
Would the Savage Attacker feat work well on a dual wielding dexterity Ranger? It seems like the Dual Wielding feat is mainly beneficial for Strength-based fighters.
@@italianspartacus I kill the hag. Still, your system if getting a lesser feat to raise it by one isn't bad, but you could just get 2 +2 asi and get a good feat while bumping any other stat +2
My first playthrough class! *_And damn, I know nothing! After 12 resets I know nothing!_* _Godsend my friend._ Edit: However I'd say Human is a shout so you can at least gain a proficientcy in *something useful.*
As of the first patch, you use Survival for more things like finding treasure chests instead of Perception, so don't sleep on Survival if you have points left to choose it.
I want to try something really unique. Is it possinleto be a ranger in the beg and go into a multi class to be a sorcerer of wind and thunder? I want to try to be able to use bows and magic at the same time if possible and even a sword.
I was looking,making a dwarf with Ranger/Hunter & Barbarian/Beserker. How feasible would this be? I know you can't use spells in rage, mostly looking at the unarmored save. New to the game.
dont forget we can respec for only 100gp at withers whiv\ch makes leveling and multiclassing with builds a lot easier, one question about thief can we use our bonus action from fast hands for another off hand attack so two off hand attacks with handcrossbows, and two with our main hand, and an extra one at the start of combat from ambush for 5?
Why are you wasting a spell selection on Longstrider? It lasts all day... Get a hireling from Withers and have them cast it on all of your party before you leave camp... Also the favorite enemy you get from level 6 ranger doesn't really add much to a Gloomstalkier. Gloomstalker5 / Theif or Assassin 4 / Fighter 3 is the way to go. Thief if you want to use crossbow, assassin if you want to use a bow. You take it to 4 so you can grab the feat. You can take battlemaster for their maneuvers of eldritch knight if you want a little more versatility. The friends cantrip is excellent if you are the main character.
Pre- ordered for PS 5. Planning on beastmaster / rogue. Beastmaster for companion (duh) and rogue for slight of hand and expertise. Lvl 1 ranger for weapon proficiency then go rogue for lvl 2 then back to ranger at lvl 3. Any thoughts?
My personal opinion? I wouldn't. The BM NEEDS its break points at 5, 7, and 11 to stay competitive. Especially 11 which gives the companion "extra attack." If you strictly want to use the companions for their abilities like the Raven's blind, or the Spider's web - then YEAH it'll fuckin DEFINITELY work hahaha. Just know your companion won't be as amazing as it could be because it misses out on Extra Attack (and the increased abilities it gets at lvl 11).
I figure I'll be picking locks more often then sicking my pet on somebody. I know Astarion is a rogue, but I find him annoying. The more I can do w/o him the better.
Thanks. Totally new to this type of game, but really looking forward to it. Huge Dragon Age fan, but since it looks like the PS 10 will be out before DAD, I figured I'd give this a whirl. Appreciate videos and all the help. Seems like a real welcoming community. Looking forward to that beastmaster vid.
Ranger is slept on, people misunderstand it. expecting to be an archer pure class. My Tav was a duelist character, and the gloom stalker subclass went amazing. My duelist bard isnt able to keep up with the damage, unlesss i exclusively use bards slashing floursih ranged attack on the same target. But as melee, ranger was better. I respecced karlach into a ranger knight. with heavy armor, polearms, and a good bow. She fits the role of damage/CC hybrid so much better. With horde breaker, she can really dispatch damage where needed. Rangers are very strong and most people dont know how much better a build is in the ranger class.
ive alredy created a ranger. and got to lvl 3. did i miss opportunity to make a gloom rogue hybrid or its not a big deal? would it make a difference if i speced into rogue now?
I'm trying to figure out a good build for a Ranger/Cleric cross. I think any class can be crossed with Cleric, but I'm trying to figure out how to optimize the build. We need a healer, so I'm thinking Life Domain. What do you think?
1 level of cleric is good on basically any build. Life would be a good choice due to heavy armor proficiency. If you want to go more than that, you need to think about pumping wisdom harder.
This is my first ever time playing anything D&D related. Am I correct in saying this class kind of sucks? They seem to dabble in almost everything but doing damage sucks with almost everything. I definitely could just be playing completely wrong as well, opinions are welcome here
I take it something has come between you and CA that i have not heard about since you are not promoting their last DLC wich is now available. ( i can see you have much more view`s with B3)
@@italianspartacus Are you sure? The only cleric related vid I saw on the page said it was about building Shadowheart specifically in the title. I didn't see any others :/
Some of those clips are console commands. It’s disingenuous to portray those last clips as inherent bugs. The game has bugs I’m not arguing that but using manipulated gameplay doesn’t help legitimize the points you are making.
