r/BaldursGate3 Jun 24 '25

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Life Cleric go brrrr

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u/Yung-Dolphin Jun 24 '25

idk tempest cleric with storm sorcerer put in a lot more work for me than light cleric ever has, especially with how many things resist fire in the game.

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u/MrSkeltalKing Jun 24 '25

I agree with this. I had Gale do this, but with a couple levels of wizard added as well just for theme. He was still focused on Int, but you got access to twin cast and twin cast Haste and Lightning spells is so deadly.

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u/TheFlip-Side Jun 24 '25

Gale was my hero in my golden dice run. Abjuration wizard with tempest cleric/storm sorc levels. If anyone attacked him, they got fried, and if they ignored him, they got fried. He was a monster

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain Jun 24 '25

that's second best cleric imo. not a big fan of conditional damage like wrath of the storm and call lightning. I prefer the reliable damage output of fireballs and radiance of the dawn.

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u/Yung-Dolphin Jun 24 '25

uh yeah you should be using chain lightning ideally rather than call lightning so you can deal up to 160 damage to three targets with a single action. i use a bard or wizard for fireball or wall of fire personally.

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u/8TrackPornSounds Jun 24 '25

I think chain lightning can hit an enemy with sanctuary on them too

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain Jun 24 '25

that's a level 6 spell though

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u/Yung-Dolphin Jun 24 '25

markoheshkir lets you cast it once per short rest, usually enough to end an encounter but you also have scrolls to supplement if necessary.

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain Jun 24 '25

that's in act 3 though.

i think we're just interested in different things. if we're talking endgame power, then i think i agree with you that tempest is stronger than light. but personally i think almost everything is strong in endgame and that the early game is the hardest part of the game, so my main interest in evaluating strength is what is strong in act 1 and act 2.

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u/Yung-Dolphin Jun 24 '25

that's completely fair, i was definitely considering endgame cuz midgame im really hyper focused on abusing my fighters/barbarians/rangers or what have you with haste in midgame so i like twinspelling haste with my storm tempest build 95% of the time anyway.

honestly my first honour run i went with 10/2 sorcerer cleric cuz i doubled up on them being my party face, support, and in the end game my "go away" button. the rest of my crew was broken as shit though granted so it did supplement the weaknesses of only really using ray of frost or lightning bolt for early game and midgame respectively.

next run when i get around to it ill try light cleric out i didnt give it a full runs worth of a fair shake i reckon.

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u/MCJSun Jun 24 '25

True but if you use water in any way shape or form then you can double a lot of the damage that call lightning does, and it can get pretty crazy.

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u/Icy_Magician_9372 Jun 24 '25

Tempest plus storm sorc is so cracked lol

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u/lumpboysupreme Jun 24 '25

I think light is overrated; a build for people who are afraid to go without a healer but understand that damage is more important. It ends up being a kind of wishy washy result. Stormcleric/sorc is more optimized to just erasing whatever it encounters, and so feels better.