Corvo and Emily: Which is better for High Chaos and which is better for Low Chaos?

[Tessa]

Just got the game and downloading it. Just wanted some opinions on which character would be better for a low chaos run and which one would be better for a high choas run.

Pretty much going in blind. No idea what powers Emily will have or the changes to Corvo's powers.

[Dustifier]

Emily is the best for low chaos in my opinion. You can just domino 4 enemies together and knock one out. She also has mesmerize and shadow walk.

Corvo for hight chaos.

But with that said, if you want ghost and clean hands i would still recommend corvo. His blink is 1000x times better than emilys since he can stop time and blink vast distances, or he can chain posess to get past people. Whilst emilys "blink" can make noice, isnt fully invisible or as long and accurate as corvos.

[ofcthatwaslag]

Adam Jensen.

[chickadeedeedee]

Emily for low chaos, loved her on my ghost run. I don't mind the slightly shorter blink and domino is too good, especially in combination with shadow walk, which obscures what would otherwise very direct approaches. Her powers seem like they'd be great for high-chaos too, but they still lean very much toward the quiet side.

Corvo's kit can go either way. He has generally the same powers from the last game, but the costs have changed along with some added tweaks/minor additions (he can get a stop-time blink like Daud's for example). He has a much better toolset for LOUD high-chaos runs than Emily (windblast, he has windblast, also RATS). And bend time + posession both have a lot of useful applications no matter how you're playing.

[Diablerie]

Dunno if one is better than the other, I mean it all boils down to playstyle. Corvo for example is just as adept at a low chaos run. Possession and passing from guard to guard to bypass trouble areas as well as walls of light, or heck, just freezing time altogether and passing by unnoticed. Just as much as Emily can be an efficient killer with the use of Domino. I mean mark 4 guards, a well timed dart to 1 and they all drop. It's even better when you take that talent that turns unaware targets to dust.

[Snackrat]

Either of them can do either, but I think I prefer Emily for HIgh Chaos and Corvo for Low. Unlike Blink, her Far Reach is visible, has a cast time, and doesn't STOP time (as well as cannot dash to air and be chained), so she can't ghost as effectively.

Emily is a lot of AoE control, managing many enemies at once. Corvo is more utility and 1v1. Both are fun, but Corvo's abilities are more about the world and Emily's are about the people in it, so she handles groups of hostile guards better.

[lesoo7]

I found Emily good for low chaos her far reach goes further than Corvo's blink. But you can do both with either ofc.

[Dustifier]

Originally posted by lesoo7:

I found Emily good for low chaos her far reach goes further than Corvo's blink. But you can do both with either ofc.

It doesnt go farther, maybe if you catapult yourself but the reach itself is far shorter than corvos blink

[lesoo7]

From Dishonored wiki :- In the game Far Reach has the same range as greater (upgraded) Blink.
So as a starting point (no upgrades) Far reach has the longer range. There is a bonecharm that also makes far reach undetectable,Invisible Thread.

The default ranges are easy to compare when you first meet the outsider, I fell off on one of the jumps with Blink,Where as I was well over with Far reach.

[Nobutto]

I know this is old but Emily for High Chaos she becomes a full blow sadist in her dialogue

[t850terminator]

Emily, her abilities are alot more useful for CC.