Considering lore pets for hard mode - Carnie core, Banished pantheon radial or core, Longbow core or radial, or ...?

[EnjoyTheJourney]

My illusion / dark / fire dom is filling out incarnates and lore is the next choice to make.

Lore is often Carnie core in hard mode for all that psy damage, which is understandable. Not sure whether the Banished pantheon does sleet or not, or if their -res is specifically for cold damage. Longbow for all the -regen is good as well, though, depending on team composition. With the Lady Grey TF being added to the hard mode TF set, perhaps the better pets to choose will change. Or not, not sure. 

Any advice offered would be much appreciated and thank you in advance.

[Voltak]

10 hours ago, EnjoyTheJourney said:

My illusion / dark / fire dom is filling out incarnates and lore is the next choice to make.

Lore is often Carnie core in hard mode for all that psy damage, which is understandable. Not sure whether the Banished pantheon does sleet or not, or if their -res is specifically for cold damage. Longbow for all the -regen is good as well, though, depending on team composition. With the Lady Grey TF being added to the hard mode TF set, perhaps the better pets to choose will change. Or not, not sure. 

Any advice offered would be much appreciated and thank you in advance.

Two lore pets you cannot go wring with , perhaps never ever 

1. Longbow , the regen debuff is strong, and the other debuffs are useful 
2. Banish Pantheon , overall good dmg even AoE and decent resists debuffs 
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Honorable mention goes to Carnies, that BOSS blaster is an uber blaster. 

[EnjoyTheJourney]

Thank you!

This character ends up bringing together powers connected to illusion, dark energy, and fire through a poorly administered scientific experiment that went badly wrong. Her powers are a kind of mixture of different carnival of shadows members (master illusionist, dark ring mistress, and seneschal) for ... reasons I haven't worked out yet.
 

Spoiler

Mostly because I accidentally clicked "science" instead of the intended "magic" as her power origin when making this character and didn't realize that until she was in her 40s. 🫢

 
Carnie lore pets fit this concept best, at the end of the day. 

Edited January 24, 2024 by EnjoyTheJourney

[arcane]

Carnies are the meta pick nowadays.