Castellan and Kozlowski: follower scaling

The Black Templars Castellan gains 10% Skill for each follower. Kozlowski’s Lasgun adds troops as it levels, giving this combination a specific follower-scaling interaction. Skill increases projectile speed; it should not be read as a direct 10% damage bonus.

Two different main-character passives

Champion	Follower effect
Castellan	10% Skill per follower
Trooper Bartosz Kozlowski	5% Veterancy per follower

Kozlowski also gains a Redeployment every 15 levels, capped at two from that progression. These are his main-character rules, so a run led by the Castellan is not identical to a run led by Kozlowski just because both contain a Lasgun.

For the Castellan, three counted followers contribute 30% Skill from this passive. That figure concerns projectile speed. It does not calculate total DPS, account for travel distance or prove that every melee attack improves by the same amount.

Lasgun and Meltagun

Lasgun attacks the nearest enemy and loses damage with distance. Its troops spread the firing origins across the retinue. Upgrading the weapon can add extra Lasgun followers; the evolution route uses Gauntlet to obtain Meltagun.

Meltagun is a short-range beam with extra damage against bosses and close enemies. Moving from Lasgun to its evolved behavior therefore changes more than the name. Position around the short beam’s reach instead of expecting a long-range shooting pattern.

Keep the retinue in useful positions

The follower carrying a gun determines its attack origin. Turning your own champion does not guarantee every follower is already facing the same way. Allow room for the formation to turn, then check that the relevant attack is actually reaching the target.

The official Squad System feature names this pairing, but its pre-release wording also refers to attack power. The released character record specifically states Skill. This guide uses the current stat rather than treating that older phrasing as an additional Strength bonus.

Build effects and achievement counting

Extra Lasgun troops are useful to inspect for the build’s follower interactions. They are not a reliable shortcut to the separate five-follower objective: players report that multiple Lasgun troops do not count as five distinct companions for that objective.

Use five followers for the Figure Case unlock and stat names for the difference between Skill, Strength and Attacks. The database keeps the starting-weapon and passive records available alongside the build.