Larian Studios Forums Divinity: Original Sin 2 Divinity - Original Sin 2 - Help/Tips/Tricks New player looking for advice

So, diving into this series of the first time.

I have a case of the OCDs - so struggling with how in depth the character creation is with regards to classes and combo's etc.

So looking for some advice on what to do and what not to do with regards to builds and party comps.

I like the idea of the Wayfarer, Marksman and Geo, but how optimal is it, compared to a ranger that may use sneak skills or warfare for damage.

What's the best comp for healers and tanks. How viable is a necro/hydro healer - Most seem to go for Aero/Hydro from what I've found.

Tank tips

Elemental combo's? Should I be looking to have all elements represented/

And how are the undead races?

I assume not spreading yourself too thin is the best policy - but how are 3 attribute classes.

For example - Huntsman Geo and Metamorph?

Nobody has any advice? Sweet, not even links?

Thanks to the new armor system, mixed parties are less effective. Pure physical parties with support mages are probably the strongest, at least in the early phase. Later mages could get stronger, I'm not that far to really argue about that.

There is not synergy between Str, Fin and Int because they have no secondary effects, so splitting up will weaken your damage in the end.

Fire and poison (earth) has the strongest combo, because of the explosions. Water and Air are low on damage an offer mostly CC, which is useless as long the enemie has still magic armor left.

Oil is probably one of the strongest debuffs, because it ignores armor.

Necro/Hydro-Healer is less a healer, more a close-range-mage, because of decaying touch. Necro does not really offer heal except selfheal, but if the healer needs healing something went wrong, I guess. Necro is more usefull for tanks probably.

Metamorph is something, you can probably take on everyone, because it offers a lot of utility.

If you play undead, you need worry about fire a lot and enemies tend to go an heal you instantly.