Here are the balance patch notes from Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch #1.
I had no issues on normal until the very end of Act II. There’s a fight at that point that can be extremely difficult depending on the choices you’ve made. I beat my head against it for a bit, then switched to story mode just for that battle. Back on normal now, working my way through Act 3, and haven’t run into any other fights like it. Curious to see how that encounter plays out in a subsequent playthrough as a less murdery type.
Lmao, I just did that fight on my evil playthrough. Scraped through on Balanced due to Shadowheart’s special Darkness spell, a minor zombie apocalypse, and abusing potions of speed so Minthara could dump four smites per round on the boss.