I have a question regarding a pets suitability to certain battle roles.

For example, would a Morkko be better suited to tanking and battle than, say, a Vulnyx? Would a Ryori better suited to magic support than perhaps a Ny'vene?

When I look at level 0 pets I look at their birth stats I began wondering whether species plays a role in their battle stats.

Certain species have different stats, some favoring one stat more than the other. When looking at the Generator's More Information section of pets, it has their average stats listed.

Base stats (stats unaffected by proficiencies and gear) also change throughout breeding or may differ when generated/caught from the wild. You can look at each base stat (the number in parentheses in the profile page) to see how it differs at the baseline from pet to pet.

With breeding, max stat pets won't differ species to species. A max stat zolnixi can have the same stats as a max stat ny'vene and there'd be no difference in using them.
But if you have a pet that has higher base intelligence than another (whether or not you're comparing vulnyx to aeridinis or ny'venes to zolnixis), you can choose to have it play a more magical role or not, depending on how you add on proficiencies and gear.

So, pets as they start out may have stats that will favor one battle role over others, but it gets to a point where you can just compensate with breeding, gear and proficiencies. At that point (which I guess can be considered end game?), the different pet species just differ in aesthetic looks, and can serve all battle roles.


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The average pet species will most likely favor certain stats and certain battle roles over others (ie draeyls are slanted towards tending to have more strength, kelparis are slanted to have more intelligence). I'm not sure if those slants still apply when someone heavily breeds pets (because the breeding shifts the base stats between the parents unless the eggs are philtered or nurtured), but so it's possible that you can have say a morkko that has much more strength than a bred ny'vene, despite average ny'venes tending to have higher stats than the average morkko.
It really depends pet to pet, which you can just look at each pet individually and tell if they're better suited for one thing over another, rather than blanket the species. But yes, certain species can be better at certain things over than others, but it's only ever so slightly, and can be compensated for with right specing and gearing. o:

Sorry if my explanation's really wordy.

I see.

Thanks for the explanation. I was kind of hoping certain pets would be better suited for certain functions but if breeding and equipment is all that is at play then, like you said, it doesn't matter if your magic support is, for example, a Puffadore or a Morkko.

I appreciate the help. :)

added more commentary on my last post, but I'm glad it helped. :)

I think a long time ago, the system was designed so that it wouldn't heavily rely on one species to be the end-all-be-all for battling, which I think I prefer since different people have different pet preferences, and wouldn't want to be tied to a singular pet to dictate the best battle methods.

It certainly is a heavy investment to try and breed a pet that overcomes the stat differences, as I'm sure that in the past, fabled pets (which have higher stats to begin with) were preferred over regular pets for battling. But amazingly, when it comes to scaling, the differences in base stats hardly even matter when you have lvl60 pets wearing equipment and distributing proficiencies that add hundreds of points to a stat. o:

Doesn't stop anyone from having their team be more traditional, like aeridinis for magic and morkkos for attack aha.

That is true. Some pets don't look like they'd withstand physical battle but then again you never really know.
I guess that gives a person more flexibility in deciding a pets role in battle.