r/BG3 • u/RavenTeamBitch • Dec 28 '24

Meme p.o.v the enemies just grouped up together

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u/Nathan936639 Dec 28 '24

I must be playing the game wrong because I've never found fireball to be that good. Do you need a specific stat leveled up high to make it really good?

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u/lucusvonlucus Dec 28 '24

It’s nice because it damages a group of enemies and it’s a level 3 spell that you can upcast. I prefer Ice Storm or one of the Lightning Spells that can really wreck wet enemies.

Also, Fireball is just kinda iconic among old school DND players, and I assume newer ones as well.

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u/ARC_Trooper_Echo Dec 28 '24

If the wet condition wasn’t so busted in BG3 I think we would be seeing more use of Fireball in optimization guides.

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u/Nathan936639 Dec 28 '24

I see. I usually use the lightning cluster spell because you don't need to use spell points each time you cast.

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u/almostb Dec 28 '24

It’s a great spell for damage without using concentration (which means you can use it along with concentration spells). Best when a large group of enemies are close together and on enemies with fire vulnerability. Worse on enemies with fire resistance.

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u/caeloequos Dec 28 '24

Worst on enemies with fire immunity.

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u/Thotsnpears Dec 28 '24

That just means you need to add more fireball.

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u/Must_Da_Linguist Dec 30 '24

Sure, they're immune to 300 degrees... But what about 1500?

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u/Express-Day5234 Dec 28 '24

The sound and visual of Fireball is just very satisfying. And it’s just an iconic thing for a wizard to cast.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '24

"ARDE!"

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u/thatlldopi9 Dec 29 '24

You have to pay attention because it's so fast you can barely see the animation other than BOOOOOM!

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u/RavenTeamBitch Dec 28 '24

it's a good AOE spell and has a decent use, genuinely great for just smiting a ton of enemies, especially if you are using a concentration spell (some other spells like sleet storm have a larger radius but on balanced it has yet too fail me in dealing a ton of damage too a group of enemies

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u/depressedtiefling Sorcerer Dec 29 '24

Me, Omw to destroy the entire enemy army at moonrise with three level 4 fireballs in a row within a single turn because fuck you that's why:

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u/MicooDA Dec 30 '24

I kicked in the door to Dror Raglin’s chambers and had Gale just nuke his ass with fireball. Barely took any damage the entire fight because I annihilated his whole crew

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u/RavenTeamBitch Dec 30 '24

Haha, I usually don't do the goblin camp till I'm about LVL 6-8 so I usually just storm in and either remove half his HP with a gloom ranger or have mommy Karlach throw him into the spider pit

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u/FusRoGah Dec 29 '24

People adore it for nostalgia and flavor. But in BG3 at least, Glyph of Warding is a better spell 9 times out of 10. For 1d8 less base damage, you get to choose the damage type and set it up in advance if you want. Since lightning and cold damage are doubled against wet creatures, and it’s very easy to apply the wet condition to enemies in this game, lightning glyphs become a far better source of aoe damage

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u/I-mmoral_I-mmortal Dec 28 '24

Nah, there's better spells for sure ... fireball is just the OLD bad ass AoE that everyone still hypes up ... I almost exclusively disregard the spell unless they're vulnerable to fire ...

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u/Nathan936639 Dec 28 '24

Gotcha. I'm pretty new to all this, always wondered why people went on about it.

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u/Salamangra Dec 29 '24

Disc one nuke dude. It's an amazing spell.