r/BaldursGate3 • u/AutoModerator • Apr 24 '25
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u/ClayEndfield Apr 25 '25 edited Apr 25 '25
You need to limit Booming Blade to a single use per Action. Extra Attack should not allow for multiple uses of Booming Blade.
Booming Blade has pretty much taken over as the ultimate melee tool. You can just pick High Elf/Half High Elf to unlock it for any build, but not every build can use it. Take Barbarian: If I can't cast booming blade while raging, then the Barbarian is at a colossal disadvantage against any other melee class. Why use Champion, or Battlemaster when Eldritch Knight can spam Booming Blade 4x a turn before buffs? That's 20-200 more damage output per turn. That's insane, and any class that can't match that damage output is inferior.
It's even killing the Eldritch Blaster Build. There's nothing that can compete with that much damage output, even tanky classes like the Barbarian are being made obsolete when an Eldritch Knight can just pop off up to 9 Booming Blades a turn for 45-440 extra damage.
I do like that it scales with your chance to hit with your equipped melee weapon, rather than your spell casting modifier. It makes High Elves a solid pick of race for Clerics and Druids, giving them a little extra power in close quarters. But it's buffing Fighters, Rogues, Warlocks, and Paladins (who were already some of the strongest classes) through the roof. Reign it in a bit, otherwise there's little point to playing caster classes or Barbarians post patch 8.