Baldur’s Gate 3 players spot long-awaited ability return in patch 6

Baldur’s Gate 3 melee characters can rejoice after spotting a long-awaited ability making a comeback to the game in its sixth patch.

The sixth major patch for Baldur’s Gate 3 is already proving to be a hit, with many loving its upcoming fixes to romance, Honour Mode, camp animations and so much more. It marks the next big update for the game, and is bound to keep players enjoying their first, or fourth playthrough as they discover all the new features and fixes.

On top of the new features, one ability is now being activated again, after being forgotten about for far too long, and melee players just can’t get enough.

Shield bash makes a return in Baldur’s Gate 3 patch 6

Sharing their discovery on Reddit, one Baldur’s Gate 3 user revealed that “Shield Bash has returned” thanks to a post made by Larian Studios, hinting that they’ll be reactivating the previously broken ability.

Before patch 6, the powerful ability never seemed to work, with players all across the community feeling confused and wondering why they were never able to knock an enemy prone as a reaction. Now, that powerful ability will be coming back in full force, with its features hopefully being fully unlocked.

As soon as it was revealed, fans were thrilled, with many highlighting how the post only just made them realize the broken ability was more widespread.

“At last! I thought I was going crazy just activating it over and over, not noticing anything actually happening” commented one user, hopefully now they’ll be able to take on the enemies as their shield intended.

While many were thrilled, others warned players to be careful of shielded enemies: “Rejoice! Until a shielded enemy slams me knocking me prone and turns the tide of combat in the enemy’s favor. Then it was a cheap bulls**t move.”

Naturally, if the ability was broken for the player, it was likely broken for the enemies too, so you’ll have to be careful when the sixth patch finally drops.