whoa!! its about that time of the year for sure. I bet just kicking back is wonderful. I know my back is killing me after I'm done just doing my driveway lol. Enjoy the EP my friend!
Just started watching, finally a ranger/rogue multiclass on Asty!!! Great news. Level 5 in ranger gives your 2nd attack though. I usually go 5 range, 4 rogue, 3 figher. Bow of the Banshee is absolutely awesome because of the frightened effect. Titanstring is the highest damage bow in the game if you have high strength with the strength elixir but it's really not needed imo. Try both, choose at your own leisure! Also another idea if you like, if you enchant Astarion's bow with cold dmage with that drake glaive, give asty the snowburst ring you got at last light inn and the helm of arcane acuity, he creates icy surfaces on whomever he hits and the helm increases the chance the enemies fall prone on it. It's really really fun.
hahah we finally did it we crossed him over to something better than the base rogue I been play forever now. This Gloomstalker is going to help so much. I can already feel the difference and we hooked him up with some good gear as well. I got a feeling he is going to be very OP. I'm gonna check out both bows and see how they feel but the Banshee bow is awesome I agree.
hello my friend glad you are loving the playthrough. I must say I think out of all the characters I created on the channel in all these games Ari is def one of my favorite for sure.
loved this episode so much thank you once again for a great time. You handled that fights for the portal like a absolute boss! You basically destroyed all the enemies even before Halsin came back through the portal lol
The shadowblade ring is great and there are multiple builds that rely on it because it gives you a dagger that does only psychic damage and there are ways to double your psychic damage. The downside is that you have to maintain concentration on the daggers to have them equipped. If you lose your concentration in the middle of the fight, the dagger is gone and you're left disarmed. Definitely a bad ring for Bae'zel but very creative and fun if you craft a build around it. (PS: The "Hunt Completed" message is a result of Astarion's hunter's mark on the target after the target dies)
lol damn that makes so much sense now Hunt completed hunter mark!! lol So after the EP I think I sent it to Minthara it will def come in handy with her and that ring. The maintaining concentration on it is tough but honestly I think even Shart would probably really benefit from the ring as well.
YESS finally Some Halsin content!¨We waited so long lol! the portal fight is epic my jaw hit the floor when I first saw all those enemies haha you did great! So happy you have Halsin in the party now he's such a great character and can be really strong depending on the build
hahaha its about time holy moly I feel like he has been at camp for so long just chilling I'm happy we finally got him and I cant wait to learn more about him and do some druid combat!!
oh and gale looks cool with new build too :) the minor elemental dude he can conjure is really good and cool lill character too :) and if you dont use lantern you can still equip second staff for stats :)
You can also give Astarion a non armor headpiece and use mage armor scrolls to get that sweet +3 AC or just get medium armor! I usually go 5 ranger, 4 rogue and 3 figter for surge and champion, then either dual hand crossbows (ne'er misser is crazy good with force damage instead of pierce) or titanstring + hill giant elixir and Astarion cleans rooms on his own! Anyway that fight to protect Halsin's portal is one of my favourite fights in the game, people sleep on sleet storm and it usually locks everyone in one spot for me cause I'm a sorcerer lol Oh and druid was always a little awkward for me to play till I did a druid Tav and I'll say one thing, tavern brawler feat does affect animal form, I will forever remember my ecounter with one of the act 3 bosses that I was forced to do 1v1, won't spoil though. And at the end there, you can use tadpole powers as bonus action but you'd have to pass zaith'isk checks as yourself back at the creche.
so far this fight was my favorite of the game so far it was so much fun I loved it. Lots of AOE madness. Loved seeing Ari just Tiger bloodlust so many guys down. Fighter i feel like might be one of the best bang for your best specs in the game that and probably wizard. I'm strongly considering checking out Ari on a fighter barbarian. I love pally but I feel like we are wasting so much potential just doing 2 in pally.
@@Bowskii Fighter is one of the simplest classes but so very effective, also get's extra feat which is nearly busted and incredibly satysfying :D Don't rule out that new build for Astarion, I usually go 5 ranger, 4 rogue and 3 fighter champion for surge and crit chance. I'll never forget a certain battle when he killed everyone before npc's could react with arrows of many targets. Such a joy! You also gotta check out a sorcerer at some point, it's like a wizard, less spells but the ones you pick are very, very powerful, especially with draconic ancestry at lvl 6. The one thing about this game is that every single class has the potential to be incredible, there's no bad choices!
I have a feeling this build is going to be so strong. I feel like I can finally play Astarion and not suck lol. I'm so happy we switched because I'm loving it so far.
finally Halsin! bout damn time lol! also, gloomstalker thief Astarion let's gooo! just so happens I've just been trying out the same build on him, it's awesome! I think dual hand crossbows is better than a bow. otherwise he can't really make the most of his two bonus actions. it seems like you're forgetting to use the great weapon master bonus action - it's on the far right after you get a crit or a kill with Ari or Lae'zel. it's a way more powerful bonus action than a dinky low dex offhand crossbow attack. i'd recommend giving gale ice storm, lightning bolt, etc. very powerful spells. if you're going to be an evocation wizard, might as well go for it. he works best when you combo an ice or lightning spell off of wetting the enemies with create water or throwing a water bottle for double damage. he also needs a higher spell save DC or the targets are just going to save and take half damage from his AOE attacks. 17 intelligence ain't going to cut it! gear such as the fist breaker helm and the robe of exquisite focus can increase spell save DC, so they would be great for this.
lol yeah I cant tell you how many times I never press that button for GWM I hate that I keep forgetting or just not seeing the button over there. The new build on Astarion is awesome I'm so glad we switched and I agree I want to use two cross bows hopefully we can actually find two really great ones. And hell yes!!! We finally got Halsin its about time seriously lol cant wait to see his story.
damn!!! def something a first time run wouldn't know but my next run i need to do this I would love it if they were all bonus powers. Damn shame because now that I put Lae'zel in the machine because she wanted to it gave her debuffs..
Dual-Wielder is goated on Mages but maybe not for Shadow Lantern. Primary benefit is being able to equip and benefit from the bonuses of two different staves that boost spellcasting. At which point you can completely offset and even supercede the penalty he may be taking to his spellcasting by not improving his intelligence further.
very true so in general its gonna come in handy if we go away from the shadow lantern we can just pick up another staff. Seriously pretty bad ass to duel wield big ass staffs.
@@Bowskii This is a separate topic, but with regards to Ari. If you do want to have him use more Smites. You could finish his build with 4 levels in a Full Caster. That would give him an overall of 4 1st tier slots, 3 2nd tier slots, and 2 3rd tier slots. He'd miss out on what's offered later by Barbarian. But all those slots to Smite with would be pretty fun. And if you made those levels Sorcerer for instance he'd even be able to convert more slots with the metamagic points. Or even back convert his later level slots into a crap ton of 1st tier smites.
I was considering doing this very thing honestly I do respec next EP for Ari mainly because I wanna try a few things kind of how we tried the bard and such in the past. But I think I got a decent build but if we really wanna help out the pally barb we are gonna need spell slots bad its the only way. What's upsetting is Ari hits his smites for like 7-10 damage however that's not terrible but its still pretty low compared to Minthara maybe my Charisma is to low. What carried me as a pally before we switched to the barb and pally was vow of eminity.
Didn't they only add Halsin as a companion laster, as people were complaining that they couldn't romanze him? That might explain how you were able to get both, him and Minthara. Those were some nasty, nasty AoE hits with Shadowheart
I'm not really sure but i always find it crazy to get companions so late in a game. It seems like there is some conflicting things happening at camp because of having both Minthara and Halsin. I'm not sure if its meant to be a thing but next EP you will see more of the conflicting stuff and understand more. Shadowheart just absolutely rekt. The aoe between Gale Ari and Shadowheart was to much for the enemies.
You can get both, because a lot of people did crazy stuff to get get Minthara without desroying the grove. So Larian came around with the option to knock her out and rescue her later. 😍 Unfortunately she kicked Halsin out of his tent. 😂
I just finished 2,5 hours of snow clearing and now lying half dead on sofa. Perfect timing for some quality entertainment 😃!
whoa!! its about that time of the year for sure. I bet just kicking back is wonderful. I know my back is killing me after I'm done just doing my driveway lol. Enjoy the EP my friend!
@@Bowskii will do 🫡 😄!
Just started watching, finally a ranger/rogue multiclass on Asty!!! Great news. Level 5 in ranger gives your 2nd attack though. I usually go 5 range, 4 rogue, 3 figher. Bow of the Banshee is absolutely awesome because of the frightened effect. Titanstring is the highest damage bow in the game if you have high strength with the strength elixir but it's really not needed imo. Try both, choose at your own leisure! Also another idea if you like, if you enchant Astarion's bow with cold dmage with that drake glaive, give asty the snowburst ring you got at last light inn and the helm of arcane acuity, he creates icy surfaces on whomever he hits and the helm increases the chance the enemies fall prone on it. It's really really fun.
hahah we finally did it we crossed him over to something better than the base rogue I been play forever now. This Gloomstalker is going to help so much. I can already feel the difference and we hooked him up with some good gear as well. I got a feeling he is going to be very OP. I'm gonna check out both bows and see how they feel but the Banshee bow is awesome I agree.
I literally exclaimed "BOWSKII!!!!" When I saw this video pop up. I'm so invested in Ari's story!
hello my friend glad you are loving the playthrough. I must say I think out of all the characters I created on the channel in all these games Ari is def one of my favorite for sure.
loved this episode so much thank you once again for a great time. You handled that fights for the portal like a absolute boss! You basically destroyed all the enemies even before Halsin came back through the portal lol
Glad you enjoyed it! That fight was just bad ass probably my favorite fight of the game so far.
The shadowblade ring is great and there are multiple builds that rely on it because it gives you a dagger that does only psychic damage and there are ways to double your psychic damage. The downside is that you have to maintain concentration on the daggers to have them equipped. If you lose your concentration in the middle of the fight, the dagger is gone and you're left disarmed. Definitely a bad ring for Bae'zel but very creative and fun if you craft a build around it. (PS: The "Hunt Completed" message is a result of Astarion's hunter's mark on the target after the target dies)
lol damn that makes so much sense now Hunt completed hunter mark!! lol So after the EP I think I sent it to Minthara it will def come in handy with her and that ring. The maintaining concentration on it is tough but honestly I think even Shart would probably really benefit from the ring as well.
YESS finally Some Halsin content!¨We waited so long lol! the portal fight is epic my jaw hit the floor when I first saw all those enemies haha you did great! So happy you have Halsin in the party now he's such a great character and can be really strong depending on the build
hahaha its about time holy moly I feel like he has been at camp for so long just chilling I'm happy we finally got him and I cant wait to learn more about him and do some druid combat!!
oh and gale looks cool with new build too :) the minor elemental dude he can conjure is really good and cool lill character too :) and if you dont use lantern you can still equip second staff for stats :)
true I forgot we can duel wield 2 staffs if we don't keep using the lantern. Loving the new build for the fellas its def gonna help us out alot more.
You can also give Astarion a non armor headpiece and use mage armor scrolls to get that sweet +3 AC or just get medium armor! I usually go 5 ranger, 4 rogue and 3 figter for surge and champion, then either dual hand crossbows (ne'er misser is crazy good with force damage instead of pierce) or titanstring + hill giant elixir and Astarion cleans rooms on his own!
Anyway that fight to protect Halsin's portal is one of my favourite fights in the game, people sleep on sleet storm and it usually locks everyone in one spot for me cause I'm a sorcerer lol
Oh and druid was always a little awkward for me to play till I did a druid Tav and I'll say one thing, tavern brawler feat does affect animal form, I will forever remember my ecounter with one of the act 3 bosses that I was forced to do 1v1, won't spoil though.
And at the end there, you can use tadpole powers as bonus action but you'd have to pass zaith'isk checks as yourself back at the creche.
so far this fight was my favorite of the game so far it was so much fun I loved it. Lots of AOE madness. Loved seeing Ari just Tiger bloodlust so many guys down.
Fighter i feel like might be one of the best bang for your best specs in the game that and probably wizard. I'm strongly considering checking out Ari on a fighter barbarian. I love pally but I feel like we are wasting so much potential just doing 2 in pally.
@@Bowskii Fighter is one of the simplest classes but so very effective, also get's extra feat which is nearly busted and incredibly satysfying :D
Don't rule out that new build for Astarion, I usually go 5 ranger, 4 rogue and 3 fighter champion for surge and crit chance. I'll never forget a certain battle when he killed everyone before npc's could react with arrows of many targets. Such a joy!
You also gotta check out a sorcerer at some point, it's like a wizard, less spells but the ones you pick are very, very powerful, especially with draconic ancestry at lvl 6.
The one thing about this game is that every single class has the potential to be incredible, there's no bad choices!
Gloomstalker with risky ring and sharpshotoer is so OP. by ranged crossbow bard rocks a similar build :) Astarion will shred with this :)
I have a feeling this build is going to be so strong. I feel like I can finally play Astarion and not suck lol. I'm so happy we switched because I'm loving it so far.
finally Halsin! bout damn time lol! also, gloomstalker thief Astarion let's gooo! just so happens I've just been trying out the same build on him, it's awesome! I think dual hand crossbows is better than a bow. otherwise he can't really make the most of his two bonus actions. it seems like you're forgetting to use the great weapon master bonus action - it's on the far right after you get a crit or a kill with Ari or Lae'zel. it's a way more powerful bonus action than a dinky low dex offhand crossbow attack.
i'd recommend giving gale ice storm, lightning bolt, etc. very powerful spells. if you're going to be an evocation wizard, might as well go for it. he works best when you combo an ice or lightning spell off of wetting the enemies with create water or throwing a water bottle for double damage. he also needs a higher spell save DC or the targets are just going to save and take half damage from his AOE attacks. 17 intelligence ain't going to cut it! gear such as the fist breaker helm and the robe of exquisite focus can increase spell save DC, so they would be great for this.
lol yeah I cant tell you how many times I never press that button for GWM I hate that I keep forgetting or just not seeing the button over there. The new build on Astarion is awesome I'm so glad we switched and I agree I want to use two cross bows hopefully we can actually find two really great ones.
And hell yes!!! We finally got Halsin its about time seriously lol cant wait to see his story.
1:46:45 if you got into the Githyanki purifying machine and passed all of the saves. All of the worms. Powers would’ve been bonus actions
damn!!! def something a first time run wouldn't know but my next run i need to do this I would love it if they were all bonus powers. Damn shame because now that I put Lae'zel in the machine because she wanted to it gave her debuffs..
Fif is gonna be the go here😂
Lmao 🤣 FiF
Dual-Wielder is goated on Mages but maybe not for Shadow Lantern. Primary benefit is being able to equip and benefit from the bonuses of two different staves that boost spellcasting. At which point you can completely offset and even supercede the penalty he may be taking to his spellcasting by not improving his intelligence further.
very true so in general its gonna come in handy if we go away from the shadow lantern we can just pick up another staff. Seriously pretty bad ass to duel wield big ass staffs.
@Bowskii For sure. Its such a sick visual. I love it.
@@ecothunderbolt257 I'm def gonna try it
@@Bowskii This is a separate topic, but with regards to Ari. If you do want to have him use more Smites. You could finish his build with 4 levels in a Full Caster. That would give him an overall of 4 1st tier slots, 3 2nd tier slots, and 2 3rd tier slots. He'd miss out on what's offered later by Barbarian. But all those slots to Smite with would be pretty fun. And if you made those levels Sorcerer for instance he'd even be able to convert more slots with the metamagic points. Or even back convert his later level slots into a crap ton of 1st tier smites.
I was considering doing this very thing honestly I do respec next EP for Ari mainly because I wanna try a few things kind of how we tried the bard and such in the past. But I think I got a decent build but if we really wanna help out the pally barb we are gonna need spell slots bad its the only way. What's upsetting is Ari hits his smites for like 7-10 damage however that's not terrible but its still pretty low compared to Minthara maybe my Charisma is to low. What carried me as a pally before we switched to the barb and pally was vow of eminity.
Didn't they only add Halsin as a companion laster, as people were complaining that they couldn't romanze him? That might explain how you were able to get both, him and Minthara.
Those were some nasty, nasty AoE hits with Shadowheart
I'm not really sure but i always find it crazy to get companions so late in a game. It seems like there is some conflicting things happening at camp because of having both Minthara and Halsin. I'm not sure if its meant to be a thing but next EP you will see more of the conflicting stuff and understand more.
Shadowheart just absolutely rekt. The aoe between Gale Ari and Shadowheart was to much for the enemies.
You can get both, because a lot of people did crazy stuff to get get Minthara without desroying the grove.
So Larian came around with the option to knock her out and rescue her later. 😍
Unfortunately she kicked Halsin out of his tent. 😂
@@velly7535man im looking forward to my second playthrough so I can get her and halsin! 😍