Best Feats for Shadowheart in Baldur’s Gate 3

Feats are strong abilities that can change the flow of battle or improve your characters in many ways. Because of this, you will want to make sure you choose them wisely. Provided you keep Shadowheart as a Cleric, she makes for a great addition to your party. Here are the best Feats for her and for Clerics in BG3.

What are the best Feats for Shadowheart?

Below, we have listed what we believe are some must-have Feats for any Cleric, including Shadowheart. These Feats are perfect for her and will definitely help you out during combat. They are in no particular order so choose whichever one suits your needs and for your build.

• Ability Improvement
• Sentinel
• Shield Master
• Tough
• War Caster
• Spell Sniper
• Durable
• Alert

Let’s break down each of these Feats and explain what makes each of them so good when added to a Cleric like Shadowheart.

Ability Improvement

The ability score improvement Feat is great for any class and is a good way to get your ability scores up if you need to. You could always raise your all-important Wisdom stat which would also raise your chance to hit with spells and increase your saving throws. If you use Shadowheart on the front lines, raising her Constitution can help keep her alive with more HP. Lastly, since most Clerics focus on strength-based weapons, you could use this as an opportunity to raise your Strength stat.

Sentinel

The Sentinel Feat is great for those who like to be in the thick of it during combat. This Feat allows you to make an opportunity attack against an enemy within melee range if they attack an ally of yours. Sentinel also gives you Advantage on opportunity attacks. This is the perfect feat to combine with spells like Spirit Guardians to keep enemies at bay and heavily damage them.

Shield Master

With a +2 bonus to Dexterity Saving Throws, the Shield Master Feat is perfect for any Cleric who uses a shield. Not only do you get the bonus to saving throws, but you also can use a reaction to diminish the damage from spells. We admit that there are better Feats than this that you can take but it is useful if you have poor Dexterity and are constantly dealing with spellcasters.

Tough

Clerics are meant to be a bit tanky. Because of this, taking the Tough Feat can help keep them alive in battle so they can provide more aid to their allies. Equipping a Cleric with the Tough Feat will increase their health by two points for every level they have gained. At max level, this equates to an extra 24 HP which matters in the grand scheme of things. After all, without this Feat you will probably max out around 90 health.

Tough can keep Shadowheart alive longer in battle, so she can focus on keeping her allies alive too.

War Caster

War Caster gives you Advantage on maintaining concentration on your spells when hit. You also get a reaction to use Shocking Grasp on enemies moving out of melee range. If you are like us, Shadowheart is constantly getting hit when trying to concentrate on spells like Spirit Guardians and this Feat will let her stay focused for longer so she can deal more damage.

Spell Sniper

Spell Sniper is one of the best Feats for any spellcaster in the game. This is because it reduces the number you need to get a critical hit with spells by one. This means that you need to roll a 19 or a 20 to get a critical hit. Since Shadowheart will most likely be slinging spells at a fairly consistent rate, she can use this to get more critical hits. This can be replaced if you are relying more on concentration spells instead of attack roll spells.

✓ Savage Attacker

Another Feat that can replace Spell Sniper is Savage Attacker. This Feat increases your damage by allowing you to reroll your damage and take the higher result. If you have a more melee-focused Cleric, this Feat can help you deal more damage instead of Spell Sniper.

Durable

Durable is another great Feat that will help Shadowheart or any cleric survive in Faerun. It increases your Constitution score and allows you to get all of your hit points back on short rest. This is perfect for any Cleric since you will want to keep them alive more than other characters. This Feat will keep Shadowheart in the game longer and prevent her from going down so she can help aid allies.

Alert

Alert is overall one of the best feats in the game for any class. Because BG3 uses a D6 initiative system instead of d20 from DnD, Alert’s +5 bonus to initiative almost guarantees that Shadowheart will act first in combat. This helps you set up your spells and buffs before anyone else gets to act. In addition, a character with Alert won’t be surprised in first round of combat, which is extremely useful for a Cleric, who can then set up a Sanctuary to save a surprised ally, for example.

After reading up on Shadowheart’s best feats, check out our other companion guides, like how to find Astarion and Wyll, for example.