Scion build inefficiency

I don't know if it's just me, I feel Scion is too general; She sits at the center of the tree, but problem is one way or another when you go to whatever path/char, you will have to waste a few points here and there.
Only upside I saw in Scion build is for mixed build, like int/str combo etc which is impossible before the patch. It looks to me it's a wasting of time to build a scion which you can build a attribute specific build equivalent saving a few skill points.