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Mod 5 TR companions

cjh1983cjh1983 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 229 Arc User
edited January 2015 in The Thieves' Den
Obviously other than an augment, do any companions stand out for all applications? At 18k+, a 300 point stat increase seems pretty irrelevant.

I also can't imagine the ones that rely on 'damage taken' or unspecified 'chance' to be of much use. Obviously, 'Affects companion' is about as useless as an active can be.

I'm using an Erinyes already which seems pretty much like a given.

I'm also using the sylph and I can't even tell if it does anything to be honest. Makes me wonder if I should bother with a will-o-wasp in addition.

After this they seem so close that its impossible to determine which one is preferable.

Do companions like the Wererat/Wild Hunt/Tomb Spider justify their cost at this point? Or would something that adds +2% deflect/AP/CA gain beat any of them out? I've read some testing that some of these bonuses can add less than 1% damage or mitigation which obviously isn't really worth it.

Anyway, curious to hear any first hand information about some of these companions in relation to mod 5.
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  • rgladiatorgladiato Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 313 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Blink Dog / Intellect Devourer = Combat Advantage
    Acolyte of Kelemvor = 5% Incoming healing
    Blacksmith = 25% chance to reflect 10% of damage taken
    Cockatrice = 10% change to root source of damage
    Laughing Skull = Because he is funny

    Basically go for the things that don't give stats directly.
    Nixon the TR
    Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.
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  • myowmyowmyowmyow Member Posts: 1,923 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    rgladiato wrote: »
    Blink Dog / Intellect Devourer = Combat Advantage
    Acolyte of Kelemvor = 5% Incoming healing
    Blacksmith = 25% chance to reflect 10% of damage taken
    Cockatrice = 10% change to root source of damage
    Laughing Skull = Because he is funny

    Basically go for the things that don't give stats directly.



    Overall, good advice, but for me, I would ignore the Laughing Skull and Acolyte of Kelemvor. The others are good, based upon your build choice/preferences. I also like:

    Dancing Blade (more critical severity)
    Eryines of Belial (critical severity) - and you already have that one, so great!

    And go with an Ioun Stone of some type as well - keep that one summoned!!
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  • reiwulfreiwulf Member Posts: 2,687 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    I use the battle dog, sometimes it's a good tank, and cute as hell XD
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  • wyndrarchwyndrarch Member Posts: 147
    edited January 2015
    reiwulf wrote: »
    I use the battle dog, sometimes it's a good tank, and cute as hell XD

    This. The war dog is ridiculously adorable when kept as a puppy, and stacked with the right runes and equipment can tank basically everything in the solo PvE environment. I remember using him to hilarious effect against Sazohiel in DR.

    Good times. :)
  • trill34trill34 Member Posts: 63 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Fire Archon active bonus is good: Increases damage against targets with less than 30% Hit Points by +5%

    Laughing Skull is fine for clearing but useless in boss fights
  • rgladiatorgladiato Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 313 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Yeah, the laughing skull reference was because he can be funny, not because he's actually useful. :)
    Nixon the TR
    Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.
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  • blazious11blazious11 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 331 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    For augment, i Like cat. He's cute and all. You can go for ioun stones if you are more of a dog person :)
    Erinyes, Blink Dog, Devourer, Dancing Blade for active - Maybe the Dragon Cultist instead of the blade if you can get one.

    Poison comps only good for bosses, everything dies faster than they could be actually useful.
    I dont really like on damage taken/reflect for TR.
    This is for PVE, not IWD.
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  • valenswiftvalenswift Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 35 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Black dragon ioun stone
    Fire Archon
    Erinyes of Belial
    Danzing blade
    Lightfoot thief
  • rgladiatorgladiato Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 313 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    valenswift wrote: »
    Black dragon ioun stone
    Fire Archon
    Erinyes of Belial
    Danzing blade
    Lightfoot thief

    You just posted this to brag about your Lightfoot theif. :P
    Nixon the TR
    Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.
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  • s1lv3rdrgnforums1lv3rdrgnforum Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 264 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    rgladiato wrote: »
    You just posted this to brag about your Lightfoot theif. :P


    i've heard frost mimic makes a good tank .. i got one but havnt leveled it up .. am still at 15k so my ioun stone never gets taken off
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    Avariel Merilwen: Burn baby, MoF/Rene
    Aejun The Silver: Devoted to Healing, DevOP/Justice
    Mina Rosepetal: Super Natural, Pathfinder/Melee
    Frost: Benchwarmer, Soulbinder/Fury
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