SWTOR Companion Roles Guide and Performance Analysis

We’ve tested every SWTOR companion in every role and analyzed the data. Here’s everything you could possibly want to know about companion roles and performance.

Best Companions for Each Role

Based on our testing, the overall best companion in the game is Altuur zok Adon, owing to his Marked ability. While he only has standard tanking capabilities, he offers some of the highest DPS and healing available, though you’ll need to pull your own weight if you want to do well with him.

Unfortunately, he was the main reward in Galactic Season 1 and is currently unobtainable, but you do have some very competitive alternatives, all of which are accessible to everyone:

Tank	Damage	Healer	Filters
Blizz	Altuur zok Adon	Altuur zok Adon	Overall
T7-01	B3-S1	Z0-0M	Overall
	Shae Vizla		Overall
	ISO-5R		Overall

For DPS or tank, B3-S1, Shae Vizla, and ISO-5R (Cartel Market) are your best options. Bessie and Shae aren’t in the same league as Blizz and T7-01, but it’s still going to be insanely hard to rip aggro from them. ISO-5R is closer to Blizz and T7’s performance level.

While Z0-0M does crush everyone else when it comes to keeping people alive (besides Altuur), and healing values are pretty comparable across the board, K1-Z3N, Kira Carsen, Tuk’ata, and Veeroa Denz are slightly above average.

The Tuk’ata is your only solid option if you want capable healing and tanking in a single companion, though as a beast that is native to Korriban, you will have a hard time justifying its use as a Republic player.

The absolute worst companion in the game is Treek, without a doubt. Her output is low across the board, likely owing to the fact that all of her abilities are unique. Maybe the devs are trying to make a statement about Return of the Jedi…

Test Methodology and Observations

We’ll be discussing our test methodology and observations based on role. Most of our testing comes from 7.5 but we’ve rechecked some samples in 7.8 and have concluded our data remains accurate.

All companions were tested with rank 50 influence and on toons with 4,005 presence, though there is slight variation in presence values for some of the pre-KotFE companion tests, like Torian Cadera with his Techstaff for Bounty Hunters and switching to a Sniper Rifle for KotFE.

In general, most companions perform the same as one another because they use a shared pool of abilities based on their class. We’ve opted to rate companions relative this Standard performance.

Icon	Companion	Weapons:	Type:	Access	Romance	Best Gift 1:	Best Gift 2:	Best Gift Romanced:	Has Sunder?	Damage	DPS:	TPS as Damage Dealer:	Hard Stun Duration:	Healer	HPS:	TPS as Healer:	DPS as Healer:	Tank	Survival Time (TTD):	TPS as Tank:	DPS as Tank:	DTPS:	Unique Animations?	Helpful links:
	2V-R8	Blaster Pistol	Droid	Imperial, KotFE All	None	Cultural Artifacts	Maintenance		Yes	Standard	11 253	0	5	Standard	21 283	909	2 158	Standard	1:15	620 000	4 097	5 808	No
	A7 Surveillance Drone	Blaster Rifle (Built-In)	Droid (Non-Humanoid)	Cartel Market	None	Maintenance			No	Poor	10 285	7200	5	Poor	18 075	643	1 352	Superior	1:05	1 303 000	3 779	5 472	Yes
	Ak’ghal Usar	Vibrosword	Force	KotFE All	None	Cultural Artifacts			Yes	Poor	10 965	7600	4	Standard	20 078	690	1 697	Poor	1:24	18 100	3 962	5 643	No	– Reclaimed Treasure (Ak’ghal Usar recruitment)
	Akaavi Spar	Electrostaff	Tech	Smugglers, Bounty Hunters	Men	Military Gear	Trophies		Yes	Standard	11 526	8000	5	Standard	21 357	837	2 094	Poor	1:17	18 400	3 974	5 638	No	– The Tatooine Rundown (Mako and Akaavi post-KOTFE recruitment)
	Akk Dog	Collar (Built-In)	Beast	Cartel Market	None	Delicacies			No	Poor	7 585	5300	5	Standard	20 228	368	921	Poor	1:14	12 500	2 455	5 863	No
	Altuur zok Adon	Sniper Rifle	Tech	Galactic Season (Retired)	None	Special			Yes	Superior	13 653	0	2 (AoE)	Superior	23 751	1 189	2 972	Standard	1:18	555 000	4 272	5 522	Yes	– Galactic Seasons System Explained – Galactic Season 1 Rewards List
	Amity	Electrostaff	LS Force	Galactic Season (Retired)	None	Special			Yes	Standard	10 464	0	4	Standard	17 363	695	1 512	Poor	1:19	62 800	4 479	5 537	Yes	– Galactic Seasons System Explained – Galactic Season 4 Rewards List – Amity Recruitment Mission Walkthrough
	Andronikos Revel	Dual Wield Pistols	Tech	Sith Inquisitor	Women	Weapons		Luxury	Yes	Standard	11 531	0	5	Standard	21 463	818	2 044	Standard	1:15	469 000	4 379	5 680	No	– Pirate’s Life (Andronikos post-KOTFE recruitment)
	Annihilator T4-1D	Blaster Rifle (Built-In)	Droid (Non-Humanoid)	Cartel Market	None	Maintenance			Yes	Standard	10 812	0	5	Standard	20 460	894	2 235	Superior	1:21	1,243,000 (from melee) / 4,291,000 (at range)	3 985	5 608	No
	Arcann	Lightsaber	Force	KotET All	Both	Military Gear	Imperial Memorabilia		Yes	Poor	10 853	7 597	4	Standard	21 238	770	1 926	Poor	1:17	18 900	4 184	5 647	Yes	– Unmasked Regret (Arcann post-KOTFE Romance)
	Aric Jorgan	Sniper Rifle	Tech	Trooper, KotFE All	Women	Weapons			Yes	Standard	11 228	0	5	Standard	21 656	850	2 125	Standard	1:13	522 000	4 189	5 878	No
	Ashara Zavros	Dual Wield Lightsabers	LS Force	Sith Inquisitor	Men	Republic Memorabilia		Courting	Yes	Standard	12 126	0	4	Standard	21 663	867	2 168	Poor	1:16	99 500	4 789	5 729	No	– A Padawan No More (Ashara post-KOTFE recruitment)
	B3-S1	Blaster Rifle (Built-In)	Droid (Non-Humanoid)	LotS All	None	Military Gear			Yes	Superior	14 906	0	5	Standard	20 603	852	2 129	Superior	1:02	1 108 000	3 882	6 867	Yes
	Banshee	Collar (Built-In)	Beast	Cartel Market	None	Delicacies			No	Poor	7 862	0	5	Standard	21 063	367	919	Poor	1:08	12 700	2 563	6 356	No
	Blizz	Blaster Pistol	Tech	Bounty Hunter, KotFE All	None	Technology	Underworld Goods		Yes	Standard	10 995	0	5	Standard	21 600	783	1 958	Superior	1:11	4 521 000	4 210	5 902	No	– Little Boss (Blizz post-KOTFE recruitment)
	Bogstalker	Collar (Built-In)	Beast	Cartel Market	None	Delicacies			No	Poor	7 454	0	5	Standard	20 335	346	865	Poor	1:18	12 700	2 563	5 548	No
	Bowdaar	Vibrosword	Tech	Smuggler, KotFE All	None	Luxury	Trophies		Yes	Standard	10 824	0	5	Standard	21 234	795	1 989	Poor	1:20	18 800	4 102	5 449	No	– Freedom Fight (Bowdaar recruitment) – Eternal Championship Guide
	Broonmark	Vibrosword	Tech	Sith Warrior, KotFE All	None	Weapons	Trophies		Yes	Standard	10 921	0	5	Standard	21 655	815	2 038	Poor	1:02	18 700	4 094	6 768	No	– The Last of His Kind (Broonmark post-KOTFE recruitment)
	C2-N2	Blaster Pistol	Droid	Republic, KotFE All	None	Cultural Artifacts	Maintenance		Yes	Standard	10 845	0	5	Standard	20 084	782	1 956	Standard	1:14	624 000	4 071	5 749	No
	C8-S3C	Electrostaff	Droid	Cartel Market	None	Maintenance			Yes	Standard	11 342	0	5	Standard	21 510	856	2 141	Poor	1:05	18 300	4 016	6 660	No
	Choza Raabat	Lightsaber	LS Force	Star Fortresses	None	Republic Memorabilia			Yes	Standard	11 415	0	4	Standard	21 592	789	1 974	Poor	1:05	19 300	4 199	6 445	No	– Alliance Alerts System Guide – Star Fortress Guide
	Corso Riggs	Blaster Pistol	Tech	Smuggler	Women	Weapons		Courting	Yes	Standard	11 004	7700	5	Standard	22 212	808	2 020	Standard	1:09	597 000	4 137	6 206	No	– Unhappy Returns (Corso and Risha post-KOTFE recruitment)
	D-R3D	Dual Wield Vibroswords	Droid	Cartel Market	None	Maintenance			Yes	Standard	11 456	7500	5	Poor	19 550	984	2 459	Poor	1:13	72 600	3 686	6 057	No
	Darth Hexid	Double-Bladed Lightsaber	DS Force	GS Tokens	None	Cultural Artifacts			Yes	Standard	11 301	0	4	Standard	21 535	774	1 934	Standard	1:15	568 000	4 139	5 733	No	– Galactic Seasons System Explained – Darkness Rising (Darth Hexid recruitment)
	Deadeye Leyta	Blaster Pistol	Tech	Star Fortresses	None	Military Gear			Yes	Standard	10 877	0	5	Standard	21 781	790	1 976	Standard	1:18	590 000	4 077	5 658	No	– Alliance Alerts System Guide – Star Fortress Guide
	Doc	Blaster Pistol	Tech	Jedi Knight	Women	Luxury	Courting		Yes	Standard	10 782	0	5	Standard	21 445	778	1 944	Poor	1:14	21 000	4 705	6 170	No	– Mending Ties (Doc post-KOTFE recruitment)
	Eckard Lokin	Blaster Pistol	Tech	Imperial Agent, KotFE All	None	Technology	Imperial Memorabilia		Yes	Standard	11 473	0	5	Standard	21 567	832	1 055	Poor	1:03	17 900	3 958	6 277	Yes	– A Kindly Old Monster (Dr. Lokin post-KOTFE recruitment)
	Elara Dorne	Blaster Pistol	Tech	Trooper, Iokath Republic	Men	Republic Memorabilia	Imperial Memorabilia	Courting	Yes	Standard	10 683	0	5	Standard	22 288	802	2 006	Standard	1:15	620 000	4 147	5 741	No
	Exoboar	Collar (Built-In)	Beast	Cartel Market	None	Delicacies			No	Poor	7 510	0	5	Standard	19 923	356	891	Poor	1:13	12 300	4 281	5 992	No
	Fen Zeil	Dual Wield Pistols	Tech	Galactic Season (Retired)	None	Special			Yes	Standard	11 496	0	5	Standard	21 250	991	2 058	Standard	1:21	502 000	4 439	5 293	No	– Galactic Seasons System Explained – Galactic Season 2 Rewards List
	Gamorrean Guard	Vibrosword	Tech	Nightlife	None	Weapons	Underworld Goods		Yes	Standard	10 857	0	5	Standard	21 148	797	1 992	Poor	1:19	18 900	4 113	5 540	No	– Nightlife Event Guide
	Gault Rennow	Sniper Rifle	Tech	Bounty Hunter, KotFE All	None	Luxury			Yes	Standard	11 206	0	5	Standard	21 767	794	1 985	Standard	1:18	547 000	4 150	5 619	No
	Lysslo	Blaster Rifle	Tech	Geonosian Hive Queen	None	Delicacies			Yes	Standard	11 062	0	5	Standard	20 510	1 014	2 535	Standard	1:01	611 000	3 962	6 830	No
	Ginx	Collar (Built-In)	Beast	Cartel Market	None	Delicacies			No	Poor	7 732	0	5	Standard	19 856	352	879	Poor*	1:51	12 600	2 537	6 602	No
	Languss “Guss” Tuno	Lightsaber	LS Force	Smuggler, KotFE All	None	Republic Memorabilia	Underworld Goods		Yes	Standard	11 543	0	4	Standard	21 418	793	1 984	Poor	1:05	19 200	4 190	6 535	No	– Shining in the Darkness (Guss Tuno post-KOTFE recruitment)
	Languss “Guss” Tuno (Smuggler)	Blaster Pistol	Tech	Smuggler	None	Republic Memorabilia	Underworld Goods		Yes	Standard	10 701	0	5	Standard	20 267	879	3 198	Standard	0:57	547 000	4 243	7 249	No
	H1-K1	Blaster Rifle (Built-In)	Droid (Non-Humanoid)	Cartel Market	None	Maintenance			Yes	Standard	12 031	8400	5	Standard	19 415	822	2 056	Superior	1:07	826,000 (from melee) / 4,374,000 (at range)	4 056	6 634	No
	H2-WF	Blaster Rifle (Built-In)	Droid (Non-Humanoid)	Nathema FP	None	Maintenance			No	Poor	9 970	0	5	Standard	22 032	642	1 605	Superior	0:57	1,552,000 (from melee) / 2,530,000 (at range, leap deactivated)	3 794	6 283	Yes	– The Nathema Conspiracy Flashpoint Guide
	HK-51	Sniper Rifle	Droid	HK Quest	None	Military Gear			No	Poor	10 709	0	5	Standard	20 898	858	2 144	Standard	0:58	514 000	4 361	6 263	Yes
	HK-55	Sniper Rifle	Droid	KotFE All	None	Military Gear			Yes	Standard	11 362	0	5	Poor	18 587	687	1 697	Standard	1:02	458 000	4 189	6 583	No	– Arma Rasa (HK-55 recruitment)
	Hemdil Tre	Dual Wield Pistols	Tech	Star Fortresses	None	Republic Memorabilia	Imperial Memorabilia		Yes	Standard	11 417	0	5	Standard	21 343	881	2 202	Standard	1:03	576 000	4 114	6 647	No	– Alliance Alerts System Guide – Star Fortress Guide
	I-O8	Blaster Rifle (Built-In)	Droid (Non-Humanoid)	Cartel Market	None	Maintenance			No	Poor	9 329	0	5	Standard	22 240	633	1 571	Superior	1:01	1 139 000	3 856	5 859	Yes
	ISO-5R	Blaster Rifle (Built-In)	Droid (Non-Humanoid)	Cartel Market	None	Maintenance			Yes	Superior	14 040	0	5	Standard	20 814	1 029	2 572	Superior	1:09	1,464,000 (from melee) / 4,209,000 (at range)	4 877	6 482	Yes
	Jaesa Willsaam (Dark)	Double-Bladed Lightsaber	DS Force	Sith Warrior	Men	Weapons		Luxury	Yes	Standard	11 187	0	4	Standard	21 161	758	1 896	Poor	1:18	62 400	4 252	5 705	No	– Feel the Wrath (Dark Side Jaesa post-KOTFE recruitment)
	Jaesa Willsaam (Light)	Double-Bladed Lightsaber	LS Force	Sith Warrior	Men	Republic Memorabilia	Cultural Artifacts		Yes	Standard	11 717	0	4	Poor	18 827	1 156	2 891	Poor		64 800	4 078		No	– Back in the Fold (Light Side Jaesa post-KOTFE recruitment)
	Jakarro	Blaster Rifle	Tech	Onslaught All	None	Luxury	Trophies		Yes	Standard	11 058	7700	5	Standard	22 074	765	1 913	Standard	1:04	654 000	4 111	6 590	No
	K’krohl	Assault Cannon	Tech	Star Fortresses	None	Luxury	Underworld Goods		Yes	Standard	11 345	7900	5	Standard	21 137	804	1 945	Standard	1:14	872 000	4 351	5 744	No	– Alliance Alerts System Guide – Star Fortress Guide
	K1-Z3N	Blaster Pistol	Droid	Cartel Market	None	Maintenance			Yes	Standard	11 766	0	5	Superior	23 865	784	1 959	Standard	1:03	519 000	4 211	6 695	Yes
	Kaliyo Djannis**	Blaster Rifle	Tech	Imperial Agent, KotFE All	Men	Underworld Goods	Weapons	Luxury	Yes	Standard	10 974	7600	5	Standard	19 576	760	1 901	Poor	1:08	18 800	4 123	6 192	No
	Khem Val	Vibrosword	DS Force	Sith Inquisitor	Both	Cultural Artifacts			Yes	Standard	10 963	0	4	Standard	20 210	776	1 939	Poor	1:18	62 600	4 058	6 120	No	– A Long Lost Hunger (Khem Val post-KOTFE recruitment)
	Kira Carsen	Double-Bladed Lightsaber	LS Force	Jedi Knight, Onslaught All	Men	Republic Memorabilia		Luxury	Yes	Poor	11 184	7800	4	Superior	22 564	806	1 965	Standard	1:07	555 000	4 123	6 576	No
	K’lor’slug Soldier	Collar (Built-In)	Beast	Cartel Market	None	Delicacies			No	Poor	7 947	0	5	Standard	21 476	342	854	Poor*	2:04	11 900	2 417	2 566	No
	Koth Vortena	Blaster Rifle	Tech	KotFE All	Both	Weapons	Delicacies		Yes	Standard	11 435	0	5	Standard	21 657	833	2 083	Standard	1:02	685 000	4 095	6 593	No
	Krakjya	Collar (Built-In)	Beast	Cartel Market	None	Delicacies			No	Poor	8 698	0	5	Standard	21 777	348	871	Poor	1:08	12 800	2 584	6 392	No
	Lana Beniko	Lightsaber	DS Force	KotFE All	Both	Cultural Artifacts			Yes	Standard	10 692	0	4	Standard	21 502	808	2 021	Poor	1:02	19 100	4 156	6 980	No
	Lieutenant Felix Iresso	Blaster Rifle	Tech	Jedi Consular	Women	Trophies		Courting	Yes	Standard	11 283	0	5	Standard	21 876	801	2 003	Standard	1:10	569 000	4 173	6 081	No	– Jail Break (Felix post-KOTFE recruitment)
	Pierce	Blaster Rifle	Tech	Sith Warrior, KotFE Imperial	Women	Weapons	Military Gear		Yes	Standard	11 498	0	5	Standard	20 812	859	2 148	Standard	1:19	519 000	4 200	5 678	No	– The Forgotten Trophy (Major Pierce post-KOTFE recruitment)
	M1-4X	Blaster Rifle (Built-In)	Droid (Non-Humanoid)	Trooper, KotFE Republic	None	Republic Memorabilia			Yes	Standard	10 250	7100	5	Standard	21 678	828	2 069	Superior	1:07	709,000 (from melee) / 3,940,000 (at range)	3 663	6 330	No	– The Booming Vocoder For Freedom (M1-4X post-KOTFE recruitment)
	Mako	Blaster Pistol	Tech	Bounty Hunter, Smuggler KotFE	Men	Technology		Courting	Yes	Standard	10 700	7500	5	Standard	21 434	798	1 994	Standard	1:10	569 000	4 074	6 064	No	– The Tatooine Rundown (Mako and Akaavi post-KOTFE recruitment)
	Malavai Quinn	Blaster Pistol	Tech	Sith Warrior, Iokath Imperial	Women	Military Gear	Imperial Memorabilia		Yes	Standard	10 571	0	5	Standard	21 961	800	2 000	Standard	1:03	510 000	4 204	6 512	No
	Master Ranos	Dual Wield Lightsabers	LS Force	GS Tokens	None	Republic Memorabilia		Luxury	Yes	Standard	11 831	0	4	Standard	22 256	908	2 269	Poor	1:07	106 000	4 700	5 376	No	– Galactic Seasons System Explained – The Light Triumphant(Master Ranos recruitment)
	Mawvorr	Collar (Built-In)	Beast	Cartel Market	None	Delicacies			No	Poor	8 332	5800	5	Standard	20 690	342	854	Poor	1:19	12 500	2 526	5 647	No
	Nadia Grell	Double-Bladed Lightsaber	LS Force	Jedi Consular	Men	Cultural Artifacts		Courting	Yes	Standard	11 438	0	4	Standard	22 051	753	1 883	Poor	1:17	63 900	4 155	5 857	No	– The Padawan and her Master (Nadia post-KOTFE recruitment)
	Nathema Beast	Collar (Built-In)	Beast	Cartel Market	None	Delicacies			No	Poor	8 426	0	5	Standard	19 336	331	828	Poor	1:13	12 600	2 532	6 028	No
	Nathema Voreclaw	Collar (Built-In)	Beast	Cartel Market	None	Delicacies			No	Poor	6 631	0	5	Standard	19 121	690	1 725	Poor*	1:59	15 300	3 326	6 320	No
	Nexu	Collar (Built-In)	Beast	Cartel Market	None	Delicacies			No	Poor	8 578	0	5	Standard	20 150	325	812	Poor	1:04	12 300	2 490	3 583	No
	Nico Okarr	Dual Wield Pistols	Tech	GS Tokens	None	Underworld Goods			Yes	Standard	11 845	0	5	Standard	21 855	877	2 191	Standard	1:05	489 000	4 430	6 342	No	– Galactic Seasons System Explained – Mixological Profiling (Nico Okarr recruitment)
	P3-KP	Assault Cannon	Droid	Cartel Market	None	Maintenance			Yes	Standard	11 238	0	5	Poor	19 055	1 275	1 822	Standard	1:18	847 000	4 802	5 626	No
	Paxton Rall	Blaster Pistol	Tech	GS Tokens	None	Trophies	Underworld Goods		Yes	Standard	11 165	0	4	Poor	19 380	962	2 455	Standard	1:04	467 000	4 564	5 931	Yes	– Galactic Seasons System Explained – Privateer Englistment(Paxton Rall recruitment)
	Personal Warbot	Assault Cannon	Droid	Cartel Market	None	Maintenance			Yes	Standard	11 374	0	5	Standard	20 367	851	2 128	Standard	1:04	569 000	4 204	6 398	No
	PH4-LNX	Blaster Pistol	Droid	Galactic Season (Retired)	None	Special			Yes	Standard	10 776	0	5	Standard	20 972	829	2 072	Standard	1:02	537 000	4 213	6 782	No	– Galactic Seasons System Explained – Galactic Season 3 Rewards List
	Phrojo Nuray	Assault Cannon	Tech	Nightlife	None	Military Gear			Yes	Standard	11 529	0	5	Standard	21 004	773	1 933	Standard	1:19	523 000	4 207	5 518	No	– Nightlife Event Guide
	Probe Droid	Blaster Rifle (Built-In)	Droid (Non-Humanoid)	Cartel Market	None	Maintenance			No	Poor	10 738	7500	5	Standard	21 801	842	2 106	Standard	1:02	564 000	4 463	5 878	Yes
	QO-77	Dual Wield Pistols	Droid	Cartel Market	None	Maintenance			Yes	Standard	11 777	0	5	Standard	21 457	823	2 058	Standard	1:16	466 000	4 421	5 821	No
	Quick Vrik	Blaster Pistol	Tech	Dantooine CQ Event	None	Technology			Yes	Standard	10 854	0	5	Standard	22 401	822	2 055	Standard	1:07	567 000	4 181	6 229	No	– Galactic Conquest System Explained – Dantooine Pirate Incursion Event Guide
	Qyzen Fess	Vibrosword	Tech	Jedi Consular, KotFE All	None	Weapons			Yes	Standard	10 933	0	5	Standard	21 656	809	2 022	Poor	1:21	18 600	4 103	6 309	No	– Stalking the Score (Qyzen Fess post-KOTFE recruitment)
	Raina Temple	Dual Wield Pistols	Tech	Imperial Agent, KotET All	Men	Imperial Memorabilia		Courting	Yes	Standard	11 207	0	5	Standard	21 581	877	2 192	Standard	1:15	523 000	4 205	5 710	No
	Risha	Sniper Rifle	Tech	Smuggler	Men	Luxury		Underworld Goods	Yes	Standard	11 535	8000	5	Standard	21 124	805	2 013	Standard	1:05	518 000	4 192	6 480	No	– Unhappy Returns (Corso and Risha post-KOTFE recruitment)
	Rokuss	Blaster Rifle	Tech	Star Fortresses	None	Trophies			Yes	Standard	11 608	0	5	Standard	21 663	885	2 213	Standard	1:18	521 000	4 182	5 738	No	– Alliance Alerts System Guide – Star Fortress Guide
	Provost Marshal Rusk	Sniper Rifle	Tech	Jedi Knight, KotFE All	None	Military Gear			Yes	Standard	11 294	0	5	Standard	20 512	857	2 143	Standard	1:06	577 000	4 207	6 333	No	– Bonds of Duty (Rusk and Skadge post-KOTFE recruitment)
	Sergeant Fideltin Rusk (Knight)	Assault Cannon	Tech	Jedi Knight	None	Military Gear			Yes	Standard	11 246	7800	5	Standard	21 497	875	2 187	Superior	1:13	1 609 000	3 761	5 872	No	– Bonds of Duty (Rusk and Skadge post-KOTFE recruitment)
	SCORPIO	Blaster Rifle	Droid	Imperial Agent, KotFE All	None	Technology	Maintenance		Yes	Standard	11 241	0	5	Standard	21 765	804	2 010	Standard	1:18	565 000	4 142	5 583	No
	SCORPIO (Agent)	Electrostaff	Droid	Imperial Agent	None	Technology	Maintenance		Yes	Standard	11 326	7900	5	Standard	21 909	763	1 907	Poor	1:11	18 300	3 992	6 151	No
	Lord Scourge	Lightsaber	DS Force	Jedi Knight, Onslaught All	Women	Trophies			Yes	Standard	11 448	0	4	Standard	21 270	791	1 978	Poor	1:04	19 800	4 290	6 505	No
	Senya Tirall	Lightsaber	LS Force	KotFE All	None	Luxury			Yes	Standard	11 525	0	4	Standard	20 996	822	1 866	Poor	1:11	16 700	3 664	6 143	No
	Shae Vizla	Blaster Pistol	Tech	GS Tokens	None	Military Gear	Imperial Memorabilia		Yes	Superior	14 790	0	5	Standard	21 990	786	1 965	Superior	1:05	1 060 000	4 032	6 570	Yes	– Galactic Seasons System Explained – Recruiting Shae Vizla (Shae Vizla recruitment)
	Skadge	Vibrosword	Tech	Bounty Hunter, KotFE All	None	Weapons	Underworld Goods		Yes	Standard	11 275	0	5	Standard	21 188	822	2 056	Poor	1:05	18 900	4 135	6 294	Yes	– Bonds of Duty (Rusk and Skadge post-KOTFE recruitment)
	T7-01	Blaster Rifle (Built-In)	Droid (Non-Humanoid)	Jedi Knight, KotFE All	None	Technology			Yes	Standard	11 349	0	5	Standard	20 943	792	1 980	Superior	1:09	4 449 000	4 125	6 080	No
	TY-4N	Blaster Rifle (Built-In)	Droid (Non-Humanoid)	Cartel Market	None	Maintenance			Yes	Standard	10 811	0	5	Standard	20 784	823	2 056	Standard	1:04	627 000	4 040	6 560	No
	Talos Drellik	Blaster Pistol	Tech	Sith Inquisitor, KotFE All	None	Imperial Memorabilia	Cultural Artifacts		Yes	Standard	10 959	7600	5	Standard	20 857	793	1 981	Poor	1:03	18 900	4 127	6 467	No	– Fighting Power with Knowledge (Talos Drellik post-KOTFE recruitment)
	Tanno Vik	Vibrosword	Tech	Trooper	None	Underworld Goods	Delicacies	Luxury	Yes	Standard	10 754	7500	5	Standard	21 622	739	1 847	Standard	1:21	589 000	4 102	5 313	No
	Tharan Cedrax	Blaster Pistol	Tech	Jedi Consular	Women	Luxury			Yes	Standard	10 879	7600	10 (Mez)	Standard	21 734	834	2 085	Standard	1:15	456 000	4 307	5 999	Yes
	Theron Shan	Dual Wield Pistols	Tech	KotFE All	Both	Technology			Yes	Standard	11 803	0	5	Standard	21 169	874	2 185	Standard	1:04	524 000	4 196	6 656	No
	Torian Cadera	Sniper Rifle	Tech	Bounty Hunter, KotFE All	Women	Trophies			Yes	Standard	10 772	0	5	Standard	21 144	831	2 077	Poor	1:27	18 700	4 087	5 122	No	– What Remains of Clan Cadera (post-KOTFE alert)
	Torian Cadera (BH)	Electrostaff	Tech	Bounty Hunter	Women	Military Gear	Trophies		Yes	Standard	11 364	7900	5	Poor	19 116	822	2 055	Poor		–	4 681			– What Remains of Clan Cadera (post-KOTFE alert)
	Treek	Collar (Built-In)	Forest Wiccan	Contract Mission	None	Technology			No	Poor	8 715	0	4 (AoE, 8m range)	Poor	16 790	825	2 063	Poor	0:47	12 500	2 513	7 343	Yes
	Tuk’ata	Collar (Built-In)	Beast	Cartel Market	None	Delicacies			No	Poor	7 781	0	5	Standard	23 764	354	885	Superior	1:02	587,000 (from melee) / 4,308,000 (at range)	4 009	6 801	No
	Vector	Electrostaff	Tech	Imperial Agent	Women	Cultural Artifacts			Yes	Standard	11 185	0	5	Standard	20 769	803	2 008	Poor	1:16	18 400	4 049	5 837	No	– Vector’s Vector (Vector post-KOTFE recruitment) – Diplomatic Relations (post-Onslaught)
	Veeroa Denz	Dual Wield Lightsabers	DS Force	Star Fortresses	None	Imperial Memorabilia	Underworld Goods		Yes	Standard	12 286	0	4	Superior	22 920	929	2 321	Poor	1:03	104 000	4 924	6 616	No	– Alliance Alerts System Guide – Star Fortress Guide
	Vette	Dual Wield Pistols	Tech	Sith Warrior, KotFE All	Men	Underworld Goods		Courting	Yes	Standard	12 123	0	5	Standard	21 297	844	2 111	Standard	1:03	499 000	4 411	6 546	No
	Vine Cat	Collar (Built-In)	Beast	Cartel Market	None	Delicacies			No	Poor	8 685	6000	5	Standard	20 425	361	902	Poor	1:10	12 300	2 479	6 138	No
	Wampa	Collar (Built-In)	Beast	Cartel Market	None	Military Gear	Imperial Memorabilia		No	Poor	7 507	5200	5	Standard	19 558	704	1 761	Poor*	2:10	16 000	3 398	6 084	Yes
	Xalek	Double-Bladed Lightsaber	DS Force	Sith Inquisitor, KotFE All	None	Weapons	Military Gear		Yes	Poor	11 247	7800	4	Standard	20 908	860	2 149	Poor	1:04	62 700	4 112	6 603	No	– Death Before Dishonor (Xalek post-KOTFE recruitment)
	Yuun	Vibrosword	Tech	Trooper, KotFE All	None	Technology	Trophies		Yes	Standard	10 814	7 500	5	Standard	21 197	789	1 996	Poor	1:01	19 200	4 178	6 772	No
	Z0-0M	Blaster Pistol	Droid	Shroud of Memory	None	Republic Memorabilia			Yes	Standard	11 919	8300	5	Superior	29 665	728	1 821	Standard	1:22	553 000	4 461	5 580	Yes
	Zenith**	Sniper Rifle	Tech	Jedi Consular	None	Military Gear	Underworld Goods		Yes	Standard	11 212	7800	5	Standard	21 296	772	1 931	Standard	1:19	606 000	4 102	5 143	No	– Relentless Ambition (Zenith post-KOTFE recruitment)

*Some of the tank companions have very low threat generation but vastly superior survivability. Since the survivability doesn’t do much if nothing is hitting them, we still think their overall performance is Poor, but it would be misleading to ignore this crucial fact.

**A couple companions have variable best gifts depending on whether you have them from the class story or got them back during or after KotFE. Their Best Gift 1 refers to the optimal gift for them before KotFE and their Best Gift 2 refers to the optimal gift after you get them back. The rest of the companions’ Best Gifts 1 and 2 are universal.

Tanks

Our testing examined survivability, threat generation, and damage output for the tank role. We tested threat generation and DPS against the dummy and survivability against the FR3-DOM Prototype, an Elite (gold) enemy at Kessan’s Landing on Ord Mantell, measuring time to die (TTD).

Survivability is generally pretty standard. The vast majority of companions lasted a little over a minute (70s avg), but a few from the Cartel Market lasting almost twice as long (118s avg).

There is some variability from companion to companion, but this is likely caused by variance from sources like exact timing on enemy vs companion ability activation as well as luck with defense and shield chances.

The more notable disparity in survivability (like 1 min vs 2 min TTD) seems to be caused by a much stronger absorb shield on their single-target taunt abilities. As best we can tell, this stems from higher Standard Health Percent multipliers and Healing Power Coefficients.

Regardless of the cause, the companions with the best tank survivability include the Wampa, K’lor’slug Soldier, Nathema Voreclaw, and Ginx, but survivability isn’t the whole story.

There is a pretty wide spread in terms of tank DPS, like some do twice as much damage as others, but in absolute terms, we’re only talking about a difference~2.5k DPS max. Survivability and threat generation are far more significant considerations for a tank companion.

Tanks have a ton of variability in terms of threat generation, which enables them to keep aggro. Lower damage output makes it harder to generate threat, but the two don’t go hand-in-hand.

In this department, many companions are downright worthless, while some are an order of magnitude better at keeping aggro than average. We’re talking roughly <50k vs ~500k vs 1500k+ TPS here.

The best tanks are usually non-humanoid droids, many of which come from the Cartel Market, but the absolute best tanks in the game are T7-01 and Blizz. The worst tanks are often the humanoid characters.

The worst tank companions all use a single lightsaber, vibrosword, dualsaber, electrostaff, or collar; so, the issue with poor threat generation is likely tied to those weapon proficiencies or shared abilities.

Unfortunately, all of those tanks with the highest survivability use collars, so they have some of the lowest threat generation. Your Wampa will be able to live longer, but it won’t matter because you’ll still be the one getting hit.

That being said, it’s misleading to lump them together with any of the other tank tiers, so we have opted to label them as Poor*.

DPS

Our DPS testing focused on single-target performance by measuring TTK and DPS against the Operations Training Dummy with the Armor Reduction Module and Training Dummy Basic Health Modulator (2 mil HP).

There is some variability in DPS numbers, but this is mainly due to luck. We did a larger number of tests with Lana Beniko and found her sample trials varied between 10.6k and 11.8k, just like we saw with standard DPS as a whole.

Dual wielding DPS companions do perform slightly better at DPS than their single weapon-wielding compatriots, but the difference is very minor and should not be a serious consideration for which companion you choose to use. It’s probably just something related to offhand damage.

DPS companions also have some variability in hard stun duration. Most companions in DPS mode have a stun that lasts 5s, except for lightsaber wielders (regardless of type), which have a hard stun that only lasts 4s.

Many DPS companions don’t generate threat. This is really nice for keeping them alive because you have DCDs at your disposal and more HP. It also means you don’t have to worry about them luring a straggler out of your DoT spread.

Each companion has an AoE ability; most of them are weak, but a few are insanely powerful. These singular powerful AoE abilities are typically responsible for divergent DPS numbers and the popularity of companions like Bessie and Shae as DPS.

The absolute best DPS companions in the game are Altuur zok Adon, B3-S1, ISO-5R, and Shae Vizla. The worst DPS companions tend to be beasts from the Cartel Market.

Healers

Our healer testing measured HPS, EHPS, and DPS in a duel where the player was constantly below maximum HP. We did not see a relevant disparity between HPS and EHPS. We also made sure to factor in the Trauma debuff since it’s a duel.

Healer companions are the most standardized out of the bunch, likely owing to fewer ability variants and the devs paying closer attention to the balance for the most popular companion role.

All the best healers have unique or additional abilities, and there is no pattern to the few bad healers, at least that I can see.

Healer DPS is also fairly consistent, but only poor performance is mirrored, so a bad DPS companion will deal bad damage as a healer, but a good DPS companion usually doesn’t offer above average damage output as a healer.

The absolute best healer companions are Altuur zok Adon and Z0-0M, with K1-Z3N, Kira Carsen, Tuk’ata, and Veeroa Denz being distant runners-up. Altuur can offer much higher damage potential, but Z0-0M can still beat him in raw HPS.

Cartel Market Companions

Companions from the Cartel Market offer different performance compared to the rest. It’s unclear if this is deliberate or incidental.

It would be bad if you had to pay for the best companion performance (P2W), but that does not mean they need to be worse, either, and unfortunately, that is often the case.

Since all of them are also regular enemies, it’s safe to say this is just a nice byproduct of Broadsword’s ongoing visual modernization efforts for SWTOR, not necessarily a clear indication that they plan to sell more companions on the CM going forward.

Companions on the Cartel Market offer pretty consistent healing performance, but tanking and DPS are hit-or-miss, and the two usually go hand-in-hand. If a CM companion’s DPS is bad, their tanking is usually also gonna be bad.

Beasts as a “class” seems to be the culprit, with the exception of the Tuk’ata, possibly caused by something related to their unique Kolto Collar buff or Weapon Proficiency: Unarmed.

As DPS, beasts don’t have the ability to apply Sunder Armor, which makes enemies take 20% more damage from attacks that deal energy/kinetic damage, including all weapon damage. This debuff affects your own damage potential as well.

If beasts applied the Sunder Armor debuff, their DPS would be higher, but it isn’t enough on its own to standardize their performance. The other piece of their missing damage is more foundational because the lower damage output persists for tanks and healers.

Beast companions also seem to generate far less threat compared to other healers, which is a nice benefit even though their healing output remains standard.

The non-humanoid droid companions (probes, quadrupeds, like M1-4X) you can buy from the CM are consistently great tanks, and they often have unique animations. They also usually generate 4-5x threat from range compared to melee.

The best companions from the Cartel Market are:

Tank	Damage	Healer	Filters
Tuk’ata	ISO-5R	Tuk’ata	Cartel Maeket
ISO-5R		K1-Z3N	Cartel Maeket

Again, other non-humanoid droids are also solid tanks, but that would make the list too long, and superior tank performance does not consistently correspond to DPS performance.

There has not been a new CM companion since 5.9 released in 2018, but their models did get silent visual upgrades sometime in 7.0 and continue to be sold.

The Bolraida was never released despite appearing as a deco with its source listed as the Plunderer Pack, coinciding with Update 4.4 and Chapter 13 of KotFE: Profit and Plunder, though the files weren’t added to the game until 5.9.

Ability Breakdown by Role

While they have weapon and alignment-dependent animations, companion abilities are generally standardized based on their role, so attacks may look different but do the same thing.

All companions have a Basic Attack and Passive toggle that stops them from fighting after they finish activating their current ability.

Tank

Tank abilities include single-target and AoE taunts, a gap closer that heals, an AoE attack that doubles as a DCD, and a triple pull. Threat generation covers such a wide range, but typical performance bands include <50k, 550k, and 1-4mil TPS (threat per second).

Ability Name	Effect	Cooldown	Role
Threatening Strike Threatening Strike Threatening Strike Powered Charge	Gap closer that heals for 25% of damage dealt	7.5s	Tank
Personal Threat Personal Threat Reinforcing Taunt Threatening Focus	Taunt that applies absorb shield	12s	Tank
Provoking Scream Provoking Scream Provoking Scream Provoking Flare	AoE taunt with 3m radius	20s	Tank
Ground Smash Ground Smash Ground Smash Anti-Personnel Detonator	AoE attack that grants companion 10s of 50% DR	15s	Tank
Mass Force Pull Multi-Grapple	Triple pull	45s	Tank

Tanks have the most variable performance out of the 3 roles. This is likely due to the greater number of ability variants. Some abilities have different names and the same icon while others have the same name and a different icon.

DPS

DPS abilities include a heavy hit, a DoT that applies the armor debuff, a finisher, a short-range AoE, and a hard stun. Typically, companion DPS deal ~11k DPS, which is roughly 33% of what a DPS player can do in single-target situations.

Ability Name	Effect	Cooldown	Role
Pummel Pummel Pummel Blast	Immediate heavy hit	7s	DPS
Force Crush Force Crush Electric Pulse Exhaustive Shot	10s DoT that applies Sunder Armor for 45s	14s	DPS
Finishing Strike Finishing Strike Finishing Strike Deadeye Shot	Sub-30% execute ability	20s	DPS
Whirlwind-Strike Whirlwind-Strike Suppressing Fire Thermal Grenade	AoE attack with 4m radius	22.5s	DPS
Force Stun Electro Dart	4-5s hard stun	45s	DPS

Healer

Healer abilities always include an immediate heal, a HoT that doubles as a cleanse, a shell shield, a channeled heal, a mez, and a hidden ability that keeps them near you. The vast majority of companions heal for roughly 21k HPS, which is about 66% of single-target healing potential.

Ability Name	Effect	Cooldown	Role
Soothe Soothe Kolto Quick Scan	Immediate heal if target is below 80% HP	10s	Healer
Mending Mending Kolto Drip	9s HoT that cleanses you with each tick	12s	Healer
Protective Barrier Kolto Shell	180s buff that heals you the next 6 times you take damage	20s	Healer
Enlivening Force Ameliorating Force Progressive Kolto Scan	3s channeled heal	7.5s	Healer
Dark Tempest Force Detain Electro-Stasis	10s mez on enemies if they’re above 90% HP	45s	Healer
Ardent Protector	Instant leap to you if more than 20m away, not on quickbar	4s	Healer

Ardent Protector is a secret 6th ability that healer companions use as soon as they find themselves more than 20m away from the player. If you’re trying to kite something and your healer suddenly dies, this ability is probably the reason. There is no way to disable it.

Unique Abilities and Animations

Some companions have unique abilities and animations for specific roles, typically if that ability is tied to the story or if you have to do something special to acquire them.

A simple example is Eckard Lokin, who can transform into a Rakghoul or back to a human at will in the story and can continue to do so as a DPS or Tank companion.

Performance wise, those unique abilities are really hit-or-miss. Half the time, those abilities are really powerful and make them one of the best companions in the game. The other half of the time, those abilities are hot garbage and make them noncompetitive with their associated role.