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Originally Posted by Vaarsuvius [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You will be a very dead mage if you try casting so many spells on a mob.
60 pets cannot hit, kick and proc as fast as you think they can, and they miss quite a lot.

I assume the 45 dps of a water pet is with Burnout (haste) and in a position where it can backstab mobs every time the skill refreshes. I don't think even FoS / Maniacal Strength / Avatar will give pet a dps boost, but I will have to test that again to confirm.

And to answer your initial question, no, unfortunately there is not real reason to pick a mage over a necro (aside from CotH and farming green mobs), necros are better than mages in every possible way.
Mages can give their pets a DS, a muzzle for 11% additional haste and jboot speed (Velocity), but Emissary of Thule is better than mages' regular pets

PS: yeah, as someone mentionned, the 1.1k lifetap uses an EE so forget about it unless your stupid rich, but Zum`ul / Touch of Night are great 720 Lifetaps and mage spells (fir / magic ) will often get resisted too

Mages are like a old sunday driver car, the enjoyment is the chillness, relax and don't push it and you'll get many fun adventures out of it.