Baldur's Gate 3 Bard Guide - College of Valour Subclass - Level 1-12 Guide

everybody it's there from their gaming and today I'm bringing you another Boulder's Gate 3 guide today we focus on the College of Valor subclass for The Bard and if you want the tankiest of all the barred subclasses this is the subclass for you in this video we're going to cover features that level one of character creation including ability recommendations full level 2 to 12 breakdowns all spells available as you level will be covered and I'll give you some general tips on equipment recommendations as well as my thoughts on multi-classing the College of Aller bard you can use timestamps below to jump to areas that most interest you remember to drop a like and leave a comment below with your thoughts feedback and questions and now without further Ado let's check out the College of Valor bard now for starters at level 1 bards do not get their subclass so the main things to note is that a Bard's primary ability is charisma you're saving throw proficiencies or dexterity and Charisma you have a hit dice of 1d8 hit points and you're gonna have initial proficiencies of simple weapons hand crossbows long swords Ray Pierce short swords and light armor now you're going to get to pick two can trips you're also going to get four level one spells and you will get bardic inspiration which is gonna give an individual a bonus to their next attack roll ability check or saving throw and it utilizes bartic inspiration points it begins as a 1d6 bonus you also get two level one spell slots as far as your cant trips here are all your options I'm gonna Mouse over all of them if you deposit if you want to read any of the descriptions and here's a full list of the level one spells you will notice that bards get a combination of spells that come from different other classes whether it's cleric Druid or wizard sorcerer so they have a nice variety and flexibility now you get to pick a starting instrument this is purely for looks and sounds you can pick up various instruments as you level up and utilize them and when it comes to your ability points I recommend eight strength 16 dexterity 14 Constitution 10 intelligence 10 wisdom and 16 Charisma especially since this is the tankiest Frontline version of The Bard you will also get to pick three skill proficiencies and you can choose that from quite literally any skills in the game Mount level two you're gonna get to replace a spell gonna get to pick up another level one spell you're gonna get one more level one spell slot you get Jack of all trades this lets you add half of your proficiency bonus round it down two ability checks that you are not proficient in you also get song of rest where you and your allies are revitalized as though you would have taken a short rest and basically this allows you to have three short rest equivalents per long rest at level three you're finally gonna get to pick your subclass they're going to pick College of Valor you're going to get one level one spell slot and two level two spell slots you're also going to get to pick two skills to have expertise in which basically gives you a double skit proficiency bonus for that skill in question you're also going to get something called combat inspiration you're gonna be able to inspire an ally to add 1d6 bonus to their next attack roll ability check saving throw weapon damage or Armor class the difference between this and the birthday inspiration is the inclusion of weapon damage and armor class also very importantly you're going to get proficiency of all martial weapons medium armor and shields so even more than the College of Swords which just gets access to the medium armor and scimitars you're going to get access to way more weapons and also shields on top of the media armor you will still get access to level 2 spells and here are those to choose from again it is a variety of spells from different disciplines at level four you're gonna get another level two spell slot you're gonna gain another cat trip you're gonna gain another spell of level one or two you'll have the option to replace a spell and then you're gonna get to pick your feet now ability improvements are always a great option for the subclass getting your charisma as well as your dexterity high will be a big bonus if you choose to utilize a spell that has concentration which is likely you will greatly benefit from more caster which will give you advantage on saving throws to maintain concentrations on spells as anytime you take damage you have to make a concentration check and if you fail you lose concentration on the spell that you were literally concentrating on also since this is the build that is really meant to utilize a shield defensive duelist makes a lot of sense you're going to be dexterity based but you will also utilize a shield and this will let you add your proficiency bonus to Armor class as long as you're using FNS weapon at level five you're going to get to level three spell slots you're going to get font of inspiration so you regain all your bardic inspiration after a long or short risk now as opposed to just long rest you're also getting improved bardic inspiration the bonus gain from verdict inspiration is now increased to 1d8 instead of 1d6 you have a chance to replace the spell if you wish and you will get access to level three spells here are the options to choose from level six is a big one you're gonna first get another level three spell slot you're gonna get counter charm which is an action you and allies within nine meters of advantage on saving throws against being Charmed and frightened for three rounds you do gain another spell but most importantly you get extra attack you can make an additional free attack after making an unarmed or weapon attack so this is how martial classes get extra attacks but they get this a little five you get it at level six at level seven you're gonna get one level four spell slot you're gonna get another spell and a chance to replace the spell and level 4 spells are now available here they are greater invisibility is probably my favorite lets you be invisible and still attack or do actions and have a chance to maintain that invisibility level eight you're gonna get one more level for spell slot you're gonna get to pick a level four or lesser spell you can replace a spell and it'll go ahead and pick up your second feet at level nine you're gonna get a level four spell slot one level five spawn slot you'll get to replace a spell and you'll pick a spell and now you have access to level five spells here are the options next at level 10 you're gonna get another level 5 spell slot you're going to get improved body inspiration which now increases to 1d10 you're also going to get to pick two more skills to be an expert in you're gonna pick another can trip gonna pick another spell level five or less and most importantly get access to magical Secrets now this is a whole new list of spells they contain spouse from cantrip level all the way to level five they're completely new and different they're quite literally some of the best spells in the game you only get to pick two so make sure that you make these choices count and these really help make your build what's very interesting is that you just get a lot of spells that you normally should not be able to get even when it comes to the extreme and getting ketchups like hex or Eldritch blast foreign you're gonna go ahead and get a level six spell slot you're gonna get a chance to replace the spell and you're gonna get access to two level six spell slots and you're gonna get access to two level six spells so you can pick on one of these or lower and finally level 12 you're gonna get a chance to replace the spell you'll get another level six or lower spell to pick and you pick your final feat all right let's talk equipment for the College of Valor bard this quite literally is the tankiest version of The Bard you're sacrificing features so that you can be more tanky so what you want to do is as soon as you level three get the best medium armor possible get the best Shield you're going to want to use a finesse weapon for your main weapon get the dexterity nice and high there is a whole chain of armors that has no limitations on how much of a DEX bonus you can get to AC highly recommend picking that up so you can maximize your defense on offense you're also going to want to lean hard onto your AC gear so click a protection window protection anything else that gets your AC higher you can of course get any items that are going to give you more spells to cast you can of course get a crossbow or bow or anything along those lines since you have access to all martial weapons but do know you're really built to be a Frontline Fighter the other subclasses are better if you're gonna want to be a little bit more ranged now finally let's talk about multi-classing as this Bard subclass this subclass definitely has a lot of limitations as of the College of Swords your most potent feature is at level 10. missing out on those special spells is big butt level 11 and level 12 potentially could do without probably the most potent combination would be to get two levels of fighter that's gonna basically get you a situationally and extra action it could also potentially give you access to Heavy Armor if you'd prefer to go a slightly different setup the final alternative could also be comboing with a cleric that is more martial focused focusing on combat as opposed to support casting and this would allow you to have more Diversified spells alright guys that brings us to the end of the College of Valor subclass guide for The Bard I hope you guys found it helpful if you do make sure to drop a like as always drop any questions or comments below really appreciate all your support make sure to subscribe to see more content from me and as always I'll see you guys in the next video

Channel: Leeroy Gaming

Views: 1,313

Keywords: baldurs gate 3, baldurs gate 3 class guide, baldurs gate 3 classes, baldurs gate 3 Bard, bg3 Bard, baldurs gate 3 Bard guide, baldurs gate 3 Bard class, baldurs gate 3 Bard build, bg3 Bard guide, baldurs gate 3 College of Valour Bard guide, bg3 College of Valour, bg3 Bard College of Valour guide, best Bard subclass bg3, bg3 Bard subclasses, baldurs gate 3 Bard subclasses, baldurs gate 3 Bard College of Valour

Id: 7XwHkmdlECg

Length: 13min 27sec (807 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 20 2023