Baldur's Gate 3 - Best Fighter Build Guide

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Looking to conquer your enemies and lay them low? This Fighter guide has all you need to make your mark on Faerun.

By Brian Barnett on

The best Baldur's Gate 3 Fighter build is all about taking advantage of the Fighter’s best assets: bonus attacks. In this guide, we’ll show you how to get your plain swordsperson in armor and turn them into a furious engine of death, able to take out multiple enemies in one turn or cripple single targets with similar gusto.

There is but one build if you want a Fighter that can master the battlefield: the Battlemaster. It takes swinging your weapon to the next level, giving you an extra turn if you crit or kill an enemy, Action Surge to get another attack regardless of what you did before, and Riposte attacks which let you take advantage of your enemies' missed strikes. It’s a lot, and that’s why I love it.

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Fighters can multi-class with the best of them, and that’s one of the reasons why they are ranked in the S tier of our Baldur’s Gate 3 class tier list, but this build is all Fighter, all the time.

If you want to multi-class, there are almost too many options to count. Because the Battlemaster subclass (and Fighter class benefits, in general) are so good for so many different classes, the world is really your oyster. Fighter/Barbarian is good for leaning into powerful melee and throw options, Fighter/Ranger or Fighter/Thief are good if you are looking to lean into ranged combat or want some more utility with pets or thieving, and