
This makes them the clear favorite for a Ranger. Wood Elves can reach 17 Dexterity, they gain Proficiency with Perception, they have Darkvision, they gain proficiency with Stealth, and they also gain +1 Wisdom. The Races I like for this Build are Wood Elf, Strongheart Halfling and Human. Wisdom Skills are: Animal Handling, Insight, Medicine, Perception, and Survival.

Which Background you choose is not particularly important, but you will have a lot of Wisdom so selecting a Background that affects Wisdom Skills is a good choice. However, this will hold you in good stead during Early Access. You don’t have to follow this to the letter, and it’s likely this will change at full launch of the game.
#BALDURS GATE 3 RANGER HOW TO#
In this section we’ll take a look at how to setup your Hunter during Character Creation for the best results. This means if you’re using Hunter’s Mark and Speak with Animals, you have almost no need for Wisdom, as you’ll only have one Spell left you can choose from that might use it.

If these two things stacked together it would be an amazing combo, but sadly they do not.Īdditionally, you cannot use Ensnaring Shot on a target that is Marked or you will remove the mark, because both Spells require Concentration. Using Colossus Slayer you solve this problem, as well as free up an additional Spell for something else. You cannot then cast Hunter’s Mark, and miss out on the extra damage from it. While this isn’t particularly hard to do, sometimes you need to jump to get to places where you can get Advantage, using up your Bonus Action. Hunter’s Mark is a Spell that does nearly the same thing as Colossus Slayer, but rolls slightly less damage (1-6), and the target must die somewhat quickly or you will not be able to reapply it for free.
#BALDURS GATE 3 RANGER UPDATE#
NOTE that this has changed since the Update 4 Patch, and no longer works on full health targets, though it is still a solid choice. This allows Hunters to deal incredible damage every round, without expending any resources. Since the damage from the attack is calculated before Colossus Slayer is determined, this works with full health targets, even though the description makes it seem as though it does not.

Colossus Slayer will provide an extra 1-8 damage to any target they hit with a weapon attack. Rangers can become Hunters at Level 3 in Baldur’s Gate 3, and when they do they gain the choice of a powerful passive. Baldur’s Gate 3 Builds: Ranger Guide (Hunter) I’ll be doing more Build Guides at the launch of Baldur’s Gate 3, but for now, let’s look at how you can use an Hunter effectively in the first Act of the game. In this Baldur’s Gate 3 Build Guide I’m going to be covering my Hunter (Ranger) Build for Early Access, and showing you what I’ve found to work best.
