Baldur's Gate 3 - 400+ DAMAGE IN 1 TURN - Best Monk Rogue Build Guide & INCREDIBLE Multiclass!

So who's out there spreading the way of the Monk?

do we need to put points in strength because what I'm understanding the strength is just to get the multiplier for when you're throwing things after punching right?
is there like a substitute we can use if we don't want to use TAVERN BRAWLER?

yeah, with 17 AC this build is absolute dog shit
why would you ever max STR before DEX on monk when DEX gives you both AC and dmg scaling through Dextrous Attacks

You don’t have to sign the contract btw, you can get the hammer in the same place that the contract is I believe

dont put scenes from the end game

In terms of when you get tavern brawler I'd tend to get it first. You can get strength to 17 with hag hair and to 18 with tavern brawler. That puts you at a better spot early on in terms of damage.

I do realize that this isn't going to be possible for everyone depending on how they are playing and where they are in the game but i figured I'd mention it

Why do you need open hand for this build? Isn't flurry of blows a bonus action for every monk? E.g. you can do this same thing but take Way of the Shadow to teleport in and out of places too

id recommend not speccing into str that hard. Go for dex, wis or con instead. Strength can be set to 21 for a day by dringking potions, and those are plentiful both in the world, in shops and if you know how to use alchemy

You suggested getting ability improvement twice, at level 4 and 12.

Can I go unarmed throughout the leveling process or is a weapon recommended?

This build is ok but not the ideal monk; it can be greatly improved by only leveling dex & wisdom, and using an elixir of Cloud Giant strength every day. (Can get 2x per long rest in act3, if you gave Derryth Bonecloak the noblestalk in acts 1 or 2.) Before then, use elixirs of Hill Giant Strength. (2x per long rest from Ethel, or 1-2 from the dude in the Mushroom Kingdom) Also, getting haste with that one bow or getting it cast on you by a party member is good, so is using the Helmet of Grit for an extra bonus action. (Spoilers for mindflayer powers ahead.)


If you use the astral tadpole and get mind sanctuary, you can use bonus actions as actions while in the sanctuary. This means you can get SIX FULL ACTIONS in a turn if you have haste & are at half health w/ Helmet of Grit and the build in the video. Next, for even stupider damage, use black hole to group a bunch of evil dudes really close together, then use tavern brawler to make them all resonate with ki, then detonate the ki for big damage.

The next bit is a glitch and will probs be patched, but here goes anyways:
You can use Phalar Aluve's shriek to do an extra 1d4 thunder, + Morninglord's Radiance (once you get it once simply add and remove a party member to get it back) for an extra 1d4 damage. This basically lets you oneshot anything, because whenever the 1d4 thunder triggers, the 1d4 radiant damage triggers, and whenever the 1d4 radiant triggers, the 1d4 thunder triggers, and so on and so forth.

It's better to put more points into dex/wis then str, and use a potion of hill giant strength or similar.

Ay chance there is a written guide for this as well?

How do you deal with the 17 ac you have? LOL.

This was my Dark Urge run it was insane

one level into barbarian along with the Amulet of Greater Health makes this build both an insane tank with the highest Dps on my team

12 levels in pure bald human monk all the way!!

Is it best to go Monk 6 then Rogue 4 or Monk 5 then Rogue 4

I mean the build is cool... but you can't get those gloves until you beat one of the, if not the, hardest bosses in the game.

how did you get the 2 main actions

What is the Best Race to pick. I picked Drow, but i dont really have a good AC... and i dont know how to fix that? Or is this build just not for leveling?

I believe the bone armor gloves that negate all slashing, bludgeoning and piercing damage resistances is a better option.

so what's the max damage "rotation" per turn?

Better version: barbarian 3 with bear wild heart, monk 6 with way of the open hand, thief 3 for the extra bonus action. Take tavern brawler and use the hill giant gloves (this way you can drop your strenght to 8 and pump up your dex), same boots and chest piece as the video and other few thing and you hit between 40 to 60 with the flurry of blows plus you are unkilleable

Hi, what is a practical race to go with? One with dps or passive protection traits. Is half-orc good?

Tavern brawler monk is busted for sure, but if u wanna min-max I would go with strength elixir and starting with 8 strength and 17 wisdom. After you get on the beach u can run straight to grove to buy elixirs from Ethel so there is no point in high strength. Merchants restock everytime u, or ur party memeber go level up, if u respec with NPC merchants restock too + restock on level up. So basicaly if u want u can have 100+ elixirs before killing Ethel. At level 4 monk get tavern brawler, kill Ethel when u want to get 18 wisdom, next go ASI to get wisdom to 20 and then mirror +2 wis -2 int and u sitting on 22 wisdom. On level six of monk u get 1-4 radiant damage +ur wisdom modifier toggle damage + later u get boots that add ur wisdom modifier to unarmed damage. So u r looking at least 5+5 str damage ( 8+8 if using cloud giant elixir) and 6+6 wisdom damage.
So for max damage wisdom is better since u can buy fingers of cloud giant and make elixirs.
If u go Astarion and ascend him he gets 1-10 necrotic damage on top of what u can get.
6 open hand monk, 4 thief, 2 fighter will give u insane burst and insane dpr too. U can be tank of ur party since u can respec to start with fighter which gives u heavy armor and shield and if u cast blur on urself + haste potions u can solo the game easily.

why dont you use your ilithid power buffs?

thought monk's unarmed attacks use Dex or Str, so why make a Str monk when Dex can be used for damage as well as raising their AC?

does the extra necrotic dmg work with thrown weapons on astarion?

Could this build be done with any other race than human?

is tavern brawler optional? kinda like the dex tho..

Alternatively, you can get Monk to 22 STR by starting build at 17 STR then bump STR to 20 with +2 from ASI and then +1 from Tavern Brawler. Then add in the permanent +2 STR from the alchemist in Moonrise Tower in Act 2 for a total of 22 STR.

Just figured u can sue a shield in fofhadn with no weapon and still do all ur unarmed attacks so should put a shield on

Please disregard. New to this game and have subsequently found the answer to my question.

What is the background? or did I miss it?

I just speced the build in low level and i notice that flurry of blows and BA attack dose not get the tavernbrawler damage buff. Why?

TLDR: at level 4 get tavern brawler not asi.

Starting abilities: str 16, dex 14, con 12, int 8, wis 16, chr 8. (this spread means 1 extra ac)

Don't get asi at level 4. get tavern brawler and put the point you get from it into strength. Then you can either respec con to 10 and get 17 str = 18 with tavern brawler. Or you can use ethels hair in act1 to put another point into strength without taking a hit to con and avoid respec.

This slight tweak gives you better early game damage and hit chance and 1 extra ac all in act 1. Just helps get the build going quicker.

Then potion in act 2 = str 20. Gloves in act 2 = dex 18 + 1attack. Now respec dex down to 8 and put those points wherever you want.

I also like the int circlet in act 1, so relatively early act 2 you can achieve an ability spread like this:
Str 20, dex 18, con 14, int 17, wis 16, chr 12 and then at level 9 (thief 4) get wisdom to 18 with asi.

Edit: as far as I can tell this is one of the highest ability scores across all scores you can get in the game. And you still get level 8 monk feat. Except for a certain pair of gloves that boost str to 23 I believe, but for them you would lose dex gloves and be stuck at 8 dex.

Not another tavern brawler

So why was War Domain Cleric Passive War Priest ruled out?

Is tavern brawler actually worth it in this game, just seems like it’s used for throwing crap around.

One note, in act three even as a monk you can equip a bow that improves crit range by 1, its not really necessary but it affects the wielders attacks, not just ranged, meaning it could affect your handsiness aswell, just by having it equipped, I wouldnt use it, but its nice to up the crit range in general :)

what abt those one time bonuses? i would now just put all of them into... wisdom? like hags hair, bloodpotion, mirrorthing?

Dont matter tp me if the monk would to tripple that damage…..

I dont want to play a god damn monk!

saving this

your ending song is cringey

Love it ! a video about my build <3

By the way you could have refuse Raphael proposal and directly stole the Hammer from his house :D

On the item part you can add a nice Tri horn hat with necrotic damage that one is great but yeah like you said what i like about this build is that only the multiclass into Thief lvl3 is mandatory for the 2nd bonus atack

For example i use mobility feats with the Alert feats cause the stun palm actually Stun all bosses so what im doing is usually im first in the initiative roll i run all the way up to the boss and stun lock him into the Avernus mouahahahahah

Also im not reaching lvl 4 in Thief cause you gain a new ki attack at lvl 9 that deal a huge amount of AOE damage for 0 ACTION !

How do you have two main actions (green ones)?

btw on the other channel i saw you can use shield with this

You didn't turn on your passive that you get at level 6 way of the hand for the extra necrotic, radiant, or psychic damage (which also scales with wisdom btw)

You can even take 2 levels in fighter from 11-12 to get action surge