Quick Links
When you first start playing Avowed, 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.
Related
Avowed: Every Upgrade Item And How To Get Them
There are plenty of upgrade items that you can farm in Avowed, and here’s how you can get each one.
After you finish the tutorial and reach the Dawnshore region, you’ll get your first proper companion in the form of Kai. 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 the first one automatically unlocked when they join your party. Three of these are active abilities that you can use in battle while 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) and diverting 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 while gaining the ability to Ignite the target on impact. |
|---|---|
|
Unbending Defense |
After charging for a bit, Kai regenerates some of his health while reducing the damage taken from all sources by 25 percent. You can increase the health regenerated while reducing the damage taken further with upgrades. With the retaliation upgrade, this ability can 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 also revive 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 can also make all his ability’s cooldown to go away during 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:
|
Unlock Priority |
Ability Name |
Upgrade Priority (Left to Right) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Fire And Ire (already unlocked) |
Pure Lead |
Quick Reload |
Extra Power |
|
2 |
Second Wind |
Rallying Wind |
Refreshing Wind |
Soothing Wind |
|
3 |
Leap Of Daring |
Leap Of Pride |
Leap Of Conviction |
Leap Of Faith |
|
4 |
Unbending Defense |
Retaliation |
Iron Will |
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 can only 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 also having damage reduction and health regeneration abilities to tank the 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’s important to get the Second Wind ability since he’ll be getting knocked out a lot.
The best builds to use Kai with are both Ranger and Wizard builds where you have to stay in the back line. As long as you know that you can 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.
Next
Avowed: Dawnshore Pargrun Cache Exploration Guide
Dawnshore is the first main region you’ll visit in Avowed, and here’s how you can fully explore its Pargun Cache.