The BEST Healing Companions! Testing 16 & Picking Top 4 - Help Keep Your Allies Alive - Neverwinter

[@Aragon-]

Just to be clear. The healing number values that I show and talk about in this video will be different on your character! It is largely dependent on your own HP and incoming Healing. But regardless of your numbers, the ratios shall still remain the same, meaning the companions I test to give the most healing, should also give you the best.

[@nohablas8679]

Curious to know if the healing numbers would adjust per individual party member based on their total/max HP for a 'group heal' cast from a companion - lower IL players in the party might benefit more if the factor is based on the summoning party member.

[@Aragon-]

@@nohablas8679 depends on the healers heal power, but most are adjusted per target, based on their hp and inc heals

[@Aragon-]

@Aeralaya yes, nearly all of the companions I go over, will also heal allies

[@CosmicBlackstar]

did you do celeste if not is she good healer ?

[@Hugin46]

@@CosmicBlackstar I also wait for this ^^

[@colemcmullen3904]

I bought one of the Helmite Paladins for 11k AD last night to fill out my collection and tested it this morning. I was blown away by how good it was and bought 3 more for 11k each. The cheapest one on the AH is now 400k. Glad I figured this out before your video was put up.

[@alifratdemir4050]

Aragon is the elon musk of neverwinter so get use to it xd

[@hermanspaerman3490]

Lol, I remember when Paladin Ghost went for about a thousand AD in AH six months ago. I guess that will change soon.

[@ryans756]

What a surprise, the most exclusive and hardest to come by is the best. The rest are largely crap. And I didn't need to watch this video to know it. I've run with so many companions in my four/five years (none of the high-end ones you endgamers use, I'll be honest) and still I've yet to find anything as good value as the standard Wayward Wizard, easily the most underrated active comp in the game for non-endgame (and possibly endgame but I wouldn't know about that :P). Does AOE damage every two seconds, slows minions for a couple of seconds, has a big burst AOE damage every ten or fifteen seconds, and he's 100% free if you choose him during that early quest from Knox, or 1 gold if you need to buy him at the Emporium :) Very useful little fella. I missed this video when you uploaded it. I think I was taking a break from Neverwinter at the time. But very informative nonetheless, helping confirm that even at mythic, healing companions are mostly useless. But I do have one barbarian who runs with the Fawn of Shalia just because it's so dang cute and not being an obsessed endgamer lets me mess about like that, lol :) Cheers, Aragon! Have a great weekend!

[@shatteteruwu450]

your content keeps me hoping for this game sometimes ;_;

[@wickid3616]

aragon has the best atitude of all the streamers. he gives me hope as well and keeps my atitude positive, which we really need around MOD times.

[@fernandor6260]

@@wickid3616 yup, he's drama free to which is nice.

[@rob3831]

I'm really curious on how the stronghold cleric preforms

[@AKarrit]

You are killing it! You are very helpful, thank you!

[@Aragon-]

cheers:)

[@stevenxowens792]

Thanks Aragon for doing this work. Super appreciated!

[@UncleOwI]

As always, a really awesome video, with a good explanation so even new players Can follow up. Great work 💪🏼

[@kd9749]

Look buddy, I’ll be here, but I will NOT feel welcome! Got it!? Btw: did you try the Faithful Initiate or the Stronghold Cleric by any chance?

[@lemurce]

Great video, I'm new to the game (PS4) and I love it. Currently working on 2 characters cleric an gwf and I follow your build videos and they are helping me a lot for my healer. Keep up the amazing content man and stay safe

[@TashiaSerene]

This is why every time an event gives me a box with a companion choice I sit on it for years. Gonna log in tomorrow and hope for an el cheapo ghost in a box because I know I have a companion box with my choice of like 12 different companions stashed on an alt

[@nohablas8679]

Oathbound Paladin/Dedicated Squire is unobtanium. Helemite Ghost is passing the upper price stratosphere on PC Auction House by the hour. Disciple Cleric for the common folk win!

[@joshbutler7763]

Wish I could get the dedicated squire but it's very expensive. The incoming damage reduction with the angel is quite good for a tank not just as raw damage but it seems to reduce the amount your stamina bar takes from incoming damage. The 5 percent increase on defence is helpful as well so I can basically run just the ring of the condemned and concentrate everything else on awareness and critical avoidance. Atm I'm able to get 90 percent defence crit avoidance and 80 percent awareness once I pop bladed rampart. Which I can do depending on how many mobs I can gather between 20 and 45 secs

[@Aragon-]

Nice, yup

[@OverlandingArmyVeteran]

Where does one get the Dedicated squire. Hes no where to be found! 😢

[@shubhampathak3291]

Thank you for the vid bro, yah could see your effort to make this for us thank you once again.

[@Aragon-]

cheers :)

[@SirenCalera]

We're making a new party and I'm playing a healer for the first time-- thanks for the info!

[@EloyCanto]

funny fact, over my time in vallenhas, i got almost all of those companions from Juma bags, some i already lost because i send them to alts that i eventually get bored of, and erase them, but i have the paladin, and i think i gonna use it on my healer mode to help the party.

[@vretzen6714]

Does the Dedicated Squire's Cleanse ability work on things like Vulnerability in Zariel?

[@thomaslunn8241]

What would your view be on the Stronghold cleric? Do you know how long his shield lasts for. And does he heal frequently? I don't have the zen to buy him.

[@jasoncarter9538]

Have u done any testing with fighter comps? Specifically xuna, makos, celeste, and the Knox's? I have some of the boxes and trying to decide if it is worth picking up those other comps or just using xuna from that box?

[@perendarksbane9825]

I have the Stronghold's Cleric and it's Sacred Flame attack is different from the other companions with Sacred Flame in that the attack is faster. However, the healing aspect after the 3rd hit is non-existent (a bug).

[@Yogizilla]

I'd love to see your results in a downscaled area. I reckon the issue here is with scaling.. or perhaps the companions have flat numbers to work with somehow. *shrug*

[@mgnt232]

I think I saw a comment about the cleanse on the MZ bleed and debuffs but not answered. It would be a game changer if the comp could remove those from clumsy dps that are getting hit with dauntings ... I have no way to test though could you :)

[@shekelmeister]

Finally brought Dedicated Squire, someone has one for bidding for 8M AD. Only got it to Epic since tradebar discount next week. So far its very good. Can almost solo first wave of mob in VOS as a Paladin Tank with him. Insane heal for companion. Its like a meh cleric amount of heal so very good for companion. Its AOE heal too so even as a tank I can help the healer. Wider heal range than Lion's 2" for 10% dmg reduction.

[@alanwake3100]

My healer companion has had a picture of a gold hand before his name, what is this gold hand?..also..how on earth do I upgrade him? Improve him? And where do I I to get stuff to equip to him..

[@kracken8779]

I'm surprised how the prices in market raised so much when you uploaded this video, the paladin ghost costed 100-150k ad and now everyone is selling it in 1M or more in Xbox One

[@EloyCanto]

that shows you how popular Aragon Vids are, the day he put the vid about fighting companions i bought my succubus for about 600k AD. 2 days later, it was 5 mill AD

[@leslieleyba7261]

Could you do a video on fashion I don’t fully understand how that works you explain things really well

[@SneakyRabbit190]

If you have time and you're still testing healing companions, could you test the Splinters companion? It says it has a heal ability but it doesn't say by how much and it needs to be level 30 to unlock the ability, I haven't put the AD or tokens into it to level it to blue quality. There's also the Faithful Initiate, that has a heal ability but it doesn't say by how much. Some other ones that say they heal but don't say by how much are the Barbarian Shaman, and Celeste.

[@Aragon-]

yup, those are the ones I'm missing, but I've asked around and they don't seem to be healing for much at all

[@SneakyRabbit190]

Ok, thanks for messaging back and updating.

[@nigelport7845]

Is the Stronghold Cleric any good please ?

[@Aragon-]

no, it's not great

[@gusarcher5446]

I really appreciate this video. It's such a time saver (and precious resources). Three comments/questions. 1. Did you happen to test the Barbarian Shaman? I know some players don't count overshields as shields, but some of us do. 2. I can confirm the Dedicated Squire is quite amazing. I've used it in ZC (console though). I think what's underestimated is that its both a great healer AND and excellent striker. 3. Were you able to determine if there are any stats we can raise or runestones we can use to increase the companions healing? Very curious if our outgoing healing stat improves the companion's healing?

[@Aragon-]

1. I'm afraid I didn't manage to test the barbarian shaman after the rework. From what i've seen, the shields were minisquile before, i doubt they are much bigger now 3. nothing seems to raise the heal of companions other than thier rank, your item level, sometimes, yur hp and your inc heal

[@gusarcher5446]

@@Aragon- awesome man, I really appreciate your tests.

[@qwdsds]

Hey aragon i have a question do you have any information about the storyteller journals retunring too the game or any way thay i can obtain them with the tales included

[@Aragon-]

atm there is no way to get them with the tales. I'm sure they will release them again in the zen market or in som new event, but we shall see.

[@RheaAyase]

Angel of protection has permanent 5% damage reduction, pretty handy for a tank.

[@Aragon-]

Yup, nice. Sad her heals are very poor

[@cbarnes1994]

Where can I find the Dedicated Squire

[@Aragon-]

Dungeon chests and juma bags

[@mixxa82gaming]

Do you have a video for tanking companions?

[@Aragon-]

there are no companions that can properly tank

[@mixxa82gaming]

@@Aragon- thanks

[@thomask1424]

I was lucky, I discovered the Helmite Ghost early on and use him the most, especially when soloing. Dread turned out to be pretty effective, too. One question I have about the new system: to get the most HP from Bolster you should upgrade to Mythic 10 comps that have the highest HP themselves, right? My Legendary comps range (at my current stats) from 527k - 572k HP; upgrading the 572k ones will give me the highest Bolster amount, so the highest HP?

[@enesdurna6329]

Can you analyze the character of the wizard

[@sandaldave]

Hi Aragon, could you do a test with dedicated squire and see if warlords/indomitables affect his healing power?

[@Aragon-]

yup I did test that, and nope. His healing power is just based off how much Hp you have and inc heal

[@RGS1970]

dread warrior vs helmite what would you take aragon? if single target i guess helmite right but multiple targets what would be the second best choice? cause squire is too expensive...ty

[@Aragon-]

Dread warrior is better in aoe for heals

[@RGS1970]

@@Aragon- so helmite for single target and warrior for multiple targets them...ty

[@AEspiral]

dear good, so many mythical companions!

[@Aragon-]

xD it's all on the preview server, didn't spend anything

[@AEspiral]

@@Aragon- i still have only 2 mythical so hard to do AD nowadays...

[@Hugin46]

Dedicated Squire reached nightmare prices, what's about Celeste ??? You have missed to mention, or is she to bad for your list ???

[@Aragon-]

yup, she is bad

[@georgefron7163]

Do you have a good tank build that I can follow after those changes?

[@wickid3616]

pally, fighter or barb tank. i use a fighter if yours is the same i will be posting my build which i use all day long/ lol PM me anytime tank. i do have a build posted but it was before combat changes, and i still use him with only a few modifications. WiCKiD

[@breteboy1968]

So palladin ghost is bis as summoned for support class especially healers and overal best value for A.D. 2nd overall to dedicated squire but dedicated squire best suited for Aoe envirnoment while pally ghost best suited for boss fights for heal. For me the ghost wins. And now all ghosts will disapear from market within a blink of an eye... sighs...

[@kd9749]

Yeah, almost gone from Xbox, those left are over a mil for green.

[@jenulicius]

How can i buy this companion?only auctionhouse? anywere else

[@Aragon-]

Mainly just the auction house, as they drop in dungron chests, and ppl sell them. You can also get thr from juma bags in vallenhas

[@dazlee3257]

Thanks, would be good if indominables gave damage and heals %... In fact it would be good if everything that gives damage % applied to ogh too.

[@GalacticUnderwear]

LURKER :)

[@dazlee3257]

@@GalacticUnderwear please enlighten me as to how commenting on a video is lurking.

[@GalacticUnderwear]

@@dazlee3257

[@dazlee3257]

@@GalacticUnderwear

[@nomad4594]

Kinda curious what pvp is looking like with changes...

[@Aragon-]

yeah, me2

[@nomad4594]

@@Aragon- hoping combat changes bring back decent fights. Everyone on ps4 just one shots with toad and tunnel vision.

[@zadeb9768]

Is the helmite paladin still good?

[@Aragon-]

Yep, decent in single target fights, although the dedicated Squire can be just more reliable

[@adrienweberweber]

Bonjour quelle et le nouveau compagnon aujourd’hui pour le soin hello what and the new companion today for the care

[@Aragon-]

the Dedicated Squire is still pretty much the best

[@analauraherrada3518]

Hi Aragon, Like always ty for all your vídeos. I have a question, did you test Celeste? :)

[@Aragon-]

my friends did and said she didn't heal much, I dont have her to test myself

[@analauraherrada3518]

Thanks :)

[@justinclorenzana]

Celeste any good?

[@Aragon-]

afraid not

[@_tj__8587]

When paladin dps build? :)

[@Aragon-]

soon

[@violencebf5183]

The ghost of a paladin probably has one major drawback. his attack rate. honestly, if only it worked fine ...

[@mgnt232]

acolyte seems to just target a random party member too so trash lol

[@alyours2889]

How about Celeste?

[@marciogomes2450]

Thanks... help me alot

[@popwwtihfanno1]

Where's Celeste?

[@bigguy130]

Yes, I wondered how the Celeste healing companion compares to these other healing companions.

[@Phenomenonx82]

Celeste?

[@Aragon-]

Check out my vid on the elite pack, I test her there, she is not great

[@Phenomenonx82]

@@Aragon- OK, thx!

[@giasquilibrio2353]

Where is Celeste bro?

[@dazlee3257]

I tried celeste pre combat change and she was terrible, I doubt much has changed.

[@Aragon-]

sadly, yeah. I don't have her atm

[@giasquilibrio2353]

@@dazlee3257 but she is always in the same premium legendary pack of xuna..maybe now is better xd

[@dazlee3257]

@@giasquilibrio2353 yes, I got her because I thought maybe would be the healer equivalent of Xuna but no, really bad.

[@giasquilibrio2353]

@@dazlee3257 very sad i drop her xd

[@naoseiplay5203]

TOP

[@andyalmeida8356]

Game sucks right now.... they should have waited on these changes.

[@Aragon-]

yes, agreed

[@andyalmeida8356]

@@Aragon- The quicklings in heroics hit harder than the bosses xD

[@Aragon-]

@@andyalmeida8356 yeah xD

[@VERGILDEVILL]

Lol all of them are mythic 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ it’s a lifetime work for some one who cannot afford

[@divitsingh6521]

this is on Preview shard- so you can get everything to Mythic for free.

[@VERGILDEVILL]

@@divitsingh6521 I m sure he is not on preview

[@divitsingh6521]

@@VERGILDEVILL I mean u can only access Sharandar+ on Preview so.....

[@VERGILDEVILL]

@@divitsingh6521 I mean the whole video was made on averus but not on sharander +