Whos your go-to companion after rework

[juke]

And why?

[Razer]

Mostly still use Smeeta because of the affinity boost, but if I maxed that I go with whatever. There's so many options and they're all cool. Well I don't really use sentinels much though.

However I did notice that sentinels are far more accurate than moas with weapons for some reason. Weird. I like Moas.

I'm currently using Kubrows a lot, because I never really used them. Even though I have all of them.

[Wandering Flare]

Helios Prime with a Verglas Prime because I have half the codex left to scan and the Ordis skin perfectly captures the duality of it as it spots an unscanned enemy and in its attempt to be helpful annihilates that enemy before scanning it.

[Mooman]

Originally posted by Razer:

However I did notice that sentinels are far more accurate than moas with weapons for some reason. Weird. I like Moas.

Sentinels shoot down whereas Moa shoot up. They all try aim for headshots and why their accuracy varies considerably. Sentinels miss the head but can still hit the body for instance.

As for OPs question my companion varies depending on what frame I'm using. I can't remember all the breeds and special abilities so this'll be descriptive.

With Hildryn I use the Kubrow with the shield recharge. It is enough recharge to keep all the channeling going.

With melee characters such as Kullevo I like the Kubrow that has hunt and stalk, though I don't use stalk. That Kubrow is combat focused and with mods it helps boost combo count and keep me healthy. This also works with many of the other breeds.

For general play I use either a Hound with the spark ability and a weapon built with as many different damage types. With different mods that spark spreads status effects of those types all round the room. If there are also going to be a lot of Eximus it can weaken thier overshields.

Other general play I use Dethcube as it can provide both energy and health orbs with mods. Give it a weapon that never stops firing so it can 'tag' as many opponents as possible.

I also love Kubrows with the full Mecha set as it gives a target in the chaos and the status proc spread can be devastating.

There are many different situations where different companions excel. Sometimes it's just fun trying to work that out instead of going straight to the meta.

[AllergicToBrainRot]

Carrier prime with artax with clone bond mod. it freezes enemies all around me. keeps me alive even longer.

[Razer]

Originally posted by Mooman:

Originally posted by Razer:

However I did notice that sentinels are far more accurate than moas with weapons for some reason. Weird. I like Moas.

Sentinels shoot down whereas Moa shoot up. They all try aim for headshots and why their accuracy varies considerably. Sentinels miss the head but can still hit the body for instance.

As for OPs question my companion varies depending on what frame I'm using. I can't remember all the breeds and special abilities so this'll be descriptive.

With Hildryn I use the Kubrow with the shield recharge. It is enough recharge to keep all the channeling going.

With melee characters such as Kullevo I like the Kubrow that has hunt and stalk, though I don't use stalk. That Kubrow is combat focused and with mods it helps boost combo count and keep me healthy. This also works with many of the other breeds.

For general play I use either a Hound with the spark ability and a weapon built with as many different damage types. With different mods that spark spreads status effects of those types all round the room. If there are also going to be a lot of Eximus it can weaken thier overshields.

Other general play I use Dethcube as it can provide both energy and health orbs with mods. Give it a weapon that never stops firing so it can 'tag' as many opponents as possible.

I also love Kubrows with the full Mecha set as it gives a target in the chaos and the status proc spread can be devastating.

There are many different situations where different companions excel. Sometimes it's just fun trying to work that out instead of going straight to the meta.

Hi Mooman how've you been? That sucks about the Moas, but alright good to know.

Did I see that right and did they change respawns for sentinels? I've been gone for a while so I'm just getting used to all the changes.

[Adikos]

Originally posted by Wandering Flare:

Helios Prime with a Verglas Prime because I have half the codex left to scan and the Ordis skin perfectly captures the duality of it as it spots an unscanned enemy and in its attempt to be helpful annihilates that enemy before scanning it.

Why do you care about codex? It gives nothing.

[Razer]

Originally posted by Adikos:

Originally posted by Wandering Flare:

Helios Prime with a Verglas Prime because I have half the codex left to scan and the Ordis skin perfectly captures the duality of it as it spots an unscanned enemy and in its attempt to be helpful annihilates that enemy before scanning it.

Why do you care about codex? It gives nothing.

Adds enemies to simulacrum so you can test on enemies.

Other than that some people are completionists.

[tv]

Originally posted by Adikos:

Originally posted by Wandering Flare:

Helios Prime with a Verglas Prime because I have half the codex left to scan and the Ordis skin perfectly captures the duality of it as it spots an unscanned enemy and in its attempt to be helpful annihilates that enemy before scanning it.

Why do you care about codex? It gives nothing.

using helios sucks the fun out of scanning

[Dracon]

They're all good IMHO now with the beasties updated. Gives a wide variety to roll around with
The new weapon stances for Kubrows means I can take Huras Kubrow with Limbo and do Spy missions with ease, being invisible to cameras and motion sensors and intangible to laser wires and sensor fields

[Neko (^._.^)ﾉ]

Originally posted by Adikos:

Originally posted by Wandering Flare:

Helios Prime with a Verglas Prime because I have half the codex left to scan and the Ordis skin perfectly captures the duality of it as it spots an unscanned enemy and in its attempt to be helpful annihilates that enemy before scanning it.

Why do you care about codex? It gives nothing.

Why do you care about video games? it gives nothing.
People just love to do pointless things see?

[juke]

Originally posted by Neko (^._.^)ﾉ:

Originally posted by Adikos:

Why do you care about codex? It gives nothing.

Why do you care about video games? it gives nothing.
People just love to do pointless things see?

you have 1888 hours on this game why are you talking

[Kittenpox]

Originally posted by Wandering Flare:

Helios Prime with a Verglas Prime because I have half the codex left to scan and the Ordis skin perfectly captures the duality of it as it spots an unscanned enemy and in its attempt to be helpful annihilates that enemy before scanning it.

Mod config order:
1234
5678

1 = Investigator
8 = Targeting Receptor / Assault Mode.
2->7 = Vacuum, Vicious Bond, Guardian, Animal Instinct, (the mod that adds heat damage that I can't remember the name of), etc.

By putting Investigator in the first spot, Helios will prioritise scanning over doing murder. :-)

Edit: https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Vicious_Bond is for if you use Deconstructor weapon. If you use Veriglass, you'll want to pick other things - probably Momentous Bond.

[Neko (^._.^)ﾉ]

Originally posted by Gjallar:

Originally posted by Neko (^._.^)ﾉ:

Why do you care about video games? it gives nothing.
People just love to do pointless things see?

you have 1888 hours on this game why are you talking :FarceFace:

obviously i like to do things that are pointless too

[Ittrix]

Sentinels as a whole are capable of decent status priming and DPS at the same time. Helstrum primes groups better; Verglas has better DPS.

• Helios can throw armor stripping into the works since it has access to deconstructor (technically a melee weapon) and Vicious Bond. It's also got access to gladiator rush, if that's your thing. Also scanning. The weakpoint mod is meh.
  
• Diriga can take full advantage of manifold bond and momentous bond to spread status effects in a huge radius via Arc Coil (Hounds can do this too, if you prefer companions)
  
• Dethcube can generate extra energy orbs via Energy Generator.
  
• Nautilus can do grouping, and with manifold bond absolutely spam it. Moas can also do this, but not as well IMO.

As for the others...

• Panzer Vulpaphyla is good for healing through it's mini saryn skill and Hunter Recovery
  
• Sly Vulpaphyla can offer something similar to shield gating to shieldless frames (or for poison damage), and gives some extra damage reduction options via dodge.
  
• Huras Kubrows can offer permanent invisibility to pure caster frames. Shade's invisibility isn't permanent and breaks on most actions, iirc.
  
• Adarza Kavats give an additive crit bonus (amazing for things like Kuva Nukor).
  
• Chesa Kubrow is the new general farmer, since it offers a mini-desecrate.
  
• Smeetas are still great for affinity farming, and farming some specific rare resources, even after the charm nerf.

While all companions work thanks to the base changes, these ones all have precepts or features that make them slightly better than the alternatives IMO.
I don't think other companions are worth running over these outside of a couple very niche situations (though I'd love to be wrong about that and welcome suggestions).
They are listed in no particular order. If I had to pick a 'best' one it would likely be Nautilus. Grouping is OP.

[Wandering Flare]

Originally posted by tv:

Originally posted by Adikos:

Why do you care about codex? It gives nothing.

using helios sucks the fun out of scanning

Implying it's enjoyable whatsoever to begin with.

Originally posted by Kittenpox:

Mod config order:
1234
5678

1 = Investigator
8 = Targeting Receptor / Assault Mode.

Thanks, I'll try that.