I am curious as I have found conflicting info online. Do player scaled pets benefit from flat damage bonuses given to players? For example, the flat damage on Solael’s Witchfire or the flat bleeding damage from Huntress? Or do they only benefit from your % damage type that corresponds with their damage type. I assume they would get the flat damage from an aura like Mogdrogen’s Pact. I am just wondering because I found out about Deathstalker today, which looks interesting, but I have no experience with that kind of pet.
AFAIK, in terms of flat damage - I believe they will if it’s an AoE buff like IEE, or Flame touched. But this is purely guesswork on my end. So take it with a pinch of salt. I’m basing this on the animation which plays on my living shadows when when I cast dreegs blood.
HOWEVER, player scaled pets will most definitely NOT benefit from say deadly momentum which affects only the player.
units only benefit from flat added damage if it deals weapon damage. that being said, player-scaling summons DO NOT have weapon damage, meaning they do not benefit from flat added damage.
source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Grimdawn/comments/6ctc8k/flat_damage_doesnt_apply_to_living_shadows/
This^. Unless it’s an aura like Flame touched. The player based pet is essentially an ally
this actually made me curious - can player-scaled summons essentially double-dip off auras? take flame touched and elemental seekers. can the seekers first be scaled by the aura buffing you, then buffed again as a result of being a unit that can be affected by an aura?
If it affects them i’m sure there is no double dipping. I am not sure what you mean by:
“an the seekers first be scaled by the aura buffing you, then buffed again as a result of being a unit that can be affected by an aura?”
So will dreeg’s blood benefit player-scaled pets? And will say living shadow clones benefit from field command’s buff?
Would this also apply to blade spirit?
Ok people are making this far more complicated than need be.
Player scaled pets ONLY scale on player stats. Auras do not affect them unless it affects the summoner.