Lvl 53 Mage Fire Pet, what's the point?

Shadowrat · #1 12-20-2021, 11:02 AM

Just got this pet and don't understand it's role. Fire pets have been my goto farming pet. Just got this one and threw it at a few Drolvargs (one at a time) near FV outpost and was disappointed by its performance. The pets damage shield was doing like 4 pts, and it occasionally cast a nuke. The pet seemed to run out of mana after a kill or so and was half dead after a fight.

What is the use case for this pet?

Thanks

TheBlob · #2 12-20-2021, 12:23 PM

From what I understand, it isn't really useful. It could be used as a novelty if having a nuking pet is your thing, but it is outclassed by every other pet type level 51+

branamil · #3 12-20-2021, 02:10 PM

Sadly the 50+ fire pets are useless. I don't know what they were thinking when they designed them. They stop meleeing all the time to cast their stupid spells.

unleashedd · #4 12-20-2021, 04:05 PM

At lvl53 while fearkiting with a Necro partner, is the best pet monster summoning 2?

loramin · #5 12-20-2021, 04:23 PM

Honestly, as a level 60 mage, I never once used the fire pet seriously ... at any level.

Water was my main pet, for anything I could kill with one pet. The earth pet was my second main, for fighting anything that requires chaining pets. And the air pet was ... all I could use in Plane of Sky, so at least it got some use there [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

But fire? I guess it's good if you're fighting really low level blues, but I just never needed it at any of the camps I did.

starkind · #6 12-20-2021, 05:10 PM

Maybe vs a low hp caster. Air pet probably stuns and bashes more anyway.

I wouldn't know tho. Haven't gotten a 53 mage yet.

Tewaz · #7 12-20-2021, 05:17 PM

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

Honestly, as a level 60 mage, I never once used the fire pet seriously ... at any level.

Water was my main pet, for anything I could kill with one pet. The earth pet was my second main, for fighting anything that requires chaining pets. And the air pet was ... all I could use in Plane of Sky, so at least it got some use there [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

But fire? I guess it's good if you're fighting really low level blues, but I just never needed it at any of the camps I did.

You missed out on the level 12 fire pet. It SLAPS.

Tann · #8 12-20-2021, 06:08 PM

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You missed out on the level 12 fire pet. It SLAPS.

12 fire pet can eat most of Crushbone

PatChapp · #9 12-28-2021, 07:05 AM

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

At lvl53 while fearkiting with a Necro partner, is the best pet monster summoning 2?

That or the 49 water pet. I used the monster summoning because it can be pretty funny
Fear kiting seafuries with a shark

Sabin76 · #10 12-29-2021, 04:39 PM

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

Just got this pet and don't understand it's role. Fire pets have been my goto farming pet. Just got this one and threw it at a few Drolvargs (one at a time) near FV outpost and was disappointed by its performance. The pets damage shield was doing like 4 pts, and it occasionally cast a nuke. The pet seemed to run out of mana after a kill or so and was half dead after a fight.

What is the use case for this pet?

Thanks

If you actually want a fire pet in the 50+ range, you'll need to use DDD. It's got the damage shield you're looking for (45!), but cannot equip weapons (not as much of a problem now that swords are fixed, but that means no deadwoods). I have not tested whether it will equip a mask, however.