Gale as a pure Wizard.

[Dave]

How do most players go about specing Gale out in terms of subclass and spells? I see Evocation is the default subclass.

[PineapplesRGood]

Respec Gale as an Eldritch Knight. It's a long shot to assume he has any physical prowess at all, however I personally think he looks better in medium/heavy armour than he does in robes. Plus, he's Eldritch, and Eldritch is maaaggiiicccc!

[Callirgos]

Divination Wizard + Lucky. You are welcome.

[jojobe]

I role him as a sorcerer because i got gear for that LOL.

[chipofsalt]

Early game he can fill the haste bot role naturally, on top of the usual evocation stuff.

Late game once you're able to stack INT above 20 with items (and boosting attack rolls), you can get EXTREMELY high success chance on things like hold monster. He probably single handedly carried my first honour mode run, though any wizard could've done that I guess.

[Aria Athena]

I spec him as a pure level 1 Wizard.

A wizard in general I probably wouldn't multiclass. I prefer Abjuration over Evocation, but not by much. You can do some nice things with Evocation.

[PineapplesRGood]

Originally posted by Aria Athena:

A wizard in general I probably wouldn't multiclass

You can get 1 Level in Sorcery or Tempest depending on what playstyle you wish to play.

[God Queen 158]

Divination is the sexiest wizard class in the game. Portent is the sexiest thing I've ever seen in a game. Having that level of control over others is delicious.

Makes me tolerate him when he accidentally dies due to the bloodspray from my Barbarian Tav.

[RollerPig]

Originally posted by Metallicus:

I keep him a pure wizard with the divination subclass. Portent is one of my favorite abilities and you can long rest until you get the numbers you want for the day. You can keep that natural 20 in the bank for when you need it (like mirror of loss).

for sure divination is underated. I like abjuration. Tanky AF baiting out enemy attacks tho I usually will splice in tempest cleric

can work pure tho 100%

[War Maiden]

Originally posted by God Queen 158:

Divination is the sexiest wizard class in the game. Portent is the sexiest thing I've ever seen in a game. Having that level of control over others is delicious.

Makes me tolerate him when he accidentally dies due to the bloodspray from my Barbarian Tav.

Well, that is no surprise, coming from you, dear Lady

[pirate135246]

evocation all the way through. magic missle with dmg rider items and fireball will carry you hard until you reach Curriculum of Strategy: Artistry of War, and Chain Lightning/Globe of Invulnerability. Wizard 10 gives you Empowered Evocation which massively increases magic missle and Curriculum of Strategy: Artistry of War dmg. This build hits stupid hard, can't miss, and doesn't require any multiclass. Also misty step + thunderwave gives you a surefire way to knock enemies off your other party members and potentially off the map

[God Queen 158]

Originally posted by War Maiden:

Originally posted by God Queen 158:

Divination is the sexiest wizard class in the game. Portent is the sexiest thing I've ever seen in a game. Having that level of control over others is delicious.

Makes me tolerate him when he accidentally dies due to the bloodspray from my Barbarian Tav.

Well, that is no surprise, coming from you, dear Lady

I like what I like. What can I say.

[Panzerbjorne39]

Originally posted by Harukage:

If i play as Gale - i prefer Abjuration. Been unkillable yourself and sharing protection with party, while have a good mix of wizard control and damage spells prepared, and practicaly not caring about positioning ever - is a bliss.
As a party member... Evocation, because people are somehow unable to calculate damage, and weirdly think that draconic sorcerer can outburst high level evo wizard in this game. No sorcerer can't, sorry. Or transmutation and divination for utility.
Necromancer is an odd pick here. Given how ♥♥♥♥ Necro scholl subclass is in 5e. But there are a lot or great Necro magic items in BG3. But they are all in the second part of the game, so you must suffer through the first part.
No opinion on other choices.

Sorcerer can outburst wizard. It’s not even a question. The general consensus everywhere is that sorcerer for damage and wizard for flexibility & utility. Sorcerer has careful spell meta magic does the same thing as sculpt. Plus twin spell which is huge and heightened spell to land more.

[Harukage]

Do i really need to explain it every time how after lvl 10 and with certaion items Evo Wizard dishes out roughly over 350 damage per turn? With optimization its something like 500+ melting bosses in no time.
Twinned spells pfft. Do not make laught.

[Gaius]

I either play him as a pure divination wizard (I was a MTG blue player, just love messing with dice rolls) or make him a white dragon sorcerer 1/abjuration wizard 11 for amazing survivability with Armor of Agathys, CON save proficiency, arcane ward, projected ward to protect companions, the whole package.

I really, really dislike Evocation. Spell sculpting is not that useful because this is a turn based game and you can carefully postition spells and the bonus damage is just THAT important in magic missiles builds, I'm not that much into that, I prefer wizards as magical toolboxes.

[Gaius]

Originally posted by Harukage:

Do i really need to explain it every time how after lvl 10 and with certaion items Evo Wizard dishes out roughly over 350 damage per turn? With optimization its something like 500+ melting bosses in no time.
Twinned spells pfft. Do not make laught.

Then use 2 evo wizards and one sorc to twin haste them both and do 2000 dmg per turn XD