Best Cleric build in Baldur’s Gate 3: Race, skills, spells, & more

Clerics are some of the best healers in Baldur’s Gate 3 and will often act as the main support for the team. Here’s the best Cleric build in Baldur’s Gate 3 along with the ideal race, subclass, spells, and some multiclass options.

Clerics are vital to a game like Baldur’s Gate 3, they provide some great damage and primarily act as the healer, often coming into their own when facing a mass of undead or a struggling party.

However, for them to reach that level of divine power, you need the perfect build. So, here’s the best Cleric build in Baldur’s Gate 3 including the perfect race, spells, ability points, and multiclass options.

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Contents

• Best Race to choose for a Cleric
• Best subclass to choose for a Cleric
• Best Background to choose for a Cleric
• Best Deity to choose for a Cleric
• Best Ability Score spread for a Cleric
• Best Spells to choose for a Cleric
• Best multiclass options for the Cleric
• Best Build to choose for a Cleric

Best Race to choose for a Cleric in Baldur’s Gate 3

The races that you can choose for a Cleric in Baldur’s Gate 3 are as follows:

• Half-Elf
• Human
• Gold Dwarf

All these classes offer ideal features for the Cleric but we recommend trying the Gold Dwarf due to its Dwarven Toughness, keeping your Cleric tanky.

Best subclass for a Cleric in Baldur’s Gate 3

There are quite a few subclasses that you can go for when playing as a Cleric in Baldur’s Gate 3. However, the best one to go for in this game is the Light subclass. This is because the Light subclass offers a mix of both damage as well as healing.

You should remember that at the end of the day dealing damage is important and solely focusing on healing can become frustrating at times.

Best Background for a Cleric in Baldur’s Gate 3

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The best background that you can go for when playing as a Cleric in Baldur’s Gate 3 is Acolyte. This is because you gain Insight and Religion as skills that synergize well with the Cleric class as a whole. However, apart from that, you should also go for the following skills:

• History
• Medicine
• Persuasion

Best Deity for Cleric class in Baldur’s Gate 3

The Cleric class is one where you have to choose a Deity during character creation. The choice of a Deity can define how the world treats you within the game. Therefore, the safest option to go for here is Bahamut, who is the God of Justice and always treads upon the righteous path.

Best Ability Score spread for a Cleric

The Cleric requires a certain amount of balance in order to be powerful. You could go for the recommended Ability Score spread, or you could try this one:

• Strength: 14
• Dexterity: 10
• Constitution: 14
• Wisdom: 16
• Intelligence: 8
• Charisma: 10

The Clerics spellcasting modifier is Wisdom, so you’ll want to make that your highest stat. Then, since you’ll be doing a lot of up-front fighting, Strength, and Constitution are your next priority, granting more damage and higher health. The other’s are purely there for ability checks and conversation.

Best Spells for a Cleric in Baldur’s Gate 3

If you are playing a Cleric then you need your spells to be useful. The spells that you should go for in Baldur’s Gate 3 are provided below:

• Cantrip: Resistance
• Cantrip: Guidance
• Cantrip: Sacred Flame
• Cantrip: Thaumaturgy
• Level 1: Shield of Faith
• Level 1: Healing Word
• Level 1: Inflict Wounds
• Level 1: Protection from Evil and Good
• Level 2: Radiance of Dawn
• Level 2: Lesser Restoration
• Level 3: Glyph of Warding
• Level 3: Daylight
• Level 3: Spirit Guardians
• Level 3: Revivify
• Level 4: Banishment
• Level 4: Freedom of Movement
• Level 5: Insect Plague
• Level 5: Dispel Evil and Good
• Level 6: Heal
• Level 6: Heroes’ Feast

Best multiclass options for the Cleric

Paladin and Cleric

The Paladin and Cleric work so well together because of their similarities. Both are tanks with healing capabilities and are able to hit for a relatively decent amount of damage. However, combine the two and you have an extremely versatile character.

It essentially strengthens the character’s healing capability and adds a little more power on the frontline, thanks to your Smite abilities. Sure, it’s not the most powerful multiclass in the game, but it’s one of the best for the Cleric.

Druid and Cleric

From a brief look at this multiclass, it’s easy to wonder why they go well together – but, they’re both Wisdom based and open up a realm of opportunity for more powerful spellcasting.

You get the defence from the Cleric, the healing from both, and the damaging / control spells from the Druid, almost making your character a one-person army.

Best Build for a Cleric in Baldur’s Gate 3

Race: Human

Background: Acolyte

Deity: Bahamut

Skills: Relion, Insight

Ability Order from highest to lowest: Wisdom, Intelligence, Dexterity, Charisma, Constitution, Strength

Build layout:

Level	Feature
1	Cantrips: Resistance, Guidance, Sacred Flame — Spells: Shield of Faith, Healing Word, Inflict Wounds, Protection from Evil and Good– Subclass: Light Domain
2	Channel Divinity Charges — Turn Undead — Spell: Radiance of Dawn
3	Spell: Scorching Ray, Flaming Sphere
4	Spell: Lesser Restoration — Ability Improvement: Wisdom +2
5	Destroy Undead — Spells: Revivify, Daylight
6	Channel Divinity Charges — Spells: Glyph of Warding
7	Spell: Banishment
8	Ability Improvement: Wisdom to max — Spell: Freedom of Movement
9	Spell: Insect Plague
10	Spell: Dispel Evil and Good
11	Spell: Heroes’ Feast
12	Ability Improvement: Intelligence

This concludes our guide for Cleric build in Baldur’s Gate 3. If you found it informative, please look into some of our other guides at Dexerto.

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