*_Cephalopocalypse - Abjuration Wizard Tank_* *Viewer Note* Cephalopocalypse spends a great deal of time creating these videos for his channel and our enjoyment. Please Like, Subscribe and Comment to help him out, boost his KZitem metrics, and encourage him to continue making this awesome content! The text below is by me, for an easy-to-return-to build reference, but it can _never replace_ watching the entire video as a great deal of his How & Why choices aren’t explained, nor are the Tips he’s sprinkled in throughout the video. _Level 1_ Race: Half-Wood Elf, Human, Githyanki, Halfling Stats: 8/14/16/16/12/8 Skills: Your choice Sorcerer 1 Draconic Bloodline: White (Cold) for Armour of Agathys (required) Cantrips: Blade Ward, Mage Hand, Minor Illusion, Light Spells: Shield, Magic Missile _Level 2_ Wizard 1 Cantrips: Ray of Frost, Fire Bolt, Bone Chill Spells: Longstrider, Enhanced Leap, Grease, Chromatic Orb, Fog Cloud, Disguise Self Prepare Spells: Chromatic Orb, Grease, Longstrider, Fog Cloud *_Wizard’s Spellbook Note_* With one level of Wizard you can now scribe scrolls into your spellbook, and should do so every chance you get. Outside of combat you can swap Prepared Spells as needed, making a spell in your spellbook far better than a scroll in your inventory. Extra scrolls can and should be used as needed to conserve spell slots! Therefore the “Spells” and “Prepare Spells” shown below are suggestions, as you should learn spells you haven’t found scrolls for yet, and you should prepare spells as needed based on your party composition, play style and/or the area you’re adventuring within. _”Familiar: Cheeky Quasit” Scroll_ There is only one copy of this scroll in the game, and should _always_ be copied into your spellbook. After learning it and _the very first time_ you summon the Quasit, named Shovel, select “1” in the dialog options until done. Then have another Wizard 1 speak to Shovel and they’ll learn to summon her as well! (Just respec any other PC into Wizard 1, speak to her _after_ the summoner has, then respec back to their original class. Her summon appears on their “Common” tab.) _Level 3_ Wizard 2 Subclass: Abjuration Spells (recommended): Find Familiar, Ice Knife Prepare Spells (recommended): Not shown _Level 4_ Wizard 3 Spells (recommended): Cloud of Daggers, Arcane Lock Prepare Spells (recommended): Chromatic Orb, Grease, Longstrider, Fog Cloud, Cloud of Daggers and Arcane Lock _Level 5_ Wizard 4 Cantrips (recommended): Shocking Grasp Spells (recommended): Flaming Sphere, Web Prepare Spells (recommended): Not shown Feat: Alert _Level 6_ Wizard 5 Spells (recommended): Glyph of Warding, Counterspell (Required, no in-game scrolls exist.) Prepare Spells (recommended): Not shown _Level 7_ Wizard 6 Spells (recommended): Sleet Storm, Haste Prepare Spells (recommended): Chromatic Orb, Longstrider, Fog Cloud, Cloud of Daggers, Arcane Lock, Glyph of Warding, Counterspell, Hypnotic Pattern and Haste _Level 8_ Wizard 7 Spells (recommended): Conjure Minor Elemental, Fire Shield Prepare Spells (recommended): Not shown _Level 9_ Wizard 8 Spells (recommended): Ice Storm, Banishment Prepare Spells (recommended): Not shown Feat: ASI (INT + 2 = 18) _Level 10_ Wizard 9 Spells (recommended): Conjure Elemental, Hold Monster Prepare Spells (recommended): Not shown _Level 11_ Wizard 10 Cantrips: Your choice (True Strike as a cantrip is a running gag on this channel.) Spells (recommended): Your choice Prepare Spells (recommended): Not shown _Level 12_ Wizard 11 Spells (recommended): Globe of Invulnerability, Wall of Ice Prepare Spells (recommended): Not shown *_Gear_* This PC doesn’t require any specific items to function. Suggestions (Items that increase Spell Save DCs, and any items that reduce incoming damage): Fistbreaker Helm, Bonespike Garb, Mourning Frost, Ring of Regneration, Snowburst Ring, Disintegrating Night Walkers, Markoheshkir (for a 6th-level spell slot recharge after casting 6th-level Armour of Agathys). True Love’s Caress (Warding Bond) for resistance since this PC will hardly ever take damage that affects the other caster. *_Playing Notes/Combat Strategy_* You’re a Wizard with no downsides, so play as a regular Wizard. The combat A.I. won’t usually target this PC. You can change that by lowering AC or provoking Attacks of Opportunities. You can also place this PC in front and others behind them to force foes to attack.
@hazardpay8560
18 күн бұрын
Liked, Commented, and Subbed to Cephalopocalypse Do you have your own channel we could help you with? This Character Outline is super helpful!
@indigobuntz3564
4 күн бұрын
Christ, I just wrote down exactly the same summary. Could just copy it from you… thanks anyway
@shinkamui
Ай бұрын
ah so this is th fabled Think Tank
@Cephalopocalypse
Ай бұрын
made me chuckle
@Marianojoey
Ай бұрын
Shield and CounterSpell are both Abjuration spells, but the reason they don't give stacks isn't because of a bug, but because they are reactions. You aren't casting them, you are reacting with them, so the game doesn't count them as cast. :) It's also the reason you can use them both under barbarian rage or when close to an antimagic flower. :)
@Zero_Zone.
Ай бұрын
Oh so that's how that works. Thanks for the info.
@matthewbutner8696
Ай бұрын
That makes me so sad to hear 😭😭😭😭😭😭
@EDgarAltar
Ай бұрын
Actual giga-brain comment, just learned something new that’s been right in my face this whole time.
@BlueFoxXT
Ай бұрын
Ohhhh that explains why Counter spell cannot be counter spelled too
@Cyb3rM1nd
Ай бұрын
The reason people think of them as bugs is because we play D&D and in D&D they are supposed to heal your Arcane Ward, and casting as a reaction is still casting a spell. So for a D&D-based game to do this so very differently confuses us.
@cannyvalley8522
Ай бұрын
Impossible to lose *laughs in gauntlet of Shar elevator*
@feircy
Ай бұрын
If I hadmt had a short rest to pick up my character who death saved after falling through the floor that thing would have ended my run
@BlueFoxXT
Ай бұрын
Elevator: before we get started...does anybody wanna get off?
@No_imagination
Ай бұрын
@@feircy same my tav got glitched down there and i got so scared till i realized i could short rest
@Gabriel-gv6ef
Ай бұрын
@@feircy same, had to respec SH since my tav was glitched into the wall
@coreymcnaught
Ай бұрын
One small change I make to this build is right at that first sorc level instead of magic missile I take expeditious retreat. It's always prepared and lets you bonus action dash any turn you want to force enemy opportunity attacks. It takes concentration but that just makes the enemies more likely to target you as well.
@johnwalker1322
Ай бұрын
Good idea
@breaddan8210
Ай бұрын
Saved this build from months ago, for my honor mode run that I started yesterday. Now to wake up and find it get updated! Thank you this will help out so much.
@Cephalopocalypse
Ай бұрын
Awesome, good luck with the run!
@NathanT_Performer
Ай бұрын
I appreciate the example of the build at the beginning to showcase what you will be building towards
@inderdeepsingh5498
Ай бұрын
This is my favorite build you've made and once I saw that you made an updated one it was an instant watch for me. Thanks for the great content as always!
@Cephalopocalypse
Ай бұрын
Thanks very much!
@johnwalker1322
Ай бұрын
Because of your videos and those from ItalianSparticus, i went from struggling in Balanced Mode to always playing on Honour Mode without struggling. Build videos are also a great way to learn the game when you start playing, because many game mechanics are explained in the process. Keep making bg3 videos, bc you and ItalianSparticus are really the only 2 guys that make quality BG3 videos. there are a few others, but they lack the quality and professionalism. Jay Dunna is starting to make some good videos also.
@l3lackPlagu3
Ай бұрын
Your videos are super helpful and have helped me throughout my honor mode play through. Keep up the good work.
@Cephalopocalypse
Ай бұрын
Thanks very much for the support! Glad you're enjoying the videos!
@solaire9512
Ай бұрын
Thanks for this update. I have been playing with various iterations of this build and had settled on 1 tempest cleric/ 2 warlock/ rest wiz, as the invocation of shadows made it easy to build ward without using spell slots. I think you explain well how to overcome this, especially as I am only lv 7 so your build gives more wiz lvls and you mention many ways of rebuilding arcane ward using spells. I was confused why blade ward/ shield didn’t work, but now I know, and getting glyph of warding and mage armour will help. Much appreciated!
@LoktarOgar69420
16 күн бұрын
I wish there was a frost cleric like there is a tempest cleric. It would make AoA build so much better lol
@annemowdy391
Ай бұрын
Thank you so much for continuing to put out and update these builds. I'm still obsessed with this game, and you're by far the best content creator for it ❤
@adagio7711
Ай бұрын
I've been playing this on my current run. Despite it's issues I still think it's my favourite build in the game because return damage is such a fun mechanic. Through the elephant in the room is that the AI goes completely insane when you have this character in combat. Even if you have the lowest possible AC on this character (15) and all of your allies have 22+ AC, you STILL won't be targeted. One time I was in a 1v1 and an enemy CANCELLED THEIR TURN INSTEAD OF HITTING ME. It's very annoying to say the least. Also, Boots of Speed are goated on this character, cast Dash as a bonus action and just run through the whole encounter eating Opportunity Attacks left and right. It's the most reliable way of getting off reflect damage.
@OakChantosa
Ай бұрын
You could also spend a spell slot to cast expeditious retreat, and use hoarfrost boots to prevent falling down on icy surfaces.
@LoktarOgar69420
16 күн бұрын
Oh yeah so annoying for enemies to avoid attacking you in a fight😂maybe do 4 wizard, 2fighter, 6 warlock so that you can just darkness hex and murder them before they even knew what happened😂😂
@KrucielBL
Ай бұрын
15:26 running thin on useful cantrips?! TRUE STRIKE IS RIGHT THERE! 🥳
@jenniferanderson7010
Ай бұрын
I changed Wyll to a bard....I think I am going to try THIS instead. Thanks for the idea. I HATE gear dependent builds, I prefer enhancements to the build vs relying on the gear. Thank you SO MUCH for showing how to enhance. Your builds are pretty cool.
@Mystra
Ай бұрын
It's very good you won't regret it. Just having someone who doesn't die on the battlefield is invaluable. Of course you can't play completely reckless still.
@ppeall
8 күн бұрын
I always love your builds. You give just the right level of detail and your delivery is spot on. Many thanks
@Turantula
Ай бұрын
“And we’re going to take True Strike to annoy people in the comments“ Truly the character build GOAT
@Cephalopocalypse
Ай бұрын
Why make two jokes when the same one is funny every time
@rebelsenator3676
Ай бұрын
I made a slight adjustment to this in my last HM run: I took one level of monk + dual wielder for Mourning Frost and Markoheshkir. It gives you a secondary way to deal damage if you need (and utilise your bonus action) + makes your attacks of opportunity more effective. A question for you: why Ice Storm over Cone of Cold? Ice Storm always felt less effective to me, whereas Cone of Cold on wet targets is basically a super powered shotgun. Plus you're in melee range a lot where CoC shines. Love your builds and guides. Thank you so much for all the hard work!
@dragonchild_SC
Ай бұрын
"And take True Strike to annoy the people in the comments". 🙂 Great. On top of that I really like the idea of a "Wizard Tank". Currently I have to swap the Wizard for the Tank, so having both in one sounds great. And perfect timing - just started a play through. Love it!
@mysecretavatar
Ай бұрын
Abjuration scrolls can be used to get arcane ward charges. There are lots of those sold by merchants for low prices. No need to spend spell slots. Also, I added a one level dip into Tempest cleric for heavy armor and Create Water spell.
@oliorogue
Ай бұрын
Monk is a good dip as well for unarmored defense. Dual wield is a great feat for this build.
@MrAzerty3009
Ай бұрын
@@oliorogue Since you have a level of draconic sorcerer you don’t need Unarmored defense
@ProbeAway
Ай бұрын
You don’t want high AC though, because you need enemies to hit you!
@LoktarOgar69420
16 күн бұрын
@@olioroguethis would take away from spiked garb. You don’t care about ac with this build necessarily. You wanna get hit sometimes. I’d say like 15-18 ac is best
@juliendrainville7131
Ай бұрын
Pretty much exactly what I'm currently doing with my solo honour mode, no camp-casting current run. Only difference is I took my second level as Tempest Cleric for the heavy armor mainly. You _can_ get your defenses overpowered in solo play, so the higher AC and various immunities (crit and stun most importantly) some heavy gear gives helps me remain standing.
@oliviac3990
2 күн бұрын
currently running something like this, but with 1 in cleric for bless, water, and shield/armor proficiency, and 2 sorc for twin haste. my friend and i are just doing a duo honor mode run so he's the damage and i'm the tank/cc/support/ice wizard. being so hard to kill, making all the enemies prone with ice and reverb, bless/haste, ice/wet combo, i feel so unstoppable. can't wait for act 3 and the armor of persistence.
@Jose32551
Ай бұрын
gale carried and tanked my honor mode party until mid act 2 with this build. then i switched to halsin following your paladin-spore druid guide. i got the dice thanks to your wisdom 🙏 now i see this video and im like "well, time to start the 13th playthrough" 🤭
@BigBroFoSho686
Ай бұрын
Using the previous iteration on my current run, just got to act II! Will definitely be updating, appreciate the upload!
@kodybrown9228
Ай бұрын
About to start a solo run with an abjuration wizard build. Excited to watch this first
@kodybrown9228
Ай бұрын
Having watched this now, I think I’m still going to go one level of cleric for the armor and weapon proficiencies. I think I’ll need the AC for ranged attacks. I’m also thinking I might go headband of intellect and just stack spell save DC items so I can put those stat points in charisma since I’m solo.
@ashihtaka
Ай бұрын
What do you mean by solo? Isn't every run without co-op friends solo?
@Cyb3rM1nd
Ай бұрын
@@ashihtaka It means no companions in the party. Just your tav/durge. A party of 1.
@kodybrown9228
Ай бұрын
@@ashihtaka yup, just tav and no one else. Might use a camp cleric but no one on the map with me.
@Scarygomez
Ай бұрын
⭐️Important ⭐️ If you use Shield or Projected ward it uses your reaction, so you can’t use Counter spell !! This catches me out a lot ! Where I save some damage then get hit with the mother of all spells as counter spell is down.
@XIADSX
Ай бұрын
Can someone explain the arcane lock to me? He said you could spam click it for stacks for you can only cast it once and then dismiss it?
@30oboe
Ай бұрын
Just finished my Honor mode run with the “outdated” version. Can’t speak highly enough of this build
@oliorogue
Ай бұрын
One of my favorite build types... it is super fun and hilarious. I recommend it for anyone trying Honour mode for the first time.
@jacobdhall
Ай бұрын
i can't keep restarting the game every week, Ceph.
@skywares
Ай бұрын
LETS GOOOO I was hoping you'd get to updating this one soon!!
@JakubZN
20 күн бұрын
Just wanted to say this build is amazing and actually very much on flavour from what I remember of high level mages in AD&D with their magic shields, spell sequencers and such. This build saved me from a wipe after catastrophic error in Auntie Ethel act 3 encounter. Basically delt with her solo.
@catocall7323
17 күн бұрын
I do miss the old wizard meta. It definitely made wizards really powerful and required the player to use their own intelligence effectively as well the char stat. It also made pure wizard compete with sorcerers well.
@JakubZN
17 күн бұрын
@@catocall7323 I have no idea what wizards now get past level 12. Do they have any old goodies apart from Power Word X and Wish spells?
@joshuaDaniel-y2d
10 күн бұрын
Great intro on this video, if u could showcase gameplay of the builds maybe during dead space when ur talking or explaining what spells / ability’s to take that would be fantastic. A fair bit more effort into the videos but I feel would definitely be worth it.
@postblue6296
Ай бұрын
I was waiting for this update, thanks.
@Ireniicus
2 күн бұрын
One of my favourite builds
@SpookyGman
Ай бұрын
Cool update video. Keep up the good work!
@johnbryant6690
Ай бұрын
I like going Warlock 2 early to stack using armor of shadows. Also gives Eldritch Blast and Agonizing blast for a great default attack. Great old one for frighten. Constitution Proficiency is good but you are correct, the chances that you even have to take a concentration save is minimal. I'm wearing the Spidersilk armor that gives my advantage on con saves. Currently 2/5 wizard. Once you are at lvl 7 you could respec full Abjuration, you will so rarely take damage concentration isn't a concern. Warlock gives you access to armor of Agathys as well, though not free the way white drac sorcerer does. I think the builds are very, very similar in strength. It really depends on what you want to focus on.
@thorifyer
Ай бұрын
Might just give this a go for the next run; thank you! (Act 3 Spoiler below) Have you ever considered making a build for a character that plans on going full-illithid for the final stretch of the game? It might not warrant a full-length video, but your take on how best to use its strengths would be interesting to see. Since the character benefits from Permanent Mind Sanctuary, I would imagine that 3 levels in Rogue would be nice for that extra bonus action. As always, thank you for taking the time to share your builds.
@l_ndonmusic
Ай бұрын
From what I know, you retain class features. Rage, Ki, Spell Slots (maybe), etc. Your stats are Str: 13 Dex: 12 Con: 14 Int: 20 Wis: 18 Cha: 18 And these stats can be influenced by permanent stat changes, like Araj’s potion granting a +2 to strength, and the mirror of loss. These stats can also be influenced by items that increase stats, like the Birthright, Khalid’s gift, Duke Ravenguard’s sword, etc. As well as stat setting items and potions, like the Gloves of Dexterity or a potion of Giant Strength, or the Amulet of Greater Health One more thing is that you can no longer use the base “unarmed strike” since your base attack is a mindflayer tentacle. So if you’re doing a TB monk or an open hand monk, that’ll be pretty incompatible With all this in mind, here are some tips: Load up on feats. Your actual stats don’t matter, so you don’t gotta invest in ASIs, so this is the time to go feat crazy. Some good ones all around are Alert, Lucky, Mobile, Durable, etc. Casters grab War-Caster, Spell Sniper, Resilient, Dual Wielder, etc. Martials grab Savage Attacker, Mage Slayer, Martial Adept, etc. If you’re doing a melee build, make sure to equip the Gloves of Dexterity or a Cloud Giant Strength. Honesty a Flayer-Barbarian sounds hilarious. If you’re going the Dex route, make sure to have your +3 weapon ready. Casters make sure you have your permanent stat increases from the Mirror of Loss. 18 as your spellcasting stat isn’t terrible, but you wanna boost it if you can. Wisdom casters have your Khalid’s gift, and Charisma casters make sure to have Birthright and the Duke’s sword if you can grab it. Intelligence casters are the ones you probably wanna have on this character, however. Happy Illithid-ing!
@l_ndonmusic
Ай бұрын
Alsooooo! The Illithid is an AMAZING user of the “1 level wizard dip” feature bg3 has. Assuming you don’t raise your intelligence by any more and if you take 11 levels in another (full caster preferably) class and one level into wizard, you’ll be able to prepare 6 wizard spells from scrolls, and also you’ll have great other mental stats. That means you could (I hope) be a full-cleric while also having access to some amazing arcane spells of both 1st-6th level. Or you can be a bard with access to wizard spells, not needing to use a whole bunch of magical secrets on that. Sorcerer with 6 extra added spells and full metamagic capabilities, the possibilities are a lot!
@LegendOfFlyn
Ай бұрын
I think it's always good to bring up that you can find all 4 of the standard damage cantrips on scrolls easily in act 1 so I often only take Ray of frost and/or shocking grasp and then learn the cantrips permanently off scrolls
@zifnabdr
Ай бұрын
This is great!! I'm actually looking at maybe playing a third playthrough after a year. So been looking at some different classes to play. Looking at all your updated builds! Think i might try a Wizard and a Druid for the first time.
@kittydaddy2023
Ай бұрын
I like going 8 Dex to boost Wis and Cha. For people that don't know, if an enemy has cold or lightning resistance, wet condition takes that away unless they are fully vulnerable, so ignore the feat on that one.
@RaelagDidEverythingRight
Ай бұрын
I finished my first ever playthrough of the game, as dark urge, decided to play another playthrough as Gale (since i killed him in my first playthrough), and instantly get this in my home page!
@darthzayexeet3653
Ай бұрын
Darth Revan is one of my favorite Star Wars characters ever
@Pineapal
Ай бұрын
29:40 hoarfrost boots help with this. I actually have like a frost druid build that uses these along with mourning frost & shillelagh, snowburst ring, and the necklace of elemental augmentation.
@noah9942.
Ай бұрын
Literally about to start another co-op run with my brother, finally playing as the good guys (first was all funny choices, second was evil DUrge). Planning on rocking a paladin and this.
@manusulley
Ай бұрын
Love the content, your build and party guides have been so helpful and really improved my understanding of the game mechanics etc. But I have to say, whatever change you made to your microphone setup or settings lately hasn't been for the better. Comparing it to your older videos, they sound way much better to me. The new mic sounds really tinny and harsh by comparison. Not trying to hate, just letting you know. Maybe it's just me! Anyway, love the videos, awesome channel.
@Dervraka
Ай бұрын
Just a thought. Since this build isn't gear dependent, I wonder what it would be like to run this build with the Coruscation Set? You would need to start as Githyanki for medium armor or take it as a feat with Human or Half Elf. Not only would you be nearly undamageable, but enemies would be massively nerfing their hit chance every time they try to hit you with the radiating orbs.
@AtypicalWarrior
Ай бұрын
Damn, that's a fantastic intro, poor mama K
@johell999
Ай бұрын
What spell did he cast in order to stack the Arcane Wards? I have a similar build (2 warlock/10 wizard). I had to cast mage armor repeatedly (from warlock Invocation Armour of Shadows) to max stack the Arcane Wards. Without the warlock invocation this build would need to spend bunch spell slot just to get to max stack of Arcane Ward.
@bruceflyingsolo3977
Ай бұрын
More great content. It's my typical Gale build. Thanks.
@travisretriever7473
Ай бұрын
Can't remember if you mentioned it in the video or not (I was half asleep, cancel me. :P), but another armor that works insanely well with this build, would be the Act One armor, Helldusk, that you get from 'ol Raph. XP That flat damage reduction & fire resistance scales extremely well with your arcane ward. :)
@ragnarrock757
Ай бұрын
Wow such a great build! I wouldn't normally choose Gale but with this build I might just do so. Keep up the the excellent work my friend. In my opinion you are the best BG3 build creator. I look forward to future builds from you. I know you concentrate on Honour mode builds but would it be possible for you design a Balanced mode build for a Bardadin (Swords bard) with a single level of Wizard. Maybe this would give 3 attacks a round but without Magical Secrets but getting the extra ability of Wizard spells and scroll learning? I am new to the game and I don't want to jump into Honour mode from the start.
@shakeypudding6563
Ай бұрын
I love your builds but I need demos on how to utilize it.
@joerundell8197
Ай бұрын
Looks like Gale is going to have a makeover
@NateaCuiki
Ай бұрын
I love this build! Thank you 🤩
@MCS43
Ай бұрын
This build is definitely OP. In my last honor run Gale hasn’t died once.
@Mystra
Ай бұрын
Used this on my Honor Mode clear earlier this week. Just the not updated version. Wyll didn't die a single time lol, and yes I used Wyll for this. Doesn't really matter who.
@jrh63200
Ай бұрын
Thanks for the video! Video suggestion: Can you rank the Boss Fights on difficulty using the same Act 1 versus Act 3 progression? Just started my first Honor Mode playthrough and was shocked that there were 2 Owlbears in the cave, lol. Got lucky with a Thunder Wave that kept the game alive but would love to see your rankings on the Boss Battles. Thanks!
@jayfrank954
Ай бұрын
Been playing college of valor hard and loving it! I know swords bars outshines it but would love a college of valor honor mode build ❤
@jamie8703
Ай бұрын
I love an arcane wall knight I go for 6/6 fighter wizard with tavern brawler, heavy armor master, and heavy weapon/war caster. I opt for eldritch knight for returning weapons and spell slots (typically magic missile, shield, haste, glyph) nyrulna and reverb is a match made in heaven but early game can be a breeze with sparky hands (lighting charges on throw advantage vs armored) spell sparkler (lighting charge on magic missile) and a bunch of random thrown weapons. Early early game the vision of the absolute is a fantastic option which lets you blind enemies if youre lucky and its throwable. You don't need any int investment but 12 is good for proficiencies.
@Nerocrossius
Ай бұрын
Is there an argument to be made to dump dexterity on this build and get good initiative from Alert and items to increase the odds that enemies can hit you and take retaliation damage? You could invest in Wisdom further for better saving throws too.
@smncameron
Ай бұрын
Im curious as to your thoughts on picking up a second level of sorcerer instead of the 11th level of wizard. It seems that the ability to twin cast haste could outweigh the additional ward.
@Cephalopocalypse
Ай бұрын
Definitely an option! Also enables some abusive interactions with the potions that give you the effect of a short rest (you can convert your slots to sorcery points, then drink a potion to effectively get infinite spells per day, which is great for building ward stacks). Also good is a level of cleric at level 2 for heavy armour proficiency
@ericgorr
29 күн бұрын
There is a modification I make to this build, if I get Ethel’s Hair. You make two good points, (1) you don’t need INT 20 and (2) you want a low AC. I will get Dual Wielding so I can walk around with both Morning Frost and Markoheshkir. Your build showed a shield, which raises AC. Both staffs may be better than one staff and one shield. I use the hair to have 18 INT. What do you think?
@crimsonbard8929
Ай бұрын
Guess it’s finally time to try this wizard
@mithilkulkarni5361
Ай бұрын
A thing you can also do is instead of taking 11 levels in Wizard and 1 level in Sorc, take 10 levels in Wizard and 2 levels in Sorc just for the ability to gain an absurd amount of spell slots (if you aren’t doing a glitchless run) via Metamagic and Shield of Devotion/Angelic Reprieve potions.
@FinalOven_Mint
Ай бұрын
1 Tempest cleric > Sanctuary gives you arcane wards, you get create water, thunder retaliation damage, and more armor options
@mithilkulkarni5361
Ай бұрын
@@FinalOven_Mint Santuary is nice, but you want to be targetted. If you want Create Water, you have the Rain Dancer in Act 1 (per SR) and Weavemother's Robe in Act 3 (per SR). This is also assuming you have other sources of Create/Destroy Water in your party as well. As for the Armor, your AC is set 13 base by draconic. Pair that with maybe the Gloves of Dex and you have respectable AC + you maybe be picking up a race with Shield Proficiency. You do lose out on some benefits from armors, but if you carry an Adamantine Shield throughout the Mid-game, you are good. Plus, in Act 3, the Weavemother's Robe gets you Fire and Ice resistances. Though I will say, the thunder relatiation damage paired with the ice damage, both getting doubled due to wet, does sound very very funny.
@jameskelsea6048
Ай бұрын
I use a variant of this build in all my full party playthroughs...Same as here, except I roll with 4 levels sorc so I can twin Haste.
@LegendOfFlyn
Ай бұрын
Also I know you don't like covering bugs for for the gamers who don't mind, swapping out your gloves with magical gloves or casting true strike will reset your ward stacks if you have 0 to help the early game especially (don't ask me why I have no clue, there's probs other methods too)
@joshhobbs4862
Ай бұрын
🔥🔥🔥 I might make this my first solo HM character!
@Cephalopocalypse
Ай бұрын
This is a very smooth solo experience imo (though you may need to approach the initial fights carefully or route around them until level 3 or so). For best results you'll most likely want to take a level of tempest cleric at level 2 for heavy armour, that gives you a lot more gear flexibility!
@joshhobbs4862
Ай бұрын
@@Cephalopocalypse aw man I was going to fumble the early game and then post an angry comment with multiple points of misinformation and ad hominem 😞
@nyghtreign8210
Ай бұрын
Which abjuration spells are considered ritual that you can cast to build up stacks out of combat? Or isn't there any?
@traviseckstrom6069
Ай бұрын
Love this build in my honor mode atm! Only issue I have is enemies seem to target my higher AC characters over Gale quite often, even if I position him forward.
@chuckchan4127
Ай бұрын
This is a good thing. That means your wizard can go ham!
@traviseckstrom6069
Ай бұрын
32:43 This is addressed here. Thank you for being so comprehensive with your videos!!
@aronnov
Ай бұрын
honey get in here. New Tank Wizard just dropped
@abanaqun
Ай бұрын
Great work as always tho!
@renyk4903
Ай бұрын
doing this in my honour run (followed your BEST party to avoid raging) and am in act 2 obliterating fights. thank you sir 🫡
@Crazymachin3gun
Ай бұрын
Honestly war cleric lvl1 skinbuster Rogue 5 and abjuration wizard 6 or even 4 and warlock 2 is still insane
@RPGLegacy997
Ай бұрын
No Wall of ice is bugged : ice wall initial DC of 15 then Icy cloud DC of 16 instead of spellcaster save DC. Icy cloud also does only 5d6 damage instead of 10d6 (probably a tooltip error for the damage of icy cloud as in dnd it does 5d6 for icy cloud)
@Cephalopocalypse
Ай бұрын
I haven't encountered bugs with the save dc, but yeah the ice fog is bugged - but since it triggers on entry and at the start of their turn, it's still 10d6 total before enemies act. I could have specified that more clearly though!
@fluffydragon3200
24 күн бұрын
Would this build be just as invincible and powerful if it were 4 Levels of Sorcerer and 8 Levels of Wizard for the purposes of getting an extra Feat and Quickened Spell Metamagic? Edit: Assuming the willingness to use the Scroll Mechanics so you can still learn spells like Globe of Invulnerability, etc.
@cannyvalley8522
Ай бұрын
Please do Tempest Cleric 2/Land Druid 10 if you take requests
@Yeldarb091094
Ай бұрын
Do a party build for explorer difficulty!! I’m trying to get my gf into it and she’s receptive so far, I just wanna make sure she has the best first impression and a lot of fun!!
@MegaStoudemire
Ай бұрын
Most of the builds work in the first and second difficulties tbh. You can go mono-class with everyone and you are good to go, no need for specific broken builds.
@MichaelSmith-pt3ip
Ай бұрын
Great video! Yeah, I was gonna say, why carry a shield if you literally want enemies to hit you? Then again, Armor of Agathys won't proc against ranged attacks, so I guess the decision comes down to between getting hit more often from ranged, or getting hit more often from melee, (again, only the latter making use of Amor of Agathys). Personally, I think I'd go with having a lower AC to do more damage against melee attackers, which means you could use one feat for Alert, and one for Duel Wielder so you can carry two staves, (at the cost of the boost to INT, of course). I was always frustrated with this build because you can't reliably get enemies wet, (seems there are less water barrels and bottles in the most recent honor version mode), which is why I was thinking Sorcerer 1, Cleric or Druid 1, and the rest Wizard. But you just gave me the fantastic idea of using a Water Myrmidon to get enemies wet. That means one 6th level spell slot to upcast Conjure Elemental, and the other to max upcast Armor Agathys. I'm heading to camp right now to respec. :)
@Cephalopocalypse
Ай бұрын
I meant to go into this more but forgot! The Adamantine Shield or Swires's Sledboard give you a ton of extre resilience so getting proficiency for those is very useful - you can swap it on and off depending on the encounter though
@MichaelSmith-pt3ip
Ай бұрын
@@Cephalopocalypse I know of The Adamantine Shield, but the Swires's Sledboard is a new one on me. That being said, I've got so much crap in my camp storage chest that I betcha I look in there right now and find it. :) Keep making great videos!!!
@MichaelSmith-pt3ip
Ай бұрын
Ha! Yep, I've got it in my inventory!
@andrewmoyer6076
Ай бұрын
As a build question, wouldn’t it be better to take a level in Warlock over Sorcerer? I understand the importance of the Con prof, but if you pick 1 lvl Warlock, you could still grab the AoA and other patron benefits, and if you wanted to get lvl 2 warlock, get the boon that allows you to cast mage armor for free. Sure you’ll lose a stack of Arcane Ward, but wouldn’t you be strong enough to not need that last stack?
@movingforwardmarketing-mi
Ай бұрын
It would be nice to know how you 'set up' in terms of how you get your abjuration stacks up - previously there was a warlock dip using free mage armor to accomplish this, but I didn't see anything about how you get your initial stacks to full (obviously casting max level Armor of A. gets you 1/2 your max stacks)
@Cephalopocalypse
Ай бұрын
So you get 6 from armor of agathys, then I usually use my level 2 and 4 spell slots as those are generally the least useful in the lategame - 6 + 3x4 + 2x2 gets you to 22 for example. Depends on what slots you want to conserve to cast in combat and which ones you can easily refresh with your item setup though!
@valthorix7347
Ай бұрын
No mention of skinburster? The force conduit stacks aren't as clean as the abjuration stacks but it's an act 1.5 item that can save you a lot of grief before you get higher tier gear.
@argentumhaze
29 күн бұрын
This might seem weird but what are thoughts on 2 levels in warlock for free mage armor to stack arcane ward and then 10 wizard? Would mean you miss out on high level spells but would mean you can easily stack arcane ward all the time with removing mage armor by equipping armor and recasting it for free.
@Ulfhednir9
24 күн бұрын
Could duel wielding staffs with the feat be better? Morning frost and markoheskir seem like a good combo
@indigobuntz3564
4 күн бұрын
Is True Love’s Caress/Warding Bond viable the other way around? With wizard tanking damage for another character?
@Angels-Haven
Ай бұрын
man I love white dragon abjuration izard
@abanaqun
Ай бұрын
something I don't understand about this build is how to get the arcane ward stacks up, without using up an uncomfortable amount of spellslots. Like spamming arcane lock on a chest sounds good but like... doesn't that use a spellslot every time? this isn't criticism, I just feel like I'm missing something.
@mrfreeman2911
Ай бұрын
Armour of Aga whatever it is called is cast at max leel and that gives you a good chunk. YOu get the rest by using other buffs etc.
@cixelsyd40
Ай бұрын
at wizard lvl 10 you get improved ward which gets you your wizard level in stacks on a short rest as well.
@abanaqun
Ай бұрын
thank you for the info! I gotta be honest and reveal that I was hoping it would turn out that arcane lock was a ritual spell or something but I also appreciate that this would be bad for balance(tm) reasons.
@clutchedbyanangel
Ай бұрын
Worth noting that taking one level of Tempest Cleric instead of the 11th level of Wizard gets you access to even more revenge damage, heavy armor for even more damage reduction, and other generally useful low level Cleric spells that don't require high Wis, like Sanctuary, Bless, and Create Water. This does make you more reliant on Scroll Scribing for 6th level spells, however, and makes organizing your spell hotbar very messy.
@wgerrard
Ай бұрын
Which of your other builds would work well with this as a party? I was thinking Tempest Cleric, but what would you fill the other slots with?
@nyuki187
17 күн бұрын
Why not give him 16 DEX instead of 16 CON? he's not going to get hit almost at all or save those CON checks? wouldn't you rather have extra to DEX and wisdom? For example 16 DEX, 12 CON, 16 INT and 14 WIS
@Kid.Nimbus
Ай бұрын
Went into bg3 blind and accidentally did this build (smthn close to it) and i was surprised how good it was
@petepeterson1240
13 күн бұрын
How does one deal with enemy ranged units with this build? They don't seem to use opportunity attacks at all?
@sofaking4779
Ай бұрын
Is there any reason that using Warlock for the first level instead of Sorc is not viable? You still get Armor of Agathis. You don't get the Con save proficiency, but you do get better HP growth AND a spell slot that refreshes with short rest. Not to mention light armor and whatever patron blessing you want (Probably the Fear or Temp HP, but the HP is based on CHA modifier).
@connorhinthorn7900
19 күн бұрын
Unless this got patched I think you could also go another level warlock to cast mage armor for free, and by casting it and then wearing armor, removing it, casting again, you can stack arcane ward for free out of combat. Feels kinda exploit-y but up to you. Plus build doesn’t really come online until lvl 4+
@Carblesnarky
Ай бұрын
I wonder if going Wizard 8/ Sorcerer 4 would be worth it. You are giving up Improved Abjuration but getting a third feat and metamagic plus other sorcerer goodies.
@michaelhenderson1083
11 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@Cephalopocalypse
7 күн бұрын
Thanks very much for the support!
@soldieroftruth77
27 күн бұрын
So you have to use all your lvl 2 spell slots before combat to make stacks with arcane lock?
@anthonyl2022
25 күн бұрын
Why does your Arcane Lock just cost an action? While mine cost and action + level 2 spell slot?
@TheSolidSnakeOil
26 күн бұрын
I just tried this again solo and every enemy refuses to fight me. The most they'll do is try to cast slow or the like. I've had two fist literally run as far as possible from me without technically fleeing the flight.
@BRLink1
Ай бұрын
Wouldn't be better to dip one lv into cleric ? Getting that heavy armor proficiency
@krisissocoollike
29 күн бұрын
I've lost my armor of agathys a couple times from dmg I guess...why is that happening?
@SeanJamesBakes
24 күн бұрын
Same
@krisissocoollike
24 күн бұрын
@@SeanJamesBakes kinda the opposite of what I'd expect after learning about this build from the video. 🤷♂️ Wonder what we're missing!
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