My Assastarion starts all of my fights for me, he’s a powerhouse!
Thief stealth archer ftw
All in with the hand crossbows
No matter how strong he is, I can never get over how insufferable his personality and voice are
Insufferable? I think you meant charming and elegant.
All I ever got from him was super rapey vibes. Nothing charming about that slimeball from my perspective.
And he feigns elegance, but it never struck me as authentic. Just a manipulation technique.
super rapey vibes
You mean because he tried to bite you in your sleep? I was freaked out about that until I heard his backstory. It’s quite tragic.
I liked that he was mischievous, and that he always had alternative ideas about what we should do. I wouldn’t have even thought to do some of the things he suggested. If you’re not playing a good alignment playthrough, then he’s probably the best companion. I was planning a good alignment playthrough, but ended up more like chaotic neutral because of his influence.
Some of his reactions when I played a little bit of the Dark Urge really underlined just how little he cares about if you’re good or bad, as long as you’re interesting and fun to be around he’s in
Also totally didn’t surprise me when, while everyone else is all “I couldn’t possibly use those tadpoles, what’s the matter with you?!”, Asterion is over here like “so when am I getting some?”
My favorite group for a durge run is Astarion, Gale, and Minthara since they all lust for power just like my Durge.
You were able to recruit Minthara? Man, your playthrough must have been bonkers! Don’t you lose half your companions to get her?
Yeah, it really changes his character when you find out what Cazador did to him. And why he hates the Gur. Dude has a very tragic story.
That’s the thing about him. It is not authentic, but not by choice either, kinda. It is a manipulation technique, but there’s more to that.
I ran him as a Ranger/thief/fighter. Holy shit, the damage output.
I don’t want to spoil anything, but if you decide that his back story has twisted him into a vengeful madman, you can uhh…get pretty crazy powerful with him late game.
Really, because he’s like one of my main damage dealers, especially if I start the combat. That’s like 4 attacks in a row, and at least 1 of them is gonna crit, and 2 of them are sneak attacks.
I didn’t even use him for that. I did that part myself :)
You really missed out then. There are some amazing builds for Astarion.
Poke poke poke
The things I put him through just to steal that idol from the druids while it was outside without being caught…
