Killer Instinct: The Beastmaster Compendium

If you would have strong acc buff from pets, KC would go up to 999M XD

Primal Rend w/ Aymur and Cloudsplitter w/ Farsha should do pretty good Magic damage from the master even if pet is purely support. Definitely works well w/ Corsair/Rng magic damage party.

Are you using a filled out Pet Macc set for ready moves? Tali'ah +2 set, there are several earrings/ammo/rings etc now that have 10~15 pet macc. it stacks up alot pretty quickly.

You are not restricted to those pets for good magical damage, though they are the best when it comes to reducing MDB or Defensive stuff.

Left-Handed Yoko (Mosquito) is really great for Dispelga and darkness damage matching the weather. Also self curing and plague. Mosquito is actually really helpful. Beastmen put up alot of buffs. The more you dispel them, the more time they are buffing and not doing damage, OR they will take more damage.

Lynx of course for Charged Whisker but the paralyze and silence are VERY reliable also. I don't know about you, but sometimes the player mages are slow to silence the blm, rdm, sch, geo, whm type mobs.

Also Snapweed is kinda Beastmaster's response to a Magic Cleaving Blue mage. It has 3 good AoE and conal Magic damage moves but they stack on ALOT of debuffs at the same time: Blind, Paralyze, Poison, Drown, Weight.
Certainly not as potent as the blu, but similar style. The gravity effect is just as potent as subduction.

So you only hit 1/2 of the good magic Damage options. I really dont' see us as that limited. Its only a perception.

just gotta broaden the perspective on playstyle.

You could use the evasion down "Hi-Freq Field" from Energized Sefina (Gassy Sap). Pretty much an Acc boost but for everybody !

Doesn't stack with Distract, unfortunately.

Pardon the delay, but I wanted to personally test all of these with a sufficient amount of certainty before posting.

Enfeebles: Direct Application

Ready Move Effect Potency Charge Cost Range Maximum Duration Guaranteed Effect? Toxic Spit Poison 23 dmg/tic 2 Single-target 9min x Venom Spray Poison 31 dmg/tic 2 Conal 4min30sec x Sandblast Blind Accuracy-40 2 Radial 4min30sec x Intimidate Slow "Slow"+25% 2 Conal 9min x Gloeosuccus Slow "Slow"+33% 2 Conal 9min x Spider Web Slow "Slow"+50% 2 Radial 3min x Filamented Hold Slow "Slow"+50% 2 Conal 6min x Blaster Paralyze - 2 Single-target 1min30sec x Roar Paralyze - 2 Radial 2min x Palsy Pollen Paralyze - 1 Single-target 9min x Spore Paralyze - 1 Single-target 9min x Chaotic Eye Silence - 1 Single-target 12min55sec x Sheep Song Sleep - 2 Radial 45sec x Soporific Sleep - 1 Radial 4min30sec x Noisome Powder Attack Down Attack-15% 2 Radial 2min x Infrasonics Evasion Down Evasion-40 2 Conal 3min x Hi-Freq Field Evasion Down Evasion-40 2 Conal 3min x Sandpit Bind - 1 Single-target 3min x Spoil STR Down STR-20% 1 Single-target 9min x Scream MND Down MND-20% 1 Radial 9min x Numbing Noise Stun - 1 Conal 5sec x Predatory Glare Stun - 2 Conal 5sec x

Enfeebles: Additional Effects

Ready Move Effect Potency Charge Cost Range Maximum Duration Guaranteed Effect? Acid Spray Poison 31 dmg/tic 1 Single-target 3min x Leaf Dagger Poison 31 dmg/tic 1 Single-target 3min x Queasyshroom Poison 31 dmg/tic 2 Single-target 9min x Nectarous Deluge Poison 47 dmg/tic 2 Radial 2min45sec x Venom Poison 47 dmg/tic 1 Conal 9min x Dark Spore Blind Accuracy-30 3 Conal 8min5sec x Dust Cloud Blind Accuracy-50 1 Conal 45sec x Stink Bomb Blind Accuracy-50 2 Radial 2min45sec x Chomp Rush Slow "Slow"+25% 3 Single-target 6min10sec x Choke Breath Paralyze Silence - 1 Conal 1min30sec x Snow Cloud Paralyze - 1 Conal 1min30sec x Numbshroom Paralyze - 2 Single-target 7min20sec x Brain Crush Silence - 1 Single-target 45sec x Silence Gas Silence - 3 Conal 2min x Bubble Shower STR Down STR-9 1 Radial 3min x Wild Oats VIT Down VIT-20% 1 Single-target 3min x Corrosive Ooze Attack Down Defense Down Attack-33% Defense-33% 3 Radial 1min30sec ✓ Acid Mist Attack Down Attack-50% 2 Radial 3min x Sweeping Gouge Defense Down Defense-25% 1 Conal 1min x Tortoise Stomp Defense Down Defense-25% 1 Single-target 1min55sec x Rhinowrecker Defense Down Defense-25% 2 Conal 1min x Swooping Frenzy Defense Down Magic Def. Down Defense-25% MDB-25 2 Conal 2min30sec x Venom Shower Defense Down Poison Defense-25% 47 dmg/tic 2 Radial 3min x Pestilent Plume Magic Def. Down Plague Blind MDB-25 TP-50/tic Accuracy-50 2 Conal 1min x Infected Leech Plague TP-50/tic 1 Conal 45sec x Spiral Spin Accuracy Down Accuracy-20 1 Conal 2min30sec x Disembowel Accuracy Down Accuracy-50 1 Conal 30sec x Purulent Ooze Max HP Down Bio Max HP-10% 15 dmg/tic (Attack-10%) 2 Conal 1min10sec x Foul Waters Drown Weight 15 dmg/tic (STR-33) Speed-76% 2 Conal 1min x Nepenthic Plunge Drown Weight 15 dmg/tic (STR-33) Speed-76% 3 Conal 5min30sec 2min45sec x Tegmina Buffet Choke 31 dmg/tic (VIT-65) 2 Radial 25sec x Shakeshroom Disease - 2 Single-target 35min30sec x

The additional effects of Corrosive Ooze practically never miss.
Unfortunately the Acuex's Pestilent Plume and Tulfaire's Swooping Frenzy didn't receive the same treatment.
You need sufficient Pet:INT/Pet:Magic Accuracy to land every other effect.

The STR Down effect of Spoil can be continuously overwritten.
The Stun effects from Numbing Noise and Predatory Glare have a high Magic Hit Rate, similar to the spell.

A good pet Macc set makes pet enfeebles quite reliable.

If you REALLY need to boost it up you can use familiar (+60 int from JP) and/or Run Wild which is not confirmed, but PROBABLY gives a 25% boost to Pet Magic accuracy.

Those 3 things add alot to your pet magic accuracy meaning the enfeebling ready moves are reliable tools beyond just Corrosive ooze and Swooping frenzy.

Great tests Falkirk. I didn't see Pentapeck (Amnesia) listed. I wouldn't assume that would guarantee to land anyways, but just wondering.

Awesome testing, Does Swooping Frenzy enfeeble still land if they attack misses? i.e. W3 Dyna D missing on a high evasion mob.

Additional effects don't land if the attack misses.

Nice findings.

That makes the Tulfaire a great asset when using elemental/hybrid weapon skills on W3 Divergence.

Geo-Frailty is nerfed to a mere 10% Defense Down.
Geo-Malaise is likewise hit down to -11 MDB.

Tulfaire blows those both out of the water.

Are you sure for Swooping Frenzy? The Defense Down and Magic Defense Down can be resisted when I checked.

I was feeling pretty certain, until you asked. c:

The tests have been on a variety of high level monsters with only level 99 jug pets, so the magic hit rate is floored. Must've been having some obscenely good luck with Tulfaire...

You're correct, it can be resisted and miss entirely.


It's a shame, but thank you for bringing your insight to an important BST topic.

What do you think is better to ensure it lands, Pet: Magic Acc/Int or Pet: Acc?

As a practical matter, just go with the Macc set on page 1 since almost every piece in that set has strong Acc AND Macc (Tali'ah +2 set, JSE neck, C.Palug Ring, Enmerkar and Handler's +1 or Kyrene's earrings, Incarnation Sash, Voluspa Tathlum... ). The max Pet:Acc set has some pieces with a little more Acc, but that are totally devoid of Macc (Heyoka, Klouskap, Thurandaut Ring) so probably not a great call for trying to ensure enfeebles land. Cape is really the only slot that's even a choice, IMO.

But for the theoretical question of which is better... it totally depends on what you're fighting and any relevant food/buffs/debuffs (Drachen's Roll, Distract/Frazzle, GEO-Torpor, etc.). You need to hit the move before you even have a chance to get to Macc check, so you'd want to first prioritize having enough Pet:Acc to cap physical hit rate, then stack as much additional Pet:Macc as possible.

If I had to prioritize as a general rule, for any slot I'd choose:
1) Any piece with large amounts of BOTH Pet:Acc/Macc
2) Pet:Acc if I'm fighting anything fairly difficult/evasive (e.g., wave 3 Divergence)
3) Pet: Macc

Flip #2 and #3 if you're fighting content where you know you can easily cap pet accuracy. When in doubt, go for Acc.

Well, Swooping might not land 100%, but I can confirm it can land on the Wave 3 Jeuno boss. And it makes a pretty huge deal, got a W3 clear tonight in Jeuno with RUN COR RNG BRD GEO SMN BST BRD RDM SMN.

My damage wasn't anything to write home out about, 1million in total on the boss(though of course I get to claim 2million from the slug) but seeing Primal's in the 40k felt nice, and MBD down from the bird was very noticeable when Odin showed up and killed it.

Still need me a belt, so those numbers can get higher, but as it stands, feels pretty good.

Afaik Wave 3 boss has pretty low resistance to everything if you kill Fetters.

The new Odyssey equipment is absurdly good, even without augments.

We got a personal and a hybrid axe, and the hybrid looks BiS for us in almost every situation. Huge buff for melee on pets as well.

And we got a Lv. +1 item finally, so that's great.

Finally having iLvl Desultor Tassets will be cool.

Gleti's Mask
DEF:152 HP+68 STR+33 DEX+28 VIT+30 AGI+23 INT+19 MND+19 CHR+19
Accuracy+40 Attack+40 Magic Accuracy+40
Evasion+83 Magic Evasion+86 "Magic Def. Bonus"+13
Haste+6% Enmity-8 Physical damage limit +6%
"Regain"+2 Critical hit rate +5% Physical damage taken -6%
Pet: Accuracy+50 Ranged Accuracy+50 Magic Accuracy+50

Gleti's Cuirass
DEF:184 HP+91 STR+39 DEX+34 VIT+39 AGI+26 INT+26 MND+26 CHR+26
Accuracy+40 Attack+40 Magic Accuracy+40
Evasion+94 Magic Evasion+102 "Magic Def. Bonus"+15
Haste+3% Physical damage limit +9% "Waltz" potency +10%
"Regain"+3 Critical hit rate +8% Physical damage taken -9%
Pet: Accuracy+50 Ranged Accuracy+50 Magic Accuracy+50

Gleti's Gauntlets
DEF:138 HP+68 STR+20 DEX+42 VIT+43 AGI+15 INT+14 MND+30 CHR+24
Accuracy+40 Attack+40 Magic Accuracy+40
Evasion+72 Magic Evasion+75 "Magic Def. Bonus"+12
Haste+3% "Regain"+2 Physical damage limit +7%
Critical hit rate +6% Physical damage taken -7%
Pet: Damage taken -8% Accuracy+50 Ranged Accuracy+50 Magic Accuracy+50

Gleti's Greaves
DEF:165 HP+79 STR+49 VIT+37 AGI+23 INT+30 MND+20 CHR+17
Accuracy+40 Attack+40 Magic Accuracy+40
Evasion+77 Magic Evasion+112 "Magic Def. Bonus"+14
Haste+5% Physical damage limit +8%
"Sic" and "Ready" ability delay -5
"Regain"+3 Critical hit rate +7% Physical damage taken -8%
Pet: Acc.+50 Ranged Acc.+50 Magic Acc.+50

Gleti's Boots
DEF:119 HP+57 STR+28 DEX+29 VIT+26 AGI+33 MND+12 CHR+26
Accuracy+40 Attack+40 Magic Accuracy+40
Evasion+110 Magic Evasion+112 "Magic Def. Bonus"+13
Haste+3% "Regain"+2 Physical damage limit +5%
Critical hit rate +4% Physical damage taken -5%
Summoned Pet: Lv.+1
Pet: Accuracy+50 Ranged Accuracy+50 Magic Accuracy+50

Agwu's Axe
DMG:192 Delay:288 DEX+15 CHR+15
Accuracy+40 Attack+30 Magic Accuracy+40
Axe skill +255 Parrying skill +255 Magic Accuracy skill +242
"Store TP"+10 Weapon skill damage +5%
Pet: Melee DMG:+10 All Attr.+20 Accuracy+50 Ranged Accuracy+50 Magic Accuracy+50

Ikenga's Axe
DMG:192 Delay:288 STR+15 DEX+15
Accuracy+40 Attack+30 Magic Accuracy+40
Axe skill +255 Parrying skill +255 Magic Accuracy skill +242
Critical hit rate +10% Weapon skill damage +5%

This makes me so happy to see, I missed that scrolling through the new gear. S-E did right by us here. I'm excited to see what the augments will be.

Really, this set alongside the axe looks like an incredible hybrid set for us. You barely have to swap anything when making ready calls, for example.

And yea, that axe offhand is going to be nutty. Good master damage for us while it's huge pet buffs.

Only sad thing is I don't see any pet haste.

Since I haven't played Summoner.

Does "Pet Level +1 while equipped" override every other piece of gear for that slot for Ready as an example?

Getting ilvl legs for Ready moves is very helpful to get rid tassets. At first I was confused because "Gleti's Greaves" sounds like footwear, but it's probably a translation error.

Can't wait to see /checkparam output with Pet+1 feet and Stats+20 Axe, respectively (Thats basically an Su5 Familiar, full-timed ?)

Also, the pet Melee damage +10 is an important distinction from Sic/Ready abilities OR the fact that BST pets don't do Ranged Damage (or perhaps both??? I'm not sure).

Without further ado, my wall-o-text analysis of new bst gear:

Gleti set replaces Tali'ah for pet, except for legs for pet DT (though I expect Nukumi +2/3 legs to replace this)

Also tali'ah body as a huge TA for master is still useful, but other 3 pieces are going to storage coupon.

Hands obviously stomp other options for pet damage reduction. AND they have master pdt as well. very fantastic combo.

Really Gleti set seems hybrid between Tali'ah, Malignance, and Heyoka sets. which means you might mostly use this set over the other 3. Just swapping others as specifically needed.

We have never figured out exactly what stats(STR, DEX, etc..) are on ilvl 119 pets. It will be tricky to figure out how well those feet fit. for pet level +1. First thing to test will be if they need to stay equipped (I think so) or if they only need to be used when calling pet. (Should be testable w/ call beast and checkparam hopefully).

The Gleti feet will definitely be BiS for every ready move which focuses on Pet Acc or Pet Macc (hence earlier enfeebling discussion). However the lack of Attack or MAB is a HUGE difference for pet damage.
IF you have lots of pet attack + or mab+ from cor and geo, feet will probably be BiS for all ready moves, but don't REALLY know w/out having the numbers.

Hate to nitpick since the sets ARE really good, but Agwu Axe I wish it were simply Pet Damage + 10 instead of just melee Damage. Pet damage mostly only matters for ready moves. White damage would be nice but would need pet haste as a bonus because it won't be a priority unless something more fundamental changes. building tp on bst pet is not a priority, though if pet is actually hitting targets it will help some.

Agwu Axe Looks like fantastic offhand for Aymur. It has BIG stat bonuses for Primal Rend (CHR & DEX), 10 STP which stacks nicely for Aymur AM3, AND WSD 5% for even more Primal Damage, but also good for other ws's.
Not only do the stats synergize with Aymur for master, but the pet stats Synergize really well also. I haven't use Arktoi for a long time now.. Agwu might be the nail in the coffin to drop it (BUT KILLER EFFECT ;.;)
All pet attrib +20 is really fantastic. pet acc/racc/macc +50 seems to be splattered on alot of gear now, so don't want to take it for granted, but its really great compliment to Aymur's pet attack bonus and tp bonus. I think I will likely give up my tp bonus offhand here. Not sure, but I want the axe to try it out. Really curious about augments.

Its also pretty clear that SE has been pushing an image of bst (and other dd's) of NOT capping out attack. They are jobs which rely on Crit damage for melee white damage. you can see this in Heyoka set as well. The difference for bst is, that our WS are definitely NOT focused on CRIT damage like say, thief and dancer.

I don't mind this. I honestly like a hybrid pet/master tp set, and focusing on primal rend magical damage, and pet doing support and bursting. I rather like this style.

12 Regain is REALLY awesome and all... but Gleti set SO FAR is rather inferior tp set. (I have a 3% quad attack valorous mask which has better regain and other tp stats... but not the def or pet stats...) Its a hybrid dt/melee/pet melee set, BUT 12 Regain doesn't come close to the loss of STP from Malignance or Multi-attack from other pieces when it comes to TP building. also it has much higher mdb than Malignance, but lower Meva and not MDT. so it seems mostly a wash for magic damage taken, but probably get enfeebled more. Which is an acceptable trade off in many if not most situations. The other issue as tp set is HASTE it doesn't have enough. we need to pick up 6% somewhere. I usually like DW in waist and earring, but Gleti is a haste problem for both master and pet.

For bst, what I want to see in Augments is STP and or Multiattack for master, and haste for pet.

I dont' think this is terribly hard to get, so any bst's who haven't built up malignance, Tali'ah or Heyoka, this can get you into melee endgame faster imo.

really, requirements? run thru sheol a,b,c find someone who has atonement 1 and 2 clears, and do one lowest level boss fight, then purchase set for 30 mil. You instantly have a bst in good shape.

Edit: looks like first 2 augments are posted in drg forum. not too encouraging. attack +15 on each piece. from from head to feet: counter 5, da 5, stp 4, sb 8, eva 8

still a 3rd slot w/ no info though. da and stp are alright. sb and counter have uses... but in general disappointing as tp set.

There are a few ready moves which are RANGED. only one off top of my head I'm sure of is Needle Shot, but I think maybe leaf dagger from many is ranged also. so its not completely irrelavent. I really should check more which are ranged. there is an easy nm to use to test it.

Agwu axe alone is kinda like pet level +2~3 methinks. maybe more.

iirc above level 100 pets are just getting like 5~6 to each stat per level? not certain.

Regain is really nice for /dnc

oh wait! is the idea on this set to encourage master to NOT engage?
just stand back and regain and use tp for /dnc while pet engages ?

:P

I'm a bit relieved, since the grind is astronomical to max them out.


Here's an example of a BST pet's iLvl growth:
That jump from 118 to 119 was quite modest...

Going from level 119 to 120 will give Pet:MAB+1, most likely. Interested to see the results when we get those feet.


Part of me wishes that we got the Killer Effects that the PUP armor set has, but Regain is nice too!

I dont think this is better than malignance for tp gain for am3.

Under non AM3 situations the lack of multiattack could make it worse offensively, though its defensive stats and pet stats are very appealing

Here are some of the augs

Pet Axe Aug is +10 dmg, +30 atk power