Making Mystic (Cipher/Priest) work

[Luagha]

And i don't even like how Cipher plays (having to wait to cast spells and those spells having awful visual feedback), but I like the arpee. Want a priest, but Xoti is creepy.

So there's me trying to make what feels like an agressively sub-par combination work, and wondering what powers you min-max types would select if forced to use it~

My first thought was "Wael Priest for lovely defense buffs on top of Devotions/Beacon/Pillar, Soulblade for a focus dump", but so far the real result seems to be ineffective nukes/buffs with lots of dull autoattacking. (Won't be the end of the world if he just ends up being the 'face' for cipher/priest arpees and the other four are the interesting combatants, especially with difficulty as low as it is. Just seems a pity.)

Edited May 15, 2018 by Luagha

[Ophiuchus]

Wael's rod does a good amount of damage and can generate extra Focus through AoE Blast. Other than that, I'm not so sure.