Dmitri

Just finished the Beast of Winter adventure with her. She's got to deliver the last hit to Rymrgand himself. Although I am not sure she dealth the most damage to him. At lvl20 it's really hard to beat Symbol of Eothas, Spark of the Righteous and Magran's might combined. So in the boss fights Edwyn mostly ends up recharging these with Ancestral memories. Then again - hey, her being rogue means she can reliably deal damage to the boss and gain Focus to cast said Ancestral memories.

Barbarian (witch) may be better for dealing with crowds that a rogue (mindstalker). But rogue is infinitely better at single-target DPS, which is what I need from a melee. Because, let's be honest, casters are kings when it comes to AOE damage. That's never a problem anyway.

Well I don't like making custom adventurers, it feels like cheating. Ydwin is an existing character, and she's stylish. Just killed the dragon in White Void, whateverhername, with Ydwin the 2-wield rogue/cipher in my group. Her "Ancestral memories" made sure that Aloth always had "Arcane cleansing" to take care of dragon's defensive buff, and Tekehu and Xoti could maintain their buffs and heals. Made this fight quite trivial. Gotta say, I love Ydwin. )) Why cant I romance her, damnit. Oh, and about Serafen... not only his subclass sucks. Lategame rogue is a much better damage dealer than a barbarian. Plus, Serafen is a pirate, and I do not approve of piracy.

Sorry, 2-wield not 2h.

Necroposting time. Ydwin is absolutely fantastic as a rogue/cipher, 2h melee. At higher levels, with buffs from Tekehu/Xoti she's the best single-target damage dealer in my group now.