Veno Pet bonus base on mag or phy att?

Yeah, only magic attack, magic rings, and sapphires affect the pet's attack. I know this because I have a might ring that I use only to increase my defense. Though tests I noticed that when I wore that ring, my pet did less damage.

Desdi - Sanctuary wrote: »

Unfortunately, pets are only affected by magic attack/rings as far as we know. Even though Venomancers are a hybrid class, the developers seem to keep pushing it towards magic exclusively (lack of BP, rank gear is AA etc.).

I think Mayfly confirmed that slaying and warding levels do effect pets.

Well the developers always favored magic classes with rank gear and purify proc, as for BP, I could do fine without, even though it could be good to have.

Even so, even if melee venoes don't get the pet bonus, they still have pets with higher survival rate than their caster counterparts.

I don't really care much about pets anyway :P and yes I farm with my veno often.

I'll have to do more thorough testing later (maybe compare damage from pets with different attack level inheritances), but it seems that there's no inheritance of slaying levels.

I just tested with mystic pets and they do not inherit your slaying levels. I would assume new veno pets work the same way.

The pet attack is based off magic attack, but honestly, the difference isn't so huge that you should throw your phys rings in the garbage. When I switch around rings with my dino who has a 51 attack inheritance, the difference is about 120 attack. Out of 5400, the choice remains yours on how important it is to you. Since most pets are still one shoted in PvP and NW anyway, I feel they are still simply debuffers/distractions in the overall scheme of things.

Keep in mind that all pets have their base attack too, which is only increased by your own. So if you have absolutely no magic attack your pets will still do some damage.

If it really bothers you there is always the rank rings and Seal of Eternal Solitude which increase both Magic and Physical attack.

As far as BP is concerned I feel it should be active for all melee attacks on all classes. There is NO way BP on a melee veno would be more broken then it is on a 5 APS sin or BM.

Bear in mind, pet stat bonuses are based on your gear -when summoned-. You can always swap around if you really care. The only thing that makes a huge difference is the different stat distribution allowing you to equip non-AA gear.

Also, as someone with a seeker main, BP is about more than just melee attacks. I'd say the real key is that any attack whose damage is based on strength for any class should be allowed to bloodsuck. That goes for melee, ranged strength-based skills, etc. That would unfortunately exclude plume shot, absorb soul, and possibly a few other physical skills (though to be fair, absorb soul isn't -exactly- physical), but the fairness of that isn't really something that belongs here.