Best Halsin Build - Emerald Archdruid - Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3)

The post will cover the Halsin Build - The Emerald Archdruid for Baldur's Gate 3. The Moon Druid companion joins you in the later part of the game. The build will revolve around Wild Shape animal forms and spells dealing damage via Tavern Brawler effects.

Halsin Build - The Emerald Archdruid

You first learn about Halsin in Emerald Grove when talking with the Druid's there. He is the leader of the Grove and its protector. As the small enclave finds itself in a problem, Halsin takes the initiative to change things and goes to the Goblin Camp.

As you meet him, he is a druid using Wild Shape: Cave Bear form. He offers to join you in combat to help fight the Goblin leaders.

Overall, the build will revolve around being a Moon Druid. This is a pretty powerful subclass that has interesting mechanics, with various spells. Moreover, the Wild Shape can be activated just using a bonus action, greatly opening up your combat possibilities.

The goal is to mix both control spells and various animal forms to maximize the combat potential. For example, using Spike Growth while in Wild Shape and having Tavern Brawler will proc bonus damage on each tick based on your strength modifier. Let's thank the game for its spaghetti code, and for offering unique mechanics.

So you are rewarded by using this build both for casting spells and using various forms. They are extremely powerful and can act as full tanks, or deal a decent amount of damage with certain features.

Hope you like the idea of the build, and enjoy reading it!

Class Contribution

This shows the class contribution of the build

12 Moon Druid

• A solid variety of proficiencies - medium, light armor, and shields
• Access to prepared spells that can be added or removed outside of combat.
• Wild Shape​ - Moon Druid, gets a special version allowing it to turn into a beast with just a bonus action. This is advantageous, allowing the use of the first turn for both spellcasting and transformation.
• Each Wild Shape form comes with interesting mechanics that you can build around. Wild Shape: Deep Rothé, has special Charge hitting multipletargets. The Wild Shape: Spider comes with Web giving an easy Advantage. This is just a glimpse of the possibilities.
• Primal Strike is great for overcoming resistance and immunity against physical damage types.
• Control spells - Druid has plenty of control spells - Sleet Storm, Plant Growth, Confusion, etc. These are excellent options to weaken foes and unlock the full potential of the party for Advantage on attack rolls.
• Summons like Conjure Woodland Being, offer additional free Spike Growth, that damages enemies and slows them down. You can also get Conjure Elemental, which unlocks Water Myrmidon - the most powerful option for Lightning and Cold spell casters.
• Wild Strike which gives an additional attack in beast form. At level 10, this will give @improved wi, competing with Fighters.
• The Moon druid gets additional shapes - Wild Shape: Sabre-Toothed Tiger, Wild Shape: Air Myrmidon and others, giving even more possibilities to approach combat.

Build Variations

For Halsin specifically, I would like to greatly expand this section. He gets a special mechanic that allows him to cast spells for "free" (by free I mean no spell slot usage). This is a cool addition, nothing groundbreaking, that opens interesting playstyles. How does it work?

Due to the code oversight, Halsin spells, that he gets at level 1, 3, 5, do not use spell slots, if they do not have any higher-level spell slots. For example, at level 3, you can get Misty Step. If you don't have any level 3 spell slots, you can freely cast this with just a bonus action every turn.

I would like to give credit to this post by LostAccount2099 for covering these mechanics extensively. If you want something unorthodox, here are some build ideas from the post, that I think are pretty interesting and utilize the free spells.

Setup	Description
4 Spores Druid 8 Fighter Battle Master	A very mobile fighter that can overwhelm enemy positions with teleportation. The Symbiotic Entity gives a necrotic damage boost on each hit. This does utilize the unlimited Misty Step mechanic for Halsin.
1 War Cleric 11 Moon Druid	This gives access to War Priest that gives an additional attack with bonus action and Divine Favour. I do recommend this choice, if you specifically know which wild shape you will use. For Wild Shape: Water Myrmidon take Savage Attacker and Great Weapon Master: All In For Wild Shape: Deep Rothé, Wild Shape: Owlbear and other melee - Tavern Brawler and Ability Improvement - +2 Wisdom
2 Fighter 10 Moon Druid	Similar to the option above, just that you can gain proficiency in Constitution Saving Throw if you respec as a Fighter. Moreover, you gain access to Action Surge, that casting before Wild Shape gives an additional action. Also, you benefit from different fighting styles: Defence if not wearing armor before transforming Great Weapon Fighting is perfect for Wild Shape: Water Myrmidon Duelling is for Wild Shape: Fire Myrmidon and Conjure Elemental: Air Myrmidon

Build Overview

Here is a concise table with all the main picks during your leveling progression. For more detailed reasoning, I go further in the article. Also, do not forget to check the recommended gear as it is crucial

Level	Class	Selection
1	Druid 1	Cantrips: Guidance, Thorn Whip
		Abilities: STR - 8, DEX - 16 (15+1), CON - 15, INT - 8, WIS - 16, CHA - 10
		Skills: Perception, Insight
2	Druid 2	Subclass: Circle of the Moon
3	Druid 3	-
4	Druid 4	Cantrips: Resistance
		Feat: Tavern Brawler +1 Constitution
5	Druid 5	-
6	Druid 6	-
7	Druid 7	-
8	Druid 8	Feat: Ability Improvement - +2 Wisdom
9	Druid 9	-
10	Druid 10	Cantrips: any
11	Druid 11	-
12	Druid 12	Feat: War Caster: Concentration, Alert, Savage Attacker, Great Weapon Master: All In

Synergy with other builds

This section will give a few ideas on how to utilize other builds to maximize the combat potential of the group. There are usually various synergies that make the group play more enjoyable. However, this should not be the main factor. With full game knowledge, any party composition will work freely.

Piercing Damage

Synergetic Builds	Enabler	Description
Bardadin Shadow Monk Two-Handed Eldritch Knight Archer Builds Others	Bhaalist Armour for the Aura Of Murder with Wild Shape: Sabre-Toothed Tiger	The Bhaalist Armour makes it easy to land double damage on your piercing attacks with Jugular Strike while in Wild Shape: Sabre-Toothed Tiger form. This is a very powerful combo.
	Bhaalist Armour with Wild Shape: Deep Rothé	Charge can apply Prone on enemies, greatly weakening them and dealing double piercing damage.

Control Spells

Synergetic Builds	Enabler	Description
Wizard Builds The Great Old One Sorlock	Evard's Black Tentacles or Scroll of Evard's Black Tentacles or Strange Tendril Amulet	Wild Shape: Deep Rothé can break enemies by forincg them Prone and immobilized with Evard's Black Tentacles
Any	Hold Person	Disabling a group or a single foe, allows your allies to hit them with guaranteed critical hits

Lightning and Cold casters

Synergetic Builds	Enabler	Description
Storm Sorcerer Abjuration Wizard Tempest Cleric Other cleric and lightning casters	Create or Destroy Water Lightning Bolt Chain Lightning	As you can use both Call Lightning and Create or Destroy Water this enables a very powerful synergy between these builds

Starting the Build - Level 1

This section covers the creation screen and what would go into the best Races, Abilities, and Skills for the Halsin build. Some of these choices are impactful as you cannot respec them.

How to Unlock Halsin?

Halsin is first encountered in Act 1, and depending on your decisions, he joins your camp. Later on, as you progress in Act 2, and solve his quest, he can join you as a companion.

Origins and Characters

Here are the Origin and character picks that have a slight advantage with this build:

Origin	Features	Description
Halsin	Darkvision​ Elven Weapon Training​ Fey Ancestry​ Fleet of Foot - your movement speed is increased by 1.5m.	As a Wood Elf, Halsin is a great pick for Moon Druid. The bonus movement speed works in Wild Shape.

Class

Overview
Druid
Druids channel the elemental forces of nature and share a deep kinship with animals. Mastery of Wild Shape allows them to transform into beasts from all over the Realms.
Features
Spell Slots	These can be used to cast spells and are restored each long rest.

Cantrips

Cantrips	Description
Guidance	At least one party member should have this cantrip, as it gives a free boost to various skill checks like dialogues, exploration, etc.
Thorn Whip	Can be used to control enemy positioning.

Abilities

Now, let's take a look at the abilities of the Halsin build. Correct allocation will allow you to maximise the early gameplay and get good modifier bonuses.

Skills and Expertise

Overall, the skills should be impacted by your roleplaying and background decisions. However, you would still want those that will give you the best benefits. My recommendation would be to go for these, most relevant to the theme of the build or where you have high ability modifiers:

• Perception
• Insight
• Medicine
• Survival
• Animal Handling

Leveling Progression 2-12

Here is the detailed progression for Halsin Build to get you started. You can use it as a guideline because early games can be daunting and overwhelming. Later on, once you get a feel for the class, you can start picking your options

Levels 2-6

Level 2

Now you are ready to pick the subclass. As you can expect:

Overview
Circle of the Moon
Features
Combat Wild Shape Charge	Allows transforming into a beast using Wild Shape.
Lunar Mend​	Allows healing while in Wild Shape. It's nothing special, but could be used when there are no better uses for bonus action.
Wild Shape​	Take the form of an animal. As you progress to higher levels, new options are unlocked.
Wild Shape: Bear​	Additional form accessible to moon druids. Sadly, it is somewhat disappointing compared to the later options you will unlock.

I will cover my recommended prepared spells to include for each Spell level. Pick the ones that are interesting or fit your playstyle.

Spell	Description
Healing Word​	Excellent spell for the early game, where you might need an instant recovery of an ally. However, it loses value on Druid as you progress.
Create or Destroy Water​	One of the S-Tier spells, that is good to have in your arsenal. It applies Wet condition that doubles Ice and lightning spells damage.
Longstrider​	If you do not have another buffer in the group, having this spell is a great way to improve your and your allies' movement speed.
Enhance Leap	Can be used for exploration or precast before combat.

Level 3

As 2nd-level spells are unlocked, here are a few recommendations that I recommend to keep on your list:

Spell	Description
Spike Growth​	This can be used to make enemies slow down and get damage in the meantime. This is bugged, and when you have Wild Shape active + Tavern Brawler each damage tick, it passes the strength bonus. Yeah... this becomes ridiculous very fast. Credits to Bg3 Builds Discord.
Moonbeam​	Excellent spell that can be reused multiple times during a fight, saving spell slots.
Hold Person	A very powerful spell that can guarantee critical hits and paralyzes an enemy.
Heat Metal​	Very useful control spell for the early game. You can use it to make targets drop their weapons, disabling some very strong early-game opponents.
Enhance Ability​	Usually, I reserve this spell for Bard. However, if you do not have it, Enhance Ability​ can be a lifesaver in important ability checks.

Level 4

A few additional features are unlocked:

Feature	Description
Wild Shape: Deep Rothé	This is often overlooked but very powerful form, that can easily Prone multiple targets using Charge. I will later explain more combos with it, and how to maximize it's potential.
Wild Shape: Dire Raven	Technically can be used to apply Blinded on enemies, but the opportunity cost against other wild shapes is high, so I recommend skipping it.

Now you can also select a cantrip:

Cantrip	Description
Resistance	Pick anything, as the core ones are already chosen

Now the most important choice:

Feat	Description
Tavern Brawler	Pick +1 Constitution. This is a very powerful feat for any character that uses melee unarmed attacks (this does include most Wild Shape forms, excluding myrmidons). The damage bonus scales with Strength, and the attack roll boost makes it very hard to miss. Moreover, for druid it has special interaction with Wild Shape.

Taver Brawler, Wild Shape and Spell damage

So all of these 3 things intertwine together (mostly due to code oversight from the developers). The idea is that the Tavern Brawler bonus increases based on your Strength modifier and affects your attacks, which is reasonable even in Wild Shape.

The things get interesting when you cast something like Spike Growth, and then do Wild Shape. Now, when a spell does a damage tick, it receives a bonus from the Strength modifier via Tavern Brawler:

As you can guess, if an enemy walks a few meters, the damage will be significant, without you even doing anything to them. Later, you can use Wall of Fire and other spells to get this bonus damage, and having higher strength just emphasises the power of this mechanic.

Level 5

Level 5, is a big step for any caster and especially a Druid. Not only do you unlock level 3 spells, but get improvements to the Wild Shape​ forms.

Feature	Description
Wild Strike​	Allows making a second attack while in the Wild Shape transformation.

As third-level spells are unlocked, here are a few recommendations that I recommend to keep on your prepared spell list:

Spell	Description
Sleet Storm​	The spell is very powerful for crowd control, as it can apply Prone to enemies and create an icy surface. I recommend staying outside it's effect range so that Concentration does not get cancelled, while you can pummel enemies that try to leave.
Call Lightning​	If you need a blaster spell, this is a great option; however, it will require Concentration, so be careful not to cancel other spell effects. Also, Call Lightning​ deals double damage on wet enemies.
Plant Growth​	This spell does not use any Concentration slot and can slow down enemies to a stop. It can also work well in Hunger of Hadar, making foes just barely move.

Level 6

A nice set of features are unlocked:

Feature	Description
Primal Strike​	Makes it easier to bypass enemy resistance and immunities.
Wild Shape: Panther​	The form is great until level 8. It's
Wild Shape: Owlbear​​	A pretty powerful shape in certain fights, that can Prone multiple enemies and does decent damage. It is most famous for Crushing Flight from a very high height to deal a lot of damage.

Levels 7-10

Generally, this covers the Act 2 part of the game. This unlocks items that give a slight boost to a few builds, and you uncover a really interesting part of the story.

Level 7

Level 4 spells are plentiful, and all of them bring something unique, here are my picks:

Spell	Description
Conjure Woodland Being​	This spell is almost a mandatory pick. The Dryad can cast Spike Growth​ for free. It can also summon a special beast that can Entangle​ and act as a decoy.
Confusion​	One of the most powerful control spells that can outright win encounters for you.
Ice Storm	Deals decent damage, but most importantly creates ice surfaces that will leave enemies Prone.
Wall of Fire​	A very strong spell that, if placed correctly, can destroy foes. It does hit them multiple times - on your and your enemy's turn.
Freedom of Movement	A pretty powerful spell, that is good to have. It can help remove Stunned and Difficult Terrain doesn't slow them down.

Level 8

A new form is unlocked:

Action	Description
Wild Shape: Sabre-Toothed Tiger​​	This can be useful in some cases when fighting enemies with a high armor class. The tiger's base attack reduces their AC, making it easier for your allies to hit. It can also Prone enemies and deal big damage with Jugular Strike

For the feats:

Feat	Description
Ability Improvement - +2 Wisdom	Plenty of Wild Shape abilities use Spell Save DC, so this is a great boost for those

Level 9

Here are my recommendations for prepared level 5 spells, not all of them are great, but you might see an opportunity on how they can be used in your rotation.

Spell	Description
Contagion	Doesn't use Concentration and can be used to apply Stricken With Flesh Rot which doubles all damage.
Conjure Elemental​	With level 5 spell slots, this spell is okay. But it starts shining once you get access to Level 6 spell slots. You can then summon myrmidons, which are powerful based on your setup.
Insect Plague​	These locusts deal a good amount of damage, and can also work together with other control spells like Spike Growth​ or Plant Growth.
Greater Restoration​	Nothing spectacular; however, there are a few situations where removing curses can help.

Level 10

This level is important as you will get some subclass features which will also greatly improve Wild Shape.

Feature	Description
Improved Wild Strike​	Gives your wild shape forms a third attack, which is a huge improvement. Not many other classes get access to this.
Wild Shape: Dilophosaurus​	Another Wild Shape form to pick from.
Wild Shape: Air Myrmidon​	This form allows you to stun enemies, leaving them open to your ally's attacks.
Wild Shape: Earth Myrmidon​	The strongest Myrmidon in terms of pure damage. It gets bonuses from Tavern Brawler, and its main attack is bugged, dealing 3d10 thunder damage, which makes it very powerful.
Wild Shape: Fire Myrmidon​	Sets enemies on fire and can Haste itself for bonus attacks.
Wild Shape: Water Myrmidon​	This is the best support option, it can heal everyone in a large area and use Explosive Icicle​ for significant damage.

For cantrips:

Levels 11-12

This is where you will spend most of the time in Act 3. There will be an immense amount of content, and you can finish your builds and unlock extremely powerful gear.

Level 11

The goal here is to get the Level 6 spells. There are a few good options that I recommend to keep in mind:

Spell	Description
Heroes' Feast	A very powerful support spell, that boosts maximum HP, improves Wisdom Saving Throw and gives immunities to various conditions. Cast it after each Long Rest, once your party has all the summons summoned
Sunbeam	Excellent offensive spell, that is great when there are multiple targets stacked together. It does use Concentration, so be mindful of that.

Level 12

For the feats:

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Feat	Description
War Caster: Concentration​	I do recommend this feat, as it greatly reduces the chances of losing concentration while in Wild Shape. Sadly, bonuses to Concentration Saving Throws from items don't work in beast forms.
Alert	Going early can guarantee, landing spells, and effectively immobilizing enemies before they can do anything

These options are recommended if you plan on using Wild Shape: Water Myrmidon or Wild Shape: Air Myrmidon which use weapons, and can benefit from extra damage with them:

Feat	Description
Savage Attacker	This gives roughly a 30% of damage boost on weapon damage rolls.
Great Weapon Master: All In	Wild Shape: Water Myrmidon uses a two-handed weapon; this means that you will get a solid damage boost with each hit

Equipment Recommendations

Act 2

Act 3 - Final Build setup

This is where you will unlock the strongest weapons and armors for most of the builds. It is split into two major parts, starting with Rivington and later reaching the huge area - Lower City itself.

Build Mechanics

In this section, I would like to dive deep into how to play the Halsin Build. This will help you utilize it to the fullest and correctly use various actions and spells throughout the game.

Important Mechanics and Combos

Let's go through key mechanics and tips on how to effectively use the build.

Using different area Control spells

The interesting part of Moon Druid is that it has access to plenty of area-of-effect spells. For example, you can use two types of controls, one for the air and another for the ground. So for example - Plant Growth​ and Insect Plague, making the area inaccessible and enemies getting destroyed.

The strongest combo in my opinion would be Sleet Storm​ together with Hunger of Hadar​ (that you need Bard or Warlock to cast). This outright makes enemies skip their turn and get damaged by the killing of dark clouds.

So the main two categories:

• Ground - Sleet Storm, Spike Growth, Plant Growth, Ice Storm, Grasping Vine​ (be careful as it can get damaged by air effects), and so on
• Air - Insect Plague, Cloudkill, Hunger of Hadar​ (obtained from other class)

Wild Shape - Deep Rothe

The Wild Shape: Deep Rothé becomes available pretty early in the game. The main idea is that it can use Charge and Prone enemies. This is a very powerful condition, as you or your allies gain an easy Advantage against them. 

The cool thing is that the more targets there are, the more damage you will deal, and the numbers can multiply easily. It also pairs well with Tavern Brawler. Now you can also include Difficult Terrain like Spike Growth and enemies will be forced to skip their turns, as they will not have enough movement speed to deactivate Prone.

Wild Shape - Sabre-Toothed Tiger

Thanks, floormanifold on tips for Wild Shape forms - https://www.reddit.com/r/BG3Builds/comments/1dk7n55/comment/l9hbaf0/

In this section, I would like to go more in-depth on Wild Shape: Sabre-Toothed Tiger​ as it has some powerful synergies. Overall, in the mid-game, it serves a nice purpose of weakening enemies. -2 to the enemy's Armour Class is a powerful feature.

However, things can drastically change in Act 3, once you obtain Bhaalist Armour and wear it on one of the companions. As the Tiger deals piercing damage, each hit's damage gets doubled. The goal is Prone enemies either with a standard tiger attack or other means.

Once they're down, you can use Jugular Strike to deal significant damage.

This does require some setup on your side, but the results are satisfying.

Wild Shape - Earth Myrmidon

Wild Shape: Earth Myrmidon​ is the simplest form in my opinion. It is self-sufficient and has the effects of Tavern Brawler​. The main highlight is its Thunder damage rider, which deals 3d10 damage. This might be a bug, as the tooltip says 1d10.

I prefer this option for general combat where you just want to pummel through enemies and are not keen on doing any setups. The cool thing that the Grounded Thunder Strike also Prone enemies making them even easier targets for allies.

Wild Shape - Water Myrmidon

The last recommended Myrmidon is Wild Shape: Water Myrmidon. This is an amazing semi-caster option, especially if you have other casters that can use Cold spells. It can apply Chilled​ with its attacks, doubling the damage of cold spells.

The second aspect of the form is - Explosive Icicle​. At first glance, it's nothing special, but it gets its damage doubled if the enemy is Wet. Second, it works with your spellcasting modifier, and attack rolls can be improved either with Advantage or spells like Bless. The area radius is significant, and you can hit multiple enemies easily with it.

The last aspect, depending on how much you want to use it (is a bit too much for my taste, as it requires plenty of setup) - Hiemal Strike. It deals two damage types:

• Piercing damage - it can be enhanced with Bhaalist Armour and Great Weapon Master: All In​. The damage bonus is significant, greatly enhancing your power.
• Cold Damage - can be doubled when attacking Wet enemies.

So this can net you 40+ average damage if everything falls into place. However, you will need to get Advantage or use any other options to increase Attack Rolls. 

Wild Shape forms and item effects

So the main downside of all of these forms is that some items and mechanics don't work as intended. Many items don't pass their effects, which is both a blessing and a problem. The build is simplified, but you are left with many items that only work in normal form and give no benefit while in Wild Shape.

Overall, I wanted to inform you that the class has its problems, but it is still great in the grand scheme of things.

Maximizing Companion amount

Druid can summon plenty of minions that result in its small army. This can become tedious to manage, but they do offer plenty of bonuses and distractions for enemies.

1. Conjure Minor Elemental​ - either Mud or Ice Mephits
2. Conjure Woodland Being​ - summons a Dryad, that has free Spike Growth.
3. Dryad's special action Fallen Lover, summons a Wood Woad to fight by your side.
4. Conjure Elemental​ - you have a few options here. For example, Conjure Elemental: Water Elemental can apply Chilled with its normal attacks, while Conjure Elemental: Earth Elemental, can Prone targets with normal attacks.

Combat Tactics and Rotation

Maximizing the Build - Abilities, Illithid, Consumables

In this section, I would like to dedicate to various optimizations that you can do to further empower your build. Various things like Illithid Powers and consumables can make the build from powerful to totally overpowered, trivializing the hardest game encounters

Maximizing Ability Scores

So, ability scores play an important role in overall build performance. They do help get higher modifiers to attack rolls, Saving Throw, dialogue checks, and others. Let's look at how we can reach maximum values that are relevant to the Halsin Build:

• Act 2 - +2 Strength -  Potion of Everlasting Vigour.  This is important. The Wild Shape forms, although they have their own strength values, get the bonus from the potion. So it's a free damage boost.
• Act 3 - +2 Wisdom - Mirror of Loss
• Act 3 - +1 Wisdom - Khalid's Gift

Illithid Powers

Potions, Elixirs and Consumables

Let's take a look at what consumables you can use to further empower the build.

Potions

These are general consumables, and most of them are activated for a few turns. Potions are separate from Elixirs and can be active together.

Consumable	Description
Potion of Speed	You can chug this potion before combat, or during combat using a bonus action. It gives another action point that gives an additional attack or one more spell cast. Sadly, its duration is only 3 turns.
Potion of Animal Speaking	Although not something powerful, it is worth stocking up and saving a spell slot.
Potion of Invisibility	Can be used to get a perfect position before the encounter starts. It can also help trigger Surprised mechanic, so that enemies skip their turn. In other situations, you can use it to run away if needed.
Terazul	Gives Hastened​ and stacks with other sources of it. This is a late-game consumable.

Elixirs

Be sure to activate them before combat, as otherwise, you will need to use a Bonus Action.

Consumable	Description
Elixir of Hill Giant Strength	These elixirs work in Wild Shape forms. Overall, the priority would be Elixir of Cloud Giant Strength in later parts of the game, as 27 Strength is a huge boost. However, you could also opt for Elixir of Bloodlust especially if you consumed Potion of Everlasting Vigour for +2 Strength.
Elixir of Cloud Giant Strength
Elixir of Bloodlust	The elixir gives an easy option to get an additional action point - just kill a foe. This can then be used to attack one more time or cast a full spell.
Elixir of Battlemage's Power	Gives bonus Spell Save DC via Arcane Acuity.
Elixir of Vigilance	For some encounters, you will want to go first. This elixir will ensure that it overcomes even Surprised​ mechanics.
Elixir of Heroism	Boosts attack rolls by 1d4; this is a good boost to increase the likelihood of landing attacks.

Conclusion and Credits

Thank you for reading the Halsin build - The Emerald Archdruid for Baldur's Gate 3. The build offers a truly roleplay-friendly option for this companion. Although we are limited in terms of power by not having Illithid powers, the moon druid kit is excellent, and Wild Shape gives various options on how you can optimize the playstyle.

Cheers!