Larian's shared the most-played multiclasses in Baldur's Gate 3—and one of D&D's favourites is somehow second-to-last

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Baldur's Gate 3 lets you multiclass—opening the floodgates to a lot of min-maxing nonsense. In case you're a single-class devotee (or just haven't played the game yet), multiclassing means «taking levels» in several different classes. So for example, you could be a level 5 fighter and a level 3 barbarian on a level 8 character.

We've recently gotten a glimpse into how players have been using this feature, thanks to a blog post by Larian Studios' product manager Emily Gera on the PlayStation website (though the stats are from all platforms). I happen to know a little bit about 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons (the system Baldur's Gate 3 is built upon), and some of these results surprised me.

Numbers one and two on the list aren't that shocking. Ranger/Rogue is potent with the Gloomstalker and Assassin classes—Assassin rogues really benefit from going first in combat, and Gloomstalkers get a bonus to their initiative rolls. Combining their features means you get an ambush predator death machine that melts anything brave enough to have low Dexterity.

The Barbarian and Fighter mashup isn't surprising either. The Fighter's action surge ability is great on just about any class, especially ones that get extra attack like Barbarian, Paladin, and… well, Fighter. 

One nice combo is to slap the Fighter's Champion Subclass on top of a Barbarian. They have a higher chance of critting with Reckless Attack (you crit by hitting a 20 on the dice, and Reckless Attack lets you roll two dice and take the higher), while the Champion's Improved Critical Hit ability also gives you a crit on a 19, ramping up your chances of turning your foes to paste.

But there are a few outliers. Mixing Cleric and Paladin, for example, doesn't really work.