Ranking Companions

[HeroicNinja1337]

From best to worse, how would you rank the companions in Origins? This also includes Shale and the Secret Companion.

Companions from other DLCs; Awakening, Golems, and Witch Hunt will not be counted as their add-ons and not part of Origin's main game. This also includes temporary companions like Jory, Origin Companions and so on.

[skullymex]

My list is as follows
Zevran's the best, then Sten, "Secret Companion", Shale, Wynne, Leliana, Dog, Morrigan, Alistair, Oghren
this is just who I like the most as a character and doesn't consider who's good to have in your party since that doesn't matter to me much

[Qwesar]

God tier:
Wynne

High tier:
Leliana
Morrigan
Zevran

Mid tier:
Shale
Alistair

Low tier:
Oghren
Dog
Sten

Basically Wynne is always required unless you wanna die sometimes.

Leliana and Morrigan are strong all game. Zevran is kinda weak until lvl 14 when he can learn summon wolf/bear.

Shale/Alistair is decent for early game but don't scale that great.

The rest is garbage especially Dog (no gear) and Sten (no 2nd specialization)