Do they or dont they?

[Rerun]

Do pets get bonuses for say, slotting defensive IOs or not?

(Like Protector Bots or Thug Enforcers)

Had a discussion in Help chat last night.

Most people say yes.

 

Only sites I can find just list what powers the pets get, but no stats / numbers.

 

Sorry if this is a dumb question, and thank you for your advice!

[Zumberge]

Pets do get bonuses, but not directly; it's a factor of their powers.

 

For example, let's say you're a Thugs MM and you have Enforcers.  Enforcers have Maneuvers (PBAoE +Defense), and they can be slotted with Defense Buff IOs.  This makes their Maneuvers' defense bonus stronger, but without Maneuvers they themselves do not gain any defense.  Enforcers also have inherent resistance to lethal damage, but they can't use Resistance Buff IOs to boost this resistance because it's baked into the Enforcer template.

 

You can only slot for a defense/resist buff if it's a power that the pets can use, whether as a clicky or as a toggle aura.  So that's things like Protector Bots' force fields, Demons' ember shield, whatever the lions from Beasts have, and so on.  If you look at the power descriptions in-game for the pet-summoning and buffing powers you can see what powers your pets get, and their values.  You might have to do a little bit of external math beyond that to figure out how good the bubbles or auras are with any given enhancement.

[Nyghtmaire]

Rerun- here is a post that documents each pets’ native defense and resistance values (which - as Zumberge wrote - cannot be directly improved), as well as the Protector Bots’ shield values and Enforcers’ maneuvers values (both of which can be improved with slotted defense IOs in the pet summoning powers). Tier 2 demons also cast a resistance shield that can be improved.

 

https://forums.homecomingservers.com/index.php/topic,5003.msg38821.html#msg38821

 

Don’t forget the various +def and +resistance pet uniques, as well!

[Johnny Velocity]

Prospective MM here, which is to say, a newb.

 

If *I* have maneuvers, do my pets gain defense from it?

[Force Redux]

Prospective MM here, which is to say, a newb.

 

If *I* have maneuvers, do my pets gain defense from it?

 

Yes, they receive buffs like other players do.

[PaxArcana]

Yes, absolutely.  If you've got any Leadership toggles active, your Pets get the same bonus another Player would.  Hence why Leadership is so common among MMs.

 

Similarly, all those buffs in the MM secondaries?  Work just fine on Pets, same as on other Players.  :)