Sandokan

Everybody, thanks a lot your for your advice, it was very helpful. However, after a bit of further research, I am currently leaning towards multiclassing with a Monk(probably a Helwalker). Sure, the Rogue passives and defensive spells from Trickster are great and I like Sun and Moon/Tuotilo's Palm combo, but doesn't the shield need Monk fists to be viable as a weapon? Also, Monk has access to inspirations, still a few usable full attacks, +10 int (and potenially +10 might as a Helwalker), and weaker, but still useful defensive buffs, and as Constentin mentioned, better crit synergy with Swift Flurry/Heartbeat Drumming. This combination seems like it would greatly improve Chants, Invocations, and overall crits. On the other hand, survivability would be worse (especially as a Helwalker), and neither Chanter nor Monk seem to get a lot of accuracy bonuses to get those crits in the first place. I couldn't find the answer to this question anywhere, but how do The Long Pain and its upgrades interact with Skald? Are they still considered melee for crit purposes? If I went as a Chanter/Monk, which subclasses, if any, would you reccomend? +10 Might from Helwalker is very attractive, but looking at taking +50% damage, maybe FF would be a better choice. Also, with lower accuracy and therefore lower crit chance from not being a Rogue, wouldn't a Troubadour or no subclass work better in this case? Is Bellower any good?

Hey y'all, I've been preparing for a Deadfire playthrough after finishing PoE on PotD with a Chanter, and I'd like to get a bit of an advice on the viability of my planned build before I start. I like Chanter as a class, but I want to try a more damage based approach this time. How well would a Skald/Trickster multiclass work? The idea is to combine trickster defensive buffs and passive auras to increase survivability in melee, crits to get more phrases, disable enemies and get easy sneak attacks with Chanter debuffs, blast enemies with cheap invocations. Am I onto something here or would I still get quickly killed in melee and the better approach would be to multiclass with a Fighter or a Monk? I'm planning to use just the story companions, if that matters. Any advice or input would be greatly appreciated.