Quick tip for new players and pets

[kennymack007]

So I am a noob.

Ever since I discovered you can give weapons to pets I always wondered about the mechanics. I never spent much time with a "pet having class" until I made my Mage.

Looking up information on giving pets weapons can be pretty vague, with different sources contradicting each other on certain points. So I did some testing because that kind of stuff is fun for me.

One thing that is clear: no matter what weapon you give to your pet, it will attack at the same speed. So the slower the weapon, the better.

The pet is a level 4 Fire Elementalkin.
The target is Decaying Skeletons.

I let my pet kill 20 of them. (collecting bone chips to sell!)

Then I gave my pet a Rusty Two Handed Hammer, and killed another 20.

After recording every damage number, The results are in.

Without a weapon my pet hit for an average of 8.2 damage.
With the 2 Handed hammer my pet hit for an average of 11.7 damage.

Now apparently as you get higher level pets, they hit harder with their fists. Now I know you are thinking, "but you should always be able to hit harder if you have a weapon". I will do some more testing when I get my level 8 pet.