Thanks a lot for your help. Getting back to the game, I went with a Paladin/Troubadour build. I finished the game just a few hours ago—it was absolutely awesome. I was practically unhittable throughout the entire run, and the HP regen combined with that much defense was just overpowered. Admittedly, I didn't quite manage to hit 170+ defense and 40 HP regen per second (passive), since I picked out the rest of the gear based on intuition rather than following your specific recommendations.