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Shadow Magic is a new upcoming subclass for the Sorcerer in Baldur’s Gate 3. Here’s why we think Shadow Magic Sorcerer is powerful.
Patch 8 is the next major upcoming update coming to Baldur’s Gate 3 in 2025. Along with many exciting features, there are 12 new subclasses coming to the game, one for each class. Shadow Magic is the new subclass for the Sorcerer class that specializes in taking advantage of darkness and shadows.
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Shadow Magic Sorcerer Unique Features in Baldur’s Gate 3
Shadow Sorcerer benefits from every ability that a Sorcerer normally gets along with some new unique features. Here are the ones you will obtain from leveling up:
- Eyes of the Dark – Allows you to see in the dark up to 24 m / 80 ft.
- Strength of the Grave – You stay alive with 1 HP after taking a fatal hit.
- Eyes of the Dark: Darkness – A spell that causes an area to be enveloped in darkness.
- Hound of Ill Omen – Summons a loyal hound from the depths of hell.
- Shadow Walk – You can teleport within the shadows and increase your spell range by half without using sorcery points.
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How Shadow Magic Sorcerer Becomes OP in Baldur’s Gate 3
Firstly, when you play as a Shadow Magic Sorcerer, you naturally unlock Eyes of the Dark and Strength of the Grave at Level 1. Eyes of the Dark can help massively in the early game, especially when you reach Underdark. Strength of the Grave can help you out in difficult situations in the early stages of the game where you are mostly ill-equipped and under-leveled in some fights.
Level 3 is where you unlock the main feature of your class – Darkness and Eyes of the Dark: Darkness. Both these actions envelop areas in darkness, which can benefit you heavily if used strategically. Ranged enemies can become much easier to defeat due to them being not able to shoot in and out of Eyes of the Dark: Darkness.
At Level 6 you get your companion, Hound of Ill Omen. This action allows you to summon Nimbus, a shadow mastiff. He can use Ominous Bite and possibly inflict the Omen status on enemies, which gives you sorcery points back after using correct attacks. Umbral Tangle can help you trap enemies far from you. Splinter Shadow is the special ability of the hound where it can replicate if not hit with Radiant damage.
Finally, at Level 11, you can learn Shadow Walk, which is a bonus action that allows you to teleport freely within shadows. This unlocks massive traversal potential, which allows you to place yourself much more strategically during battles. Combined with all the other abilities, Shadow Magic Sorcerer can exercise authority on the whole battlefield using darkness and shadows.
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