Larian Studios Forums Divinity: Original Sin 2 Divinity - Original Sin 2 - General Ranged is more effective than melee?

Id say you need a mix of both. Well I guess Cylion already made this point, but that backline of powerfull range bombardment only works as long as you have a frontline to tie enemies up.
Melee characters tends to have more HP and more armor, if this type of char did as much damage as a fragile ranged char, why would anyone make a ranged char?