The Fluffy Squishy - Pet Conjurer - SR 170 version :3

Wrexel · October 8, 2020, 12:34am

Build is definitely still valid. Crate kill time for me was about a min longer.

Thanks so much for the build Maya

Maya · October 8, 2020, 2:07am

Glad to hear it and ty for testing Crate for me

Also, welcome to the forums

Kirfunky · October 23, 2020, 12:07pm

Hi Maya, I don’t have the Bysmiel set unfortunately. Is it possible to go for the full beastcaller set and use Bloodsworn signet rings instead?

Maya · October 23, 2020, 5:37pm

Yes, but in that case, go for this instead: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/JVlmR6bZ
Affixes can be pet related (Briarthorn preferred) or defensive oriented for the player (resistances and such)

You can also take Murmur for additional cold RR inplace of Typhos if needed.

digao94 · October 24, 2020, 8:27pm

Hi, thanks for this guide, this build looks really fun! Im anew player but arpg veteran, is this a good build to start fresh? if not, is there any other pet build that is good for a fresh start? i ask this because idk if this build can farm this items or not with only rares/epic items

Maya · October 25, 2020, 1:12am

Let me drop this here: The Carnival - A Guide to Pets

digao94 · October 25, 2020, 8:03am

amazing guide, thank you so much! the begginer builds use only deterministic drop/buy items, a really great build

Maya · October 25, 2020, 9:57am

Glad to hear that it is helpful

Vidda1 · November 5, 2020, 12:50pm

Tried the build (HC) and it seems pretty nice & safe . i just cant figure out if im supposed to send the pets far away from me to kill everything or stick close to them for the auras that’s prolly just my inexperience tho. This is also the first pet-build i tried.

Maya · November 5, 2020, 12:56pm

Keep them in Aggressive stance (click on their portraits on top left and you need to do it every time you restart the game). The aura radius is big enough to not have to worry about it. Think it covers the entire screen tbh, or nearly enough.

Maya · November 13, 2020, 3:04pm

Cross posting from this thread: GrimSheet: Endgame Build Table - ETE edition [v1.20]

Alright, first the build: The Fluffy Squishy - Pet Conjurer

Now, the Challenge: SR 120 on Ultimate (Softcore), Nemesis combos were: Shattered Outcast, Bennjahr, Iron Maiden & Fabius.

Consumables used: Pet potions, All the HP and HP regen buff potions, Tonic of Mending, Aether clusters.

Deaths: In double digits and after a while keeping count became a chore.

Timer: Naturally, not possible to do it within the allocated time.

Now for the glorious pics :3

https://imgur.com/0HGTTrz.png

https://imgur.com/B7keigi.png

https://imgur.com/8TmPc2B.png

https://imgur.com/1VkEyuc.png

https://imgur.com/WA8jdzC.png

Thoughts on the fight(s):

Superbosses felt like hero mobs comparatively…

To begin with, there were a handful of deaths in non boss rooms. Pets also suffered a few deaths and required respawning.

The major issue however was the traps. They easily ended up causing most of the deaths for both the player and the pets.

Nemesis tier bosses were skipped in non boss rooms and would have likely been outright impossible. Same for Healer mobs.

Camera abuse was used extensively for the boss room. Also with max zoomed in to allow for easier means of losing aggro. Also helped with pulling them one by one.

Originally I was going to go for a “no consumables except for Tonic & Clusters” run, but kiting Iron Maiden was a problem because you need to do enough damage to counter her self heal and as you can see from the screenshots, I started using them extensively at this point.

Anasteria, the shattered outcast version, surprisingly was the easiest Boss to face and was pulled first.

Benny’s traps were 1 hit KO without Aether Clusters, but his general lack of aggro and slow movement meant he was not much of a threat.

Iron Maiden was the 3rd pull and by now I had bit of a kiting space. Naturally I couldn’t stay too far away since I didn’t want to be blitzed to the face in a 1-2 shot combo. The Statues were a huge help and I basically treated the fight like a much more dangerous version of Ravager.

Fabius was left for last since he could easily 1 shot the player and was also capable of making mincemeat out of the Pets. Gameplay went like this:

Is Aether Cluster ready to be used? Fight him.

Is it on CD? Run/Reset aggro.

Is he on your screen while max zoomed in? Run.

Is he not on your screen and also not on the mini-map? Run.

Standing still? Don’t forget to collect your corpse.

Now, this was my first try and I didn’t fish for mutators or boss combos, mostly because it was also my first ever SR run on a shard higher than SR100, so didn’t know what to expect. I can safely say that 9 out of 10 runs will most likely end in failure at these levels with my build. So this should be treated as more of a “throwing yourself into the fire until it is extinguished” kind of thing and was done only for the challenge and is not a realistic expectation of the build’s capability or strength.

I can kill Ravager and Moggy later and post SS to add to all this.

Squirek · November 17, 2020, 6:48pm

Hi.
Very nice build. I have right now 42 lvl and really enjoy the game. I’m rather noob so wondering if you can share with me the end game build based on factions items, please?

Apologies if this is somewhere in this forum but searching for specific information here is not that simple for me.

Thanks

Maya · November 17, 2020, 6:51pm

Welcome to the forums, the budget setups have been bundled with my guide here

The Carnival - A Guide to Pets (2nd post of this thread has the link to the guide also)

But the GT link itself to the budget conjurer: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/4ZDvk8Y2

Squirek · November 17, 2020, 6:53pm

Wow. I’m impressed how quickly you’ve responded. I was not expecting this.

Maya · November 17, 2020, 6:54pm

Squirek · November 17, 2020, 6:58pm

Anyway . For now I’m following your 10-90 guide from [Feb '19] so I trust its still valid.

Maya · November 17, 2020, 7:03pm

Yup, while there were numerous patches since then, the items, skills and devotions used here were mostly left untouched, so you are good to go

Squirek · November 17, 2020, 7:09pm

last question regarding factions
Outcast, Barrowholm (even if I dont like them) , Death’s Vigil and worshipper of Lady Bysmiel?
Ps. English is not my first language so I hope I’ve not mixed something.

Ulvar1 · November 17, 2020, 7:17pm

Barrowholm has very good pet stuff so they you wanna go with, same with Bysmiel

you do not like scorv?!

Maya · November 17, 2020, 7:18pm

With Factions, only Barrowholm is really necessary. The rest are all upto you.

Bysmiel’s is what we need the most. But you can pick any of the 3 without getting locked out of the other 2 Witch God Factions.