Minsc

[Khaos]

So, I'm real new to this game, but I have to ask if Minsc is ever...useful. From the - admittedly little - I've read, nobody seems to use him anyplace.

I love the character, played Baldur's Gate to death and always had him around. Just looking to see him in use.

[Fiery106]

He's a good DPS for a while, but falls close second against others.

[CommanderGreven]

i used him recently for unlock dragonbait, but usually use other champions in same slot, specially blackviper for farm jewels

[adeyke]

I usually use him at the start of a run. He has an AoE attack and his Boastful upgrade can speed up spawns a bit.

[Ranwyr]

What adeyke said. I use every speed upgrade I can get.

[Phantom]

hes generally always in my party

his ability to make a type of enemy take extra damage is uber helpful

you just pick the enemy type that most often appears for that run and then use him to get high bud hits followed by fire potions if you wanna push

I don't use him as dps I use him as support

[Khaos]

Oh, so he can be useful? Awesome. Love that guy, and his mini giant space hamster.

[Noeh23]

Originally posted by Khaos:

Oh, so he can be useful? Awesome. Love that guy, and his mini giant space hamster.

Yes he is useful in certain situations - basically what Phantom said + I would advise that if you are at a certain level which you want to repeat over an over again (either completing a quest for certain enemy type or you are just earning gold/blessings at a high level and letting the game run, his skills of damage vs an enemy type and spawning extra units can be very helpful.

[SevenBlueSeven]

Yes, his special enemy ability to debuff enemies so they take more damage is very useful. Against them, he out-performs even Stryx in the amount of bonus damage that can be done to debuffed enemies.

I suggest these three levels to run repeatedly once you have the blessing that humanoids drop 25% more gold: Grand Tour - Unearthed Evil, ToA - Exploring Port Nyanzaru and Waterdeep - Nimble Escape.

Later, he will help you increase Zorbu's lifelong favored enemies, making Zorbu one of the best DPS in the game.

[thegrassyknoll]

yes. Minsc is ALWAYS in final-get-as-far-as-can push. Do not forget his ultimate on top of what phantom said. All my furthest progression requires Minsc+his special move for last final kills. where there is no other way to damage enemies at this point. He is arguably BEST buffer in game in this regard combined with zorbu.
Side note: going with krull over minsc/shandie seems to lessen this tactic and makes it further than minsc+ultimate. However minsc should be a great boon to ALL players that do not have krull and will remain good if another support comes out that uses BUD to switch out Krull with.

And yes. Like phantom said, ONLY play levels whereas ALL or high 90% of enemies falls under the double dip of both minsc and zorbus favored enemies skill. I.e. templers camp in tomb of annilhaltion perfectly fits this for maximum dungeon floors progressed.

Have fun

[Phantom]

um shandy and krull share a slot. Minsc doesn't share with them.

I usually use shandy to wall then krull to go further and minsc stays with because up to the 500 soft wall hes not needed to make progress but has that extra enemy thing that slightly speeds you up

[BurningFalcon]

I'm curious, what do dragons and imps count as?
I'd say dragon and demon, but I'm unsure in the context of this game.
Does Minsc buff against them with beast or monstrosities?

[Coo Coo Pigeon]

Originally posted by BurningFalcon:

I'm curious, what do dragons and imps count as?
I'd say dragon and demon, but I'm unsure in the context of this game.
Does Minsc buff against them with beast or monstrosities?

To know what they count as, you can look to the name under their HP.

Old list @ https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Monsters%20List?sort=Type#content

[MehZhure]

In later game, minsc is situationally useful. He sometimes helps to break through walls with his debuff.

[Sotj]

I use him for his ulti when I'm doing boss. I also use him in lack of better +dmg buffer to replace +income gold buffer, when levels get too hard to clear.

[Coo Coo Pigeon]

Minsc is handy for something else, his ult on a single target counts as an attack (Raising BUD) which is nice to push a little further (other ults/fire potions)