2H melee specialist Options

[rbeverjr]

Great players of IA who can rule the game on insane with ease, please let me know which melee person you consider best to wield 2H weapons (particularly halberds) and why. My thinking is kensai or barbarian. The kensai should be able to Greater Whirlwind and hit just about anything but his defense will suck without potions or Spirit Armor. The barbarian has much better defense (rage, resistance, good armor), but he may be using Critical Strike rather than Greater Whirlwind - not sure which would be optimal. But these are the thoughts of a lesser player. What do you think?

[chaser]

I don't know what the thieves would be in the future versions. If the UAI is removed, the thieves need to be compensated in other ways. In the current version, few people want to play thieves without UAI, such as FT, CT, MT multiclass, etc. They are not only less powerful, but also featureless (Except for the Swashbuckler). Otherwise, why did the author change Imone’s class into sorcerer, and change Jan to a thief->illusionist?