Curse

Yukito Kunisaki · Sep 13, 2005, 02:32 PM // 14:32

Ok, I no longer use my w/n for farming due to hp issues and my permanent 16 weapon mastery... [that and the raw danger farming with a w/n no longer coincides well with the drops I'm gaining]

So, I've decided to use my current r/mo for some nice farming. A pet's skills and capabilities at lvl 20 are quite powerful and with the right tweaking, you can get a LOT out of your animal buddy...

10+2 Beast Mastery
8+1 Expertise
3+1 Wilderness Survival
10 smiting
rest to healing prayers

Ferocious Strike {E} / Marksman's Wager
Troll Unguent
Otyugh's Cry
Symbiotic Bond
Call of Protection
Charm Animal
Healing Breeze
Balthasar's Aura

With THIS much tank potential coming out of your pet, the dmg you eat from Symbiotic Bond can be quite good. Thing I discovered was that the 5 regen you get from Troll Unguent often wasn't enough when the pet decides to tank 10 Minotaurs and 3 desert griphons [doh]. So I've tossed on Healing Breeze to add another 4. Thankfully, the recycle times of Balthasar's Aura, Healing Breeze, Troll Unguent, and Ferocious Strike {E} seem to coincide nicely. I'm still sketchy on the details as to how well this build will fare in other areas.

If only there was an AoE pet attack skill outside Melandru's Assault... ;_; I think that skill will only AoE when they have an enchantment... bah*

You can cast healing breeze on the pet too out of fear of its death but the enormous tank potential you're giving it shouldn't be a problem. I ran this build and I found myself dying to Symbiotic Bond before my pet did. DOH...

zehly · Sep 13, 2005, 06:06 PM // 18:06

What do you plan on doing if your pet dies? o.O

Mercury Angel · Sep 13, 2005, 06:22 PM // 18:22

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Originally Posted by zehly

What do you plan on doing if your pet dies? o.O

Obviously, he runs off screaming until he's hunted down by the monsters >=)

Kidding, I too was wondering why there's no Comfort or Revive Animal.

Edit-
By the way, is Otyugh's Cry producing a visible effect on the damage as opposed to without it?
I'd heard from people that it did nothing to pets in your party, but that could of course be inaccurate. With Symbiotic Bond, you're in a position to know the damage your pet is taking, so you're probably aware of it.

The milk shake · Sep 14, 2005, 12:46 AM // 00:46

the cry spell is completely useless really, unless u really need lv5 lizards helping

smurfhunter · Sep 14, 2005, 01:58 AM // 01:58

just switch out the otyughs cry for comfort animal. revive animal is overkill.

Macel · Sep 14, 2005, 02:42 AM // 02:42

I tried something like this. Its extremely difficult to keep all the mobs on your pet, even if you can keep your pet alive. How are you going to keep yourself alive? Remember, if you move too far, your pet disengages and all the mobs will come after you.