Companion Stats - what have you gone for and why?

[DarkSacred]

Companion Stats

So what companion stats have you gone for so far? Why? And what are you hoping for from a level 10 companion?


I've gone for the following with my Warrior:

Level 3 - MR
Level 5 - Attack Speed
Level 7 - MR
Level 10 - Critical or Ele Resistance

For my Warrior the MR is key to my basic levelling, although this may be changed in the future in support of a more damage focused build. Attack Speed again being a staple when trying to level as quickly as possible. I've not crunched the numbers but I dare say the 5+ attack speed will be more beneficial than a 10% EXP buff, again this may be subject to change when I go from hunting in BP to luring in Snow / elsewhere as I wont be attacking so more EXP buff would be better.
Lastly I'm a bit torn as to where to go with my level 10 choice, part of me wants to give critical a try as this will work everywhere I go levelling, assuming I'm attacking and not just luring that is. However the added elemental resistance can make as much as a 50% difference which will be massive, downside being the number of re-rolls required every time I swap dungeons.


And the following with my Assassin:

Level 3 - MP
Level 5 - Attack Speed
Level 7 - MP
Level 10 - Critical or Life-steal

Being quite low levelled on my Sin MP is still key, from viewing other Sins this doesn't seem to have changed, at least not yet. I know Jamie has confirmed late game DC will win out over MP. Again attack speed because this will reduce the global CD on my lotus skills by 25ms! Somewhat unsure what to do with my final choice, for me its going to come down to if the life-steal % coupled with the life steal skills make me more efficient in a levelling capacity due to consistently having that flow of HP into me allowing me to surpass my warrior in tanking ability, or would the more consistent critical hits supply the same / more HP than 5% life steal could.


Whats everyone else been doing? Has anyone started a second pet or is everyone still striving for level 10 with one pet first?

 

[Jicaa]

Just started a 2nd pig for my Wizard, was going to stack HP on it, but rolled MC 0-10 after 6 rerolls on level 3, just couldn't change it.

Sin:
Level 3 - DC 0-10
Level 5 - Attack Speed+5
Level 7 - MP 139
Level 10 - Won't be there anytime soon :P (Would go Critical Chance 10% until I had a luck 5 weapon)

Wiz:
Level 3 - MC 0-10 (would prefer HP 200)
Level 5 - Not there yet (going for Drop or Exp 10%)
Level 7 - Not there yet (MC 0-20 or HP 300, depends which I roll closest to first)
Level 10 - Won't be there for a while (probably Luck+1 or Crit 10%) If I had HP rolls for level 3/7 then I'd go for fire res x5

Hard to judge what I'll end up with, because leveling 2 pets is taking ages!

 

[Jamie]

Again attack speed because this will reduce the global CD on my lotus skills by 25ms!

Check maths!

5 A.Speed = 200 MS.

Higher the attack speed the more valuable it becomes.

Example:

Level 1, Attack Speed +0 = 1495 Attack Delay. 1500 - (5 * 1)
Level 1, Attack Speed +1 = 1455 Attack Delay. 2.67% Increased Attack Speed.

Level 50, Attack Speed +0 = 1250 Attack Delay. 1500 - (5 * 50)
Level 50, Attack Speed +1 = 1210 Attack Delay. 3.2% Increased Attack Speed.


Level 50, Attack Speed +10 = 850 Attack Delay. 1500 - (5 * 50) - (10 * 40)
Level 50, Attack Speed +11 = 810 Attack Delay. 4.7% Increased Attack Speed.


Lowest Attack Delay is 800, So level 50, Attack Speed +11 -> +12 = 10ms quicker (1.2% Attack Speed)

 

[LightBringer]

Atm

Pet Level (nearly 6)
DC0-10
AttackSpeed +3 (want to re-roll to +5 but don't want to take the risk of spending a fortune doing it)
Level 7 : I want to get MR, as most higher places seem to need MR over AC

Edit:

Class: warrior

Whys:
Dc0-10 its best rolled stat
Atkspeed : i want higher AS, but can't afford the rerolls to get +5
MR all the way so I can leave ZT and enter BP

 

[DarkSacred]

Atm

Pet Level (nearly 6)
DC0-10
AttackSpeed +3 (want to re-roll to +5 but don't want to take the risk of spending a fortune doing it)
Level 7 : I want to get MR, as most higher places seem to need MR over AC

Edit:

Class: warrior

Whys:
Dc0-10 its best rolled stat
Atkspeed : i want higher AS, but can't afford the rerolls to get +5
MR all the way so I can leave ZT and enter BP

You may find you have to re-roll the DC at this stage of the game as may struggle to get the 63 MR needed for BP without sacrificing all of your damage. From my experience going to BP in full MR kit means you hit 60-80 a hit, compared with getting your MR from your companion and going full attack kit.

 

[LightBringer]

You may find you have to re-roll the DC at this stage of the game as may struggle to get the 63 MR needed for BP without sacrificing all of your damage. From my experience going to BP in full MR kit means you hit 60-80 a hit, compared with getting your MR from your companion and going full attack kit.

I use a numa mage staff +18 fire damage, seems to help, not got quite the MR yet but 1 level off of 44 so get a bit more from arm + hermit point. if I get lucky and get +2 MR I will have 61, so will refine gear and I will be good to go.
Can then adjust my gear when my Pet hits 7 and roll him with Mr then change out for damage, or keep more MR!