BEST HONOUR MODE STARTER BUILD (Bardadin) in Baldur's gate 3

Starting your first playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3 can be tough and so can Honour Mode so with this Paladin/Bard - Bardadin- Build, you'll quickly see why it's the BEST HONOUR MODE STARTER BUILD (Bardadin) in Baldur's gate 3! We'll go over the best Bardadin feats, best Bardadin weapons, and Best Bardadin Armor!

0:00 Intro & TL;DW
1:53 Character Creation
9:55 Ability Points
11:57 Bardadin Early Levels
18:29 Best Bardadin Feats
21:24 Bardadin Endgame Build
27:44 Setting Up Bardadin
33:09 Bardadin Weapons
35:42 Bardadin Armor & Gear
44:27 Gameplay Showcase

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System Specs:
Motherboard: MSI MPG z690
Processor: Intel i9-12900FK
Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 8GB FTW Gaming ACX
Memory: Corsair Dominator LED 32GB DDR4-3600 Memory

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[markittystuff]

These videos have been great in feeding the part of my brain that likes thinking and building out classes and thinking what subclasses feed into it. I really love it and glad to always see another build video

[Dino]

I honestly feel Paladin really is the main character class. Now throw in Bard and you’re a real charming main character 😂 Awesome build and video bro!

[brianblattner]

Playing this build for the first time on tactician and it’s absolutely god tier. It really comes alive when you get the band of the mystic scoundrel, which lets you cast cc spells as a bonus action. I laugh a lot while playing it because it’s so ridiculously strong.

EDIT: Just finished the vid and have some recommendations on gear for those interested in getting the most out of this build. The ones recommended aren’t bad but there’s a few pieces I think are worth mentioning that will take this to the next level.

1. Band of the mystic scoundrel. This is a must have item imo. As mentioned above it allows you to cast a cc spell as a bonus attack after landing your first attack. Imagine you attack, then use command approach on 2 enemies to bring them to you, then use slashing flourish and hit two enemies at once with smite. Also, imagine attacking, then casting hold person on multiple enemies, then attacking again. HIGHLY recommend adding this.

2. Gloves of dexterity. Can get in act one and the extra initiative is massive for this build.

3. Boots of stormy clamour. Best in slot for that reverberation.

4. Amulet of the devout. Plays well with your cc bonus attacks. Best in slot amulet.

5. Helm of arcane acuity. Similar to the amulet, this is another must have for keeping concentration on your cc’s.

3. Giantslayer is great but might be closer to end of act 3 before you can win that fight. In the meantime go for Nyrulna. It absolutely rips and it’s right next to the band of mystic scoundrel. Plus it looks amazing.

Enjoy :)

[DominionZephon]

No matter how many times i play paladin i end with oathbreaker warlock😂

[rTrdSlow]

I had initially planned on testing this out for just a little while, and eventually turning on the quick leveling mod to just see the features. However, having never played Bard before, I ended up finding myself doing a whole playthrough with it. Now that I’m level 12, and with this build with a couple minor tweaks (two weapon for majority of game till I got the legendary rapier, now dueler, and dual hand crossbows)

What a beast of a build. Helmet of Arcane Acuity and Band of Mystic Scoundrel are hardcore OP for this… but man do I love it

My current party is one I might have to try out on an honor mode

I’ve also been using your 6ancients/6life cleric build along side it (with two handed weapon) and MAN. Smite the crap out of something, THEN heal the crap (and bless, thank you Volo ring) on a bonus action) is REALLY great. All while having spirit guardians up. What a beast.

That plus a 12 level wizard built for Magic missile (bit that gear also works really well for the other evocation spells)

And then I switch out my Gloomstalker with various other characters - mostly for dialogue options. Bout to test Minsc as a melee hunter ranger build and see how that goes

[Bethgael]

14:35 Re: friends cantrip. BE AWARE in honour mode that when friends falls off, you may be re-accused of a crime (if a friendly NPC has caught you stealing and you use friends to talk yourself out of it) or a person you've convinced not to attack you may _still_ attack you when it falls off (for example, if you use friends to talk to Rogan in the cave near gnolls, when it falls off, even if you properly convinced him of something, what may happen is he'll turn around and attack you when the friends spell drops off, as happened to me just yesterday). I don't know if it's intended for HM or a bug (because I have not had this happen at any other difficulty), but my HM bard has just stopped using it, because it's too risky.

[ryansiebel]

This build looks genuinely perfect for my second playthrough. Have been very interested in the bard class. Super excited to try this. Awesome video!

[logandeangelis]

Every time I have a BG3 question, you have the answer. As always, thanks for the video!

[qbcomicaddict]

On top of all that I take the illithad powers to fix the mobility with flight and have a ton of bonus actions. Love the ring you get in the genie area to allow you to use control spells as an bonus action

[tmbn]

Im currently doing a solo tactician run and building a bardadin that uses all the gear that increases AC, and let me tell you it's so much fun watching EVERYTHING miss you (you can use adamantine gear to prevent crits, making this even better)

[bobnewkirk]

This is the build I jumped to after the Honor mode nerf of my Oathbreaker/ GOO Bladelock. Its a great build and plays through the game really nice with a big power spike at 6 and 8. I play mine STR with GWM in Heavy Armor but you can absolutely go Dex or Sword and Board. There is even precedence for a bow based build as a bow like titanstring gives you a ton of versatility. Swords bard might be the strongest subclass in BG3.

[Mecrobb]

the first time i watched you it was your jarl dyre video from ck3. Ive been watching your bg3 videos too and finally broke down and bought the game, your guides are invaluable, thanks for all the work and effort to help noobs like me!

[officialdatboy]

Love the BG3 build videos so unique yet helpful keep up the great work!

[dandor]

Me and my friend just started plating bg3 for the first time 4-5 days ago and I was having a blast watching your videos! Hope to see a sorcadin guide from you.

[Mrspookyjj]

Definitely gonna be trying this build for my first honour mode! Let's gooo

[gangan]

I just start BD3 and bump into your videos. Great content and guide. You just earn a new sub 😊

[llBrChsllxZicxPx]

Honorable mention for weapons has to be the unseen menace. I saw it on a short, tried it and it's insane. Advantage on attacks just for existing, crits on 19, extra reach. Definitely worth a try.

[thebrannoncannon]

My Dark urge is an oathbreaker warlock so I made Minthara this build yesterday. She destroys everything while dualwielding blood of lathander and twist of fortune. Perfect combo for casting Glyph of Warding: Sleep before bonking everyone on the head

[raisnaix]

LOVE your build vids and the TLDR at the start

[VGModelling]

Just beat my honor mode play with this build, it is so nice! Thanks!