Best Avowed Companions, Ranked by Helpfulness

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

Beyond their narrative roles and dialogue, Avowed's Companions offer practical advantages, from opening pathways to bolstering combat prowess. This guide ranks every Avowed Companion from least to most effective.

4. Marius

My experience with Marius proved limited synergy with my playstyle. While his passive skills aid early exploration, he's quickly outmatched by later Companions. His usefulness lies in item and plant discovery, but his combat capabilities are underwhelming. Here's a breakdown of his abilities and upgrades:

• Blinding Roots: Roots enemies (upgradeable to stun, affect multiple targets, and inflict Bleed).
• Heart Seeker: A piercing shot that always hits (upgradeable to hit two enemies, increased damage vs. low-health foes, and reduced cooldown).
• Shadow Step: Vanishes and attacks (upgradeable to instantly kill stunned enemies, increased damage vs. low-health foes, and increased target count).
• Wounding Shots: Inflicts Bleed (upgradeable to reduce enemy damage reduction, slow enemies, and further reduce damage).

Marius excels at controlling or weakening enemies, particularly melee combatants with low health. However, his niche utility limits his overall value for most of the Avowed journey.

3. Giatta

Giatta, a support-focused Animancer, utilizes magic for healing, shielding, and party buffs. While not a damage dealer, her abilities offer crucial utility. Her protective capabilities are invaluable during challenging encounters, such as boss fights. Her abilities include:

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

Giatta can also activate Essence Generators, unlocking late-game areas. Her strengths are best realized alongside Envoys employing magic-focused Wizard builds.

2. Kai

Despite being an early recruit, Kai remains valuable throughout the game. This tank effectively deals damage with minimal player intervention. His abilities are:

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

Kai's abilities are potent against various enemies, offering both single-target and crowd control options. His self-revival makes him a highly effective, low-maintenance combat partner. He can also utilize fire to clear obstacles.

1. Yatzli

Yatzli, a powerful Wizard, delivers high-damage attacks and excellent crowd control. She's the closest equivalent to air support in the Living Lands. Her abilities include:

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

Yatzli's potent abilities align perfectly with her fierce personality. She also provides access to otherwise inaccessible areas by clearing obstacles. Although recruited last, she's a vital asset for the remainder of your Avowed journey.

Avowed launches on PC and Xbox on February 18.