Favourite 'individual' pet

[FenrisWolf44]

This isn't a question about favourite sets or favourite secondaries, this is a question about the pets themselves. More important, which individual pet is your favourite?

Ie, is it the Soldier, Spec Ops, Commando, Zombie, Grave Knight, Lich, Genin, Jounin, Oni, Battle Droid, Protector Bot, Assault Bot, Thug, Enforcer, Bruiser, Demonling, Demon, Demon Prince, Howler Wolf, Lion or Dire Wolf?

 

Which one pet from all the sets you've played really stuck out to you above the others?

[BGSacho]

Enforcers. They are sturdy, provide great buffs, amazing DPS(at range, and AoE!), they use their skills well. Really no complaints.

Runner-ups:
- Demon Prince - a great toolkit - slows and a hold, high dps, but he loves spamming Shiver too much, and overuses Frozen Aura, reducing his dps.
- Bruiser - amazing skills, sturdy, high dps, but he can get stuck using Hurl if the mob just moves slightly out of melee range, which really craters his perfomance.

- Hellfire Gargoyle. No muss, no fuss, one of the highest T2 damage pets without having to resort to procs, also a great offtank. The only problem he has is not using his Corruption(-res) ability too often, which is a shame.
- Jounin - great dps, but you really have to fiddle with them to avoid toxic dart spam. It hurts when you smoke flash and see them not using the right skills
- Grave Knights - ditto, they'll happily overuse dark blast/slash instead of their higher DPA skills. Performance can vary significantly depending on what they decide to use. They're also the least tanky of the "best T2 pets" list.

Pets that seem to suck but are actually good
- Ember Demon - on paper his DPS looks really bad, but due ot the way pet AI works he is one of the few pets that actually manages to use all their skills on CD. Also, ember shield is amazing for tankerminding and pet survivability
- Zombies - for the same reason as the Ember Demon, their DPS is actually higher than you would expect just looking at the numbers.
- Soldiers & Spec Ops - without procs, they are absolute garbage. With procs, they claw Mercs from the trash pile straight to mediocre level. The damage difference is huge.

Pets that seem good but actually suck
- Demonlings - in theory, their DPS is top of the line for a T1, but in practice they are really bad at using their skills properly. A lot of their DPS is tied to claw rake, which they struggle to use due to bumping into their gigantic brethren in melee. Also, when they do go in for claw rake, they will rarely hit more than 1 mob with their breaths(as opposed to punks/enforcers who just stay at range and spray the good stuff on everyone).
 

Edited October 1, 2020 by BGSacho

[pblue]

Anyone but the Arsonist.

[Coyote]

Assault Bot. He basically carries the set on offense.

[The_Warpact]

Lich he's a saucy bastich.

[Nyghtmaire]

9 hours ago, The_Warpact said:

Lich he's a saucy bastich.

... and reminds me of how I did my make-up in the 90s. Ah the memories...

 

13 hours ago, BGSacho said:

Grave Knights - ditto, they'll happily overuse dark blast/slash instead of their higher DPA skills. Performance can vary significantly depending on what they decide to use. They're also the least tanky of the "best T2 pets" list.

Absolute fav. Once they move in, it’s GO TIME.

[shrikefire]

On 10/1/2020 at 10:31 AM, Coyote said:

Assault Bot. He basically carries the set on offense.

Assault Bot sometimes makes me feel like he's the main character and I am just his support spamming shields on him. The number of times that every other robot has wiped and he just carries on carpet bombing mobs is... High. Very high.

Edited October 3, 2020 by shrikefire

[TheSpiritFox]

I love the arsonist. I've got my thugs/traps and thugs/time no-expense-spared ioed out and he's a couple of points over all positional softcaps on both teams. He often takes damage, but with all the uniques he often survives it and I basically run into groups prepared to heal him and I just love watching giant burn patches obscure the entire battle while I stand there and watch the carnage.