yorname

wiki says it upgrades as a weapon (damage, PEN, etc) instead of shield, and I saw an old post here saying the same thing, but currently it's the same as Magran's Blessing for me, and I can't find a changelog about it, was it changed at some time so it wouldn't be everyone's go-to shield?

at least you have Ydwin's crippling Strike, it's a "interrupt on hit" ability so any hit or crit with it will interrupt. Chanters have a chant that removes concentration, so you can use those to remove concentration stacks before spending rescource to interrupt

my first solo try was a street fighter/kind wayfarer, it was pretty tanky but I did struggle on high AR targets even with the help of potions, not impossible but also kind of boring so I wondered if I can make use of things like borrowed instinct, body attunement and hammering thoughts, then compensate the lack of sustainability with potions and scrolls. I eventually went with trickster soul blade though, animal companion was more of a liability when I actually tried it.

This is going to be my second solo potd run (and hopefully the first complete one), I didn't plan much, just wanted to try a cipher and among the martial multiclasses, melee ranger is something I really wanted to give it a go, so here I am. Tbh I didn't even have a general plan, maybe heavy armor+spears/clubs/morning stars for the ability of lowering enemy fort/will for cipher spells? Cipher self-buffs are ok but I guess arcane is a must to keep animal companion alive. Any advice would be appreciated!