any tips on getting Asura Pet?

[Makito-san]

so, the Asura pet is the only thing missing now for my 100% completion. i have been going at it with the slayer tasks for a while now. and am kinda wondering what the best approach might be for now.

According to the wiki, the pet has a chance to drop when you damage a slayer task (incinerate might be best option) . but then other sources on Reddit say that it has a chance to drop when killing a slayer task. i am not sure which one to believe so right now i am using incinerate on the weakest slayer task so i kill the target in around 2 hits.

Is this the best way? or is there a better one??

[Jarl Magnuwar]

It's actually not when damaging - the chance is calculated by "time per action" basis, meaning the less time it takes you to hit, the lesser chance of Asura appearing - and yes, you have to hit and you have to hit current slayer task.
I used to think that incinerate might be the best but i was corrected by others on the official Discord channel.

Time required for attack x skill level+1 divided by 25m
(So for example if your level is 99 and your attack interval is 1,9, the chance of Asura appearing per attack is 0.00076%.

I've read some people tactics on Discord, some prefer using slower weapons to increase the real chance, some use quicker weapons with low hits so they lower the downtime of monster respawning and giving themselves more chances per monster (which honestly i would just setup myself with monster respawn time reduction).
And of course the attack has to hit for it to give you the chance of Asura (so can't go with bronze throwing daggers ;D).

It's really just a big RNG and many people hunted for Asura way longer than other pets, Auto-slayer (and maybe even in easier areas) might be your best bet.

[Makito-san]

if that's the case, wouldn't it be the best to have a 2hH axe and ring of blade echoes? sinds the attack is 3,5 second and then it hits 3 times? or cloudburst staff at the tougher tasks? or does 1 attack interval count as 1 attack instead of 5 attacks for example the cloudburst staff?

[Jarl Magnuwar]

From what i recall from the discussion, the amount of hits on special attacks can be counter-productive, i am not 100% certain it works like this but it is how i remember it:

You get the chance from attack to wind up: "insert 2,6 attack interval here", which triggers chain attack of some sort (quad attack from infernal claw for example), now it calculates chance from all attacks, but the interval used to calculate is the interval that is between the attacks (so in case of infernal quad attack, it's like what, 0,1 between each other?) so the chance of acquiring Asura is... well, almost non-existant and you are just losing the time that it takes for the special attack to finish hitting.

[Makito-san]

ah i see. i kinda figured. so it might be best to do a single slow or fast attack (like the terran godsword) instead of a special attack that hits multiple times?

[Jarl Magnuwar]

Yes, i mean not all special attacks slow you down, just those that will take some time hitting multiple times, because that counts as time loss.

And as for using slower or faster attacks... i mean it changes the percentage of the drop chance, so there is nothing like right or wrong there honestly.

I saw multiple people complain about the Asura pet not dropping and taking ages to get, i myself have two characters and haven't got her on neither lol, i am just trying to pass on the information i got on the official discord and channel and i recommand going there if you have discord, people are more active there and a lot of long-time players that have all sort of knowledge about the game.

[Makito-san]

yes i heard stories about not getting it after 300+ hours. but i guess i will keep using a fast weapon with the easy targets. i prefer the slower weapon with bigger chance, but since i one-shot the easy tasks with for instance twin exciles, that might be better. the two attacks are basically instant. i guess i will check every few weeks then haha. thanks for the help!

[Jarl Magnuwar]

You are welcome even though i haven't been much of help, the Asura pet is cursed, there is no real "Get-her-quick" strategy (wish there was lol).
Cheers

[Makito-san]

one second thought, the easy one-shot targets might not be best. i need to find balance between enemies with much HP and not too much evasion. if a respawn takes 3 seconds for example. it might be better to find a beefier enemy so i can attack multiple times before a respawn. right now i am doing hard tasks and it seems okay.

[Kagora]

Multi-hit weapons seem to work pretty well, got her on all 3 gamemodes sub lvl 99 slayer using Cloud Burst Staff and farming Elite Slayer tasks for slayer coins.
It's also one of the fastest ways to level up slayer pre-ToTH content, so worst case you'll get your virtual levels/ToTH levels up to help further your odds of getting it.

Unless the pet formula has changed post ToTH as I did all of this pre-ToTH.

[Makito-san]

well currently my slayer level is 118 and i got everything else, including the 10 mil SC green hat, so i feel like the cloudburst staff hasn't worked so far. also getting the runes to use the CB staff also takes up some time, so right now i am using melee build with twin exciles. i guess we will see. could be bad RNG and it will take me months regardless.

[Makito-san]

great, looks like i got it now :)

[Sakkat Bamboo]

I've been farming it for 5 consecutive days of auto slayer elite tasks with Ultima Godsword.
Still waiting

[CoffeeDice]

Just keep doing tasks. I finally got mine today at level 102. Just gotta be patient.