The Best Spells in the Game! - BG3 6th Level Spells Tier List 

Good point!

I did Tempest 2/Evocation Wizard 10 so I could learn 6th level spells, use Summons, and have Tempest Channel Divinity to maximize the 3 free Chain Lightning spells per day with Markoheshkir

@@nathanfivecoate5848 I did Tempest 2/ Evocation 2/ Storm 8 for the same reason :)

That’s insane. In DnD you cannot twin it, so I would have never tried! Thanks for the tip.

It's my favorite sorcerer spell!

I actually cut a whole rant on Longstrider in this video. I thought "its been long enough that no one cares about this anymore." Should have left it in for the Longstrider Gang!

Oooh I kinda want a Longstrider rant, seems like a no-brainer to me. I love your videos to help me rethink my builds, so rant away!

Make it a separate video I'd watch that lmao

@@driftingnitro6490 I probably will!

Frankly Longstrider is better than any of these spells.

I disintegrated Larroakan into a pile dust

Its REALLY GOOD for raphael.

@@pokemonmusiclover5why

@@Vyndyka his pillars take double force damage. Disintegrate 1 hit kills them. Though tbh a sorlock can do it with eldritch blast even better. But hey if you got spare scrolls of disintegrate which are pretty easy to find in ramazith's tower then anyone in your party can 1 hit kill a soul tower.

I assumed you don’t get the loot?

Really! Cool! I didn't know that actually.

@@Aestus_RPG There are even two different memories based on whether you have defeated Orin or not.

Heal triggers a scene as well as the noblestalk in act 1.

Is it too late to try if you’ve defeated her. I want to go back to a save and see

Killed several bosses doing this + the illithid power that gives double damage, found it super powerful personally

I like to use desintegrate as a scroll to destroy some things in act 3, like the locked doors in the iron throne, because my high dex characters where ocupied with other stuff in the area.

There are actually 2 staffs, one from the Tower and one from the House. Also - yes, using haste, freecast and quickened spell I managed to simply MELT some of the final bosses' faces off in a single turn. Turns out giant brains have really low dex save, who would have thought.

Super useful in the raphael fight to one shot the pillars as well

Confusion did the same thing for me! He skipped one turn and then attacked an ally on another

@@ProbeAway Nicer. At the time I didn't know OID was a guarenteed stick for the first round so it was really a hail mary for me, lol.

​@@WestOfEarthIt ain't called "Irresistable" for nothing

Haha, i had the same thing happen on my first playthrough, all my team was dead but gale was still up, and i was like, i never use these scrolls but this one seems like its gonna work. So gale casts ottos dance on sarevok, revives team, and sarevok only could dance until the killing blow. Also used it to kill gortash before he could become big, so in my eyes its a must have lol

Thanks! That genuinely means a lot to me!

another good turn based series to checkout is dragon age! not as in depth as bg3 but its a great one with a fun story and some cool characters and to boot those games a dirt cheap now

If a target is large enough enemies don't even need to be far away. I've had it do 300-500 damage on single targets in one blast despite being near their allies.

Hey I did this too! Add in his singing duet with Hope and we've got a regular old Musical alla Infernale.

Sorry it took so long!

​@@Aestus_RPGLife happens man. I think we're all just grateful you put these videos out at all. Thanks again!

Thanks! You used "eagerly" instead of "really" so to me your opinion on being articulate carries a lot of weight!

@@Aestus_RPG Of course! It's nice hearing you explain with good detail the strengths of these things with experience to back it up! Excited to see future videos :]

Glad you like them!

Also ive had fun casting freezing spheres with scrolls waiting 9 turns, casting mage hand and create water and letting mage hand throw the spheres at enemies dealing huge damage while not wasting any of my teams actions

I do this with upcasted call lightning on my tempest cleric. 6d10 plus vulnerable from wet is nasty.

I just used darkness. They can't hit what they can't see!

Oathbreaker

I have a lot more vidoes planned! Next up in Honour Mode video/s and Feat Tier List! I will probably do a team composition one at some point. I actually wrote a script, but when I went to record I thought it was boring and shelved it.

Yes, I would! I will probably make a video on that subject.

@@Aestus_RPG awesome, looking forward to it!

I plan on doing videos guides for every class, though it probably will be a while before I get to Warlock.

I don't think I am. In the scenario you described, you had a lot of summons. How much heavy lifting is one of those summons doing? That is what I have to answer for the spell tier list, and its difficult to answer. Spamming summons is indeed a good strategy.

I'm afraid I already released the AMA. But I can try to answer your question. I don't think there is a clearly superior mode of combat, but I lean towards Turn-Based being better most of the time. The reason is that turn-based is easier for learning the system, and ultimately learning curve is the biggest obstacle towards players getting hooked on a game (even experienced players). I do think Turn-Based will become the new standard. This is an industry of fads, and BG3 just made Turn-Based the new fad.

I put it A-tier, which is pretty good.

Yeah! Sorcerer is one of my favorite classes and still one of the best classes in the game. In my current Honour Mode run I playing a Wizard with a Sorcerer dip and (assuming I complete the run) I plan on posting the whole thing to this channel. Its pretty easy to cheat Honour Mode, so I wanted a full, unedited run as proof that I did it without cheating.

Honestly, I think you'll find switching over to honor won't change my videos that much. I already assumed no-reload, which is half of what makes honour difficult. The other big changes have to do with specific mechanics: Haste nerfed, Elixir of Bloodlust nerfed, Warlock multiclass nerfed, etc. But it should be easy to see filters those things out if you play Tactician.

@@Aestus_RPG You seem to presume I know what I’m doing in Tactician!😂 I’m just flailing through my first Tactician playthrough now. I was just hoping for tips on how to play better, rather than just relying on luck. Your tier videos have helped in terms of which spells I go for, though, so thanks for that!

​@@JosieJOKlet me boldly speak on Aestus behalf and say the answer is implicitly in these videos, that is your choice should optimally utilize your resources (action, concentration slot, spell slots/maneuvers/sorceror points/other refreshing resources, bonus action, movement speed, reaction, in descending order of value), towards cancelling enemy turns, by which you successfully complete a fight. To elaborate, in each fight you should find the most (cancelled-enemy-turn-value ➗ your effort) efficient paths. Before fight, you should choose firstly the fight deciding spells such as hold person/haste/fear, because once hit, the enemy already has less actions, and you can quickly cancel more by trivial attacks. Once these "build defining" spells are chosen, you then choose spells/maneuvers/etc that utilizes the rest of the resources (counterspell/reposte for reaction, spiritual weapon for bonus action, chromatic orb/lightning bolt for action but no concentration, etc) not competing with your primary spells. Also before fight, organize your feats and equipments. For tactician mode you need feats and equipments to align, e.g. the glove that grants attack advantage and savage attack feat for melee attackers, the clothe that grants constitution saving throw for your concentration spell casters, etc (also should be aware how melee/range/spell hit-rate is calculated). Your hit chance comes fundamentally from this. Once you have the above ready, in-fight decisions are kind of natural. In general, do those things you build around, say battle masters and paladins should stay close to prioritized targets and make as many focused attacks as possible. Supports/controls with low AC should stay and spread on high ground to avoid attacks, because the best way to maintain concentration is to not get hit. Also utilize obstacles so that you can utilize your movement (to come out and shoot, then go back behind wall to waste enemy turns on running towards you). Surely you have the general sense of these if you can pass a normal run, just push for a bit more extreme in tactician. Wooh, your question actually allows me to write these down for future reference if someone asks. Feel free to ask for more specifics.

Yeah, thats why they stopped at level 12. Its difficult enough to consider and implement all the effects and interactions of the existing spells, the difficulty increases exponentially for each level afterwards.

Naw, level 7 is when spells get crazy!

we'll seed what dlc they have on offer if any. If you notice, the game does keep track of character xp after 12lvl even if the bar doesn't show. Seems like a future proof mechanic in the event they give us higher levels to play through.

SPOILERS! The strategy I've used every time is to rush down the dragon before they get a chance to act. Naturally, that leaves me in an exposed position right in the middle of the map, so I cast Globe of invulnerability there diffuse that. Then I will regroup and blitz the channeling thing, casting Globe of Invulnerability there as well. Once I'm into the final map, combat is basically one, because the last bad guy is pretty weak.

Well, you can block Raphael with any wall if you evacuate the room, and its quite cheaper :D All the demons will fly to carnage but he cannot get thru it and is too stupid to break it. Yet i didnt play high difficulty, maybe he can fly there?