yes it goes up. but the problem is that animals in general no longer do heavy damage like before. it’s sad to see a big lvl 10 saber tooth tiger do 30 damage to a crocodile… the animals are so useless now. I don’t understand why the devs don’t separate pvp and pve stats. a creature can very well be resistant and do big damage against pve but not pvp. in reality now the last meta which consists of playing with your legendary weapon is less fun than enjoying your creature.