Necro- how best to prevent pet from eating xp?
 

My level 9 necro is using 4 spell to do the 50% xp. Is there a better way? :)

Seem to be spamming spells throughout each fight.

Sometimes, just letting your pet eat the 50% while you med is worth it.

If you have money, a Smoldering Brand can help pump out a good bit of DPS on your side to beat your pet.

Ultimately, the first 12 levels are the worst for the necro.

you could just group. But yes, level 9 is pretty tough, 10 is insane and 11 feels like your first hell level as a necro.

Apply your dots, let the pet do its thing from the start. Pull the pet off at 20%-23% or so (just before a feared mob would stop moving with darkness applied), and let your dots do the finishing. Keep darkness/fear applied if you're not in a contained area.

Chances are by the time a mob's health gets to 25% you should have done at least 30% of the damage... if you see my thinking :p

Throw your dots on the mob. See how much health it loses in 1 tick (if you're not using a UI that shows health %s... get one). You can now do the math to know how many ticks need to occur for you to have done 50% to that type of mob.

If you need more damage, do as swish said. Pull your pet off when the mob is near flee %'s and let your dots finish cooking.

Your pet is still a monster compared to what you fight. Let the pet eat the exp and just keep killing things.

Conversely you can kill only skeletons/undead and use Ward to outdamage pet. The problem is this isn't live so your pet will not be able to taunt anything off you and you'll end up tanking.

Tap Tank with Smoldering Brand (if you can afford one). Early levels will fly by.

Agreed, on my necro level's 1-8 flew by, 8 to 12 took forever, and well 12+ the world was at my finger tips.

Thanks, friends :)

Good advice.

i cant see you as an evil necro Faerie, mite need to change forum handle to Daemon.