Can BL pets use weaponsFollow

I've given my Bestlord's pet several weapons. They don't show in the graphic of course. And I've parsed lots of text checking damage. It isn't clear to me if they increase his damage. Does anyone know if the BL pet benefits from weapons and/or armor?

Thanks.

They will "use" the weapons - the damage message changes to pierce or crush, for example - but as to whether it helps them do more damage, I'd have to parse a few fights to answer that.

I have seen fairly convincing parses that seem to support giving pets armor to help them avoid damage. I do it when I have an easy option to do so. One note: if you get a nice mage to summon pet armor (phantom plate, etc), give it to the pet OUT of the bag. If you give him the whole bag he won't know what to do with it.

i dont know if it works for the other pets but it does work for necro pets (skeletons) i give them say a rusty sword and sheild and he does like say 11 damage instead of 8 *its like weapons make it max hit more or so) and the sheild helped him stay alive more. idont know though if armor and stuff work for them. give your pet a fungi tunic and see if his health regens fast hehe then you will know

Yes a lvl 1 necro can can get his pet in full mage summoned pet armor and weapons and it will kick things in the pants


As far as beastie weapons for there pets at higher lvl

Its best to get the mage summoned ones and i beleive the muzzle is the only thing that works as far as the armor ( more haste on top of pet haste) any weapon that has a dmg of 8 or more and a delay of less than 28 your pets wont get affected by slowness and it will be attacking about the same or a little more dmg.


There is a layout from beastlord on pet data i cant take full credit but here it is

****UPDATE**** since the previous data was a bit lacking
This chart was started by Kerir, and is getting added to in this thread: Beastlord Pet Chart

Beastlord Pet Chart
SPELL LVL HP DMG (pvp in parenthesis) Notes
9 9 200 10 bite / 7 bash
15 16 400 18 bite / 8 bash Doubles
22 22 650 24 bite / 11 bash
30 26 ~800 30 bite / 12 bash
39 31 1100 39 bite / 16 bash Shield
49 39 2100 53 bite / 17 bash (33 bite in PvP) Quad
54 41 ~2450 55 bite / 20 bash (34 bite in PvP)
56 43 2500 55 bite / 21 bash
58 45 2800 62 bite / 24 bash
60 47 3250 68 bite / 26 bash
62 60 4200 74 bite / 28 bash Enrage
64 60 4500 77 bite / 29 bash
Note that the listed hit points are still approximations at this point.

Best Weapons by Level:
Level 9 warder: Any 1HB, 2HB, Piercing, H2H weapon with a base damage higher than 5. 2HB preferred.
Level 15 warder: Any 1HB, 2HB, Piercing, H2H weapon with a base damage higher than 8. 2HB preferred.
Level 22 warder: Any 1HB, 2HB, Piercing, H2H weapon with a base damage higher than 11. 2HB preferred.
Level 30 warder: Two weapons. 1HB, Piercing, and H2H weapons only. No minimum damage for usefulness.
Level 39 warder: 1HB, Piercing, and H2H weapons only. Minimum weapon damage to be useful is 20.
Level 49 warder: 1HB, Piercing, and H2H weapons only. Minimum weapon damage to be useful is 25.
Level 54 warder: 1HB, Piercing, and H2H weapons only. Minimum weapon damage to be useful is 27.
Level 56 warder: 1HB, Piercing, and H2H weapons only. Minimum weapon damage to be useful is 30.
Level 58 warder: 1HB, Piercing, and H2H weapons only. Minimum weapon damage to be useful is 31.
Level 60 warder: 1HB, Piercing, and H2H weapons only. Minimum weapon damage to be useful is 33.
Level 62 warder: 2 H2H weapons only. Minimum weapon damage to be useful is 36.
Level 64 warder: 2 H2H weapons only. Minimum weapon damage to be useful is 37.

I think its suppose to be delays this was coppied from the old beastlord web site ( before it was bought )

Edited, Tue Feb 24 11:02:39 2004 by Darksaber

As a rule of thumb at higher levels, you're better off just giving your Warder a weapon that has a proc effect. A normal weapon is a waste of time, unless it meets the requirememnts from the above list.

I normally try and give my Warder a Gnoll Hide Lariat (Stun proc) and a Serrated Bone Dirk (getto snare at 10% health of the mob)

If I don't have either of the above, two summoned proc Weapons from a high-level Mage are nice, but without weapons, the Beastlord Warder is still a very hard hitter and does well on its own.

<3 his little Dinosaur

I edit my post i think the person that made it from the old Beastlord sight prolly ment Delay's im uncertain though however the more i look at espically at higher that pets can only use h2h so i dont know what the answer to that is i just coppied it from the old beastlord site (even if it looks odd or wrong hehe)

Edited, Tue Feb 24 11:08:55 2004 by Darksaber

Typically I'll give beastlords (pretty much all pet classes) a set of pet gear which includes weapons. Although the actual damage (10 damage, 20 delay) doesn't make squats worth of difference the 150 point proc and the 50 hitpoints each weapon adds helps out a bit depending on the situation.

Mage summoned fists of ixilbat are equipable by level 8 pets of any class. The blade of the kedge and blades of walnan aren't equipable until later levels for some reason.

Fists of ililbat have a proc message of "soandso is seared by flames".
Blades of walnan have a proc message of "soandso is hit with flying debris".
I can't remember the proc message for the blade of the kedge.
Each of these messages means the mob was just hit with 150 points of damage off the proc.