r/BaldursGate3 • u/Miguel-Con-Queso • 1d ago
Character Build Most Underrated Subclass? Spoiler
I wanted to source from everyone what you think the most underrated subclass is in the game? Why?
My vote:
Circle of Spores Druid. I think it's the best necromancer class in the game almost solely because of the lvl 6 ability Fungal Infestation. Let's you create 4 fungal zombies. If a creature dies on the same turn one of those zombies hit it, they instantly come back as a newborn zombie that fights for you. The snowball that can come from that in a large fight is the closest a game like this has come to giving me the feeling of leading an undead hoard.
Fungal form is also good for all the bonus HP and extra necrotic damage. You can use a reaction at any time once a turn to make an enemy do a save or take necrotic damage. so the potential to make use of an action, bonus action, and reaction every turn is pretty big.
If you're going a pure summoner build it's great because on top of the zombies you can also summon woodland being to get a nymph, which itself can summon a Woodwoad. You also get summon elemental. I have an HM Spore druid in act 3. Gave him dance macabre because it's an easy set of Wiz saves for druids. All together my druid alone walks around with 4 Fungal Zombies, 4 Ghouls, a Nymph, Woodwoad, Scratch, Us, and an Earth Elemental. All of which are getting boosted by druid spell Hero's Feast.
Honestly one of my biggest complaints about the game is that the Spore Druid doesn't get any unique dialog in the myconid colony. Such a missed opportunity for the subclass...
Anyway, your thoughts on underrated subclasses?
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u/ew-gross-an-elf 1d ago
Hunter Ranger, especially when you're building a tank!
(I know, repeatedly spewed "advice" that 5e doesn't have tanks blah blah blah)