The companions listed below have been specifically looked at for the NW.285.20230311a.3 patch, and have had at least a balance pass, and possibly other bug fixes. As indicated in the broader Patch Notes, additional companion updates will be coming soon.

• Abyssal Chicken
  • Swarm will now occur more frequently for consistency, but lasts a shorter duration.
  • Clarified in Rake description that it only hits 1 target (it never could hit more than 1)
  • Rebalanced as a Hybrid companion.
• Air Genasi
  • Rebalanced as a Hybrid Companion.
• Apprentice Healer          
  • Rebalanced as a Healer + Multi-Target companion.
• Batiri     
  • Rebalanced as a Single-Target companion.
• Battlefield Medic
  • Rebalanced as a Healer companion.
• Black Death Scorpion
  • Rebalanced as a Single-Target companion.
• Bruenor Battlehammer
  • Improved melee cleave arcs.
  • Rebalanced as a Hybrid Companion.
• Cattie-Brie         
  • Cattie-brie now uses her bow from appropriately long bow-ey ranges.
  • Rebalanced at a Single-Target companion.
• Celeste
  • Rebalanced as a Healer + Multi-Target companion.
• Cleric Disciple
  • Rebalanced as a Healer + Single-Target companion.
• Cunning Mimic
  • Rebalanced as a Hybrid companion.
  • Note the Mimic does not currently ‘taunt’ targets, as this functionality has been deprecated from companions.
• Dancing Blade   
  • Rebalanced as a Single-Target companion.
• Dark Dealer       
  • Rebalanced as a Single-Target companion.
• Dedicated Squire             
  • Rebalanced as a Healer + Multi-Target companion.
• Dragonborn Brawler
  • Rebalanced as a Hybrid companion.
• Dread Warrior
  • Improved melee cleave arcs.
  • Now applies the effects of Siphon Strike to all allies. To account for this power increase, the bonuses provided have been adjusted.
  • Rebalanced as a Hybrid companion.
• Drizzt Do'urden
  • Improved melee cleave arcs.
  • Rebalanced as a Multi-Target companion.
• Earl the Chickenmancer
  • Summoned Chickens now deals proper scaling damage.
  • Rebalanced as a Single-Target companion. Beware the chicken apocalypse!
• Eladrin 
  • Rebalanced as a Single-Target companion.
• Elminster Aumar             
  • Increased area on Scorcher.
  • Doubled Effulgent Epuration’s shield strength.
  • Effulgent Epuration Cooldown Decreased from 30s -> 20s.
  • Rebalanced as a Hybrid companion.
• Faithful Initiate
  • Rebalanced as a Healer + Single-Target companion.
• Flumph
  • Rebalanced as a Multi-Target companion.
• Githyanki            
  • Improved melee cleave arcs.
  • Rebalanced as a Hybrid companion.
• Helmite Ghost Paladin  
  • Shieldbash range increased, but can no longer rarely hit 2+ targets.
  • Improved melee cleave arcs.
  • Rebalanced as a Healer + Hybrid companion.
• Honey Badger
  • Powers reworked to provide less bonus and penalties near high/low health values.
  • Rebalanced as a Single-Target companion.
• Ice Sprite
  • Rebalanced as a Single-Target companion.
• Jagged Dancing Blade    
  • Rebalanced as a Single-Target companion.
• Jaraxle Baenre  
  • Rebalanced as a Hybrid companion.
• Kavatos Stormeye          
  • Lightning Bolt deals Lightning damage (instead of Cold)
  • Rebalanced as a Hybrid companion.
• Kuo-toa
  • Reduced passive bonus from 5% per player 2%.
  • Rebalanced as a Single-Target companion.
• Linu La’neral          
  • Rebalanced as a Healer + Hybrid companion.
• Makos and Lich Makos 
  • Fixed Meteor Swarm effects to align with # of meteors spawned.
  • Increased Meteor radius slightly.
  • Lich Makos - Decreased Cooldown on Consume Soul power.
  • Makos – Rebalanced as a Multi-Target companion.
  • Lich Makos – Rebalanced as a Hybrid companion.
• Minsc
  • Rebalanced as a Multi-Target companion.
• Owl
  • Rebalanced as a Single-Target companion.
• Paranoid Delusion          
  • Paranoid Delusions have had significant rebalancing applied on a per-class basis.
  • Fighter - Improved melee cleave arcs.
  • Fighter, Barbarian - Rebalanced as Multi-Target companions.
  • Cleric, Ranger, Rogue, Bard – Rebalanced as Single-Target companions.
  • Wizard, Warlock – Rebalanced as Hybrid companions.
• Pseudodragon
  • Rebalanced as a Single-Target companion.
• Regis    
  • Rebalanced as a Hybrid companion.
• Rumpadump
  • Rebalanced as a Single-Target companion.
• Sergeant Knox & Alphonse Knox
  • Reaping Strike now does a slight knockdown to weaker targets.
  • Rebalanced as Multi-Target companions.
• Siege Master
  • Direct Catapult damage has been fixed.
  • Shieldwall has been reworked and fixed. It now does a melee attack and applies a non-stacking 3% Defense buff to nearby Teammates. The description has been updated.
  • Rebalanced as a Hybrid companion.
• Sliverscale Cleric Disciple
  • Rebalanced as a Healer + Single-Target companion.
• Spined Devil      
  • Increased Tail Spine power's cone to more consistently hit targets.
  • Rebalanced as a Hybrid companion.
• Splinters (Broom)
  • Rebalanced as a Hybrid companion.
• Stronghold Cleric
  • Fixed broken cast cycle on Sacred Flame.
  • Sacred Flame now applies its heal when the Stronghold Cleric uses it.
  • Rebalanced as a Healer + Single-Target companion.
• Succubus / Incubus
  • Rebalanced as Hybrid companions.
• Tomb Spider
  • Increased Bite and Claw ranges to allow Tomb Spider to hit larger targets more consistently.
  • Rebalanced as a Single-Target companion.
• Wererat Thief
  • Rebalanced as a Multi-Target companion.
• Wulfgar
  • Improved hit arc on Wicked Cleave.
  • Rebalanced as a Hybrid companion.
• Xuna
  • Various issues with Bloodbath and Envenonmed Blades have been addressed.
  • Rebalanced as a Hybrid companion.
• Yojimbo
  • Updated descriptions of Hayase and Iainuki to match their actual effects better.
  • Rebalanced as a Hybrid companion.
• Zariel / Soradiel
  • Rebalanced as a Hybrid companion.