Confused about pet skills

Jestersig - Heavens Tear
Jestersig - Heavens Tear Posts: 172 Arc User
edited April 2010 in Venomancer
I have a glacial walker that started with lvl 2 icicle. Everyone keeps telling me that I need to get rid of it and get bash instead to hold aggro. When I read the description of the skills, it says that both do the same damage just bash is physical, while the other is elemental damage.

So if bash holds aggro by dealing high damage, why do I need to replace icicle with it if the skills do the same damage? Is there something that's not in the description that helps bash keep aggro by more than just damage?

I'm asking because I'd rather spend 600k to max icicle than spend 600k to get bash to lvl 2 and then another 600k to max it.
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  • Della_Brown - Heavens Tear
    Della_Brown - Heavens Tear Posts: 98 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Bash will tend to do more actual damage to more enemies, being physical damage. Now, if you still have an extra skill slot, you could add Bash, giving you two aggro skills (a pet can have up to 4 skills, and the GW comes with 3).

    If archers are stealing your aggro or something, then you just need to keep Roar leveled up, and use it every time the pet loses aggro.
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  • Mayfly - Dreamweaver
    Mayfly - Dreamweaver Posts: 6,094 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Um... if archers (or other DDs) are stealing aggro, roar isn't going to help much, unless the archer (or other DD) actually stops attacking, and lets the pet build aggro after the roar.
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  • Jestersig - Heavens Tear
    Jestersig - Heavens Tear Posts: 172 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Ok thanks for the replies and for clearing that up for me.
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  • Della_Brown - Heavens Tear
    Della_Brown - Heavens Tear Posts: 98 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Mayfly - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Um... if archers (or other DDs) are stealing aggro, roar isn't going to help much, unless the archer (or other DD) actually stops attacking, and lets the pet build aggro after the roar.
    If they keep on stealing aggro, then yeah, something else needs to be done.
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  • MystiMonk - Sanctuary
    MystiMonk - Sanctuary Posts: 4,286 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Mayfly - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Um... if archers (or other DDs) are stealing aggro, roar isn't going to help much, unless the archer (or other DD) actually stops attacking, and lets the pet build aggro after the roar.

    What if they aren't and it is the pet bash is good skill to have to help hold it?
    Looking for a decent casual understanding Faction.

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