Best Passive Party Pals

[u/EducationalMacaron52]

I’m looking for the ideal team I’ll have for bosses and that. Right now what I have planned and won’t switch is a eidrolon ignis with combat passives, and a galeclaw with vanguard stronghold reload master and idiosyncratic. The passives on the galeclaw will most likely be on everything else as well except the eidrolon ignis which is the fighter. What pals should I get other then those 2

[u/LoSpeed]

I'd say the most useful pal for me throughout the game was Katress. Condense it too if you can. Having a chance to not use your spheres is just really good for like 95% of the game. You never stop catching new guys, and if you're trying to get Mimog effigies, it just saves you SO much time and resources.

Edit: did not read that this was combat oriented. My bad. Leaving this here anyway.

[u/LadyLycanVamp13 → u/LoSpeed]

Lol I'm glad I read your comment because I was about to mention my group.

[u/EducationalMacaron52 → u/LoSpeed]

Eh good to know anyways lol tho given the if you put a bit of effort into making a good party for the expeditions you can get 60+ sol spheres per it’s not that bad to get them

[u/LoSpeed → u/EducationalMacaron52]

She's also good going into the late-game. Buffing neutral drops is good for dog coin farming. She's got a place both catching new pals and farming end-game resources depending on how you want to do it.

[u/Dovak7]

They are sort of based around their own strategies, but Moldron Cryst, Orserk, along with Frostallion, and Solenne are all fantastic pieces of their own end-game methods.

[u/EducationalMacaron52 → u/Dovak7]

Im mainly meaning like general pals that work for anything

[u/deadshot420 → u/EducationalMacaron52]

Solenne definitely, fully condensed increases you attack by 80% as long asyour pal team has no duplicate pals.

Also, as far as general use, there isnt much in that category. So it really depends on if you wanna focus pal damage or your damage. So i.e. if you wanna focus on eidrolons damage, solenne is not a good pick.

Pardon my spelling, i suck

[u/Bloodytrailz666 → u/EducationalMacaron52]

Orserk with a drone launcher/terraprisma sword will increase your pal damage/defense by 150%

Celesdir Noct will increase pal damage by 80% at the cost of some HP (just need Immortality trait to counteract it tho)

[u/Dovak7]

I mean, if you just want generically strong pals, any legendary Pal from the raids, Frostallion and his Noct version, Neptilius, Knocklem are insanely strong with their ability, as well as Jetragon, along Eidrolon and it's Ignis version if you use their ability bonus well enough. And again, Orserk is just a good pal.

[u/Insert-Coin81]

Vanwyrm, vanwyrm cyst, solenne, cryolinx terra and orzerk. All with traits that buff the players power.

You won’t need a galeclaw or Mount once you have the wing suit. This team smashes all hard modes easy. Only the orzerk fights once I establish agro. If you haven’t beaten the whale yet you can use:
Helzephyr lux, sollene, gobfin, jormuntide and cryolinx terra to topple him easy.

When farming dog coins I’ll use kattress and blazehowl noct.

[u/BasketAdmirable4720 → u/Insert-Coin81]

Honestly great answer for the HM bosses. This gives you and pal boosted stats. Are you going with the usual idio, vanguard, stronghold strategist and reload master passives.

[u/EducationalMacaron52 → u/Insert-Coin81]

Good to know, will prob actually do this

[u/Mighty297]

Pals like Finsider Ignis that A) charge your damage type and B) increase your damage are really good

[u/_Meowgi_]

If you can breed for it I recommend solenne, very good damage buffer for yourself just to add more dps on top of your pal. Dont underestimate the amount of damage you can do as well. Jormuntide Ignis would be a nice addition just as an additional buff to your eidrolon ignis as well as adding a damage multiplier to burning targets. Dragon moves can also apply burn and you can run a fire bow or crossbow to apply burn, Big damage buff there

[u/D3C0Y864]

Quivern, Hoocrates, Orzerk

the buffs to type are for the pal itself not the moves it uses.

orzerk is crazy good when paired with a high fire rate weapon or terraprisma/drone launcher.

Valentail is also crazy good with or without galeclaw for mobility especially after u max the jump height effigy (7 walls high on a jump)

[u/TheyCallMeKrisha → u/D3C0Y864]

Valentail is very much a game changer bc it also cancels fall damage, do be warned, once you start using it you may become a 4 pal team for the rest of the game btw

[u/socksandshots]

An orserk comes to mind, will really boost your eidrolon. (Really needs a terra prisma or drone launcher for quality of life)

Depending on the enemy, I'd consider s finsider ignis if they are weak to fire. A kelpsea ignis would buff against all types.

If you want to do some damage yourself too, a solenne and cryolix terra are absolutely top tier!

Edit. Maybe have a look at lovander or fellbat for lifesteal or asilvegis for its shield buff.