Baldur’s Gate 3 Players Agree On Which Subclass Is The Most Useless

Baldur’s Gate 3 has 12 classes and 58 subclasses to choose from, offering a wide variety of build options for every aspiring Tav and/or Dark Urge.

Baldur’s Gate 3 is designed around having multiple ways to approach the same problem, which means subclasses often perform better or worse in certain situations. Some of them lack raw combat power, but might compensate for this with utility and/or bonuses for stealthy characters.

The Worst of the Worst

However, there are subclasses that are just plain better in the majority of circumstances, which also means there are subclasses that are of limited use. In a recent Reddit thread by thebigchungus27, the community discussed which subclasses are objectively the worst.

Unsurprisingly, there wasn’t really a unified answer, but players have identified a few subclasses which bring very little to the table. The most popular answer, unfortunately for our beloved Shadowheart, is Trickery Cleric.

By default, Shadowheart is a Trickery Cleric. However, if you want God’s Favourite Princess to be more useful, then respeccing her is highly recommended. Trickery Cleric allows the user to become a pseudo-stealth character, but without any of the damaging skills that might make playing a stealthy character useful.

Through the power of multi-classing, the Trickery Cleric can better utilise their skills. Of course, the Cleric remains one of the strongest utility classes in Dungeons & Dragons, even with a less-than-ideal subclass.

Another popular answer is Wild Magic Barbarian, which can have some humorous results. However, the subclass doesn’t really scale into the middle-to-late game. As your characters grow more powerful, the wild magic effects essentially become slightly positive or slightly negative side effects, rather than anything you need to consciously play around.

There’s also the Drunken Master Monk, which was added in Patch 8. Unfortunately, Drunken Master Monk is essentially a worse version of Open Hand Monk, with an alcohol-fueled theme.

Since the subclass was a late addition to the game, there isn’t any reactivity in story moments where your character has the option of drinking strange concoctions. Restoring Ki with alcohol is a nice bonus, but food is so plentiful in Baldur’s Gate 3 that you can pretty much do a long rest whenever you want.

Honourable mention goes to Transmutation Wizard, the perfect camp-bound potions master, but much less useful than their wizard counterparts on the battlefield.

Baldur’s Gate 3

5.0/5

Released

August 3, 2023

ESRB

M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Partial Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Violence

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