New pet mom! So much confusions

Hello
I just joined the pet parent club after being on and off Toram for the past 4 yr. It is my first time raising pets and after so much research i am still have a few question.

1) if i cap my pet lvl first ,can i cap pet skill later? Or should i cap pet skill first then lvl cap later.

2) how many time do people usually fuse to get a stronger pet before finale fusion? I was told to do at least 3 fusion before i select my most needed inherited skills to fuse together...

3) do you need to have high lvl pet if it main job is support? I mean i am aiming around lvl 140-160 pet as i dont wanna lvling it at Venea.

4) i was told that my bow/skill boot/timid pet cannot be lvling skill by doing mass kill at shell masks. I have to lvl skill 1mon at a time because it has bow wep. But my 2h/all rounder/ timid can do mass kill at shell masks to gain skill lvl. Im a bit confuse as of why. Both r timid in nature. And both has exact same skill (blast and mp up)

Im looking to have finale result as

Meditating potum// staff or md // magic defence or physical defence // sly with mp up lvl 10(inherited) and resistances lvl 10 (inherited) to give buff for my tank.

 

learned skills can always be leveled.
inherited skills cannot be leveled.

once you reach the pet level cap, it's time for fusion. no need to waste time on skill levels, unless it's lv9 and close to lv10.

there is no final step, you will always have to do more fusions to raise the level cap.
the fusion count lowers the power penalty, but also increases the fusion price.

higher level = higher hp. hit/dodge rate is also affected by level.

timid cannot attack at short range, the fake hit effect only applies to pets that are unable to attack.
gentle is always unable to attack.

 

If you have good parents, you can get all you need in one fusion.
Ppl recommend 3 fusion to safely get rid skill boost traits or other skill training traits, so if u have no problem in training pets, you can skip most of the steps.
You can reach your final pet with only 1 fusion if you don't care about pet weapon power.