Vraes talents ( i use him to take the hits and attack every now and then)
stone skin 4
ferocity 7
crushing blow 10
burst of speed 5
It is no surprise why you burn through your spirit points so fast, ferocity is awfully expensive, my Vraes even while having 25% sp drain can not maintain a rank 7 ferocity.
You have put a lot of points into 2 attack talents, this is a pure waste as you can only perform 1 attack. So either you use crushing blow constantly and then the 7 points in ferocity are wasted or vice versa.
aside from burst of speed you have no real spells that help mitigate strong damage (stoneskin is ok but inferior to phalanx shield unless you absolutely want a 2 hander then stoneskin becomes an option) Phalanx shield will prevent 52% from all ranged attacks straight and gives +parry and +armor. Making it a great talent for tanking/staying alive and it covers everyones biggest weakness which is ranged attackers. You also lack berserk rage which is probably Vraes his best talent regardless of build/spec or w/e. at rank 10 it provides you with 33% critical chance and +46 dmg, so without investing in a specific attack this talent will make you hit harder and give you the perfect % of critical strike. If you are wielding 2ap 1 handers this means that you will see a critical hit every round on average and it will make certain gear pieces with critical hit on it better. There are some armours that have %crit + some others stats that have low armor value but are dozen of times better then high armor value armours.
Talent wise I still advice as I did in my previous post
kjartan talents ( i use him to attack from afar)
firestorm 6
immolation 3
firebolt 10
pureflame sheild 1
chocking ash 1
warding words 3
meteoric 3
Talents all are all over the place, once again if you go firestorm there is no need for immolation or vice versa, this leads to inefficient spending of points and thus wasted opportunities. Warding words is among the absolute worst talents in the game and there is not a single time in the game that you ever want to use this. If you want to use meteoric shockwave then focus focus focus, just 3 ranks will do nicely in act 1 but in act 2, 3 and 4 you need to bring dedicated builds and focused talents. Burning blades for example works great with Vraes he will do more damage and have even more crit thus; Berserk rage and Burning blades are two talents from two different heroes that great synergy if we add in tamilin her deadly intuition it will be even better.
I will once again stick with that I suggested for Kjartan in my previous post.
Kyera talents( healing and blocking path)
bansihment 6
holy retribution 1
myshanas tears 10
sarifice 2
ethereal auguish 1
smithing blow 1
purifying breeze 5
Talents are all over the place once again, you really need to have a good idea about what you want kyera to be doing, as you yourself say healing/blocking, I will take that as offtanking and provide healing support. Now kyera's her most powerful ability is etheral anguish it strips the enemy of AP these are action points it means the number of attacks the enemy can make. (in genera) so an enemy with 3 ap can hit upto 3 times. this can deal a lot of damage and cost a lot of healing. In order to prevent this just strip the enemy of his AP with etheral anguish it means he will attack 2 times less, this prevent damage and saves healing. If you want kyera to offtank then warden's shield is very strong and among her top 3 talents. As an offtank kyera has no use for spells like retribution or banishment (banishment a very strong spell though)
I suggest the following as a base in priority order
Ethereal anguish 1-6 (this will strip AP from enemies and this prevent a lot of attacks/damagem, icing on the cake lowers enemy accuracy and dodge)
Myshana's tears 1 upto 3/4 (if you find yourself using this ability a lot you're doing something wrong, you need to be able to heal roughly as much as the enemies deal to your main tank IF they hit.)
Sacrifice 1 and 2 (OPTIONAL) (while a great talent, eventually Vraes and Tamilin will have no need for spirit points from kyera and kyera and kjartan will both be the persons who will be out of spirit points long long long before the others do. If you do take it, it can be a nice talent to keep things going but it's okish.)
Warden's shield 1-10 (Together with Ethereal anguish her top 2 talents, it improves dodge and parry for the WHOLE group, making sure that attacks are more likely to miss on Vraes and kyera who will be doing tank work and with the right amount of gear/buffs even tamilin can dance in enemies and be parry capped)
After these talents it comes down to what you want to do with kyera as tankish character you can go for smithing blow but it is horrible, she will never hard or high, stacking crit is a bad option as she can not get it to reliable numbers, smiting blow in itself costs way to much ap for her to keep even with reasonable amoutn of sp gear) so I suggest picking up piety ward 1-10 and make your group better versus spells.
intelligence 16, constitution 16 then strenght. conjuration to 6, hammers to 20 lore to 6(only if you have chosen sacrifice), conjuration to 20. dump other points into lore.
Tamilin talents ( use for attacking from afar)
aimed shot 10
ranged onslaught 9
precision pick 5
disarming touch 2
loose 1
farsight 1
throw dagger 1
torrent of steel 1
Same issue as with other heroes, you invested 19 talent points into 2 attacks that can NEVER be used at the same time thus basicly wasting 10 talent points. Disarming touch just like warding words is on the bottom of the ocean in terms of usefulness. You start with rank 1 that is all you ever need, it should have been a default ability and not a talent, exact same goes for precision pick and to some extent farsight but valid points can be made that rank 4 is useable for nightmare playthroughs. Rehardless of of build Tamilins best talent is Deadly Intuition, it gives her + ranged accuracy (more to hit dice) and more 27% critical which is where the real juicy damage will come from and with the right gear she will be the main damage dealer. Also Deadly intuition has great synergy with Kjartans burning blades it increases her crit even more and every attack tamilin make will deal +36 fire dmg. With ranged onlsught at rank 9 it is no wonder you run out of sp pots
. Rank 1 is more then sufficient. Ranged onslaught rank 1 + a 2 ap bow with high accuracy and good damage + Deadly intuition and maxed out dexterity and bows and it will be rare to see tamilin miss a ranged attack. Besides hitting 4 targets with ranged onlsaught is perfect, once you have more sp you can take it to the tank that makes it bigger aoe but in most cases it is not very noticeable. Instead I recommend Torrent of steel as it is a short range aoe attack that with crit % and +dmg becomes a tank and as icing on the cake strips the enemies of their ap, dodge (enemies are easier to hit) and resistance (you deal more spell damage) the last part has great synergy once again with burning blades, making sure that even more fire damage comes through!
What I advice is the following
Deadly intuition 1-10 (increases ranged to hti chance, increases dmg due the reliable % of crit it provides, has great synergy with burning blades)
Ranged onlsaught rank 1 (all you need, as in combination with DI and dex/bows it is unlikely you will miss and the extra damage gained from onslaught versus the increased spirit cost makes it rather inefficient.)
Torrent of steel 1-8 (the moment when you when it drains -2ap means that you can save kyera using her ethereal anguish in some occasions, it also strips a high amount of dodge (you have a better chance of hitting) you strip resistance meaning more spell damage and you can it in combination with a 1ap throwing knife to make it so that you have 7 attacks that in theory can 4 targets deal insane amounts of damage (keep in mind that the dmg variables will be huge) and because of the reliable crit % that is even without gear @ 33% you will see a shit ton of crits as you do aoe attacks, same goes for ranged onlslaught.
Blacknight 1-10
A valid point can also be made for Silent stalker HOWEVER, this means you have to invest in stealth to win the suprise rolls versus some type of opponents, basicly rank 1 silent stalker is all you need because it gets you that extra 22% in round where you get to go first (aka winning the surprise roll) Having stealth on gear and via blacknight is a good way to get stealth by stealth on gear must be accompanied with priority stats.
dexterity to 16, constitution to 16, willpower to xx. Bows to 12ish, Throwing knives to 12ish, invest some points in lore/leadership I forgot which one to make sure you get extra rounds on deadly intuition then alternate between knives/bows. Does not come down to exact science.
Stat priority
% crit, (the higher the better but it any ring, amulet, bracer, cloak or boots she wears MUST have % crit)
%sp drain (usefull from very early on because you will have to rebuff deadly intuition so having some sp% will help you gain back sp, later on you will swim in %sp in combination with good stats to the point where she will not run out of sp with a meager 14% sp)
+ accuracy (in combination with other stats or a high number)
+ mp (either a flat +2mp, +2mp +2 dodge or +1mp with great stats.)
+dodge (makes her so that even within 3 range she can dance in melee attacks combined with kyeras warden shield it is unlikely mere trash mobs will hit her)
+ parry (only in combination with dodge and only if dodge is equal or higher to the parry amount)
+dmg (because of her aoe ability and % crit +dmg is very low on the list unless it are high number of (fire) +dmg but they need to be very high because lategame there will be insanely good items for her, like god tier items that are among the most overpowered items in the game, 1 of them being a quest reward the other one requires luck)
Well this is what I would do, I just wrote it as I went, so it is very straightforward and maybe a bit blunt to give you an idea I just finished a playthrough on easy mode with this exact group setup and I managed to score rank 2 on the steam leaderboards. This is not to boast or w/e because it's just easy and scores don't tell it all but it is just to state that what I'm telling is not air and theorycraft. I have played it, I tested it, I know it works.
Once again have a great day!
With kind regards,
Rashar.
. Rank 1 is more then sufficient. Ranged onslaught rank 1 + a 2 ap bow with high accuracy and good damage + Deadly intuition and maxed out dexterity and bows and it will be rare to see tamilin miss a ranged attack. Besides hitting 4 targets with ranged onlsaught is perfect, once you have more sp you can take it to the tank that makes it bigger aoe but in most cases it is not very noticeable. Instead I recommend Torrent of steel as it is a short range aoe attack that with crit % and +dmg becomes a tank and as icing on the cake strips the enemies of their ap, dodge (enemies are easier to hit) and resistance (you deal more spell damage) the last part has great synergy once again with burning blades, making sure that even more fire damage comes through!
This made me laugh so hard. (in a good way)
