Necro Pets

[guineapig]

They will hold the 2 weapons but they will not wield them both until lvl 24. Very easy to test for yourself. 1 blunt weapon, 1 piercer (or slash). Then just watch the damage messages.

Also as mentioned before damage delay does not make a difference and the weapon will not effect your pets damage output (The exception is weapons that proc something).

Mages use 2 weapons from 24-29 simply because it forces the pet to dual wield during those levels. After 29 they automatically dual wield. I'm pretty sure necro pets are more or less the same.

[liveitup1216]

That link is accurate. And as far as weapons, everything I've read thats reliable says weapons given to a pet only matter if a) they have stats, which the pet inherits, b) are magical and your pet can't yet innately hit magical targets, or c) if the weapon damage is more than half of your pets base melee hits.

the last one means if your pet hits for 20, you need a weapon with 11 damage in order for your pet to get a damage bonus from using it. delay has no affect (atleast on this server), and any pet regardless of level will wield two 1handers, but won't actually swing them until its of the appropriate level range.

[Crevex]

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

lvl 20 mage pet will dw (as quad attack) if you cast the highest lvl one .
also it matters what dmg the weapon has you give him . if the dmg is higher than the inner pet fist dmg it will increase the dmg of the pet (pet hits for)

True story

[Tewaz]

How does Dual Wield work now with pets? Are the weapons still needed and at what level do they start?

[Ravhin]

Weapons are always needed (no innate DW), same levels as before. http://wiki.project1999.org/index.php/Pet_Guide

[Juugox2]

nec pet will start to DW at lvl 20 but with only the highest pet at lvl 20 he def DWs if you give him weapons but any pet above 24 will DW with weps

[phobus]

To elaborate on the above:

The pet summoned by the level 24 spell Haunting Corpse will always dual wield if given two 1-handed weapons. You can confirm this by giving him two weapons of different types, e.g. a 1HB weapon and a 1HS weapon.

The pet summoned by the level 20 spell, Animate Dead, can only dual wield if you happen to summon the highest-level pet possible (19) with that spell. Of course, you still must give him two weapons.

I've confirmed this myself with both spells - occasionally, I could get a pet from Animate Dead that, when given two different types of weapons, made both types of attacks. I always saw both attack types in the combat log with the Haunting Corpse pets.

My theory on this is that the highest-level Animate Dead pet and the lowest-level Haunting Corpse pet are both level 19, and that is the level at which Necromancer pets can dual wield.

[Taketz]

Any good way to tell if you've summoned the highest lvl pet besides giving them two weapons?

[Asher]

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

Always have to give them to him. Mages are good partners [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you hunt near water, fishing is a great way to get rusty daggers. That is what I use for my pet weapons.

Asher

[phobus]

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

Any good way to tell if you've summoned the highest lvl pet besides giving them two weapons?

Only if you're at just the right level where the highest-level pet would con dark blue, and the others light blue or green (or the highest light blue, all others green, etc). But I don't think that's ever the case for levels 20-23, so, no.