If you're willing to go the distance to reach 60 and get the Water focus staff off of Phinny, which honestly isn't that hard in the big scheme of things... The level 60 water pet is doing 2 less max damage per pass in comparison to the best earth pet, but doesn't cast root with the 240 backstab going off as well. And with the staff, it's beefy as hell.
Been there, done that on retail. It was a real crowd pleaser since the Epic was locked down on Fennin Ro by top guilds during the time I played. On the retail server I compared the best water summon focused with the staff versus an EoT and the emissary tried hard but fell wayyyy short. Sadly, I think P1999 kneecapped the EoT from how it performed on Retail in overall hit % so Mages look even better here because of it. Actually, thinking it over, the Water pet was 1 level higher than the EoT I tested against and I recall that while we both had the same pet haste % of 65 from our spells, I had the muzzle for 11% more on top of that. It only makes sense the EoT lost out hard, and I might be mistaken about P1999 nerfing the EoT. All that said though, the Necro can still charm in zones that allow it, and that is a game changer for sure.
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