"For normal gameplay."
Well yes the raven is just the 3th best option.
The ai always target the boar and he have unbuffed 27 hp multiple x2 cuz he is resistant .
I was really satisfied beacause you can apply mage armor an shield of fate on the boar boosing up his ac to 19.
And he have 1 aoe damage that can deal around 2d4+4+4+3.
And a single target 1d6+4+4+3+1d4.
Thats brutal and the top if that he is knoking down.
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I still think it's much stronger to have your advantage ability on board instead on a companion, but the rest of Beastmaster sounds ... astonishing. My experience with Wyll is that a minion like the flying imp can be very strong (while the poor Quasit is mediocre), it's at least additional damage and a damage soaker. So I get it that the Beastmaster is a beast.
What about the Hunter subclass? Wyll has all the Warlock abilitites + a minion, the Hunter Ranger has no companion (except the weak normal ones). Out of Colossus Slayer his features are meh, very situational at least. As Colossus Slayer he deals additional 1d8 to targets not at full health, that's 4.5 average. If the boar can deal 17 damage (?) average per turn (?) to single targets, why would someone ever choose Hunter over Beastmaster? Did Larian overdo it a bit?
