The main advantage to having Kreia with you is the Mentor bonus that lets you gain XP faster.

To answer on why HK has a high strength stat is more based, he used to help Revan with lightsaber combat hence the strength stat at 16 silly how they never gave him melee weapons

Normalize solo runs allowing only T3-M4. A player and their droid. The purest combination.

In Kotor 2 I like how most of the characters are multifunctional, they do both lightsabers and pistol/rifle. Most of the Jedi Companions are low in wisdom so you have to use them for defensive purposes. I agree with a lot of your choices here.

Chad, thanks for all you’ve done video wise for KOTOR. I find myself coming back to these videos during times of stress. These games were my escape in my teens.

Bao-dur is situational as his base class can instantly take out enemy shields with his Repulsor Fist, but that is really his only benefit.
G0-T0 cannot trigger mines just like Mira.

Pretty cool and also a little ironic that the two best companions by far in the game are the ones you get in the first level!

interesting that you put The Disciple so low, I just finished Freedon Nadds tomb last night and he has become my best combatant next to my main character. He's built like a Sentinel but with a lot more Strength and power, I often use Insanity and Improved Flurry with him and Destroy Droid if I'm fighting droids. I love how I've built him and he's a great character too to boot.

The Disciple is honestly a very underrated character.  I think most are confused by the soldier consular combo.  But I think you hit the head with how to build him though.  I keep him as a soldier as long as possible because he's pretty powerful as a soldier.  Switching him to consular just to get access to buffs and a light saber while preferably powers that are not armor restricted.   He can be a pretty good ally.   Kind of like Atton a really prefer avoiding making him a Jedi for a long time.  😂

Would you do a video ranking the planets from both games least to most favorite? Always fun hearing what parts people enjoy and don't in these games

I have a way to make Bao Dur useful in combat, takes some time but works. As a guardian he can learn powers like force barrier and energy resistance. Since he doesnt have high dexterity he pretty much needs to max out his offensive capabilities or find other means of defense. Armor can do well for that, upgrade it with things that improve resistance to blasters or melee weapons and use the above powers he becomes semi invincible. Only a few enemies will be able to do real damage like the Sith Masters in the temple or on telos where the sith troops have disruptor weapons.

Learned more about atton thanks

great video, loved the ranking by star wars elements.

I know this is insanely late but bao can force powers. You just can't use the light side stuff cuz of the armor restrictions

Nice thank you

I just finished playing kotor 1 on mobile, now that I got back into the swing of the game I'm moving onto 2 on my pc; and I gotta say, I had no idea you could convert so many of your followers to be jedi, I haven't played this one in so long I'm really looking forward to it, definitely using this video to make some wreckers to roll with me lol.

My personal ranking:

12: g0t0, I rarely play with him as farming influence to convert everyone into a jedi restricts your interactions with the rest of the crew. His anti droid stuff sounds fun but since most of the droids are on ns (before you get him) you don’t get a lot from it.

11: t3, isn’t that great but actually a lot better than in kotor 1. Especially in the beginning when you try to stall everyone so you can benefit from the jedi upgrades he is in fact a viable option especially against droids where his shock arm is very effective. You have to play him manually though.

10: hk-47, suffers from the same problems as in kotor 1 (no melee!). His dialogue is still great and this time he even has a unique special mission (rcm only) but since range weapons are still inferior to melee/lightsaber he is outclassed.

9: mandalore, he is really decent as a range or melee tank. But since there are a lot of jedi options and he already was in kotor 1 (where he is a more interesting character imo) you most likely bench him most of the time.

8: hanharr, similar to mandalore you don’t get a lot of time with him if you want to convert all possible jedi. He’s also ds only so that restricts the time you play with him even further. He is decent as a melee tank but has the same issue as zaalbar in kotor 1 where he has too low defense (which is even more of an issue with wookie rage).

7: mira, she is the first jedi on the list and the ls counterpart to hanharr. Her starting class isn’t too impressive and it’s nearly impossible to make it out of her initial fight without upgrading her first. You’re also forced to play onderon with her if you want to convert her. When she finally is converted she’s just another jedi sentinel of which you already have 2. Also her wrist rockets are mostly useless.

6: visas, she’s a jedi sentinel who doesn’t need to be converted. Unfortunately she lacks a bit in hp and since she doesn’t need to be converted her playtime gets reduced significantly by the others. Also farming influence with her might damage your relationship with brianna and her outfit can’t be customized but stays the same no matter what you equip.

5: atton, gameplay wise pretty similar to mira but since he’s in your party right from the start and is very easy to please you should be able to convert him pretty early without any effort. As a jedi sentinel he has the same issues as mira and visas. He just gets the edge because of his personality and his unique feat which keeps reviving him.

4: bao-dur, his starting class is best avoided completely but once you convert him he becomes a jedi guardian (the best class imo) and a beast in melee combat. Only problem is he can’t wear robes or heavy armor so there you’re restricted a lot and it also affects his ability to use certain force abilities. Bit if you just want a good melee jedi that can hold on in a fight without needing healing every time bao-dur is the man for you.

3: kreia, clearly the best supporting jedi as a jedi consular with decent constitution. All effects on her will also apply to your pc so she’s great for buffing. You don’t want her to fight melee battles though as she sucks at that. Also you have to control her fp otherwise she’ll run out and be useless. She is quite annoying as a character as you can’t really gain influence on her and trying to do so may damage your relationships with the other characters.

2: disciple/mical, if this were a personality ranking he‘d compete for the last spot as he hardly has any. Since this is a gameplay ranking he’s actually really good. He starts of as a soldier (which is great for hp and melee combat) and can be easily converted in just a few dialogues. He‘ll become a jedi consular which is great for force abilities. Tbh he‘s pretty much the only character where it is actually better to give him a few upgrades as his starting class before converting him so you’ll get the perfect hybrid from good hp and feats and a lot of fp and force abilities.

1: handmaiden/brianna, she‘s absolutely godtier. She has the perfect combination of soldier and jedi guardian which makes her the best melee companion in game. With her in your party you can focus on doing whatever you want as she can take on a lot of enemies on her own. She also has a unique robe which spares you the effort of getting one for her. Only con is that she’s only available if you have a male pc (tbh she’s the only reason you‘d ever want a male pc).

I noticed you did not mention that with a high enough repair and computer skill you can upgrade T3's stats a Ton like it is a lot between dex and hp and diffrent saves you can keep ungrading him

The level cap is actually 50, and without using bugs/exploits (mines to farm XP, or the Hsiss glitch) it's possible to reach level 35 or so if you go Sentinel to start and do as many skill-related interactions (computers, repairs, security, etc) yourself as possible during all the various solo sections of the game. That's on the base game, not including the restored content mod.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think there's a level cap to turn the handmaiden into a Jedi it's an influence cap