Your Build vids are underrated - You make it very easy to follow. The one thing that I adore is that you actually show the progression with tables instead of explaining non-stop.
Much as I like the D4 videos, I agree that this was *far* clearer. Just showing the entire planned progression each time instead of slowly working through each level verbally makes clearer what the plan is.
@@Stealth_07those compliments are totally deserved, i probably have never seen a channel with such high quality for builds in rpgs, especially for bg3
I don't know if you'll see this comment but honestly thank you for the build. Just beat Honor mode using this build for Durge and it was such a blast while also feeling thematically appropriate for my character.
@Stealth_07 I appreciate the build. Already having a lot of fun with it. I also was wondering if you would be able to come up with builds for companions that synergize well with this build, if you get a chance. If not, I understabd. Either way, you earned a sub. Keep up the good work 😁👍
Well, I probably wont make videos about them considering I play pretty much exclusively solo playthroughs, BUT if you want my thoughts on potential build ideas that I will make on the spot right now, so they wont be like SUPER optimized: Shadowheart -> 11 Cleric of Life + 1 Wizard : Have her learn Haste via the Wizard level to cast on you and just play full defense with Sanctuary on herself, and Healing the party. Additionally can use Blade Barrier or Spirit Guardians when you need AOE Damage Astarion -> Honestly, just to plug my other builds you could just run my Arcane Trickster build on him, itd work pretty well to support this build, CCing enemies for you from greater invis to keep aggro off himself Gale -> 10 Evocation wizard + 1 Storm Sorcerer + 1 Either 1 more Level Sorcerer and to get the Twinned Spell metamagic or go 1 level cleric to get Sanctuary, Just spam magic missile for single target damage and use other spells when you need AOE Lae'zel -> 6 Fighter Battlemaster + 6 Bard College of Swords, Gives you a very diverse range of Melee attack options to make your potential melee combos interesting giving you a sort of "Blade Dancer" type build (I might make a video on this build actually) Karlach -> I would recommend a druid + barbarian build but I AM making a video on this one so no spoilers Wyll -> You could just go some standard Sorlock Eldritch blast build with like 2 Warlock Old One + 10 Sorcerer or you could go like a swords bard + blade warlock for a more melee type build Idk, I tried to make sure each build kept the characters starting class (except Shadowheart Trickery Cleric THAT CLASS IS ASS, sorry shadowheart love you) and I tried to pick builds that have little gear overlap with this monk build so it should be possible to run them all in the party. Your on your own if you want any of the other 4 companions tho. Hope this helps.
Another good option for multiclassing is the Warlock, as Devil's Sight allows you to see in all darkness, including magical darkness. Have a party member cast Darkness, so you don't have to waste an action on the spell. Alternatively, you can just wear Eversight Ring for the same effect. I also like the Risky Ring on my Monk for perma-Advantage.
The biggest downside I see with that option is that you lose a decent amount of damage for the warlock multiclass either losing the fist damage increase to 1d8 and the additional feat or losing out on the 1d6 necrotic damage from druid. (Also just something to keep in mind at least for me when Im making these builds is that I almost exclusively play the game solo w/ no consumables or illithid powers, so just generally speaking I tend not to consider options that involve other party members, and since id much rather spend my concentration on haste than darkness I didn't really consider it) As for the risky ring, I find it to be actually pretty disadvantageous to have equipped, since my hit chance in general is already very high the majority of the time and I can gain advantage on attacks at will via shadow step, so the disadvantage on saving throws (especially on dex saving throws to completely dodge spell damage with the evasion passive) tends to be a big negative.
@@Stealth_07 Mea culpa. I appreciate you taking the time to reply and explain your thought process. I haven't yet tried solo play, so my experience is different from yours for sure.
@@constantinvaldor2281 Of course! I love talking about this game, so I will basically fully engage any comment with build suggestions about whether I've considered it/Why I didn't consider it/Why I don't think an option is good/etc.
If you get the eversight ring, darkness arrows are another concentration free source of darkness for 3 turns. I find them useful because after 3 turns I usually want to be somewhere else on the battle field anyway. They are very abundant early game. Sometimes I start with 2 levels of warlock then respec out of it when I get the ring.
If you forego druid you can go 8monk 4thief. that gives you 2 more feats, both full strength. You end up with 4 more str, with tavern brawler thats +4 to each attack and damage instead of +d6 damage.
I haven't played Monk yet but I'm going to try this build when I do. From 3:05 onward the way you lay out the chart of what you do each level instead of just saying it is much more clear than how many other build videos explain things, really good job.
8:47 should have also mention the Sentient Amulet from the grym forge it gives a free cast of Shatter once per short rest and Ki Restoration for an extra 2 ki points per long rest
An alternative you could do if playing as Astarion. is a 4th level in rogue for the feat taking ASI in dex plus the graceful cloth for 20 dex. the everlasting vigour and mirror of loss for 20 str and the last 2 class levels being warlock taking the Devil Sight and Armor of Shadows invocation to get mage armor for a slight defense boost and the ability to do ranged and melee attacks within and outside of darkness clouds. This lets you do cool stuff like shooting a darkness arrow and being able to shadow step into the darkness just fine having advantage with no blindness. This also allows you to dump wisdom as its not needed for AC anymore and none of our primary abilities utilize it. My suggestions would be putting these points in constitution and using the soul catching gloves which will net you 17 constitution oprning the constitution amulet for another party member. Now the party unfriendly part is you need the ethel hair to get 18 and this would mean you would have 13 con for most of the game not ideal so you could drop CHA and get 14 until you get gloves especially if Astarion isnt your party face but it still isnt ideal But still important because why we want con is for hex concentration which would be the one of the two spells youd take as warlock, my suggestion for the other is hellish rebuke really only to end a fight on a really low hp enemy but really its never worth using anything but hex. Lastly, making Astarion vampire ascendent makes this even more busted but it really isnt necessary at this point.
It makes me so glad that so many people got the reference because I was debating putting it in because I wasnt sure how much crossover between bg3 players and stevemre viewers there'd be.
Elixirs of Giants' Strength can replace strength buffing gauntlets for the majority of the game and will do it even better, as I just learned today - as such, unless you like the consistency of the strength boosting equipment, or want to save on money (since elixirs are expensive), you can just become an elixir addict to keep your strength high.
Damn good stuff, just about to play BG3 for the first time and Monk is looking mighty fine! It'll either be this or a Four Elemental build, but either way love the style of your videos.
i spent way too long thinking about ''why the big ass sword, what could possibly be the reason'' - went to the wiki and all scouring for swords to see if there was any op monk option.. nothing. I let it go and started playing aaand then it hit me when i saw a katana in the circus a couple of days later lol. It's for the sekiro reference. Well played though now you got the anime juices running in me, im thinking of trying this build with assassin instead of thief and pretend im hitting black flashes with flurry of blows for a little different flavor
LOL! Also if you want to go full anime just go full shadow monk to get the shadow strike at level 11 (Its the move Im using for the thunbnail screenshot) your character literally sheathes their sword with a flash of light before turning into a shadow and "Nothing Personal kid" teleporting to a target. It actually has one of my favorite animations in the game its just unfortunately not a very good move for optimizing a build.
@@Stealth_07It's honestly kinda a shame that unarmed attacks so overpower using weapons on these builds, it would be so cool to have the full Sekiro experience combining the Senpou temple style martial arts and shinobi swordsmanship. It's also further crazy how much more powerful thief is than assassin for all of the big hit 'assassin' builds as assassin simply stops being useful after the first round. The challenge of having bonus actions be so strong yet so limited.
I did do a Monk(open hand) Rogue(thief) fighter . i fail to remeber what my item set up was. I did have legendary golves and armor . And i would average about 180-240 dmg(more if pre-hasted) 1st round combat while having 23/24 ac . So this is a fun spin on it more stealthy less frontline
Actually, for Open Hand im surprised your damage was that low on average. TBH With the manifestation passives and wholeness of body skill granting an extra bonus action, you can deal like 400+ pretty easily on first turn even without being hasted.
Well i just spouted numbers. Most things would die in 1 turn. I did also not take wholesome of body extra Ba into acc@@Stealth_07ima go fire that save and tell u average Ua strike dmg
Ok Here are stats. I have 20 Str with tav brawler so its doing 1d6+10 wis is at 18 so open hand feature doing 1d4+4 and ofc the 1d10 gloves for a 17~34 dmg per strike average of 25.5/ so average 306 dmg if i hasted. assuming no crits .@@Stealth_07
@@Stealth_07what would a break down of that damage look like ? At most you're getting 50 damage per flurry and 30 ish DMG each regular attack so assuming you pop wholeness it's around 150 + 60 which is what op said
@@dexacc2719 Ok so, I did overshoot my guess pre-haste and said 400 instead of 300. For the math behind 300 damage let me explain: - In a single turn we use 3 Flurrys and 2 punches for a total of 8 Punches. - Each punch deals an average of 33 damage. [1d8 (Unarmed Roll: Averages roll of 4.5) + 4 (Tavern Brawler with 18 Strength) + 6 (Dex 22) + 3 (Wisdom 16 modifier from boots of Uninhibited Kushigo) + 1d4+3 (Manifestation: average roll of 5.5) + 1d10 (Gloves of Soul Catching: Average roll of 5.5) + 2 (Helm of Berserker) + 1d4 (Shadowcloaked Ring: Average roll of 2.5)] so total average 33 - So the full turn does 33 * 8 = 264 damage right? No, we have to account for crits. You may think that crits are too little of a chance to count BUT with just 1 crit increasing item such as the Dead Shot Bow and then if we gain advantage on our attack rolls (either by using the risky ring or by using our first flurry of blows to knock the enemy prone granting us advantage on our following 6 hits) THEN the crit chance per punch is actually 20% so it is not a negligible chance and should be counted in our damage average. So accounting for crits our expected damage value of our 8 hits is actually 288 damage so ~300. We could then add an elixir of cloud giant strength to make the damage definitely over 300 or a bloodthirst elixir for the extra action, etc.
Playing this build (in act 1 rn may just do 9 monk for the 1d8 fists) and just unlocked Tavern BRawler - I knew it doubled your damage but not your +hit - I've become a doping fiend with strength elixirs now.
The Sekiro music threw my brain for such a loop holy shit but damn is it fitting. Shadow monk is such a fun class to play, and this build/gear guide looks really nice. (Also Owl is as large as a bear so it uuhhh? Kinda works?)
I knew I had to do a Sekiro reference for one of my openings, since I thought the Dark Souls reference would be too obvious. (I might still do a dark souls reference eventually)
Of course! I tried to make my guides while covering for all the common complaints I always see in many other build guides, hence why I always keep my videos concise (under 15 minutes), I make custom graphics to make my builds easily screenshot-able for later use, and I made sure to cover items from ALL acts since I know many other guides will only show items from like Act 3 when act 3 is at most only 1/3 of the game.
The skill icons are courtesy of bg3.wiki they have almost every skill/class/etc icon with no background available on there. As for the windows that I display the skill icons on and for my level split visuals, I handcut the the borders out from screenshots in photoshop and then just over-layed the borders on transparent backgrounds and matched the Text font and colors to the in game text and background windows.
Getting ready for first playthrough and planning to go down monk/thief route. How would dark urge fair is their and pros or major cons to doing so, race just looks kinda cool
Dark Urge can be any race, and from a gameplay perspective they are just strictly better than a normal custom character as they gain access to powerful character exclusive items and buffs.
I know that Tavern Brawler is everyone’s favourite pick these days but i honestly think it’s overrated. Since you seem to be using the Gloves of Soul Catching, and not the Hill Giant Strength, the bonus you will be getting from TB is just a +3 from your 16 Strength. Much better to dump all your feats into improving Dex and Wis…. Since the Boots of Kushigo add your Wis bonus to your damage. You will be doing marginally less damage than with TB, but you get extra AC, better Wis saves and higher DC against Monk abilities. My monk has 20 in both Dex and Wis.
So, part of the reason why I still suggest tavern brawler is because of the Druid multiclass option I give. If we go that option we only get 1 feat, and tavern brawler is the best "bang for your buck" in terms of a single feat for the build. Additionally if we look at the actual stat spread I played in my playthrough (which means I'm including the permanent ASI's you can get) then my stat spread was: Str: 15 +1 (Tavern Brawler) +2 (Araj Oblodra's ASI) 18 total Dex: 17 +1 (Ethel hair) +2 (ASI Feat) +2 (Mirror of Loss) 22 total Con: 8 Int: 8 Wis: 16 Cha: 8 So with this spread, I gain the most value out of maximizing my DPS with tavern brawler. Of course the main reason I dont recommend this spread in Video is because it relies on the permanent ASI's which I dont cover in my videos, and I don't think the average player is going to like having 8 constitution in their game.
It's an edit, I was actually going to go even harder on the edit but I couldnt find certain sekiro assets like the posture bar and the posture break sound to make it even better.
So with the Phalur blade being Versatile and Finesse, what about Shadow Monk, Assassin Rogue? Surprise out of combat with Sneak Attack for guarentee Critical, Great Weapon fighting feat for a bonus attack for the Critical. Plus getting your action and bonus action refreshed when you enter combat
this video was incredibly helpful for figuring out how exactly I wanna build my honor mode shadow monk but I have a quick question I'm wanting to run trickery cleric as part of the setup with dual daggers how exactly would you suggest working that in?
i am doing basicly this build 9 monk/3 rouge tavern brawler, but tanked str to 8 and have been roiding up on hill giant elixars the entire time, delayed dealing with the hag to by enough pots to last till the next dealer, i mean potion shop...those potions are not cheap early game.
Your Build vids are underrated - You make it very easy to follow.
The one thing that I adore is that you actually show the progression with tables instead of explaining non-stop.
Much as I like the D4 videos, I agree that this was *far* clearer. Just showing the entire planned progression each time instead of slowly working through each level verbally makes clearer what the plan is.
your videos are super easy to follow, definitely the best build videos ive seen so far
Thank you! ❤️
@@Stealth_07those compliments are totally deserved, i probably have never seen a channel with such high quality for builds in rpgs, especially for bg3
this is probably the most gigachad build i've seen
The most gigachad build for me was my first playthrough. I didn't change any items besides weapons and didn't multiclass
Hands down one of the most useful build guide videos I’ve ever seen. Thank you for this.
That sekiro intro was perfect, you just inspired me to make this build btw
I don't know if you'll see this comment but honestly thank you for the build. Just beat Honor mode using this build for Durge and it was such a blast while also feeling thematically appropriate for my character.
Unique builds always deserve a like in my book, but this is next level. Well done, my friend
Thank you! I always try to add some unique spin on each of my builds even when I cover the more popular classes and subclasses.
@Stealth_07 I appreciate the build. Already having a lot of fun with it. I also was wondering if you would be able to come up with builds for companions that synergize well with this build, if you get a chance. If not, I understabd. Either way, you earned a sub. Keep up the good work 😁👍
Well, I probably wont make videos about them considering I play pretty much exclusively solo playthroughs, BUT if you want my thoughts on potential build ideas that I will make on the spot right now, so they wont be like SUPER optimized:
Shadowheart -> 11 Cleric of Life + 1 Wizard : Have her learn Haste via the Wizard level to cast on you and just play full defense with Sanctuary on herself, and Healing the party. Additionally can use Blade Barrier or Spirit Guardians when you need AOE Damage
Astarion -> Honestly, just to plug my other builds you could just run my Arcane Trickster build on him, itd work pretty well to support this build, CCing enemies for you from greater invis to keep aggro off himself
Gale -> 10 Evocation wizard + 1 Storm Sorcerer + 1 Either 1 more Level Sorcerer and to get the Twinned Spell metamagic or go 1 level cleric to get Sanctuary, Just spam magic missile for single target damage and use other spells when you need AOE
Lae'zel -> 6 Fighter Battlemaster + 6 Bard College of Swords, Gives you a very diverse range of Melee attack options to make your potential melee combos interesting giving you a sort of "Blade Dancer" type build (I might make a video on this build actually)
Karlach -> I would recommend a druid + barbarian build but I AM making a video on this one so no spoilers
Wyll -> You could just go some standard Sorlock Eldritch blast build with like 2 Warlock Old One + 10 Sorcerer or you could go like a swords bard + blade warlock for a more melee type build
Idk, I tried to make sure each build kept the characters starting class (except Shadowheart Trickery Cleric THAT CLASS IS ASS, sorry shadowheart love you) and I tried to pick builds that have little gear overlap with this monk build so it should be possible to run them all in the party. Your on your own if you want any of the other 4 companions tho.
Hope this helps.
@@Stealth_07 Awesome! Thank you for the quick response. I'm looking forward to those new videos you mentioned
Thank you! Your videos are so much easier to follow and your humor is really good, excited to see more videos
Glad you like them!
Another good option for multiclassing is the Warlock, as Devil's Sight allows you to see in all darkness, including magical darkness. Have a party member cast Darkness, so you don't have to waste an action on the spell. Alternatively, you can just wear Eversight Ring for the same effect. I also like the Risky Ring on my Monk for perma-Advantage.
The biggest downside I see with that option is that you lose a decent amount of damage for the warlock multiclass either losing the fist damage increase to 1d8 and the additional feat or losing out on the 1d6 necrotic damage from druid. (Also just something to keep in mind at least for me when Im making these builds is that I almost exclusively play the game solo w/ no consumables or illithid powers, so just generally speaking I tend not to consider options that involve other party members, and since id much rather spend my concentration on haste than darkness I didn't really consider it)
As for the risky ring, I find it to be actually pretty disadvantageous to have equipped, since my hit chance in general is already very high the majority of the time and I can gain advantage on attacks at will via shadow step, so the disadvantage on saving throws (especially on dex saving throws to completely dodge spell damage with the evasion passive) tends to be a big negative.
@@Stealth_07 Mea culpa. I appreciate you taking the time to reply and explain your thought process. I haven't yet tried solo play, so my experience is different from yours for sure.
@@constantinvaldor2281 Of course! I love talking about this game, so I will basically fully engage any comment with build suggestions about whether I've considered it/Why I didn't consider it/Why I don't think an option is good/etc.
If you get the eversight ring, darkness arrows are another concentration free source of darkness for 3 turns. I find them useful because after 3 turns I usually want to be somewhere else on the battle field anyway. They are very abundant early game. Sometimes I start with 2 levels of warlock then respec out of it when I get the ring.
To help my ever sight ring won’t work
This has inspired me to start a solo Honour monk playthrough, thank you Stealth
how did it go
If you forego druid you can go 8monk 4thief. that gives you 2 more feats, both full strength. You end up with 4 more str, with tavern brawler thats +4 to each attack and damage instead of +d6 damage.
I haven't played Monk yet but I'm going to try this build when I do.
From 3:05 onward the way you lay out the chart of what you do each level instead of just saying it is much more clear than how many other build videos explain things, really good job.
BRO that intro had my screamiiing that shit had me hyped asf I’m for sure doing this build!
8:47 should have also mention the Sentient Amulet from the grym forge
it gives a free cast of Shatter once per short rest and Ki Restoration for an extra 2 ki points per long rest
Shadowheart’s true build, going by what she tells us about her training and all.
Currently playing Shadowheart origin but using Withers to respec her into a shadow monk.
@@Flufux and if you make her a dark justicier then it just work even better for this build
the steve1989 reference made me sit up, great video 😂
I was worried that reference would be too niche, but I am so glad to see it wasn't
I love how you make vids for the builds, this is how to make a video guide build❤
Thank you Stealth
This will be my build for my first solo honor attempt
How did it go?
I think I heard a Steve MRE reference in this video 😅
Great build!
An alternative you could do if playing as Astarion.
is a 4th level in rogue for the feat taking ASI in dex plus the graceful cloth for 20 dex.
the everlasting vigour and mirror of loss for 20 str
and the last 2 class levels being warlock taking the Devil Sight and Armor of Shadows invocation to get mage armor for a slight defense boost and the ability to do ranged and melee attacks within and outside of darkness clouds.
This lets you do cool stuff like shooting a darkness arrow and being able to shadow step into the darkness just fine having advantage with no blindness.
This also allows you to dump wisdom as its not needed for AC anymore and none of our primary abilities utilize it.
My suggestions would be putting these points in constitution and using the soul catching gloves which will net you 17 constitution oprning the constitution amulet for another party member.
Now the party unfriendly part is you need the ethel hair to get 18 and this would mean you would have 13 con for most of the game not ideal so you could drop CHA and get 14 until you get gloves especially if Astarion isnt your party face but it still isnt ideal
But still important because why we want con is for hex concentration which would be the one of the two spells youd take as warlock, my suggestion for the other is hellish rebuke really only to end a fight on a really low hp enemy but really its never worth using anything but hex.
Lastly, making Astarion vampire ascendent makes this even more busted but it really isnt necessary at this point.
The sekiro edit you did is fantasic and as always one of the very few people i see that has very interesting build
Thank you!
Best build video i've seen, all the visual clues in the right places with succinct explanations, well done and thanks for your great build mate.
Another banger of a video! I really appreciate how thematic and unique each of your builds are
Glad you like them!
one of the best build videos I have ever seen. Love the format bro!
as number 1 Sekiro fan, I finally know what build to make🎉 great intro
Did not expect a SteveMre reference but i am pleasantly surprised! Great video and presentation!
It makes me so glad that so many people got the reference because I was debating putting it in because I wasnt sure how much crossover between bg3 players and stevemre viewers there'd be.
The last thing I expected to see in a BG3 build guide was a Steve1989MREInfo reference. Well played.
Have to pay my respects to the goat
Finally! Someone who really knows how to make good build guides. Your videos saved me so much stress 😅
'Lets get this out onto a fae' gotta be the most underrated joke in the video
Someone watches a mad lad who enjoys some mre!
You can also manually activate turn mode to make maneuvering and sneaking easier so you don’t have to adjust to NPC movements in real time.
Now gonna re-spec Astarion, your build look more then promising !
Hey man just wanted to say your ideas are really nice and your personality add on top of that tenfold
Nice guide! Also 10/10 on the Steve1989MREInfo reference :)
He's the only content creator that can drop an hour long video and I'll watch the entire thing.
Been experimenting with monk builds lately so I definitely need to try this build that intro was insane
I never understood how people could have so many attacks in one turn
idk if anyone will see this but you can use the giant strength club from arcane tower in you off hand to get 19 str early on
Great video. Would have been good to see a combat walkthrough at the end too to see all the steps to using the build optimally.
Congratulations to -sleeping- Quincy! Great job, little one :) (And thank you for another amazing build Stealth )
I'm doing my first run as DU with this build
your videos are amazing my friend
Greetings from Brazil!
What a clear presentation ! Very impressive ! Amazing job :)
That Steve1989MREInfo reference was very tasty to comprehend
I am going to poke around with this build when attempting a solo honor mode run!
Elixirs of Giants' Strength can replace strength buffing gauntlets for the majority of the game and will do it even better, as I just learned today - as such, unless you like the consistency of the strength boosting equipment, or want to save on money (since elixirs are expensive), you can just become an elixir addict to keep your strength high.
Massive bonus points for using Sekiro OST 👏
Stealth did a Stealth build. Nature is healing
My first thought when theory crafting builds is always "But can we fit 3 points of rogue into this somewhere"
Damn good stuff, just about to play BG3 for the first time and Monk is looking mighty fine! It'll either be this or a Four Elemental build, but either way love the style of your videos.
Great video, subbed. Look forward to more videos like this
This is my permanent build from now on 💯💯💯💯
Man, ur amazing!. Cant´t thank you enough for this fun build! Keep it up
small thing, Corellon's grace can be purchased from Ethel in the Druid Grove
That Steve1989MRE reference caught me off guard. 🤣
Yes an new build my Day is saved
Just another comment to mention the amazing intros as usual 🙌
i spent way too long thinking about ''why the big ass sword, what could possibly be the reason'' - went to the wiki and all scouring for swords to see if there was any op monk option.. nothing. I let it go and started playing
aaand then it hit me when i saw a katana in the circus a couple of days later lol. It's for the sekiro reference. Well played
though now you got the anime juices running in me, im thinking of trying this build with assassin instead of thief and pretend im hitting black flashes with flurry of blows for a little different flavor
LOL!
Also if you want to go full anime just go full shadow monk to get the shadow strike at level 11 (Its the move Im using for the thunbnail screenshot) your character literally sheathes their sword with a flash of light before turning into a shadow and "Nothing Personal kid" teleporting to a target. It actually has one of my favorite animations in the game its just unfortunately not a very good move for optimizing a build.
@@Stealth_07It's honestly kinda a shame that unarmed attacks so overpower using weapons on these builds, it would be so cool to have the full Sekiro experience combining the Senpou temple style martial arts and shinobi swordsmanship.
It's also further crazy how much more powerful thief is than assassin for all of the big hit 'assassin' builds as assassin simply stops being useful after the first round. The challenge of having bonus actions be so strong yet so limited.
I like the format of your build videos
That steve mre reference was goated
Have to pay my respects to the goat
Well I think I found my spec for Lae'zel for for my super evil Dark Urge run. Gotta change things up for repeat runs!
I did do a Monk(open hand) Rogue(thief) fighter . i fail to remeber what my item set up was. I did have legendary golves and armor . And i would average about 180-240 dmg(more if pre-hasted) 1st round combat while having 23/24 ac . So this is a fun spin on it more stealthy less frontline
Actually, for Open Hand im surprised your damage was that low on average. TBH With the manifestation passives and wholeness of body skill granting an extra bonus action, you can deal like 400+ pretty easily on first turn even without being hasted.
Well i just spouted numbers. Most things would die in 1 turn. I did also not take wholesome of body extra Ba into acc@@Stealth_07ima go fire that save and tell u
average Ua strike dmg
Ok Here are stats. I have 20 Str with tav brawler so its doing 1d6+10 wis is at 18 so open hand feature doing 1d4+4 and ofc the 1d10 gloves for a 17~34 dmg per strike average of 25.5/ so average 306 dmg if i hasted. assuming no crits .@@Stealth_07
@@Stealth_07what would a break down of that damage look like ? At most you're getting 50 damage per flurry and 30 ish DMG each regular attack so assuming you pop wholeness it's around 150 + 60 which is what op said
@@dexacc2719 Ok so, I did overshoot my guess pre-haste and said 400 instead of 300. For the math behind 300 damage let me explain:
- In a single turn we use 3 Flurrys and 2 punches for a total of 8 Punches.
- Each punch deals an average of 33 damage. [1d8 (Unarmed Roll: Averages roll of 4.5) + 4 (Tavern Brawler with 18 Strength) + 6 (Dex 22) + 3 (Wisdom 16 modifier from boots of Uninhibited Kushigo) + 1d4+3 (Manifestation: average roll of 5.5) + 1d10 (Gloves of Soul Catching: Average roll of 5.5) + 2 (Helm of Berserker) + 1d4 (Shadowcloaked Ring: Average roll of 2.5)] so total average 33
- So the full turn does 33 * 8 = 264 damage right?
No, we have to account for crits. You may think that crits are too little of a chance to count BUT with just 1 crit increasing item such as the Dead Shot Bow and then if we gain advantage on our attack rolls (either by using the risky ring or by using our first flurry of blows to knock the enemy prone granting us advantage on our following 6 hits) THEN the crit chance per punch is actually 20% so it is not a negligible chance and should be counted in our damage average.
So accounting for crits our expected damage value of our 8 hits is actually 288 damage so ~300. We could then add an elixir of cloud giant strength to make the damage definitely over 300 or a bloodthirst elixir for the extra action, etc.
Hey man, super dope. Perfect vid
What….
This is so cool dude, way to find out this monster build!
To awesome man, subscribed based on that intro alone
For a second I thought the intro music was from Nioh, but it’s Sekiro right. Also, nice build guide
Every time I watch one of your videos I for some reason get the overwhelming urge to start a new toon. 🤔 I wonder why?
The obvious reason to use a Shadow Owlbear is that you are now a bear-fisted shadow monk.
Awesome guide! I didnt see anyone ask what clothing is your character wearing on this video? Looks dope
Ok, so its been a bit but I believe in the intro, I am using the "Garb of Land and Sky" dyed with the "Black and Furnace Red" dye.
Thanks ! @@Stealth_07
I love your build videos, keep em comin
Thank you!
Loved the Steve MRE reference. 😆
I won't watch a 40 minute build guide but when SteveMRE drops the hour long mre review, you better believe I will be watching
Ive seen this video countless times but, was that the MRE guy review reference. But on a fay?
Playing this build (in act 1 rn may just do 9 monk for the 1d8 fists) and just unlocked Tavern BRawler - I knew it doubled your damage but not your +hit - I've become a doping fiend with strength elixirs now.
I prefer 8 monk 4 rogue for the extra feat personally - monk is super fun OH or Shadow :)
Liked and subscribed 😊
Great content, editing and presentation 😊
What is your full Honour mode party ?
love your builds. Currently running your OTK assassin with Shadow heart as my tank (or bait?) LOL.
Imo you should have done a Batman Arkham Knight inspired intro, but the Sekiro one is also fucking amazing.
The Sekiro music threw my brain for such a loop holy shit but damn is it fitting. Shadow monk is such a fun class to play, and this build/gear guide looks really nice.
(Also Owl is as large as a bear so it uuhhh? Kinda works?)
I knew I had to do a Sekiro reference for one of my openings, since I thought the Dark Souls reference would be too obvious. (I might still do a dark souls reference eventually)
@@Stealth_07 You can never go wrong with a good old Dark Souls reference.
Sekiro music goes hard
I subscribed because of Quincy :D
What about the gloves that set your dex to 18?
This will be my new build awsome vid! one question where should the bonusses go wit ability points?
10:29 was that a steve1989mreinfo reference i heard?
He is my goat
A fellow SteveMRE enjoyer I see, great video!
All your vids are so well made and informative! Would the level progression work for an OH monk build or would i need to change some things around?
Yeah, OH is the exact same progression
Awesome, thanks!@@Stealth_07
Yeah as much as the extra monk lvls at the end help I'm a sucker for extra damage and those druid lvls def worth ut
Gabimaru from Jigokuraku - Hell's Paradise
Thank you for showing off different gear we can get in each act, most builds I’ve seen don’t show anything 🫠
Of course! I tried to make my guides while covering for all the common complaints I always see in many other build guides, hence why I always keep my videos concise (under 15 minutes), I make custom graphics to make my builds easily screenshot-able for later use, and I made sure to cover items from ALL acts since I know many other guides will only show items from like Act 3 when act 3 is at most only 1/3 of the game.
Omg your videos are the best! How do you put the skill icons and those visuals? 🤓
The skill icons are courtesy of bg3.wiki they have almost every skill/class/etc icon with no background available on there.
As for the windows that I display the skill icons on and for my level split visuals, I handcut the the borders out from screenshots in photoshop and then just over-layed the borders on transparent backgrounds and matched the Text font and colors to the in game text and background windows.
@@Stealth_07 Perfect.
In the opening cinematic did he do 6 Monk Lvls 3 Rogue and 3 Druids or 9 Monk and 3 Rogue?
Also, amazing video
Getting ready for first playthrough and planning to go down monk/thief route. How would dark urge fair is their and pros or major cons to doing so, race just looks kinda cool
Dark Urge can be any race, and from a gameplay perspective they are just strictly better than a normal custom character as they gain access to powerful character exclusive items and buffs.
I know that Tavern Brawler is everyone’s favourite pick these days but i honestly think it’s overrated. Since you seem to be using the Gloves of Soul Catching, and not the Hill Giant Strength, the bonus you will be getting from TB is just a +3 from your 16 Strength. Much better to dump all your feats into improving Dex and Wis…. Since the Boots of Kushigo add your Wis bonus to your damage. You will be doing marginally less damage than with TB, but you get extra AC, better Wis saves and higher DC against Monk abilities. My monk has 20 in both Dex and Wis.
So, part of the reason why I still suggest tavern brawler is because of the Druid multiclass option I give. If we go that option we only get 1 feat, and tavern brawler is the best "bang for your buck" in terms of a single feat for the build.
Additionally if we look at the actual stat spread I played in my playthrough (which means I'm including the permanent ASI's you can get) then my stat spread was:
Str: 15 +1 (Tavern Brawler) +2 (Araj Oblodra's ASI) 18 total
Dex: 17 +1 (Ethel hair) +2 (ASI Feat) +2 (Mirror of Loss) 22 total
Con: 8
Int: 8
Wis: 16
Cha: 8
So with this spread, I gain the most value out of maximizing my DPS with tavern brawler. Of course the main reason I dont recommend this spread in Video is because it relies on the permanent ASI's which I dont cover in my videos, and I don't think the average player is going to like having 8 constitution in their game.
@@Stealth_07 fair enough! 🙂
Or you can dump STR and use Elixir Of Hill Giant to get permanent 21 STR right from act 1
Really like the monk class.
Are there enough items to cover both way of shadows and way of open fists monks in the party ? 😊
Yeah, there definitely is, though anymore than 2 monks and you might start running into problems, at least until act 3.
Just for the Sekiro music, I'm in.
is that sekiro theme a mod or a video edit cause it looks amazing!
It's an edit, I was actually going to go even harder on the edit but I couldnt find certain sekiro assets like the posture bar and the posture break sound to make it even better.
This looks sick
im just doing a monk run how fitting
Shinobi right here
Arent gloves of dex found in gith creche better option? You could respec to get 8 in dex and 17 strenght as well as 16 wisdom.
So with the Phalur blade being Versatile and Finesse, what about Shadow Monk, Assassin Rogue? Surprise out of combat with Sneak Attack for guarentee Critical, Great Weapon fighting feat for a bonus attack for the Critical. Plus getting your action and bonus action refreshed when you enter combat
The MRE review reference 😂
for some other act 3 necklaces khalids gift and the sentient amulet
this video was incredibly helpful for figuring out how exactly I wanna build my honor mode shadow monk but I have a quick question I'm wanting to run trickery cleric as part of the setup with dual daggers how exactly would you suggest working that in?
Great video Mr StealthTeam07! Any tips on how to come up with such epic names? 😲
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i am doing basicly this build 9 monk/3 rouge tavern brawler, but tanked str to 8 and have been roiding up on hill giant elixars the entire time, delayed dealing with the hag to by enough pots to last till the next dealer, i mean potion shop...those potions are not cheap early game.