Spellsword Builds for Baldur's Gate 3

Spellsword and Gish Builds for Baldur's Gate 3. Pick these if you are looking for characters who are experts in both magic and melee combat. You can expect to cast spells and wield weapons with ease.

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Shadow Magic Sorcerer Build - Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3)

9 Shadow Magic Sorcerer/3 Paladin Oathbreaker - Nimbus, the Hound of Ill Omen, Shadow Magic, Shadow Blade, Darkness fields, necrotic spells

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Death Cleric Build - Kelemvor's Emissary - Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3)

9 Death Cleric/2 Spore Druid/1 Storm Sorcerer - Touch of Death, Double Cantrips, Necrotic Spirit Guardians, free Necrotic spells, Inflict Wounds, Undead Summons

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Death Cleric Build - Kelemvor's Emissary cover image

Eldritch Hexknight - Shadow Blade Build - Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3)

11 Eldritch Knight/1 Hexblade - Shadow Blade, Action Surge, Hex Weapon Bind, Charisma stacking, Eldritch Strike

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Shadow Blade Bardadin Build - Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3)

6 Swords Bard/4 Sorcerer/2 Paladin - Shadow Blade, Psychic Damage, Arcane Acuity, Control Spells

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Oath of Crown Paladin Build - Royal Protector - Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3)

11 Oath of the Crown/1 Hexblade - Warding Bond, Spirit Guardians, Revorb, tanking

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Jack Sparrow Build - Swashbuckler and Swords Bard Multiclass - Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3)

6 Swords Bard/4 Swashbuckler/1 Hexblade/1 any - Rapiers, Slashing Flourish, Dirty Tricks, High Charisma.

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Loredin Build - Lore Bard and Paladin Multiclass - Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3)

6 Lore Bard/6 Paladin - the radiant knight able to utilize support utilities and having access to Spirit Guardians

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Eldritch Knight Build - Tavern Brawler Thrower - Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3)

The post covers Eldritch Knight Build for Baldur's Gate 3. Take an uncanny role with this subclass as the ultimate Weapon Thrower, thanks to Tavern Brawler​ fe
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Bardadin Build - Swords Bard Paladin Multiclass - Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3)

2 Paladin/10 Swords Bard - also called Swords Smite Bard (SSB) with a strong nova round potential, multihit attacks, and strong control.

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Best Vengeance Sorcadin build - Sorcerer Paladin - Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3)

6 Vengeance Paladin/6 Sorcerer - Divine Smites, Aura, Metamagic, Spellsword, Lightning, Fire

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Lockadin - Paladin Warlock Multiclass Build - Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3)

5 Warlock/7 Paladin Oathbreaker/Ancients - 3x Attacks, Charisma as the single ability for attacks, Auras, Eldritch Invocations, Control spells

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Bladelock build - Melee Warlock - Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3)

In this post, we will go through Melee Warlock Bladelock Build for Baldur's Gate 3. It is a type of Warlock where the main preference is Melee combat. However,
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