This is one of those rare instances where A) your pet is basically going to be fine no matter what and
longbow makes sense.
Let’s talk about one positive things about pets: lava in CoE boss doesn’t hurt them sl you can fire and forget if you want. Ya, they’ll get repeated knockback from the flame shield until the cryo lasers are fired, but they’ll live in general.
Also, rather than run down, if you already have a few melee in the group (melee i max DPS), save yourself some trouble and use LB from the top. You don’t need to trait 1500 distance for this…just stand on top of the stairs and if you get the aoe aggro, make sure you don’t let it knock you down into the lava (“doh!”)
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