ACT 2: Parties/Builds to do beforehand?

[Bakerly]

I have put 68 hours into Act 1 so far with 4 characters collectively. Ive enjoyed learning how to play this game and I finally feel like I am COMPLETELY set to move onto Act 2.

That being said, what are some nice builds for characters/party comps that could help out moving forward? I have yet to even touch Astarion but ive seen people use him for stealth and dex builds which looks fun!

What do you recommend?

[alanc9]

There are a couple of fun things in early Act 2 which require Astarion and Karlach to be in the active party. Astarion's has some effect on his personal mission.

For the Act's endgame, I recommend having both Wyll and Gale along. Wyll should have Hunger of Hadar if he doesn't already, It's very helpful in a couple of the fights.

You probably know about the Shadow Curse already. That means undead enemies .

[Bakerly]

Originally posted by alanc9:

There are a couple of fun things in early Act 2 which require Astarion and Karlach to be in the active party. Astarion's has some effect on his personal mission.

For the Act's endgame, I recommend having both Wyll and Gale along. Wyll should have Hunger of Hadar if he doesn't already, It's very helpful in a couple of the fights.

You probably know about the Shadow Curse already. That means undead enemies .

Thank you for the info! Ill definitly look into having astarion around more, right now the current party is Me(Githyanki Paladin), Shadowheart, Gale(AOE), and Lae Zel for a 2 man team up rush kill

[yaerav]

Lots and lots of stuff for Shadowheart in Act 2. Some bits for Lae'zel and Gale too. But yeah, Astarion and Wyll are fun to have in the party, too. It's pretty clear where you need Astarion though, so you can pop him in the party by then and leave him in camp again after.

And light is a prettyuseful cantrip there, and rif you are able to do lots of adiant damage, then that is awesome. High initiative ican be especially useful, and (I'll put this behind a spoiler thingy just in case you want to go in as blanco as possible) if you have Elixers of Vigilance, do consider using one or two ;-)