Baldur’s Gate 3 offers loads of opportunities to customize and optimize your character, including Feats. MeinMMO reveals which talents you should choose at the corresponding levels and which fits your class best.

What are talents?

• The most of the 12 classes in Baldur’s Gate 3 have the option to choose a talent at levels 4, 8, and 12.
• Talents improve your character and grant it new abilities, improve its attributes, or even fundamentally change the playstyle.
• Tips for leveling and talents can be found in our leveling guide.

These talents are powerful: We have selected from the vast catalog of talents those that provide you the greatest advantages in the game. The talents usually result in improvements in combat, but can also be helpful in social interactions.

You will find classes for each of the talents to which these “Feats” fit best, as well as a brief explanation of how they work and their areas of use. You can find the best classes in Baldur’s Gate 3 in our tier list.

We made our selections based on our experience with role-playing games and Dungeons & Dragons. Many authors and editors at MeinMMO have been passionate and experienced players for many years.

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More tips on the classes can be found directly from the developers:

1. Attribute Improvement

Suitable classes:

• All

Strictly speaking, attribute improvement is not a talent but the standard choice. Talents can alternatively be chosen in the D&D rules instead of attributes. You can freely distribute 2 points per improvement, up to a maximum attribute value of 20. Keep in mind that only even numbers grant you a bonus on rolls, so:

• Value 8: Malus of -1
• Value of 10: Bonus of +0
• Value of 12: Bonus of +1
• Value of 14: Bonus of +2, etc.

2. Luck of the Draw

Suitable classes:

• All

The strongest “real” talent is so powerful that some Dungeon Masters ban it in their games: with Luck of the Draw, you can benefit daily from 3 attack, attribute, or saving throws (you roll 2 dice and take the better result) or force an opponent to reroll their attack, causing them to potentially miss. Strong in any situation and for any character.

3. Spell Novice: Warlock/Master of Martial Arts

Suitable classes (Spell Novice):

• Wizard
• Bard
• Paladin
• Druid

Suitable classes (Master of Martial Arts):

• Fighter (except Battle Master)
• Monk
• Paladin
• Barbarian
• Rogue
• Bard (College of Swords)
• Warlock (Pact of the Blade)

Spell Novice: Warlock lets you learn 2 cantrips from the Warlock as well as a 1st-level spell. Since the modifier for all spells is Charisma, Charisma classes that already have spellcasting are the most suitable. Warlocks are one of the best spellcasting classes, especially due to their “Horrifying Ray” cantrip.

You can alternatively consider playing the Warlock as a second class, but we advise against multiclassing for now.

Master of Martial Arts is basically the physical counterpart to the talent. You learn 2 techniques from the Battle Master, allowing you to knock opponents down or make a counterattack after an opponent’s failed attack.

Battle Masters are one of the reasons why Fighters are the best class for beginners:

4. Heavy Weapons Master/Sniper

Suitable classes (Heavy Weapons Master):

• Paladin
• Barbarian
• Fighter

Suitable classes (Sniper):

• Ranger
• Rogue
• Bard (College of Valor)

The two talents allow you to use a -5 penalty on the attack with heavy weapons or ranged attack to deal an additional 10 damage instead. Additionally, the two talents have extra effects:

• Heavy Weapons Master gives you an additional attack as a bonus action when you kill an opponent with a critical hit
• Sniper removes the penalty from elevation differences on ranged attacks

5. Tough

Suitable classes:

• All

With “Tough”, you gain 2 additional hit points per level, even retroactively for each level. That corresponds to 4 points in Constitution – something that almost no other talent provides. The downside is that your saving throws for Constitution aren’t influenced by that.

If you are missing only one point in Constitution, you can use Resistant instead. This talent increases Constitution by 1 and allows you to regain all rather than only half of your hit points during a short rest:

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6. Two-Weapon Fighter

Suitable classes:

• Fighter
• Barbarian (especially Berserker)
• Rogue
• Bard (College of Swords)

With Two-Weapon Fighter, you can wield any one-handed weapon in both hands, they no longer need to have the “light” property. This allows you to choose stronger weapons for your character. If you wield 2 weapons, you also gain +1 to your armor class.

7. Vigilant

Suitable classes:

• All

You gain a +5 bonus to initiative and cannot be surprised. What sounds boring can save your whole group and ensure that you always act before the opponents. Used correctly, you can decide a fight with “Vigilant” before it even begins.

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8. Actor

Suitable classes:

• Bard
• Warlock
• Wizard
• Paladin
• Cleric (Domain of Deceit)

An underrated talent: Actor increases your Charisma by +1 and doubles your proficiency bonus on Deception and Performance. This is perfect for Charisma characters when you want to avoid battles or deceive NPCs. It is one of the few talents that have enormous benefits outside of combat. Perfect if you wanted to increase Charisma anyway.

9. Guardian

Suitable classes:

• Paladin
• Fighter
• Cleric
• Barbarian

The perfect talent for tanks: when an opponent tries to escape your melee range, you strike with an opportunity attack with advantage. This stops the opponent immediately, preventing them from running away. Additionally, you can attack an opponent who attacks an ally without a Guardian as a reaction.

10. Athlete

Suitable classes:

• Rogue
• Ranger
• Monk
• Paladin
• Fighter
• Barbarian

Athlete allows you to expend less movement to stand up. More importantly, the talent increases your jumping distance by 50% and additionally increases Strength or Dexterity. Jumping is a useful tool in Baldur’s Gate 3 to bypass traps or dangers. If you wanted to allocate a point in Strength or Dexterity anyway, consider whether Athlete might be better.

An additional important talent that you do not simply get with a level up is Inventory Management. To avoid cluttering your pockets, we have some tips for you:

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