A melee (probably shield-style) cipher for a Player Char, definitely. Seems pretty fresh to me and very interesting class, even though they seem a bit OP atm, with so many focus points to start a fight... IMO should be lowered by like 40% - or maybe that's the plan for release ver?
Also a pity that Grieving Mother is a cipher - anyone knows how difficult (or if possible at all) it will be to mod her into different class?
For companions - Eder (always nice to have a reliable tank and also plot-relation), Pallegina (most of the time probably, coz of her nice class 'n race; if she'll be a decent enough tank I may even leave Eder home sometimes), Sagani - depends on how good she (her class, actually...) is but from the vid I think I'll like her, Durance is usually in, Hiravias over Aloth most of the time (rarely both, but w/o Durance then), Kana Rua exchanging with Sagani most likely or one of the casters rarely, Grieving Mother as a last choice, only for her arc most likely.