Pet / Briarthorn item interaction questions

I’m hoping somebody out there could help me with these query’s I have for a conjurer pet build i’m running.

  1. Mythical heart of the sand king - Do my pets also get the buff to bleed per 3 seconds from Mogdrogen’s pact as well as the increase damage and duration?
  2. Blood sworn codex + Zarias’s Pendant - do the 30% modifiers to Briarthorn stack, because they don’t appear to from testing on dummies (but I don’t have a damage metre for accurate analysis).
  3. Scorpius pummeler - Is there something I’m missing it says +50% crit damage to Briarthorn, but the crits appear to be no different in testing on a dummy.

Any reply’s greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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  1. Yes, pets get any flat damage bonuses provided from item modifiers, so they will get the flat bleed bonus.

  2. The items should stack so that the Briarthorn skill has a 60% modifier when you stack both of them. You are right in that it’s hard to tell the damage without some sort of damage meter, but modifiers like that stack additively.

  3. How high is your pet OA? If your pet OA is super high, you may be confusing varying crit rolls as the item having no effect. 26/16 Briarthorn already has an innate 45% crit damage, so using the Scorpious weapon should give it 95% Crit + whatever normal pet Crit you have with skills and gear.

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I had similar questions with my build here that is physical pets conjurar https://www.grimtools.com/calc/nZoQxJQ2

also did not notice the stacking of total damge of briar pet

Thank you for your reply.
My Pet OA is 77%-92% depending on temporary buffs. So am I to discern that high OA can create wild variances between crit multipliers? Thanks for the information was just trying to decide if the Scorpious pummeler would be an upgrade over the Black scourge in my build. (weapon + relic changed and skill point tweak)
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/0V0eRzRZ vs https://www.grimtools.com/calc/bVAmgp1V
I’m confident the sand king amulet is superior to Zarias pendant now I know for certain they are getting the buffs :slight_smile:
Once again your input greatly appreciated, the grim dawn community is soo friendly and helpful!

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