A new subclass from Patch 8 of Baldur’s Gate 3 is said to be the strongest build where objects are thrown at enemies. A player elaborates that the strong damage might actually be a bug.
Which subclass is it? Barbarians can choose the path of the giant since the last major Patch 8. This is a specialization where you build on ranged throws. In a rage, there is indeed a double bonus on throw attacks.
At higher levels, even weapons can be enchanted with elemental damage and recalled after being thrown at an opponent. Smaller enemies are no longer a problem either, as they can also be thrown. This allows them to be killed directly.
In the MeinMMO ranking of the most popular subclasses, you voted the giant barbarian to 6th place. Although he occupies one of the middle spots in the ranking, you should consider him when it comes to high damage output.
Giant Barbarians deal gigantic damage
How does the damage occur? The subclass has an action called “Elemental Cleaver,” which adds additional elemental damage to weapon damage. Additionally, the weapon returns after being thrown. However, this elemental damage is said to double other effects.
As one Reddit user writes, Karlach threw a hammer that dealt the following damage:
- 38 standard damage
- Bonus damage of +4
- Tavern brawler added +10 damage
- Throwing ring gave an additional +4
All the additional effects, aside from the standard damage, were doubled. Once as bludgeoning damage and once the elemental damage that Karlach had chosen. This would make the giant barbarian one of the strongest classes available at level 6. Because from this level, the barbarian gets an additional rage charge.
The user calculates that one could achieve over 120 damage per round this way. This means many rounds could be quickly finished. The thread creator is therefore unsure if this is a bug or intentional.
Is this a bug? According to the comments, such effects were defining for the meta before the release of Patch 5. Therefore, they were removed. One user assumes the same will happen to the giant barbarian. Especially in the Honour mode, this shouldn’t occur. The hardest difficulty would be far too easy due to the high damage of the barbarian.
Some users thus assume that this is a bug that will soon be removed from the game. Larian itself has not yet commented on the build, so you should take this assumption with caution.
Throwing smaller enemies can instantly kill them. However, there are also 2 other abilities that every class in Baldur’s Gate 3 can learn and that can instantly kill any enemy – if you are lucky: Baldur’s Gate 3: 2 abilities anyone can use, and they can take out enemies instantly – here’s how to make the most of them
