Baldur's Gate 3 Bard Build - The best specialization including spells and skills

We recommend this subclass and spells for the bard class.

Do you want in?Starting with Bard - aka the best class if you ask us - you'll be bombarded with tons of options. We'll give you some tips for character creation and the first levels.

Baldur's Gate 3: This is how you create the bard correctly

Bards are one of the most versatile classes in the entire game, as their high charisma not only opens up many conversation options, but also allows them to learn a wide range of spells.

Whether you need a healer, battlefield control, or as much damage as possible, the Bard class can provide it all. It is precisely this strength that we are focusing on here.

Level 1

Choose people:

Here you can choose freely. We recommend alternativelyMenschfor practice with shields and another skill orZariel-Tieflingfor the Thamaturgy magic trick.

Background:

• Choose Entertainer or Guild Artist

Skills:

• Choose persuasion and deception. Third, take Perception or Sneak.

We distribute attributes as follows:

• Strength: 8
• Dexterity: 16 (15+1 bonus)
• Constitution: 14
• Intelligence: 10
• Wisdom: 10
• Charisma: 16 (14+2 Bonus)

Magic tricks:

• Evil mockery
• Simple illusionorFriends

Level 1 Spells:

• Dissonant whispers
• Healing word
• Bane
• Donnerwoge

Level 2

New Level 1 Spells:

• Heal woundsorTalking to animals

Level 3

Subclass/Specialization:

Choose hereSchool of Knowledge. This will give you practice in the Religion, Intimidation and Dexterity skills. But what we get with it at level 6 will be much more important.

Practice bonus:

You can double the practice bonus for two of your skills. Choose your favorite Charisma skill and Perception or Dexterity.

New Level 2 Spells:

• invisibility
• Optional:Replaces Thunderstorm with Shatter if you stay ranged

Level 4

Attribute improvement:

• Increases your Charisma by +2

New magic tricks:

• Magician's hand

New Level 2 Spells:

• perceive thoughts

Level 5

New Level 3 Spells:

• Talk to the dead

Level 6

New Level 3 Spells:

• Hypnotisches Muster

Magic secret:

• Fireball
• Hast

Skill and playing style in detail

With this build you are prepared for most situations and group compositions. In conversations you shine with your charisma skills and when exploring, thanks to a high level of skill and practice in dexterity, you can also take on many villain skills such as picking locks and disarming traps.

In combat, you should stay at a distance, as you can heal companions and harm enemies from here.

This spell is your strongest weapon

Your bread and butter is the magic trickBad spot.The damage is ridiculously low, but its additional effect surpasses all other magic tricks: If you hit an opponent and they fail their saving throw, they will be at a disadvantage on their next attack roll - your fellow warriors will thank you.

Also pay attention to the health of your troops and heal with Healing Word if necessary - if you only used one magic trick like Evil Spot in the round, you can even cast Healing Word as a bonus action afterwards.

If opponents come too close to you, you keep them at bay with thunderstorms. Later you can exchange the spell with Shatter. This will be your first area attack with a longer range and will serve you well up to level 6. Then it will probably often be replaced by Fireball, which you can imagine as an extremely strong area-of-effect spell via your specializationSchool of Knowledgeshould get. This gives you the extremely useful magical secrets with which you can learn powerful spells from other classes.

Including the Oathbreaker Paladin, which includes our colleagues fromMeinMMO already has an extensive build guidehave created.

There are a lot of good options here, but we recommend Haste as a second spell. It can turn the tide, especially in boss fights, if you cast it on your strongest fighter character right from the start.

From here you should have a good feeling for what's next for your bard or bard.