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    [Party Advice] Especially Companions

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

    Posted

     

    Thank you. I was also looking at some build guides.

     

    In particular the burn baby burn and the Fate testarossa seem very fun.

     

    I think I will take the following:

     

    MC Burn baby burn build Paladin /monk

    Tekehu as a frost and shock damage dealer? Maybe little shifter talents.

    Xoti as my healer and support

    Serafen as a Barb/Cypher DPS dual wield.

    Edér as Tank

     

    Is this ok? Can those companions work together?

    Any combination works really. Tekehu isnt a very good dps though, more heal/support.

     

    Im a strong advocate of druid main cause you can control the field in so many ways

     

     

    So I could make my MC in The Fate Testarossa.

    But then I wouldnt need Tekehu. So i need a replacement.

     

    I got a tank, a healer/debuff, DPS times 2 melee and spells. Maybe CC?

    [Party Advice] Especially Companions

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

    Posted

    Thank you. I was also looking at some build guides.

     

    In particular the burn baby burn and the Fate testarossa seem very fun.

     

    I think I will take the following:

     

    MC Burn baby burn build Paladin /monk

    Tekehu as a frost and shock damage dealer? Maybe little shifter talents.

    Xoti as my healer and support

    Serafen as a Barb/Cypher DPS dual wield.

    Edér as Tank

     

    Is this ok? Can those companions work together?

    [Party Advice] Especially Companions

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

    Posted

    Hello All,

     

    I just finished POE 1 with WM1 and 2.

    I am about to start POE 2. But I have some questions.

     

    I want to multiclass if i can. I also have some wishes for my build for my MC.

    But i want to know if the companions are worth taking with me.

     

    Which companions have their own quest?

    Which have some banter throughout the game?

     

    Some classes I would liketo have in my party:

     

    Druid (didnt play it in POE 1).

    A dual wield DPS build (without having to stealth) which can take a hit.

    CC and support

    Tank (only 1 or more?)

    And I would love for a Fire Godlike build.

     

    Any tips?

     

     

    [Party Advice] 2nd playthrough

    in Pillars of Eternity: Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

    Posted

    Thank you!! I found it. The spell amazing. I use it almost any big encounter.

     

    I was reading the build posts for my characters. A lot got gear is durgan refined. But I got a really small supply. Maybe for 2 times? Or am I missing a lot of ingredients? I searched every nook and cranny in Durgans Battery and all its levels. Or is every build using the same durgan refinement ingredients?

    [Party Advice] 2nd playthrough

    in Pillars of Eternity: Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

    Posted

    Thank you both for you answers. I am running dual wield bittercut and reasoning?? With a plate armor.

     

    I was wondering.. The golden scales are medium armor. Is this pure for astetics or also functionality??

     

    Ps I just got to level 9 with my chanter. I got the dragon trash. But how do I set up the chants? Dragon trash as 3rd? My setup now is 1st cc debuf, 2nd the duration of frightened a d 3rd the dragon trash. That OK?

    [Party Advice] 2nd playthrough

    in Pillars of Eternity: Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

    Posted · Edited by DeeKayNL

    Thank you for all your tips. You are very knowledgeable! Most have played the game a lot.

    I did levels 1 to 4. On level 5 I went back up. Now I'm back in defiance bay. I already did the most dyrwood village quests except the dragon egg one. On the first playthrough I had real problems there.

    Now I'm almost level six. I already bought the the sword of daenysis. Now I think I'm gonna check out the tower in heritage hill.

     

    PS I just leveled Aloth  but i cant select Shadowflame. Its not on the list? Never mind I just read I have to get it from a grimoire. So ill have to wait till WM

    [Party Advice] 2nd playthrough

    in Pillars of Eternity: Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

    Posted

    Lev 3 was quite challenging. Well only the fight with the leader ogre and helpers. Fight took quite long. Had to reload. 2nd time I had them cc locked in with my cypher. Whispers of treason and paralyze non stop helped me a lot. But it took long to take out the leader and the druid. The normal ogres go down quite fast.

     

    I got a large shield (the door) on my barb. Too much? Maybe I should go back to a normal medium shield? Give the big shield to Kana?

    [Party Advice] 2nd playthrough

    in Pillars of Eternity: Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

    Posted

    Ok I think i had a brainfart.... my bad.

     

    First regarding Aloth. I'm gonna respec him. All that cc seems powerfull!! Any tips on talents? probably sword and shield style...

    I'm sorry but I really am new to this and still need builds to tell me what to select at level ups

     

    Second regarding the armor. Really a brainfart on my side.

    I saw the term plate armor. All plates i found so far were medium armor, maybe all breastplates?. The only Heavy armor I found were Brigandines.

    Too early in the game perhaps for heavy platemail armors? Or I just didnt look carefully enough.

     

    Thanks for the tips!!!

    [Party Advice] 2nd playthrough

    in Pillars of Eternity: Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

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    Glad to hear that)

     

    Now wait till he gets Shadowflame and mastered Slicken ;)

     

    Maybe I run the wrong build. I didnt even get slicken.

    My level 1 is:

     

    Parasitic staff

    Wizard Double

    Fan of fire?

    Dazzling Lights.

     

    Level 2

     

    Bulwark against elements

    Infuse with vital essence

    Merciless Gaze

     

    Level 3

     

    Alacraty of Motion

    Displaced Image

     

    Ps still 2 more questions.

     

    1 Why is al the armor only medium? Not Heavy? Will the reload take to long?

    2 Why are spiders such a big poblem for me?? I changed from easy to normal. Now spiders are insane.

     

     

    I do al the Fighting with the Parasitic Staff.

    [Party Advice] 2nd playthrough

    in Pillars of Eternity: Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

    Posted

    With hirelings there could be a little room for optimization with stats and races.

     

    But for a party with mostly story companions it is as good as it gets :)

     

    Thank you, I respeced Aloth into a Battlemage.

    My party is now complete. The only thing to do is find out where al the gear is :p

     

    Im not familiar enough with the game yet. I know some stuff is in WM.

    Yet i havent found any real good stuff in Defiance Bay or Gilden Vale yet.

    [Party Advice] 2nd playthrough

    in Pillars of Eternity: Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

    Posted · Edited by DeeKayNL

     

    1. Is there a build for de frontline cc wizard?? Like the Fighter/Mage from Baldurs Gate?

    2. MT paladin is main tank? Can she still do damage? I read a Five suns build?

    3. GM as ranged CC Cypher sounds good. Also is there a build guide?

    4. I just wanted to add the question if this party wil have some problems with gear. No builds need the same gear?

    1. It is close to NerdCommando's control freak. Just go for 2/15/15/20/18/8 wild orlan or 3/15/15/19/18/8 pale elf with plate armor, small shield and fast 1h weapon (like hatchet, cudgel, starcaller, spelltongue).

    2. Yeap, MT as main tank. Technically he can do some damage, but compared to dedicated damage dealers it's nothing. It's better to dump PER completely and focus on tankiness. healing and buffing. Your barb will need his support, especially Lay on Hands. Btw, at level 13 there is Sacred Immolation and it targets reflex. Let your wizard and cipher paralyze the enemies, and paladin will Immolate the trash without any problem. Chanter's Dragon Trashed also targets reflex, so you will be paralyzing a lot either way.

    3. Not that I am aware of, but it is pretty straight-forward. If you want more info on ciphers, you can start with these two posts: one, two

    4. No, these builds don't clash in terms of equipment. Except for Gauntlets of Swift Action which are great on barb, cipher, priest and wizard.

     

    Generally you would want:

    - barb: Shod-in-Faith(!)(it's better on barb than on Drake Ambassador), Swadling Sheet(!)(or give it to priest and take Hiro's Mantle instead), Plate armor

    - paladin: Outworn Buckler(!) and [hatchet or shame or marking cladhaliath], Plate armor

    - chanter: Little Saviour (!) or Redfield; weapon: either mentioned in the build, or something with marking enchant, Plate armor

    - wizard: Aila Bracia or Little Saviour; for weapons see p1.; Plate armor

    - priest: hide armor and good arquebus in the early game; Raiment of Wael's Eyes + Gyrd Háewanes Sténes + Abydon's Hammer later. Go for moon godlike; Silver Tide will be handy in such party, in midline.

     

    Also is worth mentioning Cape of the Master Mystic. Give it to the character that gets low faster than the others (except for chanter and paladin, because you don't want enemies disengaging from them). Bonus deflection also plays nicely with Aila Bracia for increased chance to get grazed and reflect.

     

    P.S. Also take into consideration who's your mech guy: cipher or wizard. Usually it's better to be cipher because he never runs out of things to do, and let the other one skill lore. But on the other hand your wizard gonna be on frontline, so he could be spotting traps earlier, plus you won't need to bring a backliner upfront for disarming every time.

     

     

    Ok if im understanding how does this sound?:

     

    MC Golden Dragon Barb

    Kana The Drake Ambassador

    Palagina Counseler Ploi build? Would that work?

    Custom Priest. Your moonfire build :)

    GM CC Cypher (still trying to find a good bow. Now with pistol

    Aloth a Frontline Wizard build (found the battlemage build from Nerd Commando)

     

    Any thoughts?

    [Party Advice] 2nd playthrough

    in Pillars of Eternity: Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

    Posted

    I would opt for:

    - 3 damage dealers

    - 3-4 frontliners

    - 2-3 debilitators

    - and 1-2 healers/sup

     

    Your barb and Kana (as Drake Ambassador starting from lvl 9) gonna dish a nice amount of damage.

    The third damage-dealer could be a fire priest or a dps-cipher.

    Priest could also occasionally heal (via consecrated grounds) and cipher could occasionally cc.

     

    For crowd-control, I'd recommend using a control-freak wizard and cc-cipher (for example Grieving Mother). GM can either melee (in plate, with BotEP/Firebrand) or attack from range (with Persistence, Boressaine, Rain, Sabra Marie; note: you can also open the fight from Lead Spitter before switching to bow).

    And lastly I'd recommend taking a 1h+shield paladin, focused on healing, tanking and buffing.

     

    Perhaps something like that will be optimal:

    - frontline: cc-wizard, dd-barb, mt-paladin, dt-chanter

    - midline: fire-priest

    - backline: cc-cipher

     

     

    P.S. Personally I have used the following parties in my completed runs:

     

     

    run1:

    - frontline: Eder, Kana

    - midline: Pallegina, Sagani

    - backline: GM, MC Cipher

     

    run2:

    - frontline: dd_barb, mt_paladin, mc_dps_cipher

    - midline: fire_priest

    - backline: wizard, cc_cipher

     

    run3:

    - frontline: dt_chanter, dd_barb, cc_cipher

    - midline: fire_priest

    - backline: wizard, mc_dps_cipher

     

    All were good, but third party was just annihilating everything. The amount of damage from 4.5 damage dealers was impressive. Although I was missing Lay on Hands, and had to be extra careful.

     

    And for 4th run I planned:

    - frontline: dt_chanter, mt_paladin, cc_wizard

    - midline: fire_priest

    - backline: cc_cipher, mc_dps_cipher

     

     

     

    The suggested party sounds fun, but i have a few questions (relatively new at this game).

     

    1. Is there a build for de frontline cc wizard?? Like the Fighter/Mage from Baldurs Gate?

    2. MT paladin is main tank? Can she still do damage? I read a Five suns build?

    3. GM as ranged CC Cypher sounds good. Also is there a build guide?

     

    Thanks for your response!!

    [Party Advice] 2nd playthrough

    in Pillars of Eternity: Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

    Posted

    Hi all,

     

    First I hope this isnt a double post. I made one a day ago but it still isnt showing so I think something went wrong.

    English isn't my native language so if you need clarification on something please let me know.

     

    I was thinking of a new run of Pillars of Eternity with the possibility of taking this one to Pillars of Eternity 2.

    After reading this section of the board, I found some interesting builds. My previous run consisted of builds by Nerdcommando's youtube vidz.

    I wanted to try something different this time around.

     

    So here is what is was thinking:

     

    MC Barbarian -> The Golden Dragon

    Kana -> The Drake Ambassador

    The Grieving Mother -> A build suited for her. Bow, Blunderbuss?

     

    I got 3 open slots. Usually you would take Aloth and Durance. I had trouble building Aloth and Durance. I'm trying to find a good build for Aloth. Durance really didnt do it for me, but I am concerned that not taking a priest is gonna hold my party back.

     

    I also would like to try Pallegina but I dont know if that would be my 3rd tank or you can use her otherwise.

     

    NPC i just recently played and dont want in my party is Maneha, Eder. I already have my own barbarian, I played Eder as a Tank and my MC was Paladin.

    They were sturdy but did no damage at all. Well very little. This time around I want Tanks whop can also deal damage. Because my backline was targetted continiously last playthrough.

     

    PLEASE HELP.

     

    Thanks all.

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