Best Paladin Builds – Baldur’s Gate 3

Welcome to our BG3 Paladin Builds category. Here you can find the best Paladin Builds for Baldur’s Gate 3. We have builds for all Paladin subclasses in the game, as well as a build for Minthara.

•  Oath of Ancients Paladin Build
•  Oath of the Crown Paladin Build
•  Oath of Devotion Paladin Build
•  Oath of Vengeance Paladin Build
•  Oathbreaker Paladin Build
•  Bard Paladin Multiclass Build
•  Best Minthara Build

Oath of Ancients Build

You fight on the side of light in the cosmic struggle against darkness to preserve the sanctity of life and the beauty of nature.

These Paladins have extra proficiency at healing themselves and their allies. Later on, they gain abilities that allow them to manipulate the powers of nature, restraining enemies, speaking with animals and protecting their allies from the elemental attacks.

At Level 7, they unlock the Aura of Warding, which gives their party 50% Resistance to all damage from Spells.

All of our Paladin Builds can deal great damage, but the BG3 Oath of Ancients Build is particularly well-suited for taking supportive actions (healing, protecting and buffing allies, and restraining enemies).

Oath of the Crown Build

You’ve been sworn to uphold the principles of law. Stay true to your oath and you’ll be rewarded with the power to aid your allies and disrupt your foes.

Guide your companions in battle with Righteous Clarity, taunt enemies with strategic interrupts, and keep your party standing strong with Divine Allegiance, absorbing their damage while restoring their health.

The BG3 Crown Paladin Build is another support-oriented take on the Paladin class. This version is more geared towards tanking enemies by taunting them, encouraging them to attack you instead of your allies.

Oath of Devotion Build

Following the ideal of the knight in shining armour, you act with honour and virtue to protect the weak and pursue the greater good.

With the BG3 Oath of Devotion Build, your Paladin can create a vengeful aura around themselves that deals a small amount of Radiant damage to anyone who attacks them. Later on, they can turn their weapon into a Sacred Weapon, adding their Charisma Modifier to their Attack Rolls (this effectively makes their weapon more accurate).

At Level 7, they unlock an aura that prevents their allies from being Charmed.

While all Paladins retain decent supportive capabilities thanks to their spells and healing abilities, the Devotion Paladin is good for players who want to boost their damage output with extra Radiant Damage and increased accuracy.

Oath of Vengeance Build

You have set aside even your own purity to right wrongs and deliver justice to those who have committed the most grievous sins.

Vengeance Paladins can imbue their weapon with additional Radiant damage, equal to their Charisma Modifier. Later on, they can use their powers to Frighten enemies or make a target easier to hit, gaining Advantage on Attack Rolls against them.

The BG3 Vengeance Paladin Build gets a pretty good selection of spells, including Misty Step, Haste, Bane and Hold Person.

Perhaps the most aggressive Paladin type, Vengeance Paladins are great for players who want to maximise their Paladin’s melee damage as much as possible, relentlessly pursuing enemies and giving them no chance to recover.

Oathbreaker Build

You have broken your sacred Oath in pursuit of power and ambition. Only darkness remains to fuel you now.

To use the BG3 Oathbreaker Build, you must begin the game as one of the other Paladin subclasses and carry out an action that breaks your Oath. You will then get a visit from the Oathbreaker Knight, giving you the chance to change your subclass to the Oathbreaker Paladin.

Oathbreaker Paladins are particularly well-suited for more evil playthroughs, since they gain some Necrotic powers. They can put a nasty debuff on an enemy that deals a small amount of Necrotic Damage each turn, and gives you Advantage on Attack Rolls against them.

Later on, you get the ability to exert control over undead, forcing them to fight for you, and you can use your powers to Frighten nearby enemies.

At Level 7, the Oathbreaker gets an aura that grants bonus damage equal to your Charisma Modifier to nearby Undead and Fiends. This makes for a powerful synergy if you also have a Necromancy Wizard in your party. The Oathbreaker Paladin can also summon their own undead from Level 9 onwards.

Bard Paladin Multiclass Build

The BG3 Bard Paladin Multiclass Build combines the Bard’s range of spells with the Paladin’s weapon and armour prowess and Smite spells.

The result is a highly versatile melee heavy-hitter who brings heaps of party support and healing to the table when needed.

Minthara Build

Minthara is a Vengeance Paladin who can be recruited in Act II (depending on your choices in Act I). She commonly finds her way into the party of players doing an evil playthrough, although it is possible to recruit her on a good playthrough by taking a rather strange series of actions in the Goblin Camp.

Minthara is often loved by players who do recruit her due to her brutal honesty and potential redemption arc.

Our BG3 Minthara Build ensures that you’ll get the most out of the vengeful Drow as you pursue your common enemies.