lawlmangriff

I have relatively low experience with the game and I was wondering about the viability of this build relative to popular options like Inquisitor. Looking at the wizard low-level spell selection I get the impression that it would actually be pretty strong for increasing survivability in melee via the various +armor, +deflection, and Concelhaut draining spell options while also giving a decent boost to focus generation via Alacrity. Anyone have any experience with how this plays out in practice versus pairing cipher with dedicated combat classes? Are active attack abilities too important to focus generation to give up?