How To Be An Insanely Powerful Paladin EARLY ON In Baldur's Gate 3 (Honour Mode Build And Guide)

The main character, the Paladin, is here finally to uphold justice and righteousness. According to Larian Studios' stats the Paladin is the most popular class in Baldur's Gate 3. For good reasons, it's a powerhouse by every metric of the definition. However, we have to ask ourselves one question, is Paladin good enough for Honour Mode? Spoiler alert: YES IT IS! In this video I show you to make a powerful Paladin early on in Baldur's Gate, in those first few levels where resources and skills are limited and the game might be at its hardest. But that is not a problem for our hero, especially if you follow my setup, gear and leveling strategy shown in this video.

In this video we make use of various Paladin-specific mechanics and synergies to make the Paladin overpowered early, and we then accordingly go over abilities, skills, leveling, how to use your attacks, subclass, races, oaths, honour mode best strategy, gear, itemizations, special combos and so forth.

AFTER YOU'VE LEVELED TO 7, USE THIS VIDEO FOR LEVEL 8-12 AND LATE GAME SETUP:

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And remember, remember the words of our Oath that fuel the power in us:

KINDLE THE LIGHT: Through your acts of mercy, kindness, and forgiveness, kindle the light of hope in the world, beating back despair.

SHELTHER THE LIGHT: Where there is good, beauty, love, and laughter in the world, stand against the wickedness that would swallow it. Where life flourishes, stand against the forces that would render it barren.

PRESERVE YOUR OWN LIGHT: Delight in song and laughter, in beauty and art. If you allow the light to die in your own heart, you can’t preserve it in the world.

BE THE LIGHT: Be a glorious beacon for all who live in despair. Let the light of your joy and courage shine forth in all your deeds.

[NizarGG]

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[IcarusTheEagle]

For the sake of supporting Nizar, please watch video in entirety. I made this list as reference afterwards.

0:00 Intro & Overview
1:35 Starting Class & Subclass (Oath of the Ancients)
4:40 Abilities [14 (+2), 12, 14, 8, 8, 15 (+1)]
5:03 Race (Wood Elf/Half-Elf)
5:25 Defeat Commander Zalk
5:57 Level 2 (Great Weapon Fighting)
6:37 Smite Spells
12:10 Other Spells
13:34 Spell Tier List
13:41 Level 3
15:32 Level 4 (Great Weapon Master)
16:19 Level 5
17:34 Level 6 (Aura of Protection)
18:00 Level 7 (Aura of Warding)
18:38 Gear
Sword: Everburn Blade (at first), Jorgoral's Greatsword (GrimForge)
Rings: Whispering Promise (Volo), Ring of Salving or Caustic Band (Blurg, Underdark)
Amulet: Moondrop Pendant (Selune chest, Owlbear cave)
Cloak: Cloak of Protection (Last Light Inn)
Armor: Adamantine Splint Armor (Adamantine Forge, GrimForge)
Gloves: Gloves of the Growling Underdog (Drog's Treasure, Goblin Camp)
Boots: Boots of Striding (Minthara's loot)
Bow: Hunting Shortbow (Dammon [Tiefling Merchant], Druid's Grove)

[perspicacity]

Thank you for taking the time to create such an amazing and thorough build guide, explaining and showcasing every decision along the way.

[LonelydreamerX]

Finally, was waiting for a paladin build from you. Thank you so much

[VampirezZ]

I just started my first playthrough of Baldur’s Gate 3 recently and I chose a paladin as my starting class. Thank you for making this video and it is very informative in terms of helping me get a good early start!

[mistahanansi]

21:50 “There is not a single cloak to obtain in Act I”

People who played Dark Urge: 😏

[china]

I finished a vengeance paladin honour mode playthrough, and personally think it is the strongest as vow of enmity can be cast on yourself, and all your attacks will have advantage for 10 turns. Refreshes on short rest.

[kaznejrandom]

the effort put into your videos is insane. i've been learning so much, your attention to detail and how well you explain things honestly made you my go-to BG3 build content creator

[Cryo_Sentinel]

This video was so informative! I'm doing my first playthrough on tactician and saw some post on how strong Paladin-Bard is. Never played a DnD game before, so everything is unfamiliar, and I was getting stomped. Now, I feel like my character is more grounded. Going into encounter's without constantly dying has made me enjoy the game way more.

[laxmarshall]

Man, setting divine smite as a reaction. BRILLIANT ADVICE, I would get so let down after burning one of my scarce L2 slots on a miss! A problem no more. Paladin for the win.

[johntravis]

Almost perfect.
HELLRIDER PRIDE GLOVES.
Get these from zevlor after finishing grove quests - either finding out Kagha traitor//killiing goblin leaders....or just kill Zevlor
It gives Resistance to rest of party with every healing radiance (-50% physical dmg)
Act 3 later, get reviving hands. NOw you got resistance for yourself on top.

[reyclorox]

Great video for a great build.
Just a quick note, it'd be super helpful to include timestamps differentiating levelling character creation and gear.
I find myself comming back to the video for mostly the gear part, and not remembering the exact minute when you start breaking it down can become kinda annoying if u have bad memory for names like me

[jeffreyyss]

Huge guide! Love this, very informational. This was something I didn't know I needed, thank you!

[PhaethonCrafts]

My favorite build is still a tavern brawler monk, though I do really like Moon Druid too because it's surprisingly a lot of fun to beat people up as a bear.

[RS-rylp]

Finally someone giving Oath of the Ancients their proper due! My favorite oath even in the table top game

[krieg_guardsman]

More help with early act builds for honor mode is always welcome good job

[madvdog]

Another great guide, glad you made something for the Paladin now too. Looking forward to the completed build. Thanks Bro for your work. 👍

[brianbrown]

Your builds got me through Elden ring so I have zero doubt that they will guide me to greatness in BG3

[iaslink]

While a tour about smite was indeed needed i think that this is specific video was harder to follow than the other turorials i saw from you. I like your videos very much, thank you

[KingOf_B]

Zevlor's gloves give you blade-ward when you heal someone. So you get a heal/bless/blade-ward buff all for the cost of 1 action.