Guild Wars 2

What’s the reason for this? Their F2? Why not just remove it and give it normal Power?

Hyena has 824 power, while the 2 Wolves and Hound have 1718 power each.

Think about it.

2 hyenas means 2 knockdowns and 2 cripples instead of just 1. They also both do damage so that makes up for the half power.

every boon shared with you is shared with 2 pets and has double effect

Hmm, I’ve been using hyena for a long time now, and I hadn’t even noticed this. I was mostly using it for the double knockdowns and cripples that Lorelei mentioned, though.

The second Hyena also deals less damage, just so you know.
And cannot be controlled. It just spawns a friendly NPC.

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The second Hyena also deals less damage, just so you know.
And cannot be controlled. It just spawns a friendly NPC.

have less life too.

At normal power, no one would consider running anything else…

The second (and third) Hyena(s) have base Hyena stats, IE 0 BM, if you take points into BM you aren’t LOSING any damage from the Hyena because it’s just adding 300 stats onto the Hyena.

The point of taking the Hyena is for the second knockdown and cripple, and meat shield that comes with the second Hyena. Hyenas ORIGINALLY had the same power as other canines and they were 100% better than the other canines in every single way, so they nerfed it.

Also, if you have Commanding Voice and can stay in combat for the CD on the F2 to come up again you can have 3 Hyenas out for 6s.

Also good with spirits for the double sun spirit proc.

I love the hyena pet. The f2 ability is amazing. The halved damage is to compensate for the second pet but you don’t actually lose anything from having the halved power. Consider lower cooldown of pet activated skills (f2) and bringing shouts or a way to boost power and toughness of other pets.

I’d consider bring a trap-focused build with Hyena, just for the extra body running around causing trouble while your AOE traps wreak havoc. Spirits would be fun too