Baldur’s Gate 3 Early Access Builds: Warlock Guide

in this baldur's gate 3 build guide i'm going to be covering my warlock build for early access and showing you what i found to work best i'll be doing more build guides at launch of baldur's gate 3 but for now let's look at how you can use a warlock effectively in the first act of the game warlocks and boulder skate 3 early access are extremely powerful because of their cantrip eldritch blast that does between 1 to 10 damage every use from 18 meters away and can trips can be used every turn without using up spell slots additionally they have some very good spells that deal aoe damage and they can use misty step once they reach level 3. misty step allows them to teleport to a location they can see allowing them to get up high easily where they have advantage when using eldritch blast advantage means they can roll 2d 20s when attacking and use the higher of the two values for their role this increases their hit chance significantly so they should always look to get up high at the beginning of combat if they can much like rangers and mages try to do in divinity original sin two in this section we'll take a look at how to set up your warlock during character creation for best results you don't have to follow this to the letter and it's likely this will change at full launch of the game however this will hold you in good stead during early access what background you choose isn't of serious importance here so you're free to pick and choose what you like the only exceptions are that you should not choose any backgrounds with intimidation persuasion or deception this sounds completely counter-intuitive because all these things benefit from charisma which is the warlock spellcasting ability modifier the stat that affects its spells accuracy in dc however you can select intimidation when you get to the skills section and you'll gain persuasion and deception at level 2 by taking the beguiling influence passive this will allow you to gain other skill proficiencies from your background which you can use for other skill checks throughout early access the races i suggest using when making a warlock are half elf asmodius tiefling or drought half elves and teeflings will allow you to get to 17 charisma during character creation however you only need to get to 16 for early access this is because you will gain the opportunity only once to gain additional ability points at level 4 during early access and you don't want to get an improvement in an ability modifier at odd numbers you'll be aiming to get to 18 at level 4 and this will give you plus 4 to your eldritch blast hit rolls as well improve the difficulty it is to save against your spells half health will allow you to get to 17 charisma and place two other ability points which is great they also have dark vision allowing them to see better in dark places improving your accuracy in combat and helping you locate things asmodius tieflings besides dark vision also have the added benefit of the thaumaturgy cantrip which gives you advantage on intimidation checks if you use it before trying to intimidate people which is extremely useful particularly because you'll have a bonus of plus five to these roles from the very beginning of the game drow will allow you to get to 16 charisma and have the added benefit of superior dark vision allowing them to see twice as far in the dark as either half elf or tiefling this means your accuracy in dark locations will be even better in these places than half elf and asmody stiefling on average but the choice is up to you as far as class goes obviously we're choosing warlock here but which subclass is really what we're deciding since this must be done during character creation for warlocks you get to choose from the fiend and the great old one so far in early access and really the choice comes down to whether or not that you want to have the dark one's blessing or tasha's hideous laughter and dissonant whispers dark one's blessing is supposed to give you temporary hit points equal to your charisma modifier plus your level when you kill an enemy until you rest however i believe this is currently bugged while tasha's hideous laughter and dissonant whispers can incapacitate targets making them forego their turn which can be extremely valuable in fights where there are tough enemies dissonant whispers even deals a good chunk of damage as well it's really your call here and you can use whichever you feel is best whatever you do though make sure you take eldritch blast for one of your cantrips because as i mentioned it's going to be your primary attack every round another great can trip to take alongside it is friends as this allows you to gain advantage on charisma check rolls against non-hostile targets cast it on them before entering dialogue if you can and you should be able to get the desired roles you want more often than not if you chose the fiend then make sure one of your spells chosen as hex because it allows you to increase your damage when using eldritch blast against the target and it's a bonus action meaning you can use it and then use eldritch blast in the same round just remember to save hex for tough enemies as it uses a spell slot so you'll have to rest to get these back if you chose the great old one you can take hex at level 2 and use tasha's hideous laughter and dissonant whispers at level 1. for skills you want to take intimidation and any other skill you wish it doesn't matter what you take here so this one again is completely up to you when it comes to ability points you want to make sure that you are at least at 16 in charisma so that you gain a plus three ability modifier other points should be spread between constitution dexterity and intelligence intelligence although not useful in combat encompasses a large number of skills and if warlock is your player character then it is wise to have a few points here to help with dialogues and interactions remember that at level four you'll gain two ability points and these should both go into charisma if it's at 16 during character creation so be sure to make dexterity constitution and intelligence even numbers so that you don't waste stability points 14 decks 14 con and 14 in is not a bad spread here if you take christmas 17 then at level 4 you can bump charisma just one point and place the remaining point into any other ability at level 2 you'll gain access to some eldritch invocations that will allow you to further customize your character of these the most important one to take is agonizing blast which adds your charisma modifier to the damage of your eldritch blast cantrip this will be plus 3 damage until level 4 at which point it will become plus 4 when you increase charisma to 18. the other eldritch invocation will take is beguiling influence in order to gain proficiency and persuasion and deception this means at level 2 you'll gain plus 5 to your roles when trying to persuade deceive or intimidate in dialogue really helping you get those outcomes you want make sure to use this character when going into the majority of dialogues for best results if you haven't taken hex yet be sure to do so here otherwise any other spell will do if you already have it read their descriptions and see what they do i tend to avoid defensive spells and focus on offensive ones that aoe at warlock level 3 in early access you gain pact of the chain which allows you to summon a familiar to assist you in combat so make sure you start casting this outside of combat so it can help you defeat enemies when fighting additionally you'll gain access to some level 2 spells and you can pick one to use i personally like misty step as i mentioned before but you can take whichever you wish hold person is a great way to remove an enemy from a fight and invisibility can be used in a number of creative ways in or out of combat at warlock level 4 you will place points into your abilities making sure you reach 18 and charisma this will increase the bonus to your persuade intimidate and deception checks by plus one as well as adding plus one to your eldritch blast rolls and plus one to your eldritch blast damage it is hands down the best thing you can do at this level in early access you'll get to take another spell here as well so if you didn't take misty step at level 3 take it now or choose from one of the others i suggested or whichever one you think fits best to you as far as equipment goes for this warlock build you don't need to worry about weapons at all since you'll be casting spells 95 of the time weapons are only used when you're in melee range and you can't move away without taking damage if you do however need to use a weapon make sure it's one you are proficient in you'll be using light armor so you want to look out for leather armor plus one or studded leather armor if you can this will ensure that you have at least 14 armor class which is not terrible at all you can use any accessories you find but i have not found any yet in early access that would improve upon this build much final tips always aim to get up high during combat on the first turn if you can in order to gain advantage on your eldridge blast cantrip this will increase your hit chance and is vital to success in many of the more challenging fights use misty step once you have it if you need to and don't be afraid to jump if you don't have it yet if you're using well for your warlock then you'll want to make sure you put both ability points into charisma at level 4 in order to reach that plus 4 modifier also it's a great idea to have him initiate dialogues when possible because he will gain all the benefits that you would if you were overlock lastly warlocks have the disadvantage that they will max out at two spell casts before they need to rest in early access which is not as much as other spell casters however they do recover all uses on a short rest take advantage of this and remember to use your short rest when you don't need to go to camp stay tuned for more baldur's gate 3 content on this channel including build guides with eldritch knight coming up next be sure to drop by our twitch channel if you have questions about the game and check out the bg3 wiki if you're looking for something specific [Music] me [Music]

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Published: Fri Oct 09 2020