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Want to deal with enemies while being shrouded in darkness? Here’s how Darkness Spell in Baldur’s Gate 3 makes it possible to do so.
Darkness is a fairly simple level 2 spell that allows the caster to conjure up a cloud of darkness in their chosen area. In Baldur’s Gate 3, anyone within the area of darkness is heavily obscured and suffers from blindness. Moreover, this simple spell can be used in many ways in and out of combat for fighting, sneaking, and stealing.
With the new Shadow Magic subclass coming to Baldur’s Gate 3 in Patch 8, the Darkness spell can become more powerful than ever before. Here’s how the Darkness spell works and how it can be OP in Baldur’s Gate 3.
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How Does Darkness Even Work in Baldur’s Gate 3?
Darkness is a level 2 evocation spell that can be used by many classes in Baldur’s Gate 3. When you use the spell, it creates a cloud of darkness that lingers in an area as long as you maintain concentration. You can only concentrate on one spell at a time, and taking damage can break concentration. Darkness dissipates once you break concentration, which then leaves you in the open.
While a creature is enveloped by Darkness, they are heavily obscured, which means sneaking becomes much easier as long as you don’t get too close to other creatures. This while crouching can make you nigh undetectable.
Creatures within Darkness also suffer from Blindness. You gain an Advantage on attacks made on Blind creatures. Additionally, ranged attacks and spells are limited to 3m / 10ft while Blinded and also suffer from Disadvantage.
The last and most important feature is that you cannot make any ranged attacks while in and out of Darkness. Creatures outside the area of Darkness cannot shoot any creature inside the area of Darkness and vice versa. This essentially unlocks a whole new variety of playstyles utilizing this spell.
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How the Darkness Spell Becomes OP in Baldur’s Gate 3
Now that you have an understanding of the Darkness spell, you can imagine how great it is when it comes to sneaking around. Rogues can have a particularly great time with the increased obscurity that the Darkness provides.
You can also use the Darkness to become immune to ranged enemies by simply staying inside the area of the spell. For example, use Darkness right on you and gather your allies within it. Then you can move in and out of the shadow to attack and get back in to deal with annoying ranged enemies.
The Shadow Magic Sorcerer in the upcoming Patch 8 can heavily utilize the Darkness spell as their whole playstyle revolves around being in the shadows. This, with the already high utility of the current Darkness spell, can lead to some really powerful strategies being discovered by the community. Here’s one such moment where the Baldur’s Gate 3 community showcased the strength of Darkness.
Baldur’s Gate 3 Community Making the Darkness Spell Shine
In this post made on Baldur’s Gate 3 subreddit, we can see Reddit user u/Rodeffs using the Darkness spell to clear a particularly impossible-to-win scenario you face in Act 1. This is but one way players can use the Darkness spell to play by creating unbelievable situations in the game.
These were some of the reasons why we think the Darkness is OP in Baldur’s Gate 3. Did we manage to convince you?
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