Familiar Setup Guide

Learn optimal familiar setups, cooldown optimization, and trait stacking strategies

Savior Cooldown Optimization

Understanding the relationship between Resilience and Savior cooldown is crucial for optimal familiar setup. Higher Resilience stats directly reduce your Savior cooldown time.

Key points:

  • Only Duskprowlers and Ash Sweepers can achieve maximum Resilience values
  • Maximum Resilience can reduce Savior cooldown by an additional 15 seconds
  • This brings the cooldown from the base 75 seconds down to just 60 seconds
  • Proper Resilience optimization significantly improves your survival during challenging content

Advanced Familiar Trait Stacking

Legendary familiar traits can be stacked to provide substantial stat bonuses, but understanding certain mechanics is essential for maximum effectiveness.

Important considerations:

  • Traits cannot be stacked using two familiars of the same species - species diversity is required
  • Traits can be activated from either a familiar's primary or secondary stat (refer to the Stats Table below)
  • Activating a secondary stat requires a double legendary stat familiar
  • Strategic trait stacking can dramatically increase your character's power

Players have developed several effective trait stacking strategies, each with unique advantages:

Crit & Primary Attack Build

  • Strategy: Stack MAIM (Crit Chance) with BESTIAL MIGHT (Primary Attack Damage)
  • Familiars: Four familiars have both traits - Varog, Quakestrider, Broodtalon, and Duskprowler
  • Optimization: Your fifth familiar can provide additional crit chance or primary attack damage based on your preference
  • Benefit: Provides exceptional single-target damage output

PvP Offensive Build

  • Strategy: Stack FIENDISH HASTE (Damage to Players)
  • Limitation: Currently only 4 familiars have this trait (Skitterwight, Stormlost, Quakestrider, Duskprowler)
  • Future Potential: Watch for new familiar types that could provide the fifth stack
  • Benefit: Significant advantage in PvP combat situations

PvP Defensive Build

  • Strategy: Stack PRESCIENCE (Reduce Player Damage)
  • Optimization: Use an Ash Sweeper as your main familiar to maximize both this trait and your savior cooldown
  • Benefit: Dramatically reduces damage taken in PvP, improving survivability

Familiar Stats Table

The values in brackets represent the potential stat range for each familiar.

FamiliarFerocityAgilityInsightResilience
Varog[50-140][60-200][50-180][20-90]
Skitterwight[50-180][20-90][60-200][50-140]
Stormlost[20-90][60-200][50-180][50-140]
Quakestrider[60-200][20-90][50-140][50-180]
Myrrjen[60-200][50-140][20-90][50-180]
Broodtalon[50-140][50-180][60-200][20-90]
Ash Sweeper[50-180][50-140][20-90][60-200]
Duskprowler[20-90][50-180][50-140][60-200]
Bramblestalker[50-180][20-90][60-200][50-140]

Familiar Trait Details

Each trait scales in effectiveness as you increase its level through trait stacking strategies.

TraitEffectScaling Values (Levels 1-5)
MAIMIncreases Critical Hit Chance1% / 3% / 5% / 8% / 11%
DECIMATEIncreases Critical Hit Damage1.5% / 4.5% / 7.5% / 12% / 16.5%
BESTIAL MIGHTIncreases Primary Attack damage1.5% / 4.5% / 7.5% / 12% / 16.5% / 22.5%
FINESSEIncreases Skill damage3% / 5% / 7% / 9% / 12%
FIENDISH HASTEIncreases damage dealt to players1% / 2% / 4% / 6% / 9%
SURVIVAL INSTINCTIncreases maximum life1% / 3% / 5% / 8% / 11%
PRESCIENCEReduces damage from other players1% / 2% / 4% / 6% / 9%
STEADFASTReduces damage you take0.5% / 1.5% / 2.5% / 4% / 5.5%

Familiar Trait Availability

Each "x" marks a trait that the specific familiar can have. Familiars can have multiple traits through proper trait stacking strategies.

FamiliarMAIMDECIMATEBESTIAL MIGHTFINESSEFIENDISH HASTESURVIVAL INSTINCTPRESCIENCESTEADFAST
Varogxxxx
Skitterwightxxxx
Stormlostxxxx
Quakestriderxxxx
Myrrjenxxxx
Broodtalonxxxx
Ash Sweeperxxxx
Duskprowlerxxxx
Bramblestalkerxxxx