Frea or Lydia?

[StickyPancakes]

Which follower should I take? I dont want one that is too powerful, (I still want to level up my skills) but I dont want the one that is weakest and will lead me to my death. Halp

[StickyPancakes]

bump, Would appreciate just being told who you like better if not actual stats.

[pedantic_roc]

The main dif (I think) is that Frea doesn't have a lvl cap. I also read Frea prefers light Armour? I don't use followers for anything other than a mobile suitcase because, well, they just get in the way and give your location away, Ugh... so I can't comment on which is best for combat.

[Svanvero]

The choice is yours, you will use the followers just in the beginning if you have problems/troubles, you will understand that they are pretty useless,

[Dexter]

NPC's are only as overpowered as the weapons you give them. Just give them base weapons without Smithing bonuses.

You do need Amazing Follower Tweaks so you can limit their weapons.

I use the mod Immersive Weapons, so there are several nice looking weapons with low damage that I give my npcs. The lower the damage the longer it takes to kill enemies.

I was using 3 followers. Inigo, Sophia, and Serana. They all have very low weapon damage so I can use 3 without being too overpowered. I also cap my own damage a little to balance my kill speed. I did release Inigo recently so I am now just using two.

House Carls such as Lydia are capped at level 50. Frea has no cap, so she is going to be a little more powerful at higher levels.

If you want a weaker NPC use one with a lower level cap.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Followers

[Eternie]

There's no reason to limit yourself to only one of them take both by using a mod like AFT which lets you take more followers with you.
Personally I got sick of Lydia quite quickly when first starting the game.

Frea comes with Solstheim has a story and joins you for a quest and is a much better companion.

The question you should be asking yourself is which charatcer am I going to enjoy travelling with longer.

Besides any follower can be dismissed anytime and rehired later so try them both out... take them for a quest each ... you'll know straight away which one suits you better.

[Brandybuck]

Which follower? Derkeethus!!! Duh.

[The Space Butterfly]

Originally posted by Brandybuck:

Which follower? Derkeethus!!! Duh.

Lizzy is best follower.

[Camsparrow]

I would go with Frea, personally.

[StickyPancakes]

Originally posted by Eternie:

There's no reason to limit yourself to only one of them take both by using a mod like AFT which lets you take more followers with you.
Personally I got sick of Lydia quite quickly when first starting the game.

Frea comes with Solstheim has a story and joins you for a quest and is a much better companion.

The question you should be asking yourself is which charatcer am I going to enjoy travelling with longer.

Besides any follower can be dismissed anytime and rehired later so try them both out... take them for a quest each ... you'll know straight away which one suits you better.

Alright! Yeah, Im using that mod, im just thinking it would be a hassle to have two companions. One is kind of annoying enough, just getting in the way, so I thought two would be too much.

[markdb92]

fyi serana cant die even if try killing her. And she make nice tank when you equip her resistance gear