[Post-Revamp] What would you do for a Bandit build?

It reduces damage taken from 50% to 35%, or rather from 40% to 24%. Chakra is also better than Pickpocket and most definitely better than Shield Mastery unless defense suddenly makes a huge difference in damage taken (doubt it).

As for my build I'd just max everything but shield mastery.

I'm not saying don't put points into Chakra. It's definitely better than Pickpocket and Shield Mastery. I'm just saying I don't use it. Training my CB is already much cheaper than training my other classes, and standing still for seconds just to heal a little HP isn't worth it.