[dafier]

Epic pet is ridiculous on trash and worse on higher level mobs such as Vindi and such.

But, even a 60 water pet will show on a top 10 DPS meter on a Vindi fight from time to time.

IF you compare 59 Air (Monk) to 60 Water (Rogue) pet while raiding, I would say over all the Air will out dps Water.

The reason is simple. Position. If you....which doesn't happen a lot but if you have to take the time to position your water pet so it will backstab, then that is time wasted. Secondly, I do see 60 water backstab often, but I think the Kick has a better chance of landing (visual observation only) than a backstab.

I don't know the CD for backstab, but I know kick has a chance to land every 6 seconds.