Talk:Lone Hunter Schmidt/@comment-1086463-20140503101816/@comment-24480699-20141010031625

Honestly, the usefulness of a phantom depends on if your build compliments them. Tanks compliment spellcasters/archers, and vice versa. Dodge based melee characters (berserkers/thieves) do poorly with AI phantoms, as well as support characters, oddly enough. But basically, if you assume your NPC phantoms can do well without you supporting them, they will die 100% of the time. Yes, they're stupid, but you if want help you have to keep them alive.