Greaver5686 on Apr 9, 2017 wrote:

Hey so my companion build is max armor, but i'm thinking that health might be better. Which ones do you guys prefer?

Armor. High Armor vs. enemies Accuracy usually stops criticals.

Matthew525011 on Apr 11, 2017 wrote:

Health is better. Having an extra 500 health is infinitely more useful than taking a bit less damage from melee classes. Anecorbie's claim about armor and criticals is completely inaccurate. The more of the attacker's primary stat you have (high strength will crit more often on someone with 30 less strength than 15 less strength), the less likely a crit is to happen. In addition accuracy doesn't affect criticals in the slightest. The game's formula decides whether a hit will crit before accuracy and dodge are factored in

We'll have to agree to disagree about that issue, but giving max armor or health to ALL classes of companions isn't a good way to train them. For instance, Swashbucklers need Dodge and Agility, don't give max Armor or Tough to them. Witchdoctors and Privateers benefit from Spirit and Spooky. Musketeers need lots of Accuracy and Agility, also.
The only class that benefits from high health or armor is the Buccaneer.

anecorbie on Apr 11, 2017 wrote:

We'll have to agree to disagree about that issue, but giving max armor or health to ALL classes of companions isn't a good way to train them. For instance, Swashbucklers need Dodge and Agility, don't give max Armor or Tough to them. Witchdoctors and Privateers benefit from Spirit and Spooky. Musketeers need lots of Accuracy and Agility, also.
The only class that benefits from high health or armor is the Buccaneer.

Giving every class max health is a staple in both pve and pvp. Giving companions of any class an additional 500 health and thus significantly increased deal of survivability is too good to pass up on. I (as well as almost every other competent pvp'er in the game) find that the best build for the vast majority of companions is:
Tough 4 (Getting max value out of one's companions is necessary, and 500 additional health can help accomplish this)
Rough 4 (more damage = good)
Primary Stat [Strength, Agility, Will] 4 (more weapon power and crit chance is always helpful), Accurate 4 (It doesn't matter how high your damage, dodge, or armor is, if a comp can't land hits it's a dead weight)
Dodgy 1.
Obviously, the only exceptions are spell power based witches and privies, such as Gracie and Scratch.There is no class that truly benefits from training Armored or Resistant 4 more than they would by training into another talent line. Dodgy 4 is marginally viable AT BEST on swashbuckler companions. Although I do like dodgy 4, and will give you that it has the potential to be helpful, the other four are much more beneficial for combat. I get it, you may think that another way is better, but I promise you tough 4, along with the other stats I laid out, are quintessential talents that every companion in the game should train.

WOAH thnx for these information! What about accuracy for witch? will it reduce fizzling?