For instance jag and dire wolf seem underpowered relative to other offense forms but that tiny bit of extra dodge they have makes a big difference against people with charmies. Dillo is mostly useless solo but in a group fight it’s the ####, so on and so forth.

What works best is not just a function of what a form/class/cabal/legacy does but also the pairing of those strengths against the types of builds other people play at the time. Hell I had a vulture/wolverine and thought I hit the jackpot and suddenly my range was consistently 2 wights a mummy and a lich... that did not turn out so great.