Most Powerful Support Build in Baldurs Gate 3 'The Holy Bard' (Detailed Build Guide)

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[donaldroy]

4 pieces of gear: amulet of restoration, whispering promise ring, hellrider's pride/reviving hands, boots of aid & comfort (healing word/mass healing word)(bless people you heal)(blade ward people you heal)(temp health people you heal)
That is the best healing without spell slots (period).

Wapira's crown => heal self
Darkfire shortbow has haste + fire/ice resistance.
Phalanx aluve (singing sword) sword has buff/debuff
Birthright (char+2)
Silver pendant (guidance)
Periapt of wound closure (heals max)
Spellcrux amulet (spell slots)

Wondrous gloves, blazer of benevolence, boots of brilliance, cap of curing => bardic inspiration gear. (In your pack until needed)

[Bossanovawitcha]

picking Volo’s pocket in camp gets you all the animal speaking and detect thoughts you will ever need

[goshozal]

Instead of the Wisdom ABI, consider Alert. Alert is a wildly powerful feat for any class that doesn't get an inherent initiative advantage, and I think being able to move and buff/debuff early helps this build more than +2 wis.

[Givejordr]

My main is the charisma based life bard with only 1 level of cleric and rest of bard. He still has heals for dayssss. I just did a fight with a LOT of party wide damage coming my way. There were knockouts [due to huge burst damage], but everyone survived 3 big fights fine enough

[CarlosSpicyWiener]

By far the best guide I’ve seen, can’t wait to see more

[mmCannon]

War caster + the feat that gives you proficiency in a stat. Pick constitution. It gives you +1 con and your concentration checks now get your proficiency bonus.

War caster gives you advantage on those checks but might need less useful because there is a ton of armor in the game that gives that for free.

Both great picks for a pure support character.

[thesurlygamer]

Resilient Constitution is good for supports. I start with a 15 then at level 4 pick this to get 16 and prof with saves.

[mattpaul]

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[johndaniel]

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[covilderagnaros]

Thank you for this video! I needed a Cleric/Bard multiclass build to roleplay my Drow/Half-Drow Cleric of Eilistraee

[nevyns]

first person i've seen mention that paladin spell, it is a go to for me for a lore bard, you hand out heals like Oprah handing out cars. i can see why it isn't talked about, Lore bard only gets 2 picks unless they go to 10 bard, and paladin doesn't get it until 9.

[Sullivan-rzdz]

War caster can be a useful feat for this build if you want to keep up concentration

[jeffdietz]

Song of rest is completed on an action and is therefore the best AOE heal to be saved and used in combat. Use real short rests out of combat first in order to save song of rest for combat if needed

[balintmiklosy]

Beyond level 10, Devotee's Mace (healing aura) + the bless on heal ring + blade ward on heal gauntlets (2 avialable) + wapira's crown + transfuse health illithid power is probably the best healing/support combo in the game, and it is completely independt of class. Pretty much permanent Bless + Blade Ward on the whole team without concentration, massive self regen with Wapira's Crown, and giant single target heals with Transfuse Health. You can just Withers respecs to get as many Devotee's Mace as you want, so you don't need long rests.

For ultimate support, I'd definitely add sorcerer. Twinned Haste is unbeatable, and with the above combo you can heal just fine.

You can put all the above on a classic 6 paladin/6 sorc, buff the whole team and still have great reasonable ability with smites, and be super tanky with high AC, and godly saving throws thanks to paladin (losing concnetration on twinned haste is painful).

[NXDNXRD]

subscribed! thanks for the video! best of luck!

[HOAX]

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[alexplayer]

I think that take 1lvl life cleric/8 bard/3 storm sorcer would be better. 3 sorc lvl would let you have hastened spell and fly, since you are gonna use heavy armor is a better option than draconic. You just need to focus on charisma instead of wisdom.

[fogdance]

In practice, the wizard dip is fairly lame with low intelligence. A reasonable score of 12 will get you 2 prepared slots, only really usable to summon a myrmodin, hold up glove of invulnerability/resilient sphere, or use shield and magic missile. Now, these are all fantastic spells to add to your arsenal, but the wizard dip becomes rather good with high intelligence, opening up all the spells that require saves and to hit rolls, and MOST importantly, counterspell.
In lieu of high intelligence, i suggest either:
- 5 storm cleric (spam call lightning)
- 6 light cleric (spam radiant damage with appropriate gear for radiating orb on everything; probably the stronger option)
- 10 levels lore bard with high charisma, adding 2 life cleric or 1 cleric and 1 wizard
- Or, finally, high charisma with 6 bard and either 6 sorcerer for great spellcasting support (add control and sorcery points) or 6 paladin to make the character a reasonable tank the adds aura of protection.

You could also consider thief rogue to have an extra bonus action for warden of vitality, buy this seems like overkill? In my opinion, things like hold person, twinned haste, counterspell, and even paladin auras kind of put cleric to shame in terms of support, though the radiating orb build is very strong. I hope this long-winded comment has sparked some interesting thoughts, at any rate!

[azku]

What’s ur suggestion as alternative for sleight of hand? My main already had high stat on sleight of hand.

[BelfastBiker]

For support, improved warding flare is vastly better than healing during combat.