Oh man, that pc ui looks so much better than the mess of radials on console.

I don't know if this is in the video, but a BIG tip for console.
Go into settings, turn off adding things to the wheel like scrolls, potions, arrows and all that clutter.
And INSTEAD put all your Arrows in a bag, scrolls in another,  potions and so forth, and add THOSE to the wheel

it makes it a LOT easier, I never used my arrows because of the clutter, now I have a bag with arrows in my main wheel for my ranger and it makes it so easy

36:30 "I keep saying Karlach, I don't know why I do that"
That's called love

Something I like doing is triggering Opportunity attacks from big enemies with my high AC or very tanky characters (like a Bear Barbarian) in order to let my casters or ranged characters move out of threatened reach without getting hit.
A very early example of this is, on the Nautiloid, if you're within reach of the Commander after stealing his sword, you can have Us get close to him, then move away to trigger the attack of opportunity against him since he has 20+ HP, and then your main character or Lae'zel is free to move away without any risk of losing health.

Making sure you turn spellcasters' attacks of opportunity to "Ask" is CRITICAL if they have access to spells like Shield or Counterspell, because swinging a staff on an 8 Strength character is much less valuable than Counterspelling a Fireball, or casting Shield against an attack that can hit them. If your caster swung their staff and hit for 2-3 damage, and then get downed because they didn't have their reaction to Shield, you'll for SURE remember to switch all reactions to "Ask" 😂

As someone who has never played anything D&D related, I was quite intimidated playing for the first time. The combat was so complex I felt like an idiot while playing. This video helped a lot to explain things and help me understand how everything works.

Your Baldur's Gate content has been incredible - the way that you lay out information and are able to use plain language to describe some pretty complex systems is awesome. Thank you for putting these guides together - I hope you have a great day!

The most important thing that this video shows about combat is the classic 75% consecutive misses and 95% critical miss. Now I can put my mind at ease and keep the Karmic dice turned off.

I'm getting BG3 next month on PS5. Super excited to just go slow and let what ever happens ...happens. I've tried so hard to stay away from builds and meta bs. Man I can't wait. Your basics for noobs is so good. Ty.

Man so this this my first RPG game like this and I’m so overwhelmed. Iono wtf going on I literally just started my whole damn squad keep dying and I’m on the first boss. SMH so I’ll be watching this video about 10 times but I need a console version.

I’m new to turn based combat like this and it just feels like every time  I try to explore I get pulled into combat with enemies a level or 2 higher and get my ass opened. I swing, miss, they swing, half my health gone.

Man the amount of times I push triangle on ps5 to open the wheels and just skip my turn is way too many

My turn to let you know I appreciate you, this channel, and how you run things. You are a model for others.

at 2:32 did you just say "will over here is a warlock so he has bardic inspiration"

I didn't realize you could use another character before ending your turn, that changes things...
thanks

I love the fact that ive played the game through once, Ive never seen any of this armour, i had no idea there was a wolf and literally havent seen half of these characters. lol

Having a solid party comp is important to do well in combat. especially in the higher difficulties.  I usually run a standard 2 range DPS characters, one a bow and the other magic. One melee class that gets in the thick of things, and one healer/buffer to keep everyone alive and healthy. Tore up honor mode using this comp

"How did that happen?" is a question I have come up many times. I have learned several good tips here. "O" for overhead view, and elixirs lasting until long rest are just two. Thanks

Thanks for this "explainer" but one thing that you mentioned is that, such and such is useful if you know that you are going up against a particular enemy.  The main issue is that if you don't know who you are going up against in advance, i.e. you have only played through once, then you don't know which consumables etc. you could use.

Thanks for walking us through the battle.  Some of those checks are on TT much clearer as the players would have to roll die.  But in the game many of these die rolls are hidden, which is great for those of us with no DnD experience, but it does also hide the mechanics of why certain things happen.

Your level-headedness and calm, supportive energy made me click subscribe. Love your style, thank you.

I'm about 8hrs into my first ever playthrough and I've never played a CRPG so I already know I'm going to have to go back and play again once  i beat it because I'm so bad at combat. 😂