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What setup do you use for your companion?
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If you have a companion, how do you have him/her setup? As a tank/healer/damage dealer?
What setup do you use for your companion? 224 votes
Magicka Damage Dealer
8%
19 votes
Stamina Bow Damage Dealer
16%
36 votes
Stamina Melee Damage Dealer (2H/DW)
2%
5 votes
Healer
22%
50 votes
Tank
14%
32 votes
Multiple - Explain
25%
58 votes
None (do not have companion)
10%
24 votes
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orion_1981usub17_ESO✭✭✭✭✭Multiple - ExplainMultiple characters have Multiple companion benefits, so I keep a box of comp gear and update it with new better drops. Leveling skills and armor is slowest part.2
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Lady_Galadhiel✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Multiple - ExplainI have Bastian as tank to go on adventures with my main characer and Mirri as dd with bow for some of my alts.Total ESO playtime: 8325 hours
ESO plus status: Cancelled
ESO currently uninstalled.3 -
Elvenheart✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Multiple - ExplainI’m currently leveling both companions in the white gear they came in, with the exception of swapping out a white lightning staff for Bastian’s fire staff when I realized the only type of damage the companion staves do is magic damage, not elemental damage.0 -
tsaescishoeshiner✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭HealerI took Bastian through Skyreach with me as my healer, to see if it let me heal a bit less and focus on damage. I figure one of my only combat uses for them is making stuff I used to solo even easier. With only 4 skill slots for him, the real obstacle is having enough skills for him to keep himself alive and still heal me. I've been using heavy armor, thinking that it's the best way to keep him alive so that he can heal me.
Results: He wasn't always in range to heal me, and occasionally he aggroed a mob, but he only died in like 1/10 fights (doing the typical 3-pull run in Skyreach). I'm hoping the final resto staff skill and fifth skill slot will actually make a difference, but I doubt I would spend gold on quickened companion gear to improve the heals. He's currently just in white gear.PC-NA
in-game: @tsaescishoeshiner2 -
cynicalbutterfly✭✭✭✭HealerMy stamden has Bastian as a healer. My magsorc will run Mirri as a damager. Magcro will get Bastian as a healer once I do get him.0
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phaneub17_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Multiple - ExplainI play multiple characters with varying roles so I have to build the companions around being able to support them all. Bastian is set to be a combat enhancer, rather than having a specific role he goes through a series of buffs while wielding a two-hander to stay close in melee range. HIs setup uses Basalt Barrier, Searing Weapons, Ring of Salvation, Skeletal Aegis, and Haste with Quickened in most slots reducing their cooldowns even further.
Mirri, for lack of a better description, is a suicide bomber. She helps clear huge pack of mobs by doing a lot of AOE damage in a short span of time with no regards for her well being. I have her with Warp Strike, Masque of Torment, Razor Cape, Life Siphon, and Spinning Steel. She teleports into a large crowd, strikes fear into their hearts, and barrages them with 3 AOE damage abilities; if anything is left alive pummels her to death as I finish the stragglers.3 -
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✭✭Multiple - ExplainHealer / DD, but I'm still leveling his skills, so no idea what I'll settle on0 -
azjuwelz✭✭✭✭Multiple - ExplainMy girl tank is leveling Bastion as a Magicka dd—makes it much easier to solo world bosses and public dungeons as it doesn’t take ages to kill things.
My main, a stamblade, is leveling Mirri as a healer.Xbox-NA
Guildmaster of Nightmothers Deadly Deals
PVE/PVP Stamblade: Ylandra Silverthorn
PVE Magwarden healer: Raw'zl Dah Zel
PVE DK Tank: Greta Feuerwerk
PVP StamDK: Helga Feuerwerk
PVP Necro Healer: Dratha Helbain
PVE Magcro: Dorian Fey
PVE Magblade: Arivssa Thaoral
PVE Magsorc: Eldara Birchwood1 -
Tharonil✭✭✭TankI have voted tank, but it's not really true. Mirri uses a heavy armor set and sword/shield. Her skills are everything that heals or give damage shields. She doesn't use a taunt, so that she can survive even long fights.Edited by Tharonil on June 12, 2021 9:05PM0 -
coop500✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭Multiple - ExplainBastian I got set up like basically a battlemage. Heavy armor, sword and board, but things like stone fist and fire whip, focused on dealing damage, with dragon's blood and kindle to heal us both.
Mirri I will eventually set up as a bow DPS/healerHoping for more playable races0 -
Dragonredux✭✭✭✭✭TankUsing Bastion as a meat shield until i unlock his heavy attack skill then idk what i do with him.0 -
phileunderx2✭✭✭✭✭
✭Multiple - ExplainI use Mirri as a healer and Bastion as a tank. They seem to be more useful as supports than they do as damage dealers1 -
ADarklore✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Multiple - ExplainMirri is my healer and Bastian is my ranged archer.CP: 2078 ** ESO+ 2025 Content Pass ** ~~ ***** Strictly a solo PvE quester *****
~~Started Playing: May 2015 | Stopped Playing: July 2025 | Returned: March 2026~~0 -
DreamyLu✭✭✭✭✭
✭Multiple - ExplainDepending on situation, either magika DPS or tank.I'm out of my mind, feel free to leave a message... PC/NA0 -
Elydros2015✭✭Multiple - ExplainI don't want to manage a bunch of gear sets, and I only play two characters, so I have Mirri set up as a healer for my Redguard warden, and Bastian is set up as a tank for my Breton necromancer. Each character only runs with the one companion, I don't really care if it takes a bit longer to level them. I play mostly solo: questing, delves, public dungeons, etc.1
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tenryuta✭✭✭technically they dont have stamina or magicka, yay CD simplicity.
i have 2 heals, 2 dd(execute when i unlock it for one), and eventually the ult gen skill so mirri can blast more ults0 -
Ackwalan✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭jenwa72ab14_ESO wrote: »What's better Ring of Pale Order or a Healer Companion in Dungeons?
I would say the pale order ring is better. You have control over the ring by doing damage, the companion is going to follow its script, which is not dependable.0 -
Minyassa✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭Multiple - ExplainI'm trying Bastian as tank and Mirri as healer. My duo partner is trying Bastian as healer and Mirri as tank. So we'll get to see how each is at their respective roles when we do dungeons together with our twins.1 -
Fennwitty✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Multiple - ExplainMirri bow ranged, Bastian staff ranged.
Update as of October 2021:
Bastian couldn't stay staff tank, he would never approach the enemies reliably so he would always be behind me. Now on sword and shield.
Mirri I've gotten fully trained in two-hand and am now training dual wield. Melee works better without the damn running away and roll dodging.Edited by Fennwitty on December 4, 2021 2:47AMPC NA0 -
Abigail✭✭✭✭✭Multiple - ExplainLevel-20 Bastian wearing HA, S&B skill line maxed, Bow skill line maxed. He mostly uses the bow, and with an emphasis on crit and penetration he has two-shotted overland mobs (normally 3-4 shots).
Level-10 Mirri wearing LA. She's setup exclusively as a healer.
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Nephthys✭✭✭Multiple - ExplainI have unlocked and am levelling all armour, all skills & all weapon types. Mirri will be taking on whatever role I am in the mood for on the day.Dunmer magicka Necromancer DPS/Healer0 -
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✭✭Multiple - ExplainBastian = Tank
Mirri = Healer
At the moment, both want to be a DD going by their options and likes. Bastian wants to be a mage and Mirri likes her bow, so untill we get more that have more brawler and mender likes, they are staying like that.
@Chaos2088 PC EU Server | AD-PvP0 -
Lixiviant✭✭✭✭✭HealerIf could revote, it would be multiple. Right now I'm using Bastien as a damage/healer and he is working out quite well. I'm trying to figure out what to do with Mirri, especially with a Mag Warden.0
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✭✭✭None (do not have companion)I stopped using mine. They get in the way more than they help.2 -
Hlanu✭✭✭HealerHealer, but only so Mirri can keep herself alive while questing or when I run dungeons solo. I don't need her help, I just don't want her to die.Hlanu - Redguard Arcanist
Tahemet at-Hubalajad - Redguard Sorcerer
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