Baldur's Gate Legacy of Bhaal Difficulty Guide Part 4 - Maximize Damage

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Published on September 15, 2021 2:05:57 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crmvwsorlbk

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Baldur's Gate (1998)

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Now that we have have reliable means to disable enemies we can start to focus on increasing our damage. There are really just two ways to do high damage quickly in this game, using archers or using backstabs. Strangely enough, in BGEE the best backstabbers are all evil, Shar-Teel and Montaron, while the best archers, Coran, Kivan, Khalid are all good. Using a pure thief like Imoen or Safana as a backstabber isn't quiet effective due to low THAC0 and lack of weapon proficiency. Since we are good guys, we're going to maximize our damage by adding more archers to the party.

Shortbows and Lowbows are granted an additional attack per round, which will autohit on an enemy held by webs, providing high reliable damage to kill enemies. Kivan can be secured as early as Chapter 1 but requires that you defeat the bandit camp at the end of Chapter 3 within a certain time period. I suggest not recruiting him until you are ready to defeat the bandit camp. Kivan has the advantage of a high Strength score, allowing him to equip Composite Longbows so be sure to purchase the Composite Longbow +1 from Feldepost's Inn for him.

Now we can take on Raemon in the bandit camp. There is really just two key things that you need to do to win this fight. Firstly, you must disable the mage immediately before he can cast spells to disable your party. Use the Wand of Paralyzation to hold the mage, it may take more then one charge but don't overuse the wand as these charges are super valuable. Once the mage is held take it out quickly with your damage dealers. The second key thing is to charm the Gnoll and use it to hold Raemon's aggro, effectively neutralizing both of them. The rest of the fight can be won with tactics covered in previous videos.

This fight yields Kivan as a permanent party member, the best Longbow in the game "The Dead Shot", as well as "The Legacy of the Masters" gauntlets which increase damage and THAC0. We also get access to Cloakwood and can recruit Coran, the best archer in the game. Coran has 20 dexterity and 3 points in weapon mastery, which is actually illegal for a fighter/thief making Coran potentially even better then a player-made character. All of this greatly increases the damage of the party, which combined with web will allow us to take on groups of enemies at a time.

To showcase this damage, in the same area we can complete the Gurke's Cloak quest. Head to the South East of the same area of Cloakwood to find a group of Tasloi. Use Web to disable the group and make sure that your archers are focused on enemies that are held to ensure the damage autohits. Once the web expires use blindness on any remaining enemies, while Jaheria switches to a melee weapon to head to the front line and heal. Against large groups of enemies, one tank is likely not enough so use her as a secondary tank once the heals are exhausted. The archers should be able to do enough damage before either tank falls.

0:00 Recruit Kivan
0:51 Clearing the Bandit Camp
3:20 Recruit Coran
4:00 Gurke's Cloak

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