Every class in Baldur’s Gate 3 has special abilities. However, a few “standard skills” are shared by all – and two of them are even the strongest in the game. With them, you can take down almost any opponent in one hit, and in some cases, you don’t even have to spend an action.
What skills are they?
- “Throw” uses an object (or a creature) to throw at either an opponent or a new position.
- With “Push,” you shove an opponent back.
- Each of the 12 classes in Baldur’s Gate 3 can utilize these two abilities.
This is what makes the skills so good: Although the abilities might not sound exciting at first, you can take down almost any opponent with just one attack. Baldur’s Gate 3 allows for all kinds of crazy actions, including using Throw and Push:
- if you push an opponent back, they can land in dangerous areas like lava or area spells
- if you position yourself correctly, you can even shove enemies into an instantly deadly abyss. That’s how I killed a nasty witch
- Push is even a “bonus action,” so you can attack or cast a spell in the same turn
- if you throw something, you deal damage depending on the weight of the item
- so if you fill a box with a lot of junk and carry it with you, you can deal immense damage by throwing this box in an opponent’s face
Both work particularly well with fighters and barbarians, as these two classes usually have a lot of strength. Strength affects how far you can push an opponent and how heavy an item can be while still being throwable. The skill Athletics is also important, which you can increase with the right talents.
Fighters and barbarians are not at the top of the tier list of the best classes in Baldur’s Gate, but with these tricks, they are definitely super strong. As an additional bonus, they only need a short rest to recover:
“Barrelmancy” has been an OP strategy since Divinity
If you want to take the game even further, you can combine the skills with spells: for instance, place a potion, an explosive flask, or poison at an edge and have a mage hand push them down. Poison can damage opponents, and with a healing potion, you can easily heal your entire party.
Alternatively, you can simply stack dozens of boxes on top of each other and plant yourself on top – either to reach forbidden places or to throw a boot from there at opponents. Because from a greater height, items deal even more damage. For example, it should be possible to deal 81 damage with a boot (via YouTube).
The use of environmental objects has been a common method among role players for a while now. In Divinity: Original Sin, for example, the “School of Barrelmancy” was formed, where unbreakable containers were made as heavy as possible to smash enemy heads.
The same works to a certain extent in Baldur’s Gate 3. Here, players are now frantically searching for barrels and boxes that can be best used for their profane “magic.” Just be careful with “real magic,” because here you can quickly make an immense mistake:
Baldur’s Gate 3: Mage is too greedy, learns too many spells, cannot level up past level 10
