Duo BST + SMN

[Choup]

Hello,

Did you ever tried to duo with a SMN ? (we both lvl 65 right now)
did it work ? what strategies did you use ? SMN just use free carby and blood pacts, or go with bigger summon and rest sometimes ?
What is vital equip for the SMN for this type of job ? i assume as much MP regen and accuracy as possible.
Did you both sub WHM or is there something more effective ?

Sorry for this much question but any experience is welcomed ^^

Choup

[Sweetness]

the main problem with this is: Pets > A Piece of Paper > A glass of Water > Summons



What im saying is Summons arent powerful at all, maybe if you tried BST/SMN, just called the SMN for a buff, put it away, then charmed a pet then perhaps. But otherwise well, the Pet will take all aggro and if aggro isnt passed around the pets, as you Duo against VT/IT stuff, and the pet is only EM, they die without all sharing aggro.


So.. imo, it'd work, and be very very slow.

[Drachol]

ummm summons are really powerful at like 65+ (not really sure since im not that high)

[StarRealms]

I play my bst and smn at the same time together when I have been xping lately... get about 2k / hr and it's really safe, going after mainly toughs. 2 bst would be a whole let better but bst/smn seems doable... you could even hunt the pots in upper delkfutt which fenrir's attack is strong against. Hunting with smn allows you to use a more damaging sub than whm also if you want.

[Antwan_3000]

i've also had good experiences with a BST and SUM duo.. its definitely "doable"..

[Starcrossed]

Yeah, I thought about this duo for awhile and looked around for a good smn to try it with. Took about a week, but found a great smn with fenrir and the best gear.

It worked. It was definitely not as good as dual bst, but it was okay. As mentioned, summons are really weak compared to charm pets, and we were using fenrir almost entirely since he outdamages most other smns. Still, fenrir tanks like paper and dies after 30 seconds, and does about half the damage of a charmed DC at level 54. So it was mostly the charm pet and the bst doing all the damage and tanking, while the smn's biggest job was holding the mob for a few seconds while I changed pets as one got low.

Streak
56 bst
60 thf