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Gale emerges as a compellingcompanionin the vast world ofBaldur’s Gate 3, embodying the quintessential Wizard with a heart as vast as his arcane knowledge. This guide aims to delve into the essence of Gale, highlighting his strengths and how to harness his magical prowess for an unparalleled Wizard build.
Focusing on area-based damage, this build leverages the Evocation subclass to unleash devastating spells while ensuring the safety of allies. Gale’s versatility in spellcasting allows for a dynamic approach to combat, adapting to various situations with a broad spectrum of spells.
Gale’s Strengths and Challenges
Gale’s Core Attributes
As with all companions, we will want to go back in to respec him with Withers as soon as we can. When you may, make sure his stats look like this:
Constitution
Intelligence
You can drop Wisdom or Charisma to put more love into Intelligence, if you like. This would make him a more reliable spell caster. I tend to keep all my companions at 16/16 for their most important stats and let my feats or gear boost them when I need them.
Gale’s magical journey in Baldur’s Gate 3 starts with a strategic selection of spells and cantrips at level 1. This initial setup is crucial for laying the groundwork for Gale’s role as a versatile and powerful spellcaster. Here’s a guide to optimizing Gale’s magical arsenal from the get-go.
Cantrip Choices
Spell Choices
At level 2, Gale can pick his subclass - we will want to goEvocationfor this. You will also get to pick a couple more spells. I recommend Ice Knife and Ray of Sickness.
Ray of Sickness
At level 3, Gale gets 2 level 2 spell slots and another level 1 spell slot. I recommend taking these:
Feather Fall
Scorching Ray
Misty Step
As Gale progresses to level 4, his magical repertoire expands, offering new tactical avenues and bolstering his role as a formidable Wizard in your party. This stage is crucial for enhancing Gale’s spellcasting effectiveness and survivability. Let’s delve into the optimal choices for Gale’s level 4 advancements.
New Spells and Cantrips
At this juncture, Gale gains access to an additional level 2 spell slot, a new cantrip, and two more spells to his arsenal, broadening his tactical options.
Cloud of Daggers
For the new cantrip:
Blade Ward
As for Gale’s new feat - pickAbility Improvementto increase hisIntelligenceto18.
Gale gets his first level 3 spells at this level, and he’s going to start feeling very strong. Pick these up:
At this level, Gale gets more spells and thePotent Cantripclass feature which makes his cantrips harder to evade entirely. For your spell selection, take these:
Counterspell
Sleet Storm
Gale gets level 4 spells at this level, two of them. We’ll pick these up:
Banishment
Gale gets another feat at this level and you have two choices here. You can either go withAbility Improvementto set hisIntelligence to 20or you can pickSpell Sniper. Either one is good at this level, and you’ll be picking the other at level 12. If you do pick up Spell Sniper, make sure to pickEldritch Blastfor your cantrip selection.
Eldritch Blast
As for spells, pick these up:
Phantasmal Killer
Phantasmal killer is excellent in a boss fight.
Level 9 gives Gale two level 5 spell slots, and we’ll pick these up:
Conjure Elemental
At level 10, we get another 2 level 5 spell slots. We will pick these:
Telekinesis
Cone of Cold
You will also get to pick up another cantrip. Pick whichever you like!
Level 11 gets Gale 2 level 6 spell slots. Honestly, what we can do with Gale is starting to feel like overkill by this point, but you’ll be picking these:
Disintegrate
Globe of Invulnerability
The Globe will be immensely useful in the last few fights of the game, but if you would rather not take that and focus entirely on just dealing damage with Gale, I recommend picking eitherSunbeamorCircle of Deathinstead.
Pick the other option that you didn’t pick at level 8. Remember, if you’re picking up Spell Sniper now, that you will be picking theEldritch Blastcantrip.
You will get 2 more level 6 spells here. You can pick the ones I mentioned before, but these are also good choices:
Chain Lightning
Otiluke’s Freezing Sphere
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