Argo

Argo is one of the four selectable NPC companions in Echoes of Aincrad. Unlike Iori, she is a returning Sword Art Online character, known in the source material as 'Argo the Rat', a top-tier information broker on the early floors of Aincrad.

In-Game Role

Argo appears in two capacities in the game: as an in-world information broker who can be approached for guidance, and as a playable-party companion the player can bring into combat. Her in-world broker role is how the game hands out many of its tips and leads, which mirrors how Argo functions in the original novels.

Loadout

Argo fights with a dagger. In the game's combat framing she is the quickest companion, emphasising short-range hit-and-run openings that play well against the timing-based defensive windows of the player's own kit.