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Originally Posted by Azu
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Having leveled an enchanter up i was convinced our crappy summoned pet was the worst pet the game could possibly have.... i was wrong. I made a necro and leveled it to 24 and said screw this, this pet sucks.
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Here's why:
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Restless Bones 16 11-16 Warrior 300 20 Skeleton Double ATK
Animate Dead 20 16-19 Warrior 375 22 Skeleton Double ATK
Haunting Corpse 24 19-22 Warrior 700 26 Skeleton DW w/ Weaps
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At no level before 24 (with the exception of the beastly level 1 pet) does your pet have even close to the HP of an equivalent mob. Nor does it hit nearly as hard. 1 on 1, your pet will get slaughtered every time unless it's lucky. It also won't generate enough aggro to keep a mob off you because your main sources of damage (Boil Blood line, Leach line, Darkness line, and lifetap DDs) all are innately high-aggro spells. Mend bones won't be enough to make up the difference, and anyway it's inefficient. The pet doesn't have the HP to go toe-to-toe until about 44, but it starts hitting hard enough to keep aggro when you've got the 39 buff and 2 weapons on it.
So obviously you have to keep the mob from hitting your pet while allowing your pet to stay in melee range. You can use your high-aggro spells to aggro kite, or you can fear-kite.