Baldur’s Gate 3: How to Kill Balthazar

Baldur’s Gate 3, developed and published by Larian Studios, is a role-playing game that offers players the choice of 12 classes and 11 races. As the third instalment in the Baldur’s Gate series, it continues to follow the dungeon and dragons theme of its predecessors. Players must participate in many quests and in a few of them, players will have many choices. Players will face many characters but some of them have their aura telling us that they are evil through and through. One of those evil characters is Balthazar who players need to fight multiple times. This guide will show you how to kill Balthazar in Baldur’s Gate 3. 

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How to Kill Balthazar?

In order to defeat Balthazar, players first need to make sure they are prepared. Players should have these things ready and done:

1. Players need to leave their ranged attacker in the rocks to keep enemies coming towards the team 
2. Players need to be prepared for the Misty Step as Balthazar can use that 
3. Players should also have their character kitted out and have AOE attacks as he is not alone (attacks like Cloud of Daggers)
4. The earliest encounter players can face Balthazar is at level 7 

Now after the preparation, players need to follow these steps to defeat the balthazar: 

1. Players first need to get close to him as he is much weaker at melee range 
2. Players need to be in the center as he uses teleport and AOE attacks.
3. Players need to clear the mobs surrounding them as well  (little focus on them as well)
4. Using AOE attacks can help with hitting the boss as well as clearing the smaller mobs 
5. Players can even use spells like Silence and Counterspell which will prevent them from casting spells (for a turn or 2) 
6. Players should focus on keeping them close to the boss and get as many hits in as possible 
7. After some time taking and dealing damage, players should be able to defeat the boss. 

That’s all you need to know about whether players How to kill the Balthazar in Baldur’s Gate 3. If you find this guide helpful, you can check our website for more such guides and news about Baldur’s Gate 3 and other games.