Pets

As Just Cool said, those 3 sites are pretty decent for stats (especially since the first one is mine. ^.~). We're getting close and closer all the time with the iPerfectWorld wiki and inputting all the pet information there is. Be sure to check back frequently as the information there grows every day.

Could I get a ranking order of best pets (eg. top 5 best non-rare land/air/water pets for tanking/dps)?

Land dps:

1) Starter wolfling/scorpion
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Land tank:

1) Crystalline Magmite
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Air dps:

1) Petite Sawfly
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how do u feed the battle pets?!

Well... You don't really need a 'top 5'. Stats will clearly show which is the best in any area. This however doesn't mean which is best for coin purposes of adding skills.

Land dps:

1) Pollen Scorpion / Scorpion Pup / Varicose Scorpion has the highest atk value of any pet. Its .6 atk/sec gives it 3 atks / 5 sec and at lvl 90 that's a 10008 compared to a 9780 from the Crystalline Magmite. Not a huge difference, but still the best atk/s rating you'll get in a pet.

Land tank:
1) Crystalline Magmite reigns supreme against any Physical mobs with its 2934 HP and 8792 Physical Defense values. Its big weakness is its 5861 Magical Defense.
((It should also be noted that the Volcanic Magmite follows closely behind the Crystalline in stats with max differences of 10 in any stat. It also has the tough skill and a level lower on Bash than the Crystalline, making it a 100k cheaper choice if you end up keeping both skills.))
2) The Frogling is my pick for a secondary land tank. It is a Magical Defense tank for all intents and purposes. The reason I choose it over an Antellope Pup is due to its slightly larger HP and Physical Defense values. The Frogling has 2732 HP (285 more than the Antelope Pup), 7097 Physical Defense (745 more than the Antelope Pup), and 8280 Magical Defense (382 less than the Antelope Pup).

Air dps:

1) The Petite Sawfly holds this position pretty firmly with its 9891 value for 3 atks / 5 sec at level 90. Other flies come close, but don't quite hit the damage that the Sawfly can due to it's 17+ level advantage and it being in the highest growth rate class for the 3 fly classes. I believe the closest a Foxwing can get is about 8000-8500 for the same amount of time.

Air tank:

1) No mob 'really' stands out for an air tank to be honest. The closest you can get is the Foxwings for magic which have a slightly higher rating than the flies. They still lose to a fly on physical tanking though. (And sound incredibly annoying too in my opinion....)

Water:

1) For any water pet in general you can go one of three ways. And one of those is the lvl 80 rare pet Celestial Plumpfish. 12hr spawn like all other rare pets in a river SE of Arch. I can't imagine this one would be too hard to get at 80+. As for the other two routes, you can get a level 26 Righteous Undine or a level 5 Abysmal/Riptide/Shallowhirl Turtle/Tortoise. It's really your choice, the water pets aren't used enough for them to merit a permanent position in most Veno's bags though.

She said non-rare pets. That's why I left that off the list. :P And yes, of course the piggy is the best air tank with its significantly higher P Def than the flies and foxes (over 2000 more P Def and 1600 more M Def than the Petite Sawfly). Its atk sits at 7204 for 5 seconds compared to the 9891 of the Petite Sawfly. Its accuracy and evasion are well under that of the Sawfly as well. It does however start out with 4 skills though including Bash lvl 1, Howl lvl 1, Tough lvl 2, and Boost lvl 1. So even if you have to buy it, you definitely get what you pay for if you want a good air tank.

I'd just stick to the other standard pets for your main ones. And imo... I wouldn't pick a pet for its speed unless it's just used for luring. But... That's why you have a Kowlin at 60 and an Eldergoth Marksman before that if you need to lure a ton.

I prefer to have MT, WD, FR and WT types, the ER comes last not much to fight...

too many WD, MT, and WT types to fight in quests...

as for water pets, I like the wicked teeth, from raging tide, lvl 13, takes just 1 damage, makes good tank, although has lousy attk... when I was lvl 14 it took on a lvl 21 tortoise still practicing to get pets

but it seems these are the ones to keep up to lvl 51

Dessert Waspkin over petite fly better tanking capabilities...
Foxwing type

Glacial Walker - Volcanic Walker to keep WT and FR combined
Magmite is good
Darkbread wolfkin

Wicked Teeth will tank always those lvl +70 monsters in NE endless sea for sure
Seamonster is just regular but good to keep in stash for those underwater missions


BABY HERC IS A MUST b:shutup

http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=958272 For rare's and coordinates that ive found.(other sites listed on my page)

http://www.ecatomb.net/petstat.php This site should show you everything you need to know for ALL creatures.

*whistles* Whats with all the 2yr necros I'm seeing lately? b:shocked
I personally used a magmite as my tank up till about level 73, where I got my herc. Magmites are quite good at tanking, but they're horribly slow. The fastest rare pet is the Kowlin which makes a very good lurer b:cute

http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=958272

Hope i helped out much.