DarkOne7777

Any ideas for turn based builds ?

So i'm playing as Berserker/Bloodmage MC, Wael/Troubadour tank, Assassin/Skael future melee 1 hitter, Sharpshooter with bear(maybe I will change to ghost heart if I still get stuck)/Ascendant and bloodmage. Besides the devil of caroc breastplate for the assassin, what other items are good for my characters ? Should I use a 2h or dual wield on the berserker ?

I also have some questions about the Assassin/Skaen. So he will just go invisible 3-4 times max per battle and hard hit someone. Will he be useless after ? How good is he on POTD ?

I have some basic knowledge about the mechanics, I finished POE1 and played PoE2 until halfway trough and now I want to play turn based mode on potd. It's been 5 days of reading forums and I still can't decide on my party(it will only have custom characters). I simply don't have enough game knowledge to judge the builds. Here's where I'm at and what my questions are: 1. I kinda want a pure bloodmage since from what I read, he is a beast I want him to have all those sweet power levels so I don't want any sublcass. 2. Someone suggest forbidden fist/shieldbearer as my MC but I don't know how strong he really is a damage dealer and how good he will be as a tank. Someone said that it will be boring to spam forbidden fist 2 rounds then heal. Stats are an issue here since I don't know how much STR to get, is INT any good for him ? If i -resolve, will the extra debuff time affect him ? Seeing as I probably I will have a priest in the party and maybe another paladin, is there a better subclass for him ? 3. Ghost Heart/Sharpshooter(still can't decide)/Ascendant is looking better and better. I can play him as a Ranger for the first rounds, summon the pet to a enemy mage/ranger char and go to town and then just play as a cipher when I ascend. My main question here is about the stats, should I max int in order to try to get to more rounds for ascendant and if so should i not max perception seeing as the ranger has high accuracy ? 4. Berserker/Bloodmage - I will only play the game once, and I don't have much time to play it, maybe 10 hours each week. I was thinking about this class since it will be more fun to play. Is he really that good ? Is the damage high? How good is his survivability ? How much should int be ? If I end up play forbidden, wizard, cipher, priest/something, is the berserker too greedy ? Can I pull off a party like that ? 5. I really want a priest, the wael one. The problem is I heard the chanter is good too so my problem is this: if I make blackjacket/priest I will have another tank and he will probably be busy priestiing If i make him priest/chanter, he will probably lose his tank status and I don't know how to juggle useing priest abilities and the chanter ones. MC Forbidden Fist/The Shieldbearers of St. Elcga - Berserker/Blood Mage - Wael/Troubadour - Ghost Hunter/Ascendant - Blood Mage -- Any chance I can make this party work in POTD ? Will it be fun to play ? What changes should I make based on what I wrote ? If it's ok, any specific tips for each class ? Stat distribution, what skills, what items, what playstyle ? I really want to start playing the game this weekend, I am tired of this endless theorycrafting, If anything, what should be my MC ? I can change the custom companions along the way. I'm guessing I can delete one character and buy another mercenary.