Quote Originally Posted by Alhanelem View Post
Personally, I discuss total damage, because without the master, the pet doesn't existt either. The pet's damage is part of your total contribution to the overall goal of reducing a monster's HP to zero.
As part of total contribution yes, count the pets damage. My point is the master doesn't have to do anything for the pet to deal damage, so it doesn't effect the discussion of melee SMN.