Pet Battles: Battle for Azeroth

Here are some of the strategies we use to defeat the pet battle opponents from the world quests available in Battle for Azeroth. They aren’t all there yet, but one day they will. It’s a work in progress.

Mechagon

Unit 6
Goldenbot XD
CK-9 Micro-Oppression Unit

Vol’dun

What do you mean, mind controlling plants?
Keeyo’s champions of Vol’dun

Nazmir

Crawg in the Bog
Pack leader

Drustvar

Crab people
Night horrors

Tiragarde Sound

Not so bad down here
Unbreakable
Strange looking dogs

Zuldazar

You’ve never seen Jammer upset
Small beginnings
Add more to the collection
Critters are friends, not food

Stormsong Valley

Sea creatures are weird
Automated Chaos

Nazjatar

Ravenous Scalespawn
Kelpstone

Unit 6

Pets
  1. Unborn Val’kyr (1/2/1)
  2. Ikky (1/1/1)
  3. Molten Corgi (2/2/1)
Strategy
  1. Curse of Doom
  2. Haunt
  3. Switch to Ikky
  4. Black Claw
  5. Flock
  6. Flamethrower
  7. Puppies of the Flame

Goldenbot XD

Pets
  1. Unborn Val’kyr (1/2/1)
  2. Ikky (1/1/1)
  3. Mr. Bigglesworth (1/2/2)
Strategy
  1. Curse of Doom
  2. Haunt
  3. Black Claw
  4. Flock
  5. Frost Nova
  6. Howling Blast
  7. Claw

CK-9 Micro-Oppression Unite

This one is an RNG fight, no matter the pet lineup.

Pets
  1. Ikky (1/1/1)
  2. Molten Corgi (2/2/1)
  3. Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling (1/2/2)
Strategy
  1. Black Claw
  2. Flock (Ikky will die during Flock)
  3. Flamethrower
  4. Use Puppies of the Flame when the enemy pet goes up in the air
  5. Cauterise when healing is needed
  6. Thunderbolt
  7. Decoy
  8. Breath

What do you mean, mind controlling plants?

Pets
  1. Stormborne Whelpling (2/2/2)
  2. Ikky (1/1/1)
Strategy
  1. Arcane Storm
  2. Mana Surge
  3. Frost Breath
  4. Switch to Ikky
  5. Black Claw
  6. Flock

Keeyo’s champions of Vol’dun

Pets
  1. Direbeak Hatchling (1/2/1)
  2. Sharptalon Hatchling (1/2/1)
  3. Dream Whelpling (1/2/2) (won’t be needed)
Strategy
  1. Keep up Ironskin
  2. Use Predatory Strike on CD
  3. Falcosaur Swarm
  4. Keep up Rip
  5. Use Predatory Strike on CD
  6. Falcosaur Swarm

Crawg in the Bog

Pets
  1. Iron Starlette (1/2/1) (no other pet will be needed)
Strategy
  1. Wind-Up
  2. Supercharge
  3. Wind-Up

Pack Leader

Pets
  1. Iron Starlette (1/2/1)
  2. Direbeak Hatchling (1/2/1)
  3. Stormborne Whelpling (1/2/2)
Strategy
  1. Wind-Up
  2. Supercharge
  3. Wind-Up
  4. Ironskin
  5. Falcosaur Swarm
  6. Falcosaur Swarm
  7. Ironskin
  8. Predatory Strike
  9. If not dead, spam Falcosaur Swarm, and keep Ironskin up
  10. Arcane Storm
  11. Mana Surge

Crab People

Pets
  1. Direbeak Hatchling (2/2/1) (only need this one)
  2. Sharptalon Hatchling
  3. Ikky
Strategy
  1. Keep Ironskin up
  2. Predatory Strike
  3. Fill in with Savage Talon

Night Horrors

Pets
  1. Iron Starlette (1/1/1) (no other pet will be needed)
Strategy
  1. Wind-Up
  2. Supercharge
  3. Wind-Up
  4. Wind-Up
  5. Supercharge
  6. Wind-Up
  7. Wind-Up
  8. Supercharge
  9. Wind-Up

Not so bad down here

Big RNG for this tactic to work, but only one that works so far.

Pets
  1. Iron Starlette (1/1/1)
  2. Direbeak Hatchling (1/2/1)
  3. Clockwork Gnome (1/2/1)
Strategy
  1. Wind-Up
  2. Supercharge
  3. Wind-Up
  4. Wind-Up
  5. Wind-Up
  6. Superball until dead
  7. Ironskin
  8. Falcosaur Swarm
  9. Predatory Strike
  10. Swarm until dead
  11. Build a Turret
  12. Metal Fist

Unbreakable

It will take time before this opponent takes damage, he has a protective shield up that will fall after several consecutive attacks like Swarm and Flock.

Pets
  1. Direbeak Hatchling (1/2/1)
  2. Ikky (1/1/1)
Strategy
  1. Ironskin on CD
  2. Spam Falcosaur Swarm
  3. When Direbeak gets stunned, swap with Ikky
  4. Black Claw
  5. Flock until dead (unless stunned switch to Direbeak)
  6. Keep Ironskin up
  7. Spam Falcosaur Swarm

Strange Looking Dogs

Pets

Any toad or frog pet with Swarm of Flies and Tongue Lash will do. I’ve used the following:

  1. Benax (2/2/1)
  2. Toad (2/1/2)
  3. Huge Toad (2/1/2) (probably won’t be needed)
Strategy
  1. Bubble on CD
  2. Swarm of Flies
  3. Tongue Lash until the 1st enemy pet is dead
  4. Swarm of Flies
  5. Tongue Lash until dead
  6. Swarm of Flies
  7. Healing Wave when healing is needed
  8. Tongue Lash until dead

You’ve never seen Jammer upset

Pets
  1. Iron Starlette (1/1/1)
Strategy
  1. Wind-Up
  2. Supercharge
  3. Wind-Up
  4. Wind-Up
  5. Powerball
  6. Wind-Up
  7. Wind-Up
  8. Supercharge
  9. Wind-Up

Small Beginnings

Pets
  1. Sharptalon Hatchling (1/2/1)
  2. Stormborne Whelpling (1/2/2)
  3. Direbeak Hatchling (1/2/1)
Strategy
  1. Rip
  2. Falcosaurswarm until dead
  3. Arcane Storm
  4. Manasurge until dead
  5. Ironskin
  6. Falcosaur Swarm

Add more to the collection

Pets
  1. Direbeak Hatchling (1/2/1)
  2. Stormborne Whelpling (1/2/2)
Strategy
  1. Keep Ironskin up
  2. Predatory Strike on CD
  3. Spam Falcosaur Swarm as a filler
  4. Arcane Storm
  5. Mana Surge

Critters are friends, not food

Pets
  1. Direbeak Hatchling (1/2/1)
  2. Sharptalon Hatchling (1/1/1)
  3. Stormborne Whelpling (1/2/2)
Strategy
  1. Keep Ironskin up
  2. Spam Falcosaur Swarm until dead
  3. Predatory Strike
  4. Spam Falcosaur Swarm until dead
  5. Arcane Storm
  6. Mana Surge

Sea creatures are weird

Pets
  1. Iron Starlette (1/1/1)
  2. Stormborne Whelpling (1/2/2)
Strategy
  1. Wind-Up
  2. Supercharge
  3. Wind-Up
  4. Wind-Up until Deckhand Leonard dies
  5. Powerball
  6. Supercharge
  7. Wind-Up if failsafe was triggered
  8. Powerball
  9. Arcane Storm
  10. Mana Surge

Automated Chaos

Pets
  1. Molten Corgi (2/2/2) (can mostly solo this WQ, other 2 pets are just a back-up)
  2. Fel Flame (1/1/1)
  3. Lil’ Ragnaros (1/2/1)
Strategy
  1. Inferno Herdling on CD
  2. Cauterize when healing is needed
  3. Flamethrower as a filler
  4. If Corgi dies, switch to Fel Flame
  5. Immolate
  6. Conflagrate
  7. Burn as a filler

Ravenous Scalespawn

Pets
  1. Unborn Val’kyr (1/2/2)
  2. Ikky (1/1/1)
Strategy
  1. Curse of Doom
  2. Unholy Ascension
  3. Pass
  4. Black Claw
  5. Flock

Kelpstone

Again a RNG fight, it’s always a close one.

Pets
  1. Stormborne Whelpling (1/2/2)
  2. Ikky (1/1/1)
  3. Zandalari Kneebiter ( 2/2/1)
Strategy
  1. Arcane Storm
  2. Mana Surge
  3. Black Claw
  4. Flock
  5. Hunting Party