Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5691575-20130428005808/@comment-26352958-20160903172155

without mods I don't think any follower in this game is anywhere close to being useful, they all get in the way, run into your attacks potentially killing them. whenever I have a follower around it always feels like I'm babysitting and escorting someone who doesn't know how not to be in the way.

Lydia is by far one of the worst followers in any game I have ever played always getting in the way, never being useful, alway needing to be saved, it feels like I'm escorting Princess Peach to battle. Lydia is frustratingly useless so in the end I fed her to an ancient dragon.