Best BG3 Feats For Every Class

Looking for the best feats in BG3 for your class or multi-class? Find out the best feats in Baldur's Gate 3, ranked from best to worst.

If you want the best feats in Baldur’s Gate 3, you might want to enhance your builds depending on your classes or multi-classes. With a plethora of feats, all the classes unlock feats as they level up and reach level 12. As you select them for your classes, you gain buffs, immunity, bonuses, or increase your ability points. You can use feats to balance out or compensate for the passive skills or buffs missing within your selected classes. But as players level up, they are confused about choosing the buffs suitable for them. Don’t worry, check out our guide to find out the best feats in BG3 ranked from best to worst.

Best BG3 Feats Ranked

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Here are the best feats in Baldur’s Gate 3 ranking all the feats from best to worst:

S Tier

  • Ability Improvements
  • Lucky
  • Defensive Duelist
  • Magic Initiate
  • Great Weapon Master

A Tier

  • Athlete
  • Elemental Adept
  • Actor
  • Skilled
  • Sentinel
  • Heavily Armoured
  • Charger
  • Crossbow Expert
  • Dungeon Delver
  • Savage Attacker
  • Heavy Armour Master
  • Lightly Armoured
  • Weapon Master

B Tier

  • Resilient
  • Mobile
  • Mage Slayer
  • Spell Sniper
  • Tavern Brawler
  • Sharpshooter
  • Tough
  • Shield Master
  • Heavily Armored
  • Martial Adept
  • Dual Wielder
  • Durable
  • Alert
  • War Caster

C Tier

  • Performer
  • Observant
  • Polearm Master
  • Ritual Caster

What is the Best Feat in BG3?

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In terms of the buffs and ability scores, the Ability Improvements is the best feat in Baldur’s Gate 3. That’s because it increases one or two of your abilities by 1 to a maximum of 20. So, if you are a Barbarian and your primary ability is strength, using this feat will increase the Rage or/and Danger Sense abilities. However, if you are a spell caster, we recommend the Magic Initiate feat for your classes. These include the Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, and the Wizard classes. With this feat, you can unlock two Cantrips, cast a level 1 spell, and a spell slot after a long rest.

If you are looking to strengthen your defense, we recommend unlocking the Defensive Duelist feat for your classes. Whenever you are attacked while equipping the Finesse weapons you are proficient with, Defensive duelist causes the attack to miss. The best part? Even if the enemies land an attack on you, it tends to inflict slightly less damage. Alternatively, choosing Shield Master is also a great feat for defense. This feat offers a +2 bonus to Dexterity Saving throws when wielding a Shield.

For the players that don’t rely on Karmic dice, Lucky is an amazing feat in BG3 to start with. With this feat, you gain three Luck points for gaining an advantage on any Saving throws, Attack rolls, and various ability checks. You can gain up to three feats as you progress through levels 4, 8, and 12 respectively. But considering the different classes, many players are confused about the feats for their best builds.

So, here are our recommended best feats ranked for all the classes in Baldur’s Gate 3:

Best Cleric Feats in BG3

  • At level 4: Ability Improvement (+Wisdom)
  • At level 8: War Caster
  • At level 12: Resilient

Best Feats for Barbarian in Baldur’s Gate 3

  • Level 4: Great Weapon Mastery
  • Level 8: Durable
  • Level 12: Savage Attacker

Best Feats for Fighter in BG3

  • Level 4: Martial Adept
  • Level 8: Savage Attacker
  • Level 12: Great Weapon Mastery

Best Feats for Rogue

  • Level 4: Dual Wielder
  • Level 8: Sentinel
  • Level 12: War Caster

Best Feats for Warlock

  • Level 4: Ability Improvement (+Charisma)
  • Level 8: Sentinel
  • Level 12: Lucky

Best Feats for Wizard

  • Level 4: Ability Improvement (+Intelligence)
  • Level 8: Magic Initiate: Wizard
  • Level 12: War Caster

Best Feats for Paladin

  • Level 4: Athlete
  • Level 8: Resilient
  • Level 12: War Caster

Best Feats for Druid

  • Level 4: Ability Improvement (+Wisdom)
  • Level 8: Weapon Master
  • Level 12: Martial Adept

Best Feats for Shadowheart

  • Level 4: Ability Improvement (+Wisdom)
  • Level 8: Heavily Armoured
  • Level 12: War Caster

Best Feats for Sorcerer

  • Level 4: Magic Initiate: Sorcerer
  • Level 8: Ability Improvement (+Charisma)
  • Level 12: War Caster

Best Feats for Bard

  • Level 4: Lucky
  • Level 8: Ability Improvement (+Charisma)
  • Level 12: Actor

In the end, we recommend players experiment with more feats as they level up to level 12. Since mostly all the feats are available to every class in BG3, try them out to choose preferable feats for your classes. So, we leave the rest of the decision to you.

That’s all about the best feats in Baldur’s Gate 3. If you found this guide helpful, check out our guides to find out the best Illithid powers and their consequences, how to get out of Nettie’s room, and more BG3 Guides right here on Gamer Tweak.