Baldur's Gate 3: Best Magical Damage Builds With The Patch…

The long-awaited Patch 8 for Baldur's Gate 3 has finally launched, and players can finally sink their teeth into a few exciting new subclasses. Spellcasters have a lot of new abilities and skills to explore for characters who prefer to use magical powers when targeting their enemies.

The best magical DPS dealers among the Patch 8 subclasses are a mix of melee and ranged damage. Some of them take the role of pure spellcasters, while others imbue their weapons with arcane power and combine melee damage with magical powers.

For those players who are interested in multiclassing, choose classes that have the same spellcasting modifier, or ensure that the required ability scores for the class are in place. For example, a Bladesinger Bard will need both high Intelligence and Charisma scores. Cleric and Druid are a nice combination because they both use Wisdom.

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Death Domain Cleric

The Power of Life And Death, But Mostly Death

This Cleric has the usual healing spells but also works in the deadly art of Necromancy.

This Cleric still has the basic healing abilities inherent with the class, but also has special powers deeply connected to spells that deal Necrotic damage. These spells also appear in the Necromancy spell list used by Wizards, and Wisdom is still their most important ability score.

Races

Shield Dwarf. Dwarven Combat Training and Dwarven Resilience give this Cleric extra weapon skills and Poison resistance, and the subrace gives them extra AC in the form of Light and Medium Armor.
Zariel Tiefling. The only Teifling subrace that uses Constitution as the casting modifier for their innate casting abilities instead of Charisma. Searing Smite and Branding Smite are handy for melee range fighting.
Copper or Green Dragonborn. Acid or Poison combine nicely with the Necromancer spells, but players are free to choose virtually any color of Dragonborn. What's more important is that every choice has its own breath weapon attack and increased resistance to elemental damage.

Feats

War Caster. Especially good if this Cleric is also a healer, it gives them an Advantage on Concentration checks for maintaining a spell. It also grants the ability to use Shocking Grasp as a reaction.
Ability Improvement. Use this to boost the character's Wisdom by two, or perhaps by one with another point in Constitution.
Durable. Increase Constitution by one and regain full hit points every Short Rest.

Backgrounds

Alcolyte. A common choice for Clerics that includes insight and Religion.
Guild Artisan. A member of a mercantile guild or a student of art and design, skills include Insight and Persuasion.

Gear, Weapons, and Accessories

Dwarven Thrower . Great for any Cleric with its +2 enchantment, and Dwarves do an extra 1d8 of Bludgeoning damage.
Khalid's Gift. Adds +1 to Wisdom and allows the wearer to cast Aid once every Long Rest.
Dark Justiciar Half-Plate. The Very Rare version of this medium armor grants the wearer an Advantage on Constitution saving throws, the power of Shar's Aegis, Shar's Umbrae, and Shar's Protection.

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Circle of The Stars Druid

Draw Power From the Starry Skies

A savage spellcasting build becomes even more powerful with this new subclass.

Druids are a combination class that already fills any role, and many players choose to build their Druids as masters of physical damage. The Circle of Stars Druid adds even more power to their attacks with the Starry Form ability and Light damage spells like Guiding Bolt.