Follie vs Mesa
Same Support / Healer fantasy — which support kit fits your squad and mission rota?
TL;DR — Quick Pick
Pick Follie if…
- You're sold on Follie's fantasy (Follie, the merry, macabre Shadowgrapher, brings ink to life) more than another Support / Healer option.
- Mesa's pitch (“The gunslinger has a steady deadly hand”) isn't what you're missing — Self Portrait is.
- You value Follie's orb-efficiency passive for longer ability spam on dense holds.
Pick Mesa if…
- The gunslinger has a steady deadly hand — that's the Mesa pitch you want on the roster.
- You'd rather build around Shatter Shield than live in Follie's Self Portrait loop.
- You're buying into Mesa's passive — shoot dual-wielded sidearms a percentage faster and reload single-handed sidearms reload% more….
Verdict
Both fill the Support / Healer lane. Lean Follie for orb economy and Self Portrait; lean Mesa for Shatter Shield and Shatter Shield. Mission Usefulness is where they split: Steel Path (Excellent vs Strong — edge Follie); speed clears (Situational vs Excellent — edge Mesa).
At a Glance
Follie
Stat
Mesa
Support / Healer
Role
Support / Healer
VazarinAura
MaduraiMatch the priority to your main ability
Mod Priority
Match the priority to your main ability
Forced Perspective
Kit Opener
Ballistic Battery
Mission Usefulness
Mission
Follie
Mesa
Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption
Winner
Mobile Defense / Excavation
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs
Winner
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare
Open World / Bounties
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content
Winner
When Each Shines
Follie
- Self Portrait carries mid-mission casts; Plein Air is the density payoff.
- Long holds where energy comfort matters — Follie's loop stays online without babysitting orbs.
- Dense spawns where Follie's cast cadence outpaces gun-only clears.
Mesa
- Shatter Shield carries mid-mission casts; Peacemaker is the density payoff.
- Mod focus stays on match the priority to your main ability so the cast loop doesn't fall over mid-rota.
- Missions that reward committing to Mesa's full ability loop instead of dabbling.
Mod Scaling Focus
Follie
Match the priority to your main ability — Strength or Duration first for most kits, then Efficiency, then Range.
- STR
- Raises damage and effect potency across Follie’s Strength-scaling abilities.
- DUR
- Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Follie if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
- RNG
- Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Follie is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
- EFF
- Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.
Mesa
Match the priority to your main ability — Strength or Duration first for most kits, then Efficiency, then Range.
- STR
- Raises damage and effect potency across Mesa’s Strength-scaling abilities.
- DUR
- Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Mesa if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
- RNG
- Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Mesa is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
- EFF
- Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.
Who Should You Pull?
- Energy / health orb rooms are common in your rota and Follie gets more mileage out of every pickup.
- Your favorite clear starts on Forced Perspective and ends on Plein Air — Follie is built for that arc.
- Mesa's Shatter Shield loop asks for a different muscle memory than you want to practice.
- Follie rates higher on Steel Path holds (Excellent vs Strong) — that rota is where you actually play.
- Potato + Forma budget this month has Follie's name on it.
- Shatter Shield into Peacemaker is the cast story you want to master — not a random subsume mashup.
- Weapon damage still matters in your loadouts and Mesa is the frame that amplifies that plan.
- You've tried (or watched) Follie and the orb economy fantasy didn't stick.
- Mesa rates higher on speed clears (Excellent vs Situational) — that rota is where you actually play.
- You're chasing one strong Support main, and Mesa is the candidate.