Rangers inBaldur’s Gate 3are a highly customizable class that can benefit greatly from multiclassing. Rangers aren’t a full-blown martial class or a full-blown spell caster, so a multiclass could lean them toward either direction. Because they’re not particularly specialized in any kind of melee combat, this makes them an especially good base class.
A good multiclass for rangers will increase their damage output and focus on Dexterity and Wisdom ability scores to avoid having too many important ability scores. Remember that the Beast Master ranger subclass will be more difficult to multiclass since the combat potential of your animal companion will rely on ranger levels.
Rogue
Rogues and rangers go hand in handas a multiclass pair.Both are Dexterity-based, so both classes attack with the same stat.
Whether you’re playing a classic ranged build or a melee ranger, Sneak Attacks provided by your new rogue class offer an excellent damage boost.
You’ll want towait until level five to multiclass. At ranger level five, you unlock an extra attack, while rogues don’t get this ability.
From there, you’ll wantat least three levels of rogueto select a subclass.
If you’re lookingto boost Sneak Attack damage,you’ll want todedicate the rest of your levels to rogue, meaning at character level 12, you’ll be ranger level five and rogue level seven.
If you’re more concerned with unlocking ranger abilities, such as no longer being slowed by difficult terrain at level eight, you could sacrifice Sneak Attack damage for ranger levels.
Assassin
A Gloom Stalker ranger andAssassin rogue is a popularmulticlass because of thehigh amount of damage you’ll be able to deal during the first round of combat.
Assassin Rogue Features
Assassin’s Alacrity –You immediately restore your action and bonus action at the start of combat.
Assassinate: Ambush– Any successful attack against a surprised enemy is acritical hit.
Assassinate: Initiative –You have advantage against any enemy that hasn’t taken a turn yet in combat.
Combined with yourboost to initiativeand additional attack in the first round of combat as a Gloom Stalker, you’ll be quite the killing machine. The higher your Dexterity and initiative, the more damage you can deal.
If you really want to wipe enemies out in the first round, consider taking two levels of fighter as well, which would make ranger level five, rogue level five, and fighter level two.
This gives you Action Surge, further increasing the attacks you can make at the beginning of combat.
Fighter
Fighters, like rangers, are also a versatile class. While a Strength build is possible for fighters and rangers, you can also keep to a ranger’s traditional Dexterity build as a fighter multiclass.
Keep in mind thatranged weapons, initiative, and AC rely on your Dexterity. A Strength build will cause damage with ranged weapons to decrease in favor of melee attacks.
A Dexterity build will work well with both ranged weapons and finesse weapons, meaning you’ll deal good damage both from afar and in melee.
Fighters are such a solid class on their own thattaking more levels in fighter is the best optionunless the spellcasting aspect of ranger appeals to you.
Both classes get an extra attack at level five, so to avoid doubling up on this ability (which cannot stack),you should start multiclassing at ranger level 3.
If you’re a Beast Master ranger, you will absolutely want levels in ranger to strengthen your animal companion. For this subclass, the best multiclass split would look more like ranger level eight and fighter level four.
Battle Master Fighter
Battle Masters are a strong subclasswith many useful abilities available to give you an edge against enemies. Combined with your ranger spells, you’d have an arsenal of tricks up your sleeve to use in battle.
While the Champion subclass is also an option, if you want a build focused on critical hits,avoid Eldritch Knight. Eldritch Knights cast with their Intelligence ability, while rangers cast with Wisdom.
Cleric
Like rangers, clerics utilize both weapon and spell attacks. Clerics and rangers both use Wisdom as their spellcasting stat.
This means that you won’t have to worry about increasing another ability. While this multiclasswon’t be as powerful as a full spell caster,you willgain access to more spells.
You shouldget to ranger level fivebefore multiclassing togain an extra attack per turn.
If you dedicate the rest of your levels to cleric, you’ll reachfourth-level spells.
Cleric Subclass
Particularly on theme with ranger spell casting is a Nature domain cleric.Clerics have their own useful spellsunavailable to a ranger, which outweigh any overlap you risk with this subclass.
Level 3 Domain Spells
Since you’ll gain them automatically with your Nature cleric levels,avoid selecting these spells as you level up as a ranger. Or, you could replace them in later ranger levels when you know you’ll get them soon in cleric levels.
A War Domain cleric is another good option, especially for rangers that are more weapon-focused, as opposed to spellcasting.
War clerics gain the ability tomake an extra attack as a bonus action, and their Domain spells focus on increasing both AC, decreasing incoming damage, and increasing your melee damage.
