Allright, so I started playing a few (arena) games with these classes.
My two best ones so far:
https://te4.org/characters/199593/tome/ ... f065a49f23 (won Arena on Madness)
https://te4.org/characters/199593/tome/ ... b9ea0aacf9 (got to the final boss of the Arena (the Storm Knight, see above link) and got absolutely destroyed by him)
Some feedback:
- Phoenix Ascendance in general seems pretty neat, if maybe a little strong. By the end, I was basically able to ignore anything that was not a rare or a mage, since any damage dealt would be regenerated within the next few turns (or instantly, in most cases).
- Phoenix Burn... oh my god. This talent regularly dealt ~1800 damage - with little to no fire-boosting gear and on full life. Seems really strong.
- Whirlwind Derwish: similar to the above. Especially fun when I found Icy Kill, since from then on I could basically freeze all enemies in sight with one button.
- On my Storm Knight, I found myself not learning most of the class talents on purpose, because I didn't want to dilute my Eldritch Combat. This worked out really well.
- Oh. My. God. Facing a madness-boosted Storm Knight that once was a player char and thus has some good artifacts (read: Icy Kill) was a nightmare - he had like 12 prodigies and pretty much killed my second char instantly. Oh well, that's Madness.