The most powerful abilities (especially with swaps): Howl : Frightens the target, increasing the damage they take by 100% for 2 rounds. (3 Turn Cooldown, 100% Hit Chance) Beast: Fjord Worg pup, Tito, Moon Moon, Frostwolf Pup and various foxes (e.g. Alpine Foxling) Dragonkin: Chrominus Elemental : Core Hound Pup Humanoid : Lil’ Bad Wolf […]

Environmental and Weather Condition Buffs/debuffs Weather buffs generally last 5 or 9 rounds (unless replaced) and have a 5 turn cooldown. They have a 100% chance for the attack element to hit, but can be countered by abilities such as Dodge, Bubble or Submerge. Some benefit specific attack types, such as Arcane, for their duration.

Which pet to choose against different families This is a work in progress, I’ll update it properly in June. vs Aquatics vs Beasts vs Critters vs Dragonkin vs Elementals vs Flying vs Humanoid vs Magic vs Mechanical vs Undead vs Aquatic Aquatic’s passive ability is one of survival, damage over time effects are reduced by

Battle Pet passive abilities For general battles verses wild pets and most masters it’s not that important, but as you go up the scale to grand masters, legendaries and going up against other layers it increasingly make a difference. Aquatic – survival : damage over time effects reduced by 50%. Beast – damage dealer :

Farming, levelling and selling battle pets TO COME IN JUNE / JULY : This will be a guide to which pets are worth farming, which are worth grinding and how to level up pets fast for increased profits. Until such time as Blizzard make auction house purchases Bind on Account (probably never) this will remain

Recommended pets This list will be split into functional (the pets I think every pet battler should have) and aesthetic (the pets that pair well, like bears with hunters, elementals matched to mages). The most powerful and useful in general are: Son of Animus (Strong, fast, healing attack) Nexus Whelping (Lethal vs flying, has AoE