Lann or Arueshalae?

[Gregorovitch]

Apparently I have a damsel in distress to rescue in Drezen's dungeon (who I assume is Aru, and leaving aside some comments I've seen questioning the "damsel" part of the equation). This would appear to give me something of a dilemma in the middle of the battle. Aru is also a bow demon from what I understand.

[Wraith]

Aru built properly is a monster indeed

[Khloros]

Aru, 100% aru.
Shes got WAY more stats then any other character and shes a monster at killing.
Shes also a great stealth, perception, and trickery monkey.

[For_Science!]

You can't go wrong with either; they're both great ranged damage dealers. Can't really advise you more specifically without knowing how you've built Lann.

Also, depending on your prior actions, Aru may or may not join you immediately; you might have to encounter her again in Act 3.

[Conquista]

you can use both but if you only want to use one archer, just turn lann into a zen archer 3 and rest into any wisdom based divine caster class like druid or cleric

[Koveras]

I strongly prefer Lann. Flurry of blows is better than rapid shot. He gets two useful chi abilities (an extra attack and one that improves change to hit, if I recall correctly, amongst others), better saving throws, and built in DR/ bypass. Plus he's pretty funny.

[Dalnar]

I turned Lann into Drovier (Druid) archer so kept both for different purpose.

[Miskatonic]

I usually take both. Lann is stronger and can be multi-classed, but Arueshalae is hotter. So it's a pretty tough call.

[Quacksalber]

Lann is way better for me. Aru basically always misses, though I probably build her wrong.

[Lex]

Lann is unironically a better cleric than Sosiel, or you can turn him into a druid to get an animal companion. Just put 3 levels in monk to use his WIS with bows.
As a pure archer, Arueshalae is just better in every way.

[Dixon Sider]

I think your supposed to murder Lann for being a little ♥♥♥♥♥

[Edstyles]

Lann obviously better since u get him as lv 1.

Aru is nice but no room for multi class nor does she provide much for the group aside from being hot ofc :)

[BigFloof]

Let me offer you a different perspective to the ones you have been given.
Solely as a ranged DPS, Arueshalae is slightly better.
However, Lann is a Zen Archer, which means, if you level it to 3, his main stat for attacking will be WIS. WIS is also the main stat for, among others, clerics. Lann makes an amazing cleric, especially if you decide to make him a buffer, and give him the domains Glory and Community. I also dipped him into ranger for a couple of levels. Lann singlehandedly grants my party more than 20 AB, namely with Guarded Hearth, Rangers Bond and Cleric buffs.
Add to that a Paladin/Freebooter Seelah, and there is virtually nothing you can't hit anymore in Unfair.

[LoneEagle]

I use both. I ended up dual classing them both also with animal companions / companion boon / archery skills. My party now has 4-5 animal companions which works great...lol :) Add that to my summons and I can have an army of fodder do my fighting for me while my main team just watches and relaxes.
They both use bows and sometimes end up killing things before we even get within melee range because they do OP damage very quickly. Lann is Zen Archer / Wandering Marksman and Aru is now Divine Hunter as her second class (forget the name of the first, something like espionage expert I think). My party is way OP and we ROFL stomp most mobs pretty quickly with party AI turned on. I gave Aru ranger bond also.
My other 4 are Oracle: Seeker, Seelah Paladin w/ freakishly powerful horse companion, Wuljif (triple classed rogue, fighter, demon slayer, dual weapon melee), and Ember (full witch with ascendant element lighting, stormlord gauntlets, healing / summoning)
Honestly though, I think my horse is my most powerful fighter....LMAO :) This game is pretty cool when it is working properly and not crashing or having too many immersion breaking bugs / glitches

[echoes222]

Aru is way more versatile.

[Gregorovitch]

My Lann is Zen Archer 1/Druid 7 at the moment. His Druid spells are useful and his leopard companion is very useful. However I was looking at this example build from Nerd Commando (a straight no-munchkin 20 level Ranger build):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_MTEp54JJg

the main point of this is her Quarry (which I have also just found pair of gloves to buff conveniently near the shrine), she has a regular bonus increases for favoured enemies such as Magic Demons and the like, and her Instant Enemy spell which advertises +10 AB buffs by the end game PLUS (and this is the big one) transferring a portion of that attack bonus party-wide if I understand this correctly.

Interested in any comments on that build for her.

On top of that she has insane stats (she is effectively a 69 point buy I believe) and has ridiculous good skills. A Succubus and a half one might say. The fact she's as hot af has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with this you understand.

Whatever, I'm not sure it's worth swapping her out for Lann during the Drezen siege action. But I've got a feeling she might insinuate her way into my party later when her Quarry and this Instant Enemy stuff comes on line from L11. She also releases me from having to have Camelia in the party with her trickery and whatnot. I could theoretically swap her out for Camiliia I guess but Camelia is such a good tank++.

Jeez, sometimes it's really, really difficult to choose between companions in this game. I mean right now I simply can't decide between Daerun and Solsiel.