active pet for archer

jackharper

Hello
I try play HR archer, and looking good pet for bondings. What do you think which is the best options? I thinking about air archon, con artist, sellsword or dancing blade.

jackharper

Any suggestions?

jonkoca

I think if you solo mainly, you want a good aggro holder pet, young yeti is best in that area.

If you mainly party with a tank, then you want a ranged pet like the fire archon, which will stay near and proc aspect of the pack even if you are far away from your team-mates.

dairyzeus

jonkoca said:

I think if you solo mainly, you want a good aggro holder pet, young yeti is best in that area.

If you mainly party with a tank, then you want a ranged pet like the fire archon, which will stay near and proc aspect of the pack even if you are far away from your team-mates.

I'd think you'd want a melee pet so that it can stay with the group and receive cleric/pally power share buffs regardless of where you're firing away from. Standard con artist/sell sword still seems ideal to me.

niadan

Damn good point, that many, quite frankly, do not think about.

beckylunatic

Why Dancing Blade? Just the common misconception that it debuffs for anything other than itself? It does not and is a poor choice.

My husband uses a Stalwart Golden Lion on his archer and loves it, but he also doesn't run queued content so the only player character tank the companion ever competes for aggro with is mine.

I'd go with a tanky companion of your choice if you mostly play alone and not do anything outside of standard meta striker options if you mostly play in groups.

jonkoca

Standard dps meta is summoned sellsword, 3 archons, and seigemaster. Btw.

However, for archer, for aimed shot at will, get a hunting hawk. Purple I think +7 or 8%..?

So, sellsword, earth (enemy not full health) and air (you full health) archons, hunting hawk and seigemaster. Definitive.

jackharper

But for bondings better options is air or fire archonts? I dont like sellswords or con artist.
When i play solo i use lion but i need something for pt. Now i have hunting hawk, owl and looking good pet for bonding. I thinking about fire archont but air archont have better active bonus.

thailadia

For Solo, I am currently use Young Yeti. It holder Agro very well for me.

For Party, you can switch to any others pet or still working with Young Yeti (3 offense slot + 10% chance, for you or your companion, to become blood thirsty, increasing damage dealt by 10% is also nice).

Only problem I found when using with Young Yeti for Archery during party is if you keep distance for example 70'-80' away, your Young Yeti will standing just right beside you T_T. I am always standing far away from party, so he also standing steady beside me without doing any attack. Currently I try to looking for range attack pet when party.

Are their any recommended range atk pet with 3 offense slots?

jackharper

I have the same problem with lion. When i attack enemy form distance lion standing next to me. Now i buy fire archont (green), he very quickly dies but for bondings is good.