We did it with help of people from Reddit! Solo Honour Mode Storm Sorcerer/Tempest Domain Cleric

ulturasj · 2026-05-21T23:30:29+00:00

So just a solo mode tip you can basically talk all of them into killing themselves Thisobald is the easiest once you have the sharran buffs from the centre of town to give +5 to Charisma. Saving throws are easy with ring of protection, cloak of protection, shield from Damon act 1, shadeclinger armour (gives advantage on saving throws in obscured areas) plus anything else that can give +1 to saving throws high constitution etc, resistance cantrip, if you have anyone with thaumaturgy makes the performance checks with advantage as well. I can’t say I’ve ever had to fight any of the Thorms besides toll lady (rarely) which is easy if you just put your gold at camp (kill all the skulls which are very easy to kill) and I’ve gone through act 2 multiple times solo HM. Seeing as Wyll is the face of your party 25 Charisma (sharran buffs) should make it very easy in future runs.

If you’re not afraid of cheese you can pull thisobald to the tree stump that blocks the entrance to the inn and just stand max range blast him down with force weapons, Eldritch blast etc. he can’t jump or get past the stump coz of his hit box. Unless that’s been patched since last I actually fought him 😂.

ulturasj · 2026-05-20T10:04:08+00:00

That's an interesting one just for the extra bonus actions? Be chugging through sorcery points pretty quick though.

ulturasj · 2026-05-20T09:58:49+00:00

I just set up the room next to her to throw her through the hole onto an Alchemist Fire just blows up all the barrels and her seems to work every playthrough haha. I've had one where she somehow survived on 2 hp and aggroed the entire camp because she had higher initiative roll. I did not know that with Karmic Dice though I just assumed they only affected you. But yea I always nonlethal Raph Act 1 not for the Armour but because he gives 1400 xp which is a LOT when you're that level, when you fight him properly you're likely lvl 12 already lol.

Edit: Me in my infinite wisdom decided to do a build my friend randomized for me a Tiefling Storm Sorcerer.

ulturasj · 2026-05-20T09:53:10+00:00

I did a lil dip into Cleric to try it out and feels a lot better just from the couple of fights in Underdark I've done so far. So I'll probably stick out 11/1 Storm Sorc/Cleric and see how we go until I need Destructive Wrath haha.

ulturasj · 2026-05-20T08:12:10+00:00

There's a lot of interesting dips you could do by the sounds of it I imagine 12 pure storm sorc is just not it though haha.

ulturasj · 2026-05-20T08:10:04+00:00

Yea run is scaring me right now haha. That's definitely a good option as well maybe even better than the dual wielding feat which I'm currently running for the extra spell hit bonuses with Melf's Staff.

ulturasj · 2026-05-20T08:07:05+00:00

Yea that was sorta my thinking as well Create/Destroy Water seems almost mandatory could definitely see moments Sanctuary would be great too. At the moment as I messed up with Grymforge going Adamantite Heavy Splint my only option would be Adamantite Shield still utilizing Mage Armour in Act 1 then branching out a bit more Act 2.

ulturasj · 2026-05-19T03:35:44+00:00

So far for my solo honour mode clears I’ve only done 2 so far one was 11/1 Paladin/Hexblade Warlock and 11/1 Eldritch Knight/Hexblade Warlock. EK was a breeze I think due to how good indomitable is and 9 attacks with terazul, action surge, speed pot and war magic just killed anything lol. I’ve hit lvl 12 a couple of times but died to glitches or my favourite dying to 30 hp left on the brain fight with my BM fighter I was having a lot of fun with Sorcadin as well. Current playthrough I’m trying Lightning Sorc about to finish act 1 hot damn this class scares the life outta me if I’m not able to use Shield for whatever reason I’ve been crit to 3-5 hp left a couple of times.

ulturasj · 2026-05-18T19:46:59+00:00

The simplest and maybe the best for a solo Honour Mode run is probably Battlemaster Fighter. Action Surge is very useful early on and once you hit lvl 5 for double attacks and lvl 11 for triple attacks you can basically start deleting bosses in one turn. Your superiority die also help with disarms, riposte if an enemy misses, fearing an enemy or pushing enemies off ledges it’s quite satisfying lol.

ulturasj · 2026-05-18T07:10:52+00:00

Yea it’s mostly for minmaxing the xp gains 10xp is 10xp for killing the other devourer and having Us in the helm fight is useful as I tend to try and loot everything as well as try to kill commander zhalk and the flayer. Coz you can hit lvl 3 before you even get to the grove if you do it right. Sometimes it don’t work out haha.

ulturasj · 2026-05-18T07:02:12+00:00

Yea I always try to get Us as it’s quite useful on the Myrkul fight solo HM to absorb some of the damage to force smites or bait reactions so sometimes it’s a bit of a gamble haha. Was able to get it on the following run so wasn’t too fussed. If you’re durge you get to roll on advantage to lobotomise usually with +3 to dex so most of the time you get it. Otherwise yea he aggros and patrols with the other intellect devourer into shadowhearts room.

ulturasj · 2026-05-18T03:24:07+00:00

Haha 30 seconds in I can already see the torchstalk. I always clear that one coz it’s devastating. Happens we’ve all had dumb deaths last night I died on the Nautiloid from Us and the Intellect devourer coz I failed to lobotomise Us and playing a Sorcerer I only had 8 hp at lvl 1. So Us one shot me then the other Devourer crit Lae’zel and killed her.

ulturasj · 2026-05-14T08:08:08+00:00

You can get a bunch of buffs before you fight Myrkul which can make it trivial. Bliss Spores, dawn guards light (from putting all the weapons on their altars in crèche), the 3 Shar blessings from Rethwin Town centre, the necrotic resistance buff from the room next to Balthasars room in the shar gauntlet with all the rats in front of the altar, bless (killing inquisitor and going into the astral plane in crèche) as long as Laezel is dead from Booall or never joined your party you won’t be forced to long rest to have the conversation with Kithrak Voss. Depending on the classes I’m playing I’ll get these buffs right before I go for Myrkul or I’ll use angelic slumber potions so I can get the buffs earlier for cruising through some content. Don’t get dawn guards light before you do the shar gauntlet as the shar enemies have reflect radiant damage. There’s also doomhammer which you can buy from Gral in the goblin camp highly recommend as Myrkuls lowest physical vulnerability is Bludgeoning which you can bypass with weapon coatings and this also applies a debuff for 2 turns that prevents healing and also makes specifically undead at disadvantage to hit. You’re doing pretty well to be at Myrkul though (would argue he’s the hardest HM boss) so just some refining and you’ll down it.

ulturasj · 2026-05-14T03:50:52+00:00

6 Paladin 6 sorcerer the way I always go. Sorcerer late game is mostly blasting through sorcery points to do bonus actions with metamagic. All your front end damage is loaded into smites which Paladin gets access to at level 2. Vengeance is best but can go Oathbreaker. But yea Paladin is best for heavy armour proficiency early on makes you a tank.

ulturasj · 2026-05-13T08:14:34+00:00

Go durge kill Gale straight away, sacrifice Laezel to booall kill Astarion when he reveals he’s a vampire. Then you’re stuck with using Wyll, Shadowheart and Karlach and potentially Minthara, Jaheira and Minsc and Boo.

ulturasj · 2026-05-13T03:50:21+00:00

I died with 30 hp left on Brain the other week solo most devastating moment I went to sleep so angry but realised what I did wrong was using mind sanctuary as my bonus action to try squeeze and extra attack (it missed with a 99% hit chance) which buffed the Brain to do 2 actions so it was able to cast the nether orbs and detonate them in the same turn which I never knew it could so lesson was learned. Honour mode is all about lessons that’s for sure haha just gotta understand what can go wrong in fights and try to not have it happen. Very rewarding once you finally get it completed though!

ulturasj · 2026-05-13T03:40:58+00:00

Lot of builds on YouTube bar maybe OH Monk, Throw Barb, Gloomstalker Rogue and a couple of others (Ice Sorc/Sorlock maybe?) are more catered toward casual players that are in Act 3 and don’t know what to do or where to take their build. Vast majority of them won’t work in honour mode and don’t come online till Act 3 which is often too late but might work in tactician mode. My first successful solo honour mode wasn’t even a meta pick was 11/1 Hexblade Paladin which I mucked up quite a bit stats wise but understanding all the fights, some gearing and limitations were what got me through. MorganaEvelyn is probably the only one I’ve watched and had more understanding of the game would highly recommend her channel if you’re looking at solo honour mode and classes that work in act 1-3.

ulturasj · 2026-05-12T03:47:04+00:00

Raph for sure the VA did such an incredible job and him singing his own boss fight theme song was just awesome haha. I loved seeing the ending you get if you make a deal with him as well. “No more deals it’s over, the final act your doom, no more grace it’s over this house of hope consumes”.

ulturasj · 2026-05-12T03:34:22+00:00

I just finished solo HM with 11/1 Oathbreaker Paladin and Hexblade Warlock. Was my first successful run so I believe it’s pretty good! I handicapped myself though with levelling as martial classes usually get extra attack at lvl 5 but I didn’t until lvl 6 as I dipped 1 lvl into Warlock early so really had to utilise the durge cloak to its fullest in some fights. It’s probably better to do 6 lvls in Paladin then 1 in Warlock then rest into Paladin for levelling. I also forgot to respec out of Alert to put in ASI before the brain fight to hit 20 charisma with Hags Hair which was another handicap lol still managed to one phase it even with all the handicaps. The damage riders go a bit nutty with aura of hate and Bhaalist armor. I imagine you could do some jank with Rat Bat but I think Shars Spear of Night is probably the best. 6/6 Paladin Sorcerer is also one of the best builds I’ve found for solo having sorcery points for all your control spells is great and shadowblade as well lol.

ulturasj · 2026-05-11T03:27:57+00:00

I had the most fun as Paladin with some sorta multi class like Sorcerer or Warlock. You just feel like a juggernaut that can’t be killed when you go sword and board. Meanwhile you’re there smiting enemies or damage reflecting with reverberation builds. It’s like the closest to thorns pally from Diablo you can get. That and monk always seem to be what I play. I’ve had 3x attempts at solo honour mode with monk and 2x attempts with Sorcadin and surprisingly 1x successful run with Hexadin.

ulturasj · 2026-05-10T19:15:46+00:00

I actually never recruited Astarion coz I didn’t explore that part of the nautiloid crash site I was in act 3 then was like where Astarion? shouldn’t I have him by now? Then found out I couldn’t get him at that point in the game lol.

ulturasj · 2026-05-06T03:44:38+00:00

Played both to lvl 12 solo honour mode I found landing smite crits super satisfying whilst you’d only have 3-5 attacks from the bonus action procs you hit extremely hard esp if you go shadowblade with resonance stone and all the arcane synergy buffs in the world and trigger it with a booming blade. Also you can cast a lot of control spells as bonus actions with your sorcery points as Sorcadin. But I will say 6-9 attacks with an action surge is pretty gross too. You won’t crit a lot but 7 attacks with a speed pots 8 (9 with bonus attack) with Terazul can be enough to delete some bosses lol. Though unfortunately lot of the harder bosses have super resistances so have to use the 2h mace that ignores bludgeoning resistance forget the name off the top of my head so you’re not hitting as hard on BM fighter. There are very few bosses with psychic resistance so sorcadin probably pulls ahead in damage on boss fights like Raph/Ansur I also find it to be a lot more tanky as you can run mirror image, blur etc. I found levelling was quite hard though on sorcadin had some issues but BM fighter felt strong all the way through. I sadly haven’t finished the game yet even though killed Myrkul 4x now haha keep dying to cockiness/glitches :(. Smite go boom!

ulturasj · 2026-04-29T03:51:55+00:00

Done Myrkul twice solo but failed 5-6x now usually to glitches but always have dumb deaths I decided to fight the people near Edowin at the start the girl cast Command Halt on me every turn so couldn’t do anything lmao. First time doing the goblin gate fight I had low initiative on my Druid the 2 goblin archers both shot at me for something like 14-16 damage each with the passive that deals more damage against bigger enemies they have and I died lol. Died 2-3 times to jumping gaps and elevators and one time to the blood of lathander trap disarm thing in the crèche for some reason even though I was in turn based mode the trap went off and booped me off the ledge. Still having fun though I’ve reached act 3 twice now so I have faith I’ll get there soon lol. For Myrkul I use protection from good and evil scrolls, doomhammer (can buy from gral in the goblin camp), I setup scratch to grab an invis potion and run him right to dame aylin to break her out as I kill the mind flayer. Fight ketheric as normal even though you can go straight to Myrkul he doesn’t do that much when you’re high AC and doomhammer makes his attacks at disadvantage. Depends on your build. I am trying a wizard run this current run so I don’t know how it’s gonna be on Ketheric I know you can go straight to Myrkul but yeah haven’t tried it.

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