What's the best Pet Class in the Current Meta?

[Maya]

But regardless, I am willing to bet that other pets save for the Hellhound will do just as much damage or more with the same amount of investment interms of items. Like for eg; A 26/16 familiar with 22/12 Lightning Strike.

OMG, YES! I just did a re-spec into max Lightning Strike and around 12/16 for the familiar and the difference is just monumental.
Well, I don’t have that many +2 items for Familiar, so my Briar is still 1+12/16, but I’ll start bleeding points into it slowly but certainly after I max the Familiar back out. Thanks a TON, this helps so much.
I read your carnival guide and where you said

The Carnival - A Guide to Pets

If you are going for a Conjurer, it is recommended that you put enough points in Shaman early on, to get a 16/16 Briarthorn before going back to focus on the Occultist Side

is where I think I went wrong. I just invested into it way too early. Thanks again

Glad to hear it worked out