Just started Baldur’s Gate 3. Never played a CRPG before (does Disco Elysium count?) so it has been quite the learning curve for combat. Pretty stuck in the Underdark, it seems. Looks like I’ll have to help out a slavetrader Gekh in order to proceed because I don’t think I can defeat him and his buddies…
If you don’t want to help the slavers, here is a tip: you can destroy ladders.
I’ll add another one: get to them from the miconids village, do not engage them from the lower ground by the lake.
Once you’re done that, destroy the stairs first and push them down afterwards. You won’t believe how easy this fight gets.
Or you know, you could always lower the difficulty. No shame in doing so
I hope that you’re having so much fun with BG3, after I finished it’s definitely one of my favorites. The underdark is tough, I wish you good luck.
