Mage Focus item quick question

[Sushiloving]

I just got all 4 focus items last night woohoo! (Damn Griffon Feathers!)

My question is this...

I equip the appropriate focus in my MH. Summon matching pet. Pet is stronger (4-49 pets). Can I unequip the focus item after this? Or do I need to leave it equipped at all times? Thanks!

[mbevier]

Yep, you can remove after. Only needed for the initial summon.

[Priceline]

I equip the appropriate focus in my MH. Summon matching pet. Pet is stronger (4-49 pets).

Stronger*

in P99's case the focus items only increase the pets size and HP, doesn't help with its actually damage and proc rate

[Keldjor]

Only the Staff of Elemental Mastery: Will increase your pets Lvl +1 (lvl49max), increasing Hps, Max hit by +2 (70Max) and increasing w/ abilities by +2dmg

Water (easiest to get and epic requirement) - Rog pet w/ Backstab
Air (Plane of Sky quest, requires Epic piece turn in, good option if you never plan on getting/seeing epic) - Monk pet w/ Kick
Fire (useless, Matter of fact DONT even bother buying your 50+ fire pets, they are useless as well) - Caster pet (casts 3spells, highest spell is a lvl12 wiz spell and 2Pnt DS)
Earth (MAIN epic requirement, Largest Bottleneck, HARDEST one to get) - Tank pet w/ Bash/Kick