What class for 2h/heavy armour?

[Ri0Rdian]

I am a dwarf-a-holic so I am totally gonna play a dwarf and since I associate them with the best armour and big 2h weapons I would like to play one like that.

Is it viable and what class would be best suited for it? Also, I have read Mountain dwarves were pretty poor, still the case?

[Rin]

Given that every class can wear and benefit form heavy armor that can be answered with ... so that question can be answered with:

All of them

The same goes for weapons as every class can get the skills that improve the use of two handed weapons.

[Cutlass Jack]

'All of them' is the correct answer. You could work out a viable 2handed/heavy build with any class. The game is great like that.

But weapon use wise, if I wanted to focus on using a 2 hander over all other considerations I'd either go Warrior or Barbarian. Warrior because you can learn weapon specialization type abilites other classes cant get. Barbarian because all their normal attacks are Area Effect. Which seems a natrual with swinging a big weapon around.

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

Additionally:

http://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/Dwarf

Mountain Dwarves are not "pretty poor", but their race specific passive "+20 defense against Poison and Disease" bonus is of very limited use.

Rogue - which in this game is more of a Mercenary than a Thief - would work fine for two-handers as well due to very high base Accuracy and if playing a flanker who doesn't want to invest much into high defenses.

Btw, I'm continueing my "all dwarves" playthrough currently. Five dwarves and only one free slot for NPC companions. The primary reason for doing that is to do the Durgan's Battery stuff as a dwarf.

[ColeTrain1034]

Yes, you can do any class. If you're looking for the most obvious one, I would also say Barbarian. While it does also make sense to give it to a Fighter, I personally prefer to keep my Fighters holding shields because they're just so tanky. But, there again, that's my preference and it just goes to show you how malleable this game is. But if you're looking to go with something that just "makes sense" and doesn't require a lot of extra strategizing, I'd say Barbarian is your best bet.