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The combination of the Duelist and the Swasbuckler is designed to let you riposte without using your immediate action right? Since otherwise the Swashbuckler parry is kind of better (except that it costs the immediate action to riposte), remember that the Duelist is a 6+ year old class at this point and hasn't been updated much. The Inspired Blade and the Magus go together fairly well, though the issue is that the Kensai can't wear even light armor else suffer arcane spell failure even if proficient and is a 3/4 BAB class. You're a frontliner so that's not great.

Ok so speak about a total lvl 16. :)

Inspired Blade-Duelist(11/5 or 12/4) to combine the bonuses to AC in combat made by Nimble and Canny Defense and against attack of opportunity (Improved Mobility) it could cause by Dondging Panache.
Furthermore it has a good defense made by 2 or more Parry made by "Parry" and "Opportune Parry and Riposte" but thanks to Riposte of Duelist it can make it 2 or more times without spend panache points. (with Combat Reflex)
Moreover Precise Strike of Swashbukler stacks with Precise Strike of Duelist so it's just like having Precise Strike of a sigle class of lvl 16.
Improved Reaction and Swashbuckler Initiative stack each other to star the combat in the high-top chart of combact turn sequence
The character has a great Dexterity bonus to have bonus in AC and hit probability made by Weapon Finesse of the Inspired Blade archetype, good intelligence and charisma bonus because they stack to generate panache points (Inspired Blade) and also for having good bonus with panache deeds and Inspired Strike and Canny Defense.
Ok if caught unware it'll nearly dead, like all characthers with no/light armor.
All these also in an hypothetic lvl 11 (6/5)

Kensai-Inspired blade(11/5)
With High Intelligence and Dexterity it can both learn and launch magics and produce a good amount of panache points, has good bonus in Inspired Strike and all Intelligence-feats/class abilities of Kensai, just like AC value (Nimble and Canny Defense)
With Dexterity 20 (Weapon Finesse) it can only waer light armor o no armor to not lose bonus in AC and thanks to Panache it can protect itself well. (like however a swashbukler/duelist)
Ok if caught unware it'll nearly dead, like all characthers with no/light armor.
It's not a great enchanter or a great fighter but it can make damage by rapier and by magic with Spell Combat/Strike and Critical Perfection to deal more damages, gain panache points and give status effects due to Critical Feats.

1)Is multiclassing, giving up class futures of lvl 19-20, really useful?
What do you think about?

2)What do you think about an Elf Swashbuckler(Inspired Blade archetype) lvl 15/ Duelist lvl 5?
And an Elf Magus(Kensai archetype) lvl 15/ Swashbuckler(Inspired Blade archetype) lvl 5? Better Duelist lvl 5?

3. Only Arcane Pool points:

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The magus can spend only points from his arcane pool (not panache points) to use these deeds and any other deeds he gains from the deed arcana. He can't use points from his arcane pool to use deeds from other classes or those gained by feats, nor can he regain points to his arcane pool as a swashbuckler would regain panache points.

Is this an ERRATA?

About POINT 1)
So really do a Swashbuckler-Duellist lvl 20 make +20 damages with Precise Strike like a Swashbluckler lvl 20? O.O

1)PRECISE STRIKE
Are Precise Strike of Swashbuckler and Duelist a standard attack or could be also a full-out attack?

Do the rules of Duelist's and Swashbucler's Precise Strike stack each other?

2)DUELIST'S PARRY and RIPOSTE
The rules of PARRY are:
At 2nd level, a duelist learns to parry the attacks of other creatures, causing them to miss. Whenever the duelist takes a full attack action with a light or one-handed piercing weapon, she can elect not to take ONE of her attacks.

So a duelist can elect ONLY one attack, right?
but in the RIPOSTE rules is written:
Starting at 5th level, a duelist can make an attack of opportunity against ANY creature whose attack she successfully parries, so long as the creature she is attacking is within reach.

I'm not native English-speaking so I haven't understood:
why use ANY if a duelist can parry only ONE attack, why not using THE?
Or could a Duelist elect more than one attack and parry multiple creatures?

3)FLAMBOYANT ARCANA of MAGUS ARCANA in ADVANCED CLASS GUIDE (page 104)
Could a Magus use Panache Points generated by Swashbuckler second class (lvl1) to activate deeds of Flaboyant Arcana and Arcana Deeds or he can only use arcana points from his arcana pool?

Thank you for your help