A max lvl summon pet is surprisingly durable. more-so than what I remember from live. I was totally prepared to have an SK-type pet but that wasn't the case.
My usual MO is to buff the pet up with Talisman and dex and sometimes haste and regen. If its a tough target like even con or yellow, I send the lil guy in, and after he's made a few rounds and get a feel for how the fight is gonna go I Lay on a Slow. This will pull the mob to me, so I use the low lvl root and DoT it up. When the pet gets too beat up I'll either toss him a heal or pull him off and go back to root-rotting. It's pretty effective to split tanking between me and him by rooting and stepping in and out to change who's closest and thus has aggro.
If its blue, I put the pet on it, root it and dot it up, then I sit and watch.
Essentially I use the wolf pet as an off tank, and a DoT that doesn't wear off.
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11-27-2010, 01:13 PM
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