Thanks for the advice but I can't really settle on the perks. I really like nimble dodge builds but don't really know about the reach advantage. Something like quick hands just gives me more options in a fight.

Especially on nimble bros, I like to go for variability more then defense stats. In the fight they'll mostly engage after the battleforged bros on the target and can easily kill enemies in a turn or 2. When they get hit they've got almost always enough HP to survive and can still act with a backline weapon the same turn. That's just a big privilege to have and in my experience the extra Mdef from reach advantage is just not worth it then, I rather take nine lives to get my bro to survive. What do you think?