User blog:Monstermaniac/fleyne fighter

You hire a Felyne Comrade from the same Old Lady you would hire your Felyne Chefs from. Sometimes she'll be selling Comrades, sometimes she'll sell Chefs.

When you're looking at Comrades for hire you'll see a chart with all their stats; it'll look something like this: The Comrade Board 
 * Master: The Felyne Comrade's owner.
 * Felyne Lv: How high the Felyne's level is. The level cap is 20, but attack and defense can still be increased.
 * Attack: How strong the Comrade's attacks are.
 * Defense: How high the defense of the Felyne is.
 * Loyalty: How much the cat likes you; this affects how it acts in battle.
 * Lineage: What type/color of Felyne it is. The effects of a Felyne's lineage are only visual.
 * Character/Temperment: What kind of personality it has (how it acts in the middle of battle; fearless, cautious, etc).
 * Attack Type: Whether it uses Slash or Impact attacks. Impact has the K.O effect. Slashes can cut tails.
 * Combat Style: How the Felyne fights and what it uses during battle (Weapon, Bombs, both or doesn't attack at all).

The Comrade board is located in the kitchen, in the bottom right hand corner. This is also were your "Active" Felyne Comrades will be. You can only have 3 Felyne Comrades out, the others cannot be seen, and they cannot develop while not active.

These are the board's options: Development 
 * Growth: Have your Cats undergo training that raises their stats.
 * Comrade Skills: Give your Felynes special skills with the points they have gained (up to 3 skills per Felyne).
 * Active/Reserve: Switch your active Feylnes, and which one is your Comrade.
 * Armor: Choose the armor your Felynes wear (just for looks). Possible types are Mafumofu, Acorn Mail and the new downloaded Felyne Samurai set (this new Armor make your Comrade's weapon turn into a Samurai sword if they are Slash type, or a wooden hammer if they are Impact).
 * Change/Dismiss: Turn your Fighter into a Felyne chef, or dismiss a fighter
 * Comrade Transfer: Exchange Comrades with your friends.

In this option you can choose what type of training your cat does while you're out on missions. These will slowly raise your fighter's stats. Weapon Upgrade 
 * Hand To Hand: Increases the Felyne's experience value.
 * Dumbells: Increases attack power.
 * Situps: Increases defense.
 * Forms: Increases Defense and Attack power at the same time slowly.
 * Meditation: Increases the Felyne's points (used to acquire Skills).
 * Rest: Cat takes a break, raising its Loyalty.

As your Felyne Comrade levels up and its attack power becomes stronger, its weapon will change visually. See the chart below: Points and Skills 

As your Felyne fights along side you, it gains points. These points can be used to give your Comrade "Skills" which will aid you/him in the midst of battle. The only catch is a Comrade can only have 3 skills. You can erase old skills to give your Comrade new skills as you unlock them. This also gives a half refund of the total point cost. During Battle 

Aid Gathering Fighting Style 
 * During battle, your Comrade can distract the monster, possibly saving your life.
 * If your Comrade has the ability to use Bombs, they double as a Sonic Bomb, good for Yian Kut Kuand Plesioth.
 * If you are blocking your ears from a monster's scream, and your Comrade wasn't affected, he can run up to you and hit you out of it; this is the same for the Sleep Ailment, good when fighting Hypnocatrice), also effective when you are dazed or when you are frozen by a Giadrome, Kushala Daoraetc.
 * It can use Traps/Bombs to help in battle, if applicable.
 * Your Comrade can gather from Gathering Points and get you extra items/materials. You collect these items at the reward screen; you'll get 2 reward screens instead of one.
 * Your Comrade cannot carve, but if you give it a skill called "Rob 'Em Blind" it will occasionally steal an item from the monster when it attacks, which is like a carve.

Fighters have many different styles of fighting during battle: Temperaments 
 * Bombs Only: Comrade will never directly attack and only use Bombs.
 * Weapon Only: Comrade will never use bombs and only attack directly.
 * Mainly Bombs: Comrade will mostly use bombs and occasionally use his weapon.
 * Mainly Weapon: Comrade will mostly use his weapons and occasionally use Bombs.
 * Balanced: Comrade will use Bombs and his weapon equally.
 * Doesn't Attack: Comrade never attacks (They will still attack you to shake off KO, sleep, etc.)