Larian Studios Forums Divinity: Original Sin 2 Divinity - Original Sin 2 - General Are mages a bit...weak?

"Tanky" builds in this game are way too slow and actually kind of pointless since enemies just ignore them anyway. The only real reason to go into Warfare besides physical damage is for Battle Stomp, or if you're wanting to play as a caster with a shield, Shield Toss. Battle Stomp is weapon based anyway, not stat based. Even once you unlock the mobility skills from either Huntsman or Scoundrel (even using The Pawn talent), they just don't do enough damage for the AP.

They kind of could, but then Reactive Armor was nerfed, so now they don't. Ranger is actually weak for the first few levels other than getting the Ifran specific crossbow as well as the one in the fort dungeon, but once you can actually start buying or finding gear, they take off. Ifran alone is a game changer early on.