Squig Herder Pets (Video)

August 20, 2008 – 6:05 pm

This is a video of me summoning each of the pets available to the greenskin Squig Herder.

Squig (normal) - This is the basic squig you get at level 1, though you can summon it throughout your career. It does melee focused damage, it is the toughest of all your pets, and can taunt your enemies most effectively. It becomes less effective once you choose your mastery path(s) because the other squigs give you a special bonus and they are buffed up by specific mastery paths. I find this pet is a great one to summon to be eaten for health or blown up in your enemies’ faces.
Horned Squig - You get this squig at rank 8. It does better melee damage than the normal squig, is tough against melee attacks, weak against magical attacks, has a one second knockdown attack, and it gives you a bonus of 100% bonus to your armour while alive. This pet your best choice when specializing in the Path of Stabbing.
Gas Squig - You get this squig at rank 9. It has ranged attacks (farther than the Spiked Squig), is weak against all forms of attacks, has two AoE abilities (random stat debuff and direct damage), and it gives you a 10% bonus to maximum range while alive. This pet is your best choice when specializing in Path of Big Shootin’.
Spiked Squig - You get this squig at level 10. It has medium ranged attacks, increased damage, decreased toughness, can attack from medium range, has a damage shield, and gives you a 5% bonus to your critical strike chance. This pet is your best choice when specializing in Path of Quick Shootin’.

There is also a bonus squig called the Battle Squig. It isn’t necessarily a pet… it’s more like a suit of armour you are eaten by and control via melee abilities. Based on my limited testing experience, it didn’t seem overly useful in RvR because you just become one giant target, but you get a number of cool attacks, including a very powerful knockdown, which can spell disaster for your target if used at the right time. You can only remain in your squig armour for a maximum of 2 minutes. You can jump out of it at any time as well.

Hope you like!