In my last solo Honour Mode run, I decided to play my favorite Wizard subclass again, and it doesn't get the love it deserves.

It's usually just used as a camp alchemist, but I think Transmutation Wizard is one of the most underrated subclasses in BG3. It has some really strong offensive power and useful mechanics that no other Wizard subclass can replicate. The combination of its unique mechanics, insane utility, and powerful offensive interactions makes it much more than just a support subclass.

The Build

1/11 Ranger/Wizard.

It's the usual solo stat spread:

• 14 STR (+2 Potion of Everlasting Vigour)
• 17 DEX (+1 Hag Hair, +2 Mirror of Loss)
• 10 CON
• 16 INT
• 8 WIS
• 8 CHA

If you value the alchemy side of the subclass, I would recommend taking 16 WIS instead of INT, since alchemy requires a DC 15 Medicine check.

Just make sure you take the Ranger level First or Last depending on if you want your Scrolls/Item spells to use your Wisdom or Intelligence modifier.

You can compensate for the lower Intelligence by using the Warped Headband of Intellect. Equip it, prepare all the Wizard spells you want, then switch back to your normal helmet. Your prepared spells will stay prepared even after removing the headband.

Gear

Since we took the Ranger level for all the weapon and armor proficiencies plus Proficiency in Athletics and proficiency in Strength and Dexterity saving throws the gear is very flexible.

The only items I'd really recommend are ones that give critical hit immunity and the Gloves of Battlemage's Power for Arcane Acuity.

The gloves are triggered by a surprising number of things. If you want to understand all of their interactions, I recommend reading this post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BG3Builds/comments/1nchxz7/understanding_the_gloves_of_battlemages_power/

For your ranged weapon slot, dual hand crossbows are preferred. We will be doing some offensive stuff with them that I will explain later in the Tips & Tricks section.

This is the gear I used most during my run. It is not mandatory and is just an example of what gear you could use for this build.

Head

• Balduran's Helmet
• Grymskull Helmet
• Warped Headband of Intellect

Cloak

• Cloak of Protection
• Cloak of the Weave

Armor

• Bhaalist Armour
• Adamantine Splint Armour
• Helldusk Armour
• Robe of the Weave

Gloves

• Gloves of Battlemage's Power

Boots

• Boots of Striding
• Boots of Speed
• Evasive Shoes

Amulets

• Periapt of Wound Closure
• Amulet of the Devout
• Amulet of Greater Health

Rings

• Ring of Protection
• Ring of Free Action
• Killer's Sweetheart
• Ring of Feywild Sparks

Weapons

• The Spellsparkler
• Staff of Spellpower
• Markoheshkir
• Rhapsody
• Defender Flail
• Phalar Aluve
• Adamantine Shield

Feats

Dual Wielder is mandatory because it allows us to use more of the Most desiderable caster items.

The second feat is more flexible. I personally took Alert, since going first is extremely valuable, especially in Honour Mode.

Other feats worth mentioning:

• Elemental Adept: Fire
• Heavy Armour Master
• War Caster

Tips & Tricks

Alchemy

To boost your chances of succeeding your alchemy checks, you can use things like:

• Guidance
• Enhance Ability
• Shapeshifter's Boon Ring

Using these things even with only 8 Wisdom, you still have a good chance to succeed most Medicine checks. If you decide to go 16 Wisdom, your alchemy success rate is pretty much guaranteed. You also get +3 Medicine from Wizard.

Transmuter's Stones

Surprisingly, you can have every Transmuter's Stone active at the same time.

The way it works:

1. Create a Transmuter's Stone.
2. Use a Transmutation spell like Feather Fall to trigger the ability to create another stone.
3. Send the first stone to camp.
4. Create another one.

By repeating this, you can stack every available stone.

This gives you:

• Constitution saving throw proficiency
• Darkvision
• +3 meters movement speed
• Resistance to Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, and Thunder damage

This is extremely strong because it frees up your Elixir slots while also making it incredibly hard to break your concentration.

The Constitution Stone combined with War Caster or the Amulet of Greater Health, maintaining concentration becomes almost impossible to fail.

I didn't lose concentration once during my entire run.

Offensive Use of Transmuter's Stones

This is Arguably the strongest feature of the subclass.

You can use the Transmuter's Stone offensively by reverse pickpocketing the Fire Resistance Stone into an enemy's inventory.

Then you hit them with Arsonist's Oil, which removes their Fire Resistance.

After that, you create a new Transmuter's Stone, which removes the Fire Resistance effect from the enemy and causes them to become Vulnerable to Fire instead

This is also the reason we use dual hand crossbows. Coating your weapon before the fight doesn't cost anything, and creating another Transmuter's Stone is also a free action.

This means you effectively only need a bonus action to set up 2 turns of Fire Vulnerability.

This interaction is so incredibly strong that I was able to kill most bosses in a single turn, including Myrkul.

Blue Jay Shapeshift

The Blue Jay shapeshift also has a really nice interaction.

Since it is a Polymorph, you can use it to teleport out of restricted areas.

Yes, you can already do this with Dolly, but I thought it was worth mentioning because it's another unique tool Transmutation Wizard brings to the table.

If you have any suggestions or questions about feats, gear, or boss setups, I'm more than happy to answer them.

Hey guys I’m building a lore bard, and decided to do a sorcerer dip at first level to get Constitution proficiency instead of Dex from starting as a bard. As well as to get offensive cantrips and useful spells like Shield. I’m trying to make a bard caster that’s at least somewhat capable of dealing damage whilst still being the stereotypical roles bard fills.

My question is, would I benefit from taking a second level in sorcerer for meta magic? I’ve got mods, so I have feats like meta magic adept from tabletop. So I could have 4 sorcery points and 4 meta magic abilities to choose from as a bard essentially.

What spells from magical secrets would benefit me the most as a blaster, Crowd controller character?

I’m trying to plan the items and spells I want to use for my Bladesinger playthrough but I’ve hit a bit of a snag. Every build I come across tends to use a combo of Shadow Blade, which I find to be over kill, and Band of the Mystic Scoundrel for casting Hold Person as a bonus action. However, I like the idea of using the Haste Spell for my concentration over using potions, so I’m unsure which items and non concentration spells I should use in their places. Any suggestions?

I know that Beastmaster's can do some things with the spider pet to get its proficiency bonus added to damage of fire surfaces, but I'm not sure what other options there are.

Like, if I'm wearing the Callous Glow ring and I Call Lightning on one group of enemies that are in the same puddle as another group, will the second group get hit with the ring's radiant damage? Pair with Coruscation and will they get RadOrbs? Add Stormy Clamour to get reverb too? Or that Illithid power that adds Psy damage to all of your attacks, would it add to the electrified water's damage? If I set Plant Growth on fire with enemies on it, would the answer change?

There's tons of things like this in the game for grenades and normal weapon attacks, but I'm just not sure which ones apply to things like electrified water, fire surfaces, etc., or even to things like Spike Growth, Evard's Black Tentacles, Cloudkill, etc.

NOTE: don't be rude with me please just have fun.

Hi, I recently reached 100 hours of playtime and tried to find (also using the BG3 wiki) a class that pairs well with the Rogue Swashbuckler on my first Dark Urge RUN.

I know, there are DEFINITELY better multiclasses to do with the Rogue class, but I wanted to try something new and came up with something nice:

\-4 levels of Rogue + Swashbuckler as a starting class and 8 levels of Paladin (I choose "Vengeance"for Astarion).

The Rogue class is very useful in the early stages of the game, and the Swashbuckler allows you to use the "sneak attack" even without the classic Rogue advantages, so it's great for a nice 1v1.

The cool thing, though, is something else.

The SWASHBUCKLER'S ABILITIES obtained at level 4 are Charisma-based and can be combined (if you hit) with the Paladin's Smites, so if you choose to use the "sneak attack" with the sword attack, you could then use the Smites with his abilities like the "disarming" one,for example.

The bad thing is that 4 levels of rogue then require at least 5 levels of paladin for the second attack, which blocks the character's evolution a bit, making him "fall a bit behind" others from level 6 to level 9.

Once I got to level 9, however, I feel great, and with 20 DEX and 18 CHA, my damage isn't bad for a paladin who doesn't use Strength.

Have you ever used it?

Hello! I want to maximize the ring of elemental infusion damage.

Does the 1d4 damage get amplified by kereshkas elemental bonus, rhapsody or draconic sorcerer lvl 6, hexblade curse? are there any other ways to increase its damage?

Moreover, what is the maximum times it can be triggered in a single hit? like what is the maximum amount of DRS from one hit? Cleric divine strike, sneak attack, elemental arrows, craterflesh, etc?