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Divinity Original Sin 2: Best Magic Build Guide for Beast (Hydrosophist/Aerotheurge)
This guide presents a magic build for the character Beast in Divinity Original Sin 2, focused on Hydrosophist and Aerotheurge skills to control crowds and maximize damage. The build stands out for its ability to freeze and stun enemies, protecting allies and controlling the battlefield.
1. 🌊⚡️ Introduction to the magic crowd control build for Beast
- ✅ The build focuses on Hydrosophist and Aerotheurge for effective crowd control.
- ✅ Although it doesn't have as much raw damage as a Pyrokinesis build, it is very powerful for controlling the battlefield.
- ✅ Skills like Global Cooling and Rain combine to create difficult terrain and freeze targets.
- ✅ Beast excels at crowd control, whether through frozen surfaces or stunning enemies.
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1. 🌊⚡️ Introduction to the magic crowd control build for Beast
- ✅ The build focuses on Hydrosophist and Aerotheurge for effective crowd control.
- ✅ Although it doesn't have as much raw damage as a Pyrokinesis build, it is very powerful for controlling the battlefield.
- ✅ Skills like Global Cooling and Rain combine to create difficult terrain and freeze targets.
- ✅ Beast excels at crowd control, whether through frozen surfaces or stunning enemies.
00:41 - 01:39
2. 📊 Key attributes and skills for the Beast build
- ✅ Memoria: Around 19 points to manage skills in Act 2.
- ✅ Inteligencia: Main stat to boost Hydrosophist and Aerotheurge skills.
- ✅ Fuerza/Finesa: Points needed to equip certain gear, depending on the requirements.
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3. ✨ Prioritizing skills: Hydrosophist, Aerotheurge and Necromancy
- ✅ Hydrosophist: Increases magic armor and healing (although healing does not scale with Intelligence).
- ✅ Aerotheurge: Prioritize to maximize damage.
- ✅ Necromancia: Useful for sustain and increasing critical hit chance.
- ✅ Point distribution: Start with 2 points in Hydrosophist and 1 in Aerotheurge, then raise both, prioritizing Hydrosophist.
02:36 - 04:26
4. 🌟 Essential talents: Elemental Affinity, Outlaw and more
- ✅ Ambidextro: Allows you to use grenades and scrolls for fewer action points if you use a staff.
- ✅ Afinidad Elemental: Top priority; reduces the cost of Hydrosophist skills after using Rain.
- ✅ Forajido: Increases the range of skills and scrolls, allowing you to keep your distance.
- ✅ Cabeza Caliente: Increases critical chance if you have magic armor.
- ✅ Luchador Salvaje: Increases critical chance with spells (useful with staves or wands).
- ✅ Comensal de Cinco Estrellas: Doubles the effects of potions (requires investment).
- ✅ Mnemónico: Increases memory (useful at the beginning of the game).
- ✅ Armadura Viviente: Regenerates magic armor when healing.
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5. 💧 Hydrosophist Skills: Healing and Status Control
- ✅ Restauración: Solid healing for one action point.
- ✅ Ritual de Curación: Heals multiple nearby allies (more efficient in water).
- ✅ Enfriamiento Global: Creates ice surfaces.
- ✅ Key skills to apply Chill: Winter Blast, Ice Fan, Hail Strike, Hailstorm.
- ✅ Efecto de Chill: Reduces movement speed, evasion, and resistance to water and air.
- ✅ Congelación: Applying Chill twice freezes the target.
- ✅ Hailstorm: Powerful source skill for crowd control.
06:17 - 08:33
6. ⚡️ Aerotheurge Skills: Utility and Electrical Damage
- ✅ Intercambio Neto: Allows you to swap positions with an ally.
- ✅ Teleportación: Useful in combat and for exploration.
- ✅ Evasión Extraña: Increases evasion and movement speed.
- ✅ Pico de Presión: Damage and removes fire.
- ✅ Resplandor Cegador: Causes damage and blinds nearby enemies.
- ✅ Toque Paralizante: Causes shock for two turns.
- ✅ Descarga Elástica: Causes damage and applies shock.
- ✅ Superconductor: Causes area damage and applies shock (resisted by magic armor).
- ✅ Chain Lightning: Causes damage and applies shock to multiple targets.
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7. ❄️ Other Hydrosophist and Aerotheurge skills to consider
- ✅ Frío Calmante: Grants magic armor for several turns.
- ✅ Armadura de Escarcha: Increases magic armor and removes negative statuses.
- ✅ Rompehielos: Explodes ice to cause damage and apply chill.
- ✅ Aportación: Useful outside of combat.
- ✅ Congelación Profunda: Freezes targets (high cost).
- ✅ Estasis Criogénica: Makes a target immune to damage and heals it over time.
- ✅ Bendición: Useful option in the build.
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8. ⚔️ Combat Strategies: Crowd Control and Combos
- ✅ First turn: Prioritize crowd control.
- ✅ Use Rain to prepare the terrain.
- ✅ Use Global Cooling to create ice surfaces.
- ✅ Use Ice Fan or Hail Strike to freeze targets.
- ✅ Combine Hydrosophist and Aerotheurge skills to maximize control and damage.
- ✅ Consider a summoner on the team to complement crowd control.
- ✅ Have Rain scrolls on hand for emergency situations.