The newHonour Modedifficulty in BG3 has increased the challenge to a point where straightforward builds may not be the best option. If you want to have a chance at winning it in one save, you’d be best picking some of the best multiclass builds from this guide.
Best Honour Mode Party in Baldur’s Gate 3
Since bosses get newLegendary Actions, it is in your best interest to eliminate them as soon as possible, before they can complicate things for your party. Therefore, you will need all your party members to be able to deal big amounts of damage.
In this difficulty, enemies are more likely to resist your spells, so the most consistent form of single-target damage is generally through Attack Rolls and not crowd-control effects.
Always useelixirs, especially before important fights. And remember, there is no save scumming: if you try to exit the game in the middle of a fight — or turn off the electricity of your house when you feel you’ve gotten yourself in a dire situation — the game keeps track of where you were and tries to write the save file even when you force exit. You arestuck with your decisions.
To have a successful Honour Mode run, I chose four party members who can deal lots of damage in the first round to eliminate the most serious threats. Healing won’t be the most important thing if you hit fast and hit hard.
Swords Bard Build for Honour Mode in BG3
I chosed my Tav to be a School of Swords Bard because I wanted high Charisma for the face of my party, but also because this Bard build is the best archer, and one of the highest damage dealers in the game.
At level 3, a School of SwordsBardgains the feature Slashing Flourish (among others). This feature works differently in tabletop Dungeons & Dragons, and it is so good in BG3 it seems to be a bug.
The game lets you use Slashing Flourish with a melee or a ranged weapon, and in its ranged form it shoots two arrows (could be directed to the same or different target), adding extra damage equal to a roll of a bardic inspiration die to each of the projectiles.
Attributes
Although you could technically dump Charisma and Wisdom, I like to keep my character dialogue-ready, and give them some Wisdom for Perception (traps will be your worst enemy in Honour Mode), and for Saving Throws against mind-controlling spells.
Recommended spells
Progression
Here is a breakdown of the level progression from the start of the game, however it is worth trying to respec at higher levels and start over with Fighter from level 1 to get Constitution Saving Throws.
Eldritch Knight Build for Honour Mode in BG3
I gaveLae’zelthis build because weaponthrowersare a versatile damage-dealing build: they can fight ranged or melee and hit several times in a single turn. The key of this build resides in using the Tavern Brawler feat to double the Strength modifier of your thrown attacks. In addition, the Eldritch Knight is able to bind their weapon to return to their hand right after they throw it.
Although Eldritch Knights use Intelligence to cast spells, this build will be focused on thrown weapon damage, so you should pick utility spells that don’t need an Attack Roll or a Saving Throw.
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Druid Build for Honour Mode in BG3
Karlachcan play the Druid tank, orHalsinorJaheiracan pick up the role after her once you’ve recruited them. Druids in their wild shapes have extra HP bars, so they can absorb a lot enemy damage before having to consume their own. In addition, you can summon elemental and fey minions to distract enemy attacks.
Although you could technically dump Charisma and Wisdom, I like to keep my character dialogue-ready, and give them some Wisdom for Perception (traps will be your worst enemy in Honour Mode), and for Saving Throws against many powerful spells.
I put 17 on Wisdom to use Ethel’s Hair to increase it to 18 later on, but if you feel you may not be able to get it (remember there is no save scumming here), then you can leave Wisdom at 16 and put those two points in Intelligence or Charisma.
This is a pure Druid, focused on Wild Shape abilities. However, it is important to notice the order of the feats and have in mind the recommended spells for when you level up. you’re able to always change the list of spells when out of combat.
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Light Cleric Build for Honour Mode in BG3
While the Druid and Bard can dish out some healing, you will need one more support healer who can deal AOE damage. The Light Cleric not only goes in theme in case you want to useShadowheartfor that, but also is a good blend between a damage dealer and a healer.
I try to keep at least a 12 in Strength in case it becomes necessary to hit with the melee weapon. I already planned on using Ethel’s Hair for the Cleric so we can go with a flat 16 in Wisdom.
This progression focuses on a multiclass option with 2 levels of Rogue for extra movement. However, you could put 3 levels in Rogue instead, and go for the subclass Thief which grants an extra bonus action.
That is not what I did because I wanted to get to Cleric 10 to have Divine Intervention. The feature, which can only be used once per character, could be a game-saver move if one of the battles gets out of hand.
For more onBaldur’s Gate 3, check outBG3 Divination Wizard Build Guidehere on Pro Game Guides.
