Good build with maxed mental stats

[Gyoza Dog]

Just picked up the game and am trying to decide what class to play. But I'm a bit overwhemed.

 

I want to max the mental stats (as much as is practical) because have a pet hate of missing out on dialog options.

 

Are there any builds that work well with that?

 

Can I trust builds from 2.0 or has too much changed?

[v-anus]

How about a wizard, that stays behind a line of tanks?
Your damage will be a little bit lower than that of other builds, but you'll be a good crowd controller with high intelligence and perception.

[JerekKruger]

Perhaps counterintuitively, a tanky Barbarian works well for this. See Boeroer's Golden Dragon for an example.

[jsaving]

High resolve, high lore, high perception, and being a cipher (in that order) are probably your best bets when it comes to expanding your dialogue options.  However, dialogue prowess doesn't do much for you in PoE except for occasionally skipping fights (which you may not want to do if you're looking to fill out your bestiary, advance a soulbound weapon or obtain more loot). 

Edited February 24, 2017 by jsaving

[Blades of Vanatar]

A support Pally is the first thing that comes to mind.

[Madscientist]

A chanter tank.

You can dump dex and have high per, int and res.

Use the heaviest armor and some defensive talents and items. From lv9 onwards you destroy everything with the dragon trashed chant while enemies try to hit you.

Your main problem could be not to die from boredom during combat.

[Elric Galad]

You'll also miss dialogue option with too low Might, Dexteruty and Constitution even if it is to a lesser extent.

 

Due to magical items and food bonuses, you don't really maxed mental stats. You'll be confortable around 14-16 mental stats and still free to get a couple of points for phsyical attributes, or at least not dump then.

 

A Tank/Crowd Controller chanter using short phrases and Paralysis Cone Invocation could be a good choice. It would benefit from Int, Per and Res.

 

I think it could be better that Dragon trasher ones who is optimal with high might. Graze/Hit/Crit mechanic doesn't benefit much to chant as it change only the duration of the lingering. It won't benefit that much from Perception.

Edited February 25, 2017 by Elric Galad