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When you first start playingAvowed, you’ll already start getting companions in the Northreach Fort who’ll fight alongside you. These companions not only use their abilities and power to lower the enemy’s HP but also distract their attention away from you.
After you finish the tutorial and reach the Dawnshore region, you’ll get your first proper companion in the form ofKai. It’s important to learn everything he can do alongside what you should upgrade for him and when you should use him in party.
Kai’s Abilities, Explained
Every companion you get in Avowed has a set of four abilities with thefirst one automatically unlocked when they join your party. Three of these are activeabilities that you can use in battlewhile the fourth one is a passive. Here’s everything you can expect from Kai’s abilities:
Fire And Ire
Kai fires his blunderbuss at the target enemy, dealing high stun damage (yellow bar) anddiverting their attention to himself for ten seconds. With upgrades, this ability can increase the stun dealt by this ability.
You can also lower its cooldown whilegaining the ability to Ignite the target on impact.
Unbending Defense
After charging for a bit, Kairegenerates some of his health while reducing the damage takenfrom all sources by 25 percent. you’re able to increase the health regenerated while reducing the damage taken further with upgrades.
With the retaliation upgrade, this abilitycan also unleash a shockwave at the end.
Leap Of Daring
After a few seconds of activation, Kai lands at the target location while slamming the ground,which stuns and taunts nearby enemies. You can increase this ability’s AoE while giving Kai damage and bonus health with upgrades.
Second Wind
Much like the main character, Kai can alsorevive himself when he’s downed in battle for the first time. You can increase the health he regenerates during Second Wind while also increasing the attack speed with upgrades.
Finally, the Refreshing Wind upgrade canalso make all his ability’s cooldown to go awayduring second wind.
Kai Upgrade Priority
One major difference between upgrading a companion’s abilities and your own in Avowed is that you don’t get as many upgrade points for your companions,which makes it important to focus on the right abilities and upgrades. Here’s how you can upgrade Kai’s abilities to get the most from him:
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Fire And Ire (already unlocked)
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Indomitable Spirit
When Should You Use Kai?
When you reach the Emerald Stairs area in Avowed and progress the story a bit, you’ll unlock your third companion. However, you canonly have two companions in your party at a certain time, which means that you have to choose.
Kai, as it might be obvious from his abilities, is the tank companion. He excels at diverting the enemy’s attention to himself while alsohaving damage reduction and health regeneration abilities to tankthe damage. However, he won’t be dealing a lot of damage to aid you.
If you’re planning to use Kai solely for the tank, it’simportant to get the Second Wind abilitysince he’ll be getting knocked out a lot.
The best builds to use Kai withare both Rangerand Wizard builds where you have to stay in the back line. As long as you know that you may have a ton of DPS if you’re not pushed by the enemies, Kai will be your best companion. Moreover, you don’t necessarily need a tank for normal and lower difficulties.
