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Baldur's Gate 3 - Part 63 - The Dumbest Ketheric Fight Of All Time

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Key takeaways

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Storyline (what’s happening)

  • The party’s major goal is to lift the Shadow Curse by defeating Ketheric Thorm.
  • Shadowheart was missing in the Shadowfell, where she was harshly punished by Lady Shar after defying her. Shar then banished her—meaning Shadowheart’s divine allegiance has shifted and her magic/identity may soon change.
  • Meanwhile, Tina Nightong (described as an immortal daughter/follower tied to Selûne/Saleon) has apparently already banished the Shadow Curse and is heading to kill Ketheric Thorm. This makes the party’s plan feel “redundant” because someone else is doing the job.

From Last Light to Moonrise Towers

  • The party checks in with allied survivors/Harper forces at Last Light, then moves on to Moonrise Towers.
  • They find that the assaults on the ground floor have already largely succeeded:
    • lots of enemies are dead
    • the party quickly starts looting and collecting tadpole parasites
  • At Moonrise, they fight through the Harpers’ battle on the tower ground floor, then proceed upstairs/roof toward Ketheric.

Ketheric’s phased fight

  • Ketheric’s battle continues across phases:
    • first, the party deals with his necromancer/skeleton support
    • then, they push toward Ketheric himself
  • The party temporarily forces vulnerable states on him using battlefield control (ice, slows, knockdowns, etc.), but the fight keeps expanding due to:
    • heavy support
    • resummoning threats

Segment end / where it continues

  • The confrontation isn’t fully resolved by the end of the segment:
    • the party wins a key advantage and gains loot
    • but must press onward into the tentacled/red slimy lower area beneath Moonrise next episode (implying Ketheric’s network/phase continues there)

Major twist (near the end)

  • Ketheric’s angelic forces/daughter/Isabelle-related events tie into tentacles, involving control of tentacles.
  • The party learns that tentacles outperform angels in a direct 1v1.

Gameplay highlights & strategies used

Resource planning & targeting

  • The team debates party composition for Moonrise, bringing characters with personal stakes and unresolved quests/missions.
  • They use a short rest after clearing the ground floor to recover for the upstairs phase.
  • They try to conserve spell slots during tower assaults, relying on reusable/combat-appropriate tools.

Itemization & combat prep

  • They swap gear based on expected enemies and damage types.
  • Standout items mentioned:
    • Chargebound Warhammer
      • weapon enchantment
      • conditional lightning proc tied to class/weapon type
    • Darkfire Shortbow
      • resistances
      • free Haste cast
    • Elixirs and tactical consumables
      • helps Shadowheart chain lightning with regain/extra utility effects

Hard battlefield control: ice + lightning loop

  • The stairs/ground-floor fight is dominated by:
    • Ice Storm to knock/prone clusters
    • repeated Ray of Frost to keep enemies slowed/chilled
      • maintain advantage setups
      • keep targets pinned
    • Cloud of Daggers for area denial at choke points
    • Destructive Wrath / core lightning chains (Shadowheart) to repeatedly damage without burning too many higher-level resources
  • High ground archers/Harper remnants sometimes contribute but are also described as unreliable (“Harps are useless/cooking useless”).
  • Black hole spam appears repeatedly early in the stair fight:
    • gathering enemies
    • worsening their ability to coordinate
    • the narrator notes it should stop because it creates tactical clutter

Tactical positioning & choke-point clearing

  • The party fights on stairs and narrow corridors to:
    • limit enemy movement
    • keep formations tight for AoE (ice storm, daggers, lightning arcs)
  • They isolate threats while using formations so allies can still act even when enemies are slowed/controlled and clustering.

Sneaky ambush vs necromancer skeletons

  • Uses Minor Illusion to bait skeletons into an ideal door/funnel.
  • The plan:
    • sets up bludgeoning vulnerability using skeleton weakness
    • uses Crushing Flight because it counts as bludgeoning damage, effective into a skeleton mass
  • Then the party immediately bursts the necromancer target with melee/magic follow-ups.

Countering Ketheric’s power mechanics

  • Ketheric is described as:
    • high durability (e.g., high AC)
    • supported by necromancy/summons
    • difficult in 1v1 due to tank stats and defensive reactions
  • The party tries to create openings:
    • keep his defenses down (example: forcing reactions; chilling vulnerability attempts)
    • focus fire on high-impact targets
      • including removing Ketheric’s weapon ability via a comedy-accident chain involving a summon that causes him to drop his weapon
    • apply haste to key characters for extra turns/damage throughput

Key moments to remember

  • Ground floor already cleared: Harpers/allies do most of the heavy work; the party sprints in to loot, collect parasites, and assist where needed.
  • Stairs encounter becomes an “ice prison”: repeated knockdowns/prone effects trap enemies and remove turns.
  • Ketheric phase expansion: after necromancer and skeletons, Ketheric’s own phase introduces larger threats (tentacles/controlled forces).
  • Accidental weapon loss: a summon mistake/placement causes Ketheric to drop his weapon, enabling easier focus fire and faster progress.
  • Not a clean finish: Ketheric is “defeated for the moment,” but the fight continues below Moonrise—so they push onward.

Gamers / sources mentioned (at end of subtitles)

  • Many a True Nerd (channel/creator)
  • John (speaker/host; “I’ve been John”)

No other specifically named gamer/team or external source is clearly credited beyond the in-game characters and the channel/host.

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