I ironically asked the same question in a private message to dafier last week. In my research, his posts kept popping up being an advocate for the MS2 over the earth pet 51 and how his testings seemed to contradict the wiki pages. When I consulted him, he confirmed that P99 nerfed the MS2 pet to have less HP and hit less often (at least to him it seemed they hit less often). As Baler and Tuurin have already mentioned, the main benefit the MS2 has over the earth pet is the mana efficiency.
I am interested in testing out the MS2 stats once I get a hold of a spell. For the time being, I'll continue to use the earth pet 51 and then switch over to the Dyzil's Deafening Decoy for solo and the water pet in groups once I'm high enough.
Where are you leveling? Mage groups are always fun to try out!
-Gandworf
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