S Tier
Merrill.
Merrill is awesome for crowd control and CCC set ups. Not to mention that due to her blood mage access, when you combine that with rock armor, you won't have to worry about foes stun locking her. On nightmare, my Merrill can take a pretty good beating before needing help. Combine this with the fact that this makes the willpower stat unnecessary, you got a mage who can use lots of spells and go throughout most of your game without needing an injury kit. I've also found stone throw to be a godly talent for getting other party members out of a pinch. When set up correctly, definately a party member you want to have with you at all times, even if you are a mage.
The Dog.
When you find your party annihlated and Hawke on his own in the face an enormous mob and in need of health, th dog can prove to be a real life saver. Being able to tank stealth backstabs from multiple assassin commanders at once (even on nightmare) easily earns the champion of Kirkwall's precious canine a place in the highest tier.
A Tier
Fenris
What's not to love about Fenris? He is an awesome offensive tank, has magic resistance passives which have no equal and has an ability which makes him 30% faster with every kill. When leveled up enough, you'll find yourself wiping out entire mobs shortly when make use of Fenris' talents. In most cases (NOT ALL), even 2H warrior Hawke cannot compete with that. However, unlike Merrill and the dog, he is not as useful regardless of your class. If you're a warrior as well, there's not as much incentive to have him in your party. Obviously, he'd easily be in the S Tier.
Aveline
Awesome defensive tank and definately the go-to-girl you wanna have until you get Fenris that is. Even so, I've found some battles where Aveline was simply a better choice for. For isntance, during the high dragon fight, I was playing on nightmare and my aveline was going toe to toe with the beast while hardly ever needing to be healed. Her specialized stat which increases his defense each time she is hit makes her an even better tank than S&S Hawke (I say tank,because I realize there are a lot of players who don't solely use thier S&S character for tanking purposes).
Varric
Easily the best archer (better archer than even Archer Hawke). With the proper build his potential DPS is insane
B Tier
Anders
Anders is a fine character, but I found myself only bringing him with me at times because I was too lazy to play the game as tactically as possible. Contrary to popular belief, you can go through this entire game without having a dedicated healer. That being said, his ability to revive your party members makes him quite useful. IMO, Vengeance is worthless in most cases (against bosses when no mobs are around? Useful. Otherwise, no) as it just seems to make Anders an Aggro magnet in my experiences. Which isnt' good given that health problems Anders is going to be enduring while this mode is active
Sebastian
There's nothing particulary bad about Sebstian. He's just a 'meh' character to me. I never really needed him. Not to mention that you can't use him until act 2 and can lose him easily at the beginning of the final quest. Why choose him when you can pick Varric? I guess if you're going to have more than one archer in your party sure. Otherwise, meh.
C Tier
Bethany/Carver
Fine characters, but are gone throughout the most of the game, thus are rated low. Not to mention that they don't have any character specific specializations.
Isabela
Although our pirate queen temptress is easy on the eyes, that's the only good thing about her. She may be decent on casual or normal, but when you try to use her on the upper difficulty settings , you'll find her to be getting stunlocked too often or wiped out instantly by enemies. Even if you set up her tactics correctly, her horrible A.I. (going into fights, thinking she is supergirl) is going to get her killed eventually unless you're manually controlling her. And even then, it's going to be a pain in the ass keeping her alive. It isn't all her fault though. For whatever reason, Bioware nerfed the crap out of DW rogues. At very least, Isabela should have been given the option to use a bow. If you're just taking her along in the need of someone who can open locks and disarm traps, I'd recommend Varric or even Sebastian instead.
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), but about these other nuances which I believe are proving to be a detriment to not just your social life, but your very well being. To start, we can deal with this superiority complex of yours. It's pretty unwarranted and I'm certain it'll get you laughed at in any sort of social function involving people who lack encyclopedic knowledge of the precise statistics regarding the surviability of a blood mage/force in comparison to a templar focused warrior.
