Roy's Refine

Shouldn't it stack with Warding/Steady Breath? Because they are both in-combat buffs.

You would be giving up DC, but you would get +8 of a defensive stat of your choice, the extra charge on your weapon, the anti-dragon effect and also the Quick Riposte 4 effect.

Since that opens up the B slot you could run Guard 3 and possibly something like DD3 or CD3 to give potentially 14 in one defensive stat and 10 in the other when being attacked. With his already hefty bulk that's pretty nuts. Huh, maybe I should build him here...