The BEST BUDDY - BG3 Astarion / Rogue / Fighter Honour Build Guide

When they hurt your friends, you have something to say about it! This character outputs massive damage both on your turn and on the enemy turn, pairing incredibly with any other melee character to make a tag team of destruction!

This character uses Battle Master Fighter and Thief Rogue to become the best buddy for any melee fighter, outputting incredibly damage with a whirlwind of attacks both on your turn and on the enemy's!

Full detailed level guide from 1-12, including stats, feats, items, and abilities!

0:00 Intro and Build Goals
1:21 Level 1
6:04 Level 2
8:38 Level 3
9:00 Level 4
10:35 Level 5
11:07 Level 6
11:38 Level 7 and Core Strategy
15:20 Level 8
16:00 Level 9
17:13 Level 10
19:22 Level 11
21:19 Level 12
22:50 Best Teammate
25:04 Items and Gear
27:25 Optional Act 3 Respec

[gabcoleman]

Astarion OR Wood(half)Elf, Halfling, Duergar
8 17 16 8(10) 15(14) 8 - in brackets = *Ethel's hair route
Stealth Lockpicking Perception
Lvl 1 rogue
Lvl 2 fighter - two wep fighting
Lvl 3 fighter - action surge
Lvl 4 fighter - battle master / trip attack, precision attack, riposte
Lvl 5 fighter - feat ASI / +1DEX +1WIS /OR/ (+2DEX) *Ethel's hair route
Lvl 6 fighter - extra attack
Lvl 7 fighter - sentinel feat
Lvl 8 rogue
Lvl 9 rogue - thief rogue
Lvl 10 rogue - feat ASI / +2DEX /OR/ (dual wielding, mage slayer, alert, mobile or savage attacker <-might be still bugged) *Ethel's hair route
Lvl 11 rogue
Lvl 12 fighter - pick 2 // recommended: distracting strike and menacing attack / disarming strike, pushing attack also good choices

PS - love your work as always brother ❤️‍🔥

[phoenixwright]

I need you to know that I always put your videos on to sleep to, and get excited everytime I see a new one. it's hard to find long videos abt things I love, especially when it's more chill in tone. hope you'll do more of a playthrough of bg3 sometime

[XxThe_ExiledxX]

Lmao. " Don't talk about friends that way or I'll stab you in the kidney"... I'm dying 😂

[Theonetruefinalboss]

I think my favorite part of these videos is hearing the concept, and trying to guess where it goes along the way. Get to be surprised at the choices, or happy I guess right.

[tannermason]

Just to let you know, you are one of the creators that I pray uploads each day so I can watch a good bg3 video as I’m washing dishes in the evening.

[branio]

Hey friend, big fan. Unrelated to this video, but please make sure you don’t fall trap to creating videos due to the pressure of just… creating videos. I love your style, and your knowledge. I use it to better my gameplay and for the enjoyment of theory crafting! I hope you continue making videos on things you REALLY THINK, rather than forcing an idea into a video. Rant over. I’ll keep watching!!!

[jadeddeath]

I'm so glad I stumbled across your account. I'm currently in Act 3 running a ranger/fighter, a barbarian, Astarion rogue, and... whoever I need for Act 3 quests. Astarion just hasn't felt good, but I'm going to redo his monoclass thief, or I'm going to try out this multiclass fighter build. I think either one is definitely doing to help out with my Act 3 fights. Thanks so much for all you do!!

[annie_]

I love trying out all the different builds that you create. I’m beginning to wish there were more fights in the game because I want to try ALL the different strategies!

[johnbutler]

I love putting one of your videos on for me to just listen to on my morning commutes. I learn a lot and get to enjoy it the whole drive!

[Nic]

Perfect timing! I was planning on starting a duo run with Astarion as a support char. It's be fun to see what other Best Buddy ideas you can come up with that complement each other's strengths!

[kittydaddy]

I already built this because of your "building better characters" video. Sorry, but you played yourself.

[sneezumsensei]

one hour gang! been enjoying your content as I still play bg3 in 2024 😂

[alexmoran]

Cool build concept. There’s many great maneuvers but one that kept coming to mind is fainting attack which gives advantage allowing an easy sneak attack

[FaultyRanger]

This is basically how I play my primary party members together, so appreciate the insight on making it even better!

[joshhobbs]

🔥🔥🔥 smart people having fun doing fun stuff is the best content 🔥🔥🔥

[riolkin]

Just entered act 3 on Honor Mode. Astarion so far has been the classic Swords Bard- Thief two handed crossbow build. Great utility and all, but often finds himself isolated as the rest of my team is pretty heavily in the enemies face. This is just the build I needed to keep mostly the same gear but boost his damage and make him fit better. Plus, he's going to hang out next to Luminous Cleric Shadowheart so the enemy can't win by attacking me

[TheAleksander]

I'd like to see the manoeuver animations either sped up or just removed.
It's tedious to have Lae`zel do the macarena before each attack 😁

[lud_af]

This build is amazing. Definitely going to wiggle some of these ideas into my rogue. I'm not sure if you've done a video on it yet, but could you do a defensive reaction-based paladin? Trying to make a build that really punishes enemies for attacking myself and party members, while having a great AC

[InnocentLock-eret]

Did they fix “on a turn” for sneak attack? Last time I tried something like this, I could only sneak attack on my turn OR on a reaction attack - not both

[dorithegreat]

I'm thinking of pairing this build with the tank wizard, since it wants to be hit by default and it already has provoking attacks of opportunity as a core part of its strategy