Always Win With These OP Combat Tips For Baldur's Gate 3

lay waste.

Thanks!

I like the PC UI waaaaaaaaay more...
Imo, the radial wheels are unnecessary on console. Those are for speed, which you don't need in this game.

Could just toggle on and off of selecting your spells/attacks/etc as they're shown on PC' UI, with R1.
The radial wheel approach is a bit ugly imo.

Changing Karlachs face unto some random instagram chick is just weird behavior.

I’m guessing using poison is no longer considered to be evil as in the past.

This was hands down the best combat tips video for BG3.

One thing that lot of people don't realize is that you can use water or grease to reveal invisible enemies, including throwing potions next to invisible enemy. You can also throw some potions to do effect as long as you throw potion next to character you want and not directly at them. For example if you throw healing potion next to NPC, it will heal them because potion breaks and splashes.

Also, don't underestimate terrain control spells like web, or vine spikes, they can be insanely powerful especially in tight corridors where you force enemies to walk through. I easily killed those three ogres in blighted village at lvl 3, because I spiked the terrain and it took like half of their HP till they walked up to me.

lol only in video games and movies higher ground is better 😂in real life melee fight high ground is worse than low ground. legs are easy to hit from lower ground and you just have to protect your upper body because the blow from above won't even reach your legs. protecting the legs in melee combat is also very difficult if not impossible when the attack comes from below.

Good tips!

A candle from your inventory is enough for dipping material

These are just basic tips. Nothing "OP" about them.

Great video, thx💪🏻☺️

Its honestly just bad combat

Looking forward to playing on Tactician after I finish my current game and putting these tips to good use. Already thinking about all the times, I could have setup barrels ahead of time before the enemy was even mad at me (like the goblin camp). Could be a lot of fun now that I've gotten better at combat after playing a while.

Metaphor, not euphemism

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nice info, i'm new to this game and totally digging game but i'm really not turn based minded as i like to mash buttons in mmo's so its really hard for me to see the environment and variety of actions and how to make them all work to win a battle ... my major victory for me was trying to figure out how to fight the three leaders in goblin camp without pissing everyone off at once at lvl 3. in fact that's when i figured out that if your in a battle (like around the three goblins bickering outside hasin's door) and if you want to eliminate those three goblins, what will happen is the goblins and drow boss lady will also be alerted and join battle so because i could not escape battle for some reason i managed to get everyone in hasins door during battle, once everyone i was inside i could rest or teleport or whatever then come back to camp to pick more controlled fights and no one was the wiser ...

Thenk youee, all the way from Neow Zulond 😋

I dont like using the barrel method unless one was already next to a target. Too much like cheating.

How do you get barrels on the ps5? I always am told cannot steal

Thanks for the advanced tactics! Never played a D&D game before, takes some getting used to.

OP? God, I hate gaming acronyms.

Amazing tips

I started off playing on the Hardest Mode they have, so I found out about the candle trick early. Also, as lvl3s, I was stuck on the fake paladins of Tyr for a while, until I made the main guy drop his sword with command. The fight became super easy after that lmao!

People complaining that this game is "too complicated" have clearly never played a paper and pen tabletop RPG XD
This game is the closest thing to the chaotic nonsense a DM has to put up with as the players conspire to derail the entire campaign

I both love and hate how Gale has become my Grease monkey. 😅

Another thing with Grease is that it seems to break concentration, which can be very helpful.

Regarding the command „drop weapon“, picking up a weapon is not an action, you can pick up the weapon for free, but same goes for the enemy (they just won’t have an action on their next turn, for this is one of the effects of the command „drop weapon“)

This game is so complicated I'm thinking maybe just watching someone is easier 😅

ALWAYS enter turn-based mode before attacking when out of combat. Your actions/bonus actions will refresh. Its 8 attacks before the enemy turn. I had the bad habit of moving my charchters than attacking but than they dont have an action point when they enter combat. Now I always enter turn-based before attacking and get 2 attacks instead of 1

Nice, I was unaware that grouped party members were all handled in a single turn. I'd seen the enemies doing that now and again but never figured out why. I just assumed it was a pack ability or something. This is really useful so thanks!

Homer yells as he bangs on the door “Sanctuary!!!!”

Reverend Love Joy “Why did I teach him that word”

That last one is the best, I have done this before battle, but not made use of it in battle there are so many times Astarion goes first, and I might be able to get someone next to him for sneak attack. But I do in general need to use the environment more. Sometimes I remember to dip my weapons, or look for barrels or a brazier to drop on someone, but usually it's after the battle that I am like, I could have used that.

Command prone is also super OP. While the enemy is prone they can't do anything and all attacks from within 3m have advantage. Great for nuking a boss/miniboss with Lae'zel and Karlach.

i didn't knew about last one !
thanks

Another tip I'm abusing is having your ranged character (or character's) carry three wooden boxes in their inventory. Whenever I can't get to a high ground, I go into inventory, righ click --> drop the three boxes, stack them on top of each other and right click --> climb up. Portable high ground. With Sanctuary you can even do this in the middle of combat.

Wow, you just changed the game for me. Thanks!

Nice one on Sanctuary. I didn't realize how useful it could be! Barrelmancer is hilariously awesome!

So I am one of those people who love this game but have never played a crpg before.... wtf does OP mean?

yeah, sancurary is nice… until the enemy gets high leveled enough to counterspell you and ruin the whole thing. Most these tips are good at low levels (3 and lower), then it wont be as good as enemies will save vs the surfaces and the little da,age from a fire dipped weapon won’t matter much.

Sanctuary already was OP in the old games, but when you can cast it on another character, this will be insane!

the most annoying thing about this game is missing from less than a meter away from an enemy.

Omg the candle one.. holy

Top notch advice. Not enough views on this.

I see you've embraced the majesty that is cleric.
I found that rogue's many bonus actions is also very exploitable. Find a corner, hide, sneak attack, disengage if melee, hide again.

These are good tips, but I just focused on build mechanics & party synergy.
Sor-lock-er (me, fighter2 warlock2 sorc8) Heavy armor, shield toting eldritch blast gatling gun (quickened spell & action surge, + CHA bonus + hex procs on each), oh, and then there's actual spells... also great social
Shadowheart (tempest) All the electric & wet, sanctuary & guidance abuse (guidance is OP af out of combat).
Astarion (gloom-sassin) So much alpha-nova, super useful pre-combat & out of combat skills
Halsin (moon druid) transformed creature hp is separate from character hp so it's like a massive pool of temp hp, some decent spells & utility in druid too. it's fun. Karlach could also be a fun choice for front-liner though. A fighter's AC is a bit unreliable, but a battlemaster for combat utility or EK for plate, shield (physical), and shield (magical) are sound. Tempest cleric can really create a no-go zone to make 'tanking' work well despite enemy AI looking to squish the squishies.

So I mean, these are really good tips. But build & party composition have a huge effect too. Halsin can go play with enemies as an animal, shadowheart makes a hellscape of electric water behind him, crazy ranged dps behind that... and if something gets past the cleric, sorlock can shove them back into the electric-play-time pool. And just all around great utility for a wide range of encounters both combat & noncombat.
I'm definitely going to try command to steal weapons from bosses though, that sounds hilarious.

I just put the game on easy and owlbear my way through everything!