Need help for Magus / Eldrich Scion (Arcane Bloodline) Build

[Nightslaver]

Hi everyone,

i need some help for my str based melee Magus Build on core difficult.
I have play it on Kingmaker, there it has work ok on core diffcult, but Wrath of the Righteous is not Kingmaker, how i must be learn in my first, but cancelt run with a Cavalier / Disicple of the Pike (Charge works to crapy for a class where lives from it). So i dont know if the magus Build will be work good on Wrath of the Righteous, or shoud i better change something?

Class: Magus / Eldrich Scion (Arcane Bloodline)
Race: Human
Abilities: Str 16, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 17
Familiar: Object or maybe Lizard (+1 natural Armor)
Feats:

LvL 1: Spell Penetration & Improved Initative (will play turnbased, so Initative is more importend)
LvL 3: Spellfocus (Evocation)
LvL 5: Greater Spell Penetration & Meta Magic (Extended Spell)
LvL 7: Spell Specialization (Force Punsh)
LvL 9: Weapon Focus (Longsword)
LvL 11: Greater Weapon Focus (Longsword)
LvL 13: Armor Focus (Heavy Armor)
LvL 15: Arcane Strike & School Power (Evocation)
LvL 17: Improved Critical (Longsword) & Meta Magic (Maximaize Spell)
LvL 19: Critical Focus

Thx for help on everyone

*edit* One more Question.
Scales the "diehard" feat with the Mythic Ability "Last Stand"?

[Nightslaver]

Nobody who can give me hints to play an str melee magus in wrath of Righteous or has an answer to this question? :-(

Scales the "diehard" feat with the Mythic Ability "Last Stand"?

[jsaving]

I've done one run so far with a scion and will throw in my two cents. Scions made great fighter/mage characters in Kingmaker because nobody had spell resistance and saves were only so-so, which meant you could regularly land fireballs whenever you felt like it while also being one of the game's strongest melee characters.

The main issue you will deal with in Wrath is that nearly everybody in the demon-centric parts of the game will have great saves and high spell resistance. Offensive spells like fireball will regularly inflict 0 damage unless you take the full line of SR-beating and DC-improving feats. And if you're going to do that then you are probably better off as a caster sorcerer than a scion.

A secondary issue is that demons also generally have truesight and will regularly try to dispel your buffs. For that reason, characters who rely on magic for their defenses are not as strong in Wrath as they were in Kingmaker while archetypes that develop solid defenses without needing magic (like the new instinctual warrior) arguably surpass scions on that dimension in Wrath.

Scions are still solid but my advice would be to lean into melee damage rather than offensive casting, using your spell slots primarily for personal DPS boosts like sense vitals (which you presumably plan to take since you have the arcane bloodline) and party buffs like haste. Then grab abyssal as your mythic bloodline as soon as you are able, which is around 5th level for most players. Good luck!