War Cleric

[Fluffykeith]

Are they any good for a Main Character?
Or are they stuck as support?

[Brian Sirith]

War cleric / fighter main was loads of fun.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Fluffykeith:

War Cleric
Are they any good for a Main Character?
Or are they stuck as support?

They are good. Nothing more. Nothing less. There are better options/depends on how you multiclass.

[Fluffykeith]

I’m thinking of trying a Death Knight style necromancer run, using a War Cleric with some dip into Necro Wizard

[Brian Sirith]

Originally posted by Fluffykeith:

I’m thinking of trying a Death Knight style necromancer run, using a War Cleric with some dip into Necro Wizard

Tbh, sounds like a fine idea. Could or could not work but you have a concept there so I’d say go for it. I found pure cleric kinda boring but I think they work well multiclassed after getting 5levels in cleric to cover the party needs and get the guardian spirits

[The_Dipl0mat]

They're alright, I had Shart as a pure war cleric going mace n' board (she used the mace you can get from Dark Justacier questlines and killing that one person)
Lathander works nicely as well. Able to survive pretty damn well (had the least HP but was always last one standing in my party)

[Baldurs_Gate_2]

Fighter 1 for constitution proficiency is important and high CON (16) for better saves. Spirit Guardians are actually really good in ch 1 and 2.

[Chroniver]

Tney are very good coupled with a fighter or paladin. They get to spend their channel divinity to basically get an extra attack with their bonus action.

The spell list isn't anything special I would say, but in general if you're going with a more offensive character there are only a few spells you will will regularly cast. Those are all there (spirit guardians, hold person etc.).

[jonnin]

Its a slightly weak/average subclass. Your extra attacks are just a handful per sleep, and the other gimmicks and spells from the subclass are nothing special. You would do as well or better as a storm cleric with one of (1 level of monk, to get another attack) or (pole arm mastery, using race human/half elf) to get offhand hits. The storm cleric also gets heavy armor and all weapons, and it can also shock stuff as a reaction and do heavy lightning spell damage alongside (using one of the above ideas) doing fair melee damage & tanking. Light, storm, and nature are fairly good offensive clerics while life is supportive, and the other domains are much weaker than any of those in most contexts.

[Flavalicious]

My first play-through on launch was War Cleric, its a good time. Its not super hard meta or anything like that, but if your looking to ditch SH for a run, it lets you take gale, ast, and kar as companions, which gives you a balanced squad and lots of fun little dialog interactions.

[Gob]

Its a very good one level dip.

[Burdpal]

War Cleric is fantastic.