How to Build a Fighter (Lae'zel) for Beginners in Baldur's Gate 3

The fact that Eldritch Knights dont gain eldritch blast is infuriating. Realistically you can but it will always scale from charisma rather than intelligence. th

I have been thinking of making and Elfish Eldritch Knight, and either keep it as a single class or dipping into 4 lvls of wizard. A single class one gets the extra attack, the re-roll of saves and some hit points. The wizard option will make me and 8th level caster instead of 4th, giving access to lvl 3 and 4 spells, as well as the ability to scribe scrolls, I'd also go abjuration for the Arcane Ward, it would max out at 8 points reduction but with shield, which I think will be used a lot it should recharge quickly.

Both will be great for the style I have in mind, so it is a tough choice 3 attacks and rerolls of failed saves, vs more spells, more powerful spells, and the damage reduction of Arcane Ward. I may end up playing it a bit, and if I feel I need more magic options, at lvl 5, 7 or 9 I'll dip into wizard that way I should get a feat just before I take wizard, and right as lvl 4 before I go back to Eldritch Knight.

I was a little confused by duelist. I'm a swords bardadin, using phalar aluve and shield, and last time I checked I'm getting the +2 (despite it being a versatile longsword). Is there something else I'm missing? Or is it perhaps because it has the "finesse" trait?

regarding Eldrich Knight ... why would u waste 3 weapon attacks and a bonus action (jump, oil, potion) for 1 cantrip and 1 weapon attack(eldrich strike) it makes no sense

A Fighter/War Cleric build sounds perfect for a multi class Lae'zel 😁👍

Sincerely thank you. Your deep guides and presentations are some of the best on YT!
Im not going to make a fighter, but i came here to know how to build La'zel, because she will be my main tank for the entire adventure and i want to do her justice.

Would love to watch you do a gith fighter with spear n sheild build that also plays well as a paladin/cleric subclass eldrich knight so you can reclaim your weapon after throwing the spear. Because your using a sheild it could encourage dropping some constitution for more int

Probably could have talked about the dark urge without spoiling anything.. XB players still don't have the game afterall..

Increasement should be a world, I agree. Great video !

Very interesting. But I think it's funny how everyone tells me about hag hair. Well, I didn't even get the option. We killed the hag, and that was that. No hag hair, anywhere. But that's' OK. It was fun, anyway.

I really dislike realize how powerful Lae'zel was until I had to fight her after she challenged me. Now she's my gf 😅

My Lae'zel is a fighter (from lvl 1) , but she doesn't have heavy armor proficiency. Anyone else having this problem?

May i ask multiclass will be change the original character's lines?

Champion was better in the 5E playtest as it is the only good ability it gets in 5E isn't till level 18 which isn't in BG3. (The ability in question heals you for your con bonus every round until you reach half HP so it's hard to keep you below half HP for too long.

Battlemaster abilities were once for every figter subclass in the playtest of 5E.

Enlarge is only 1d4 damage keep in mind. And it's a concentration ability which means you can be knocked out of it. On the OTHER hand, you can use it as a taunt because enemies LOVE to focus down whoever's using a concentration ability because they want to knock you out of it!

You could also go straight fighter with duel wielding and potion of speed and at level 11 you can attack up to 10 times on one turn

Archery is an excellent fighting style. The others are generally fairly underwhelming, but +2 to attack rolls is the equivalent of 4 levels in dexterity for the purpose of hit chance.
I would say that's worth it even if you are mixing ranged and melee combat.

In case anyone doesn't know which I didn't, you may not get a bonus to the ability checks with odd numbers but you do get better accuracy on attacks. Every single point increases hit chance.

The Fighter gets their extra feat at 6th level, while Rogues get theirs at 10.

The warped band of intellect is a must for an eldricht knight imho. Lower your INT to 8 and pop that up to get 17 INT and voilà 🤙

If you go with heavy armor, you can also dump your dex to 8, since the armor sets the dex-bonus to 0 even if its negative.

Just wanna point out the best part of Sentinel combining with Polearm Master is the fact that Sentinel stops the movement of an enemy when you hit them with an opportunity attack. so no mob is really gonna get closer than 10ft from you. Great for keeping mobs away from your squishier characters

I hear a washing machine in the background.

On my first play through. Main is a Gold Dorf Battle Master. 
I’m playing the classic sword (well best weapon I have) and board tank.
Loving it. Currently lvl 7 and just wandering around Act 2.

dipped my ranger into 4 levels of battle master fighter and hell. yeah. fighter owns bones so much.

Thanks for the confirmation that Eldritch Knight neads the intelligence stat

Savage attacker is amazing if you have a spare feat after great weapon master/ability score improve with all the extra attacks you do.

Edit: I thought it wasn't mentioned but it was my mistake. Although I'd argue it should have been highlighted more as it really is a phenomenal feat compared to most mentioned in the feats section other than great weapon master and ability score improve.

I'm absolutely loving the fighter class. Battlemaster is super versatile and powerful. The extra feats actually feel OP too. Loving it.

Guy I’ve been loving your videos since subscribing but that’s like the 8th time you’ve described the male gith as a ‘crackhead’.

Do you know anyone who’s succumbed to that level of addiction? They’re just ppl who are in a bad place. Respectfully asking you to think about not calling anyone a crackhead in a forum this influential. If not, that’s ok, just been on my mind since I started following ❤️.

Laezel got perm debuffs..
Hampster-man became a fighter:)

Is wizard initiate worth taking on eldritch knight?

As I stated before; Fighter sounds like the most basic class on paper. Yet it still drags me in, begging me to play it. BG3 has fully sold me on the class now. Simplicity doesn't mean Boring!

people that complain about odd number stats seem to forget that stuff like athlete exist. If you have your build mapped out, there is no reason not to set a specific stat to an odd number. There are even some items in the game that reduce stats by -1, so you can plan ahead for that as well.

I love Spirit Guardians. Just upcast it with your highest spell slot and run through a group of enemies with mobile feat, just blender everything. Super satisfying.

Quick Tip: Eldridge Knight. Take the full armor master feat and use Blade Ward, you gain the bonus action attack from the class & a “rage” that can still cast spells. Can be cycled in instead of the shocking grasp used in the video

I got her on a cage at the beggining of act 1 .. she got "free" but I dont know where she go.. she is not on my party and cant find here around the area

You are my No. 1 for BG3 info! Better than Fextralife, ESO, or rage gaming

I don’t want to spoil anything, but you can get to 20 strength without using ability score improvement by act 2. One is the hag hair and the other is a merchant in act 2, dex you can dump and get an item that helps that. So if you wanna go full tank you can have 20 strength, 18 Dex and 20 constitution by level 6 I believe if you take ability score improvement for constitution. If it’s a main character you can use the points from dumping dex and put them in charisma. Probably spoiled some things, if so my bad

I'm doing war cleric in my coop campaign. Talk online says they're not as good as the other clerics, but it's the best for cosplaying a Warrior Priest of Sigmar.

Is laezel supposed to be Eldritch Knight? After the description and completing the creche finally it seems like most if not all of the gith are eldritch knight’s.

Thanks for the video

To the D&D vets out there; great-weapon style is slightly better in BG3. Instead of just re-rolling just the weapon physical damage die, you re-roll all the attacks damage.

I.e. if your weapon is 2d6 physical and 1d6 fire and any of these roll a one, you will re-roll. In the tabletop it would only be the 2d6.

At level 4, I picked the feat that gave me 2 more maneuvers and another die. The die will also gets to replenish on a short rest

what do you think of my version - 1 lvl war cleric 8 lvl fighter 3 lvl rogue with extra bonus action

Been waiting for this guide to build a non-paladin tank. Thanks bud.

I believe great weapon master works while dual wielding. I think it says “weapon attacks” not “weapon attacks with 2 hand weapons”. Champion fighter, two weapon fighting, dual wield, great weapon master, savage strikes.

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