Baldur’s Gate 3: Best Cleric Subclasses [Top 6]

Divine powers dominate all Cleric Subclasses. Those Subclasses provide opportunities for customizing their characters to get unique abilities and playstyles. Cleric Subclasses are known as Domains, so the players need to choose them from the beginning of their adventure in the game.

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Key Takeaways

Cleric Subclass can be an important decision for most players. Therefore, here is our breakdown of what subclass you should pick and what makes it good:

1. War Domain:
   • High armor proficiency.
   • Martial weapons proficiency.
   • Bonus damage on attack rolls.
   • Access to powerful weapon attacks.
2. Life Domain:
   • Best healing subclass.
   • Proficiency in heavy armor.
   • Additional hit points with healing spells.
   • Access to potent healing spells (Bless, Cure Wounds).
3. Light Domain:
   • Mastery of radiant energy and fire.
   • Potent ranged combat capabilities.
   • Blinding enemies with bursts of light.
   • Warding Flare for defensive advantage.
4. Nature Domain:
   • Deep connection to the natural world.
   • Access to druid spells.
   • Proficiency in heavy armor and weapons.
   • Resistance to elemental damage.
5. Knowledge Domain:
   • Scholarly and inquisitive abilities.
   • Gain proficiency in two skills of choice.
   • Knowledge of the Ages for situational advantage.
   • Suitable for a cerebral approach to combat.

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Cleric Subclasses Compared

Here is a list of the Baldur's Gate 3 Best Cleric Subclasses that provide players with unique Spells and abilities to customize their characters.

Cleric Subclasses	Description
War Domain	This Subclass can provide high Armour Proficiency. However, players can also gain Spells from this Class.
Life Domain	This Subclass offers Spells to protect and restore Mind, Body, and Soul.
Tempest Domain	With this Subclass, players will get Lightning Damage. However, this Class also forms Fog Clouds on the Battlefield to provide a disadvantage to the enemies.
Light Domain	With Light Domain, players will gain the ability Radiance of the Dawn to deal radiant damage to all enemies.
Nature Domain	With this Subclass, players will get temporary resistance of damage from nearby enemies.
Trickery Domain	Channeling this Domain, players will get the Blessing of the Trickster. Also, it allows players to cast illusion Magic.
Knowledge Domain	This Subclass provides players with the knowledge of Ages, with which players will get proficiency in various Skills.

Cleric Subclasses Table. 

War Domain

This will allow players to access more powerful weapons and armor and will give players additional bonuses regarding damage reduction and attack power.

One of my favorite parts of the War Domain is that it allows players to deal 1d8 damage to their enemies by Attack rolls.

Heavy armor proficiency will reduce the damage from physical attacks, while Martial weapon proficiency will increase the damage dealt by a Martial Weapon.

With this Subclass, players will also gain Spells that will increase the range of the weapon attacks from 1x to 4x radiant damage. Also, players will be able to increase the shield of their Armour set by 2x points.

The Spells and Cantrips that Players will get by War Domain are Sheild of Faith and Divine Favor.

Light Domain Spells	Description
Shield of Faith	This Spell will provide players with a Shield to protect themselves and their teammates. Also, they will increase their Armour Proficiency by x2 Points.
Divine Favor	With this Spell, weapons will provide additional x1 to x4 radiant damage.

War Domain Spells Table. 

Life Domain

Clerics can choose from an array of offensive spells, such as those that cause necrotic damage, and can create zones of magical powers to provide enemies with status effects that will reduce the speed of enemies.

Still, in my opinion, what truly makes this Domain worth it is the access to powerful healing Spells that can restore health and even revive their allies. Also, with the increase in Class level, their Healing Spell will improve continually.

Some of the Domain Spells players will get are Bless and Cure Wounds. 

Life Spells	Description
Bless	With this Spell, players will gain a bonus of 1d4 on Attack Rolls and Saving throws.
Cure Wounds	This Spell can heal and revive teammates by touching them.

Life Domain Spells Table.

Tempest Domain

Because of this, players can deal 2d8 damage to their enemies. With this, players will get another edge that they can choose types of damage.

So, the best type of damage players can choose is Lightning, with which players can drain their opponents’ maximum health. Players can also gain a Spell to form Fog clouds around the battlefield, which will help them dodge their enemies and attack them from behind. 

Light Domain

This Subclass has low Proficiency with Heavy Armor and Martial Weapons. With this Domain, players will gain an array of Fire and Light Spells and can use their Channel Divinity to maximize the damage of their radiant spells.

With this, players can channel intense bursts of light to blind enemies and deal extra damage. Light Domain also has a Warding Flare ability, which allows them to impose a disadvantage on enemy Attack Rolls. Also, Warding Flare will provide players with divine light to shield them from opponents.

Therefore, I would suggest this class to players who want to wreak havoc while maintaining a safe distance from their enemies.

Light Domain Spells	Description
Burning Hands	With this Spell, players will able to deal 3x to 18x points of Fire Damage to their enemies.
Light	Basically, Light is a Cantrip, a level-zero Spell that provide players with an Aura of light to infuse their enemies.

Light Domin Spells table. 

Nature Domain

With this feature, players will have a wide range of nature-themed Spells, such as Barkskin, Entangle, and Call Lightning.

Subclass players will gain Proficiency with Heavy armor, shields, and certain Martial Weapons. With this Proficiency, players can become more versatile, withstand more damage, and engage in melee combat.

Furthermore, players will gain the Dampen Elements feature at Six levels of Nature Domain, providing them resistance from acid, cold, and thunder damage.  

Knowledge Domain

The Knowledge Domain focuses on acquiring and utilizing knowledge, making it suitable for players who prefer a more cerebral approach to combat and problem-solving.

I would put this Domain to resemble the abilities of a Wizard closely. The class has the highest Wisdom stat and gets a bonus on Perception, History, and Arcana checks, so you must convince me to play this class.

In addition, the critical feature of this Domain is the Blessing of Knowledge ability. With this ability, players can gain Proficiency in two skills of their choice. Moreover, at level two of this Domain, players will gain another ability, Knowledge of the Ages.

This ability can provide players with proficiency in various skills for approximately ten minutes and allow them to gain insight and guidance about opponents on the battlefield.

Also, here are some Spells that players can gain by using this Domain.

Knowledge Domain Spells	Description
Sleep	With this Spell, players can make enemies unconscious to make them sleep and can attack them to provide 24x hit points.
Command	With this Spell, players can command their enemies to stop or drop their weapons on the ground.

Spells Table for Knowledge Domain.

My Take On Cleric Subclasses

Cleric became my instant favorite class during the 20-plus hours with the campaign. My experience with this class came with the addition of Shadowheart to my party. I would consider your campaign incomplete if you did not get a chance to add Shadowheart to your party.

Each Cleric Subclass offers a unique set of abilities and playstyles. Whether you prefer to be healing support or a powerful spellcaster, there is a Subclass that suits your desired playstyle. 

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