Acolyte Jin or Student Sousuke?

Im at this part where I can choose to have Acolyte Jin the ranger as a hero, or Student Sousuke as a hero. I can only choose one. Jin is female, Sousuke is male. Which one did you initially choose when you first got this quest? Why? Is one slightly better than the other?

doesn't matter if they're male or female - what matters is that Jin is a ranger and Sousuke is an ele, so choose which one you would rather have for that character you are playing.

I chose Sousuke, largely for personality reasons (at the time Jin was a bit miserable), but really your choice is up to you.

***SPOILER?***
Just remember that Zhed Shadowhoof (Ele) is a compulsory hero and later on you'll have to make another hero choice between Margid the Sly (Ranger) and Master of Whispers (Necro).

What I am asking is for your opinion, which one would you rather have and/or had chosen initially?

Sousuke, because having 2 eles out of 3 SF spammers is cool.

My first choice was Sousuke because I thought it was the Ranger; every subsequent choice has been Jin.

This was mainly because I preferred to have a good interrupter (she has about 3 or 4 of them, including BHA) on my team and have an elementalist henchmen (mostly earth because I don't like Cynn; it seems that every time she whines firestorm scatters my enemies).

I've set up Zhed as a SF build at the moment but haven't used him much.

What I like to do with Jin is lock her on the healers and fight the others while their healer gets pissed at not being able to cast anything. Then when I've done with the rest of the melees (this strategy I use mainly because I want to protect my healers, who their melees always go for...more of a "protect the back line" kind of thing), I move to the casters finish off the healer.

As for the NEcro or Ranger bridge later on in the game, I chose the Necro. Moreso because I think of the storyline for some reason. I don't remember.

Your best bet is you have any decent Ele skills unlocked on your account is to go with Sousuke since having a nuker and minion master (olias if you have Prophecies) will significantly speed up your team, being able to clear mobs pretty quickly. Besides,,, Jin is a loose cannon, I noticed that she does unpredictable things, like if you give her throw dirt she will run right up to a monster in the middle of battle to use it.

Mine was Sousuke first, then Jin the second time around. Sousuke was my interrupt god. Not perfect but darn close :-p

I took Jin on all foreign characters since I wanted an interrupt ranger.
And I never had a primary Ele, so no that many good skills around for Sousuke.

When I brought my ranger over from Tyria, I chose Jin, and later, Margrid. That gave me the option of running three barragers. I made Zhed a nuker, based on the skills from my elementalist.

With my new monk, I chose Sousuke and set him up as a nuker, and set Zhed as an icer, based on the skills from my elementalist.

Either way, they can clean house, and you get the heroes you missed at end-game.

How did you set up Sousuke as an interrupter? I chose the ranger Jin in order to set her up as an interrupter and she is awesome - way faster than any real player. Also, I like having as many girls in my team as possible.

Depends on what you like and what skills you have really...

I chose Jin on some characters and Sousuke on others...because I couldn't decide ^^.


Don't worry, after you beat the game, you get to pick up all the heroes anyways.

Souske makes a great SF, but if you know you're not going to choose magrid later on, then I would take Jin.

My typical hero set-up looks like this

1 N/Me as a MM with an inspiration interrupt
1 E/Me as a SF with an inspiration interrupt
1 R/Me as BHA/RTW interrupting with epidemic and an inspiration interrupt

Heroes are GODLY with interrupts, and I use that to my advantage, with the added benefiet that inspiration interrupts can provide minimal energy managment.

Its up to you, but you should definately take at least one ranger hero. If you're not going to choose Magrid then go with Jin.

Agree with #5. If you have prophecies, get sousuke. If not, get jin.

Sousuke is a dork. I'll take Jin over him every time. =)

It doesn't matter. Once you beat the game you get every hero anyway.

For my first nightfall char, Dervish, I took Jin since the dervish have no interupts and she worked out perfectly.

For my Paragon I took Sousuke and found the pairing worked well.

As long as you have sufficient skills for both, and you know how to blend there skills with yours, you can take either one and be certain you'll have lots of fun.

Jin every time.

Nothing beats AI interrupts.

And you're guaranteed a hero elementalist halfway through the game.

I went with Jin, and haven't looked back. And as for the other choice later on, since I already had Olias, I went with Margrid.

I have characters and several (although not all) unlocks for the different professions. It makes a difference, what elites and skills you have unlocked. Most of my characters take Jin for her interrupts, but at least 2 (dervish and warrior, actually) took Sousuke and set him up with water magic hexes and water trident. Works well for me.