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Took me a bit to unpack all of this info so first off I'd like to thank you for taking the time to write all of that. Secondly I saw that Clear Out + WotEP combo and it looked insane but is that all a Fighter really has to offer to a WotEP Soulblade? Cause I think one thing a Cipher definitely isn't lacking in it's CC. The SC Soulblade, ye I can see what you mean. It was mainly inspired by my love of Time Parasite from PoE1 (Used to just hit 1 auto-attack, proc Time Parasite, and spam auto-attacks to refill focus for Amplified Wave or accuracy buffs for bosses) but a change of pace is probably a good idea. The Transcendent interaction with WotEP sounds interesting. But it sounds somewhat not my style. I like a more straight approach in combat Y'know, where you simply decide who your characters should target and they'll either auto-attack or cast when necessary. The Disengagement sounds like a bit of a janky playstyle micro-managey playstyle where you're always concerned with making sure you are engaged to disengaged and rinse and repeat. If I instead take Blade Form and Lightning Strikes I should be fine right? Or would you say a WotEP Monk relies on that interaction?

Hello, I just finished PoE 1 as a Cipher for the first time and had a blast. For the sake of continuity I'd like to stay a Cipher but I am having trouble deciding what to actually do with it. I tried SC Ascendant a little but the wait to unleash my power is killing me and atleast at the start of the game before buffs like Salvation of Time and the like it feels very underwhelming. I was considering Multi-Classing Soulblade instead of either Helwalker Monk or Devoted Fighter (I'd like to either use WotEP or dual Sabres) but I on one hand worry either that with Transcendent both generating wounds (as Edér is going to always be in my party drawing alot of aggro and possibly Pallegina aswell from time to time) and another worry for me is that once I do have aggro on my MC he will die really quickly cause of the Helwalker penalty and especially if I didn't get to buff my MC with Cipher abilities beforehand (Borrowed Instinct for example). For stat allocation I was thinking: Mig 10 (Helwalker should provide all the Might I need) Con 14 (To offset the glass in glass cannon of Helwalker a bit + increase Fortitude for Shred spells) Dex 18 Per 18 (No one likes to miss and as a Soulblade missing Soul Annihilation can be devastating your mental well being) Int 10 (Gonna be focusing mainly on Shred spells for Cipher and Ancestor's Memory helps offset this but I'd also like some duration for stuff like Borrowed Instinct and some of the monk abilities) Res 8 (Don't want to dump it cause of will but it's also not strictly necessary and if I feel lacking in will I can take Bull's Will) Which is why I started considering Psyblade with Devoted (Greatsword) as a way to increase my damage output with melee while also increasing my character's tankiness. However I like my MC to be a relatively fast attacker (PoE 1 Cipher with Time Parasite was some of the greatest fun I had whether I was auto-attacking or casting) and I worry that it'll just feel too slow and clunky. Mig 14 Con 8 (Don't wanna dump it as a melee class but I also feel like Fighter can buff defenses enough for this to be somewhat irrelevant) Dex 18 Per 18 Int 10 Res 10 There was also the consideration of SC Soulblade. I understand that Soulblades are better Multi-Classed but I was wondering if Time Parasite and Death of 1,000 Cuts might be worth giving up on another class in order to have that really high action speed and insane DPS from Shred casting. Mig 12 (I do wanna increase it higher but I also think I need those other stats just a bit more. If I feel lackluster with damage I can always buff it in a plethora of ways) Con 8 Dex 10 (A bit lower than the others because the whole point of SC Cipher for me is Time Parasite which makes me think a buffed out Dex is overkill) Per 18 Int 18 (As a SC Cipher there's access to a lot more supportive abilities aswell which have INT duration scaling plus somethings like Recall Agony also make use of it) Res 12 (Missing Time Parasite is no fun) Lemme know what are your recommendations and whether these attribute distributions look fine. Would be glad to receive any help!