Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Build Discussion Most fun melee build in your opinion

Hello,

I'm looking for a really fun melee build to play for my campaign. Right now, I'm eying OH Monk, Wildheart Barbarian and Throwers (Berserker & Eldritch Knight). The party composition I'm think of mainly using is:

- Burst DPR Melee (Paladin)
- More consistent Melee or Throwing DPR (Tav / ME)
- Support for Buffs, Debuffs & AoE Spells (Light Cleric)
- Ranged (Gloomstalker or Dual-Crossbow Bard)

What do you guys think in terms of the class I should and, if you have any ideas / criticisms about my planned party comp., please feel free to let me know.

Thanks in advance

the heavy armour barbarian is a fun build which is near on unkillable in melee and most of it comes online in act 1 but personally i wouldn't put a tav in melee with honor mode because he/ she should be your party face

Dual-Crossbow Bard works well in early game but the power curve slides against it after level 6 and by level 10 is the weakest range damage where as the Gloomstalker rules damage after around level 5

if you drop the Paladin for a Wizard and change Light Cleric to tempus or war after act 2 then you party will be much better able to handle act 3... assuming you keep playing all the way to the end game

Heavy Armor Barbarian ? What ?!?

Heavy Armor means you cant rage.

I remember in the past this was a possibility, because Berserkers have been bugged and allowed rage even in heavy armor, but AFAIK this has been fixed.

Heavy Armor Barbarian shouldnt be possible anymore. I mean technically you can do it, but you wont be able to rage.

the point of rage is damage resist and thats the same thing you get from heavy armour
here is one example

Thats an 11 months old video.

Why yes, rage was bugged in the past.

Apparently even for Wildheart, not just Berserker ?

But rage explicitly forbids heavy armor now. More precisely, you will gain no benefit from rage anymore.

Though maybe you still get the Wildheart bonus ? You dont get any of the standard bonuses from rage though.

If you want to play that build, knock yourself out, but it will be much weaker with current versions of the game. So why arent you then just playing Fighter instead ?

The build still works the same in patch 7 yes
The point of raging (with that build) is if you want to hit two targets with one swing or just want a bleed on them so your other party members can attack with advantage... Having heavy armour doesn't stop you raging it just means one effect isn't applied

It's a good build for karlach but I like a character with face skills for my tav

Each to their own of course