Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Build Discussion Does the initial class of a multiclass matter?

Hi folks, so this has been a subject of some confusion for me and I thought that you all here might have a quick and easy answer. Does it matter which class you take first when you’re doing a multiclassed character? What sorts of proficiencies would I lose from a class if I were to do that one second? Weapon, saving throw proficiencies?

Yup..
if yu want to Make a True Hexablade the Best start is to Go as Fighter
(yu will Have Heavy Armor)
if yu Get Fighter later yu will only get Mediun and LIght Armor to Wear for the Class if im not Mistaken.

Same Happens with other Multiclasses combos.. yu will Lose something.
(always study the Musti yu want to Mix becouse of this.. for yu to Not Lose anything for taking the Wrong Class First.)

The only Multi i Never Felt made a Difference was as Sorlock..
dosent Matter Start as Sorcerer or Lock.. yu will get 2 lock only and 2 fighter.. the rest go in Sorcerer..
and like i said.. if yu want Heavy Armor for your Sorlock.. Go first with Fighter.

and the Same stuff aplies to Palock, Sorsadin..
if yu want Heavy Armor Get Pala First.. then Mix with Sorcerer or Lock.

I’m considering doing two levels of a Knowledge domain cleric and ten levels of Lore Bard specifically. It seems like there’s not a hard and fast rule as to what you lose?

Never try this Mix.. But i like to Mix Bard with Thief.. for astarion specially
(the Bard school of Blade and Trickery Thief for the extra action)
or i Use hin as Thief/Necro works really well becouse he is a Vampire kinda felt lore wise haha
and i gave hin the Necro Book of Fay for the Summons too in this Build.

But yu can Make the Build Larian intended for Hin but made Wrong..haha
the True Arcane Trickster..
3 thief Trickery/9 Mage go with the school yu want.. get super strong.
(yu will Have hin Trowing Spells, two daggers or two swords for close combat and the Thunder Touch too best cantrip for Close combat.. and Will be able to Use snicky Bow when run out of Spell slots.. Really a jack of all Trades.)
But Focus in Intel for this BUild.. i always go 19 intel/16 dex and get the armor from Cresch to up 2 the Dex.. to get to 18
Or yu can use the Gloves from the Cresch too to get 18 dex and Spend the Dex points in another Stat. it works well too

another Great Mix i love to use but this i Use on Laezel..
The True Hunter.
FIghter 7/hunter 5 or Fighter 6/hunter 3/Thief 3 for the extra action in Trickery
(yu just Need the Hunter Mark from Hunter the Rest Get the Spells to speak with animals and the Fog One.. helps a lot to ground countrol.)
and dont Forget to get the Alert for yu never get Surprised in combat.. its the Best Stuff for Her.. and her iniciative will go up by 5 with the Alert too..
another Tip for this Build on Laezel specially Get the Bow that Scales your Damage with Dex and Plus Strengh yu have to Kill the Vendor in the Zentharin Hidout in Act 1 to Get.
ist Ludicrous Strong for this Build.. just Go 16 Str/20 Dex jesus.. yu will Cry. i Broke the Game and Get all the armor that Gave her Buff as Gith.. trust Me.. Your Leazel will Become a Gith Godess.
and in Act 3 Get the One that drops from the Final Battle against the giant bot if im not Mistaken that Thing will gave yu Haste.. ist perfect to Face Raph Latter with this Build on Her.
Swornd yu can Get the Legendary one from the Gith Dude of her Quest.. Just manipulate hin and dont make the Deal.. xD
as Fighter always go with the Battlemaster her Main School its the Best one always. and get the Fear, Disarm,Conteratack Stuff always the rest yu can go with yu want.. has some other good stuff too.
(this way yu will use the Mark and start to Use her Specials atacks from Fighter.. Crazy Things will Happen. xD)
and yu have a Great Mobility Too can Pummel hard Close and Far evrybody in the Battle just Jump around when Need and Bring the Sword in to Play.
or if they come too Close.. Baybe Cry. haha
can even pull someone closer with Telekinesys from the Gith Bracers.. xD or Misty Step with her gith race spell.. or jump super far with the spell from race too.
yeah Gith are Broken.

1 Curiosity theres 1 School of Cleric that even if yu Get Latter yu Can Unlock the Heavy Armor..
i Just forgot what school was.

Something i Always Do when i only Can get 2 lvl of Some Class is Go with Warrior so i can Have Action Surge..
in my Evil Gale i Made this..
10 mage, 2 Fighter
(yu can put Fighter First and Get Heavy Armor too.. but i just get for Last i didant need on hin Heavy..)

Another Great Mix for only 2 Lvl but this one is Good for Charisma Guys..
its Lock.. only get 2 lvl for Eldrich Blast and Get the stuff to use your Char for Damage on the Cantrip.
i Bet yu can Make a Really Powerfull Bard using this Tatic.. just to Have a Badass Strong Range and can go Nuts with the rest as Bard.
(Just Never Forget to Get Hex.. its the Most important Spell as Any Lock.. no Joke.)
always Trow Hex and start to bring the heavy stuff on then..
same as Hexablade. always Start Trowing Hex. its the Secret of Evry Lock xD
the other spell yu can go with wherever suits yu Better but i do Like to always go with Hex and the Stuff to Use on Speech Check.. forget the Name.. Friends i beleave.
(yu can cheese the hell out of act 1 and 2 with this.)

1 tip: almost all the Top armors of the Game are Mediun.. no Joke.
i Only Like 4 heavy armors in this Game
Ketrick, Iron Forge One, the one yu Get if yu avoid Karlach using the Demon Metal from her Quest and the one yu get from Raphael Fight..
(yu can find more of the Metal in act 2 exploring.. at least more 3 i beleave 2 is inside the Gountlet Yurgir Fight and the Locked Roon with the Chests Next to the Necro Roon and 1 outside the Stone Mason stuff.)
but the Last One yu dont Need to Have heavy armor to Wear.. just get this one and be happy. haha
its the Most Powerfull one indeed.
and just use the Hill Giant Gloves for the Fun of been a Caster with 21 Str.. xD
huahuahauhauhauha
(Trust Me its really Fun Trowing around enemies.. xD)

Fun Fact.. almost all the Builds i Made in this Game i kinda Pull of from my Times as Table Top.. so they work all pretty well here..
Like the Light Bringer (Sorsadin), The True arcane Trickster (Mage/Thief), Hexablade (Fighter/Lock)
but the Hexa in Table Top its his Unique Stuff for Locks i Love a lot..its pretty unique..
there is Hexabow too and its really strong on Table Top too.
the only ones i Made original from this Game was the Bard/Thief, True Hunter i used on Laezel and the Sorlock for my Durge.
even the Evil Gale its something i already did before in Table Top.. Like the Mage/Fighter


Some Spoilers Regarding the Karlach Related Armor..

There is a table showing such things on the BG3 wiki ...
By going Cleric first you lose the Saving Throw Proficiencies of the Bard as well as some skills.
I understand that you are taking the Cleric up to lvl2 to obtain Knowledge of the Ages? It is nice

It is pretty much a wash, but I've found Rogue to Knowledge Cleric/Lore Bard to be best skill monkey.

Easy answer, first class always gets the stat proficiency, starting HP plus Constitution modifier and armor proficiency unless subclass grants the armor proficiency. Depending on what stat proficiency you want with your build should be your first class. If you are lacking a stat proficiency, there is always Resilient feat.

Proficiency
https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Proficiency

Hit Points
https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Hit_points

Multiclassing Guide
https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Guide:Multiclassing_Guide_by_Phantomsplit