Best single target DPS pet?

[Lieutenant Dan!]

What i'm looking for is an alternate to the typical Cu that can get Chiv / AI

I'm already convinced that Chiv / AI is the best combo but what i'm looking for is a pet that can get Chiv / AI but doesn't have the mana draining innate abilities like healing and bleed.

The reason behind this is that the pet would use Armor Ignore more often because mana isn't wasted on healing (i can vet if it needs it) and bleed attack.

 

[SouthPaw]

What i'm looking for is an alternate to the typical Cu

I'm already convinced that Chiv / AI is the best combo but what i'm looking for is a pet that can get Chiv / AI but doesn't have the mana draining innate abilities like healing and bleed.

-Pre-patch/Legacy White Wyrm. Have magery, but chiv will overwrite it, so no extra abilities.
-Stygian Drake-only spawn at 4 slot so it will be very tight on points. Also have magery that will be replaced by chiv.
-Ram, will have life leech ability and be tight on points.
-Crimson Drakes, will have dragon breath though. 100% elemental damage.
-Reptalon, have lots of points for training and rideable, but will have paralyze and dragon breath.
-Nightmare and fire steed, both have dragon breath, but nothing else.
-Lesser Hiryu, will have grasping claw (not bad) and dismount (not used in pvm). Lots of training points.

 

[Keith of Sonoma]

Against anything that isn't really high in Physical resist, a trained Lesser Hiryu is pretty tough to beat. The grasping claw it comes with works well with the Chiv/AI !

 

[Lieutenant Dan!]

Against anything that isn't really high in Physical resist, a trained Lesser Hiryu is pretty tough to beat. The grasping claw it comes with works well with the Chiv/AI !

But does it waste mana on its dismount ability?

 

[Gb8719]

I am far more likely to grab my lesser Hiryu with Chiv/AI than I am my cu. 100 percent physical damage, plus grasping claws which reduces physical damage resist, makes for a very hard hitter.

Also has enough points for 600 mana so can dump a lot of damage very quickly.

 

[Gb8719]

But does it waste mana on its dismount ability?

I’ve never seen it attempts dismount before or seen any big drops in mana.

 

[Lieutenant Dan!]

That looks like a good option for me thanks guys.
Legacy Bake Kitsunes look like real beasts but i'm trying to do it without the use of legacy pets if possible.

 

[Lieutenant Dan!]

I've always liked Ki-Rins but it looks like they might be tight on points after replacing magery.
Possibly a high stat Ki-Rin but I might have to be selective on which skills i make legendary to save points.

 

[SouthPaw]

I've always liked Ki-Rins but it looks like they might be tight on points after replacing magery.
Possibly a high stat Ki-Rin but I might have to be selective on which skills i make legendary to save points.

You can do AI/Chiv on a kirin or unicorn and they'll have no extra moves, but they will be very tight on points. Can only get around 400 HP.

 

[Pawain]

Against anything that isn't really high in Physical resist, a trained Lesser Hiryu is pretty tough to beat. The grasping claw it comes with works well with the Chiv/AI !

This if physical damage works. They keep a mana pool better than any others.

 

[SouthPaw]

This if physical damage works. They keep a mana pool better than any others.

I think that's the only type of lesser I haven't tried yet. I bet it would be very good against anything that doesn't have high resist, but even then with grasping claw and AI, it would still do pretty good, even more so if the tamer has discord. Gah! Why do they have to be SO ugly!

 

[Khaelor]

Depends on what you are fighting. If you want to do damage, the single best this you can do is match the pet to the weakest resists of a mob. That will be your biggest dps increase, aside from maxing base damage.

As far as pets without innate abilities, I use unicorns for a lot of content, they are actually pretty great animals. Kirins not so much unfortunately.

 

[Khaelor]

. They keep a mana pool better than any others.

Please don't make us get into this again.

 

[Lieutenant Dan!]

Depends on what you are fighting. If you want to do damage, the single best this you can do is match the pet to the weakest resists of a mob. That will be your biggest dps increase, aside from maxing base damage.

As far as pets without innate abilities, I use unicorns for a lot of content, they are actually pretty great animals. Kirins not so much unfortunately.

Is that because of the Unicorns immunity to poison? They look identical otherwise

 

[SouthPaw]

Please don't make us get into this again.

I don't think he meant that the inherent mana regen is any different (like we used to think), I think he meant since they don't have dragon breath or bleed, or other "bad" abilities the mana pool retains better.

 

[Lieutenant Dan!]

Depends on what you are fighting. If you want to do damage, the single best this you can do is match the pet to the weakest resists of a mob. That will be your biggest dps increase, aside from maxing base damage.

It wouldn't be a monster specific pet.
I'm thinking EM Events so something that would do well on a variety of different monster types because of the unknown factor

 

[Keith of Sonoma]

Please don't make us get into this again.

ROFL

 

[Pawain]

It wouldn't be a monster specific pet.
I'm thinking EM Events so something that would do well on a variety of different monster types because of the unknown factor

@Khaelor bought a Midnight Blue Lesser yesterday on Atl. I'm pretty sure he bought it only because he knew I want one. He should sell that one to you at cost or a little more.

I prefer the Valorite for my Chiv Lesser.

They all have enough points for a large mana pool and Hit Points and max intel for the Ks.

Darn I thought I could slip one by K. Ill see you tonight after I get that pet build started.

 

[Keith of Sonoma]

@Khaelor bought a Midnight Blue Lesser yesterday on Atl. I'm pretty sure he bought it only because he knew I want one. He should sell that one to you at cost or a little more.

I prefer the Valorite for my Chiv Lesser.

They all have enough points for a large mana pool and Hit Points and max intel for the Ks.

Darn I thought I could slip one by K. Ill see you tonight after I get that pet build started.

I'm not worried about color. I want those old nasty, dirty colored ones with awesome stats, THAT CAN KILL STUFF! hehe I do want a blaze Cu though(just to have one). But I'm too cheap t0 buy one.

 

[Khaelor]

It wouldn't be a monster specific pet.
I'm thinking EM Events so something that would do well on a variety of different monster types because of the unknown factor

Em event mobs tend to have across the board resists.

What we find the most useful at em events are rideable mounts.

And what pet you want might depend on the em and what they tend to favor encounter wise.

Our main shards em loved greater poison elementals and constant aoe poisoning this last arc. so my unicorns come in handy there.

I'm not worried about color. I want those old nasty, dirty colored ones with awesome stats, THAT CAN KILL STUFF! hehe I do want a blaze Cu though(just to have one). But I'm too cheap t0 buy one.

Well technically speaking, lessers at 1 slot have so many points that they will all kill stuff. You would need to be more discerning with normal Hiryu though

@Khaelor bought a Midnight Blue Lesser yesterday on Atl. I'm pretty sure he bought it only because he knew I want one.

I buy them when they are decent and cheap.

Is that because of the Unicorns immunity to poison? They look identical otherwise

Yes, it can actually be very handy.

 

[Pawain]

I buy them when they are decent and cheap.

Pass that bargain to Dan so he can build a killer pet!

 

[celticus]

Depends on what you are fighting. If you want to do damage, the single best this you can do is match the pet to the weakest resists of a mob. That will be your biggest dps increase, aside from maxing base damage.

As far as pets without innate abilities, I use unicorns for a lot of content, they are actually pretty great animals. Kirins not so much unfortunately.

Yes, but for unicorns you have to have a female character to ride them no? Is there a way a male character can ride them with some type boots etc?

 

[Innoxicated]

Lessers are awesome from what I understand, plus they can benefit from bushido (it is hard to top chiv/ai). I'm a little tight on stable slots to try one myself, even though I've been a big fan of the birds since they first came out (also very pleased they are a viable pet now).

A pet i have tried is a chiv/ai firesteed. If you look at the intensity charts that have been posted, the firesteeds actually look very good once you've removed the innate magery included in the intensity ratings of similar pets. And the heavy elemental (80/20 fire/phys) is a very neat perk, especially when complimented with a tamer's discord or a buddy with a RC bug!


edit: totally stole this from a post by a Violet on the uo.com forums, a thread about frost s drakes but very insightful for many pets. you can see the thread here:
Frost Drake feedback

 

[kaio]

Lesser hiury with bishido/AI is badass.. sometimes my hiury does insane damage with lightning strike (140++). He also heals himself with confidence from time to time. and not to forget that he also cast evasion. Also AI does huge damage.

 

[Dantes]

Lesser hiury with bishido/AI is badass.. sometimes my hiury does insane damage with lightning strike (140++). He also heals himself with confidence from time to time. and not to forget that he also cast evasion. Also AI does huge damage.

Do Bushdio Lesser's honor their targets?

 

[kaio]

Do Bushdio Lesser's honor their targets?

I have no idea. you can however see when the pet does LS,evasion, confidence, and AI. you can also hear when the pet does momentum strike.