Skyrim Followers Ranked Worst to Best

This one took a long time to get around to make. If you would change any placements I'm happy to see your opinions.
Thanks guys

[@user-uf4lf2bp8t]

J'zargo is my favorite simply because of one quote. "If anyone sneaks up on us, I will smell them coming. Or I might not. We'll see."

[@zackborasky]

Kharjo also says that

[@altabalder]

@@zackborasky Yeah, they have pretty much the same dialogues. Lazy thing of the developers. That's why i like Darkeetus more.

[@themischeifguide]

Khajit are usually legit.

[@NARKISDUDE]

@@altabalder Lazy, yeah, because not enough work and thought was put into this game...?

[@altabalder]

@@NARKISDUDE In the specific fact that the ONLY two Khajit followers in the game have almost the SAME dialogues, yeah, they were lazy.

[@smugglefish8171]

Also know as "Who to sacrifice to Boethiah, best to worst"

[@doggo1726]

I like this comment

[@abyssdreamer6286]

Smuggle Fish literally any mercenaries or just random nords

[@andrewlowden322]

ha ha ha ha

[@andrewlowden322]

what smuggle fish said. hilarious

[@xandan1668]

The ebony mail sucks balls.

[@APenguinsLullaby]

*Has Serana as his follower in all the clips* I wOnDeR wHiCh WiLl Be NuMbEr OnE

[@dhassard8327]

Hahaha I’m glad someone noticed and thought the same

[@LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial]

Serana is overrated smh

[@APenguinsLullaby]

@@LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial I mean, she is no Mjoll the Lioness

[@LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial]

@@APenguinsLullaby facts

[@dillonthevillon3719]

Peter Caleb Matthew Mjoll is wifey

[@Skinineful]

The fact that we saw Serana wander on the screen in about 50% of the ranks 71 to 2 might be a slight clue on her final ranking.

[@Arman-ch5vi]

SIMP

[@MadamInsanity88]

I was thinking the same thing honestly.

[@agoodguy2230]

I am level 14, yet I still have no idea where she is

[@Skinineful]

@@agoodguy2230 Do the Dawnguard quest and you can't miss her

[@assassindancer914]

​@@agoodguy2230You should have a dawnguard member tell you about it by level 10, just go to Whiterun and you'll see them.

[@rosevampire3755]

“The privilege of being Lydia” Yes a life of abuse from the Dragonborn is the upmost privilege.

[@calebwoolston4249]

But she is sworn to carry the db's burdens

[@gwent3572]

True

[@phantomflames7486]

Caleb Woolston she is the burdens

[@doggobind]

*_GET OUT OF THE DOORWAY_*

[@iami3rian394]

*Utmost Geez man, read a book.

[@GuyontheInternet525]

"Cicero is loved by some and hated by some" *Astrid sweats in the corner*

[@connorfree9465]

Whether you love or hate Cicero, you got to admit that the voice acting is 10/10

[@berkleyszabo5404]

Fax

[@donaldmashburn1039]

To bad you can't side with Astrid and get her as a follower instead of the clown. Is there a mod to make him the joker

[@huchung9886]

How can she sweat if she doesn’t have sweat glands?

[@lucasberglund2620]

how can Astrid sweat when her skin is rosted?

[@datboi7595]

I played this game for years and haven't heard of like 60% of theses people

[@theprestige5472]

Trueeeee

[@mryell7681]

I've heard of half, but I didn't know they were all followers, nor have I cared to do their quests tbh, so that's on me

[@jakcosnrodgers4478]

Alyaws used Serana Cicero or ja’zargo so same lmao

[@DiabloDad17]

Same but like 80% for me

[@hexlithium7258]

same i always run sven or lydia

[@celineneumann5865]

Marcurio's "If these ruins frighten you, take comfort in the knowledge that I am here." gets me every time.

[@basilcook4280]

@@mrdroogie4238 Me and my little bro love him too. My little bro describes marcurio as “perfectly insufferable”😂

[@ilovebirds3157]

I hate his "can we trade some things?" Reply tho. What am I a pack mule bla bla bla. Lmao, it just takes so long to hear him say that before you can trade. Yeah I know you can skip it but I dont like skipping dialogue in Skyrim.

[@mercutiolavantine5584]

I married him 🤣

[@Cramblit]

@@ilovebirds3157 I hate Lydias more. "I'm sworn to carry your burdens" in this completely annoyed, exasperated voice. Yea yea lydia shut the fuck up and carry this.

[@martiananomaly]

My world's marcurio sadly died to a giant :(

[@alessandropereira4976]

“She’s a cannibal” Do you know what I had to do to level up werewolf perks tree?

[@bobbelyshadow3749]

Yup

[@James-thefogiscoming]

if you're an argonion is it still cannabilism if you eat mostly men and mer?

[@cjdugan7138]

@@James-thefogiscoming I think lore wise they evolved from lizards only because the hist trees made it so. So, no? I mean there have been cases of argonians being born away from the hist that resemble lizards more. But then again there has been one known case(can’t remember who) of argonian children born away from the hist who still look normal so I don’t know if the hist put human into them or if they are literally smart bipedal lizards.

[@dannikjerricko6506]

LoL

[@HighFalutinTootin]

Eola is a awesome follower

[@Armaan2109]

I love J'zargo because of his line "Dragons were never gone, just invisible... and veeery very quiet."

[@vvwnnm0]

Wasn’t that M’aiq the Liar? I remember M’aiq saying that

[@44amity]

@@vvwnnm0 most khajits have similar dialogue i guess

[@itsclemtime2357]

I mean, he’s not wrong.

[@VahlokTheGrey]

@@itsclemtime2357 in a sense that is correct: most of them were buried underground (so, invisible - check) and they were "dead" (so, veeery very quiet - check).

[@themudpit621]

@@vvwnnm0 M'aiq the Liar definitely says it, I heard him say it just yesterday. First time I'd heard it, made me laugh.

[@mikhailsilaev9311]

Kharjo is the most noble khajiit you'll ever meet. He is protecting his caravan, and will refuse to lockpick houses if you ask him because that's a crime. What a lad. My favorite.

[@zaboomer9526]

Mikhail Silaev jim

[@shnyxz8360]

Gonna try him out I had jzargo first but jzargo only casts his stupid spark spell and loses against an ice wraith even when I gave him ebony gauntlets + chestplate

[@surrk1057]

Zimpson How could you give him the chestplate, I couldn’t get him to wear anything I want. I used console commands but failed

[@shnyxz8360]

@@surrk1057 I spoke to him and gave him the chestplate and now he wears it

[@bobbelyshadow3749]

@Fai Sin Za Warudo I know that feeling, oh and sorry for your loss..

[@vampjager8586]

Lydia will always hold a special place in my heart for 2 simple reasons. She was the first person I ever married (had to use scripts to make it happen) and one time (in a completely different playthrough) I crafted and enchanted an entire set of legendary ebony armor for her with axe and shield, walked up to a guard in Whiterun, and punched him in the face. I then proceeded to watch as Lydia DECIMATED the entire population of Whiterun with little to no effort. Great time.

[@arb8729]

She has funny banter moments with Inigo (follower mod) and with mod/s that enhances her appearance like Bijin Warmaidens, she's 10/10

[@tristanlanier5641]

I want to try this with vilkas now lol

[@BenjaminGoss-sz2pc]

Only ebony I make op enchanted reenforced dragon bone armour

[@thedopdeity]

@@BenjaminGoss-sz2pc No one cares, kid.

[@Dancerlayla-z6g]

Scripts? To make her marry you, you gave her roofies?

[@chloebastone4445]

Having Sven as a companion is like having dandelion in Witcher

[@WretchedRedoran]

[Insert Toss a Coin To Your Witcher♪ joke here]

[@oofym353]

Dandelion is an amazing character though

[@chloebastone4445]

Redoran Toss a coin to your Witcher = Dragonborn Comes

[@chloebastone4445]

OoFym yes, better than Sven In my opinion

[@WretchedRedoran]

@@chloebastone4445 You're a smart man!

[@lipowka3356]

"She is almost the same as Lydia, but there is one thing .. She's not Lydia."

[@sadkidan4120]

Jackson Jones no

[@Mr-Trox]

@Jackson Jones Jordis the Sword Maiden, the end.

[@Black_Wolf1357]

@@Mr-Trox jordis is 100 times better than lydia, lydia dies and Jordis doesn't lol

[@joshuawigley9204]

Iona is my current follower. Absolute beast compared to Lydia who dies when fighting bears

[@Black_Wolf1357]

@@joshuawigley9204 jordis and Iona are better than lydia, I never see Jordis and Iona die by a bear or trap while lydia does.

[@angelorael6186]

My number one is a glitched aela. Somehow in a playthrough she never turned back from her werewolf form. She would talk like normal but in combat she was a werewolf and fought like one. It was funny watching her walk around in towns as a werewolf and no one batted an eye

[@Erik-lq4eo]

Whaaaaaat dang bro

[@asexypotato2280]

Gotta love Bethesda game design

[@lagunalibre117]

Amazing Follower Tweaks is a mod where you can ask her to be permawolf and she isnt attacked, you can even turn others to werewolves too

[@DarthWall275]

It was always disappointing that the Companions could never use their werewolf forms outside of scripted scenes. And Serana's Vampire Lord form for that matter....she *does* have the ability, right?

[@genialdragon4843]

@@DarthWall275 Serena canonically does have the ability, but it was too hard to implement because it used a different npc for the transformation wich bethesda never got working on Serana and her mother. So she can't actually use it in game.

[@Dyzinel]

When the kids found J'zargo, I decided to speak like him for a phrase and they laughed, then started speaking like him too. And suddenly, everyone in the room was J'zargo. Great character.

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

"J'zargo is everyone, J'zargo is everywhere. J'zargo will smell EVERYONE coming, now."

[@StinkyPoopyMcFartFace]

@@CoRLex-jh5vx "- or I might not."

[@Pumkin932]

@@StinkyPoopyMcFartFace We will see.

[@THEEHOLYSOUL]

the fact that your kids play skyrim is FUCKING AWESOME!!!!

[@evanprince3875]

I can tell how annoyed my sister gets when we play together ever since I got him as a companion. Every time I speak to him (usually to trade) I repeat everything he says. J'zargo only has so much room to carry things

[@Creature_of_Knight]

I had J'zargo as a companion because I figured he'd stand back during a fight and I wouldn't accidentally kill him with my great sword. I was right, I didn't kill him like I had Lydia. But then, because Bethesda, one day he disappeared into the void and I never saw him again. He didn't load into new areas, he didn't show up in previous saves, he wasn't at the college. He wasn't dead because the game even recognized I had him as a companion and it wouldn't let me pick up a new person. He was just. Gone. J'zargo, I loved your personality and you were great in a fight. I hope you found peace in the *Bethesda Void*

[@KMariselaBueno]

You sure you didn't fast travel and lose him? Have you tried waiting 2 days game time?

[@Creature_of_Knight]

@@KMariselaBueno Unfortunately his disappearance wasn't the only thing to go wrong. The final siege at Solitude totally glitched my whole file. Returning to Solitude at any point after my first go at the siege would re-start the siege as if I hadn't finished that mission. Also the battle music never went away ever again. Peaceful forests, middle of nowhere mountains, the middle of any town, it didn't matter. Unfortunately the battle music is just annoying and repetitive enough that after a few more days of game play I kinda gave up on the file.

[@KMariselaBueno]

@@Creature_of_Knight RIP missed game file, that must've sucked. I would've been pissed.

[@lhprx4]

Play again

[@BalbazaktheGreat]

Oh, shit! This might have happened to me... He just disappeared at some point when I wasn't looking and never came back. I assumed I accidentally got him killed somehow.

[@zachw2971]

*Literally, anything happens* Serana: sO tHiS iS tHaT bEaUtiFuL sKyRiM wEaThEr iVe aLwAyS hEaRd AbOuT

[@vendetta9348]

I'm not fan of the sun, but it'd be better than this

[@bhproductions5195]

Serena's quote is dumb because 1. She's been in skyrim before the castle is right there. 2. Even if you ignore that she says this seconds you leave the cave.... so will she was sleeping in the cave for thousands of years, she had conversations with people about skyrims weather? 😂😂

[@vendetta9348]

@@bhproductions5195 It's so bright out here, I don't know how you stand it

[@vendetta9348]

@@jamesmayle4712 is that a book from skyrim?

[@jaded-harper]

@@vendetta9348 it’s the writing of septimus a lunatic. Lmfaoo

[@VicDScott]

I was annoyed with Cicero at first, then I read his journal and I felt so bad for him and I began to understand just why and how he became mad. He didn't deserve what happened to him

[@FunkBastid]

There’s no excuse for annoying me. He dies. Always.

[@Elrog3]

Yeah, I don't care what his story is. There's no excuse for what he is.

[@d-stroyer6888]

He is great

[@brachialtick6539]

I love Graenolf's "what skyrim player says" for this. It perfectly shows how divisive Cicero is.

[@Espo11B]

I always find it really interesting how people care so much about the members of the dark brotherhood. Including me. They're murderers who enjoy what they do simply because they get to kill people. In the real world we'd be cheering at their deaths but because it's a video game we either love them or hate them because of how they *cough ASTRID* betrayed the others.

[@ijustworkhere1008]

He’s not exactly a follower, but if you cast dead thrall on Ulfric Stormcloak he’ll use shouts in combat with seemingly no cooldown. It’s pretty OP

[@Joshua1230Negron]

Idk how you have 50 likes but Dead thrall does not work on Ulfric. I've tried. Unless you use console commands or some sort of mod.

[@TheGreatDorian]

Imagine the Dragonborn parading Ulfric's corpse in the streets of Windhelm after the Stormcloaks defeat. The sheer horror that would cause...

[@cmrtnll6568]

J you gotta complete the Civil War while being under level 40, then you can enthrall him.

[@Joshua1230Negron]

@@cmrtnll6568 Oooooh

[@Linus_B]

@@cmrtnll6568 I learned something new about Skyrim today. Cool 🤷‍♀️

[@TheSilentSaint42]

What type of madman puts Sven over Faendal?

[@WretchedRedoran]

A madman who's late grandfather was named Sven... I miss you grandpa.

[@laufert7100]

Even Faendal's fake letter is way better than Sven's. Faendal just writes that "she will be a housewife", while Sven implies Faendal is a part of the Aldmeri Dominion

[@enderborn9209]

@@laufert7100 bosmer in the aldmeri dominion, typical nord logic lmaoo

[@Dorkeydaze]

Redoran I honestly don’t like mix racing; being a Nord of Skyrim the last thing I want to see is brenton bastard offspring running a muck... but if I do choose Faendal I always take him with me on my quest until he dies in combat. #Skyrimforthenords #For-the-empire.

[@soliasrodriguez3545]

@@Dorkeydaze #Stormcloaks

[@edomaru5282]

"None of us wants generic Nord #35 over a vampire princess"

[@buffawolf62]

I do.

[@Dimitrije_Sukovic]

@@buffawolf62 Based.

[@lordharkon84]

Correct, I want Ralis Sedarys instead

[@billymiles6870]

I would love Serana much better if she had no max level, like I think everyone should have. Therefore I would take the dark brotherhood newbs over her because they sneak too.

[@goblof]

I too watched the video

[@matt4048]

One of the nice things about Lydia that most people don't notice is that she's the only base-game companion who was given extra lines for the Dragonborn DLC - take her to Solstheim and she has a bunch of new lines during combats and the main quest.

[@sethharris813]

And inversely, Frea from the dragonborn dlc has a bunch of unique dialogue for the main quest if you take her back to Skyrim.

[@KaimArgonarEyyyy]

Her "not again...!" reaction to you reading a Black Book after the first time is just the best

[@The666link666]

I started the game with Lidia, I finished the game with Lydia. Few times we got separated in the mountains, and each time it felt so lonely without her. I hated her when she annoyed me, but every time she wasn't there...I was missing her a lot 😂

[@donnykitsune6289]

Lydia; you love to love her, and love to hate her. She gets on my nerves at times but there's no denying she's usually the melee powerhouse to my crossbow archer.

[@Jamesmac77]

I accidentally killed Lydia while fighting a mountain troll and threw her body off the mountain

[@MaxEveMusic]

@@Jamesmac77 dude same!

[@TheSkyline5467]

She's massively overrated in this. I mean.... She has zero story! We know nothing about her! She's sarcastic about carrying our stuff and she's a very loyal and beautiful person but that's IT. For some reason I kill her all the time and have to reload bc I don't want to.

[@tobyrio]

i had her for ages and then she died and i was married to her and all so then i re married to the guy who lives in riften in the bee n bane and i refuse to take him to batte incase he dies aswell

[@johnmattan3273]

“When you make your way through the dangerous lands of Skryim...” Shows footage of what’s technically considered as a territory of Morrowind.

[@evthespineconfiscator8652]

WHEEEEEEEEEZE

[@nachoisone]

😂

[@eagle_5480]

Bruh

[@jaredhumphrey1421]

I used to like having Sven because if I ever lost him I could just stand still until he started playing the flute and follow the noise.

[@redfox3396]

That sounds hilarious, like a little scavenger hunt!

[@gibbeh1184]

Sven would play the flute without actually pulling it out in my playthrough. He's so hilarious I can't help but like him a lot

[@raicantgame6634]

Once I was doing a Stormcloak character, so of course I sided with Sven over Faendal, and took him as my first follower and grew pretty attached to him. Well, at one point we got separated for a while, I ended up going through a whole quest line without him. Then where did I finally find him? On the road, fighting TWO dragons! And he KILLED ONE all on his own! My bf and I were laughing like "wtf, maybe Sven is the Dragonborn."

[@lethalassassin1754]

@@raicantgame6634 “Got to thinking…maybe I’m the Dragonborn?” - Some Guard

[@chrislarue6715]

Sven is the just lovable, I wish he wasn't so weak

[@jand.4737]

Also something to mention: Cicero and Serana are the only followers marked as "essential NPCs", aka they can not be killed ever.

[@JackC11111]

Mjoll the Lioness is also essential.

[@cudderkid1336]

Isn’t there an option to kill Cicero during a dark brotherhood quest?

[@chadharger9323]

@@cudderkid1336 I think if you choose to wipe out the Brotherhood instead of joining them.

[@Lux_the_Lost]

​@@chadharger9323Not quite. Midway through that questline, you get a choice: Spare Cicero and lie to Astrid, or kill him. It's the one and only time you can do it, I believe. If you choose to just destroy the DB outright, Cicero won't be there at all.

[@chadharger9323]

@@Lux_the_Lost Oh. I thought vampire child as the only one spared if you chose to wipe them out at the start. A 300 year old vampire in a child's body is still a child. . .and Bethesda didn't want to take the risk cause 'killable children mods'.

[@_b_moll]

The best part about Serana is that she performs all of the idle animations in the game like choppping wood etc.

[@Senator-KO]

Bro I would walk into someone’s house attempting to steal everything and kill everyone inside, and Serana would casually sit down next to the occupants and help herself to thier food at the table, or start using their cooking station completely chill. 🤣🤣

[@dan_hageman]

Once I saw her doing the black sacrament

[@blizyon30fps86]

@@dan_hageman HAHAH

[@ignarus3636]

I love how she just elbows priests out of the way to worship whomever 😂

[@ignarus3636]

@@dan_hageman LOL I HAVE TO TAKE HER TO AVENTUS' HOUSE IN WINDHELM!!

[@doublesalopetoimcre]

"Oohhh... Cicero's heard about the Butcher. Interesting knifework. Just... Stab, stab, stab, stab, stab! And then... Stab, stab, stab, stab, stab!"

[@duckyeeter2999]

“And if I spy a singing bird... I’ll snap it’s neck before it’s heard”

[@anticlock404]

Ok when I was playing my dad walked past when he was saying that and my dad started laughing his ass off

[@jakes1566]

And he says to the man, "that's not a horker, that's my wife!"

[@taiwansfinest898]

Does it involve sneaking and stabbing? Ooh, please say yes!

[@deathhawk8897]

I love Cicero so much he is pretty much my permanent follower.

[@ShawFujikawa]

I think you’re crazy for putting Teldryn Sero that low. Dude has more lines than all the housecarls put together and oozes character.

[@DarkShines86]

Yeah Teldryn is my fav follower by far

[@eziodelalala1070]

@@DarkShines86 op too when u are low level

[@trashcant69]

Agreed, he's by far my favourite unmodded character. An absolute unit in combat and great lines and character. Just a great follower all around.

[@Jguido182]

Hes tied with Serena for me

[@mariehill2590]

He's my number one ;_; I love how he'll randomly start humming while you walk. It's charming

[@hms21793]

Eola was my favorite follower. She died literally as soon as we freed serana. (She was killed by a Draugr Deathlord. I did use Namira’s Ring to feed on her body, because I think that’s how she would have wanted it.) I think Eola would have loved Castle Volkihar and I’m sad she never got to see it :(

[@elpenguinotierno6238]

Bring her back to life in the name of namira and console commands 😉

[@lefroste6370]

@@elpenguinotierno6238 Being eaten by the champion of Namira is the greatest honor Eola could have

[@Akuankka000]

wtf

[@Snartfoodler]

Eola and Vigilance started fighting and I had to choose one. Obviously, Vigilance and I had a delicious meal that day.

[@vanyadolly]

This is both sweet and disturbing 😂 and I think Eola is the only follower with that voice, so that's pretty cool.

[@firetarrasque4667]

I love Durak because he's Durak. He's Durak.

[@sauronsmundwinkel]

Durak is russian for stupid

[@musikamusika1736]

@@sauronsmundwinkel when I first saw him, I couldn't believe they named someone a literal moron :D I thought it was a some kind of bug

[@Owen.Fallon]

One time I was travelling to Markarth for the first time that play through, and I go in - go to kill the forsworn guy, but Durak appears and is like “Hayek wanna kill vampire with me haha?” And the woman dies.

[@ignarus3636]

I immediatelt equipped him with a dwarven crossbow and it took me forever to realize he wasn't even shooting the damn thing, just aiming and moving. I thought he was deeply glitched and bailed, but I later found out it was the dwemer xbow and it'd have worked fine if I used the normal or enhanced steel xbow. So maybe I'll gice him another go as rangers are probably my favorite class of follower for most situations.

[@ignarus3636]

@@Owen.Fallon oh man, that sucks

[@TrippyLogic]

Sven is only good for sacrificing him to the daedra.

[@SpectreStatus]

Funny, I always sacrifice Faendal. >.

[@noahn4550]

Haha true

[@xandan1668]

The ebony mail is trash.

[@rogereisnaugle6012]

Don't you have a mother?

[@jacrispy3275]

No! His poor mother doesn't deserve that... She's alright.

[@paulsmith5752]

"Just the average drunk guy in Skyrim." - *sums up entire Nord nation*

[@yendorthegrand4078]

Failed math, eh?

[@ladybug591]

I love the Nords - without them there would be no Skyrim - it's their country. Let's go Brandon. Lol.

[@galanakagalactus903]

Not Serana lol

[@kevinzhu6417]

@Ladybug they can be that and drunks at the same time. Also I dont think they own Skyrim, some elfs and bretons have been there for just as long i think

[@yendorthegrand4078]

@@kevinzhu6417 elves aren't even native to Tamriel. They were not there as long as the Nords. Bretons are part elf, so we also know that they haven't been in Skyrim as long as the Nords. The Nords are native to Skyrim. They were created by Kyne at the Throat of the World.

[@nekbonejones]

I don’t typically take followers in my Playthru’s. But when Lydia was given to me in white run I kept her around for a while. I’m not sure exactly win but eventually I noticed that she was no longer beside me and I didn’t see her for a very long time. Eventually I found myself in that skooma den and once I drink the sleepy skooma and they put me into the jail cell below all of a sudden who do I notice next to me in that jail cell in the bottom of theskooma den? None other than Lydia! I bust us out And together we fight our way back to the service and we have never been closer. we also both agreed to never speak of that night ever again

[@thesultanofswing8706]

That sounds like a movie plot line. How did we just cross paths? It's a long story.

[@moonlit_dreams]

she became a skooma addict 😢

[@ItsChevnotJeff]

​@@moonlit_dreams The burden became too much for her 😢

[@aria_chatt]

If you’re like me, you personify everything and pretty much assign personalities to all the followers so it doesn’t matter.

[@gxsgdhdhrgdhfhdrdhjdhjtfd]

You bet wif

[@ashleyharrison861]

I like you

[@asexypotato2280]

You...i like you

[@vasaresummer4180]

I saw that you said Vilkas and instantly thought "wait that means wolf in Lithuanian" so I googled it and apparently Farkas means wolf in Hungarian and I just found that interesting

[@ethanadams8109]

And Aela means wolf in waifuian

[@vasaresummer4180]

@@ethanadams8109 that's amazing

[@travaughnanderson3958]

@@ethanadams8109 mjoll means Better than Aela is Suckitnoobian

[@ethanadams8109]

@@travaughnanderson3958 You're not wrong. Only problem is that I love the Theive's Guild

[@mcuniboob]

Riften Guard you’re forgetting, aela is just dayum

[@tienkieu4806]

Ganging up with Cicero makes me feel *N A U G H T Y*

[@edgehead2695]

you want me i know it kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJS0oayoobuYhM0

[@thestranger4894]

go to church

[@DaBobbyShurmda]

Maybe if he wasn’t such a baddie I wouldn’t have to get the gang to go down on him.

[@panspermiapancakes]

Marcurio is by far my favorite. His personality is unique, and his mage abilities are on another level. He gets even better when you give him items to use and wear. He is slightly overpowered which can be aggravating in low level areas because he will kill everything before you reach them, but he will also save your ass in most situations where you are outmatched in levels.

[@dancincoolkid]

He was my first follower, played together forever until a falmer shadow stalker killed him. I was so upset I loaded an earlier save, married him, and then hired Jenassa instead lol.

[@plutonix5792]

It's just funny to watch him shoot people into the air

[@MisterPrince01]

I got him yesterday and he really saves me all the time.

[@alyssacastillo2293]

He's one of my favorites! I always marry him too because the way he says "Goodbye my love," puts me in a chokehold

[@petervlcko4858]

Saw video where all followers fight and he beats them all

[@BarnacleBoy42069]

I'm pretty sure on my very first playthrough I found cicero on the side of the road before ever starting the dark brotherhood questline and thought he was going to end up being a creepy stalker that tries to kill me so I killed him

[@bubblelf4341]

PLS I JUST WHEEZED

[@abdrahimmedjber5317]

Wait, isn't he essential? You need him for the db quests, so how could you kill him

[@gewaltwellev8229]

@@abdrahimmedjber5317 yes

[@Sovnjost]

@Hawking Chair by who

[@ericwalsh2954]

@@abdrahimmedjber5317 he will generally reappear if u kill him,the point of the mini quest is to tell you where to go for the db

[@squanchitou3354]

Special mention to Inigo, he´s not cannon but we love him too.

[@AzraelAngel945]

I would also like to mention Hoth and Lucien who are also not canon, but are still great companions notheless

[@discreetvortex8237]

Inigo, Kharjo and J'zargo are my favourite 3

[@kelduarjudgester9083]

He may not be canon but he is a big part of all of our hearts, a big blue slightly fuzzy part of our hearts

[@shookt1569]

Why are people so crazy about him?

[@chrisj1996]

@@shookt1569 he's got an insane amount of dialogue and a loveable personality that adapts to how you treat him, he's got a bunch of quests and different options to explore when you're bored, he's a great fighter and just generally is one of the only characters in skyrim that you can actually form an attachment to

[@toesrus9852]

I had Sven as my first follower cause I thought he was hot and he died almost instantly when we ran into 2 bandits on the road... He crumpled like a piece of paper

[@Jordanziadat17]

i had him for a whole 12 hours and completed multiple dungeons with him and had no trouble. Thats probably because i gave him full iron armor and a steel weapon that i stole from riverwood though.

[@ReallyUnexplainable]

@@Jordanziadat17 I've used him as my tank in legendary difficulty with no problem until level 20. I find it extremely difficult to have a follower die.. even at level 90, where any draugr is a deathlord and you find 5 at the same time, they never die..

[@farxx5628]

@@ReallyUnexplainable console point at the body " resurrect " 😘

[@ReallyUnexplainable]

@@farxx5628 I don't know if you're joking or not.. but for those who'll read this: Don't fucking do it. Resurrecting through console resets the inventory, and removes all the shit you're making them wear and carry. You'll lose everything.

[@farxx5628]

@@ReallyUnexplainable nah dude "Resurrect 1" they will respawn with all what they had I did it and it worked idk for others xD

[@pauloarara8415]

Faendal will always have a place in my heart, he was my follower all throughout my first playtrough

[@Nobodyss21]

He always died in the hands of frost troll during high hoghtar mission

[@ryanpratamaputra8969]

I sacrificed him for boethiah

[@joshgillam5130]

I love Faendal if I'm playing as an archer, because you can get your archery to 50 at the very beginning of the game with him

[@jacqueking2]

he was also my first follower for like 5 minutes until i accidentally shot him and he decided to attack me back and i killed him.

[@Watermonkey357]

He lives in one of my homes I love him so much

[@robinreina2681]

A bonus of having a Reikling Warrior is that you can equip them with one arrow and they will start using it as their throwing spear so at the end of a fight you can pick up all the extra arrows they threw for free. I have a huge stock pile of dragon arrows thanks to my Reikling friend.

[@unkledoda420]

I never noticed that before. That's kinda awesome.

[@slambat2905]

You can do that with any follower who can use a bow too. Super helpful

[@electrobrotm217]

Pretty sure one of the Riekling follower variants can also use greatswords as their poking stick. So they can remain relevant DMG-wise if you give them an upgraded weapon.

[@KLil37]

@@electrobrotm217 that's the headdress ones that spawn randomly during PvP events. they're melee and great pack mules. I use that variant of Riekling every playthrough

[@thedipermontshow]

Same with lydia, max out in daedric arrows.

[@Rennat456]

I just realized that Farkas is Skyrim’s resident himbo. That alone gives him points lmao

[@oncewanted]

LMAOO YEP

[@yveltalsea]

Had the biggest crush on farkas when i was smol 😭 didn't help that his name is so cute, wolf in my mother tongue, hungarian. also his voice

[@Rennat456]

@@yveltalsea I still have a crush on Farkas tbh hahahah

[@dmac3093]

Cicero is hilarious especially when in a serious conversation like when you have to sit down with storm cloaks and imperials up in high hrothgar.

[@michaelc2551]

I love him but I hate him, we were in a dwemer ruin and he went “Cicero saw a dwarf!!” BrO got my hopes up for nothing

[@slayking2378]

Yea he is my favorite best dialogue and voice acting plus he is super quiet and doesn’t mind when we are trespassing. Doesn’t give me that you aren’t supposed to be here line and no inventory access.

[@carloplaysstuff5328]

imagine not beating the civil war quest line before learning the first shout

[@josiahcone7506]

@@carloplaysstuff5328 …imagine startup off doing nothing but the main quest until being asked to do the peace meeting, from there you go to Cloaks and go all the way to kill Tulius..and I still haven’t discovered the importance of Crimson Nimroot

[@fckyoutube9605]

Lmao yeah. Like I met up with 2 opposing sides of an army and Cicero's just like "and he said to the man, tHat'S nOt a HoRkEr, tHaT's mY WiFe!!"

[@Sheb24]

So happy to see my absolute favourite Marcurio so high up. His voice and personality instantly won me over on my first playthrough, and he's pretty reliable to boot. Husband of my heart

[@mysticdragonwolf89]

Serana in the corner of every scene Serana: Christ is he going to interview every follower...I guess he is and I’m in for the ride - Divines take me!

[@longbrowgaming2772]

“I wonder who will be number one hmmmm.....”

[@tjstrong3607]

and one shes pushes out of the way-- omg-- she is the Perfect Woman-- in any world

[@dominicdecaro3757]

Hate serena

[@ReallyUnexplainable]

@@dominicdecaro3757 Serana is the fucking worst.

[@Hixx367]

@@ReallyUnexplainable excuse me?

[@felixleon8577]

This was just your way of telling us you wanted a vampire goth gf huh...

[@Senator-KO]

In Vampire 🧛‍♀️ culture, it’s kinda an insult to refer to them as “Emos” or “Goth”. Even calling them a Vampire 🧛‍♂️ could come off as rude. It’s not really too different from racial or cultural stereotypes, to them. Being a Vampire is seen as a great honor. You transcend to immortality, obtain supernatural strength, speed, senses and will be seen as an apex predator, to be respected and feared. They also tend to be highly intelligent, and even wealthy. Considering that you can live forever can potentially fill you with knowledge throughout the years, and you can endlessly make money throughout hundreds of years. The Children Of The Night are not simply “emos” or “goths”. Sorry, I just had a nerd moment. 🧐🤓🤓🧐

[@dogeboi3092]

@@Senator-KO stfu

[@berserker3108]

@@Senator-KO Nice job, you just evolved from an average youtube user to the whole twitter community.

[@NaughtiusMaximmus]

@@Senator-KO i mean, a simple silver sword enchanted with fire damage in one hand, and a sun fire spell on the other hand may make them not-as-tough as you described

[@yerfriendlyneighborhoodsco3337]

@@Senator-KO *inhales and quietly drags into the sun, before giving a nice clensing bath in holy water, with garlic for scent-* job done.

[@7tomi8]

Can't believe skyrim is getting content till this day, amazing

[@bobbelyshadow3749]

I tell you, I may be 13 and may, may not have played this game since I where 4 - 5.. But I NEVER get tired of it, even after I have been playing it almost my whole life!

[@jn166]

@@bobbelyshadow3749 Glad yoy enjoy the game!

[@bobbelyshadow3749]

@@jn166 (づ｡◕ω◕)づ

[@Animus5134]

I started playing at age 10-11(don't quite remember), played off and on for the 7 years or so, and I'm getting back into it. Everytime I play, its still feels like the first time.

[@Undivided-X]

Everyone is so young, and then there's me who discovered this game at 21 :'(

[@Redeemed.of.YHVH.thru.Christ]

Teldryn is always my sidekick, and he is awesome in battle, as well as being gorgeous when you pickpocket his helmet off. I love when we have a lot of enemies we’re battling at once, because his dialogue in combat is hilarious to me. “Boethia inspire me!”, “Azura curse you!”, “Ninnevar guide me!”, and with the first enemy hit, “you’re dead!”, and he always makes it happen. I’ve got him in studded dragon scale armor, and he is one fine looking Dunmer, who is also a lethal weapon with destruction magic and a sword. I split my gold with him because he is worth it, and I don’t have crap to spend it on in Skyrim anyway, lol. He’s almost got 200k gold in his inventory now, lol, and I’ve got about the same.

[@karlwittenburg5868]

“The best sword in all Morrowind!” My man really wasn’t kidding. I pretty much pick up the boat to Solstheim immediately when I get enough money to hire him

[@Hazbinhotelwolf]

I wish u could marry him without a mod 😢

[@architeus]

The constant Serana in the background shows that this guy is a cultured man.

[@kedarunzi9139]

The exact opposite

[@giovannicervantes2053]

I like uthgerd serana is as boring as cardboard

[@kedarunzi9139]

@Sandra Swan Yes.

[@jamesllyod944]

you can always be a true mad lad and never bring her back to her fathers castle. That way you will have her and another follower ;)

[@blizyon30fps86]

@Ralis Sedarys yo ralis I’m doing your quest rn why tf did I have to pay 8-9k gold total for this this better be worth it

[@themischeifguide]

My favorites are Serana, Teldryn Saro and J'zargo for their personalities,

[@ethanadams8109]

I strongly agree. Good to see love for my absolute favorite, Teldryn.

[@themischeifguide]

​@@ethanadams8109 He has alot of character

[@user-cl5hm9vn7d]

I feel as if I’m closest to Serana, Teldryn is an interesting character and he’s a badass, and J’zargo is like your pet

[@themischeifguide]

I'd say pound for pound Khajit make the best companions, I think people just sleep them though because they're cats.

[@lucillebenavides4568]

I like seeing a fellow Teldryn lover

[@anoushkapiotrowski6899]

Barbas the freaking immortal dog is my favourite follower hands down. He's an adorable Daedra doggo that can talk and never dies.

[@aleabeckermann2100]

Yeah I never finish his quest. Clavicus vile doesn’t even deserve such a good dog 😤

[@fnsmike]

He's great for a while, but I get fed up with him intentionally bumping you when you're trying to walk slowly or loot things.

[@aleabeckermann2100]

fnsmike true. I think bethesta created his engine like that on purpose so that ya don’t keep him. Ain’t gonna stop me tho :>

[@zakbennett2876]

Freaking love Barbas. I like Skyrim with the music off sound effects only. He really fits my playstyle. I knew he was bad ass when you are following him on his quest into the cavern of clavicus vile and find he's wiped out everyone before you get there. That's when I said nope to completing that quest line and just use him the entire game.

[@Drengade]

His constant, incessant talk about going to get the axe, or give it back to clavicus make me want to shout him off the throat of the world. It's all he ever says and he says it ALL THE TIME.

[@isharpedge8469]

"Janessa holds a warm place in everyone's heart" *Me staring at her lifeless body at the Shrine of Boethiah* ...yes.

[@catharinaventer1232]

Same 😅

[@Nanasponk___]

I’m really sorry, but I was traveling with meeko the dog, and I was going to an orc settlement, and the giant outside killed him, and I never forgave myself. Happy to see him so high on the list.

[@dogeboi3092]

Sad

[@elielekberov5405]

Didn't u load last save? Or last save was when you were doing golden claw quest?xD

[@Nanasponk___]

@@elielekberov5405 I was a fucking idiot then. No idea what the difference between quick saves and saves and didn’t know how to load them. I only learned like 10 hours later.

[@ignarus3636]

Yeah, that and the likelihood of *me* killing the dogs because they cut off my lines of sight instead of getting behind enemies makes them largely unplayable to me.

[@fleivor5359]

That is why i always give my dogs 1500 health

[@peednuss3008]

still remember lydia getting yeeted into the air by a giant and for my entire playthrough i was unable to get another follower eventually i was walking back by to whiterun to explore more places and past the giants camp that lydia left me at (i had already gone to all the giant locations trying to find her when i found out i couldnt get others by didnt know where it happened) and BOOM lydia slams into the ground then gets up and starts crawling because low hp. still the one and only time i was genuinely happy to see lydia i could finally tell her to leave.

[@Dr.Dankerson]

I’m weak af that’s to funny 😂😂

[@roonkolos]

Lydia returns from the moon & is told to amscray Absolute perfection

[@drakejoshofficialyoutubech5569]

Reminds me of the time I was attacking a giant camp and I had Vigilance with me. After I attack the giant he runs right up to it and gets sent into orbit. During that fight I felt so bad because I thought that I just sent my dog to it's death. When the fight was over I was beginning to head out and I heard some barking. I turn and there he is seemingly unaffected by the fact that he was falling thousands of feet down to Earth not too long ago. God I love that dog.

[@Dyzinel]

The ending caught me of guard, laughing a lot xD

[@Chicken-Rice]

She went to the cloud district, AND CAME BACK

[@MikefromTexas1]

I love how you actually included EVERY follower, not just humanoids.

[@Rais-Codex]

The low tiers are LITERALLY fodder for Boethia's proving. (And for the new AE/CC farm where you need to appoint someone to take care of your farm)

[@alpacalover0]

I always use the Cannibal Girl. Can't have any remorse for that, and I'm gifting a follower of Namira to Boethia which is a bit funny.

[@johnprager662]

I prefer the high tier or virtuous followers for Boethia, it shows how dedicated my character is (especially if it's a Dunmer).

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

So I'm the only one always using Uthgerd as steward? With the new houses, building one in Hearthfire is basically pointless so I just stick her at Goldenhills forever

[@epiccatV.2]

I always killed mercurio on that quest

[@alpacalover0]

@@aolanaknilram7745 Nah. Boethiah wants blood and sacrifice.

[@legionarybooks13]

Okay, so I know Inigo is a mod and not "official", but there was more work put into him than most of the other followers combined. He has a ridiculous amount of dialog (something like 7,000 lines according to the developer), an incredibly in-depth backstory, which may or may not unfold as the game progresses, and he's just a straight up badass. He has unique interactions, depending on where you're located, even asking where the toilet is in the Solitude house (which he does have a point!) or composing his own songs if told to rest while at the Bard's College. He actually feels like a "real" companion. Plus, you can have him in addition to your other follower, so you never have to leave him behind. This can be quite amusing if you're travelling with Lydia, as he directly interacts with her. I don't know if they spliced together words of her dialog or got the voice actress to record lines, but their sidebar conversations can be quite amusing (even if they do make Lydia seem like a bit of a dumbass, who Inigo at times finds disturbing). Heck, he even shouts encouragement to her during combat! Unfortunately, he's not "DLC" aware, which is too bad, as I'd love to see him interact with Serana! 😄

[@ZachRoDah]

SDA fixes that, even though no new lines were created by SmartBlueCat, just lines reused from Inigo for the interactions.

[@sweetpotato1636]

I love his interactions with Lucien Flavius

[@legionarybooks13]

@@ZachRoDah that's pretty awesome. I've long since become bored with Skyrim and moved on to other games, but may go back to it just for this. Honestly, I don't give a toss about the main quest, I just want to go on adventures with Inigo and Serana or Lydia. Hmm, if Skyblivion ever gets finished, I wonder if he'll be available? 😃

[@ZachRoDah]

@@legionarybooks13 I don't think so, considering Skyblivion is basically Oblivion remade in Skyrim, but would be cool regardless! If he had some Beyond Skyrim compatibility it would be cool to see his reactions to revisiting Cyrodiil

[@angelwongmyers7551]

Get the Serana overhaul mod... adds 5000+ lines of dialog to Serana. There are specific lines where she interacts then with Inigo and Sofia... I ended up uninstalling the serana overhaul mod because Sofia and Serana were arguing too much...

[@cappuccinosnephew1382]

You put Sven *WAYYYYY* too high on this list. He should've been at least a spot or two below Faendal.

[@Twofirmfeet1024]

Prob cause hes the only bard that will follow u in battle... pretty badass

[@jamiemckell34]

You know what... Sven is poor but the reasoning is good. Would have been good to have a couple of other Bards you could travel with, play songs in the inns or on the road etc. Bethesda missed a trick with that.

[@lordharkon84]

I sven and ralis sedarys fight, and sven kicked ralis sedarys’ ass Oh wait, that elf was just nazeem 😂

[@dirtdawg420]

fuck you bean

[@H.K.5]

@@lordharkon84 Liar, Sven can't beat Ralis.

[@BlueFlameBird]

I took Meeko with me to some word wall hunting. In one of them he died trying to defend me from one of the drungar overlords. I literally redid the whole quest and then took him home where my kids made him a pet. Haven't moved him since because his "death" hit me hard

[@dancincoolkid]

That's why I only ever get Barbas. He's irritating with the constant pushing, but boy is he strong. Not just essential, but invulnerable. Great for lower levels.

[@StinkyPoopyMcFartFace]

@@dancincoolkid I can't stand pets in this game. I would love to have a Death Hound following me or an Armored Troll but they just constantly body block me or get pissed at every bear or wolf in the vicinity

[@hyronvinter778]

They are pixels and still i always prefered not to deal with the possible death of any npc lmao

[@mapleflag6518]

@@hyronvinter778 Well excuuuuuuse us for being immersed in the game.

[@tfwnoyandere]

@@hyronvinter778 you're so cool!

[@BurntFrost]

I love Serana's constant photobombing.

[@ΣταυροςΡηγας-χ1κ]

The dwemer sphere and spider are pets meaning you can have followers alongside them. What i loved to do was have teldryn summon a flame attronach and id summon two more so we'd be like a small army.

[@Redeemer121]

Did you give him any dwarven armor to match the constructs?

[@walls_of_skulls6061]

I think that the pets should be ranked higher because they can be used with other followers

[@turkepic3637]

I can't believe Cicero is under half these people. A note: Cicero is all round the best follower for Sneak characters, with a maximum of 100 Sneak 100 One-Handed 97 Archery 97 Light Armor 558 health and 61 alteration (for some reason) Cicero is a great follower to use for a looong time for the fact he won't randomly get detected.

[@Elrog3]

Bias warning: I hate cicero. The best follower for sneak characters is by far being alone.

[@Kat.Anastasia]

and you left out the best part, hes actually crazy so its funny to hear the random things he says while your sneaking around

[@blk7747]

nah just get boots with muffle enchatment to your followers there you go even lydia can sneak

[@fenbyrat]

he also has SOOOO many unique lines im shocked that wasnt mentioned

[@caucasoidape8838]

Ooh listener that tickles! lol

[@Raven-fr3ki]

Actually ingjard is the only dawn guard companion who doesn’t mind if you’re a vampire, she has a unique speech where she says “I won’t kill you but I can’t follow you in that condition”

[@scottblevins4298]

I was using Sarana until we killed her Daddy and she decided she needed time alone...so I went back to Whiterun and picked up Lydia...on a whim I went to check on Sarana and she was ready...asked her to follow me and she did without asking me to dismiss Lydia...now they are both with me...no idea how it happened but it's pretty awesome

[@gin.gefilms]

I feel like it's an unsaid feature. On all of my playthroughs as soon as I finish Seranas questline she stops counting as a following but is still a follower

[@hrathurahl8697]

Yeah, I just had derkeethus as a follower, but then I went to Caste Vohlkihar to get Arvak. Lydia was there as well. Now I have two invincible followers.

[@shadowswithin702]

There is a mod that can do that

[@scottblevins4298]

I don't play mods, or online...just regular old Skyrim...I found out it also works if you "dismiss" Serana...she'll say sumthin like, "can't get rid of me that easily" and she'll leave as a follower and let you pick another, but she'll always be lurking somewhere...she keeps her distance until you are threatened, then she come chargin in

[@shadowswithin702]

@@scottblevins4298 Nice sounds like a good deal and without mods.

[@peasmehasselberg975]

I recently got Erandur as a follower and I've already grown very attached to him. I have a soft spot for characters redeeming themselves for past misdeeds, so I'm obviously biased. But aside from that, his voice lines feel authentic to me- the way he comments on his surroundings or talks to my character makes me think I've really got a friend by my side. He's so worth passing up the Skull of Corruption!

[@kennoth3297]

Yeah I kinda regret killing him, and then not using a skull once.

[@macemanning95]

Cicero is my favorite his personality keeps the game lively. Hes crazy as hell but its fun to hear his commentary. I always travel with him.

[@spankthemonkey4653]

"He he he... Crazy? Cicero? He he he he... That's madness..."

[@alahlou79]

Killed him

[@alfred.jodocus.kwak.]

He's just so fucking annoying he never stops talking

[@ladybug591]

I just cannot do that quest line. Urk.

[@James--Parker]

Farkas isn't edgy. He's actually super nice to the companions he trains.

[@FrankLeeWillis]

Farkas is a big giant sweet heart and nothing can convince me otherwise

[@ryanw2032]

He looks like a roadie for The Misfits.

[@Wubbazt]

he comes off as edgy and rough, but that's just how he carries himself. i doubt he even notices it. he actually is a very nice person with a big heart.

[@Kmn2]

@@Wubbazt yeah he’s like the only member of the companions I genuinely like tbh

[@Kmn2]

@@JuleZz__z Ok but it wasn’t done right mostly in Skyrim no one said edgy couldn’t be cool I personally think the daedric armour is cool in skyrim despite it being kinda edgy

[@Iceyia]

I would like to point out that jenassa can also duel wield, and that the rieklings count as pets, so you can have any follower and a riekling at the same time.

[@xandan1668]

Same with armor trolls.

[@MartianMothman]

Same with dogs and dwarven automatons

[@CynicalZeke]

Same with Serana

[@masongann1147]

Alexander Escatel mmm dawguard joke eh? respect

[@CynicalZeke]

Mason Gann it only took a week for someone to get it I guess lol

[@j4nnytor]

Barbas is the best follower in the game. He has infinite hp, can never be staggered and pulls aggro like a WoW tank. Only downsides to Barbas is his size, you may get stuck on him a few times in certain corridors and he is a temporary follower. As long as you don't finish his quest, he is far and away the best follower you can have.

[@5orgen51]

I can't stand his voice

Agreed

[@Ironbuket]

Lookup what he thought of that follower you are considering using. You're welcome. TOP TEN (Best followers) 1 24:02 Serana 2 23:32 Jzargo -No level cap (capped to 30 if Unofficial Skyrim Patch installed) 3 23:15 Mjoll 4 22:57 Frea -No level cap 5 22:33 Farkas 6 22:14 Vilkas 7 21:52 Lydia 8 21:40 Aela -Voiced by Claudia Christian 9 20:57 Ralis 10 20:33 Darkeethus RANKED 11-30 (Good followers) 11 20:06 Marcurio 12 19:41 Illia 13 19:18 Erik 14 19:01 Kharjo 15 18:24 Ahtar 16 17:52 Erandur 17 17:33 Teldryn 18 17:11 Gorbash 19 16:46 Borgakh 20 16:34 Janessa 21 16:13 Brelyna 22 15:44 Sven 23 15:26 Meeko -Animal 24 14:58 Cicero 25 14:32 Celann -No level cap 26 14:11 Rayya 27 13:56 Onmund 28 13:42 Gregor 29 13:25 Uthgerd -Voiced by Claudia Christian 30 13:04 Annekke RANKED 31-52 (Fair Followers) 31 12:40 Arenea 32 12:24 Valdimar 33 12:07 Jordis 34 11:56 Argis 35 11:30 Iona -Voiced by Claudia Christian 36 11:17 Bran & Sceolang 37 10:49 Agaer 38 10:34 Durak -No level cap 39 10:19 Ingjard -No level cap 40 9:58 Faendal 41 9:38 Adelaisa 42 9:22 Ria 43 9:02 Athis 44 8:48 Vigilance -Animal 45 8:30 Galldir 46 7:57 Dark Brotherhood Initiate -Level cap 100 47 7:38 Trovar 48 7:23 Vorstag 49 7:04 Calder 50 6:45 Talvis 51 6:29 Reikling Warriors 52 6:14 Stenvar RANKED 53-67 (Bad Followers) 53 5:51 Belrand 54 5:35 Eola 55 5:19 Njada 56 5:05 Stray Dog 57 4:57 Armoured Frost Troll 58 4:48 Armoured Troll 59 4:22 Dwemer Sphere & Spider 60 4:09 Beleval 61 3:50 Ugor 62 3:36 Cusith & Garmr -Animal, Misspelt as Carsith in video 63 3:03 Roggi 64 2:45 Benor 65 2:34 Lob 66 2:14 Ogal 67 1:47 Cosnach More details about specific followers can be found by following this link: en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Followers

[@onyxcitadel9759]

should be a PINNED comment.

[@hunterspence3465]

Fine work here.

[@matthewtolentino5141]

Sven is way to high

[@hunterspence3465]

For some reason, I have felt compelled to come back and comment my very favorite companions out of them all. So short list first to avoid spoilers: 8. J'zargo 7. Aela the Huntress 6. Riekling Warrior 5. Mjoll the Lioness 4. Derkeethus 3. Cicero (and the initiates) 2. Frea 1. Serana 8. J'zargo levels with the player indefinitely, which makes him potentially the most powerful follower to my knowledge. He is only limited by the fact that he can be permanently killed because he is not marked as essential. 7. Aela is very, very useful. Expert archery trainer + follower = free levels. She can be made non-essential by finishing all her quests, therefore permanently killable. Otherwise she would have the 4th spot for me, but I'm a completionist. Level cap 50 6. Warrior is the highest level of riekling. Takes the beast/dog slot for multiple followers without glitches. Will wear nearly anything given, including Konahrik, making it nigh invincible. Can wield Giant's Club to great (and funny) effect. Can respawn and be replaced if killed. 5. Mjoll the Lioness is essential and will never permanently die. Isn't 100% loyal to even accidental criminal Dragonborns... so she gets bumped down the list. Great tank though. Levels up to 40 4. Available from level 1 with with the right skill and knowledge. Essential. Low level cap of 30. Uses a bow for ranged, but will use anything else you give him that is better (buggy new bows, staves are better). Can be pseudo-glitched together with the higher ranking followers on this list to amass an army. Derk is actually my favorite follower (as the only Argonian and generally swell guy) but is eventually outclassed (without major favoritism in terms of gear) by the next three. 3. Cicero is hilarious, uses anything, tolerates any misdeeds the player might do. His dialogue can get annoying on long adventures. He's better than the initiates because they are picky about armor. I believe all three can be pseudo-glitched to follow at once, though it's been awhile since I've read their pages on the wiki. All three are essential. Level caps 50? 2. Frea is essential and does not have a level cap. Her only problem for me is that she is melee oriented. If I preferred tank companions, she would be #1. 1. Serana is by far the most versatile and intelligent follower. Mage already capable of raising dead so no conjuration staves needed to expand your army. Has extra interactions with the environment when she gets bored. Essential of course so no accidental loss of un-life. Even if you cure her. Level cap 60ish, which really only affects her health bar. Barbas does not rank on this list because he is annoying. He is essential though and can be added pretty easily to a large army. I only use him when I'm desperate at low levels. Then I complete the quest to get it over with and him out of my hair. Bonus: Dead thralls (you can have 2 with or without followers) Can be better than atronachs. 1.Orchendor is my favorite. Almost never dies due to high magic resistance and teleportation spell. Caps at level 40, so can be raised by Dragonborn even at ridiculously high levels and will still be a viable distraction at the very least. Very cool to watch him work. 2. Arch-Curate Vyrthur is a monster, but apparently can only be revived up until level 42. (Untested as I did not know about his usefulness and shouted him off a cliff). He can Summon frost atronachs of his own. Ridiculous. After level 42 one would have to settle on going back down to either Sulla Trebatius (who can be MADE the best with some tricky work) or Malkoran (For a nice little chunk of pocket change every time he dies twice. You'll see what I mean by that. Not to mention he's fairly powerful in his own right.) Remember if you're building a ridiculous army, it's more effective to equip as many as possible with ranged gear so they are less likely to smack each other and create a new civil war in Skyrim. Lol. Upvote if this was useful.

[@Ironbuket]

@@hunterspence3465 If you are playing on PC or one of the consoles that allows mods, I would highly recommend you try modding Skyrim as it can vastly improve the game. J'zargo is capped to 30 if the Unofficial Skyrim Patch installed. It is highly recommended that you install the Unofficial Skyrim Patch even if you install no other mods. You can unlock J'zargo's level again with mods such as Nether's Follower Framework. However, if you are unlocking level caps then choosing a follower because of their level cap becomes irrelavent. I highly recommend Nether's Follower Framework, because it allows you to change the character type of followers. Want an archer follower, but you dont like any of the picks? Choose someone you do like and change them to be an archer!

[@gamester512]

My only gripe when it comes to Serana is that *you can't marry her* .... :(

[@TheMacC117]

Enter PC modders to fix that bug.

[@gogetablue942]

*laughs in Travis Willingham*

[@zeoalexo]

@@gogetablue942 i understood that reference

[@jzargo2187]

I actually got to marry her one time. I enchanted a silver ring and named it after the wedding ring, gave it to her and paralyzed her in my house.

[@gogetablue942]

@@jzargo2187 that's kinda creepy

[@Ously6]

Teldryn Sero. My husband. Even if I can’t marry him

[@dustingideon5719]

There are mods for that sort of thing.

[@TheDrewjameson]

How can you not put Teldryn Sero on this list! He rules so hard!

[@scouttrooperhh-1487]

U gae?

[@SparkPlug0777]

@@scouttrooperhh-1487 he gae

[@Buhzurkur]

Fendris is your pfp right?

[@mihaiblaga5383]

Serana and Lydia were always my favourites. As soon as I was able to get Serana as a companion I put the Dawnguard quest line on hold and gone trough the entire game with her by my side. I love her look, her hatred for mudcrabs and the talent to allways snipe ME with her strikes in a combat. Lydia was my first companion and I love her loyalty, but she doesn't stand a chance against the hot goth vampire princess :)))) The marriable Serana was hands down the best thing that ever came out of Nexus Mods :)))

[@VarangianGuard13]

Farkas isn't merely a lovable idiot.. Farkas is a Himbo. He's Big and Strong, He's as Sharp as a Golf ball, and he is Kibd and Loyal.

[@chillfactory9000]

and damn handsome, too.

[@hiddendesire3076]

I only just recently learned there are like 72 followers in game

[@JamieR2077]

Yeah, nuts! I thought there were like 10.... Of course now seeing I recognize a lot of these obviously more, but who knew!?

[@s0medayFarmer]

let's keep the likes at 72

[@ThommyofThenn]

Erandur is a ton of fun. I love going to hang out with him in the temple and then going out adventuring. He has some very dark dialogue at times

[@gthegadgetguy9703]

i had made Marcurio the guard thing for my homestead and every time i would come home he would say something like "admit it, you were lost without me." and yeah when i first heard him say that i was instantly like "brb i need to go find an amulet of mara real quick". i love him so much and im so glad he got 11 on the list. also his VA does a hell of a job with the marriage lines. every time he calls me "my love" i fucking melt.

[@TheHornedKing]

I don't use followers actually. I prefer to adventure alone. In any case, with how often Serana kept appearing in the background through the video, I had a feeling she was your favorite. She is the best though.

[@DariusGOLaru]

*cries in J'zargo*

[@iami3rian394]

@@DariusGOLaru *laughs in not sparks.*

[@iami3rian394]

@Marcus Antonius Putting J'zargo over anyone is insane, let alone Frea.... and I'm also kinda wondering why you didn't include Ralis with Azhidals ring. That's kind of why he's got all that mana and all those casting perks and no spells... He's several orders of magnitude better than J'zargo mate.

[@FortuneFaded2006]

Jenassa dual wielding axes and cartwheeling through people like a blender will always be my favourite.

[@turbo682]

@Eli Pen hahahahaha

[@TheDarkusDragonoid]

I always grabbed Derkeethus as my follower, mostly because I love Argonians and it's nice that he cannot die and is the only Argonian follower

[@ludicroushamster3565]

#1: Inigo

[@Stationary76]

I just started having Inigo as a follower a few weeks ago and he is amazing. Such a well made character. Everyone saying Serana....I don't even remember who that is honestly. lol

[@peoples2296]

@@Stationary76 then you didn't play Dawnguard. She literally has the longest quest in Skyrim.

[@phoenixgemini42]

Inigo is indeed a good follower. I loved the quest where I helped avenge his father's death

[@mistymanning5769]

@@peoples2296 "insert face palm" I'll just assume you're a troll since your name has Hernandez in it.

[@peoples2296]

@@mistymanning5769 Your name is Misty.

[@IVI4R1U5]

About Calder: "I personally think personality outweighs combat ability when selecting someone, who will be by my side for potentially 100's of hours." *Serana steps in.*

[@vicieux7789]

jzargo is such an amazing follower. his lines of dialogue are incredibly unique and funny, and he's hella strong too.

[@ghhlx9863]

itd be great if he would stop using sparks spell only tho :(

[@galanakagalactus903]

@@ghhlx9863 He will use other spells if you either give him scrolls or increase his magicka level high enough using enchantments or just level him up really high because he doesn't have a level cap.

[@settratheimperishable7800]

Teldryn Sero is my favorite follower ever since my legendary survival permadeath play through region locked to Solstheim. Needless to say I owe him one for carrying my ass during that play through

[@jimmydasani8922]

Rather surprised Teldryn isnt higher on this list. He has some pretty unique dialogue

[@kitty3257]

Same! And he's great in battle... I don't see any downside to him.

[@LnmHive]

He's badass indeed, in my first Skyrim playthrough he was my first follower and most of the battles he took down most of the enemies

[@enbyfrogz6766]

lol he's my absolute favorite, i was just watching to wait for his rank. his dialogue is some of my favorite in skyrim, and his voice is perfection. plus, he looks amazing in nightingale armor, especially since he'll actually wear the full set! i just had to take him after listening to serana bitch about the weather one too many times... i love you serana, but you're a human!!! why is the sun still bad for your skin?????

[@rps215]

I think he also has the best combat AI of all followers. When getting into combat, he begins with summoning a flame atronach if he hasn't done so already, then switches between fireballing the enemies and charging in melee combat, so he always kills things fast. In contrast, Serana has better spells and perks that are just as good as his but generally prefer to kite the enemy with ice bolt and vampire drain, so she often take almost a minute to kill an enemy while it would be faster if she just use that Legendary Daedric Sword I gave her that will kill that same enemy in 2 hits or a single power attack.

[@kalythai]

He's such a tourist and I love it. Bring him to any city in Skyrim and he will comment on them.

[@ilovetweek000]

Teldryn carried me through early game i love him

[@ravenshade266]

So you're telling me that Teldryn Sero led to the rise of the Nazi Party?

[@skoomad]

Dunmers were slave owners btw

[@ravenshade266]

@@skoomad All of them though? Because otherwise that's oddly racist.

[@Local_commentor]

@@skoomad But he's the Best Swords man In all of morrowind

[@gentlemanjaxx]

The best Spellsword in my opinion 💯

[@Grimreaper213w3]

J'zargo is best because of the sound he makes when he gets hurt, EERRGHHHH!

[@BubaJawaV2]

it’s absolutely insane to me how much content is in this game, especially because of it being an older one. I’ve played Skyrim since I was 10 back when it first came out in 2011 and I still haven’t completed probably even half of all of the shit in this game man and i’m 23 now!! Best game ever made

[@marshal8358]

@B F my first run is like this. Love it.

[@Raise986]

I've had Skyrim since 2013 I believe and I still have never beat it. I've started it probably 10 times, but this latest playthrough is the furthest I've ever made it.

[@chillfactory9000]

Grew up with my mom playing Skyrim around me alot, and I was always amazed by that.

[@e_sappgam3s611]

teldryn is a god tier follower. he has comments on a lot of the cities of skyrim and a cool backstory he comments on. he also great cuz he is a conjurer and he has fireball. he’s also great with one handed. 12/10

[@ImposterTheory]

In my opinion hes the best. But im very biased on that.

[@thorin5591]

1:46-6:12 are followers that are bad to have. 6:12-12:57 are okay followers to have 12:57-20:28 are pretty good followers to have 20:28-25:06 are the top 10 best followers to have.

[@hyperbannana9262]

Thank you

[@l0remipsum991]

Thank you kind sir

[@xkogebo]

what a kind man

[@richardhoopes6398]

Thank u

[@LatiNoble]

Good job

[@mirrorizen]

9 years later and we are still releasing classic content, I love it

[@First-name.Last-name]

just made my first female orc character and stumbled upon borgakh pretty early on. she then quickly became one of my favorite followers and we adventure across skyrim as two independent and badass girlbosses

[@robinp.1362]

Teldryn Sero is my favorite. I don't really know why but He is just badass

[@NobodysSaviour]

same

[@ignarus3636]

His summon is HUGE in the early game and between his weapon skill and destruction magic, he is really good at staying in contact with your enemies. My only issue with him is when I try to upgrade his armor, I'm stuck with close-faced helms, so if I want light armor, it's Nightingale or the crab-people get up. And I can't enchant the NG armor, cool as it looks.

[@davidbailey6397]

I’m surprised he’s not a more fan favorite .He’s extremely powerful and incredibly sarcastic. Two traits I admire in a companion in this game.

[@symphonyoforder]

@@davidbailey6397 Yeah, at least Teldryn Sero isn't an overrated annoying brat. _I wonder whom I'm talking about_

[@sarahbergman117]

Yes. He's my favorite follower

[@logicnorespond7100]

One of my favorites is Erik the Slayer, he maxes out at level 40, and his two handed and light armor skills can go up to 100, with the additions of archery and block being able to go up to about 75. I also like him because he has some unique diolauge, and he is also based off a real person who was a big elder scrolls fan. So he is a decent follower and has a good character.

[@mennograafmans1595]

I do love him as well. But I don't want to hurt him. So I only take him on simple quests, like bandits.

[@goby999]

RIP Erik. He lives forever in Skyrim.

[@stevepalpatine2828]

Erik the Slayer is an absolute beast once you get him high level shit, it's hard for me to get a look in some times as he kills everything before I can get to it, I had him for ages then made him my steward, but he was always so happy to see me everytime I went home I ended up taking him with me again. I have multiple follower mod but I only have two or 3 with me at any one time and he's always there. Erik is my swordbro for life.

[@triton2397]

Serana, for me, is tactically brilliant. With an aoe playstyle, I’ve burned through 14 followers in my 32 levels so far, and I needed a new one which didn’t get in my way and didn’t have bow; Serana stood back, dropped elementals and didn’t pull out some dagger till the last second. Like even Lydia got hit by some lightning or a fireball or something and ended up dead, but Serana has survivability and range.

[@epicfail5473]

The perks of being marked as an "essential character". You could literally throw her off a cliff and she's completely fine.

[@asexypotato2280]

14, damn

[@s8theninjawarrior916]

By burned up, you mean they're all dead ??? If that's the case, boy would I not want to be your follower lol what you used the ebony blade on 10 of them or what ? I think I've lost a big 5 followers in my 400hours playthrough where I am lvl 256

[@triton2397]

@@s8theninjawarrior916 You lucky bastard. And @anyone else who cares, the followers were(not in order I’ve played so many games since then) Faendal Lydia Cosnach Stenvar Jenassa Freyya?(Falkreath housecarl) Markarth housecarl or whoever the fuck Bennor Derkeethus Anekke Crag-Jumper J’zargo(goddamn sinful) Brelyna Onmund(poor lad got killed in Boethiah’s Proving ugh) Adelasia Vendicci(she is so irrelevant like if you know who this is well done) I checked my most recent save, and Inigo took her place oof.

[@s8theninjawarrior916]

@@triton2397 all these are dead in your game ?? Lol goddamn For me I remember Lydia died (she always somehow manages to find a way to die in my games, I dont know why) Stenvar also died (used on boethia's proving, regret it though, he's cool) Farkas (I think it was because there was a bug where he would run up to me and speak to me whenever I was in whiterun and never stop doing it, after I completed the companions questline, so I had to kill him) And Aela died fighting an Ancient dragon, she was down and he breathed fire on her and that was it I think that's everyone who died in my main game, I think in every other game I did, either no one died or Lydia was the only one to die Edit: oh I remember, in my main game again, I killed Athis (the dark elf in the companions) by decapitation, because I was testing something, but he stood up and walked away 🤣😂🤣 so he's not... really... dead... kinda... he walks headless and sometimes I see his face rolling around in Jorrvaskr (because it warps with him whenever he enters a new room/loading screen)

[@GamingIsle]

Teldryn Sero just holds a special place in my heart, works with any playstyle and has such a cool story whilst still having a shroud of mystique around the character. My personal GOAT

[@Arcaman2000]

Marcurio is very special too, if you haven't noticed he's using the correct spell depending on the enemy. Which means he will use frost damages against flame atronach, flame against trolls, etc.