Why are bst pets getting shafted?

Meh, Kiyomaro got slaughtered while trying to solo SCNMs, used Ibuki and it was a breeze. He nearly cost me my orb so I never trusted that pet in tanking situations since that battle, lol XD; I mainly use Ibuki or sometimes falcorr for TH (Birds ftw^^), but different strokes for different folks I suppose^^

I do agree that the new pet buff is pretty neat; totally unexpected. I was anticipating another letdown, but that was not the case with this update. Good one SE^^

Depending on the difficulty of the Orb and the level of your pet, was EVA a factor in that? Birds are more evasive mobs, very possible that your beast was dying faster simply because 5 monsters were hitting it where as with your bird 5 monsters were missing it. Just a thought.

I set the difficulty to easy mode and used a 117 weapon; but good point, EVA could have been a factor in these battles. However, it appears that Kiyomaro is severely exposed when zealous snort is down, even in 1 on 1 situations. Personally, I am not particularly fond of the boar, but I can understand why others use him. Kiyomaro's counter and guard boost is really nice, but battles appear so much smoother with Ibuki. I have not used him in tanking situations post-update, the EVA, durability, and damage capabilities of the bird are too good for me to pass up (Do not have to spam pet food). However, this is strictly my opinion.

I rarely use the boar, perhaps I will give him a spin again and see how it goes. His ready moves are a real turn off for me, notably the 3 charges for zealous snort. Ibuki on the other hand just tears through the SCNM, doing 3k ready moves on occasions (I believe the magic def and def down from swooping frenzy was in effect). Ibuki is my main pet atm, only use the others for the killer effects, killer instinct, etc.

Both the Apkallufa and Akaso are quite easy to obtain, now.

Also really love the Ready boost, but it was needed. It does seem to apply to older pets as well, so any old favorites got a free boost (This is cool, thanks SE).

...So does Ibuki have slashing resistance? Haven't watched closely enough, but supposedly tulfaires have -50%?

Had no idea the boost applied to older pets, thanks for that tidbit^^ As it pertains to Ibuki's slashing resistance, I was unaware of this also (Sorry). Ibuki does appear extremely durable in most situations, even when taking damage. I am not sure if she does possess this trait, but I am intrigued and would like to find out myself. There is someone who does conclusive jug testing, I usually wait for him/her to post results pertaining to jug pets.

Ibuki is somewhat of a pain to synergy, other than that, she is pretty easy to obtain. I usually harvest akaso every game-day-night on ninja (for the speed boost). Pre-update I was netting a decent amount of akaso, currently akaso is flooding the auction houses in Asura, extremely easy to obtain. However, there are very few salubrious broths up for sale. Perhaps individuals just save the jugs for themselves like I do.

Part of the problem with Kiyomaro is it's durability is based on gaurd/counter. So if you can't get the mobs in front of it (almost impossible in situations with more than 2 mobs and hard even with 2) then it loses all that.

I did a bit of testing awhile ago on tulfaire (was trying to get all dmg types for all the new mobs down) but kinda stopped halfway thru. I definitely got half dmg on excalibur procs...wether that was due to specifically slashing dmg or pdt idk since I never really went back and finished. That said a large amount of enemies are slashing so it would be good either way especially when the pet is getting gang banged lol. Last I saw prices were still like 500k a stack but I think just no one is selling/buying since the update but should be worthwhile to do it.

Also one thing I liked about Kiyo before the updates is you could do his AoE move and hit other stuff and it wouldn't aggro it lol.

Razor I'd love it if you hooked me up with the bird sometime. I haven't had a chance to try it out. The price on singles is sort of ridiculous.

Sent^^ Ibuki is really nice imo. I was able to get to HQ Khim in AR2 with unleash and molted plumage spam on the chariot(Other pets may be able to do this also post-update, have not tried them). I could not do this pre-update, not sure if anyone else was able to, perhaps self skill chaining would make it possible, idk, but I am just speaking from my perspective.

Ibuki landed a few 2k ws on the WKR shark, that is not summoner esque by any means, but pretty good for a jug pet. She is also a blast to use in besieged, swooping frenzy at the gates full of enemies is pretty fun^^ Viscous pet.

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Sent^^ Ibuki is really nice imo. I was able to get to HQ Khim in AR2 with unleash and molted plumage spam on the chariot(Other pets may be able to do this also post-update, have not tried them). I could not do this pre-update, not sure if anyone else was able to, perhaps self skill chaining would make it possible, idk, but I am just speaking from my perspective.

Ibuki landed a few 2k ws on the WKR shark, that is not summoner esque by any means, but pretty good for a jug pet. She is also a blast to use in besieged, swooping frenzy at the gates full of enemies is pretty fun^^ Viscous pet.

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Wow, that's really sweet of you, I'll pull out bst tonight and give it a try.

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Sent^^ Ibuki is really nice imo. I was able to get to HQ Khim in AR2 with unleash and molted plumage spam on the chariot(Other pets may be able to do this also post-update, have not tried them). I could not do this pre-update, not sure if anyone else was able to, perhaps self skill chaining would make it possible, idk, but I am just speaking from my perspective.

Ibuki landed a few 2k ws on the WKR shark, that is not summoner esque by any means, but pretty good for a jug pet. She is also a blast to use in besieged, swooping frenzy at the gates full of enemies is pretty fun^^ Viscous pet.

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You could solo the armored chariot in under 3 minutes at 99, you can do it with any pet at 117. Just don't watch the fight from afar. The real reason Ibuki's the best is you don't have to pour a stack of biscuits into her on the floor before that, because she can dodge shit that's not in front of her, unlike Kiyomaro's gaurd/counter.

Everyone forgets Zealous snort adds 25 MDB though. Anything that casts magic has real trouble with him. Was able to solo Easy Microcosmic orbs, while I left for the toilet. Could maybe do normal with a 119 pet.