Helpful Companions in 'Avowed': Rankings Revealed

Avowed's Companions: A Ranked Guide from Worst to Best

Beyond their narrative roles and dialogue, Avowed's Companions offer significant gameplay advantages, from pathfinding to combat prowess. This guide ranks every Avowed Companion, from least to most useful.

4. Marius

Early game exploration benefits aside, Marius quickly becomes outmatched. His utility lies in item and plant discovery, but his combat effectiveness is limited.

Abilities & Upgrades:

• Blinding Roots: Roots enemies (upgradeable to stun, trap multiple, inflict Bleed).
• Heart Seeker: Piercing shot (upgradeable to hit two enemies, increased damage vs. low health, reduced cooldown).
• Shadow Step: Vanishes and strikes (upgradeable to instantly kill stunned enemies, increased damage vs. low health, strike multiple enemies).
• Wounding Shots: Inflicts Bleed (upgradeable to reduce enemy damage reduction, slow enemies, reduce enemy damage).

Marius excels against low-health, melee-focused enemies, but his niche abilities don't justify his inclusion in most parties for extended periods.

3. Giatta

Giatta, a support-oriented Animancer, prioritizes healing, shielding, and party buffs over raw damage. Her protective capabilities prove invaluable during challenging encounters. She also unlocks late-game areas by powering Essence Generators.

Abilities & Upgrades:

• Purification: Heals allies (upgradeable to increased healing, enemy interruption, increased ally damage reduction).
• Barrier: Provides temporary health (upgradeable to increased temporary health, healing on barrier expiration, self-protection).
• Acceleration: Increases ally movement and attack speed (upgradeable to damage reduction, extended duration, ability cooldown reduction).
• Reconstruction: Heals allies with attacks (upgradeable to increased healing for low-health allies, temporary health at max health, ally revival on enemy kill).

Giatta synergizes exceptionally well with magic-focused Envoy builds.

2. Kai

Encountered early, Kai remains a valuable asset throughout the game. This tank deals significant damage with minimal player intervention.

Abilities & Upgrades:

• Fire and Ire: Blunderbuss attack with stun and taunt (upgradeable to ignite target, increased stun, reduced cooldown).
• Unbending Defense: Health regeneration and damage reduction (upgradeable to increased damage reduction, increased health regeneration, damage-dealing shockwave).
• Leap of Daring: Stunning and taunting area-of-effect attack (upgradeable to increased area of effect, temporary health per hit, increased attack damage per hit).
• Second Wind: Self-revival (upgradeable to increased health restoration, attack speed burst, ability cooldown reset).

Kai's abilities are effective against both single, high-health targets and groups. His self-revival further enhances his value. He can also use fire to clear obstacles.

1. Yatzli

Yatzli, a powerful Wizard, excels at both high-damage attacks and crowd control. She provides the closest equivalent to air support in the Living Lands.

Abilities & Upgrades:

• Essence Explosion: Explosive arcane damage (upgradeable to increased blast radius, fire accumulation, reduced cooldown).
• Minoletta’s Missile Battery: Homing arcane missiles (upgradeable to increased fire rate, range, shock accumulation).
• Arduos Delay of Motion: Slows enemies (upgradeable to increased slow, area of effect, frost accumulation).
• Blast: Area-of-effect attack (upgradeable to explosive damage for breaking blocks and walls, shattering frozen enemies, increased stun, status effect chance).

Yatzli's potent abilities and obstacle-clearing capabilities make her the top companion choice.

Avowed launches on PC and Xbox on February 18.