¿Best racial enemy?

[Dishonored Guard]

I am intrigued

[Loquitran]

In bg1 all of them kinda sucks, but when i play rangers i choose Hobgoblins, since you encounter them all the time.
But, in bg2, i think Vampire is good.

[AlexMBrennan]

But, in bg2, i think Vampire is good.

That seems like a bit of a waste since any good cleric can incinerate roomfuls of vampires with a snap of their fingers.

In general, the devs overcompensated for the presence of vampires in the critical path of BG2 by giving the party way to many weapons that kill undead on hit (e.g. azuredge and daystar are available right away and the mace of disruption can be obtained before the fight with Bodhi)

Demonic or dragon are really the only racial enemies that are dangerous and do not have any easily available hard counters.

[wendigo211]

I'd say Dragons and Demons. Dragons because you can always use a bit of help when fighting them, and Demons because they're tough enemies and there's enough of them in BG2 to warrant the choice (I think Aec and the Demon Knight are the only Fell/Demonic enemies in BG though).

[Loquitran]

Originally posted by AlexMBrennan:

But, in bg2, i think Vampire is good.

That seems like a bit of a waste since any good cleric can incinerate roomfuls of vampires with a snap of their fingers.

In general, the devs overcompensated for the presence of vampires in the critical path of BG2 by giving the party way to many weapons that kill undead on hit (e.g. azuredge and daystar are available right away and the mace of disruption can be obtained before the fight with Bodhi)

Demonic or dragon are really the only racial enemies that are dangerous and do not have any easily available hard counters.

I agree, but i usually don't have issues against dragons and vampires are basically everywhere from chapter 2, so i just pick vampires for convenience. And yeah, probably demons are the best, but since there isn't that many demons, imo you get the best bang for the buck choosing vampires.

edit: if you pick Keldorn, you basically ♥♥♥♥ on every dragon in the game using dispel magic, but obviously, this is extremely specific.

[Gustuv Wynd]

Spiders...they are everywhere in both games and even the normal ones pack a punch.

[Damn_Monkey]

I usually pick Demonic, but I like playing CG Cleric/Ranger, so for RP reasons being a Good Divine character, having an advantage against Demons make sense to me.

[garytwinem]

Squirrels.

[Phoenix VII]

BG1: Spiders, I suppose, they always annoyed me the most anyway.
BG2: Demons or Vampires. Dragons aren't a bad choice, but you know when you're going to fight one and can fully prepare, they'll never surprise you. I lean towards Vampires since they're so common...even if they're kind of squishy.