I am afraid the below poster is incorrect. After a certain level the pets weapons do not increase his damage output. But it is true a pet will not have dual weild without equipping it with 2 1handed weapons.

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From: Mark Rafn

To: EQ_Necromancer@egroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 7:23 PM

Subject: RE: [EQ_Necromancer] Should pets be given weapons above level 20?

On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Howler wrote: > I understand that weapons do not effect dly or dmg...but do they activate > dual wield or dbl attack? Weapons DO affect damage if the weapon is higher than base damage. This is only possible at low levels (8 and lower normally, up to L12 for rusty 2H swords, I believe FS 2H helps L16 pets a small amount). Magic weapons allow pets below L10 (i.e. spell levels 4 and 8) to hit magic-only critters. Level 8 necros can hunt wisps with mage-summoned daggers. All pets above L10 can hit magic regardless of weapon. Delay, as you say, no longer matters ever. Double attack doesn't need weapons. Dual Wield starts with the L29 pet spell, and requires you to give your pet 2 1H weapons to enable your pet to Dual Wield. It will then BOTH dual wield and double attack, so you'll see occasional triple hits. -- Mark Rafn dagon@... <http://www.dagon.net/>

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