Help: Magician Leveling Strat

[IzHaN80]

Hello folks!
So i was reading the Pet Guide and i found out that if we don't deal 50%+ and our pet outdamage us we only receive 50% of the xp. What's your leveling strat in this case? Are you letting the pet outdamage you? Do you nuke enough to get full XP even though that means getting downtime?

Also, how can you deal with the pet level variance???? Today i had to cast 20 times in a row my pet until i got the appropiate one U_U.

BTW: WTB Mage Fire Pet lvl 24. PST in game as Isshadow or Fiznick or just leave post here.