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Since you have both weapon attacks and spells, aim to raise Strength and Intelligence at a 3:1 ratio; adjust accordingly if you want to focus on one or the other. Keep Constitution at a minimum, raising it only to meet shield requirements. Hydrosophist should be prioritized to improve healing, Magic armor recovery, and water damage. Warfare will grant a multiplicative damage increase to your melee and Necromancer spells. It would also be helpful to have a point in Perseverance and Retribution, u...

Specializing in Geomancy will give the Conjurer access to the Poison Infusion and Acid Infusion Summoning abilities. Geomancy uses the powers of earth and poison to deal damage and stay on the battlefield. Taking Geomancy will likely make the Conjurer more of a melee fighter and tank. The best Geomancer abilities that would work best with the Conjurer are Contamination, Fortify, Oily Carapace, Turn to Oil, Mend Metal, Reactive Armor, Worm Tremor, Summon Artillery Plant, Siphon Poison, and Living...

The Cleric is a supportive healer that also leans into dealing a bit of damage in close quarters or with blood magic. Depending on your team makeup, you will need to decide which direction to take your hero: a sturdy tank, an expert doctor, a life drainer, and cryomancer are all potential aspects. But trying to cover every job at once will leave them watered down from their full potential. Thankfully, you can always restart any build using a Magic Mirr At first glance, the Cloak and Dagger skill...

For Talents, go for Mnemonic to save on Memory, Opportunist to keep enemies locked down, Comeback Kid if there is a high chance of dying, and Elemental Affinity for lower AP costs. If you are using Gift Bags, Gladiator and Magic Cycles can also be use All in all, geomancy is likely the best option out of these but depending on the character's playstyle summoning or hydrosophist are good alternatives if a player is looking to invest in other skill lines. Now that these are out of the way, let's l...

With this in mind, the only other skills that may work well with these are Summoning, Geomancy, or possibly Hydrosophist if the player wants this character to fill the role of healer too. Summoning and Geomancy can deal both physical and magical damage depending on the skill. Hydrosophist can only really be used for healing and magical damage. Here are the best options in these skill lines for an Inquisi Though the situation may change with the release of Baldur's Gate 3 , the closest one can ge...

Your attacks never miss, but cannot deal normal critical damage. Surprisingly, this doesn’t negate backstabs making it a decent skill for rogues with daggers. Enemy evasion is rarely an issue, so taking this talent is mostly for fights where enemies have a high chance of dodging, and then later maybe switching it out via the respect mirror. This should not be taken with characters that invest in Single Handed, which greatly boosts accuracy, and Two-Handed that increases the critical multipl As s...

Players invested in the long-term should consider getting Lone Wolf for its advantages alone. For a price of limiting the party to just two members, players with Lone Wolf get 30-percent boost in all armor and Vitality, and +2 maximum & recovery AP. As such, this Talent becomes extremely useful for players who want to build stronger characters on the get With this in mind, the only other skills that may work well with these are Summoning, Geomancy, or possibly Hydrosophist if the player wants th...

Mass Cleanse Wounds - Heal the player character and allies within a radius, creating puddles of water beneath them. Also removes Necrofire, Burning, Diseased, Decaying Touch, Poisoned, Bleeding, Suffocation, and Acid status effe While the Rogue does not typically excel in the center of a brawl, they are incredibly adept at picking targets and isolating them. Try to focus down on enemies in isolation and those on the fringes, ideally disengaging and moving away from larger clusters of foes after ...

Epidemic of Fire (3 Pyrokinetic): a flame jets between up to five targets for massive Fire damage, and creates Cursed Fire surfaces. Mainly reserve this when Master of Sparks in on cooldown, or you need a ranged att Out of the three, summoning is more useful for a player who wants more distance between them and the enemy. The huntsman skill line is useful for players who only want to use select scoundrel abilities so they can keep a bow equipped instead of dual-wielding daggers. Polymorph is les...

However, like any good skill, Forced Exchange does have a caveat. Since it's best used to exchange Vitality, players get maximum benefits when they are low on Vitality. As such, this skill needs to be used carefully, or when players get to delay their turn and guarantee they are not Battles become frustrating especially when the party can't even get to full health unless they find beds. However, Definitive Edition fixes this with the Bedroll. Acquiring the Bedroll in The Hold will give a perman...

While this means having access to less Vitality in combat, the Wayfarer compensates for its ranged supremacy. Pin Down (Huntsman 1) can Cripple targets from afar to hinder them from moving, while Fossil Strike (Geomancer 1) can set up oil puddles for explosive damage. This works well with Elemental Arrowheads (Huntsman 1) that generate special arrows based on surfaces, as the extra AP from Flesh Sacrifice can make the Elf Wayfarer immediately shoot an explosive arrow instead of waiting for the n...