10-02-2005, 03:00 AM
Gnollguy,Oct 1 2005, 09:28 AM Wrote:OK well this has never been the case with me and a cat pet that has faster than a 1.5 attack speed and my beast master build. I'll often open with conc shot and fire a sting while the pet is closing in. She'll growl then bite and get the mob back in most cases, I'll manually hit claw to give her an extra little bit of damage too (claw also generates more threat than just the damage). I actually pull stuff and then time sending her in so that the mob gets tanked where I want it to be tanked. Make sure you have the highest rank of bite and growl that you can have. Of course I also let the the pet autodash and kept a fast approach speed pet (though with the speed normalizations this isn't as big a deal) so that I don't get as many autoshoots in before she gets there either. And again being beast master means that damage gap with me and the pet is smaller.
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Build difference is showing, right there. ;) I'm Marks specced, and it shows in the damage out vs what my 1.3 atk spd cat can hold. Conc is a nice leadin with a DoT, as Conc itself does no damage, but slows the mob nicely, giving the pet time to work it over. I don't tend to use Conc unless it's as a "ranged wingclip" to shut down a runner.
Usually, I Dash my pet in, let her get off the growl and Bite, then I open up with Arcane Shot, hit Serpent Sting, and let autoshot do it's trick till Arcane has cooled down. Generally works pretty good unless I hit a big crit string. I usually only do one SS as well, as I've found that solo, the second will tend to generate too much aggro my way and pull off my pet.
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