Best Monk Builds – Baldur’s Gate 3
Welcome to our BG3 Monk Builds category. Here you can find the best Monk builds in Baldur’s Gate 3. We have a build for all Monk subclasses in the game.
Drunken Master Monk Build
Way of the Four Elements Monk Build
Way of the Open Hand Monk Build
Way of Shadows Monk Build
Drunken Master Build
Putting the brew in homebrew, with the BG3 Drunken Master Build, you can recover spent Ki points by drinking alcohol.
By sharing the bottle with your enemies using Intoxicating Strike, you’ll generate a buff to your Armour Class and increase your Chance to hit Drunk targets.
Drunk enemies are also susceptible to the Drunken Masters’ other abilities, like Sobering Realisation – which sobers up drunk targets, dealing physical and Psychic damage.
Way of the Four Elements Build
With the BG3 Way of the Four Elements Monk Build, you focus your ki to bend the elements to your will, using them as an extension of your own body.
Way of the Four Elements Monks gain access to special spells that are cast with Ki Points instead of Spell Slots. Their mastery over magic is not as strong as pure spellcaster classes like the Wizard and Sorcerer, but they can use magic to augment their Monk abilities and deal decent damage. Some of the Monk spells are renamed versions of normal spells, while others are unique to the Monk.
Way of the Open Hand Build
The BG3 Way of the Open Hand Build specialises in unarmed combat, using your hands and your control of Ki to heal or inflict grievous hurt.
Way of the Open Hand Monks are completely focused on their mastery of Unarmed combat. They get access to special unarmed flurry attacks that can push, stagger or knock over enemies. At higher levels, they can infuse Necrotic, Psychic or Radiant damage into their unarmed attacks and cause an enemy’s Ki to detonate on contact.
Open Hand Monks are a bit tricky to begin with, because they have no ranged attacks and don’t get the magical or stealth buffs that are available to Four Elements and Shadow Monks. But later on, you will find ways to increase your mobility, making things much simpler.
Way of Shadow Build
You value the arts of stealth and subterfuge, bending the shadows to your will to strike without warning.
Way of Shadow Monks are basically the BG3 version of ninjas. You can blend into the shadows, becoming effectively invisible, and receive bonuses to your Stealth skills. At high levels, you can use your Ki to teleport out of the shadows, dealing Psychic damage to your foe on impact.
The downside of the Shadow Monk is that it requires more planning and foresight than the other subclasses to get the most out of it – you’ll need to use the environment to your advantage to stay hidden and get the jump on enemies.
The BG3 Way of Shadows Build is well-suited to players who enjoy thinking outside of the box rather than taking a direct approach to combat.
