It's highly unlikely you'd waste an action for a scroll but i do want to give a headsup to anyone following in this build. if you build in the order the video shows then you will end on rogue which will make your spell casting modifier based off of intelligence where if your last level gained was monk it would be off of your high wis. so you can either start off rogue and once you hit 3 start working the monk. or you can just respec once you reach 10 on adding the new rogue level first then all your monk levels. As I said it's not a huge deal as it's unlikely you'll need to use your spell casting modifier but wanted to throw that out there in case someone would have him as a back up scroll flinger for some weird reason.
For me, I plan on going at least for in monk at the start, then switch to three in rogue for the Thief subclass' extra bonus action along with the extra proficiencies and expertise, then put the rest of my levels into monk.
You want to end as a monk because the ilithid powers will use your wisdom as it's spell modifier then. So the giant stunning cone for example. For you want to use the 22 wisdom or the 8 int? Naturally you upgrades your ilithid powers to bonus actions in the cresh.
The best NPC to farm elixers of Hill Giant is auntie ethel bar none. She sells 3 of them guarenteed after each vendor reset and can be found very early in the Druid grove and then in the swamp as long as you "Save" her from the brothers.
How many do you recommend to get per character? Never messed with elixirs before and about to start a new play through with 3 strength based characters
@@Lazydino59 Depends on how much you long rest of course. I always get too many with starts around 15ish. They only have to last you til act 3 where you can buy cloud giant strength pots.
I brought 3 of these exact classes + a Cleric Lore Bard for utility in my fist (successful) honor run. Melted everything. Most of the time the whole party didn't get a turn including boss fights.
if you dont use 50% hp helmet for extra bonus action... then best helmet is the one you buy from trader before you enter castle where gortash is (same trader as for best cloak)... if you are full hp you will get some damage, but other then that, you will deal some extra damage... helmet you said its good it just adds attack roll... which monks dont really need, they hit most of the time anyway, they only miss if roll critical miss.
Karlach's soul coin does fire damage on hits, even if it does not meet the conditions to do this, it is like a bug and always do fire extra damage, so Karlach is in my opinion a better option.
@@xXGhost122xX I actually thought of Karlach because of that damn coin but I never thought it was broken. I agree with you, eventually it will be fixed. Thanks so much for watching and sharing.
I've read that the game calculates the -1 from your flat attribute spread before calculating your modifiers from things like potions. So if you start with 8 but use hill giant strength potions it will first calculate -1 and then +5 from the 21 from the potion. I'm not sure how true this is but it would make a difference between building from 8 or 10 at character creation
@@JRmsk yeah, I think the game does calculate stats from your character sheet and so 8 will give -1. Do you know this to be fact? Makes a difference between 8 and 10 if it is the case
@@daveyfunk it will take just few minutes to test this fact by your own:) if your base STR is 8 while it's 27 with cloud giant, you will get at first -1, and then not +8 but +9. This is the way how weird larian's math works
I knew nothing about D&D and BG3 when i started playing, chose monk (balanced difficulty) and thought the game was just too easy, so i switched to tactician at level 4 and it was still too easy lol
Wait, why half-elf vs elf. I thought half elves get light armor +shields (which you don’t need for this build) while elves get the perception bonus? I might be confused.
I'm currently playing a monk, but doing it solo. I've found that it's better to switch Con and Wis starting points 17-15. At lvl 7 respect to a 3 rogue 4 monk. continue as monk or add one more rogue.
Question, does steeped in bliss from the resonance stone in the mindflayer colony apply to the manifestation of mind damage? Cause resonance stone can apply physic vulnerability for 2x damage on non resistant enemies.
I don't know what im doing different, but my action bar only shows 1 action and 1 bonusaction. I have more attacks in total in fights, but it doesnt show on my action bar like in your video. im level 10 btw
I can help with that! :) He is a 12th level College of Swords Bard. The endgame build is to get Helm of Arcane acuity (Mason's guid, Act 2) to get unbeatable spell save DC and Band of the Mystic Scoundrel (Chult jungle, Act 3) to be able to cast all pink spells as a bonus action. You start the fight by using slashing flourish to attack twice (a total of 4 attack and +8 to spell save DC) and then casting something like Confusion, Hypnotic pattern, Hold person, or hold monster (Whatever the situation demands). At that point the fight is already won. For damage, Mustachio started the Titanstring bow (Zentharim merchants) + Club of Hill Giant Strength (Arcane tower in the underdark) combo. You're gonna need to use your level 4 feat to gain proficiency with long bows though. At level 8 you should already have the Marksman feat backed by the risky ring. By act 3, Mustachio went for the available crit gear: Orin's blade, Blade of the undermountain king from the creche, The dead shot, cloak from the kid in the guildhall. Kimo promised that he'll make a full guide soon, but I can see him playing Elden Ring now, so I'm not sure what "soon" meant :)
Hi, this in an excellent guide thank u so much, but, i have a question im a total newbie here, it is worth to invest 1 point in cleric in the war domain to be able to get a 3 extra hits using the war priest charges?
war domain needs dev love and the answer is no, it's just not a good use of a bonus action in general and monks have some of the best bonus actions in the game. War domain as it exists currently is a buffer/controller that can do weapon damage and both of those worse than other classes/domains. The least they can do is replenish extra attack charges on short rest, even then it would still be just ok.
Its especially bad cause last time i played the warpriest kit bonus attack thing was actually semi bugged, it would even consume divine charges on normal extra bonus attacks randomly
How do i get 2 primary action points? I understand how you get 4 bonus action but I cannot find how to get 2 primary action points. Thanks for the amazing guide!
You get a extra attack at lvl 5, it will not be shown on the action bar as 2 separate actions, the way you trigger all those attacks is by attacking then using a bonus action then you use a action if you multi classed as rogue with thief subclass you can use another bonus action after that
You start with one action and one bonus action. Haste (buff), that's another action point to use. Rogue/Thief will give you an extra bonus action. Wholeness of Body (buff), that's another bonus action. Helmet of Grit (optional), that's another bonus action. This way you can end up with 2 Actions and 3 Bonus actions (4 if you used the helm).
He didn't mention it but if you asend asterian he gets 1d10 necrotic damage on hit. Since monks bonus action hits twice that's 2d10 necrotic damage per bonus action. That's why you want asterian. If you dont know about the ascension it's the non redemption arc of asterians story. you don't have to have him as the mc to get it. That being said open hand monks are oppressive to begin with so you don't need it but if the min maxing calls to you with it's sweet siren song that's who you want. On the subject of min maxing you can take the heart amulet from the house of hope to pump your con and drop it a bit to put points in charisma. If you start as asterian you get to choose his cantrip and can take friends. Between his happy buff, friends, the initial charisma skill buffs from level one rogue, and then expertise from ilithid powers 12 charisma is more than enough to be on warlock/bard levels of conversation skills. Early game weapons do more damage then fists and the sneak attack is easy to apply. Get phalar aluv and use that till you get level 6ish or beyond as the special from is buffs your allies and you offhand. Naturally you should have the titain string bow as it's benefits from your strength and dex scores. Since I'm here you should start with 17 wis 16 dex 12 charisma and the rest in con. You will start with dex ac. Next go kill karlack. The armor you get will give you a plus 1. Then do the shaddow druids quest and give the idol to mol for the 1 ac ring from mol. You now have 18 ac. When you get the hag hair that's 19 ac. Then wear the bracelets of defense from the lab in the blighted village for +2 def. All in that's 21 ac. You can get all of that by level 4ish. I would recommend waiting on the hag as one she's where you get strength pots and if you don't know how to beat her it can be "unpleasant" as she would say. Any questions?
@mrholeechit so monks get unarmored defense scaling from their wisdom assuming they aren't wearing armor. You'll know if a item is considered armor because it will say in the description but it will also tank your ac. Anyway with monks the unarmored def scales with wisdom just like dex does for everyone else. So by getting wisdom you will hit 18 granting you another ac. So that's 3 from the 16 dex, 4 from the 18 wisdom, 1 from the ring, and one from either the cat cloth clothing or the robes from killing karlach, and two from the gloves. So 10+3+4+1+1+2 for 21. Now the reason we want wisdom is one all the nasty cc in the game targets wisdom, the boots you get going into act 3 give you your wisdom modifier on unarmed attack (so 7 at max), your manifestations at level 6 also scale with wisdom. So that means your wisdom modifier is applied 4 times per bonus action. It's oppressive. Finally your ilithid powers will scale off wisdom assuming your last level was monk. Primarily mind blast, black hole, and stage fright.
@@logan9042 holy shit mate, yeah that's what I was needing, need to do a dark urge monk run now, so I can put it to test, I'll update you as I go, anyways cheers again for the explained explanation. So barbs get AC from constitution Monks from Wisdom, then the rest from Dex, so my bard with 20dex should get more AC from not wearing armor than by wearing it hahahaha
@mrholeechit pretty much. With barbarians it can sometimes make sense to wear medium armor till you get the right gear but you should be able to use the exact same set up as the monk described above but con vs wisdom and I'd put the hair into strength. But unarmored def is handy. I though it could be stacked with mage armor but it turns out it cannot. Monks and barbs unarmored def also doesn't stack. But glad it was helpful. Something to be aware if is the ilithid power cull the weak procks after your cape atm so you will loose the invisibility. That being said you don't always want to be invisible. I did submit a bug report and they said it will be fixed on the next patch tho.
can you go on abit more detail on how to get that much wisdom?... i dont understand that +4 from class (should be +2 from 1 talent right?, where did i miss other +2?)
You start with 17 in wisdom with the +2 bonus. +1 from either Ethel the hag or Khalid's gift amulet, that's 18. +2 from ability improvement feat at level 8 monk, that's 20. +2 from mirror of loss in act 3. That is 22 wisdom (+6 modifier).
@@KimoChaser For some reason, I can't raise Wis higher than 15 at char creation. I have points available, but it seems to capped at 15. This is using a half wood elf
Thats how it's pronounced... it's a Chinese word: the circulating life force whose existence and properties are the basis of much Chinese philosophy and medicine.
@@henryh3153 I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to he TH-camr. But since you intervene. There is no Chinese word written as Ki. Stay in your lane. 🤡🤡
Best thing to do to get elixirs of hill giant is from ethel in the grove, but you can use the exploit from the bags, this way you basically get it for free, and its ok to do it to her, because of how of an a-hole she is. hhahaahaha
Monk is just too stupid of a class to exist. Really from an RPG level it just too stupid to have an unarmed combatant that isn't a spell caster. Far too stupid.
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It's highly unlikely you'd waste an action for a scroll but i do want to give a headsup to anyone following in this build. if you build in the order the video shows then you will end on rogue which will make your spell casting modifier based off of intelligence where if your last level gained was monk it would be off of your high wis. so you can either start off rogue and once you hit 3 start working the monk. or you can just respec once you reach 10 on adding the new rogue level first then all your monk levels. As I said it's not a huge deal as it's unlikely you'll need to use your spell casting modifier but wanted to throw that out there in case someone would have him as a back up scroll flinger for some weird reason.
For me, I plan on going at least for in monk at the start, then switch to three in rogue for the Thief subclass' extra bonus action along with the extra proficiencies and expertise, then put the rest of my levels into monk.
You want to end as a monk because the ilithid powers will use your wisdom as it's spell modifier then. So the giant stunning cone for example. For you want to use the 22 wisdom or the 8 int? Naturally you upgrades your ilithid powers to bonus actions in the cresh.
The best NPC to farm elixers of Hill Giant is auntie ethel bar none. She sells 3 of them guarenteed after each vendor reset and can be found very early in the Druid grove and then in the swamp as long as you "Save" her from the brothers.
How many do you recommend to get per character? Never messed with elixirs before and about to start a new play through with 3 strength based characters
@@Lazydino59 Depends on how much you long rest of course. I always get too many with starts around 15ish. They only have to last you til act 3 where you can buy cloud giant strength pots.
I brought 3 of these exact classes + a Cleric Lore Bard for utility in my fist (successful) honor run. Melted everything. Most of the time the whole party didn't get a turn including boss fights.
Can you find out more?
if you dont use 50% hp helmet for extra bonus action... then best helmet is the one you buy from trader before you enter castle where gortash is (same trader as for best cloak)... if you are full hp you will get some damage, but other then that, you will deal some extra damage... helmet you said its good it just adds attack roll... which monks dont really need, they hit most of the time anyway, they only miss if roll critical miss.
Great video my man, very very helpful. Even giving us equipment & everything. I appreciate it!
Karlach's soul coin does fire damage on hits, even if it does not meet the conditions to do this, it is like a bug and always do fire extra damage, so Karlach is in my opinion a better option.
Karlach coin only works when you rage, no? I will test it and get back to you.
@@KimoChaser the description says that, but the damage procs even if she is not in Rage and not at low life. And with Tavern brawler is fire x2
@@KimoChaser No, it always works, I think it will be fixed too, my favorite monk is the dragonborn, I made it like a reptile from mk
@@xXGhost122xX I actually thought of Karlach because of that damn coin but I never thought it was broken. I agree with you, eventually it will be fixed. Thanks so much for watching and sharing.
Theres an argument for the upgraded sentinel amulet (purple varient) being better than khalid's
very nice LEVELING guide!
Thank you so much for watching. ❤
I've read that the game calculates the -1 from your flat attribute spread before calculating your modifiers from things like potions. So if you start with 8 but use hill giant strength potions it will first calculate -1 and then +5 from the 21 from the potion. I'm not sure how true this is but it would make a difference between building from 8 or 10 at character creation
It will be "-1 +6 = +5" , if you use hill giant elixir
@@JRmsk yeah, I think the game does calculate stats from your character sheet and so 8 will give -1. Do you know this to be fact? Makes a difference between 8 and 10 if it is the case
@@daveyfunk it will take just few minutes to test this fact by your own:) if your base STR is 8 while it's 27 with cloud giant, you will get at first -1, and then not +8 but +9. This is the way how weird larian's math works
@@daveyfunk no difference between 8 and 10 stat in case you always get 10+ after all modificators
I knew nothing about D&D and BG3 when i started playing, chose monk (balanced difficulty) and thought the game was just too easy, so i switched to tactician at level 4 and it was still too easy lol
Wait, why half-elf vs elf. I thought half elves get light armor +shields (which you don’t need for this build) while elves get the perception bonus? I might be confused.
I'm currently playing a monk, but doing it solo. I've found that it's better to switch Con and Wis starting points 17-15. At lvl 7 respect to a 3 rogue 4 monk. continue as monk or add one more rogue.
Question, does steeped in bliss from the resonance stone in the mindflayer colony apply to the manifestation of mind damage? Cause resonance stone can apply physic vulnerability for 2x damage on non resistant enemies.
شكراً ياطعمية ❤️
I haven't tried this. Is it possible to let Astarion drain you and become a vampire like him and gain his skills?
The perks I mentioned in the video are only unique to Astarion.
He is only half vampire so therefore he cannot start his own coven.
And there are some good builds for the 4 Elemental Monk and the Shadow Monk
Hellscream is an amazing orc name
For the Horde!
@@KimoChasernamed my warlock illidan
I don't know what im doing different, but my action bar only shows 1 action and 1 bonusaction. I have more attacks in total in fights, but it doesnt show on my action bar like in your video. im level 10 btw
Hey mate! Nice video, what’s the build of the guy with moustache?
I can help with that! :)
He is a 12th level College of Swords Bard.
The endgame build is to get Helm of Arcane acuity (Mason's guid, Act 2) to get unbeatable spell save DC and Band of the Mystic Scoundrel (Chult jungle, Act 3) to be able to cast all pink spells as a bonus action. You start the fight by using slashing flourish to attack twice (a total of 4 attack and +8 to spell save DC) and then casting something like Confusion, Hypnotic pattern, Hold person, or hold monster (Whatever the situation demands). At that point the fight is already won.
For damage, Mustachio started the Titanstring bow (Zentharim merchants) + Club of Hill Giant Strength (Arcane tower in the underdark) combo. You're gonna need to use your level 4 feat to gain proficiency with long bows though. At level 8 you should already have the Marksman feat backed by the risky ring.
By act 3, Mustachio went for the available crit gear: Orin's blade, Blade of the undermountain king from the creche, The dead shot, cloak from the kid in the guildhall.
Kimo promised that he'll make a full guide soon, but I can see him playing Elden Ring now, so I'm not sure what "soon" meant :)
Lady Esther is in Act I.
That is correct. I don't think I said otherwise.
Weapon ? Or just hand ?
Just your fists bro
Hi, this in an excellent guide thank u so much, but, i have a question im a total newbie here, it is worth to invest 1 point in cleric in the war domain to be able to get a 3 extra hits using the war priest charges?
war domain needs dev love and the answer is no, it's just not a good use of a bonus action in general and monks have some of the best bonus actions in the game. War domain as it exists currently is a buffer/controller that can do weapon damage and both of those worse than other classes/domains. The least they can do is replenish extra attack charges on short rest, even then it would still be just ok.
Its especially bad cause last time i played the warpriest kit bonus attack thing was actually semi bugged, it would even consume divine charges on normal extra bonus attacks randomly
What should I get from hag hair with this build?
wisdom i think since he leave it at 17, and 15 con you can up it to 16 with tavern brawler
@@tuantran-me9nz He doesn't, at 19:25 you can see all the wisdom boosts he has, and there is no bonus from the Hag hair shown
How do i get 2 primary action points? I understand how you get 4 bonus action but I cannot find how to get 2 primary action points. Thanks for the amazing guide!
You get a extra attack at lvl 5, it will not be shown on the action bar as 2 separate actions, the way you trigger all those attacks is by attacking then using a bonus action then you use a action if you multi classed as rogue with thief subclass you can use another bonus action after that
You start with one action and one bonus action.
Haste (buff), that's another action point to use.
Rogue/Thief will give you an extra bonus action.
Wholeness of Body (buff), that's another bonus action.
Helmet of Grit (optional), that's another bonus action.
This way you can end up with 2 Actions and 3 Bonus actions (4 if you used the helm).
Thanks I got it now 👍
just so I got it right, if you use Astarion, you change class to level 2 to monk, is that it?
He didn't mention it but if you asend asterian he gets 1d10 necrotic damage on hit. Since monks bonus action hits twice that's 2d10 necrotic damage per bonus action. That's why you want asterian. If you dont know about the ascension it's the non redemption arc of asterians story. you don't have to have him as the mc to get it. That being said open hand monks are oppressive to begin with so you don't need it but if the min maxing calls to you with it's sweet siren song that's who you want.
On the subject of min maxing you can take the heart amulet from the house of hope to pump your con and drop it a bit to put points in charisma. If you start as asterian you get to choose his cantrip and can take friends. Between his happy buff, friends, the initial charisma skill buffs from level one rogue, and then expertise from ilithid powers 12 charisma is more than enough to be on warlock/bard levels of conversation skills. Early game weapons do more damage then fists and the sneak attack is easy to apply. Get phalar aluv and use that till you get level 6ish or beyond as the special from is buffs your allies and you offhand. Naturally you should have the titain string bow as it's benefits from your strength and dex scores.
Since I'm here you should start with 17 wis 16 dex 12 charisma and the rest in con. You will start with dex ac. Next go kill karlack. The armor you get will give you a plus 1. Then do the shaddow druids quest and give the idol to mol for the 1 ac ring from mol. You now have 18 ac. When you get the hag hair that's 19 ac. Then wear the bracelets of defense from the lab in the blighted village for +2 def. All in that's 21 ac. You can get all of that by level 4ish. I would recommend waiting on the hag as one she's where you get strength pots and if you don't know how to beat her it can be "unpleasant" as she would say. Any questions?
@@logan9042 Holy moly mate, that's very detailed, the only thing I didn't get it is how do you get 1+ac from the hair of the hag?
@mrholeechit so monks get unarmored defense scaling from their wisdom assuming they aren't wearing armor. You'll know if a item is considered armor because it will say in the description but it will also tank your ac. Anyway with monks the unarmored def scales with wisdom just like dex does for everyone else. So by getting wisdom you will hit 18 granting you another ac. So that's 3 from the 16 dex, 4 from the 18 wisdom, 1 from the ring, and one from either the cat cloth clothing or the robes from killing karlach, and two from the gloves. So 10+3+4+1+1+2 for 21. Now the reason we want wisdom is one all the nasty cc in the game targets wisdom, the boots you get going into act 3 give you your wisdom modifier on unarmed attack (so 7 at max), your manifestations at level 6 also scale with wisdom. So that means your wisdom modifier is applied 4 times per bonus action. It's oppressive. Finally your ilithid powers will scale off wisdom assuming your last level was monk. Primarily mind blast, black hole, and stage fright.
@@logan9042 holy shit mate, yeah that's what I was needing, need to do a dark urge monk run now, so I can put it to test, I'll update you as I go, anyways cheers again for the explained explanation.
So barbs get AC from constitution
Monks from Wisdom, then the rest from Dex, so my bard with 20dex should get more AC from not wearing armor than by wearing it hahahaha
@mrholeechit pretty much. With barbarians it can sometimes make sense to wear medium armor till you get the right gear but you should be able to use the exact same set up as the monk described above but con vs wisdom and I'd put the hair into strength. But unarmored def is handy. I though it could be stacked with mage armor but it turns out it cannot. Monks and barbs unarmored def also doesn't stack. But glad it was helpful. Something to be aware if is the ilithid power cull the weak procks after your cape atm so you will loose the invisibility. That being said you don't always want to be invisible. I did submit a bug report and they said it will be fixed on the next patch tho.
wait if monk is better without armor why ur builds consist an armor?
Because you didn't listen to the whole video that's why.....
can you go on abit more detail on how to get that much wisdom?... i dont understand that +4 from class (should be +2 from 1 talent right?, where did i miss other +2?)
You start with 17 in wisdom with the +2 bonus.
+1 from either Ethel the hag or Khalid's gift amulet, that's 18.
+2 from ability improvement feat at level 8 monk, that's 20.
+2 from mirror of loss in act 3. That is 22 wisdom (+6 modifier).
@@KimoChaser For some reason, I can't raise Wis higher than 15 at char creation. I have points available, but it seems to capped at 15. This is using a half wood elf
I figured it out now - I had to re-allocate the racial bonus points :$
I’m watching but you still haven’t told me how I’m getting endless hill giant strength potions? Thumbs down.
Considine Manors
ugh what rings?
Caustic band+anyshit
Why do you keep saying "Chi", when it is literally spelled Ki? There is no "ch" anywhere.
Thats how it's pronounced... it's a Chinese word: the circulating life force whose existence and properties are the basis of much Chinese philosophy and medicine.
@@henryh3153 I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to he TH-camr. But since you intervene. There is no Chinese word written as Ki. Stay in your lane. 🤡🤡
@@henryh3153 I see the TH-camr deleted my comment smh.
@@The_RealWilliam ah unfortunate
Best thing to do to get elixirs of hill giant is from ethel in the grove, but you can use the exploit from the bags, this way you basically get it for free, and its ok to do it to her, because of how of an a-hole she is. hhahaahaha
Monk is just too stupid of a class to exist. Really from an RPG level it just too stupid to have an unarmed combatant that isn't a spell caster. Far too stupid.
I swear hearing chi instead of ki over and over is grating
I'm not sure you really know how to synergize classes. It's just a monk and you tacked on rogue. This is pretty much worthless.
i think it’s for extra bonus attack
It’s THE best way to play monk, you get 8+ attacks per turn
Who are you?
You’re the dumbest person to ever use “synergize”