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Best Pet - Is Cat really the only one?!?!?
glymm82
Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users Posts: 25 Arc User
Out of all the pets, the only one that gives a flat stat bonus is the cat. I am seeing screen caps of lvl 60 players with the cat at lvl 20 and 5% passive stat gems giving +800 crit and +800 recovery. As a cleric and a high end content seeking player, I am curious if any other pet is able to compete with that for usefulness and stat enhancement. Until players have the 360 day angel, I can't see a better end game pet. The cleric pet being the other go to especially for leveling but how useful is she in lvl 60 content?
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Pets have ranks, not levels. The stats scale accordingly and seem to keep current with the content for the level. Think of a rank as 2 levels
cat: 980k diamonds - 255 crit, 225 recovery base added
slots: neck, waist, ring + 3 rune stone slots
ioun stone of allure: 160 power, 160 crit, 160 recovery, 2000 zen
slots: ring, neck, icon + 3 rune stone slots
look like flying little dot + sometimes look like flying leaf
It seems that getting one of these 2 pets depending on which you prefer visually then adding 2 massive stat stones that you want and the 5% transferred to master stone in and win ... with the cat you still get a dps/damage soaker where the Iuon stone gives you a funny ball around your head.
As for the cat ... If you could call this freakish cat/dog chimera a cat.
Where can I get said cat?
Thanks!
Reading tons of other posts and buffs that are incoming like books to upgrade all companions to 30 it looks like ...
Cleric - Cat upgraded to Epic ... best stat stack and doesn't split mobs ... gear and rune accordingly
Wizard - Ioun Stone of Allure up to epic.... mage stat stack and again doesn't split mobs ... gear and rune accordingly
Rogue - Acolyte of Kelemvore ... grants 10% Life steal and 10% damage shield ... gear for life steal screenshots showing 1500life steal
GWF - probably acolyte as well
GF - fully upgraded cleric until angel ... the constant heal is percentage based and probably the most effective as having to shield often
pretty sure that one is pvp based ... if it is stat based for physical damage it may work for GWF but it would need to be quite a buff to replace 10% lifesteal or crit/recov from cat
The cat does not have lifesteal.
Though I prefer the lifesteal acolyte cause I like lifesteal, not everyone feels the same way. They were listing the buff pets (cat and stones) so I threw another out there.
did not mean to imply the cat gave lifesteal ... the acolyte gives lifesteal and shields ... which seems to lean towards GWF and Rogue ...
the cat seems to give stats that a cleric is looking for while the Stone of Allure seems stat heavy towards a mage as it reads "Bonuses to Magic Spells" ... this topic is geared towards end game dungeons as well ... The GWF/Rogue/Wiz should take minor damage while the cleric is able to heal heavily ... that isn't the case currently ... the cleric is a complete healer tank ... so dps that are massively self healing and a cleric that can recover and crit quickly is a really big deal ... watch videos of end game currently to see what I mean.
the crazy part is ... not many forums are arguing the above either ... they are saying for looks and fun they like ______(insert pet) but for stats we want (cleric=cat, wiz=allure, rogue=acolyte, gwf=acolyte, gf = cleric) ... in general what im seeing and everyone is anxious for the upgrade books
no pets allowed in PvP.
In anycase the stack stick pets can be made to grant any stats you wish just drop an item/rune with the stats you want.
It should be popular. Far best scaling stats. 3rd is AP when you have the T4 Heroic Feat and get 30% more
Tank pets are out in dungeons imho because they cause messy aggro problems.
DPS pets seem fine. I've run several epic dungeons with Panthers running around and they never seem to die. Today in Throne of Idriss I kept seeing 2 panthers off beating on some random mob by themselves during pulls. I don't know how much good they were doing because I wasn't really paying attention, but they did damage and didn't die.
it does. (more words)
Do the actual active pets add to your gear score?
I mean their attacks/skills.
I still like my cat better though, more purples for ME.
The cat follows you around pretty close but also doesn't seem to be able to die either. I've never seen it die but then I also just ignore it because my Cat buff never seems to go away (it gives you a buff so there's an icon under your portrait).
No, not unless you use % of stat gain runes on them... basically they count as their own entity and do not effect your score unless they are directly giving you stats.
Cats and stones do not count as active entity's and cannot receive damage even though they have health, they cannot die.
I use one as a rogue, and the little guy is awesome. Especially at low levels... it's easy for the buffs he gives you to get out of hand quickly. the recovery is kind of a bust because it's not really an optimized stat for rogues, but I dumped +power/crit/ArPen gear and runes into him.
Any of the clerics are usually my go to soloing pet. If you give them some +armor/max hp stuff they get pretty resilient, and save you loads of potions.