Pets and spell penetration

Magmar · June 06, 2007, 03:14 PM

Does anyone know if pets receive a bonus from spell penetration gear?

For example, does my spell penetration affect my imp's firebolt spell?

slithx · June 07, 2007, 06:08 AM

i dont think so, i got +56 fire damage and my imp is still doing the same damage on its foreball

doogless · June 07, 2007, 03:03 PM

As far as I know, the only stats that give benefit to your pet are stamina, intellect, and spell damage (maybe spirit does too? I've never checked). I'm pretty sure hit/crit/spell pen give no bonus to your pet.

Lurker37 · June 07, 2007, 07:32 PM

Hover the mouse over your stats in the character screen. The ones affecting your pet will state how much benefit they're giving.

neej · June 08, 2007, 07:50 AM

Pet's stats do scale.

The stats are actually Stamina, Intellect, Armor and "Damage".

From what I have observed (MIGHT be wrong, but checked with different pets, gear and buffs but only for level 70):

For Stamina and Intellect the pet gets a bonus of 30% of what you have in total. It's 35% for armor. You should reconsider Demon Armor for pet tanking because of this.

Spell damage gets translated to both, pet's spell damage and melee damage.
Of your highest damage class (fire/shadow) you get 15% of spell damage for you pet and 57% of the value as attack power.

The crit rate is calculated on the pets stats, so we can only buff spell crit using +Int items, not the melee crit - that's only demonic tactics we have.

I don't know if this information is in the "knowledge base" parts of this site, I sure think it would make a lot of sense for reference.

Mistrust · June 08, 2007, 08:06 AM

As far as i know Spell penetration does not carry over to your pet.

Spell penetration is very much a pvp ability as not many mobs have a natural resist to magics. Most likely they are immune to the damage instead and therefore wont help.

The only not int/stam/spell damage stat that carries to your pet is resistance, your pet gains an amount of yours to allow its uses it more fights than before.

neej · June 08, 2007, 08:51 AM

Thanks Mistrust, I forgot Resistance in my post, it's 40% of your resistance BEFORE you get resistance buffs from you pet (Felhunter/Felguard) that you give to your pet.

Magmar · June 26, 2007, 12:19 PM

Unfortunately for me, I think you guys are right.

I was hoping that by putting lots of spell penetration on my gear I could decrease the chance of my felhunter's spell lock to be resisted in the arenas. Oh well, back to the drawing board.

Thanks for the responses!

June 06, 2007, 03:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
Magmar Member Character Info Magmar 70 Orc Warlock Gorefiend US PvP Guild: No Quarter Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 43/7/11	Pets and spell penetration Does anyone know if pets receive a bonus from spell penetration gear? For example, does my spell penetration affect my imp's firebolt spell?

June 07, 2007, 06:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
slithx Lurker Character Info Slithx 70 Gnome Warlock Sunstrider Euro PvP Guild: Dogs of war	Re: Pets and spell penetration i dont think so, i got +56 fire damage and my imp is still doing the same damage on its foreball

June 07, 2007, 03:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
doogless Member Character Info Themorrigan 70 Human Warlock Kil'Jaeden US PvP Guild: The Collective Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/0/0	Re: Pets and spell penetration As far as I know, the only stats that give benefit to your pet are stamina, intellect, and spell damage (maybe spirit does too? I've never checked). I'm pretty sure hit/crit/spell pen give no bonus to your pet.

June 07, 2007, 07:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
Lurker37 Subscriber	Re: Pets and spell penetration Hover the mouse over your stats in the character screen. The ones affecting your pet will state how much benefit they're giving.

June 08, 2007, 07:50 AM	#5 (permalink)
neej Member	Re: Pets and spell penetration Pet's stats do scale. The stats are actually Stamina, Intellect, Armor and "Damage". From what I have observed (MIGHT be wrong, but checked with different pets, gear and buffs but only for level 70): For Stamina and Intellect the pet gets a bonus of 30% of what you have in total. It's 35% for armor. You should reconsider Demon Armor for pet tanking because of this. Spell damage gets translated to both, pet's spell damage and melee damage. Of your highest damage class (fire/shadow) you get 15% of spell damage for you pet and 57% of the value as attack power. The crit rate is calculated on the pets stats, so we can only buff spell crit using +Int items, not the melee crit - that's only demonic tactics we have. I don't know if this information is in the "knowledge base" parts of this site, I sure think it would make a lot of sense for reference.

June 08, 2007, 08:06 AM	#6 (permalink)
Mistrust Warlock of the Sin'dorei Character Info Sindorella 70 Blood Elf Warlock Wildhammer Euro PvE Guild: Ressurection Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/21/40	Re: Pets and spell penetration As far as i know Spell penetration does not carry over to your pet. Spell penetration is very much a pvp ability as not many mobs have a natural resist to magics. Most likely they are immune to the damage instead and therefore wont help. The only not int/stam/spell damage stat that carries to your pet is resistance, your pet gains an amount of yours to allow its uses it more fights than before.

June 08, 2007, 08:51 AM	#7 (permalink)
neej Member	Re: Pets and spell penetration Thanks Mistrust, I forgot Resistance in my post, it's 40% of your resistance BEFORE you get resistance buffs from you pet (Felhunter/Felguard) that you give to your pet.

June 26, 2007, 12:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
Magmar Member Character Info Magmar 70 Orc Warlock Gorefiend US PvP Guild: No Quarter Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 43/7/11	Re: Pets and spell penetration Unfortunately for me, I think you guys are right. I was hoping that by putting lots of spell penetration on my gear I could decrease the chance of my felhunter's spell lock to be resisted in the arenas. Oh well, back to the drawing board. Thanks for the responses!