What is considered as an animal or semi animal in the game?

[0rion79]

Hi, i was just wondering what is considered to be an animal or semi animal in the game and that triggers the bonus provided by the Beast Slayer attribute

 

[Ipalalien]

Animal is like wolf, mirmek, bear, mamba and semi-animals is like minotaur, ursan, werewolf and many more

 

[VDX_360]

That's a great question.

I -think- the following trigger Beast Slayer damage:
Apes, Bears, Batraxes, Dragons, Manticores, Minotaurs, Mirmeks, Rats, Rexadons, Shapeshifters, Snakes, Spiders, Ursans, Vorators, Wolves, Worms, Wyverns, Yetis

True beasts are pretty obvious. The challenge comes from what counts as "semi-animals."

The wiki has long been outdated on this topic and with the new content, it would be nice to get a solid, 100% clear answer.

 

[0rion79]

If that so.... It would be a super versatile ability, worth of taking more for the extra damage and less for the bear itself

 

[Xen]

I think Dragons belong to Elementals so Banishing is the one that can affect them.

Beast Slayer affect animals and semi-animals. Batrax, Minotaur, Ursan, Werewolf and Yeti are semi-animals. Ape, Bear, Manticore, Mirmek, Rat, Sabercat, Snake, Spider, Vorator, Wolf, Worm are animals

 

[VDX_360]

I -think- dragons are considered elemetentals for the purpose of elemental resistance. I don't think dragons are considered outsiders for the purpose of banishing attribute. Note, the dragon killing bow (Wrymslater) has Beast Slayer, not Banishing.

 

[Dalvin Mallory]

That's true, because Wyrmslayer isn't dragon killing bow, but Wyvern killing bow. And beastslayer is just for hunting other animals.

 

[0rion79]

Anyway, the beast slayer attribute looks better than the new skill, since the latest affects pure animals only and not semi-animals.
It is a pity that there is no way to test all this (or is extremely difficult) since the battle log doesn't tell if an attack triggered any special attribute... You had to. E extremely accurate and see if any attack did deal any damage greater than expected. It is the only way to tell if the beast slayer attribute did trigger or not.

 

[Xen]

Outsider is different from Elemental but they're both from a different plane. Banishing attribute is not limited to Outsider but it can also affect Elemental

About Wyrmslayer, it's off topic but like what @Dalvin Mallory said it is a wyvern slayer and not dragon because wyvern is basically weak against fire

 

[Commiades]

Orion79, in the Details screen, the bonus for Beast Master is the same as for the Hunter's Machete: +2 vs. Beasts.