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All Baldur s Gate 3 Cleric Subclasses

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Since the Abjuration Wizard is focused heavily on defense, it benefits greatly from the armor proficiency offered by taking some levels in either Fighter or Cleric (Life, Nature, Tempest, or War Domain.) This will allow them to bolster their defenses with heavy armor and a shield. Taking two levels in fighter for access to Action Surge allows a Wizard to fire off multiple spells in one turn, though this can also be accomplished much more reliably by making use of the Haste spell. Dipping into Sorcerer (White Dragon) to get Natural Armor and the Armor of Agathys spell is also an excellent choice since Armor of Agathys will trigger its damage burst even if the Arcane Ward drops the damage that would trigger it to zero.

Players can also pick up The Lifebringer from Blurg in the Myconoid Colony for some temporary hit points whenever they have lightning charges, and head over to Grymforge to collect The Real Sparky Sparkswall . This shield allows the wielder to spend three lightning charges on a burst of electricity that inflicts the jolted condition on targets.

At level eight, the Cleric gets "Divine Strike: Elemental Fury," allowing them to charge their weapon with bonus cold, fire, or lightning damage before striking, as an action. Level nine grants the spells "Insect Plague" and "Wall of Stone," giving the Cleric a dangerous area attack that creates difficult terrain and weakens foes, and the power to raise a wall of stone to obstruct incoming foes.

Goolocks also get the spell options "Dissonant Whispers" and "Tasha's Hideous Laughter" at level 1. The former allows them to inflict psychic damage and frighten a foe, while the latter can leave a foe helplessly laughing on the ground for up to ten rounds. They gain the spells "Detect Thoughts" and "Phantasmal Force" at level three, allowing them to read minds without relying on the Mindflayer Tadpole and inflict psychic damage whose damage type changes to match the last attack that hit the target and occurs every turn for ten turns. At level five, they can get "Bestow Curse" and "Slow," which offer them a huge range of debuff options for dealing with strong foes.

One excellent Act Baldur's Gate 3 Patch Notes option would be the full Bhaalist set, especially the Bhaalist Armor and its ability to make nearby foes vulnerable to piercing, which pairs well with the piercing damage inflicted by the Legion of Bees.


Players who choose a Red Dragon as their Draconic Ancestry will learn Burning Hands as an additional first level spell, while a Brass Dragon will instead grant Sleep. At level 6, they will gain resistance to fire damage and a boost to fire damage de


At level 11, Storm Sorcerers get the ability "Storm's Fury," which deals lightning damage equal to their level to a foe that strikes them with a melee attack. It can also knock attackers back. This helps the Storm Sorcerer to deal with any foes that manage to approach them in me

For greatly improved melee range, you can utilize weapons like the Monster Slayer Glaive, Drakethroat Glaive , or Sorrow, all of which are accessible during Acts 1 and 2. You could also pick up the Halberd of Vigilance during Act 2. Alternatively, you could select a Greataxe for better potential damage, such as the Very Heavy Greataxe, Blooded Greataxe. Later in the game, during Act 3, you can swap these for Sethan or the Hellfire Greataxe.

At sixth level, Giant Barbarians gain Elemental Cleaver. This allows them to add acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage to their weapon while raging, and also adds the Thrown property to their weapon when used. Additionally, weapons under the effect of Elemental Cleaver will be returned to your hand immediately after being thrown, allowing for greater flexibility in throwing weapon builds. The elemental damage behaves like a damage rider when throwing the weapon, meaning the elemental damage is boosted independently by things like the Rage buff, Tavern Brawler, or the Ring of Flinging. This allows you to achieve much higher damage than expected with weapons enhanced using Elemental Cleaver.

Trickery Clerics are one of the weaker subclasses, but their abilities make them very useful when working alongside stealthy allies. This also means that they pair well with Rogue, Ranger, and Shadow Monk when multiclassing.

If you're aiming for a ranged Ranger build, you'll want to pick up some of the powerful ranged weapons the game has to offer. Early on, your best longbow options are the Spellthief, Joltshooter, or Titanstring Bow (the latter is only useful if you have high strength too, but it can deal incredible damage if you do.) Your best early shortbow options are the Hunting Shortbow, Bow of the Banshee, or Darkfire Shortbow.

The next few pieces of Luminous gear are found in Act 2. Collect the Luminous Gloves from a chest in the Ruined Battlefield (Coordinates: X: -52, Y: 11) to add more Radiant Orb stacks whenever the wearer does Radiant Damage, then track down the Coruscation Ring in the Basement of the Last Light Inn. This Ring will apply Radiating Orbs whenever the wearer hits an illuminated target with a spell. Since fire spells illuminate the area around them as they strike and Radiating Orbs will illuminate a target while they remain, this Ring can help the effect to snowball.