Re-examining companion rankings

[The Sideromancer]

Between the item slot faq/errata and UWilderness, there's been a lot of shakeups to animal/plant/vermin companions. It's still pretty likely velociraptors are the best, but I'm interested in seeing what has come in and out of base viability. In particular, as a guy who likes bugs, is going for a vermin's more uniquely specialized approach reasonable, or are you still building them as a chordate with fewer item slots?

[The Sideromancer]

CLICKBAIT!!!!

[Officially Strange]

It'd be easier to do a personal survey if d20SRD had organization or if AoN (or the PRD) update to include UW. Give us some time!

[avr]

Which FAQrata did you mean?

BTW, GMs who try to hold conversations between NPCs in game often end up sounding weird. Just so you know.

[The Sideromancer]

I'm referring to the "A few more anwsers" blog post on item slots.