LogFAQs > #972072993

Alrighty so this fight occurs in a dungeon. Pamela's team starts in the bottom of the terrain (the basement) whereas the attackers (Pamela and friends) start basically at the entrance as far as I can tell. Anyway the video I listed is the terrain, it's basically...a library and all.

Pamela is starting by the enemy team which does sound bad, but I'd like to show you this video (which also shows the terrain!):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APS37ViG8L4&t=1002s

Pamela can phase through walls, which is incredibly handy here! All she really needs to do when surrounded by enemies is to relax, and fall through the floor. This is a fairly complex dungeon, so the enemy team is going to need time to locate her. This gives her a good head start on finding her team, and she also really knows this terrain well since I believe she haunts it.

Moreover, Pamela in game is completely immune to physical damage, so I would imagine the suplex doesn't hurt her at all. The only means of damaging her is by herself, or by magic. I know the enemy team is going to gang up on her at the start of the fight, but she doesn't truly *appear* to be a ghost, so it'll take time for them to pinpoint her weaknesses. And secondly, healing **does not** hurt her, so Raise or Samarecarm won't OHKO her.

Finally, Pamela has the innate ability of Immortal Body, which revives her. If she dies to the ambush, she'll get a second chance. According to the wiki, it takes a few turns: if she dies on spawn (which I disagree with), she'll revive after the baddies leave the room she's in.

Pamela offers fantastic utility with debuffs, and healing, and once with her team I think she'd contribute alot. She can pass off the ability Phantom Touch to Raiden, which gives him healing on his attacks, which makes him kind of a monster IMO. She can also summon monsters to help, which includes her teddy bear.

Outside of Pamela, there's Raiden who does Raiden things. He's uninhibited this fight which is great.

Gordon Freeman has his Pulse Rifle and Rocket Launcher, and actually most importantly, his Gravity Gun. There's plenty of bookcases and other fauna for him to throw around - and keep in mind the gravity gun can launch things very hard. Gordon is pretty good in tight spaces with his homing rocket launcher. And he's fought off Striders, which are huge tripedal robots. They fire plasma guns, too, which makes Freeman pretty tanky if he's canonically able to defeat them.

TL;DR:
Pamela might be at a disadvantage, but she has two lives, and can walk through terrain to reunite with her team. She knows the terrain, so she'll be able to find where her comrades are with little difficulty. Once she regroups, she with Freeman and Raiden have a clear strength advantage.