Asking for multiclass options for paladin

[jetmasa2003]

Hi, it's my first play through. I want to re-spec any one of the origin characters to multiclass them into a paladin. I don't have Minthara, so I was wondering if you have suggestions.

I'm thinking of Lae'zel or Wyll:

Lae'zel - Fighter 4 / Paladin 8
Wyll - Warlock 4 / Paladin 8

I'm kind of leaning towards Wyll, who I want to turn into a Fiend/Vengeance, to add flavor to his story.

Any suggestions?

[Humpenstilzchen]

You could make a bardadin.

[Engus]

7 paladin (vengeance or oathbreaker) 5 Warlock great old one + pact of the blade.

[TheLastSeraphim]

7 Paladin / 5 Warlock is a better split then 4/8, while yes 4/8 gets you 3 feats, 7/5 gives you deepend pact at level 5 giving you Pact of the Blade which for some unknown reason stacks with extra attack

[Lovecraft]

My favorite class to multiclass with a Paladin is hands down the Sorcerer.
Second option is a warlock -pact of the blade. A perfect fit would have been a hexblade, but that subclass is not in the game so pact of the blade is a compromise I guess.

[victorvnv]

Wyll as warlock 7/ paladin 5 or wyll as Warlock 10/ paladin 2 works best

[dnelson135]

I did 6 Pal 6 Warlock on Wyll, its pretty strong. Lae'zel was pretty strong as a straight resistance fighter.

[GrimgarWolf]

Paladin 7 / Warlock 5 is the current overperformer because the extra attack from Warlock is probably unintentionally stacking with the one from any martial class (3 attacks per round).

The paladin subclasses get their Aura at level 7 and the better ones belong to Ancients (defensive) or Oathbreaker (offensive). You can also shave 2 levels off Paladin and skip the Aura for 2 levels in Fighter for Action Surge.

If that's too cheesy for you 9 Vengeance gets Haste and then you could go 3 in Warlock for Pact of the Blade still (being able to dump Str is really strong).

The other two Charisma classes are good too.

Sorcadin (Paladin 6 / Sorcerer 6) gets a lot more spells slots to smite with and can up cast spells to 5th level. Paladin is light on reactions so being able to cast Shield and Counterspell is great.

Swords Bard could take two levels in Paladin to start smiting.

[jsaving]

For the time being, the extra attacks from warlock and paladin stack in Baldur's Gate 3 even though the tabletop rules don't allow it[www.dndbeyond.com]. Larian hasn't said whether they eventually plan to address this, but for now paladin7/warlock5 is among the strongest builds in the game.

[jetmasa2003]

Wow! Thanks for all the insight. Might as well try the Paladin 7 / Warlock 5 for this play through while the extra attack is still there, and will explore the others in my next play.

[Matunus]

Personally I'd recommend Paladin 7/Warlock 5. That way you get two extra attacks from Pact of the Blade and the Paladin class feature. You can dump strength and max charisma instead. As for subclasses all should work fine, I used Fiend and Ancients. Oathbreaker should get the highest damage but that is something for an evil playthrough.

[berrako]

A question because never really try a paladin/warlock

Instead of paladin 7 warlock 5, why not paladin 5, warlock 5 and warrior 2?
You'll get both extra attacks anyway, plus action surge and a second combat style (so you can go two hands plus defense or dueling plus defense)

[jsaving]

That's a strong option as well if you aren't interested in receiving your 7th level paladin aura.

[Lovecraft]

Originally posted by berrako:

A question because never really try a paladin/warlock

Instead of paladin 7 warlock 5, why not paladin 5, warlock 5 and warrior 2?
You'll get both extra attacks anyway, plus action surge and a second combat style (so you can go two hands plus defense or dueling plus defense)

As a Vengeance Paladin go 5 lvl. As for the other 2 Paladins, the aura does actually have an effect so take those 2 up to 7. Otherwise I'd go 5, if Vengeance. Imo

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Sorcadin
Lockadin
Bardadin

[Crusader]

10 bard/ paly 2 most OP paly