And while traps, as said, are not affected by pet gear in the standard game, this can make other buffs (e.g. Trap bolts, too, are able to carry flat damage bonuses. The Nymph’s arrows used to be unaffected in spite of being a weaon attack, but this is fixed in the Fanpatch.
The Lich and Nightmare throw ranged spells instead, so they do not get any use out of them – except for rare cases when they decide to punch an enemy which is already in melee range. Flat damage bonuses from pet gear affect hand or weapon attacks only.Briars do not benefit from anything, since they are mere “barriers”. They can be boosted by general buffs/auras, but not the pet-specific effects. (Herafter referred to as “pets”).Īrtifact summons, scroll summons, converted monsters and also traps are instead regarded as allies (like other players).
The only actors affected by pet gear and other pet-specific bonuses (Master Mind aura) are actual pets – permanent and temporary – that were summoned by player skills.When it comes to damage, however, the opinions often differ, as do the tests. The life scaling and resistance bonuses throughout the difficulties has been stated by Apocalypse80. There have been numerous threads featuring pets in general, as well as specific guides like Tyr’s work about the Nature mastery, to which I once added some thoughts on how to use different pet damage types effectively. This includes what bonuses affect them and how those, in turn, are affected by things like difficulty balance modifiers.įor general info, there are other threads already in existence:Ī “complete pet guide” with similar intention had been started though it turned more into a discussion about builds. – especially how their damage is calculated. Therefore I would like to create here, with your help,Ī definitive collection of proven knowledge about how pets and traps work.
One reason for this may be that people just don’t know a lot about them… and some things are still not known for sure. Pets and traps are fun, but builds relying on them don’t seem to see as much action as one would expect with the potential they have.
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