Pre-Torpor, you will find pet tanking the mob is incredibly inefficient. Your pet will be 15 levels below the mob and will get ripped to pieces, even by a slowed mob.
Even with a relatively low AC in the mid 800s, you will tank the mob much better than the pet and require a lot less healing over head. You also save on roots which you will often need to keep the mob on the pet. So basically, tank it yourself, save the mana, be efficient. And, of course, it goes without saying that the idiots with papershaman gear and 700s AC will need to re-gear properly before trying it (honestly, why do some people still insist on Wis gearing?)
Ideally you want to be pushing 950AC for a low 50s mob but it's not always easy to achieve this. I personally find the DPS is higher with a decent 2h than a JBB but YMMV. Certainly on Giant sized mobs, using a PWC will give you more DPS than anything else.
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