Best Baldur’s Gate 3 Sorcerer build guide

With the help of our Baldur’s Gate 3 Sorcerer build guide you’ll be ready to wield the very essence of magic. This class, which has been a mainstay in Dungeons & Dragons for several editions now, offers a good balance between the other Arcane casting classes. By manipulating the magical energies within them, they can provide solid damage and support to the rest of your party.

One of the joys of Baldur’s Gate 3 is that there are so many options to choose from when creating your custom character. Some of the most iconic characters in Baldur’s Gate 3 lore have been Sorcerers and the class remains one of the best options for pure damage dealing potential. There aren’t very many poor Sorcerer builds, but there are some important features to the class that you need to remember. For a broader overview of all the classes, head to our Baldur’s Gate 3 classes and subclasses guide.

Baldur’s Gate 3 best Sorcerer build

Sorcerers in Baldur’s Gate 3 sit in a sweet spot between the other arcane spellcasters in the game. They know more spells than Warlocks but not as many as Wizards. While Wizards can learn new spells by studying scrolls or magical texts, Sorcerers can only gain new spells when they level up. However, because they don’t have to prepare their spells each day, they have more flexibility in how they operate.

When building your Sorcerer in Baldur’s Gate 3, we recommend making the following choices:

• Subclass: Draconic Bloodline (Either Red Dragon or White Dragon)
• Background: Sage for the Arcana skill proficiency
• Skill Proficiencies: Persuasion and Insight
• Spells at 1^st Level: Firebolt, Shocking Grasp, Minor Illusion, Light, Magic Missile, and Mage Armour

You won’t need to worry too much about equipment or weapons, but make sure you have a quarterstaff equipped so you aren’t caught completely vulnerable by any melee attacks that happen in combat.

Baldur’s Gate 3 Sorcerer Ability Scores

Be sure to make Charisma your best Ability Score, as it will give you more Spells to cast at each level and increase the Saving Throws against your own spells. It will also make many of your social ability checks like Intimidation and Persuasion easier to pass.

Ability	Scorer
Strength	8
Dexterity	16
Constitution	16
Wisdom	10
Intelligence	8
Charisma	17

Because the final build of Baldur’s Gate 3 removed the ability score bonuses from races, there isn’t an ideal race to choose when creating a Sorcerer. However, you’ll want to focus on increasing your Charisma when you level up and through equipment until you reach the ability cap of 20. Otherwise, focus on increasing your Dexterity to help boost your Armour Class at higher levels.

One of the most important choices you’ll make with your Sorcerer build is spell selection. Because they can’t change their spells very often, you need to make sure each one carries its weight. Some of the best spells to choose from are:

• Damage Spells – Fire Bolt, Magic Missile, Burning Hands, Shatter, Fire Ball, Cloudkill, Disintegrate, Chain Lightning, Cloud of Daggers
• Utility Spells – Minor Illusion, Light, Charm Person, Feather Fall, Sleep, Hold Person, Invisibility, Misty Step, Fly, Haste, Greater Invisibility, Polymorph, Hold Monster, 
• Defensive Spells – Expeditious Retreat, Mage Armour, Shield, Blink, Counterspell

Baldur’s Gate 3 Best Sorcerer Subclass

Unlike most classes in Baldur’s Gate 3, Sorcerers have to choose their subclass at Level 1. Each of the three options currently available provides flavour to how the character came about their magical powers. Each subclass gives unique powers.

• Wild Magic – If you want to embrace the chaotic side of magic, Wild Magic gives that in spades. Each time you cast a non-cantrip spell, there is a chance of a random magical effect taking effect. This can be either beneficial or harmful and is entirely down to luck so be ready to give up a bit of control in exchange for extra power.
• Draconic Bloodline – Somewhere in your character’s past they had a Dragon ancestor, which gives you a +2 to your AC and an extra hit point for each level in Sorcerer you take. You also get access to unique spells and energy resistance depending on the kind of dragon your ancestor was thanks to the Draconic Resilience feature.
• Storm Sorcery – The power of the storms is in your blood. Each time you cast a non-cantrip spell, you can use a Bonus Action to fly until the end of your turn.

Each Sorcerer subclass has its uses, though the most useful is the Draconic Bloodline. Making your magic user more durable and having more HP thanks to your draconic ancestry is never a bad idea.

Baldur’s Gate 3 Sorcerer Metamagic and Sorcery Points

While they don’t get access to as many spells as Wizards, Sorcerers in Baldur’s Gate 3 can use Sorcery Points to give their spells increased flexibility. This is a unique resource only available to this class starting at Level 2 and can be used in one of two ways.

Sorcerers can use a Sorcery Point to apply a Metamagic power to their spells. This can include extending a spell’s duration or range, using it twice with a single spell slot, or shielding their allies from Area of Effect spells like Fireball. The best Metamagics to choose are Heighten Spell, Quickened Spell, Careful Spell, and Twinned Spell.

Metamagics like Subtle Spell and Distant Spell are also good but more situational.

Sorcery Points can also be used to regain expended Spell Slots, allowing you to cast more spells each day.

Not sure if magic is the way you want to go? Check out our Baldur’s Gate 3 Barbarian build guide to help you smash through enemies with ease. Otherwise, take a look at our Baldur’s Gate 3 spells list and Baldur’s Gate 3 races and subraces guide.