String Theory: A Puppetmaster's Guide *NEW*

The puppet can survive. I don't see it doing enough damage though at higher Vs.

Damage is really good on PUP if you can manipulate the skillchains for the elements the opponent is weakest to.

At this point I would like to say PUP is a mage class on the level of BLM and SCH for bursting.

In Limbus im hitting lowend 25k-35k and upwards to 50-60k on bursts on magic resistant mobs.

hi. i have a question for the pet ws set for Arcuballista, Daze and i assume armor piercer ?

why do we want the Shulmanu Collar over the empath necklace ? and why the overbearing ring ? do normal att benefit these ws. i thought they were ranged ws or am i misunderstanding something

shulmanu also gives 20 racc/ratk, its just not shown on the item. Overbearing ring meanwhile i think can be swapped to something else as i think that one's just raw atk, never really used it.

Old OF post

"I actually checked as BST/PUP using Pastoralist's Mantle (base stats) and Hunahpu, and it seems all Pet: Accuracy and Pet: Attack (on gear) gives ranged stats even if the item doesn't say it, but it's not the case if it just says Automaton."

oh that i did not know. thanks for that info.

Refresh my memory here, what's optimal attachment loadout for Bruiser/poroggo killing?

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LOL thanks! I just haven't paid much attention in the 4+ years since then to whether people felt there are any good tweaks since that time. Perhaps not!

Worked before for me just fine, so I'm sure it will still do the job. But yeah, if anyone has suggestions to further optimize the above please chime in :)

EDIT: I'm kinda trying to change some stuff up because I'm not convinced of the above 2021 loadout I was using. Currently tossed the following on a VE/VE:

Magniplug 1&2
Flame Holder
Inhibitor 2
Optic Fiber 2
Auto Repair Kit 4
Turbo Charger 1&2
Armor Plate IV
Mana Jammer IV
Analyzer
Steam Jacket

Lemme know what people think, any further fine tuning.