So I briefly tested Deathstalker and honestly it is passable on a pet build. On my Cabalist it was hitting for about 2000 damage a shot not counting its bleeding damage, and that was without me using CoF or having Rend proc. It is definitely a much slower attacker than my Hellhound, but it does do the disappearing attack that Manticores do and it is pretty aggressive. The defensive stats on the relic are nice too. When testing it on my bleed/vit caster (where its damage was quite a bit better) I also never noticed its life going down, which was interesting, though I did not test it a lot. I also imagine it would do better on a Conjurer since you have Primal Bond and Mogdrogen’s Pact going for it. It did have the icons for Blood of Dreeg, Storm Spirit, and Hellfire when I had those on. So I doubt it holds up DPS wise to Primal Instinct or Dirge of Arkovia, but it might be worth playing with, especially since it can be farmed relatively easily.
Well Deathstalker is like nemesis. Uses player bonuses not pet. Where Primal Spirit can hit 40/60 K, Stalker will hit 2-4K. He is basically a walking debuff aura
Oh I know. I just wanted to see how it attacked and such. If you thought it was cool or whatever I think it’s not totally useless. I am going to test further on my bleed/vit build though, as I think it has actual potential there.
So the only ok permanent pet relic for end game that scales off of pet stats is dirge of arkovia… Not cool
Could be a thing for unstable anomaly builds, a transmuter & concept that needs some love btw
And Dirge is pretty shaky in my experience. What I think is really a bummer too is how competitive some slots are. The two hellhound set, the acid pet, Yeti, Sovereign Ruby, and the Blood of Dreeg conversion amulet all need the amulet spot. Boo!
Conjurer privilege. 2x Briar and free amulet slot for the yeti 
Indeed! I love the Yeti too, it is maybe my favorite pet. I am experimenting with my Conjurer and trying some of the AoM items on him now!
hi, iOnlyPlayPetBuilds. nice to see you here too.
any opinions on mogdrogen’s ardour? it’s a nice defensive pet relic, and +8% total speed and +1 to all skills seems pretty nice. i’m planning on using it for my eye of dominion pet build to overcap some res for my little buddies.
I like it. Looks good to me if you don’t mind not having an extra pet.
So I finally made my Primal Instinct. What completion bonus should I have hoped for? I got Heart of the Wild + Tenacity of the Boar.
I can’t bother to use it until I get a Heart of the Mountain. Replacing my Savage relic can’t happen until I get another permanent pet since he’s needed for a proc.
Heart of the Wild is probably the best one. Most of the completion bonuses are no good for pets and Heart of the Wild is pretty much always worth going 10/10.
Heart of the Mountain is great! I need to try the Mythical poison pet amulet. I have yet to but it looks promising. It’s too bad the Savage relic isn’t better for end game. The pet gets too squishy, but I like it a lot otherwise.
Well I’m glad I got Heart of the Wild then. I noticed today that the mythical Blightshard Amulet can have 2 of the poison pets out at the same time. Seems really good until you can get the yeti. Which ever you find first that is.