How ' d yah know <| sep |> if you are starting CI first then you probably want Occultist or Trickster to compensate for the poor gear you ' ll start with , then maybe also pick a skill which can scale damage easily so that you can afford to dump more into defenses . So either something like Essence Drain , Blade Flurry if not nerfed , or anything double dipping . Occultist having extra curse and access to reduced chaos resistance for enemies can give you lots of damage to let you gear more defensively also Wicked Ward Soul Strike if Bow ED or CA <| sep |> I think it ' d be great to be able to laugh at the absurdity of it all and not take any shit from them . Come with us . Er , no thank you , I ' ll just cancel my flight . I didn ' t really want to travel badly enough to deal with this kind of thing .