Chain Lightning can also be twinned with sorcerers. And if you use freecast to cast a spell, you can also use metamagic for free. So Markoheshkir + Tempest 2 + Wet + Twinned = Win

@Aestus_RPG

7 ай бұрын

Good point!

@nathanfivecoate5848

7 ай бұрын

I did Tempest 2/Evocation Wizard 10 so I could learn 6th level spells, use Summons, and have Tempest Channel Divinity to maximize the 3 free Chain Lightning spells per day with Markoheshkir

@aldoushuxley5953

7 ай бұрын

@@nathanfivecoate5848 I did Tempest 2/ Evocation 2/ Storm 8 for the same reason :)

@jonathanthoresen7646

7 ай бұрын

That’s insane. In DnD you cannot twin it, so I would have never tried! Thanks for the tip.

@LouisTravieon

7 ай бұрын

It's my favorite sorcerer spell!

ok...but have you considered that Disintegrate is just really cool?

@plasmathunderdx

7 ай бұрын

I disintegrated Larroakan into a pile dust

@pokemonmusiclover5

5 ай бұрын

Its REALLY GOOD for raphael.

@Vyndyka

4 ай бұрын

@@pokemonmusiclover5why

@musicman12395

4 ай бұрын

@@Vyndyka his pillars take double force damage. Disintegrate 1 hit kills them. Though tbh a sorlock can do it with eldritch blast even better. But hey if you got spare scrolls of disintegrate which are pretty easy to find in ramazith's tower then anyone in your party can 1 hit kill a soul tower.

@benjammin5252

4 ай бұрын

I assumed you don’t get the loot?

Heal can also briefly fix Durge's brain and trigger a childhood memory

@Aestus_RPG

7 ай бұрын

Really! Cool! I didn't know that actually.

@dr.fumetastic

7 ай бұрын

@@Aestus_RPG There are even two different memories based on whether you have defeated Orin or not.

@r.s.819

7 ай бұрын

Heal triggers a scene as well as the noblestalk in act 1.

@steeeeeena

2 ай бұрын

Is it too late to try if you’ve defeated her. I want to go back to a save and see

Longstrider Gang checking in!

@Aestus_RPG

7 ай бұрын

I actually cut a whole rant on Longstrider in this video. I thought "its been long enough that no one cares about this anymore." Should have left it in for the Longstrider Gang!

@tetchypoo

7 ай бұрын

Oooh I kinda want a Longstrider rant, seems like a no-brainer to me. I love your videos to help me rethink my builds, so rant away!

@driftingnitro6490

7 ай бұрын

Make it a separate video I'd watch that lmao

@Aestus_RPG

7 ай бұрын

@@driftingnitro6490 I probably will!

@stuflames4769

7 ай бұрын

Frankly Longstrider is better than any of these spells.

For the Deva you can wear the Abyss beckoners and it gains Resistance to every type of dmg, making it into a good tank as well as decent damage. It can't fail the saving throw for madness with 20 wisdom and proficiency and whatever it has. Best summon ally strat imo.

fun fact each bolt of chain ligthning wil only hit one enemy if the enemies are to far awey from each other so it can do a ton of dmg to a single enemy instead of spreading the dmg across enemies

@BirdMoose

7 ай бұрын

If a target is large enough enemies don't even need to be far away. I've had it do 300-500 damage on single targets in one blast despite being near their allies.

This is super niche, but I did find a use for Disintegrate late game. There's a staff you can get in Act 3 which lets you cast any spell without expending a slot. There's also an Ilithid power which does the same. On a sorcerer with twinned spell and quickened spell, and/or with haste/bloodlust elixirs you can potentially fire 6 of these off in a single turn. Thats enough to shred through some bosses with high HP or, in some fights with several powerful casters with low HP that are spread around the arena so you can't just AoE burst them with ice storm or whatnot, this can be a great way of just nuking out a massive chunk of the encounter's enemy HP pool. That being said, I totally agree with your assessment overall, you have to work pretty dang hard to get good mileage out of it. And MISSING a shot and being out a 6th level slot that just did sweet FA for you is incredibly disappointing. Great video, anyway! Looking forward to the honor mode content

@frankehfightaz

7 ай бұрын

Killed several bosses doing this + the illithid power that gives double damage, found it super powerful personally

@giorno4859

7 ай бұрын

I like to use desintegrate as a scroll to destroy some things in act 3, like the locked doors in the iron throne, because my high dex characters where ocupied with other stuff in the area.

@Siriathion

7 ай бұрын

There are actually 2 staffs, one from the Tower and one from the House. Also - yes, using haste, freecast and quickened spell I managed to simply MELT some of the final bosses' faces off in a single turn. Turns out giant brains have really low dex save, who would have thought.

@t0fuwaffles

6 ай бұрын

Super useful in the raphael fight to one shot the pillars as well

Heroes' Feast trivialized my fight against Mystic Carrion. It makes you immune against all status effects in that fight.

Had Otto's Irresistable Dance on a scroll and it saved my fight against Saverok, lol. It was also hilarious watching this very serious edgelord, full of malice and evil, dancing. But stopping him from doing anything for a turn was just enough time for my Karlach to recover from lethargy due to her speed poiton ending, and then ending the fight on her next turn. Great series! Enjoyed hearing your reasoning behind each spell.

@ProbeAway

7 ай бұрын

Confusion did the same thing for me! He skipped one turn and then attacked an ally on another

@WestOfEarth

7 ай бұрын

@@ProbeAway Nicer. At the time I didn't know OID was a guarenteed stick for the first round so it was really a hail mary for me, lol.

@nathanfivecoate5848

7 ай бұрын

​@@WestOfEarthIt ain't called "Irresistable" for nothing

Just wanted to let you know your analysis has been very useful! Finally beat the game. Did it more or less blind on honor mode. Absorbed a few tips like using globe of invulnerability from watching your videos, but more important than anything like what rank a spell is, it's your in depth commentary on what makes a spell useful. Watched them all, and it really changed the way I analyzed situations in game. Looking forward to more!

Great videos.. I went from never playing these type of turn-based games, to now playing BG3 on Tactician lol thanks for the content.

@Aestus_RPG

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! That genuinely means a lot to me!

@azureandnoir3274

5 ай бұрын

another good turn based series to checkout is dragon age! not as in depth as bg3 but its a great one with a fun story and some cool characters and to boot those games a dirt cheap now

Seriously good content. Found ur channel weeks ago on my first playthrough with no idea what was happening. You break it all down better than everyone else and have got me keen for my first try on tactician soon

I’ve literally already watched two other 6th-level spell tier lists, but as soon as I saw your upload, I rushed over. I watched those other ones just to wait for yours XD

League player catching strays 💀💀

I do want to say thank you so much for these videos, I’m sure I’ve spent way to long watching all of these but my first play through of bg3 was so scuffed that I want to do it again. I made it to act 3 at level 7, missed a ton of content, and just got stuck, too weak for most encounters and chose horrible spells to waste my slots on. Now armed with new knowledge and how the game actually functions I’m looking forward to doing a second full play through and these guides have helped me figure out how I want to go about that.

this has been a really good series! thanks

Thank you very much so for your videos! I just finished my second playthrough and I was waiting for your spell tier list videos all the time as I was playing. Your videos were very helpful and some of the spells I might have missed if not for them. Fear was something I picked up from your earlier video and I ended up winning many battles because of it. 6th level spell wise I think globe of invulnerability is op, maybe even makes the fights too boring. Keep up the good work! I like your perceptive, insightful and well argumented views. PS. I think longstrider is an s tier spell. My half illithid flying open hand monk destroyed enemies with its amazing movement range. Very often I needed the extra yards from longstrider.

I've been waiting patiently for this. I love your videos and I appreciate what you do sir!

@Aestus_RPG

7 ай бұрын

Sorry it took so long!

@CorpseLink

7 ай бұрын

​@@Aestus_RPGLife happens man. I think we're all just grateful you put these videos out at all. Thanks again!

Hope you had a good trip. I hope that future patches and maybe an expansion will give us more content including spells. Patch 5 seems to have given a new party and other content. As far as the spells, yeah the Chain Lightning is crazy. It's possible to have Create Water, then Twin Chain Lightning and maybe with Haste (and a Staff that allows the user to not use a Spell Slot), Twin another Chain Lightning for a Total of 4 Chain Lightnings.

25:45 As someone struggling with the league of legends debuff thank you for representing our blight with tact

These are great man. Dont worry about views, they will come in time with more popularity of BG3 + DLCs. I think a guide for basics in BG3 like what is AC, how do you get extra actions and how do you move attacks into bonus actions. How does stealth work in BG3? What to craft? Best items that are very simple to get stuff like that. I dont know AC does or i dont really know how the damage on spells/attacks its calculated except the modifier from str +3 for example is added to the weapon but maybe there is more, like a combo of attacks or things like this. Basic stuff people love and trust me 99% of BG3 players are clueless.

Heyyyyy folks! I enjoyed every single video that you posted on BG3 man. Thanks for the info and...GUIDANCE...on the spells/classes. The most experience I have with these sorts of RPG systems is the KOTOR games. My ABSOLUTE favorites.

Was eagerly awaiting this upload! Really love the vids, very well articulated

@Aestus_RPG

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! You used "eagerly" instead of "really" so to me your opinion on being articulate carries a lot of weight!

@gaigeriel

7 ай бұрын

@@Aestus_RPG Of course! It's nice hearing you explain with good detail the strengths of these things with experience to back it up! Excited to see future videos :]

watching these vids is what i was born for fr. Also hope u enjoyed ur travels :)

@Aestus_RPG

7 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

Breaking boss encounters with Otto's irresistible dance is so much fun. In my tactician run I just had raphael dance himself to death and it completely broke the encounter.

@StevenPJames-fl1un

6 ай бұрын

Hey I did this too! Add in his singing duet with Hope and we've got a regular old Musical alla Infernale.

Sunbeam is one of the best scrolls in the game. Two levels in evocation wizard and you can just blind most of act 3 which is already crazy strong, and then you can stack radiating orb if you want. Throw this on a 10 eldritch knight, 2 evocation wizard and you should be able to sunbeam and attack in one turn with free constitution saving throw proficiency. Its fantastic as a scroll, much less so as a 6th level spell slot

Great work on the 10k subs mate well deserved❤

I appreciate your videos and how they are largely spoiler free information. I notice how you purposely leave out details for certain things regarding the story and game breaking cheese methods. I played about 30 hours of early early access and only just now replaying the game with the latest honor mode patch. I've lost many playthroughs already but, your guides have been crucial, and I get better every run. I find it quite fun!

Great videos! Would love to see Feats video, not sure what to pick there :)

AMA Question: Favorite movie/tv show scene? Love your content btw and appreciate it a lot that you're fostering a space for discussions and theory crafting. Keep up the good work and take care!

Congrats on 10k

AMA question: Are you planning to diversify what you call your "dry educational material"? Maybe something along the lines of "The first things I do in each act" or "The toughest parts of the game and what I do to prepare"? Love the tier lists and best item content though, looking forward to the best items in act 3 video!

The master strikes again!

Sunbeam + mind sanctuary + haste allows you to cast 3 beams per turn without expending any spell slots.

@rusk3986

7 ай бұрын

I do this with upcasted call lightning on my tempest cleric. 6d10 plus vulnerable from wet is nasty.

Eyebite panicked is actually GOATED for builds with ice terrain or death clouds like mosquito swarm or wall of ice because enemies will run straight into your traps which if you have the staff of cherished necromancy means you can make people run to their deaths over and over and over

@prodigalsun1678

6 ай бұрын

Also ive had fun casting freezing spheres with scrolls waiting 9 turns, casting mage hand and create water and letting mage hand throw the spheres at enemies dealing huge damage while not wasting any of my teams actions

For wall of ice, you don't need to waste anything to trigger the second damage instance. You can just click the little button that you're concentrating on it to stop concentrating. You can do this even outside your turn. And I believe but not am not certain that even after broken the cloud breaks vision, like fog cloud. Alternatively, I think if you cast a fire spell, it creates water that gets targets wet again. And then a lightning spell to electrify the water.

I used a globe of invulnerability scroll on the portal when Halsin went into the Shadowfell and it was one of the best gameplay moments of Act 2. Saved me such a headache since the majority of the shadows and other mobs target the portal.

@onchristieroad

5 ай бұрын

I just used darkness. They can't hit what they can't see!

AMA question: Who was your favorite character to play as at a table, to have been played at your table, and to have written? And what made each of them so interesting?

AMA Question: What do you think about items/gear (magical or non-magical) for players, for BG3, but also for tabletop? I also DM and always wonder how to balance items/gear. Also, specifically for BG3, if you do *not* take any magical gear in BG3, what party build would you go for? Thanks for all the cool content!

25:48 I'm hurt 🥺 Great videos, very entertaining.

Some of these spells are nice to have on scrolls, Helps when you're running low on spells or if you weren't expecting a difficult combat.

Great video. One contrary thought: Disintegrate has a use case against the Netherbrain. The NB had 10 Dex and this is a Dex save. On Honor mode you have to cycle through different types of damage. Curr of Strat may be better for most enemies for Force damage but there are no scrolls for that and you can only cast it once per short rest. If you have scrolls for a lot of 6th level spells like Globe of inv or Disintegrate then I think this would be a good option for the NB.

The same way you suggested that people go in-game and cast "Haste" to see how good it is, I urge you to give "Sweetplum Gales" from the Djinni a go. The "Restricted" condition being 1 turn on a 15 CONS save, means that creatures caught inside the radius of the spell must do the CONS save or remain inside the area, which will then force them to do another CONS save the next turn. The reason why it is 1 turn of "Restricted" is so that the system will not impose a 10 Turn (or Concentration break) on a creature that is "shoved out" of the area by Thunderwave or the likes. I've cast this on Mindflayers, Spectators and most Humanoids and I've never seen them do the Constitution Save after being caugh inside the Gale (not sure if this is intended). The best part is that you can have 2 or more areas of Gales (again, not sure if this is intended or a bug), which I believe makes this spell consistently good, and sometimes amazingly life saving. Works great with "Call Lightning".

I think you're undervaluing Chain Lightning a bit personally, lightning is easily the easiest damage type to build around; only Ansur is a problem with it. You can buy a massive supply of chain lightning scrolls from the Sorcerous Sundries and absolutely go off. I kind of build around it in my most recent playthrough. Pure sorcerer, blue dragon ancestry draconic bloodline, Elemental adept lightning, and Markoheshikir, then just maxed out on equipment and buffs that let me deal the most. Drinking a speed potion and then firing off two twinned Chain Lightnings to start a combat was INSANE. In the final battle I melted all of the guardians off the map on my first turn and had dealt 130ish damage to the Dragon before any of my allies had even moved. It feels so good

Between the ilithid powers, free casts from staffs, free spell slot from the warden neclace you should be getting 3-4 casts of 6th level spells per rest unless you dont use them for some reason. Thats assuming you dont abuse the mechanics like the necro staff.

I really need to play through honor mode so I can truly appreciate these later spells. Playing tactician and not using any specific rules, I'm so stacked with scrolls by the end I can basically cast almost anything with any caster whenever, and I actually refrain myself from casting globe of invulnerability so I can at least experience end game bosses instead of just slaughtering them

AMA Question: Do you use any digital resource for making D&D battle maps/ world maps? If so, what is your favorite or what would you recommend?

AMA question: As a DM, how much freedom do you allow for the spell 'Wish' or does it depend on the wish of the player before you make a judgement?

In my multiplayer playthrough my bard picks mostly spells that are in character so for my first Lv6 spell it HAD to be Otto's irresistable dance and it's hilarious fun. The rest of her arsenal tends to be psychological/crowd control spells, There's lots of fun to be had from just playing the game straight and not worrying about optimising 'builds' for maximum win efficiency.

Heroes feast is my favorite 6th level. It’s AMAZING with summons especially for the final fight.

I had a funny fight in the house of grief where I made a chokepoint on the stairs you come down to the hall where I cast blade barrier with shadowheart and wall of fire with gale. A lot of sharrans walked into a crispy death that day.

Piercing damage on wall of thorns could be very relevant. Bhaalist armor is kind of super strong.

Can confirm, used 2 globes of invulnerability in the last fight. Once for the channeling and once after that to avoid the backlash damage.

AMA Question: Would you ever consider doing a BG3 letsplay or explained run?

i have found that at lvl 11 you can cast 3 6th level spells per long rest 1 from your spell slot 1 from the Staff of Spellpower or Markoheshkir (arcane Battery) and 1 from the Spellcrux Amulet which allows you to restore 1 spellslot regardless of level. This is why i like Desintegrate dealing around 75 damage with it can really help if you have to focus an enemy down basically half living them from the start of combat opens up a lot of options.

difference with blade barrier and wall of fire is that it actually works like wall where it blocks all LoS projectiles/casts for enemies behind it and it's invulnerable unlike stone wall

aw well i really enjoy your tier lists im sorry that they’re not doing great view wise!

Man i cant wait til i know the game well enough to do the hardcore rules. Im still in act 1 but ive taken probably 19 long rests and ive been playing for about 45 hours

another week of watching you rank the only spells I use in B/C/RP 🙏 I'm pretty sure disintegrate doesnt destroy the loot though

When this video popped up in my feed, I made a barely human man-pig sound, somewhere between a grunt and a squeal. So happy.

Can you make a Sorcerer build from start to finish for Honour Mode by chance? Can't wait for the honour mode content!

@Aestus_RPG

7 ай бұрын

Yeah! Sorcerer is one of my favorite classes and still one of the best classes in the game. In my current Honour Mode run I playing a Wizard with a Sorcerer dip and (assuming I complete the run) I plan on posting the whole thing to this channel. Its pretty easy to cheat Honour Mode, so I wanted a full, unedited run as proof that I did it without cheating.

The spellcrux amulet you pull of Zrell can give you one extra level 6 spell slot per long rest

19:38 I'm glad someone agrees with me on Heros Feast and Desintegrate

Blood of Lanthander has sunbeam on the weapon and you get that in act 1 (1.5 whatever). So thats pretty cool

AMA question: Now that you've told us what is the best spell/weapon/class/race/doo-dad, what do YOU think is the most fun versions, if you take away any sort of min/maxing?

I’ve got a soft spot for lightbeam because you get it on Lethander’s Light early game and gets a lot of use on SH who I’ve relegated to being a full healer build. Free offensive aoe on my healer is noice

Hold on. Could you use arcane gate in the ansur fight to avoid his nuke attack? I dont know if the range is enough, but anything that could make that fight easier in tactician/honor mode would be helpful

I used disintegrate to kill the netherbrain lmao. It was casting the remove platform spell that would have killed 3 of my party members and I doubt I would have been able to finish the fight in the remaining turns if I failed

Until patch 4 I believe flesh to stone did not proc aggro if cast outside combat. It was a fun spell then

I've never found another way to get the heroes feast buffs so that's my level 6 spell of choice....most other (good) lvl 6 spells you can get a scroll for

Globe of invulnerability is like, SSS tier, as you can fill the globe with summons, makeing it phisically impossible for enemies to enter also the Djinis restraining tornados last a very long time, so you can cast them and have multiple at the same time swirling around (also it doesnt start combat?)

AMA Question colon and then put down your question: How would you evaluate BG3 as a sequel? Is it a worthy successor to BG1 and 2, both in terms of mechanics but, especially in terms of narrative? What would you have wanted to have been done differently as a sequel?

AMA question: You talk a lot about stacking, like Arcane Aquity. Is this done thru items? actions? or a combo? And once the stack is used in combat is it gone for that battle? I see on my wizard that if I make a melee attack I get two stacks of it, but is there a way to stack it even more? Thanks.

Genie says "ohhh yeaahh" every time he teleports or takes action. That alone enough to put it in s+

Interesting you would put chain lighting in s tier. Get the staff from sorcerer sundries and give it your tempest cleric. Using bolts of doom can cast chain lightning and thunderbolt once a short rest. Combine with the wet condition and and destructive wrath and you will do 160 damage (half on save) to 5 targets. Ive used this to completely nuke cazador before, ending his fight in1 turn.

@Aestus_RPG

7 ай бұрын

I put it A-tier, which is pretty good.

Very interesting video! Level 6 spells i feel are specially difficult to evaluate, you have so few and you may not even get them if you multiclass. Do you have more videos planned? If possible i would like to see something about team compositions or multiclass but i feel they might be a little too much.

@Aestus_RPG

7 ай бұрын

I have a lot more vidoes planned! Next up in Honour Mode video/s and Feat Tier List! I will probably do a team composition one at some point. I actually wrote a script, but when I went to record I thought it was boring and shelved it.

AMA question: what’s your opinion on the ship of Theseus?

Sorry to hear you aren’t doing any more Tactician videos! I was hoping you’d throw us noobs a bone and talk about techniques: spell selection, positioning, how to raise to-hit chance, etc. Dare I hope you’ll do something similar for Honour?

@Aestus_RPG

7 ай бұрын

Honestly, I think you'll find switching over to honor won't change my videos that much. I already assumed no-reload, which is half of what makes honour difficult. The other big changes have to do with specific mechanics: Haste nerfed, Elixir of Bloodlust nerfed, Warlock multiclass nerfed, etc. But it should be easy to see filters those things out if you play Tactician.

@JosieJOK

7 ай бұрын

@@Aestus_RPG You seem to presume I know what I’m doing in Tactician!😂 I’m just flailing through my first Tactician playthrough now. I was just hoping for tips on how to play better, rather than just relying on luck. Your tier videos have helped in terms of which spells I go for, though, so thanks for that!

@harold121

7 ай бұрын

​@@JosieJOKlet me boldly speak on Aestus behalf and say the answer is implicitly in these videos, that is your choice should optimally utilize your resources (action, concentration slot, spell slots/maneuvers/sorceror points/other refreshing resources, bonus action, movement speed, reaction, in descending order of value), towards cancelling enemy turns, by which you successfully complete a fight. To elaborate, in each fight you should find the most (cancelled-enemy-turn-value ➗ your effort) efficient paths. Before fight, you should choose firstly the fight deciding spells such as hold person/haste/fear, because once hit, the enemy already has less actions, and you can quickly cancel more by trivial attacks. Once these "build defining" spells are chosen, you then choose spells/maneuvers/etc that utilizes the rest of the resources (counterspell/reposte for reaction, spiritual weapon for bonus action, chromatic orb/lightning bolt for action but no concentration, etc) not competing with your primary spells. Also before fight, organize your feats and equipments. For tactician mode you need feats and equipments to align, e.g. the glove that grants attack advantage and savage attack feat for melee attackers, the clothe that grants constitution saving throw for your concentration spell casters, etc (also should be aware how melee/range/spell hit-rate is calculated). Your hit chance comes fundamentally from this. Once you have the above ready, in-fight decisions are kind of natural. In general, do those things you build around, say battle masters and paladins should stay close to prioritized targets and make as many focused attacks as possible. Supports/controls with low AC should stay and spread on high ground to avoid attacks, because the best way to maintain concentration is to not get hit. Also utilize obstacles so that you can utilize your movement (to come out and shoot, then go back behind wall to waste enemy turns on running towards you). Surely you have the general sense of these if you can pass a normal run, just push for a bit more extreme in tactician. Wooh, your question actually allows me to write these down for future reference if someone asks. Feel free to ask for more specifics.

Hey, I watched all your tierlists for spells for bg3, I was wondering if you will be making a video for warlock invocations anytime soon?

@Aestus_RPG

6 ай бұрын

I plan on doing videos guides for every class, though it probably will be a while before I get to Warlock.

The Wind-walker S tier bait was gold

AMA question: What is your personal ranking of companions in bg3?

AMA Question: What's your opinion of the effect Radius has on the area of a circle? Also, where you from, bruh?

What do you think about ranking class skills (other than spells) for each class and subclass?

@Aestus_RPG

7 ай бұрын

Hmm, I'll have to think that over.

I feel like your undervaluing summons, espc. W/arcane battery that you can pass around. I was running around with 16 summons 1 greater elemental, 1 minor elemental, and an undead on each party member plus the dance macbe, plus a deva. With aid or hero’s feast that’s like 1000 extra hp, even if they only avg 10 dmg a round (usually more) that’s 1600 dmg a round to dish out before your party. Last battle was cake.

@Aestus_RPG

7 ай бұрын

I don't think I am. In the scenario you described, you had a lot of summons. How much heavy lifting is one of those summons doing? That is what I have to answer for the spell tier list, and its difficult to answer. Spamming summons is indeed a good strategy.

AMA question: If I recall correctly, in one of your videos you mentioned something about grad school. What was/is your field of study?

Ama question; what is your favorite dnd tabletop class or build?

Chain Lightning should be the highest DPS output in spell My build is: Dragon Sorc Lightning (extra lightning damage at level 6), Elemental adept lightning (ignore resistance), Lightning Charges, Marko with Kereska Favour to boost it up, Wet enemy, Twinned Spell Metamagic. So that is full blast high DPS 8 (YES EIGHT) target lightning spell. So in one LONG REST, you will have 2 Chain Lightning from metamagic, 4 from Marko (1 Arcane battery, 3 from short rest). So that is total of 24 High dps target spell. There is a reason why this spell is unavailable in Warlock

Curious about the Globe of Invulnerability strat you mention for the final fight: what's the first placement? You use it as like a halfway point? I've been just making everyone invisible just before climbing the brain stem (the dialog cutscene triggers but then once it's done you're not even placed in combat, have to manually trigger turn-based mode), then you can take your time getting everyone in position for doing the brain cast thing and using a Globe there. I hate that fight and have no problem with cheesing it to get inside the brain, if that is even considered cheese.

@Aestus_RPG

7 ай бұрын

SPOILERS! The strategy I've used every time is to rush down the dragon before they get a chance to act. Naturally, that leaves me in an exposed position right in the middle of the map, so I cast Globe of invulnerability there diffuse that. Then I will regroup and blitz the channeling thing, casting Globe of Invulnerability there as well. Once I'm into the final map, combat is basically one, because the last bad guy is pretty weak.

I like to open the cazador fight with flesh to stone since if you have a decent dc he will 100% fail and so the fight is basically over in three turns and cazador is slowed

In regards to gaseous form aoe, isn't that pretty similar to an aoe globe of invulnerability?

Upcasted spell tier list or a video breaking down the best spells to upcast?

@Aestus_RPG

7 ай бұрын

Honestly, I feel like I covered that alright in the spell tier lists.

Heroes feast was almost 100% of the time the spell I used with Arcane Battery throughout Tactician. Just cast it for free after a long rest and then have full spell slots for the day

AMA: what is the best party build for honor mode?

I like planar ally Djinni for a dragon fight. Since he is invulnerable to lighting damage, you can hit the dragon to provoke his backlash on a target that can't get damaged by the breath. So if your party have enough damage, you can easily kill dragon in 1 turn without a scratch.

@Aestus_RPG

7 ай бұрын

Good thinking!

AMA Question: who did you romance in your first run of Bg3?

AMA Question: describe your favorite kinds of music! Especially in the context of rpg games you have played. Bonus: any specific tracks come to mind as being among your favorites?

A scroll of disintegrate was how I killed the final boss in my first playthrough, so seeing it ranked so low is very amusing to me.

Love your content, keep up the great work! Would you make any amendments to your previous videos for Honor Mode?

@Aestus_RPG

7 ай бұрын

Yes, I would! I will probably make a video on that subject.

@j_hokk4888

7 ай бұрын

@@Aestus_RPG awesome, looking forward to it!

"Man, if only I had more castings": The 14 unused spell scrolls in his inventory 👁👃👁

@Aestus_RPG

2 ай бұрын

I ban scrolls in my runs.

@TheCrimsonBard

2 ай бұрын

@Aestus_RPG ahh gotcha. Also wow that is some wild response time. Kudos

The additional benefit of sunbeam is that you can cast it for free once from Blood of Lathander