Get torch first. Rest are useless. Gives the fire pet almost as much hp as your unbuffed earth pet, and he has an insane damage shield though does more dps than anything you've got, so long as he's tanking. Then once you have torch for solo and duo w/pet tank, and then form there I would suggest getting water pet, then air, then earth last.
Earth pet is pretty useless imo... you shouldn't be doing much of anything to draw agro if efficiently playing a mage, and the dps difference in an earth pet and fire with its self buffed damage shield is a spec compared to the 4x dps probably at lower levels (sub lvl 30, and even beyond, HUGE difference) even if you're buffing your pet with your own damage shield.
Torch of Alna is a 200-400p investment if you buy all parts, and can be handed in at level 1 and used to power level yourself to 30+ basically
also, learnt o time your med ticks and use your lower level pet heal, right from beginning of fight, don't wait for hp to get lower and start healing, you'll be too late. Just start healing at 90%hp or so
. if you sit and med, stand and heal right at med tick, then sit back down, you'll catch them all and heals cost next to nothing then. Also, only nuke with your level 1 or 4 nuke to get a single hit in for xp, and for best results find another caster to duo with so your fire pet can still tank but you get full xp. You can have your current best nuke out because you have free spell slots for it, but only use it to burn down healers or other casters, let melee mobs rage on fire pet's damage shield.
At 16 you should have burnout, make sure it's always on pet, and always make sure to give him a SWEET rusty 2h sword for that big boy damage. My level 16 mage with a burnout buffed focus fire pet with a rusty 2h sword could fully break and run all of the lower level of blackburrow. Including Lord Elgnub, a level 21-23 shadowknight... I did summon a second pet for that.
Also worth noting at lower levels it pays off HUGELY to chain summon for best pet, as they spawn different levels. Fire pet is easy to tell level because damage shield does more dmg on higher level versions. Also, save up money and be prepared for a trip to ocean of tears for pet spells. You don't actually need to research anything til lvl 24, unless you want cornucopia and everfont at lvl 20
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