Lae’zel is Baldur’s Gate 3’s tough-as-nails Githyanki Fighter and she makes for a fantastic companion.

Shadowheart is one of these characters.

As a cleric, she’s fiercely useful on the battlefield.

Baldur’s Gate 3 Shadowheart cutscenes and leveling up

Stat Respec

This build will assume that you head to Withers and re-allocate Shadowheart’s stats.

To do this, you’ll need to speak to Withers asShadowheartand ask toChange your Class.

It will cost 100 gold to do this.

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Level

Build

2

Shadowheart will get Turn Undead and Invoke Duplicity at this level.

3

This is the level at which you’ll gain your firstsecond-level spell slots.

Spells to consider areAid,Hold Person,Silence, and Spiritual Weapon.

Baldur’s Gate 3 Shadowheart standing against a rocky background.

Shadowheart will also get theMirror ImageandPass Without Tracespells permanently memorized.

4

Increase Shadowheart’sWisdom and Constitutionby one point each, to 16 and 18, respectively.

This will push both stats up to the next breakpoint, giving her a higher bonus to rolls.

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You’ll also get anew cantripof your choosing.

5

This is when you finally unlocklevel three spell slots.

This means you now have access to some terribly useful spells.

leveling up Shadowheart in Baldur’s Gate 3

The standouts areMass Healing Word,Animate Undead,Revivify, andSpirit Guardians.

6

Shadowheart will get another level 3 spell slot and anextra Channel Divinitychargehere.

8

Increase Shadowheart’s Wisdom up to 20 here.

Baldur’s Gate 3 split screen of Deep Gnome cleric and Shadowheart

Shadowheart also getsDominate PersonandSeemingas permanently prepared spells.

Shadowheart gains another cantrip here andthe Divine Intervention ability.

This is a situational one-time-only ability.

Triple-A Games

12

With your final level, grabWar Casterfor that sweet advantage on concentration saving throws.

One area where Shadowheart will shine brightly is inbattles against the undead.

Mirror ImageandPass Without Traceare two highlights of the trickery domain spells.

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First up,the life domainwill make Shadowheart a far more supporting party member.

An alternative isthe tempest domain, which is a more damage-oriented domain.

This domain’s featuresimprove melee attacks, and its spells include the normally Paladin-exclusive Crusader’s Mantle spell.

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