Pets...almost lvl 20 (18)? help

[jmayor]

I browsed over the faq and whatnot but found nothing on this. Is there someplace I can read the various "types" of pets we get? (as in fighter, caster, etc)? I'm a lvl 18 summoner going to go Necro..I am wondering if it is worth it at this point to buy an adept III tellurian pet or wait and get the best Grim Spellbinder (think that's right? our lvl 20 pet). what's the difference here? again if there is a site that lays this out and is easy to find let me know I'd love to keep it for future reference. thanks <div></div>

[Jaince]

There are three different types of pets. Tank, Caster and Assassin.They have different roles. Tank has high hitpoints and good mitigation but its damage output is relatively low.Caster has very low hitpoints but high damage, and especially AE damage.Assassins have more hitpoints than caster but less than tank. There damage is high, but no AE (I think against single targets its higher than the Caster)Tanks are the Tellurian Recruit (level 10) and then once you get necro its the Zombie line (Undying Adherent and so)Casters are the Grim line (Grim Spellbinder, Grim Thulian etc)Assassins are the Shadowy pets (Shadowy Stalker etc)So, the level 20 grim Spellbinder is no replacement for the Tellurian Recruit, but an addition for differnet situations. Its not a solopet.The replacement for the Recruit is the Undying Adherent at Level 24.Personally I don't think its really worth to Adept 3 any Tier 1 or 2 spells, you'll just level through that too fast, but if you have a rare and don't know what to do with it (and don't want to sell it - always a possibility), I think the Recruit is one of the better choices.The Level 24 Adherent is definitely an Adept 3 candidate.