Seems like most of the elite fighters are males. But i don't really like the idea of bringing a sausages party with me every mission, the only guy i think i'd bring is Einar Corso due to the expert soldier trait.
So, which girls are able to compete with these guys as follower even against stronger late game enemies?
The ex-arena champion from the Kahill Outpost bounty is a powerful melee combatant with curvy body type which means she can reach 120 HP; even higher if you can get her to the plump body type. I think she comes with Brawler and Warrior guaranteed.
Kelly Mctierney has crackshot so if you train her, she can be your coilgun holder. Crafting coilgun ammo in the workshop for her can be worth it since coilgun ammo is produce in batches of 100 and is decently affordable.
Arya comes with Malevolence and either comes with or can learn Warrior.
Rebecca Higgs has Malevolence and I think she comes with or can learn Warrior trait. She comes with body type normal I think which means she can get to body type curvy for higher hp.
The Valkyria who spawns in Marston Avenue can hold her own. I am not sure what body type she starts with now though.
Akari Ito from the Taking Down the Hulk quest should be at least body type normal or curvy. Check the wiki what traits she comes with guaranteed. Brawler I think.
Kate Veeron from the fixed fight in South Redhaven (one of the enemy red icon). She comes with Brawler and the unique trait Shadowborn which makes the enemy not attack her as long as at least one other person in her party is visible to the enemy and not wearing stealth armor. This means she would not be tanking attacks for you. You tank for her. She starts with normal body type.
Zenobia who you can capture when doing The Ring quest and choosing Attack the Punks. She starts with normal body type and Brawler.
Enya Avison has decent melee starting stats if I remember correctly. She comes with Brawler too.
Any random generic girl you can capture with curvy body type or Brawler (you luck into that occasionally) or high starting strength and combat attributes can also perform. I captured a random girl who started with 105 melee combat stats once. Sadly her body type was very petite.
In case you are wondering why I kept mentioning body type, it is because body type dictates an NPC's max HP cap when you train him/her. NPCs can also upgrade their body type by one level plus or minus their original genetic body type. A normal body type can become petite or curvy. Check the wiki for NPC attributes to see how to up/down body type.
Anyone know how to reset the cultis monk fight.
As with many other player, I killed him before the update.
Enter console command by pressing Control + Shift + J.
Type and enter:
SugarCube.State.active.variables.stokkeen2 = 1