Pet buffs that help

[gr8scott]

<DIV>ok level 39 necro here and I have some pet buffing questions.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Here are the pet buffs that I have:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Agitation -- adept 3</DIV> <DIV>Opals -- 20 training buff</DIV> <DIV>Dark  -- 30 training buff</DIV> <DIV>Boon of the lifeless -- adept 3</DIV> <DIV>Words of the Wicked -- adept 3</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Questions:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-Do I get an advantage from having all of these spells up?  </DIV> <DIV>-If so, what is the incremental advantage to each one? (I can't really figure out all of the stacking issues)</DIV> <DIV>-If not, which should I not worry about keeping up on the pet.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As of right now I assume they all help at least a bit:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Agitation:  proc stacks?</DIV> <DIV>Opals:  proc stacks?  ward stacks?</DIV> <DIV>Dark:  ward stacks?</DIV> <DIV>Boon:  proc stacks??</DIV> <DIV>Words:  better buff long term than dark??</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Anyway, if someone has already figured this out I would be greatful for some insight.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Greatscott</DIV>

[El Chupacabr]

<DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Q.  Do our pet buffs really stack?</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV>A.  Somewhat.  The pet buff icons will stack but not all effects do.  If two buffs have the same effect, the highest buff will be the only one you gain benefit from ie. Boon of the Lifeless and Words of the Wicked do not stack since they have the same spell effects (pet heal, hate generation, damage mitigation and clawing of the soul proc).  The dynamism proc of agitation however does stack with words of the wicked though none of the other benefits do since they are covered by the higher level spell.  The highest effect is the only one that works.  If there is something special in a pet buff (training buffs for example), the unique portion will be added to the overall pet buffing... the rest will not.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <HR> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Therefore, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Opals for the dynamism proc (I assume it's dynamism since it's s'posed to be an advanced agitation, if not then use agitation instead)</DIV> <DIV>Darkbriars for the ward</DIV> <DIV>Words of the wicked for everything else</DIV> <DIV>Rending frenzy (once you get it)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The four should stack properly though the returns of the lower level buffs will be quite slight, things like dynamism will start getting resisted by all mobs etc.</DIV></DIV>