The Sorcerers are natural magic casters who use Charisma as their main ability. Spellcasting comes with a lot of disadvantages, as it makes you vulnerable to attacks from enemies. Selecting the best race for the Sorcerer class is paramount to overcome these shortcomings and complement their main ability modifier in Baldur’s Gate 3.
We have listed the Best Race choices for Sorcerer below.
Human
While the Human race in Baldur’s Gate 3 is not over the top, it gets the job done regarding versatility. As Sorcerers lack proficiency with most weapons and any kind of armor/shield, the human race plays an important role in equipping them with protection to survive tough encounters.
You will get the following bonuses from selecting the human race.
- 9m movement speed per turn.
- Civil Militia: You become proficient with Pikes, Halberds, Spears, Glaives, Light Armor, and Shield.
- Human Versatility: You can learn an additional skill of your choice.
This race goes well with the Wild Magic Sorcerer build.
Asmodeus Tiefling
Asmodeus Tiefling is a sub-race of Tiefling. They have unique resistance against Fire, which makes them take half the damage from fire-based attacks, and increased movement speed, which complements our Storm Sorcery build. In addition to Darkvision (the ability to see up to 12m in the darkness, this subclass also gets the following bonus features.
- Infernal Legacy: Gain access to Produce Flame, Hellish Rebuke, and Darkness spells.
Dragonborn
As the Dragonborn race, you can choose from your Draconic Ancestry. This means that you would get abilities based on the color you pick. You can breathe fire if you choose the Gold, Brass, or Red Dragon.
Similarly, selecting the Black or Copper dragon will enable you to spew acid, and the Green Dragon will allow you to spit poison.
Judging from the skill stats, you will get additional resistance and elemental damage (AoE). So, the Charisma and Strength bonus from the Dragonborn does gear you more towards being a prime race choice for being a sorcerer, especially a Draconic Bloodline one.
High Elf
While the High Elf race suits the Wizard class the most, it goes perfectly well with the Sorcerer, too, including all sub-classes in Baldur’s Gate 3. Being a sub-race of the Elf class, they get all the bonuses of their parent race and some unique bonuses exclusive to them.
Elf Class has Darkvision that allows them to see up to 12m in darkness. They also have keen senses, which make them proficient in Perception checks. You also gain Fey Ancestry (can’t be put to sleep) and proficiency with Longswords, Shortswords, Shortbows, and Longbows. This allows our sorcerer to use more than spells to hit enemies from afar.
The bonuses exclusive to High Elf are.
- Medium Sized.
- 9m movement speed per turn.
- You can select 1 cantrip from a selection of 13.
