What Are Your Most Unique Solutions To Defeat Encounters? [Spoilers]

Telling the grove's location to Minthara then destroying the bridge under her is always a fun option, but rip loot.

Unsure how unique it is but utilizing calm emotions during the harpy battle is so damn helpful also gets the kid to book it so you aren't worrying he's gonna get himself killed.

A unique one I just tried was fighting the animated armor enemies in grymforge. I brought some sussur blooms which created an anti magic field around me and incapacitated them for an easy fight.

Very fun! I’d recommend anyone who wants and interesting way of playing Sorcerer to pick up twinned spell and focus on some of the spells that affect multiple party members. I ran a Dwarf Draconic Sorcerer to get the +2 in both Con and Strength. This way you get medium armor proficiency as well.

You can twin spell: -Invisibility -Jump -Enlarge/Reduce

Also had Expeditious Retreat so I could utilize the sparky boots and dash every turn to get lightning charges.

I had a run with only Astarion and Shadowheart as Companions. Built Astarion pure Thief, and Shadowheart as a tanky support.

So I always had multiple plans of attack. I could start the fight using ERetreat and build up lightning charges while Astarion and Shadowheart tanked a bit. Then I could twin spell Enlarge to buff up myself/Astarion or Shadowheart and Astarion.

One thing that was revealed to me was that Enlarge gives you advantage on strength checks. Meaning that the “shove” bonus action suddenly becomes super likely the hit, even with Astarion and Shadowhearts abysmal strength. So all 3 of us would run around pushing enemies off cliffs.

What’s great too was that the spell is tied to my main characters concentration. Meaning I could keep my companions enlarged the whole fight as long as my main character was out of the thick of it.

Twinned invisibility was cool too. Especially when the 3rd companion can just use the magic invisible ring that you get in Grymforge. Entire team invisible without needing a potion.

Overall excited for the variety of options to come at encounters with!

Dropping stuff on enemies is the most underused encounter-killer in game.

1. The most obvious one is the suspended concrete block over Gimblebock outside the Temple in the beginning of the game.

2. Then there is the boulder at the goblin gates which will kill 3 goblins if you release it.

3. Then the statues in the shattered sanctum right in front of priestess gut. They will kill a few goblins if you knock them over.

4. Then the braziers over the hobgoblin boss in the Sanctum.

5. The Sussex flowers can be used on the constructs in the Underdark tower to power down their lightening abilities.

I have more but that’s enough to be getting on with.

Pitting the two spectators against each other in the underdark. A chaotic, but surprisingly effective and entertaining strategy.

I haven't fought the hag the proper way yet. First time I inadvertently bloqued the path to the dungeon and her invisibility ran out and killed her in the house. And the following playthroughs I always block her scape from the beginning.

Pushing enemies off cliffs is my favorite because then I don't have to fight at all 🤣 I am terrible with the battle system, I'm constantly getting killed and never have enough potions to go around. I do hope there will be more vendors in the full game because it's brutal not having potions. Shadowcat can only do so much.

the power of reload

Fighter Pushing attack & Warlock repelling blast against hook horror.

Mean spirited- I left several barrels of powder and oil directly outside the barn door of our favorite large couple and then opened the door to start the cutscene.

was playing co-op with a friend, but while they navigated their barbarian and shadowheart to engage the goblin camp, I had gale on top of the tower/bridge in the middle of camp throwing bottles of wine and other alcohol into the fight without having him actually in the battle. it was hilarious.

Basically mass bombing the goblin camp.

Invisibility potion and drop the strongest poison you have in the Goblin's pot while they are celebrating. Immediately run your whole party up to the walls above the entrance of the temple.

Most of the goblins will die and the rest will have to waste their turn dashing to get to you which leaves them easy pickings.

Also the ogre cannot climb walls so you can pick him off easily.

Used an invisible spotter for an archer(s) up high. Underdark and duegar beach get easier.

In the hag den.. Needs;

1 scroll of silence

Plant growth (or alternate guiding bolts if no druid but have a Rogue)

Rogue (Astarion) backstabbing

If you have someone (not shadow) else casting Silence while using concentration, have her use bless instead.

So! Have Astarion sneak in for extra points!

As you encounter the hag, just waltz into the home, confront her. As soon as things get spicy though. . .

Cast silence off a scroll used by shadow-heart, you can buy this off the 1st shop (i think). then proceed to plant growth on the hag and surrounding terrain, setting up difficult terrain. (Juicy juicy advantage on attacks)

all before the first turn of the hag battle, set up Astarion in the back, or bonus action dash back there (before plant growth, or after guiding bolt) to that thick hag-ass and go to town off that crowd control, and clerics consistent guiding bolt.

Guiding bolt gives advantage on next attack if it hits. Whack her minions back but expect to focus the hag and don't let her slip away! Don't let the cleric get hit while concentrating, if it stops hag Mami goes invisible

Using Rune Powder barrel to defeat the Gith, the barrel takes them all out in one shot, but has a super long blast radius so whoever drops it better have a way to get really far really fast.

Love Grease and Fire!

sorry i don't subscribe to cheeze so straight combat is the most unique thing i can do in game. the rest is too cheezy for me. But i did use AoE haste potions just for giigles but it brakes the dificulty so i had to reload