The best Fighter feats in Baldur’s Gate 3 (BG3) will help you storm the battlefield in a flurry of blows and come out on top. You can build Fighters for melee and/or ranged combat, giving you a lot of flexibility in just how you want to use one.
Best Fighter Feats in BG3
If you’re looking to roll a Fighter in BG3, you’ll want to be careful with what feats you choose to make the best possible version of the class possible. Here are our picks for the best Fighter feats in BG3:
10) Martial Adept
Everyone knows that the Battle Master subclass is one of the best in the game, but if you don’t want to choose that class as a Fighter, then we recommend taking the Martial Adept feat. This allows you to choose one maneuver from the Battle Master subclass and get one use of it every short or long rest.
9) Mage Slayer
Fighters shouldn’t like mages, and if you’re one of them, then Mage Slayers was made for you. Basically, if a creature is foolish enough to cast a spell within melee range of you, you get advantage on the saving throw against it, and you can also use your reaction to hit them. It also gives them a disadvantage on their concentration saving throws, which is amazing if you’re trying to stop someone from concentrating on the Slow spell.
8) Tavern Brawler
While you can’t choose the unarmed fighting style in BG3, probably because Monks need every bit of help they can get, Tavern Brawler is still a solid Fighter feat. This feat allows you to add your strength modifier twice to any unarmed, improvised weapon or thrown weapon attacks. It’s a fun choice if you want to play a Fighter who likes picking up random rocks and throwing them at people.
7) Tough
Tough is one of the best Fighter feats in BG3 if you find yourself nearly dying a lot because it grants you an extra two hit points for every level you’ve gained. It’s neither flashy nor complicated, but it is very effective, and that’s really all we can ask for.
6) Heavy Armor Master
Heavy Armor Master lets you reduce any non-magical damage you receive by three. If you get hit three times in a fight by normal attacks, that means you’ve effectively gained 9 HP. It’s an absurd feat that can help you tank like never before.
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5) Shield Master
As a Fighter, you’ll often be in the thick of the combat. Having a shield alongside the Shield Master feat will really help your survivability. A +2 to Dexterity saving throws and a reaction to reduce spell damage taken is really nice. Take this feat if you want to go for a sword and board playstyle.
4) Sentinel
I love the Sentinel feat in BG3. It’s very useful in allowing you to better protect your squishy characters. As long as you have good positioning with your characters, you can trigger the Sentinel reaction attack quite often. It, of course, only works for melee enemies, but there is certainly no lack of them around. The icing on the cake is the advantage on opportunity attacks that you gain with this feat, plus the immobilization effect. It’s very useful for locking down enemies and will come in handy all the time.
3) Crossbow Expert
You don’t need to limit your Fighter to being just a melee character. They can be quite good at ranged combat. If you do go down that route, nothing is better than a good crossbow. While using Crossbow Expert, you can still be up close and personal but choose to make attacks with your crossbow without worrying about disadvantage. Gaping Wounds is also quite a nice DoT effect, and having that last twice as long is stronger against meatier enemies like bosses.
2) Polearm Master
Polearm Master is a feat that you can combine with Sentinel for a true match made in heaven. This feat gives you a bonus action with your Polearm, which is fine, but the real one you want this for is the extra opportunity attack when an enemy moves into range. Polearms have one of the largest melee ranges of any weapon, so it’s very easy to trigger this. Combine this with Sentinel for advantage on opportunity attacks and immobilization effect, and you’ve got yourself one heck of a combo.
1) Great Weapon Master
Nothing hits quite as hard as a melee character rocking Great Weapon Master as a feat in BG3. Landing a critical strike or killing an enemy with your melee attacks gives you a bonus action to make another attack. This is powerful and can result in a much higher damage output for your Fighter. The second part is just as amazing, though. For a mere -5 to your Attack roll, which you can compensate for through gear or buffs, you get an extra 10 damage per attack. If you’re hitting twice in a turn, that’s a potential extra 20 damage.
Those are the best feats for the Fighter class in BG3. Any of these feats are an excellent pick up and can drastically improve the way your Fighter plays. If you’re looking for more on the game, check out how to complete the Soft-Step Trial.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is available on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC.
The above article was updated on 3/26/24 by Jason Coles to add additional information about Baldur’s Gate 3.
