Shaman what are your go-to pet buffs?

[Jimjam]

If I remember correctly, Shaman's Crucible discovered that some of the pure stat buffs actually made your pet WORSE!

[mgellan]

The only reason I pop a pet these days is to break a room in HS - talisman, sta, torpor just before you send him in, let him eat all the HTs, root the mobs while he dies (usually, or call him back to heal up and reclaim) and rot. I guess I could AOE slow them too but never bother. The mana I use to pop a pet goes for another Bane cast.

Regards,
Mg

[BlkCamel]

Talisman, Clicky STR, Clicky Dex, AC Buff, Haste. Like Mgellan said drop torpor on him before a break. Don't need AC buff but as mentioned above pets seem to benefit more from AC buffs than PC's. Never regen your pet.

[blondeattk]

` Don't need AC buff but as mentioned above pets seem to benefit more from AC buffs than PC's.`

i used to carry cheap bp around with me, to give the pet....if i intended pp farming in same zone for few hours.
SOme zones have alot of junk armour drops, that can go on the pet......will equip if no race listed on the item.

[Shatford]

STR buff can make your pet hit for more damage IF you haven't summoned the max level pet. For example, if you cast the level 49 spell Frenzied Spirit, you summon a pet that can be between level 32-36. If you summon the level 36 pet, it'll have a max damage of 51 per hit and no matter how much STR you add, it will cap at 51 damage. If you cast the same level 49 Frenzied Spirit spell and out pops a level 32 pet, it will hit for a base of 43 damage per hit, but you can buff it with STR so it will hit harder, but not harder than 51 damage per hit.

From the p99 Shaman wiki:
Lvl 34 - Companion Spirit - LVL?-26 - Max hit 31
Lvl 39 - Vigilant Spirit - LVL?-28 - Max hit 35
Lvl 44 - Guardian Sprit - LVL28-32 - Max hit 43
Lvl 49 - Frenzied Spirit - LVL32-36 - Max hit 51
Lvl 55 - Spirit of the Howler - LVL?-39 - Max hit 53

[shamanredux]

Also, last I checked, the 55 pet is bugged and only max hitting for 52 at the highest level.

[koros]

Some of this is baloney. Str doesn't raise pet max hits. It does seem to (and definitely did on live) shift the distribution of hits upwards.