Baldur's Gate 3 House of Hope Raphael Gloom Stalker Assassin Bard Solo
I returned to Tactician after clearing the game on honour mode to try out a couple builds. There are still a few things I can do to improve it. I'm excited to post Honour mode runs in the near future.
Muticlass: Level 6 Bard (college of swords), Level 3 (Rogue Assassin), Level 3 Ranger (Gloomstalker)
Gear:
Weapons: Gontr Mael (Bis bow for this build)
Mainhand: Knife of the Undermountain king | Bloodthirst is a better version if you’ve slayed Orin.
Offhand: Rhapsody | Grants Scarlet Remittance for some more added Attack Roll DC or guarantee crits if consumed. Killing 3 enemies in a row won’t be a problem with this build.
Helmet: Sarevok’s Horned Helmet (Obtain by slaying Sarevok)
Cloaks: Cloak Shade-Slayer Cloak (Found in the guild, sold by Sticky Dono)
Armour: Bhaalist Armour Obtained by becoming a Bhaal Assassin (Unlocks a trader) | This is the best chest piece in the game, its what makes this class do more DPS than Paladin.
Gloves: Craterflesh Gloves Sold by the same trader after becoming a Bhaal Assassin | You can also settle for Flawed Helldusk Gauntlets from Dammon or Gauntlet of Shar for the 4 Necrotic Damage |
Boots: Helldusk Boots | Evasive Shoes | Bonespike boots or even Disintegrating Nightwalkers are all good choices
Rings & Amulet: Surgeon’s Subjugation is the best against all humanoid enemies, the best combo for guaranteed crits from Killer’s sweetheart or Luck of the far realms as you can 100% proc the paralysis for 100% crit on a single target.
You can go for Amulet of Greater Health or Fey Semblance Amulet if you’ve completed Mayrina’s story.
For this video I opted for Amulet of Greater Health for the 23 Constitution
Ring (1): Caustic Band Ring for additional 2 extra DPS
Ring (2): Killer’s Sweetheart
Equipment | Buffs | Elixirs & Potions |
Pre-buffing is essential for this build
Any type of haste | Potion of speed | Celestial Haste (Requires Concentration)| Haste spell (Requires Concentration) Note: You can throw Potion of Speed on the ground before a fight to ensure you gain all 3 turns of Haste.
Murderous Aura from Bhaalist armour, anything withing 2meter of you are vulnerable to piercing damage
Drakethroat Glaive (provides elemental buffs until you long rest): This elemental sets your weapon to the “elemental condition” which gives you more advantage to your attacks.
Staff of Arcane Blessing for bless (Mystra’s Blessing doesn’t require concentration).
Act 3 Statue for 5000 Gold for permanent bless buff
Tharchiate Vigor for extra 20 temporary hit points (obtained in the sorcerer sundries vaults)
Oil of Accuracy for more attack rolls
Zaith'isk buff (All Illithid abilities are now bonus action)
Flying: If you embrace your illithid potential you gain access to Levitate | if not you can collect a
bunch of potion of flying throughout the game and gain the same benefit.
Mirror Image scrolls | More AC |
Elixirs to use |
Bloodthirst Potion (Grants additional action after killing an enemy)
Elixirs of Vigilance if you want more initiative (Useful in fights against Cazzador or Yugnir).
Elixir of Vigilance increases chance to hit critical by 1, stacks with your build.
Important buffs that can significantly help:
Long Strider (more movement speed)
Enhance Leap for jump distance (good if you don’t have any flying potion or Illithid levitate)
Mods used in the video | links provided | for Cosmetics Only |
Mod Links:
TC Dyes: www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate...
Vemp Head: www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate...
Tav Hair Salon: www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate...
Achievement Enabler: www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate...
Mods: Astral-touched tadpole Appearance Mod
Enjoy!