Larian Studios Forums Divinity: Original Sin 2 Divinity - Original Sin 2 - General Mechanically, is Fane the best story character?

Early on Sebille is the strongest by virtue of Flesh Sacrifice. Fane being undead makes him both the most convenient (with lockpicking) and inconvenient (hello instant Fane seeking heals). I know that Fane can also use Flesh Sacrifice, but I don't like giving up his helm to do so, so YMMV on that point, plus he loses undead abilities.

Depending on the build too you can take advantage of his Feign Death, which mostly acts as a second invisibility for the end of his turn. Late game, because of Time Warp, he's probably the strongest. You can do combos with him that you can't do with any other character or race. Of course you can just have him cast it on anyone else too, but because of the way the turn order works, it's not always going to give you the same results as him just using it on himself.

It's even more pronounced if you happen to have Glass Cannon on him.