I'm kind of surprised that optimized builds even exist, at least outside competitive games.
Back in the day when I was playing tabletop RPGs, the standard GM approach was that meaningful advantages must be balanced with meaningful disadvantages. Encounters where the characters had to face their weaknesses were supposed to be common. It didn't really matter if your characters were optimized as not.
Character builds as a concept were just some video game nonsense that had no place in actual role-playing games. At least among the people I used to play with.
Back in the day when I was playing tabletop RPGs, the standard GM approach was that meaningful advantages must be balanced with meaningful disadvantages. Encounters where the characters had to face their weaknesses were supposed to be common. It didn't really matter if your characters were optimized as not.
Character builds as a concept were just some video game nonsense that had no place in actual role-playing games. At least among the people I used to play with.