My favorite? Claude. Claude dies first, but is great as he can battery you. I play even on my W/X and he still does it to me when my mana is low. Mana Clauding FTW
For the most practical, the healers <Lina/Alesia>
For the the impractical, Orion.
For the Melee, Thom and Stef
And for some extra fun, Dunham
Eve can also be substituted for Claude...but she seems to be squishier.
Mhenlo is a retard but at least he heals.
Cynn and Orion need to retire to a shady bar somewhere near fisherman's haven
Aidan can still come, provided he doesn't run around and aggro like a retard.
Devona is still cool with her hammer, but she has a habit of rushing. Bad Devona!
Mine would be Devona and Lina .I did like Stefan to a certain point but I am now tired of the way he goes down to fast as he only has 2 fighting skills power attack a griffon sweep he is good earlier in the game past Yaks he and most of the Henchies are no good untill you get the level 20 in Dragons Lair.What is a level 10 hecnhie fighter going up against a Tengu Brave level 13 with seeking blade and riposte it is no wonder him and Thom die far to often.The one I like the least of is Dunham he his useless.
Guys... for a past experience, I would say the archer henchman in dragon'S lair. I was doing the mission and for an unknown reason I decided to rush and kill the boss (very bad idea) the party got wiped pretty fast... and the archer used a rez signet on me. He rezzed me as he died !
So kudo for that rez signet with that henchman.. it saved the party
Little Thom is by far my fav.. he is a true survivor. He ends up being the last one to survive if all of the other hench go down, he's is one tough cookie.
Well, you gotta love Alesia through most of the game if you're not a monk and solo'ing.
My favorites:
Stefan - he seems to me to be hardier than Thom, and he like his Healing Sig.
Reyna - always the last to die usually and has that rez signet.
Claude - his blood ritual is da bomb.
I do not like Eve, she seems so useless to me. I'd like Devona, but she has that nasty habit of rushing ahead all the time.
OH! AND LINA! LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT LINA! That stupid *#&# has gone on a crack-spree or something because ever since I got to Grenth's Footprint and got Mhenlo in my group, she WILL NOT REZ ANYONE if Mhenlo is down. No, she will stand over 3 dead bodies and look at you because Mhenlo is dead somewhere else....they broke her AI or something in the last patch, because she refuses to rez anyone but Mhenlo...period.
Little Thom is by far my fav.. he is a true survivor. He ends up being the last one to survive if all of the other hench go down, he's is one tough cookie.