Lvl 53 Mage Fire Pet, what's the point?

[Balimon]

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

Why so little love for the 59 Air Pet ?
It's tanky enough that I've almost never felt like reverting to the 57 Earth Pet, even more so with the PoS focus staff.
Just spend a couple hours in Droga or a caster heavy zones with both pet and enjoy. Stunned mobs >> rooted mobs IMO

If I just need a meat shield, I guess I'll use MSIII over Earth pet for the added HPs

The 59 air pet is money. If you have the focus staff he tanks much better than the 57 earth in my opinion because of the monk class. I've done a small bit of testing and unfocused it has 2500 hp and focused it 3000 hp or so, the stun is amazing. The only issue is no bash, only the earth/epic pet is a warrior post 50.

I used focused air exclusively solo and small group ( and even in hate or fear ) until epic. Focused water is great DPS, but I always enjoyed the utility more on air. I tested it first on seafuries in OoT when I was leveling up, comparing the 53 air to 54 water. The air generally ended the fight with more HP and since there's no backstabs it's hard to see the difference in DPS, it was counter intuitive considering the stuns are useless on those mobs. You can see the difference between 57 earth and 59 air really well on Suits on WL, the air handles itself much better.