First things first, don’t worry too much about raw power as if you like the boner guys and if they are doing fine atm, then there is no need to switch.
But if there ever comes a point where you feel the need to, I’d recommend working towards this: Will O Wisp - Pet Cabalist
There is a Budget setup in that thread too (if scroll down to 2nd post), should you find the need for it.
Regarding Flat damage, the basic calculation is easy enough since it is all straight up addition. But in practice, it does not work like that.
for eg; let us say that your pet deals 100 phy, 100 acid and 100 Vit. Then you add 100 Chaos to it. So 400 dmg in total, yes?
But you won’t have the RR for all of them. Also, you won’t have the means to convert every single bit of damage into your main type.
So, to give another eg; in my Bleed Pet Conjurer, there is no conversion and it is all focused on Bleed. So any non Bleed Flat Pet damage I get is not worth it since I won’t have the RR to make use of it anyway. And hence, it becomes better to focus elsewhere than simply taking all available sources of Flat dmg.
In other words, Flat dmg diminishes in value unless and until you have the RR to support it.
To make it all easier, this is what I’d recommend:
- To start with, select your main Pet. This is what you will be going all in on, to make it as strong as you can.
- See its damage type and then try to see if you can convert it all into a single type. Also make note of the dedicated endgame Set for that Pet (like Lost Souls for Skeletons). Some Sets come with their own built in conversions and you need to plan with those in mind.
- Then see what other Pet you can add in to this, either of the same damage type, or with a type that also gets converted into your main damage type.
- Then apply the same idea to any available sources of Flat damage. That is, taking only those that either provide your main dmg type or can be converted to it.
For Boris, these are his stats: https://www.grimtools.com/monsterdb/133/skills
I think it might be his DA reduction that might be causing you the trouble.
Correct, all into Physique except as required for equipping weapon/off-hand.