Kaylon

I don't really understand your question... Yes, I listed only the "core" abilities defining the build. After that you can pick whatever you want depending on your preferences. As a cipher you can always take some AoE CC spells to help you against multiple enemies.

Pale elf, Devoted/Ghost Heart dual wielding sabers, that's obvious. However the stats should be more like 13mig, 14con, 20dex, 13per, 15int, 13res (with berath's blessings) and focus on attack speed (Scordeo's Edge, etc...)

I think it would be interesting to know what you get if you side with each god at the ending of PoE1... I know if you picked Hylea you will receive some special food in your inventory at the beginning... Don't know if you get something from the others...

About Entonia Ring, yes it works when you're engaged, however from my testing it seems just humans can engage you, which means the requirements aren't meet very often...

Persistent Distraction adds Flanked + Distracted to the target which means you always get sneak attack, deathblows and flanking bonuses (on enemies who are not immune to flanking).

Have you tried to kill him after to see if he still drops the armor? PS. I got the answer myself - it's possible to kill him at night in his chamber without anyone noticing. You get the armor and a second Duskfall.

I don't think that's the solution because they nerfed the bonuses on most items and instead made everything stackable to avoid confusion.

I don't agree. In PoE1 the paladin was able to reach the same kind of defenses and nobody found that OP... What is OP is the fact that every class is able to hit easily the dragon for 100-200dmg... PS. In fact in Deadfire you don't even need high defenses - you need just high armor+high penetration and then you can out-damage any enemy in the game...

Yes, you can use the Cloak of Great Deflection until you find the bracers. No, it affects only the allies...

Yes, it's 1.0.2

It worked, thanks.

It's out but I can't install it... When I click to download, it launches the game instead

Here is an attempt. Regards Thank you!

I tried by myself using Gimp but the result wasn't very good... Anybody can help me with these?

Disintegration is not that good despite what the description says - it does 56 raw dmg/tick (empowered) every 3s, while with Soul Annihilation I do, on average, 100 raw dmg every 3s... Also the fact that it targets fortitude is a big disadvantage. In fact an empowered Plague of Insects (which is a lower level spell) - does more damage/tick, over a huge area and has a much longer duration... Strage, description says 240 dmg per 3 seconds. Maybe it's incorrect then. Yes, I think it's the total damage... The descriptions aren't very accurate

I observed a bug with Borrowed Instincts during long fights... If you cast it while the enemy is already affected by it, the new debuff will appear only when the first expire, however the caster is left without the selfbuff...

If I remember well they can be bought from the bonus merchant...

Disintegration is not that good despite what the description says - it does 56 raw dmg/tick (empowered) every 3s, while with Soul Annihilation I do, on average, 100 raw dmg every 3s... Also the fact that it targets fortitude is a big disadvantage. In fact an empowered Plague of Insects (which is a lower level spell) - does more damage/tick, over a huge area and has a much longer duration...

20 (base) 57 (level) 21 (deep faith) 20 (borrowed instinct) 20 (armor) 10 (resolve) 7 (bracers) 5 (weapon) --------------- 160 total deflection (without Entonia Signet which can add even more if it works). PS. Don't know yet where Gipon Prudensco can be found... PPS. I confirm also that the penetration bonus from effigy devil of caroc isn't working for me

Don't know about the logs, but when you look at the penetration on the character screen there's no bonus from the effigy. Personally I experienced no bug with Gipon Prudensco - it stops at 10 stacks... I'm curious however if Entonia Signet works for you.

Build Name: The Redeemer Class: Inquisitor (Paladin/Cipher) Subclasses: Goldpact Paladin/Soul Blade Introduction: 2h solo character built around the synergy between paladin (high defenses and survivability), cipher (high damage) and The Whispers of the Endless Paths (AoE, Offensive Parry). Game version: 3.0 Difficulty: PoTD Solo: Built for solo Race: Pale Elf Culture: The Living Lands Background: Mercenary Attributes: 19Mig/3Con/4Dex/19Per/18Int/15Res Skills: Max Alchemy/Intimidate Equipment: Setup 1: Whispers of the Endless Paths, (Weapon), Casita Samelia's Legacy (Armor), Helm of the Falcon (Head), Charm of Bones (Neck), Cape of the Falling Star (Back), Bracers of Great Deflection (Hands), Chameleon's Touch (Ring), Kuaru's Prize (Ring), Boots of the Stone (Feet), Blunting Belt (Belt), Abraham (Pet) Setup 2: Sun and Moon (Weapon), Tuotilo's Palm (Shield), Patinated/Blackened Plate (Armor), Blackened Plate Helm (Head), Charm of Bones (Neck), Cape of the Falling Star (Back), Bracers of Great Deflection (Hands), Chameleon's Touch (Ring), Kuaru's Prize (Ring), Boots of the Stone (feet), Blunting Belt (Belt), Abraham (Pet) Abilities: 1. Gilded Enmity + Lay on Hands + Whispers of Treason 2. Flames of Devotion 3. Deep Faith 4. Zealous Aura + Draining Whip 5. Two Handed Style 6. Weapon and Shield Style 7. Eternal Devotion + Hammering Thoughts 8. Sworn Rival 9. Two Weapon Style 10. Exalted Endurance + Greater Focus 11. Bear's Fortitude 12. Snake's Reflexes 13. Righteous Soul + Borrowed Instinct 14. Keen Mind 15. Lingering Echoes 16. Virtuous Triumph + The Empty Soul 17. Disintegration 18. Practiced Healer 19. Stoic Steel + Monastic Training 20. Retribution How it works: The build can achieve at max level 150+ all defenses in 2h mode (with Borrowed Instinct and other semi-permanent bonuses - food, brothel, etc.). VS multiple enemies the obvious choice is the WotEP which allows us to spam Soul Annihilation because the focus will be replenished at the same time from hitting multiple enemies. The Offensive Parry allows us to deal free damage and gain even more focus for Soul Annihilation. Soul Annihilation benefits from PL and at high level the WotEP will hit almost like a real 2h weapon. Against single enemies or when we need a more tanky build we will use Sun and Moon and Tuotilo's Palm Shield. The flail does crush damage which complements nicely the WotEP and because it hits twice it will also replenish focus during Soul Annihilation (which means PL bonus with every hit). The shield gives 20% chance to riposte when missed by the attacker and reduces recovery (because of dual wielding bonus). Because Soul Annihilation always uses the main hand we'll attack as fast as a dual wielder while having the defensive bonus of the shield at the same time and 20% chance to riposte on misses. Monastic Training adds the equivalent of the superb enchantment to the hits/ripostes from the shield at max level. Observations: Recommended Effigy: Devil of Caroc - more penetration against humans in plate always helps. Entonia's Ring can be used against humans because they always engage. Best endgame food is Shark Soup (immunities, PL and might), but until we get Borrowed Instinct Hylea's boon is better.

Yes, but you don't need Mercy and Kindness at all. Unbending Trunks heals you for 75% of the damage taken which means with 21+Mig (ie +33% healing) you will always be healed for 100%...

Nothing wrong with picking the best abilities as you level up. It was just constructive criticism about the end game and the potential of this class combo.

Disagree on Undending. It's absolutely useless on this build. You have so much healing that there is no point wasting 1 ability point on this one and 3 resources point to activate it. At point of Brilliant inspiration you just kill things faster than it can damage you and both of those builds have crazy self heals already. Not to mention with that builds you have 2x Second Wind which can heal you from 0-100 instantly. Unbending is a waste on those builds. You can already ignore at that point all healing/defensive abilities as you kill things so fast you don't waste time on tanking anything. Well you can disagree, but Vigorous Defense, Refreshing Defense, Determination are a waste of points as are all items with +%healing or damage reduction once you have Unbending - instead you can use items to increase your offensive power which is the main advantage of this class combo (maybe you can kill fast weak enemies, but your solo dps is not as good as a monk, a rogue or a cypher). Misscreant's Leather, Bone Setters Torc, Chameleon's Touch, Aegor's Swit Touch, Violet Redemption, Cutthroat Cosmo are great items which can increase your dps even further. Also instead of investing points into athletics you can put your points in alchemy for better drugs/potions and even more offense, and of course use only offensive chants...

Once you have Brilliant Inspiration you can keep Unbending Trunk forever, drop con/res to 3 and ignore all healing/defensive abilities/items. The paladin can basically do the same because he will just spam heals instead (with FoD).