So, with the upcoming patch, I decided to nuke my character for now since I'm still pretty early into Chapter 2... And how my Psyker immediately melts when a peasant-turned-heretic coughs 2-cells near them.

I nuke/snipe people fine, but I'm severely lacking in defense. I'm more than likely missing it, but Operative doesn't seem to have a reliable way for defense (except for Tactical Knowledge and Offensive Patter Prediction), and Assassin only has that per turn Dodge buff, which doesn't look much either.

Then I came across Cautious Approach when I was leveling Argenta up as an Archmilitant. 5% more dodge/parry as you change your attacks? Sounds great. And with Psychic Barrage, you can use those Ballistic/Weapon increments as well for your psychic abilities as well. Although I'm not sure if Psyker spells work that way too.

So now I'm thinking Diviner, always want a way to buff myself. Then take Telepath for Psychic Barrage and Aftershock (although this is really just me having insurance against Act 1 End Boss). Could go Biomancer to eventually get Warp Speed too.

Has anyone tried something similar?