Quetzalcoatl.Xilkk said:
»Pup gets really good nuking legs and feet for automaton
Really great physical attack/Acc stats for head/body
The only mediocre automaton piece in Relic +3 for Pup is the hand piece, which gives master WSD 10%
Pup made out pretty darn good w/ relic +3
Eh... I kinda disagree with your take. Honestly, the only piece I feel is actually worth the price to upgrade is body, and maybe hands.
Body is the only clear amazing piece. Pitre+1 body was arguably BiS pet DPS gear already, so the nice stat buffs put this as #1 for pet situations or master+puppet hybrid DPS. Master-only focus, you're prob still gonna want to use Tali'ah+2 or Herculean for TP, but Pitre+3 is a nice WS body.
Legs/feet are good for automaton nuking, but automaton nuking sucks. Even with perfect gear, it's not viable on anything of consequence - so I fail to see how it's worth investing serious gil in pet nuking pieces. No, cherry picking one well set up 99999 screenshot (with full GEO/COR buffs and 3x Ice Manevuer ice maker?) on a garbage mob is not indicative of any usefulness in a situation where it actually matters at all.
Head is... I don't really see how it's that good. I suppose it's OK for hybrid master/puppet DD, but in most cases where you're at all concerned about pet melee damage, probably loses to Ambuscade armor (pet STP on Tali'ah +2, plus better master/pet acc) or good Herculean Helm with pet augs. Only reason for Pitre+2/+3 is if for some reason you're desperately seeking attack but don't need the STP on the other options - I have a hard time justifying that. Not a bad WS piece, but with stuff like Rao+1 existing it's kind of a hard sell.
Hands are honestly probably my 2nd pick for the set (but I don't think they're worth the massive cost to +3 at current prices). The WSD doesn't help a ton on a job that uses multihit/crit WS, but it's something. The main draw as a WS piece is that they still have very strong acc/atk/attributes, which is enough to where Pitre hands can be BiS at least situationally (uncapped attack situations. Kinda the same deal as Foire+3 body. But Ryuo+1 exist too, so meh.