I'm a Level 5 dwarves Valkyrie, at Dlvl 6 now, in the Gnomish Mines. I was lucky enough to get a wand of wishing from a jackal, ask for a blessed figurine of an Archon and make it my pet.
There is no denying that an Archon is a good pet(I've just seen it killing a shopkeeper in 2 turns!), so I guess nobody wants to lost it, or make it hostile. My wand of wishing has only been used once, which means I can have another 4-6 wishes.
My questions: What should I wish for to make this pet fiercer and/or safer? Maybe a ring of polymorph control? Also, any tips for me? Perhaps wishing for a pet is stupid, but I've never seen such a powerful creature before, and it's my pet now!
Bonus question: How to check the equipments my pet currently has?
Best Answer
Most of this information comes from the wiki:
Before doing anything else, the standard first wish from an early wand of wishing (i.e. not the guaranteed one you find in the Castle) is "two blessed scrolls of charging." You may not get two, but you will get at least one. This ensures you will have an opportunity to recharge the wand (unless you are profoundly unlucky and wrest the last charge from it before learning it's empty - consider burning an identify on the wand to avoid this) and should be prioritized over everything else, unless you already have a means of (blessed) charging at your disposal.
The next standard wish is "blessed +2 silver/gray dragon scale mail." If you have magic resistance, ask for silver. If you have reflection, ask for gray. If you already have both, decide what you want your ascension kit to look like and pick one. If you have not completed Sokoban, remember that you have a 50% probability of getting an amulet of reflection that way. For monks, this wish is not applicable because they cannot (reasonably) benefit from armor (at low levels).
The third standard wish is a "blessed greased bag of holding." This is enormously useful if you do not already have a bag of holding. If you have not yet completed Sokoban, do that first since you have a 50% chance of acquiring a bag of holding that way. The wiki also recommends speed boots at this point, but I consider them a lower priority item until the ascension run. They make a reasonable escape item, but the E-word is nearly as effective even with the nerfs in 3.6.0.
It is somewhat common to wish for artifact weapons next if you do not already have one (e.g. lawful players can easily acquire Excalibur) and are not one of the roles that has a reasonable guaranteed sacrifice gift (e.g. wizards get Magicbane). This should be done as early as possible because once two artifacts exist in the game, you are no longer guaranteed to get them via wishes (and it may be wasteful to try). When wishing for weapons or armor of any kind, always prefix it with "blessed fixed +2" to ensure you get as many bonuses as possible. Inherently fooproof materials like dragon scale don't need "fixed," but it is harmless to include.
At this point, you should fill out your ascension kit with whatever items you judge will be most difficult to acquire. If you've not yet reached the Castle, you may want to wait until that point. There is a guaranteed wand of wishing in the castle, so you will have a lot of flexibility at that point, and you are more likely to have most of an ascension kit by then.
Do not wish for anything while unlucky, if at all possible. It will mess up your wish in a variety of ingenious ways and generally ruin everything.