BG3 Astarion Build Guide - Rogue Thief & Ranger Gloomstalker/Hunter

BG3 Astarion Build Guide - Rogue Thief & Ranger Gloomstalker/Hunter
In this Baldur’s Gate 3 Astarion Build Guide, I’ll be showing you how to play Astarion in Baldur’s Gate 3 if you want to add a bit more combat prowess to him than just what Rogue itself provides, by adding either the Gloomstalker or Hunter Subclasses of Ranger. I’ll cover Ability Scores, Class Features, Equipment, and I will provide tips on how to get the most out of Astarion when played this way.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion Build Guide
0:17 - Rogue Thief & Ranger Gloomstalker Build
0:42 - Astarion Ability Points
1:14 - Astarion Skills
1:44 - Lvl 1-3 of Rogue Thief
2:55 - Lvl 4-8 of Ranger Gloomstalker or Hunter
6:33 - Lvl 9-12 of Rogue Thief
7:30 - Astarion Equipment
9:39 - Final Tips

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[BrentonSpratt]

Str:8
Dex:16
Con:14
Int:12
Wis:16
Cha:8

Skills: Athletics, acrobatics, slight of hand, Stealth x2, insight

Levels
1 – Rouge
2 - Rouge
3 - Rouge (Thief)
4 – Ranger ([Skill: Survival], bounty hunter, wasteland wanderer fire)
5 – Ranger (Hunters mark, ensnaring strike, [fighting style archery])
6 - Ranger – Gloomstalker (High burst damage at start of combat) or Hunter (Higher average damage)
7 – Ranger – Feat: Sharpshooter
8 – Ranger
9 – Rouge - Feat: Ability Imp +2 Dexterity
10 – Rouge
11 – Rouge (Skill: perception, survival)
12 – Rouge

[matthewkukowski]

As others in the comments have mentioned, Gloomstalker/Assassin is also a fantastic combo (especially with the sharpshooter feat). At max level, I was able to deal almost 200 damage to an endgame boss in the first round of combat. I went 4 Assassin/8 Gloomstalker, so he has Extra Attack, and three feats. With Assassin's Alacrity he gets his action and bonus action back at the start of combat, but the way it interacts with Extra attack means he has his extra attack, then his action where he can attack twice, as well as his Gloomstalker attack. He has a +2 Longbow (The Dead Shot) and 20 Dex with the Sharpshooter feat, so his overall damage at the start of combat is 1d8+2d6+17 Piercing (Sneak Attack), 1d8+17 Piercing (Extra Attack), 1d8+17 Piercing (Action Attack), 1d8+17 Piercing (Extra Attack), and 2d8+17 Piercing (Dread Ambusher). With his equipped items he crits on 17-20, and if you surprise the enemy, all of these attacks are crits. 11/10, highly recommend

[Metallica]

"96%"
*miss*
That XCOM accuracy.

[wafflegay]

Another really solid Astarion build ive been running is Thief Rogue/swords bard. Thematically it feels very correct, he gets a second attack, and a ton of useful battle control spells like hypnotic pattern. Give him a violin and it simply writes itself lol

[Johnniecash]

Thanks for helping me "fix" my Asterion. I was really struggling to get him to effective as i wanted him to be in the game.

[Ascendancy-]

thanks so much for keeping on with baldurs gate videos even with everything else coming out.

this game is game of the year

i love Astarion so much. he hits like a truck in my playthrough!

[bulldogfront]

This is so perfect thank you!!! I played a gloomstalker ranger for my first playthrough. Now I’m on my second and playing a sorcerer so I’m running Astarion in my party but I was a little bummed with how boring the rogue upgrades are compared to some of the awesome ranger stuff. I had the idea to try muliclassing rogue/ranger and I’m so glad someone made a detailed video! This is my first time multi classing so this is a huge help.

[TomHigson]

I love this build, though I did it slightly differently:
* I had an 8 ranger / 4 rogue split to get 3 feats. This makes it easy to get to 20 dex
* I started with 17 dex and used the athlete half feat to round it off. The extra mobility of long distance jumps is surprisingly useful for getting to high places without using spell slots

[JurgenBlitz]

There is a Bow sold early in Act 1 called The Spellthief, which allows the user to regain a lvl 1 spell slot once por short rest when landing a crit with the bow. I bought it, but never had a good character to use it on. After seeing this guide, I think that bow might be PERFECT for the Rogue/ranger build mentoned here since many of the spells mentioned up to lvl 7 are all lvl 1!! I just respecced my Astarion to try this build with the Spellthief.

[anska]

Oh, I am definitely going to try this. Though I do love rogue/bard for him especially when playing his origin. It gives you a combination of dialogue choices that feel very on point for him, as does stage managing fights without having to get his precious nails dirty too often.

[TheChadarad]

I went assassin/gloomhunter myself but he pretty much demolishes anything on his first turn with the dual handbows. MVP for sure on my team

[quaidrowan]

I went with Gloomstalker/Assassin, dual wield hand crossbows. Just a pure murder machine.

[Dino]

Yes! I’ve been waiting for your take with Astarion

[davidrottstedt]

That’s a great build! It is the third Rogue/Ranger build I’m trying so far. And it is the most reliable one in my opinion. Especially, the second bonus action is great.

[TomHigson]

Interestingly Larian recently posted the most commonly used multiclasses and rogue/ranger was the #1 pick. I wonder if this is because lots of people take this route for Astarion. I certainly did, feels spot on for him.

[jaxongolf]

For Astarion, I actually went with a dual hand crossbow build capitalizing on the Thief archetype's extra Bonus action for 2 extra off-hand attacks (plus Sharpshooter). It definitely requires more movement to keep him in range, but when adding a couple levels of Fighter...man, just so many attacks in one round.

[antonpikhur]

I made an assassin build with him. The coat you get from Dark Urge story line makes him invisible after a kill (which is very often), so I don't need an extra bonus action, but still have tons of damage. On Tactitian he basically one shots everything.

[makiiavely]

I personally like going full assassin rogue with astarion. I love how he's always the one to start the fight and catch everyone off guard. I was there talking to somone just buying time only for astarion to sneak up from behind and one tap someone, it fits his theme so well, and with inertia and the Mobile feat the guy is uncatchable, some serious mobility right there

[zarenboug]

This is the best Astarion build for me. Thanks for the inspiration.