7.3 Breed Choices: Argus
Posted: September 20th, 2017, 11:55 pm
So now we have the breeds for the Argus wild pets - at least I think we do - and it's time to look at what is available. I'm really quite unsure about several of the choices, so I'd welcome other views!
Antoran Wastes:
[pet]Antoran Bile Larva[/pet]: Nothing much new here. It's a Maggot/Larva, with Diseased Bite in place of the more usual Consume. P/S is still slow, not that it would matter much. Its Krokuun counterpart (see below) comes in H/H, so I'll take H/P here.
[pet]Antoran Bilescourge[/pet]: Generally I like my Fliers to have health, but an S/S Flier with Drain Blood? Just when you thought I was dead, I suck your health! Bwahahaha! Too tempting.
Krokuun:
[pet]Bile Larva[/pet]: Nothing much new here. It's a Maggot/Larva, with Diseased Bite in place of the more usual Consume. You can have any breed, so long as it's H. Its Antoran namesake comes in H/P with identical stats, so I'll file this under H/H.
[pet]Bilescourge[/pet]: I'm never sure about Fliers, so I tend to split the difference with H/P. A Flier that comes in a P/P breed, with Drain Blood, is interesting, though the damage options are not terribly exciting. There is a choice of DoTs, but will they be enough? Its Antoran cousin has the same base stats, and offers an S/S option for that Last Stand effect if your Drain Blood comes back at the right time. I think I'll break with my usual choice, and go for P/P on this one, though with a last sideways look at H/P, and at H/H with [ability]Consume Corpse[/ability] .... oooh that sounds tempting...
[pet]Flickering Argunite[/pet]: No choice here. H/S it is. It's basically an [pet]Elementium Geode[/pet] with a little more health, a bit less speed, and [ability]Surge of Light[/ability] in place of [ability]Elementium Bolt[/ability]. Maybe as part of a [pet]Bone Serpent[/pet] counter? Could be fun in the right circumstances, but I don't see it getting a lot of play.
Mac'Aree:
[pet]Arcane Gorger[/pet] and [pet]Felcrazed Wyrm[/pet]: I take these as a pair, since they are both Magic, and have the same moveset except that [pet]Arcane Gorger[/pet] has [ability]Flurry[/ability] in its first slot where [pet]Felcrazed Wyrm[/pet] has [ability]Fel Immolate[/ability]. That makes the [pet]Arcane Gorger[/pet] choice easy: I want a 325-speed S/S. My slower choice will be between the P/P and H/P [pet]Felcrazed Wyrm[/pet]. Since the species already has slightly high base health, I'll prefer the P/P, with the option between the defensive [ability]Deflection[/ability] and the all-out attack of [ability]Mana Surge[/ability].
[pet]Skyfin Juvenile[/pet]: I can't decide, or see a clear niche for this one. [ability]Wing Buffet[/ability] on a species whose max speed is 273 - what am I doing? As a Flier, I'll get it in near the start, and either [ability]Glowing Toxin[/ability] or [ability]Wild Magic[/ability] followed by [ability]Wild Winds[/ability] or [ability]Slicing Wind[/ability], then swap out? 1627-HP H/S with [ability]Glowing Toxin[/ability], or 1481-HP P/S with [ability]Wild Magic[/ability]?
[pet]Pygmy Marsuul[/pet]: Ah, nice to have some clarity. [ability]Flurry[/ability], [ability]Burrow[/ability], [ability]Crouch[/ability], [ability]Survival[/ability]. We have a Fox with a choice of [ability]Survival[/ability] or [ability]Feign Death[/ability] instead of [ability]Dazzling Dance[/ability]! So I want the S/S. As a side-note, its cousin, the [pet]Orphaned Marsuul[/pet], comes only in H/S, with a respectable 305 speed.
[pet]Warpstalker Hatchling[/pet]/[pet]Warpstalker Runt[/pet]/[pet]Voidstalker Runt[/pet]: in B/B and P/S only. Same moveset, same stats, same breeds. Nothing terribly exciting here: it's a Lizard, with [ability]Blinkstrike[/ability] replacing [ability]Quick Attack[/ability], so you won't be using it unless you specifically want the Blinkstrike. Only B/B and P/S available, so I'll take one of each. (Edited: h/t Peanutty below)
[pet]Void Shardling[/pet]: Comes in lots of breeds, and it's a low-health Magic pet. If I just want to go on all-out attack with [ability]Arcane Storm[/ability] and [ability]Arcane Blast[/ability] I have better options than the 1485/301/260 H/P so I'm thinking the stun chance with [ability]Soulrush[/ability], and [ability]Phase Shift[/ability] when needed. So the 325-speed S/S is is.
Antoran Wastes:
[pet]Antoran Bile Larva[/pet]: Nothing much new here. It's a Maggot/Larva, with Diseased Bite in place of the more usual Consume. P/S is still slow, not that it would matter much. Its Krokuun counterpart (see below) comes in H/H, so I'll take H/P here.
[pet]Antoran Bilescourge[/pet]: Generally I like my Fliers to have health, but an S/S Flier with Drain Blood? Just when you thought I was dead, I suck your health! Bwahahaha! Too tempting.
Krokuun:
[pet]Bile Larva[/pet]: Nothing much new here. It's a Maggot/Larva, with Diseased Bite in place of the more usual Consume. You can have any breed, so long as it's H. Its Antoran namesake comes in H/P with identical stats, so I'll file this under H/H.
[pet]Bilescourge[/pet]: I'm never sure about Fliers, so I tend to split the difference with H/P. A Flier that comes in a P/P breed, with Drain Blood, is interesting, though the damage options are not terribly exciting. There is a choice of DoTs, but will they be enough? Its Antoran cousin has the same base stats, and offers an S/S option for that Last Stand effect if your Drain Blood comes back at the right time. I think I'll break with my usual choice, and go for P/P on this one, though with a last sideways look at H/P, and at H/H with [ability]Consume Corpse[/ability] .... oooh that sounds tempting...
[pet]Flickering Argunite[/pet]: No choice here. H/S it is. It's basically an [pet]Elementium Geode[/pet] with a little more health, a bit less speed, and [ability]Surge of Light[/ability] in place of [ability]Elementium Bolt[/ability]. Maybe as part of a [pet]Bone Serpent[/pet] counter? Could be fun in the right circumstances, but I don't see it getting a lot of play.
Mac'Aree:
[pet]Arcane Gorger[/pet] and [pet]Felcrazed Wyrm[/pet]: I take these as a pair, since they are both Magic, and have the same moveset except that [pet]Arcane Gorger[/pet] has [ability]Flurry[/ability] in its first slot where [pet]Felcrazed Wyrm[/pet] has [ability]Fel Immolate[/ability]. That makes the [pet]Arcane Gorger[/pet] choice easy: I want a 325-speed S/S. My slower choice will be between the P/P and H/P [pet]Felcrazed Wyrm[/pet]. Since the species already has slightly high base health, I'll prefer the P/P, with the option between the defensive [ability]Deflection[/ability] and the all-out attack of [ability]Mana Surge[/ability].
[pet]Skyfin Juvenile[/pet]: I can't decide, or see a clear niche for this one. [ability]Wing Buffet[/ability] on a species whose max speed is 273 - what am I doing? As a Flier, I'll get it in near the start, and either [ability]Glowing Toxin[/ability] or [ability]Wild Magic[/ability] followed by [ability]Wild Winds[/ability] or [ability]Slicing Wind[/ability], then swap out? 1627-HP H/S with [ability]Glowing Toxin[/ability], or 1481-HP P/S with [ability]Wild Magic[/ability]?
[pet]Pygmy Marsuul[/pet]: Ah, nice to have some clarity. [ability]Flurry[/ability], [ability]Burrow[/ability], [ability]Crouch[/ability], [ability]Survival[/ability]. We have a Fox with a choice of [ability]Survival[/ability] or [ability]Feign Death[/ability] instead of [ability]Dazzling Dance[/ability]! So I want the S/S. As a side-note, its cousin, the [pet]Orphaned Marsuul[/pet], comes only in H/S, with a respectable 305 speed.
[pet]Warpstalker Hatchling[/pet]/[pet]Warpstalker Runt[/pet]/[pet]Voidstalker Runt[/pet]: in B/B and P/S only. Same moveset, same stats, same breeds. Nothing terribly exciting here: it's a Lizard, with [ability]Blinkstrike[/ability] replacing [ability]Quick Attack[/ability], so you won't be using it unless you specifically want the Blinkstrike. Only B/B and P/S available, so I'll take one of each. (Edited: h/t Peanutty below)
[pet]Void Shardling[/pet]: Comes in lots of breeds, and it's a low-health Magic pet. If I just want to go on all-out attack with [ability]Arcane Storm[/ability] and [ability]Arcane Blast[/ability] I have better options than the 1485/301/260 H/P so I'm thinking the stun chance with [ability]Soulrush[/ability], and [ability]Phase Shift[/ability] when needed. So the 325-speed S/S is is.