YOUR GANG: companion guide

Covers abilities, basic combat, weapons, and armor for every recruitable companion and Brad.

LEADER OF THE PACK

This guide is for weapons, armors, buffs/debuffs, and abilities. It doesn't cover recruitment, where to buy items, or how to fight specific mobs.

Update: Added missing shawl to armor list. Fixed minor formatting typos in tables.

WHO SHOULD I BRING?

I'm not here to tell you that.

ABOUT ABILITY LISTS

Blank descriptions are vanilla single target physical attacks.
No mention of chance in description means guaranteed barring mob immunity.
Assume all abilities are single target unless otherwise mentioned.
"Improved" skills (ex. bore vs really bore) normally have a higher success percentage.

QUICK OVERVIEWS

I've included these to establish succinctly how the character operates. Please take my overviews with a grain of salt. All companions are beautiful in their own way. I do try to stick only to facts but do not have the time to use characters enough to be absolutely sure.

TYPES OF ARMOR

HEAD: Hat, bald, masks.
CHEST: Ponchos, shirts, pads, shawls, bare chest.
Some companions can use shields, all companions can use accessories.
In some circumstances, an item cannot be removed and thus no upgrades exist (ex: Tiger Man's tiger head, Garth's pencil.)

TIP: When deciding not to use a companion, strip them of their gear. Because accessories and shields cannot be bought, you can repurpose the gear for people you're actually using and sell off anything else.

TYPES OF WEAPONS

Wristbands, guns, bows, boomerangs, clubs, spears, whips, automatic weapons, knives, katanas. Novelty one of a kind weapons are: guitar, playing cards, pencil, duffel bag.

[BRAD] NOBODY

WEAPON: Wristbands.
ARMOR: Bald, ponchos.

QUICK OVERVIEW

Brad lacks the ability to heal, buff, or debuff but is excellent at stunlocking and taking advantage of oil set-ups. Horse stance has no CD or cost and thus can be used whenever, meaning you can spam his AOE trip ability to keep mobs on the ground. Because of his past Joy use, he tends to go into withdrawl at the worst possible time in which case I suggest sleeping it off.

I have included the move sets for his various degrees of armedness. Once you lose both your arms, you lose the ability to dial combo and all abilities must be activated from the skill window. He will also no longer be able to equip wristbands because they're called wristbands and not anklebands, I guess.

TWO ARM ABILITIES

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
2	Buster Punches
3	Surprise Attack	Chance to stun.
5	Fire Ball	Fire element.
6	Dropkick
7	Machine Gun Fist
8	Horse Stance	Brad only, restores SP.
10	Tackle	Chance to trip.
12	Fire Ball 2	Fire element.
13	Head Slide	Chance to trip.
15	Headbutt	Chance to stun.
18	Fire Ball 3	Fire element.
20	Cannonball
22	Fire Ball 4	Fire element.
24	Charging Headbutt	Chance to stun.
25	Homerun Head Slide	AOE, chance to trip.

SINGLE ARM ABILITIES

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
3	Surprise Attack	Chance to stun.
5	Fire Ball	Fire element.
6	Dropkick
7	Pea Gun Fist
8	Horse Stance	Brad only, restores SP.
10	Tackle	Chance to trip.
12	Fire Ball 2	Fire element.
13	Head Slide	Chance to trip.
15	Headbutt	Chance to stun.
18	Fire Ball 3	Fire element.
20	Cannonball
22	Fire Ball 4	Fire element.
24	Charging Headbutt	Chance to stun.
25	Homerun Head Slide	AOE, chance to trip.

NO ARM ABILITIES

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
5	Fire Ball	Fire element.
6	Dropkick
8	Horse Stance	Brad only, restores SP.
10	Tackle	Chance to trip.
12	Fire Ball 2	Fire element.
13	Head Slide	Chance to trip.
15	Headbutt	Chance to stun.
18	Fire Ball 3	Fire element.
20	Cannonball
22	Fire Ball 4	Fire element.
24	Charging Headbutt	Chance to stun.
25	Homerun Head Slide	AOE, chance to trip.

[TERRY] HINT LORD

"Here's a hint, you suck. I rule."
WEAPON: Wristbands.
ARMOR: Shirts.
DESCRIPTION: A lonely man who puts his heart and soul into his hints. He'd be a real asset if he wasn't so weak.

QUICK OVERVIEW

Single target. Weak debuffs. Guaranteed rage, can heal a single target to full. Use cool pose to keep Terry alive. Can restore SP (rare.)

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Little Cheer	Single target heal.
3	Verbal Bash	Chance to cry or pss off.
4	Inform	Single target SP gain.
5	Knuckle Drop!
6	Cheer!	Single target heal.
7	Cool Pose	Terry only, chance to buff cool.
9	Hype Up!	Buffs rage.
12	Big Knuckle Drop
14	Sailing Knuckle
16	Hot Dance
18	Weather Alert	Chance to trip.
20	Big Bad Knuckle Drop
21	Super Cool Pose	Terry only, chance to buff super cool.
22	The Last Cheer!	Single target, full health, debuff cry.
23	Soaring Knuckle
24	Knuckle Voyage
25	The Hottest Dance

[NERN] ORATOR

"My sweet wife, God rest her soul..."
WEAPON: Handgun.
ARMOR: Bald, shawl.
DESCRIPTION: The self proclaimed historian of his time. He talks a lot.

QUICK OVERVIEW

Single target heal, can help kickstart TP users at beginning of fight. I never had any luck with his debuffs. Can restore SP (rare.)

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Discuss Techniques	Single target TP gain.
4	Discuss Powers	Single target SP gain.
6	Ghost Story	No dmg, chance to scare.
8	Finger Beam
12	Discuss Health	Single target heal.
14	Finger Beam 2
15	Insult	No dmg, chance to pss off.
16	True Ghost Story	No dmg, chance to scare.
17	Bore	Chance to sleep.
18	Finger Beam 3
19	Finger Beam 4
20	Dirty Insult	No dmg, chance to pss off.
21	Really Bore	Chance to sleep.
23	Finger Beam 5
25	Finger Beam 6

[ROOSTER] CHANTICLEER

"Goldie..."
WEAPON: Wristband.
ARMOR: Poncho.
DESCRIPTION: A hard edged man with little concern for the outside world.

QUICK OVERVIEW

No heals, two physical AOEs, only one debuff type with percentages far lower than comparable abilities Brad has. Looks like a grown up version of the kid from Scribblenauts.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	C ck Blast
2	Rolling Gale	Chance to stun.
4	C ck Blast 2
6	Rustle Dropkick
9	Rolling Hail	Chance to stun.
13	Rooster Storm	AOE
15	Rolling Hurricane	Chance to stun.
17	C ck Blast 3
20	Hustle Dropkick
22	C ck Blast 4
23	Rooster Apocalypse	AOE
25	Bustle Dropkick

[OLAN] BOWSMAN

"Victory is like a fine whiskey..."
WEAPON: Bow.
ARMOR: Hat, shawl.
DESCRIPTION: A generally reserved man. He handles his bow as well as he handles his liquor, superbly.

QUICK OVERVIEW

No heals, single target, uses TP. Vantage Point helps survivability. Smoky Bow and Blood Bow weapons have chance to debuff (blind, bleed respectively.)

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Big Shot
3	Vantage Point	Olan only, increases evade.
5	Bomb Arrow	Fire element.
10	Rapid Arrow
13	Poison Arrow	Chance to poison.
15	Big Bomb Arrow	Fire element.
20	Deep Poison Arrow	Chance to deep poison.
22	Mega Big Shot
25	Mega Rapid Arrow

[RAGE] LUCHADOR

"My head is iron! IRON BABY!"
WEAPON: Wristband.
ARMOR: Mask, shawl.
DESCRIPTION: An energetic ex pro-wrestler known for his devastating headbutts. El Rage always puts the battle first, and his health second. He has high speed and attack, but somewhat low defense.

QUICK OVERVIEW

Dial combo. No support skills, only one debuff skill with low percentage chance, and one elemental skill.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Head Rush
3	Missle Headbutt
5	Running Splash
7	Tackle Rush	Chance to trip.
11	Running Geyser	Fire element.
13	Massive Head Rush
19	Meteor Elbow Drop
22	Final Head Rush
25	Astro Elbow Drop

[BEASTBORN] WILDMAN

WEAPON: Whip.
ARMOR: Hat, shirt, pads, shield.
DESCRIPTION: A man raised by animals. He has become your companion due to your display of dominance.

QUICK OVERVIEW

No heals, no buffs, uses TP. If you can keep him alive, he has great high percentage mob control and varied debuffs. Cheap to maintain as he only has 2 weapons in game. Despite burning, Deer Bomb is not fire based.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Critter Bite	Debuffs weird.
3	Paralyzing Whip	Chance to paralyze.
6	Stampede
9	Deer Toss
12	Whip Flurry
14	Critter Clamp	Stat decrease for 3 turns.
16	Big Stampede	AOE
18	Deer Driver	Chance to stun.
20	Bite	Chance to poison.
22	Deer Bomb	Chance to burn.
23	Big Bite	Chance to deep poison.
24	Big Deer Driver	Chance to stun.
25	Final Deer Driver	Chance to stun.

[MAD DOG] BARBARIAN

"Sorry son."
WEAPON: Club.
ARMOR: Hat, pads.
DESCRIPTION: A boring man. It's hard to tell what he's capable of. He sure can take a hit though.

QUICK OVERVIEW

Single target, uses TP. Glass cannon with high percentage rates to DoT mobs. Works best with a companion who can cast oil.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
5	Fireball	Fire element, chance to burn.
5	Taunt	Gain 25 TP at the risk of your life.
10	Nail Comb	Chance to bleed.
16	Big Fireball	Fire element, chance to burn.
20	Nail Rake	Chance to bleed.
25	Hellball	Fire element, chance to burn.

[FARDY] TRUCK DRIVER

"I'm unhappy with my figure..."
WEAPON: Club.
ARMOR: Bare chest.
DESCRIPTION: A middle-aged man stripped of his masculinity.

QUICK OVERVIEW

AOE one trick pony, suffers from depression which cripples his stats. Percentage chance to trip among first three ranks of Truck Slam are actually all the same. Doubles at rank 4.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Weep	Fardy only, debuff cry.
1	Truck Slam	Chance to trip.
15	Truck Slam 2	Chance to trip.
20	Truck Slam 3	Chance to trip.
25	Truck Slam 4	Chance to trip.

[PERCY] PUSHOVER

"Do you like spiders? Not me..."
WEAPON: Boomerang.
ARMOR: Bald, shawl.
DESCRIPTION: Joined you after a destiny deciding bowel movement. He's just a regular guy.

QUICK OVERVIEW

Single target heals though doesn't get his "good" heal until way too late. Pair with an oil debuff companion. Guaranteed burn debuff.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Body Splash
2	Encourage	Single target heal.
10	Fire Ball	Fire element, burning.
15	Big Body Splash
20	Encourage Greatly	Single target heal.
25	Big Fire Ball	Fire element, burning.

[BUCKETS] PISTOLEER

WEAPON: Handgun.
ARMOR: Shawl, poncho.
DESCRIPTION: He wears a paint can on his head.

QUICK OVERVIEW

Single target, no support abilities, only one debuff. Dual wields handguns.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
5	Coin Flick	Chance to scare.
10	Bullet Tap
15	Clip Dump
20	Bullet Shuffle
21	Bullet Tornado
22	Bullet Dance
23	Heads or Tails
24	Bullet Ballet

[GARTH] ARTIST

"Death... A true work of art..."
WEAPON: Pencil (novelty.)
ARMOR: Mask, bare chest.
DESCRIPTION: A wandering artist. It's unclear what his motives are, but he really likes to draw dirty stuff.

QUICK OVERVIEW

Single target, no heals but OK support if you can keep him alive. Use Uncomfortable Drawing on him to increase survivability. Guaranteed: multi-debuff cleanse, pssed off. High percentage chance for everything else. Drawings do no damage.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Dirty Stab (normal attack)	Chance to poison.
1	Risky Drawing	Buffs ATK.
10	Uncomfortable Drawing	Buffs DEF.
15	Agreeable Drawing	Single target, enemy only, removes blind, confusion, depression, paralysis, scared, and weird.
18	Questionable Drawing	Debuff pssed.
20	Perplexing Drawing	Chance to confuse.
21	Unspeakable Drawing	Chance to stun.
23	Artistic Discussion	Chance to sleep.
25	Creepy Drawing	Chance to scare.

[GEESE] AVIOON

"Victory? Or misery?"
WEAPON: Wristbands.
ARMOR: Shawl, poncho, shirt.
DESCRIPTION: What kind of man lies beneath all these feathers? He speaks only in riddles and rhymes.

QUICK OVERVIEW

Single target, no heal, poison debuffs. Only character with true Animal-type attacks (Beastborn and Yazan's Animal attacks are still physical based.)

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
5	Super Peck
10	Ultra Peck
13	Poison Peck	No dmg, chance to poison.
17	Hyper Peck
20	Magnificent Peck
21	Deep Poison Peck	No dmg, chance to deep poison.
22	Paralyzing Peck	No dmg, chance to paralyze.
23	Flightless Bird

[CARP] CUTTHROAT

"Gaaarglagleeglah."
WEAPON: Knife.
ARMOR: Bare chest.
DESCRIPTION: Not much is known about this... Man?

QUICK OVERVIEW

Single target, single hit, no support skills really. Fever River is the only multi-hit attack Carp has. Poison Mist doesn't actually do any initial damage, unlike Olan's poisoning abilities. So you can end up using it, have it fail and see nothing for your effort.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Fever River
1	Hectic Waver
10	Raging Sprinkle
13	Poison Mist	No dmg, chance to poison.
17	Wrist Slash	Debuff ATK and S.ATK.
20	Ankle Slash	Debuff AGI and LUCK.
22	Fever River 2
24	Fever River 3
25	Deep Poison Mist	No dmg, chance to deep poison.

[BO] BARD

"Play on boys, play on."
WEAPON: Guitar (novelty.)
ARMOR: Shawl.
DESCRIPTION: A loving man. His lack of musical ability allows him to create strange powerful songs...

QUICK OVERVIEW

Bo is amazing support if you can keep him alive and his SP bar filled. No direct damage abilities so spam Guard while you wait for buffs to wear off to conserve SP on your way to bosses.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Screeching Call	AOE, chance to bleed.
10	Unhearable Call	AOE, debuffs weird.
10	God's Call	Heals party.
12	Siren's Call	Removes all debuffs.
15	Dullard's Call	AOE, chance to sleep.
20	Hell's Call	AOE, chance to scare.
25	Muscle Call	Ironbody on party.

[HARVEY] LAWYER

"Justice, baby!"
WEAPON: Automatic weapon.
ARMOR: Hat, bare chest.
DESCRIPTION: A shifty Fishman lawyer. For whatever reason he speaks great English, but not Fishman...

QUICK OVERVIEW

Single target, can't heal, OK debuff support. Awful companion to have if you're running oil + fire for obvious reasons.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Water Gun	Removes burning.
1	Soak	Removes burning, confusion, hangover, scared, weird.
10	Slander	Chance to cry, bleed, pss off, scare.
14	Wrongful Accusation	Chance to bleed, confuse.
17	Water Gun 2	Removes burning.
20	Restraining Order	Chance to bleed, paralyze.
22	Legal Jargon	Chance to bleed, sleep.
25	Water Gun 3	Removes burning.

[RT] WILDCARD

"Huh?"
WEAPON: Duffel bag (novelty.)
ARMOR: Hat, poncho, shirt.
DESCRIPTION: One wild ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

QUICK OVERVIEW

Single target, no heals. A lot of debuff choices with high percentage success. Cheap to equip, like Beastborn.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Bag Fire	Fire element, chance to burn.
10	Bag of What?	No dmg, debuffs weird.
13	Savage Elbow
14	Bag Flames	Fire element, chance to burn.
15	Bag Flash	No dmg, chance to blind.
16	Sleeper Hold	Chance to sleep.
17	Savage Elbow 2
18	Bag of Yuck	No dmg, chance to deep poison.
19	Bag Inferno	Fire element, chance to burn.
20	Savage Elbow 3
25	Nightmare Hold	Chance to sleep.

[QUEEN] QUEEN BEE

"Damn straight."
WEAPON: Club.
ARMOR: Hat, shawl, pads, bare chest.
DESCRIPTION: The seasoned leader of the Bees. Does not put up with ♥♥♥♥.

QUICK OVERVIEW

Single target, no support or debuff skills, chance to stun is incredibly low. Relies on multiple hits to create big damage. Look into equipping him with clubs that have debuff properties to take advantage of this.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
10	Threaten	Chance to extort (doubles magazines.)
12	Beatdown
15	Homerun KO	Chance to stun.
20	Big Beatdown
25	Final Beatdown

[CLINT] CASANOVA

"Gutter trash."
WEAPON: None.
ARMOR: Bare chest.
DESCRIPTION: This man is all looks. Many consider him the most handsome man left on Earth. His strength is equal to his beauty... You do the math on that.

QUICK OVERVIEW

Dial combo. Like a crappier Brad because he has no ability to replenish SP and chance to trip is lower.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Needle Shower
1	Thigh Cracker	Chance to paralyze.
10	Magnificent Pose	No dmg, AOE chance to blind.
15	Desperado Kick	AOE, chance to trip.
16	Needle Typhoon
17	Ravishing Point
18	Thigh Crusher	Chance to paralyze.
19	Great Desperado Kick	AOE, chance to trip.
20	Ravishing Knife
21	Thigh Crippler	Chance to paralyze.
22	Final Desperado Kick	AOE, chance to trip.
23	Burning Eagle	Fire element, chance to burn.
24	Needle Tsunami

[AJEET] PLAYBOY

"Hmph."
WEAPON: Wristbands.
ARMOR: Hat, shirt.
DESCRIPTION: This man's heart is almost as big as he is. A true wizard with his fingers, Ajeet is a force to be reckoned with.

QUICK OVERVIEW

Single target, no heals, offensive abilities burn through SP like crazy. None of his punjabi poke techniques use SP luckily and all have high percentage chance to apply.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Hush	No dmg, debuffs wary.
1	Needle	No dmg, chance to weird.
1	Gouge	No dmg, chance to blind.
1	Sear	No dmg, chance to burn.
3	Rocket Piercer
6	Finger Beam
10	Space Hammer
13	Rocket Skewer
15	Finger Beam 2
18	Universe Hammer
20	Rocket Impaler
22	Finger Beam 3
24	Abyssal Hammer
25	Falling Tree

[BIRDIE] DRUNKARD

"Joey... Jimmy... I miss you boys.
WEAPON: Wristbands.
ARMOR: Hat, poncho.
DESCRIPTION: A sad, silly drunkard.

QUICK OVERVIEW

Uses TP, only companion with TP-based group heal?, guaranteed oily cast imperative to an oil + fire set-up. Pass Out will save him in a lot of circumstances and being a TP character, you can basically spam group heal with no worry.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Drinks on Me!	Single target, buffs drunk.
1	Drunkard Tumble
10	Gasoline Spit	No dmg, debuffs oily, chance to blind.
12	Drunkard Tumble 2
14	Secret Stash	Heals party.
16	Drunkard Tumble 3
19	Pass Out	Birdie only, recovers full health, chance to hangover.
22	Lil Diddy	Removes crying, confusion, scared, weird, pssed, wary.
24	Drunkard Tumble 4

[YAZAN] CAT SHEPARD

"That's a blushing crow to my heart..."
WEAPON: Katana which means "Japanese sword."
ARMOR: Hat, poncho.
DESCRIPTION: The self-proclaimed Shepherd of Cats. He's searching for the rumored Cat Haven.

QUICK OVERVIEW, M'LADY

Single target, can heal self, AOE AGI is whatever. Has a guaranteed bleed.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Three Wishes
1	Lioness' Fury	Debuffs bleed.
5	Fluffy Wuffy	No dmg, chance to paralyze.
10	Purrfect	Entire party, buffs AGI.
15	Curse Slash	Chance to scare.
17	Cat Lick	Yazan only, heal.
19	Wrath of the Wind	Debuffs AGI.
20	Bad Mews	Stat decrease for 3 turns.
23	Blood-stained Blade	Self, gain SP.
25	Judgment

[JACK] MAGICIAN

"How did you... Are you a magician?!"
WEAPON: Playing cards (novelty.)
ARMOR: Hat, shirt.
DESCRIPTION: A travelling magician. Problem is, he's terrible at magic...

QUICK OVERVIEW

Basically a fire mage. Has AOE. Magic Hat is a strange ability that will result in something random happening. It can do damage, debuff, or nothing.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Trick Card	Chance to burn.
7	Juggle	AOE, chance to burn.
10	Magic Hat
15	Levitate	Chance to scare.
17	Magic Hat 2
19	Mystic Juggle	AOE, chance to burn.
20	Magic Hat 3
23	Wizardly Juggle	AOE, chance to burn.
23	Magic Hat 4

[TIGER MAN] DOJO BUSTER

WEAPON: Spear.
ARMOR: Poncho.
DESCRIPTION: A strange man whose only desire is fighting the strongest of fighters.

QUICK OVERVIEW

Dial combo. Single target, specializes in bleeding and nothing else. Despite having a tiger's head, none of his attacks are Animal-type (unlike Geese.)

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
15	Double Swipe	Chance to bleed.
20	Pinwheel Slash	Chance to bleed.
21	Wood Peckr Pokes	Chance to bleed.
22	Fly Swatter	Chance to bleed.
23	Paintbrush	Chance to bleed.
24	Red Tide	Debuffs bleed.

[FLY] CART MASTER

"I'm the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ coolest!"
WEAPON: Automatic weapon.
ARMOR: Mask, shirt.
DESCRIPTION: A punkass jerk who loves cart racing. He has a sassy tongue and smelly body.

QUICK OVERVIEW

Fly is like a walking marlboro. Perpetually stinky. No heals but high chance to trip. Puke is a gamble.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Cart Slam	AOE, chance to trip.
17	Cart Slam 2	AOE, chance to trip.
19	Puke	No dmg, chance to debuff a bunch of things.
21	Cart Slam 3	AOE, chance to trip.
23	Super Puke	No dmg, chance to debuff a bunch of things.
25	Cart Slam 4	AOE, chance to trip.

[OLLIE] GREASER

"What a terrible investment!"
WEAPON: Automatic weapon.
ARMOR: Hat, shirt.
DESCRIPTION: A sweaty business owner who's lost it all. He suffers from depression...

QUICK OVERVIEW

Chance to proc debuffs on his AOEs seems incredibly low. Powders and bleeds seem reliable though. Is depressive like Fardy.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Dancing Serpent	AOE, chance to trip and scare.
5	Bullet Saw	Chance to bleed.
10	Dancing Dragon	AOE, chance to trip and scare.
15	Weird Powder	No dmg, chance to weird.
17	Flash Powder	No dmg, chance to blind.
20	Bullet Guillotine	Chance to bleed.
21	Dancing Devil	AOE, chance to trip and scare.
23	Sleep Powder	No dmg, chance to sleep.
25	Sister's Kiss	Debuffs crying and depression, chance to scare.

[SHOCKLORD] PRO WRESTLER

"Sorry for holding you back and screwing up so much..."
WEAPON: None.
ARMOR: Mask, shirt, shawl, pads, bare chest.
DESCRIPTION: A powerful man prone to making mistakes after a life altering ring entrance.

QUICK OVERVIEW

You expected nothing and you were still let down.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Big Shock!

[SONNY] SCHIZO-WRESTLER

"HARVEY! ... Are you sure?"
WEAPON: None.
ARMOR: Bare chest.
DESCRIPTION: A former wrestler exiled for his violent, insane behavior. His only friend is his dog Harvey...

QUICK OVERVIEW

Uses TP, single target, not great at support, can't heal. Stun and scare chance is super low.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Lights Out	Chance to stun.
5	Flail
10	Frogsplash
15	Scary Clothesline	Chance to cry and scare.
17	Bear Hug	Chance to stun.
20	Terrifying Clothesline	Chance to cry and scare.
21	Senton Bomb
23	Hideous Clothesline	Chance to cry and scare.
25	Lights Out Forever	Chance to stun.

[BUFFALO] SPORTSMAN

"This is more ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ than that bum call in '82!"
WEAPON: Wristbands.
ARMOR: Pads.
DESCRIPTION: A former football player. He played so rough, that he lost his eye on the field...

QUICK OVERVIEW

Uses TP, single target, no support skills. Guaranteed burning, high chance for stun but both abilities that do this require you to level him to 25. Patriot Exploder is not fire element despite burning.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	American Tornado
15	Savage Rush
20	Boulder Screw
22	Barbaric Rush
25	Lumberjack Tackle	Chance to trip.
25	Rubble Screw
25	Satan Rush
25	Mountain Screw
25	Patriot Exploder	Debuffs burning.

[CRISP] SWORDSMAN

WEAPON: Sword bundle (novelty.)
ARMOR: Shawl.
DESCRIPTION: A true warrior. He's only with you because you've taken his lover hostage.

QUICK OVERVIEW

Single target, guaranteed burning, high chance to bleed. I bet you feel silly for keeping Toby hostage right now.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Million Cutter	Chance to bleed.
1	Hot Cutter	Debuffs burning, chance to bleed.
1	Wet Cutter	Water element, debuffs burning for some reason, chance to bleed.

[D.CK] PARTY BOY

"I'm like... A party swan, and dude... I gotta soar, man."
WEAPON: Boomerang.
ARMOR: Mask, shawl.
DESCRIPTION: A middle-aged man who really loves to party. He's typically hungover.

QUICK OVERVIEW

TP user, can start self off with fast TP gain, chance to trip is very low, so-so support though "Party mode" buffs ATK, S.ATK, AGI, and LUCK. Thrusts hit multiple times.

LEVEL	NAME	EFFECT
1	Machine Gun Thrust
1	Party Foul	Chance to stun.
11	Gainer
14	Headspin	AOE, chance to trip.
16	Party Time!	No dmg, chance to put party in party mode.
19	Party Pose	Self, gain TP.
20	Rager Pose	Self, gain TP.
22	Big Machine Gun Thrust
23	Perfect Headspin	AOE, chance to trip.
25	Final Party Time!	No dmg, puts everyone in party mode.

ADDENDUM

HEALERS

Single target healers:
Terry, Nern, Percy.
AOE healers:
Bo, Birdie.
Self-healers:
Yazan, Birdie.

CLEANSERS

AOE:
Bo.
Single target:
Harvey, Birdie, Garth (enemy only.)

SELF SUFFICIENT

There are a few companions who can restore TP/SP. This can be useful during long treks through areas or if you've no restorative items.
D.ck: Can restore TP, self-only.
Nern: Can restore TP, SP.
Terry: Can restore SP.
Mad Dog: Can restore TP, self-only, taunts.
Yazan: Can restore SP, self-only.
And of course, Brad can restore his own SP.

DIAL COMBOS

Always manually enter skill combos. When you enter combos with the dial system, you are hitting the mob for as many letters are involved plus the skill itself.

OIL + FIRE COMBO

While I wouldn't say that oil and fire is overpowered, I will say that there are no mobs to my knowledge who are resistant or immune to oily debuff. That makes it the most reliable ability to have. And while some mobs are resistant to burning, that has no bearing on their fire weakness when oily. The caveat to running this combination is that there is only one companion who can cast oily: Birdie.

WHAT ABOUT WATER?

There are only two companions (Harvey, Crisp) who have water-based attacks and about as many mobs who are actually inately vulnerable to it. There is no ability that modifies water's usefulness.

ANIMAL ELEMENT

Geese is the only companion with pure animal-element attacks. There are mobs who are weak to animal attacks (Man's Worst Friend) and mobs who are resistant to physical attacks (Oak Tree Steve.) I'm also of the mind that Ironbody buff only applies resist to physical damage, not animal damage. The only mobs who are resistant to animal damage are the Blood tribe and actual animals (snakes, squirrels, spiders, deer.)

JOY USERS

These are companions that I believe by default have addictions to Joy and are susceptible to withdrawal. I did not include this on their character sections because I'm not really sure anyone cares.

• Carp
  
• D.ck
  
• Tiger Man
  
• Queen
  
• Clint
  
• Buckets

BUFFS AND DEBUFFS

NAME	EFFECT
SCARED STUNNED FALLEN CONFUSION	can't perform actions
OILY	WEAK to fire
WITHDRAWAL	MINUS to EVERYTHING
BLIND	MINUS to HIT
WARY	MINUS to DEF
WEIRD	MINUS to ATK & DEF
CRY	MINUS to HIT
DEPRESSION	MINUS to ATK, DEF, AGI
PSSED	MINUS to HIT PLUS to CRIT will autoattack anyone
DRUNK	MINUS to HIT, EVADE PLUS to CRIT, ATK, DEF, LUCK
HANGOVER	MINUS to HIT, EVADE PLUS to CRIT
IRONBODY	PLUS RESIST to PHYSICAL ATTACKS
STINK	PLUS to EVADE
RAGE	PLUS to CRIT
JOY	PLUS to CRIT, DEF
COOL	REGENS HEALTH
SUPER COOL	REGENS HEALTH AND SP

ITEMS that BUFF/DEBUFF/PURGE

Most of these cannot be bought from a merchant.

ITEM	EFFECT
TISSUE	Removes crying, blind.
JOY	Removes depression, withdrawl.
CIGARETTE	Removes poison.
BOTTLE OF WATER	Removes hangover, burning, weird, scared, confusion.
BOTTLE OF DIRTY WATER	Chance to poison.
POTATO LIQUOR PARTY LIQUOR ONION VODKA OLATHIAN WHISKEY	Adds drunk.
NUGGET	Adds stink.

ARMOR AND WEAPON LIST

Here is a list of all equippable items. I have included prices for items that can be bought from a merchant. Check my other guide to find the specific merchants. Items at beginning of list with no price tend to be default equipment on companions. Also I did not keep notes for boss drops or item finds unfortunately.

TIP: Use the Shift key to cycle through your gang when buying weapons and armor.

- WEAPONS

NAME	DETAIL	PRICE
Sweaty Wristbands	+2 ATK	--
Hint Lord Sweatbands	+3 ATK	--
Wool Wristbands	+5 ATK	44
Red Armbands	+8 ATK	41
All-star Bands	+13 ATK	48
Studded Bands	+35 ATK, -8 AGI	Desert Village
Cotton Wristbands	+38 ATK	55
Queen Bands	+50 ATK, +5 AGI	121

NAME	DETAIL	PRICE
Wooden Bow	+2 ATK	--
Longbow	+14 ATK, +4 AGI	20
Hunting Bow	+18 ATK	34
Smoky Bow	+23 ATK, chance to blind	48
Gwyn's Bow	+31 ATK, +30 LUCK	51
Bone Bow	+40 ATK, +7 AGI	56
Blood Bow	+60 ATK, +7 AGI, chance to bleed	66
Martlo Bow	+60 ATK, +21 AGI, -5 LUCK	Dismal Island

NAME	DETAIL	PRICE
Suzi	+6 ATK	--
Potato Peeler	+12 ATK, +5 S.ATK	44
Pisler	+19 ATK, +5 S.ATK	55
Luckluster	+23 ATK, +5 S.ATK, -20 LUCK	67
Tuesday Morning	+34 ATK, +10 S.ATK	82
Crimson Tide	+45 ATK	111, Dismal Island
Grenada 9	+52 ATK	130
Dandy Boy	+70 ATK, +11 AGI	Resort Island

NAME	DETAIL	PRICE
Revolver	+3 ATK	--
Pea Shooter	+9 ATK, +5 S.ATK	34
Show Stopper	+13 ATK	45
Nosey	+20 ATK, +5 S.ATK	56
Peacemaker	+23 ATK, +10 S.ATK	67
The Ruler	+28 ATK	78
Sunsetter	+33 ATK, +33 LUCK	win Russian Roulette
Snubby	+45 ATK, +16 AGI	144/Resort Island

NAME	DETAIL	PRICE
Butter Knife	+23 ATK, +4 AGI, chance to bleed	--
Rusty Knife	+23 ATK, +5 AGI, chance to bleed and poison	Brad's Home
Machete	+34 ATK, +6 AGI, chance to bleed	56
Switchblade	+50 ATK, +12 AGI, chance to bleed	67
Combat Knife	+76 ATK, +12 AGI, chance to bleed	41

NAME	DETAIL	PRICE
Wushu Spear	+4 ATK, +4 AGI	--
Sharpened Curtain Rod	+8 ATK	87
Mighty Spear	+13 ATK, +3 AGI	132

NAME	DETAIL	PRICE
Broken Boomerang	+13 ATK, +5 AGI	--
Wooden Boomerang	+17 ATK, +7 AGI	33
Decent Boomerang	+20 ATK, +14 AGI	50

NAME	DETAIL	PRICE
Sabre	+14 ATK, +4 AGI, chance to bleed	--
Eastern Blade	+22 ATK, +4 AGI, chance to bleed	88

NAME	DETAIL	PRICE
Whip	+12 ATK, +4 AGI	--
Extension Cord	+19 ATK	44
Adventure Whip	+25 ATK	77

NAME	DETAIL	PRICE
Dry Stick	+4 ATK	--
Spiked Club	+6 ATK, chance to bleed	area one exit
Wet Stick	+10 ATK, +4 AGI	-51
Wooden Bat	+15 ATK	31
Big Zinger	+17 ATK, +3 AGI, fire element	37
Metal Bat	+19 ATK, chance to bleed	41
Chopping Axe	+20 ATK, chance to bleed	45
Head Rocker	+20 ATK, chance to stun	46
Nail Bat	+24 ATK	65
Sluginator	+30 ATK	78
The Homer	+39 ATK, +20 LUCK, -10 AGI, chance to trip	--

Novelty Weapons

• Guitar
  
• Pencil
  
• Playing Cards
  
• Duffel Bag
  
• Sword Bundle

- ARMOR

Accessories and shields cannot be bought.

-- HEAD SLOT

NAME	DETAIL	PRICE
Sunscreen	+7 DEF, +3 S.DEF	12
Deluxe Sunscreen	+14 DEF, +9 S.DEF	50
Hair-Gro	+23 DEF, +23 S.DEF, +2 ATK, +2 S.ATK, +6 LUCK	Black Ranger
Hyper Hair-Gro	+28 DEF, +30 S.DEF, +8 ATK, +2 S.ATK, +5 AGI, +6 LUCK	Columbo

NAME	DETAIL	PRICE
Worn Helmet	+8 DEF, +5 S.DEF, -1 AGI	12
Horrace's Hardhat	+22 DEF	Horrace
Turban	+3 DEF, +13 S.DEF	--
Straw Hat	+6 DEF, +4 S.DEF, +1 LUCK	--
Businessy Hat	+7 DEF, +5 S.DEF, +1 ATK, +1 S.ATK, -2 LUCK	--
Fisherman's Hat	+11 DEF, +5 S.DEF, +3 AGI, immune to cool	--
Dandy Hat	+32 DEF, +32 S.DEF, -4 AGI	50
Winter Cap	+8 DEF, +9 S.DEF	--
Mid-Life Crisis Hat	+12 DEF, +9 S.DEF, +4 ATK, +4 S.ATK, -18 LUCK	33
Football Helmet	+23 DEF, +5 S.DEF, -4 AGI	--

NAME	DETAIL	PRICE
Sweaty Mask	+1 ATK, +1 DEF	--
Pink Helmet	+7 DEF, +13 S.DEF, +2 AGI	--
Sparkly Mask	+20 DEF, +20 S.DEF	14
Black Helmet	+34 DEF, +34 S.DEF, +4 AGI	Black Ranger

-- CHEST SLOT

NAME	DETAIL	PRICE
Bare Chest	+1 ATK, +1 DEF	--
Oiled Chest	+4 ATK, +23 DEF	--

NAME	DETAIL	PRICE
Nipple Patch	+4 DEF	--
Football Pads	+5 DEF, +2 S.DEF, +2 AGI	7
Elite Pads	+11 DEF, +3 S.DEF	13
Skate Pads	+15 DEF, +8 S.DEF	22
Spiked Pads	+17 DEF, +5 S.DEF	26
Meaty Pads	+21 DEF, +6 S.DEF, -1 AGI	30
Turquoise Pads	+30 DEF, +15 S.DEF	40
USA Flag	+40 DEF, +40 S.DEF, +21 AGI	Seesaw Valley

NAME	DETAIL	PRICE
Itchy Poncho	+4 DEF	--
Buddy's Poncho	+5 DEF, +3 S.DEF, +5 LUCK	to area three
Leather Poncho	+7 DEF, +2 S.DEF, +2 AGI	--
Damp Poncho	+6 DEF, +4 S.DEF, -2 AGI, resist to burning	12
Shag Poncho	+13 DEF, +10 S.DEF, -4 AGI, flammable	16
Rain Poncho	+13 DEF, +10 S.DEF	17
Picnic Blanket	+15 DEF, +11 S.DEF, heal each turn	26
Greasy Poncho	+15 DEF, +11 S.DEF, +2 AGI, oily	26
Hawaiian Poncho	+18 DEF, +3 S.ATK, +26 S.DEF, +1 LUCK	31
Rando Poncho	+23 DEF, +14 S.DEF	pick up
Silk Poncho	+35 DEF, +35 S.DEF, +9 AGI, +5 LUCK	Resort Island

NAME	DETAIL	PRICE
Cheetah Jersey	+4 DEF, -2 LUCK	--
Drab Tank Top	+6 DEF, -1 AGI	11
Sweaty Shirt	+7 DEF	--
Cutoff Sweatshirt	+10 DEF, +16 AGI, chance for cool	--
Sports Jersey	+12 DEF, +9 AGI, -6 LUCK	24
Floral Shirt	+20 DEF	--
Lab Coat	+21 DEF, +34 S.DEF	Laboratory Basement
Fur Coat	+23 DEF, +3 S.DEF	26

NAME	DETAIL	PRICE
Dainty Shawl	+8 DEF, +1 S.DEF, +3 AGI	20
Childs Blanket	+15 DEF, +15 S.DEF, +3 AGI	21
Cotton Shawl	+10 DEF, +5 S.DEF, flammable	18
Trash Bag Shawl	+14 DEF, +5 AGI, stink	--
Plastic Tarp	+23 DEF, +23 S.DEF, -8 AGI	40
Ninja Scarf	+25 DEF, +18 S.DEF, +12 AGI	Public Bath
Grandma's Shawl	+50 DEF, +43 S.DEF, +7 S.ATK, -5 AGI	--

-- ACCESSORIES

Most accessories are default items on companions though some can be found lying on the ground.

NAME	DETAIL	Source
Stench	stinky	Beastborn, RT, Fly
Glasses	+1 DEF resist cool	a Treasure Hunter cave
Diary Entries	+1 AGI +1 LUCK	Terry
Lucky Feather	+6 S.ATK +3 LUCK	Geese
Karate Belt	+5 ATK +5 S.ATK +5 DEF +5 S.DEF +5 AGI	Crisp
Cat Paw	+10 AGI	Yazan
Denim Jeans	+1 ATK +3 S.ATK +2 DEF +1 AGI +10 LUCK	Shocklord, Clint
Cape	+12 DEF +12 S.DEF +12 AGI	Garth
Old Sock	+14 AGI stinky	Percy, Birdie, campfire random
Dead Flower	+10 LUCK	Brad
Nipple	+20 LUCK -4 everything else	Cut it off.
Locket	+4 DEF +2 AGI +30 LUCK	Laboratory?
Badass Belt Buckle	+33 DEF	Ajeet
Tag Team Title Belt	+6 ATK +22 S.ATK +22 DEF -12 AGI	Tag Team Championship
Eternal Title Belt	+11 ATK +33 S.ATK +33 DEF -12 AGI	Eternal Championship
Mike's Belt Buckle	+20 ATK +40 S.ATK +40 DEF +40 S.DEF	Devil's Machine

[Mr. Sex]

bro made carp sound like a worse olan. which now that i think abt it, kinda? if you can kickstart olan with tp i suppose he is better. but carp is more funny and endearing.

[Hebleh]

The only thing that sucks about this guide is that you have to scroll all the way down to get info on what makes certain party members good in synergies. That really should be brought up in character sections, like noteworthy oil and fire combos. Terry's big flame move working with Birdie isn't mentioned or brought up once

[chopper]

You forgot to mention the "Grandpas Shirt"

[CongenialVirus]

God bless you, first time I played this I ran joyless. And I lost all my arms. It was brutal. Jesus. This would have helped so much. I don't know how I won. Maybe it was just a bunch of beer bottles and gassoline?

[monday]

Glad people are still getting use out of this nearly ten year old guide.

[bloodthirsty]

This is incredible, whoever took the time to make this, you're incredible

[Galaxy]

Only problem with this guide is that Fardy's depression is purely cosmetic and doesn't really affect his stats (Might be a bug since Ollie's do reduce his stats)

[󠀡󠀡󠀡⁧⁧1x5x7]

Most amazing guide hands down.

[monday]

@watereaters: this guide was written five years ago, so I definitely don't remember anymore.

[Watereaters]

Did you not include Birdie in self sufficient on purpose since his TP recovery is weak?