The Terminator Bard build

[victorvnv]

So a lot of people asked me to show the most powerful build in the game , a build so powerful that can solo Honor Mode Raphael in 2 turns, Ansur in 1 , Sarevok in 1, Larroakan in 1 etc etc.

I call it The Terminator Bard. Bard 8/ Fighter 2/ Wizard 1/ War cleric 1.

It’s bread and butter are the Most Powerful armor in the game , the Bhaalist Armor, which you only get by slaughtering Valeria: the Flying Elephant at the Murder Tribunal and then purchasing the armor from the Dragonborn vendor that will appear in the Sarevok throne chamber. This armor Makes everyone within 3 m vulnerable to piercing damage and this taking double piercing damage.

With the Terminator Build you end up being able to shoot 12 shots in turn 1 dealing 60-80 damage each on average for about 800+ damage a turn:

With this build I soloed Raphael and his army Honor mode in 2 turns :

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OnNRAM6g-yg

Sarevok Honor mode and his 3 hoes in 1 turn:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xsE_8ZHusBM

Larroakan and his army in 1:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OLLEna7lzI0

Ansur in 1:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SPP5Ufxgy8U

Feats used are Crossbow Expert and Sharpshooter.

So this is it, the Most Powerful multiclass in the game, The Terminator Bard.

Feel free to ask any questions

[Ironwu]

Very nice. Good to see a strong Bard build. :)

Thanks

[The gnomeman]

what weapons do you use and cool build

[Recjawjind]

Originally posted by edouard.mm1:

what weapons do you use and cool build

Hellfire crossbow prolly, if it's a crossbow variant.
I'm a much bigger fan of the titanstring variant, though there is also an argument to be made for going with the slaying arrows instead of the bard double shot. Achieves a similar goal and doesn't blow its load so fast.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Combat is broken.

[victorvnv]

Originally posted by edouard.mm1:

what weapons do you use and cool build

Hellfire crossbow, you can craft it without a fight in the Steelwatch Foundry

[kbiz]

It's crazy to me that a thread like this only has 5 comments vs political and opinion threads with hundreds. Well done, victorvnv. It's easy to understand the logic of the build.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

I'm thinking about turning Shadowheart into a Swords Bard-8/Illusionist-4.

[victorvnv]

Originally posted by Recjawjind:

Originally posted by edouard.mm1:

what weapons do you use and cool build

Hellfire crossbow prolly, if it's a crossbow variant.
I'm a much bigger fan of the titanstring variant, though there is also an argument to be made for going with the slaying arrows instead of the bard double shot. Achieves a similar goal and doesn't blow its load so fast.

Titanstring is more damage but hellfire with crossbow expert gives you 98-99% accuracy while Titanstring is capped at 95 and you usually miss one shot when you unload 12 shots via flourish turn one

[kbiz]

Originally posted by victorvnv:

Originally posted by Recjawjind:

Hellfire crossbow prolly, if it's a crossbow variant.
I'm a much bigger fan of the titanstring variant, though there is also an argument to be made for going with the slaying arrows instead of the bard double shot. Achieves a similar goal and doesn't blow its load so fast.

Titanstring is more damage but hellfire with crossbow expert gives you 98-99% accuracy while Titanstring is capped at 95 and you usually miss one shot when you unload 12 shots via flourish turn one

Advantage is probably the most important variable in the game.

[victorvnv]

Originally posted by kbiz:

It's crazy to me that a thread like this only has 5 comments vs political and opinion threads with hundreds. Well done, victorvnv. It's easy to understand the logic of the build.

Lol this forum is about gay talks and stuff , I got like 80+ comments on the Reddit forum

https://www.reddit.com/r/BG3Builds/s/EBEzncYzsA

[Recjawjind]

Originally posted by victorvnv:

Titanstring is more damage but hellfire with crossbow expert gives you 98-99% accuracy while Titanstring is capped at 95 and you usually miss one shot when you unload 12 shots via flourish turn one

I just go fighter 11, and use the slaying / multi target arrows, and should I miss, I just pop my executioner. That should turn even a miss into a crit (though it hasn't happened yet for me)

[victorvnv]

Originally posted by Recjawjind:

Originally posted by victorvnv:

Titanstring is more damage but hellfire with crossbow expert gives you 98-99% accuracy while Titanstring is capped at 95 and you usually miss one shot when you unload 12 shots via flourish turn one

I just go fighter 11, and use the slaying / multi target arrows, and should I miss, I just pop my executioner. That should turn even a miss into a crit (though it hasn't happened yet for me)

Yea works too but this build doesn’t need arrows or even strength potions, I wanted to created a killer build that doesn’t rely on any potions, special arrows, strength elixirs and such.

[Recjawjind]

Originally posted by victorvnv:

Originally posted by Recjawjind:

I just go fighter 11, and use the slaying / multi target arrows, and should I miss, I just pop my executioner. That should turn even a miss into a crit (though it hasn't happened yet for me)

Yea works too but this build doesn’t need arrows or even strength potions, I wanted to created a killer build that doesn’t rely on any potions, special arrows, strength elixirs and such.

Oh yeah the crossbow bard variant is absolutely the way to go without consumables. With, I'd say the fighter one pulls ahead.

[kbiz]

Originally posted by victorvnv:

Originally posted by Recjawjind:

I just go fighter 11, and use the slaying / multi target arrows, and should I miss, I just pop my executioner. That should turn even a miss into a crit (though it hasn't happened yet for me)

Yea works too but this build doesn’t need arrows or even strength potions, I wanted to created a killer build that doesn’t rely on any potions, special arrows, strength elixirs and such.

You should highlight that point. You're maximizing baseline power.

However, elixirs and good arrows basically grow on trees.

[victorvnv]

Originally posted by Recjawjind:

Originally posted by victorvnv:

Yea works too but this build doesn’t need arrows or even strength potions, I wanted to created a killer build that doesn’t rely on any potions, special arrows, strength elixirs and such.

Oh yeah the crossbow bard variant is absolutely the way to go without consumables. With, I'd say the fighter one pulls ahead.

And also the crossbow version is less gear dependent , just the armor , gloves maybe the helm and risky ring. You don’t need to stack +12 or so attack and you still easily achieve over 90% hit chance