What are the actually OP builds?

[Will]

I would just search for it but the clickbait game has made that almost impossible.
When I say OP build I don't mean you can one shot Raphael while wearing all purple gear dropped from all the other Act 3 bosses with potion of speed haste and invisibility, many many builds can do that.
What I mean is builds that can safely defeat lv5 bosses at lv4, preferably without leaving the first map.

I've done a couple play through since the game came out, yet the only ones I know are:

-throw barb with tavern brawler
-gloomstalker dual crossbow and abuse the stealth/start combat mechanic

and I can't think of anything else, I keep seeing these paladin builds that can one shot Raphael or something, tried it on Minthara and it just sucks because you don't even have enough spell slots for one fight. I also tried bard and monk but again they have these really limited resource that just run out in 1 fight if you want to have damage output similar to a throw barb.

I know you get get spell sparkler and the magic missile necklace but even that can't compete with the damage output of throw barb in act 1, and it's also once again, limited resource.

It just seems like every build is weak in Act 1 except throw barb, throw barb still does more damage than anything else even without raging. with rage it's the only thing that can attack twice per turn and you can out damage the other 3 members combined.

[Zsrai]

There is a chasm of difference between end game builds and a level 4 or 5 build with whatever scraps of gear you've found in early Act 1. Any real build advice is probably going to focus on the former rather than the latter.

[Will]

Originally posted by Zsrai:

There is a chasm of difference between end game builds and a level 4 or 5 build with whatever scraps of gear you've found in early Act 1. Any real build advice is probably going to focus on the former rather than the latter.

yes but throw barb is still strong end game, that's why it's an actual OP build.
and I don't know why people focus on end game because act 3 is already so easy even with normal builds.

[TheMasterBlaster]

Originally posted by Will:

When I say OP build I don't mean you can one shot Raphael while wearing all purple gear dropped from all the other Act 3 bosses with potion of speed haste and invisibility

haha, that's the thing though! most 'OP' builds depend on numerous magic items to exploit attacks/damage in ways that Larian never considered. that's also why in DnD5e most magic items require 'attunement' and players can only 'attune' to three magic items by default.

the other thing is that BG3 has so many silly magic items not found in DnD5e that it's not hard to find crazy combos with certain classes/spells and magic items.

'limited resources' that you keep mentioning are specifically so players don't have broken OP builds right out of the gate.

my advice, just play the game and don't worry so much about silly DPS builds you see online. discover your own combos and tactics. if you're just going to copy other people's ideas and 'builds' then why did you buy the game? you might as well just keep watching videos of other people's silly OP builds.

[jait]

No one can gift you builds. You need to know how to play.

Game difficulty is a joke when you do know how to play. The first real boss on Honor is the Owlbear. Ive seen folks think it's impossible. You can quite literally beat it at level 1 with the right abilities and spells, that's the entire game in a nutshell. Less about Pew-Pew and more about Conditions. Blind, Prone, Silence, Sanctuary. Learn this. Use these. Then the builds are irrelevant.

[Zsrai]

Originally posted by Will:

Originally posted by Zsrai:

There is a chasm of difference between end game builds and a level 4 or 5 build with whatever scraps of gear you've found in early Act 1. Any real build advice is probably going to focus on the former rather than the latter.

yes but throw barb is still strong end game, that's why it's an actual OP build.
and I don't know why people focus on end game because act 3 is already so easy even with normal builds.

They focus on Act 3 because that's when you hit max level and can get all the gear to fine tune a build; why would you ever finalize a build at level 4 and in the first act when you have a ton of levels and gear to still get and collect?

It's like @jait said, it's more about learning what spells, attacks, and items do than about having a set in stone build (if you're just looking to play through the game and not do a challenge run).

[Pat Fenis]

Nothing is really OP at level 5. Blindness and faerie fire are great ways to create advantage in the early game, Paladins pump the most damage when you can reliably sleep/paralyze for auto crits. A team of devil sight warlocks with a drow tav darkness casting class would be easy cheese.

[Angel]

tavern brawler open hand monk

smite swords bard

fire sorlock

[Klutch]

pretty much any build you research will link to the op that does it better

[Zsrai]

Originally posted by Angel:

tavern brawler open hand monk

smite swords bard

fire sorlock

Not at level 4. Please read the thread, or at least the OP.

[Angel]

Originally posted by Zsrai:

Originally posted by Angel:

tavern brawler open hand monk

smite swords bard

fire sorlock

Not at level 4. Please read the thread, or at least the OP.

or they can look these builds up and build around them anyway

monk can for sure be good at level 5

[Brian_the_Brute]

monk or paladin. Otherwise there's 100s of youtube videos you can watch to mix and match classes or tweak monk or paladin

[WhamyKaBlamy]

Not sure if you're going to get any really OP builds at lower levels. Even stuff that I look at online just seems to be marginally better than just playing those classes normally at those levels.

I guess using Ethel to get 21 strength on melee characters is pretty OP.

Eldritch Blast is very fun at low level, plenty of places you can use the knockback if you take it early.

[Aerohank]

The infinite damage in 1 turn build that kills enemies simply by walking near them.
It's extremely tedious to play however, it's amazing that someone actually made the build and completed the game with it.

[Chewii]

Titanstring bow build
Throwbarian build

[GrandMajora]

Here you go!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrxntVyLfrY