Since both Savage Rend and Kill Command are on one minute CDs, and while under SR crits continue to buff the Raptor, which works better:

/cast Kill Command
/cast Savage Rend

or

/cast Savage Rend
/cast Kill Command

It would suggest that the second would promise buffs while rending, however it appears that rend can miss. Would KC first promise a successful rend? Does it really matter in the end?

Regarding pets at Thaddius, the least amount of travel time for the pet is the bottom of the ramp and it's the closest you can keep it to auto-dismiss when you make the jump.

Not sure if this is the proper place... But since you mention Thaddius in regard to pets.. If you do leave your pet up top on the ramp. Your pet will eat some of the chain lightnings. Not a huge buff, and it certainly gimps your DPS, but it's something to think about.

I have similar issues on Gluth (where he just won't jump down from the pipe) and amazingly at Archavon where he won't even run down the stairs. Before we warned each other about it it wasn't uncommon to see 2-3 hunter pets standing on top of the stairs in Vault of Archavon.

I've found the best way of "resetting" the pet is to FD. Once out of combat they seem to instantly appear next to you for some reason. I've had problems in all manner of places, particularly on more than one boss in Naxxramas.

Alternatively to prevent any of this, i'll wait until it's buffed, dismiss it, then after jumping out of the pipe and when i've landed, call it.

Been sifting through this thread and the main dps pet choices seem to be devilsaurs, cats, raptors and spirit beasts. I was wondering how corehounds stack up?

This happened quite frequently to me on VoA a couple months back. What I found that worked was to keep the pet on passive and follow until i ran down the stairs after we initiated the fight, then place it on defensive. For Gluth, I just wait until it's buffed then dismiss it. Pets don't like to jump off cliffs, and in some places (like Nexus, for example) they will take the long way down, which usually equates to running into mobs. Thus, I find it a lot safer to just dismiss it and resummon, rather than do the FD trick (although as always, depends on the situation).

I find that calling my pet "resets" him. he gets stuck on logs in felwood when i am grinding rep with timbermaw, but only when i am in combat. if i dont call him, he resets at the end of the fight.

truely, these glitching pets can still attack. my core hounds lava breath has a 30 yard range, and he still casts it, and the mob still takes damage.

another way to solve the pathing issues wiht pets, (so they dont take the long way down and run into mobs) is to put your pet on stay, EtoB to where your pet should be, then cancel EotB, then jump down yourself. dont forget to take your pet off stay tho...

I still don't understand why you guys are discussing something that has been answered several pages ago.

Grimmarg, what you describe hasn't always worked for me on Thaddius, so I don't use it anymore. Often my pet will remain stuck on the platform and not come to my side until after the boss is dead. This is a significant loss of dps, so I do not like to risk it as there is no remedy other than a wipe if the pet bugs out.

With my gear/spec/glyphs/10man buffs, I see Devilsaur > Raptor > Core Hound > Spirit Beast > Cat on the spreadsheet. Based on available theory, I would expect Core Hound to perform viably. I have not tried it in game, however.

First off, it is quite annoying that i cannot create a new post without posting 10 replies to other thread, i understand this if to cut down on spam/stupid questions, but it also seems to make users want to just post 10 quick replies to get their question out there.

But my question is this, What % of critical strike is transfered to your pet? I searched the forums but the restriction that i cannot search for "pet" since its a 3 letter word makes it quite hard.

Also i would like to thank everyone who has posted thread here, it has made me a better warrior, shaman and now hunter because of the information i absorb from the posts.

If this is in the wrong thread please let me know and i can repost it where ever it fits best.

0%. Only hit, AP, Stamina and Armor transfer to the pet, in various percentages.

Thank you guys for the quick response, i would like to suggest that this information be added to the first post under "General answers to FAQs:" So others will be able to find the information quickly.

You can find out which of your stats are transferred to your pet and how much by mousing over your character sheet in game.

Ok, I might be a noob at Malygos here, but I swear that I noticed the spark buff on my pet for the first time tonight. Could have been that our positioning of sparks have resulted in more in close meleerange, but I destinctly remember that part of the reason Malygos was BM-unfriendly was the sparkbuff not applying to pets.

Since this was on live, I guess it is indeed me being totally unobservant, but if it isn't...

They do need to be standing in the right place, though. Perhaps that is why your pet has not got the spark buff previously?

It would be a lot more pet friendly if that sort of debuff was inherited from the hunter since we have no control over the pets precise positioning (this would/should include thaddius stacking debuff for instance).

Well I certainly began pulling my pet back and then in again to get it positioned right. At times it got more buffs than me because the DKs were lazy bums leaving my standing at 5 yards getting nothing. Still owned their behind though. Anyway this wasn't a rant about poor spark management, and the issue is clearly not new.

Will certainly be more observant in the future.

Came to ask a similar question. Ideas?

I've not tested it but increasing the crit chance of your pet's biggest DPS move before it triggers seems like the better strategy, so Kill Command first.

Savage Rend should not miss if you're appropriately hit cappped. Savage Rend is physical damage so it's not like you're running into the Spirit Strike issue.

Hrm.... Maybe time to start prepping some other pets for 3.1, like croc for tanking - (source MMO-Champ)

Pet

* Thunderstomp (Gorilla) has been removed as a pet skill and replaced by Pummel - Pummel the target, interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 4 sec. (20 Focus, 5 yd range, Instant, 10 sec cooldown)
* Thunderstomp is now a pet talent available to any Tenacity pet. Now your bears, crocs or ESPECIALLY CRABS can join in the AE tanking fun.
* Savage Rend (Raptor) now temporarily boost the raptor's damage by 10% for 30 seconds.
* Furious Howl (Wolf) now only affects the wolf and its master, duration increased from 10 to 20 seconds.