Pet weapon questions

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

Hint: The problem with your thinking is you are assuming that you only duck misses. You can duck a 1% HP hit too.

Here is a simple scenario:
1. You want the charmed pet to be at 6% HP or less before breaking charm.
2. The mob attacking your charmed pet reduces 8% HP on a max hit.

If your charmed pet is at 10% HP, there are four possibilities when you start casting RoST:
1. A miss occurs (duck RoST)
2. A hit between 4% and 8% HP occurs (finish casting RoST)
3. A hit between 1% and 3% HP occurs (duck RoST)
4. A lucky double attack kills the pet (this would happen for GGR users too)

This strategy is worse. You'll lose the mob sometimes if you wait until 10% to cast RoST. For example:
1. Mob is at 15%
2. Mob takes a max hit, goes to 7%
3. You click RoST
4. Mob takes a max hit, dies

You'll lose the mob about 15% of the time with this approach, while the GGR user doesn't lose a single mob.