[Recommened Best AI Tank for PotD]

Paladin or chanter main tanks are easy to use starting off in PotD. I only play POTD since the 1.0 days.

 

The thing about DR is that you need to self adjust it. Increase it as much as you can, until you notice your armored characters are not taking damage, then slowly reduce it. If you are learning new game mechanics, then go as high a DR as you can get, plus hatchet/shield combo for many as an emergency save.

 

Then you can slowly decrease it to robes or nakedness when you have a comfortable mix.

 

Because there's so many stat difference builds and what not, I just decided I was going to go with builds that didn't care about stats, other than Might and INt that is.

 

Using a 4 int monk atm. Very fun. Stats are mostly balanced. 16/14/15/15/4/12. Something like that.

 

For cipher, they changed some of the focus and focus gain stuff, as well as carow. Not that I ever used drugs and food to begin with... but I suggest taking amplified thrust and detonate later on. Amplified thrust regains some of your lost focus, which is an alternative dps method than just using antipathetic and echo all the time.

 

The paladin's lay on hands is pretty useful early on, especially due to per encounter on POTD. I prefer the chant's aoe death chant and later Dragon slash aoe, because it's easier to build, easier to use, easier to keep track of chants because of the dragon visual, I love summons, and the aoe damage keeps enemy aggro and attention without engagement. Something the paladin will have issues with early on.

Right now I'm having a really difficult time dealing with enemies. My Paladin Tank usually gets two shot before she can even heal herself or use Last Stand, in fact, the Tank companion you get at the first town last longer then she does.

 

She's using a Hatchet/Shield and is in Medium Armor and pretty much get wrecked every encounter.

 

Maybe I'm not good at CRPG's or something, I pause almost every other second and focus enemies down but normal named enemies or "bosses" usually destroy my team. Like right now I'm on the second level of the Temple in the first town and the ghost just faceroll my groups almost instantly.

[Recommened Best AI Tank for PotD]

I haven't played this game since release, got to the giant Dragon at the end/optional boss and stopped playing. Lost my save and playing it again on PotD and was curious what you guys would recommend as the best AI Tank.

 

Right now I'm playing as a Cipher, my Main Tank is a Paladin AI I made through the Inn

 

Paladin Tank

http://imgur.com/S8ZAs9r

 

and as a side mention, this is what my Cipher looks like

http://imgur.com/ihCcxMF

 

All of the recommendations for classes on this part of the forums are for player characters and the majority of research I've done for the game is all outdated and most being pre-2.0 let alone 3.0. I've never played on PotD before but going from the Sticky on the Reddit for Pillars of Eternity and here as well it's mentioned that I shouldn't wear any armor and just clothing, BUT, if I don't, right now at the start of the game all of my Tanks die instantly. So I have no idea what to do.

 

I'd like to use the companions from the game itself but you can customize their stats so I'm left with a limited choice at the beginning, I have the Wizard and Fighter with blonde hair.

[[PotD] Party composition ?]

Im actually curious about this too. Just started playing again from a long absence, playing on PotD myself just arrived in the first town.

 

The Builds in the Sticky are mostly all outdated with all the updates that have happened.