Talk:Minsc/@comment-50.101.237.205-20200128063102/@comment-8506165-20200129220744

Honestly? Minsc is fun if you like him but from a gameplay point of view he's really nothing special. He's just an unkitted Ranger with high Strength and a Berserk ability which isn't even that useful because you lose control of him. He works fine but he's not amazing.

There's so many Belts of Some-Kinda-Giant Strength in BG2 that Minsc's high 18/97 isn't even that much of a selling point, so basically any fighter-type NPC can do pretty much the same job as Minsc just as well if not better. In original BG all the fighter-type NPCs have their pros and cons so Minsc is more competitive there but I'd say he still loses out to several if you try and rank them "objectively".