Is there any point to water pet pre 50?

[Heavydrop]

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

Early in the game:

All pets have comparable melee (fire melee damage is lower though)

I have not found this to be true.
They all do the same melee damage, depending on the level of each individual pet as they vary per summon.

Personally, I like having all the tools available for whatever situation may arise therefore I use whatever pet fits the situation best.

[SamwiseRed]

I like the air pet in groups, especially 50+. Don't have to worry about positioning and its a freakin monk. It will out dps most pre 55 rogues (not sure with velly gear.)

[Skosh]

The fire pet has abysmally low hit points from 4-20, even with a focus item. The earth and air pets do a better job of tanking but the water pet does the best job in that level range in my humble opinion. You can flame shield it, toss a low level nuke to pull, send this thing in to intercept, and easily do the damage you need to via spells to get full exp without the enemy ever turning on you. Until you get to the point of chain casting with the fire pet in a comfortable way, Water gets the job done best.

[Victorio]

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

I have not found this to be true.
They all do the same melee damage, depending on the level of each individual pet as they vary per summon.

You didn't notice leveling up that fire pets are always the first to go green? And they got melee skills later / missed some skills?

If you find the average melee damage output from a large sample of fire pets from the same spell level and compare to a sample of water pets I guarantee fire is lower for any spell level.

[azeth]

i guarantee fire is higher DPS when soloing given its innate damage shield