Abigail buffs for DST

[Thieverpedia]

As it stands Abigail is primarily used for the tinier mobs that can easily be stunlocked or killed before she "dies" herself, but she stands no chance against some of the late game high-health mobs, as they crush her before she can accomplish much. With many mobs having double the health in DST, this ends up being more mobs that can tank her hits. As she is the primary part of Wendy's playstyle, I believe she's overdue for a good buff as her sister's guardian.

My proposed buffs, as a Wendy main, are these. Italics signify something that doesn't need changing.

• HP boosted from 600 to 1200
• Health regeneration boosted from 1 per second to 10 per second, 5 while in combat
• Attack damage remains the same during their respective parts of the day
• Abigail retreats when Wendy gets 3/4 a screen away, so she doesn't stay behind and be a meat shield
• Running speed boosted from 5 to 7
• Flower timer to spawn her remains the same
• Abigail gains damage resistance depending on time of day (Daytime 0%, Dusk 15%, Night 25%)

Those are my thoughts on Abigail. I've used Wendy for a while and have had ample time to study the effectiveness of Abigail and ways she can be improved. But as per usual, I'll end this post with a...Thoughts?

 

[StealthBeast]

I'm not sure I agree with your exact values, but I can definitely get on board with the idea that Wendy's only advantage (Abigail) sucks and needs a substantial buff.

[ShadowDuelist]

On 2/7/2018 at 5:44 PM, Thieverpedia said:

• Abigail retreats when Wendy gets 3/4 a screen away, so she doesn't stay behind and be a meat shield
• Running speed boosted from 5 to 7

These points I can sort of agree with, but overall that can also be better resolved by giving Abigail an improved AI.

The other suggestions I do not agree. The main advice I'll give is that you can make and carry several abigail flowers at the same time, and a lureplant, so even if your active Abi dies, you can instantly summon a new one, as each abigail flower has an independent re-spawn timer. I tend to carry 3 and its usually enough to keep it always active.
This means you can technically keep re-summoning her over and over for just a little sanity penalty, meaning that her actual HP is multiplied by the amount of flowers you have with you. Wendy only suffers against cave bosses, such as toadstool, Ancient guardian or the fuelweaver due to abigail's not really dealing that much damage to them and Wendy having a 25% penalty which is fine since she needs to have "something" bad to balance. But for the rest, Wendy is actually a great character.

I strongly recommend you that you watch @EsaiXD streams on twitch, he's a Pro Wendy main, and you will see there how to quickly get around all Abigail and Wendy's weaknesses, and turn her into actually one of the most consistently strong characters in the game.