Legend of Grimrock 2 Party Compositions

[DawnrazorDCLXVI]

Messing around with a minotaur berserker type, an insectoid battlemage, a rat alchemist, and a lizard rogue, just to break convention. I used all racial specializations, except the rat, where I increased his carrying capacity by 25%, since he is my packrat. We'll see how this goes. Sorry for class names, I am referring to builds, not archetypes, as its been awhile since I created my party, nor have I touched the game until I complete my current medley. :/

 

[Pope Amole II]

Please explain what's good and what's bad about it.

1. Evasion is an all or nothing affair - it gets really effective only when you reach the 60-70 mark, if not higher, and that can be done only on one character since +dexterity potions are very limited. Critical would be a much better choice.

2. Weapon training doesn't work with ranged weapons. And your alchemist probably requires a mix of critical & accuracy (3+2, I guess).

3. You have no magic and while that's not a fatal flaw, some situations will get somewhat annoying for you. Mb, at the very least, some concentration points on those barbarians so they can use magical trinkets. At least one of them.

 

[Gangrelrumbler]

So what's the general opinion on Battle Mages? Are They useful? Is it better to get Battle Mage and a Wizard or just 2 Wizards? Should I make him warrior/mage hybrid or just a mage with enough protection to stand in the front row? I've started with Barbarian, Battle Mage, Alchemist and a Wizard but Battle Mage and turned out to be a bit disappointing so I'm thinking about switching to 2 Wizards, Barbarian and a Knight/Fighter.