Starting with my companions: Turn based game

Eder - Fighter

Pallegina - Herald

Maia - Ranger

Aloth - Wizard

 

I have a couple of questions about companion class and my watcher.

   I have read alot about rogue not being needed for primary class.

1. Who benefits the most from dual classing to rogue? Eder, Maia or Aloth

2. Do you need a dedicated Priest or can the Priest dual class?  Recommendation for the other class?  Initial Stats for each?

3. Any and all companion suggestions / watcher builds entertained, thank you.

I have about 100 hours in POE and got a great deal on POE2, so I am digging for information. 

Edited June 1, 20205 yr by Soulmirror

Regarding your questions, (1) personally I'd say that Eder and Maia both really benefit from multiclassing as rogues. Theosupus earlier posted an Iron Hammer build that works great for Eder; I follow this build whenever I add him to my party. And Maia as a scout (rogue/ranger) multiclass is fantastic, and does great DPS. Aloth, on the other hand, is probably best as a SC Wizard. Personally, I usually dual class my priests. Unlike classes like wizard and monk, they do not have OP tier 8 & 9 abilities that you'll really miss. As for the other class, they're very tanky multiclassed as a Paladin. Or you could make a healbot by multiclassing as a lifegiver druid. I had fun with a Bleak walker/Priest of Magran build loaded up with all the +fire gear.