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Ok, now after my vacation I went through the subforum and tried to find all builds that got posted while I was away (and whose authors didn't poked me directly). I also find some that I missed before. It was a lot of editing - but as a result, I added quite a number of builds to the list. Please let me know if I missed any. Thanks!

I added it.

Arquebus. Modal + Asassinate will give you +45 accuracy which will most likely result in a crit which then will give you the bonus damage. Since the arquebus has nice base damage also Backstab will be good. Since guns don't have recovery you can sneak near, shoot and immediately escape. As you said: the second pistol shot will not get any bonus from Assassinate. Also no problem to use both: assassinate from stealth and then switch to dual pistols for all the full attacks you might have.

Well, it also has a kill on tick enchantment. That would be pretty cool if it would tick more often. Not every 12(!) seconds.

Oh, it got nerfed. Didn't know that.

I wouldn't be surprised it she's 15... We know that all 15 year olds are insane.

If going with the official companions/sidekicks it's benefical to give your MC a very high Perception score. Perception detects traps and secrets in Deadfire, and none of the companions has a Percepton score that is so high that you can reliably find all secrets/traps.

I could be made awesome if they just increased the tick rate. As it is it's a bad joke...

I thought it was 20/16? Anyway, yeah, auto attacks only. It sucks. Yeah maybe. I think I have this numbers from beta where I last tested Lesser Wounds - or I just remember uncorrectly.

Somebody lost track of his several user names eh?

Oh, I didn't check. Last time it was still the case - AND he disrupted also abilites (Skulking Terror couldn't use any of his abilites). If they fixed that: even better in my book.

I like Paladin(Kind Wayfarer)/Chanter(Troubadour) a lot. You can do passive "buff party dps" via Mith Fyr + Shared Flames and "heal party" via Ancient Memory + Exhalted Focus at the same time while also providing good damage on your own with FoD and doing heal spikes with LoH and White Flames. I also like pistol or blunderbuss because they have no recovery - so you can cancel reloading and react with stuff like Lay on Hands really quickly.

Also works with Watershaper's Focus: two AoE jumps (=three AoE attacks) with Driving Flight. Yes, I meant Frostseeker as an example for a weapon that only has AoE on crit, not always, and thus does NOT translate afflictons. My wording was a bit poor.

It's the same with all self damage: it scales with MIG and PL like any other damage numbers. You can wear Voidward and lower the dmg by 35%.

They fixed Wahaī Pōraga so that it now works as described. It doesn't attack *all* enemies around you anymore.

Isn't that the norm with relationships?

Yes. Could also use a few Shieldbearers instead of Priests.

Max INT, Watershaper's Focus + Trickster + Ghost Heart. Pick Accurate Wounding Shot and all the Rogue's DoTs, especially Toxic Strike. Driving Flight. Deep Wounds. Also Devastating Strike. Use Escape and Evasive Roll to escape melee guys. The Watershaper's Focus let's your AoE attack jump one time, Driving Flight a second time. Tons of AoE damage and Deep Wounds + DoT. You'll apply afflictons with the first AoE hit already, the second and third profit from Sneak Attack. This also works very well (even better) with Hand Mortar and Fire in the Hole (also jumps one time with enchantment). Use Streetfighter + Sharpshooter + Powder Burns then. The damage per shot is lower than with the rod for some reason (base damage is supposed to be higher, no idea why), but the attacks are way faster because of Street Fighter. Also here you can escape/evade even faster because: guns have no recovery. I like the rod better - but just because of style and everybody uses Streetfighter/Powder Burn. Toxic Strike is the most underrated ability in the game I think. Everybody shies away from the 3 Guile, but the DoT damage builds up very quickly and is devastating. You can even go single rogue just to get Toxic earlier. Or you pick single ranger in order to use Twinned Shot. Twinned Shot + Driving Flight + the two hand mortars is very, very devastating in an AoE as well.

Also the Mage Slayer put on a spell disruption "afflicton" on hit. This has to be balanced as well, not only his resistance. And the disruption stacks. That means that you can take out one very powerful enemy out of the fight after a few hits. Even several if you use AoE weapons or AoE abilities like Heart of Fury. But the Mage Slayer could be made a lot more appealing if non-spell buffs like Frenzy/Shouts etc. wouldn't get cut in half. It's a bit silly that his own rage based abilities only last 50%.

INT important for a Paladin: it makes your AoEs bigger (zealous auras, Sacred Immolation, Inspiring Triumph, Sword and Shepherd and so on). It also prolongs the duration of healings such as Lay on Hands. Which means you heal more. Of course it does not do much if you don't use those things.

Why? Gear seems to be fine. Which level? Pallegina with Sun-Touched Mail etc. is nice. You can give her a cloak of minor Missiles as well and skill her for ranged burst damage with Wrath of the Five Suns etc. Your Edér is build for speed and has two of the best weapon for that. Just enchantment/upgrade them. Barbarian with Novice's Suffering is ok, the fists just don't work with most dps-enhancing gear and talents/abilities. Basically you want to boost MIG as high as possible (items, Frenzy, Greater Frenzy) and wear the Sandals of the Forgotten Friar (White March). You wouldn't surely regret taking him if you'd give him the Belt of the Royal Deadfire Cannoneer (merchant in Anslög's Compass) and Forgemaster Gloves and take Frenzy, Bloodlust and most importantly Blood Thirst. It's a most awesome synergy between dmg per hit and skipped recovery and so much fun. Going the Doemenel route is best then, but not mandatory. But pick Two Handed Style and Scion of Flame as well as One Stands Alone as well. Durance: he's there for buffing, not showing off gear or doing auto-attack. Give him everything that makes him a faster caster (+DEX) and boosts INT. He is also a great damage dealer later on (with spells). Give him Inspiring Radiance (one of the best talents in he game) and use Devotions for the Faithful. This gives all your chars +30 accuracy for their first actions (once Radiance wears off still +20) and they will wreck things. In general: enchant your weapons with elemental lashes asap. Spread your figurines over all party members. That way you can have more than one summon active at the same time. I can see no items from expansions/DLCs. There's some awesome stuff in the White March I and II and the Deadfire Pack. Those are expansion that weave quests into the main story line - it's not taking place after PoE - so all the items you find there can be used in the main-game-part as well.

As far as I know, at the moment all AoE weapons that have no special proc chance (such as Frostseeker) translate nearly all ability effects. Hand Mortar, Fire in the Hole, Whahai Poraga, WotEP, Minor Blights, Spirit Lance - they all seem to transport afflictions etc. Even rod's Blast does it again (was removed and then reintroduced). Exceptions: weapon modals such as -10 deflection (pike modal for Spirit Lance): those only work on the initial target. Also Swift Flurry and Heartbeat Drumming don't work with the cone of WotEP, but with Whahai Poraga and Spirit Lance.

They do even stack, so why complain? Just use both.

Just tested a Paladin/Animist with the great sword proficiency - and when using Firebrand I can trigger the Savage Attack just fine. Also the Ring gives me +10 ACC which stacks with FoD's +10 ACC bonus.