Best Underrated Class

[5k Chicken]

And why is it Cleric/Thief?

[Gustuv Wynd]

It definitely is a great support class...just not really suited for my charName in my opinion. I always make a Cleric/Thief as a second character...sometimes I take them all the way to the end of BG2 with me.

[Millstone85]

The only bad thing about Cleric/Thief is that you have to open a second menu to disarm traps or pick locks and pockets. Really, devs, that's what you thought would be used the least?

[5k Chicken]

Originally posted by Millstone85:

The only bad thing about Cleric/Thief is that you have to open a second menu to disarm traps or pick locks and pockets. Really, devs, that's what you thought would be used the least?

I got great news for you man cause I felt the same way. You can assign it to a hotkey!

[5k Chicken]

Originally posted by Gustuv Wynd:

It definitely is a great support class...just not really suited for my charName in my opinion. I always make a Cleric/Thief as a second character...sometimes I take them all the way to the end of BG2 with me.

Its really fun in BG 1 but backstabbing does fall off quite a bit.

[5k Chicken]

Just killed the demonknight with two backstabs in the mid 80s!! Cleric/Thief (Half-orc) for the win.

[Wicket W. Warrick]

Mage/thief.
Not really underrated, but considered less solid than others (berserker/kensai--> mage, paladins, archer, etc.), while I think that it shines expecially in solo run, expecially in BG1.

[wendigo211]

For me, I think it's Kensai. Not Kensai/Mage, but pure Kensai. People get hung up on the lack of armor but, once you figure out how to use Items/potions/NPC spells to get around that, you have a class with the same bonuses as the Archer, that levels faster and has a higher maximum level.

After that, I'd say Bard. Blade is the best kit, but they're all pretty solid. They aren't as good as the multiclasses they simulate, but they're playable and pretty strong all the way through the saga.

Fighter/Druid also doesn't get a lot of respect. Probably because the game gives you Jaheira and she has horrible stats. Also you need an insane roll for the dual class (15 STR, 17 WIS and 17 CHA).

[5k Chicken]

Originally posted by wendigo211:

For me, I think it's Kensai. Not Kensai/Mage, but pure Kensai. People get hung up on the lack of armor but, once you figure out how to use Items/potions/NPC spells to get around that, you have a class with the same bonuses as the Archer, that levels faster and has a higher maximum level.

After that, I'd say Bard. Blade is the best kit, but they're all pretty solid. They aren't as good as the multiclasses they simulate, but they're playable and pretty strong all the way through the saga.

Fighter/Druid also doesn't get a lot of respect. Probably because the game gives you Jaheira and she has horrible stats. Also you need an insane roll for the dual class (15 STR, 17 WIS and 17 CHA).

I tried a Berserker/Druid once, the guy was unstoppable.

[5k Chicken]

Originally posted by stef.corsi:

Mage/thief.
Not really underrated, but considered less solid than others (berserker/kensai--> mage, paladins, archer, etc.), while I think that it shines expecially in solo run, expecially in BG1.

The pure utility guys are so versatile and fun to play.

[5k Chicken]

I'll add one, the FIghter/Mage/Cleric gets largely ignored.

[Wicket W. Warrick]

Originally posted by Muirchertach:

I tried a Berserker/Druid once, the guy was unstoppable.

I quote this too. With staff +3 and ironskin + buffs. A war machine.

[Gustuv Wynd]

Berzerker/druid is amazing...in BG2 the iron skins are great and as long as you were a good kid in BG1 you get Draw Upon Holy Might anyway which is probably the only thing a fighter cleric has that a fighter druid would really want.

There is a trick to them, though. Dual at 9 and don't level up your druid class until you get your fighter levels back...then give yourself grandmastery in a second weapon. I did quarterstaff as a berzerker and then took spear...then got the Impaler and used it to the end of the game. I dualed in SoD and I believe I had my fighter levels back by the end it.

[Gustuv Wynd]

Originally posted by Muirchertach:

Originally posted by Millstone85:

The only bad thing about Cleric/Thief is that you have to open a second menu to disarm traps or pick locks and pockets. Really, devs, that's what you thought would be used the least?

I got great news for you man cause I felt the same way. You can assign it to a hotkey!

I use a hot key even on thief characters that have it on the toolbar.

[5k Chicken]

Originally posted by Gustuv Wynd:

Originally posted by Muirchertach:

I got great news for you man cause I felt the same way. You can assign it to a hotkey!

I use a hot key even on thief characters that have it on the toolbar.

It works the same way thank goodness. It was almost a dealbreaker the lockpicking being hidden away like that.

[5k Chicken]

Originally posted by Gustuv Wynd:

Berzerker/druid is amazing...in BG2 the iron skins are great and as long as you were a good kid in BG1 you get Draw Upon Holy Might anyway which is probably the only thing a fighter cleric has that a fighter druid would really want.

There is a trick to them, though. Dual at 9 and don't level up your druid class until you get your fighter levels back...then give yourself grandmastery in a second weapon. I did quarterstaff as a berzerker and then took spear...then got the Impaler and used it to the end of the game. I dualed in SoD and I believe I had my fighter levels back by the end it.

I did it when I was younger I think I went all corny and used the guy from the green magic the gathering cards as the portrait. He looked like he could be a berserker/druid haha.