Good Morning Dapper, when Im not using one of my banes for aoe I enjoy either the classic exp goo, ai, rc fire beetle or my exp goo, ai , chiv cu... but there there are so many fun combos of aoe pets.. like ninja dinos, naj.. and so much more... Im sure people will list some of their favorites.. and all of them rock the spawns... as for the gauntlet in doom though.. unless its a small group and you are spawning one DF at a time I would avoid using a aoe pet/one that has dots... as the delay that goo has to land often happens after the DF has teleported back to the middle of the room.. so it lands just as he teleports often pulling you to the middle and to your instant death... same goes for a cus bleed.. if its active and the df ports away the ticing damage can pull you right to the middle and boom instant death.. Ive found pure single target pets like lesser/greater hiryu, gaint beetles, etc work best when it comes to the gauntlet ..you just have to mirco manage the spawn with all kill.. taking out nero caster first,blood eles, Rot C, then lesser spawn ..then back on the DF ..this is all assuming there is more then one DF that is.. if there is just one your group can take the middle and just burst him down(making sure to switch to adds as soon as they pop then back to him) .. Breath pets do decently too..but every once in a while a ill timed breath wil get ya pulled to the middle.. so I normally don't chance using one down there... hope this helps mate... cant wait to see the pet you make.. until then have a grand day =^-^=