What spells do you like?

[Harwel]

Self: Skeletons, Heal All, Frost, Dervish
Pet: Retribution, Elemental Protection (will probably swap this out sooner or later)

Obviously the idea is to give myself time and space for traps and explosive shot. The pet gets all meat shield abilities.

[arhcon256]

Self: Heal Self, Heal All, Haste, Dervish
Pet: Summon Zombie, Heal All

Probably the best all-purpose spellset for a Vanquisher.

[Empyrean]

Haste + Hamestring (Max Level) = Funnny

Nothing like shooting an Explosive Shot at an enemy and then hamstringing them before the arrow gets there.

I use Identify, Haste, Heal All and whatever for the last one. I kinda like Skeleton Archers since you can use them like a wall.

[droid327]

Does he actually cast twice as many Heal Alls when you double it on your pet?

And can you have two Rank VI versions? Or do you have VI and V?

[Empyrean]

Gotta do six and five.

[bug]

Does he actually cast twice as many Heal Alls when you double it on your pet?

It does. Though it tends to cast them randomly and usually both in very short sequence, it still does a very good job at keeping me alive.

[Harwel]

I downloaded Runic's mod to put the Bee Swarm spell back in the game. It does very little damage, but sometimes cause things to run away for a second or two, which can be handy. I've had my pet casting it, not sure if I'm going to keep it yet.

[RizzRustbolt]

Heal Self, Identify, Town Portal and I'm working on getting a rank 11 version of Retribution.

And little Sunchunk gets Draining Touch and Dervish.

[ImaginaryNumber]

I've been using Heal All IV, Elemental Protection, Identify and Town Portal on my ranged vanquisher. Will probably drop Town Portal though for another defensive spell once I see one I like better. I hope there's a mod at some point to let you see the stats on spells before you learn them, that would really be nice.

My pet has Silence and Heal All. I had Heal Self on him previously, I think I actually prefer that because he can cast it much more, works better when I'm letting him tank for me. Looking forward to spell level boosting skills affecting the pet in the next patch.

[DrBoarder]

My favorite is Flechette Trap !!

you can throw a couple in a new room, and it does the rest.

I thought this was fire at first.

[Manzikeen]

Skeletons, Zombies, Identify, and Elemental Overload on myself.

Draining Touch and Heal All on my pet. (Pet hasn't fled once since putting Draining Touch on him).

[Tyrving]

Well, I don't have all of 'em yet, but I'm thinking of this setup.

Vanquisher
- Haste
- Dervish
- Heal Self
- Elemental Protection

Pet
- Draining Touch
- Web

Seems like a good setup to me.

[tobascodagama]

I downloaded Runic's mod to put the Bee Swarm spell back in the game. It does very little damage, but sometimes cause things to run away for a second or two, which can be handy. I've had my pet casting it, not sure if I'm going to keep it yet.

The dogs with bees in their mouths so when they bark they shoot bees at you.

Anyway, I had Frost on my pet at first, then I swapped it for something else. I kinda regret that. As it is, I always forget to cast my own spells, and having the pet cast Frost randomly worked out pretty well for crowd control.

[hastinbe]

Identify, Draining Touch, Heal Self, and Charm
Generally only use identify and heal. Charm and Draining Touch sometimes helps on strong or fast mobs.

Summon Archers and Frost on my pet
Provides good crowd control

[superdave]

me: derverish, skeleton archers, and flaming sword.
Pet: skeleton and heal all

I'll probably get rid of sword and go charm mastery. Thos archers are nice.

[Harwel]

me: derverish, skeleton archers, and flaming sword.
Pet: skeleton and heal all

I'll probably get rid of sword and go charm mastery. Thos archers are nice.

Don't put skeletons on your pet, he'll only summon every 30 seconds instead of every 3 seconds, so you don't get more than 1 skelly ever.

Here's my new setup:

Pet: Heal All, Zombies/Bee Swarm
Me: Skeletons, Heal All, Dervish, Identify

[bug]

Just tried zombies, seemed pretty useless to me. Their extremely low speed make it so they never actually get fight. Stuff dies before they get there; or I do if I get one-shotted and that happens a lot

[Sinister]

Atm i do use Derwish, Heal All and Identify on me ; Skellies and Frost on my Dog. Once i get Town Portal i will use that as well.

[setcamper]

Vanq:
Summon Blood Skeletons
Elemental Protection
Haste
Identify

Pet:
Heal All
Summon Aloe Gel

I've tried draining touch on my pet, but didn't find it kept him alive any better.
Town Portal isn't used enough to warrant a spell slot IMO
Zombies, Archers, and the Flaming Sword are all too slow/can't move and have long cooldowns
I like Haste better than Dervish
Poison Cloud doesn't do much damage and looks like something you shouldn't be standing in/distracting
I haven't tried web or retribution, but both are in my bag

EDIT: I've changed my mind. Web is, hands down, one of the best spells you can have as a Vanq (or any ranged class). It only lasts 3 seconds but stops charging mobs dead in their tracks. It makes Wind of Justice so much more useful. Getting charged? WoJ and then web! Weapon Knockback takes care of the rest.

[Daxz]

The dogs with bees in their mouths so when they bark they shoot bees at you.

Heh, Homer Simpson said that once to Mr. Burns