Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players explain why Paladin is game\u2019s most popular class Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 players have shared what makes Paladin the game\u2019s most popular class, and it\u2019s not just their charisma. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 has been a smash hit for Larian Studios, with critics and gamers alike praising the lengthy RPG for its complex characters and riveting story. The game also offers loads of replayability not just via the different story paths and dialogue options players can choose, but also thanks to its expansive class system. Still, despite there being so many classes and builds for players to experiment with, one has emerged as a clear favorite with fans of the game. A post on r\/BaldursGate3 from a new player posed the question to the community, \u201cWhy do so many choose\u201d Paladin? Accompanying the post was a screenshot of player class choices, showing Paladin leading the charge. According to the stats, around 220,000 players have chosen Paladin for their BG3 play-through. So, what is it that makes the class so popular? There were a few different reasons put forth in the comments. Among them the high survivability of the class, and their ability to \u201cbe a good party face\u201d. However, there was one reason which dominated the discussion: the skill, smite. In fact, a post that simply said smite in all capitals was the most upvoted response in the thread. \u201cThe sweet crackling sound smites make is reason alone to play paladin,\u201d said one. Most commenters seemed to agree the skill was one of the class\u2019s biggest draws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players explain why Paladin is game\u2019s most popular class Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 players have shared what makes Paladin the game\u2019s most popular class, and it\u2019s not just their charisma. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 has been a smash hit for Larian Studios, with critics and gamers alike praising the lengthy RPG for its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}