An Awfully Big Adventure made simpler [Archive] (Archived)

By Mouzi Updated: 2018/11/07

An Awfully Big AdventureElekk PlushieElekk PlushieOverstuffedLet the journey begin!Stone Cold Trixxy

Any 2 lvl 25 pets.

Lydia Accoste

Any 2 lvl 25 pets.

Jeremy Feasel

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling: Use only Breath to kill Judgement. Then use Decoy, Bombing Run and Breath untill Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling dies.

Darkmoon Zeppelin Decoy, Bombing Run and Missile.

Christoph VonFeasel

Arctic Fox Kit: Dazzling Dance, Flurry x2, Howl, Dazzling Dance untill Syd is dead. (If you are unlucky and Syd gets several crits so your Fox dies early in the fight it might be best to restart). Flurry untill Arctic Fox Kit is dead, usually efter Mr Pointy's first hit. Bring in

Iron Starlette: Wind-Up, Powerball x2-3 untill a second Wind-Up can kill Mr Pointy. Wind-Up, Supercharge (maybe a Powerball first if Supercharge is still on cooldown), Wind-Up will Kill Otto before he has time to make a single "moo".

Nicki Tinytech

Any two elemental pets.

Bloodknight Antari

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling: Decoy, Bombing run, Missile or any good mechanical pet against Arcanus and Netherbite

Rapana Whelk: Absorb, Acidic Goo, Dive or any good aquatic pet against Jadefire.

Morulu The Elder

Any two flying pets.

Narrok

Any two flying pets.

Ras'an

Any two mechanical pets.

Nearly Headless Jacob

Pick your choice of two turtles with Powerball/Healing Wave or two rabbits using Flurry/Burrow/Dodge or two frogs with Swarm of Flies, Tongue Lash and Healing Wave.

Gutretch

Son of Animus or any good mechanical pet.

Zandalari Anklerender or any good beast.

Okrut Dragonwaste

Anubisath Idol: Crush, Stoneskin, Deflection

Spring Rabbit or any rabbit: Flurry, Burrow, Dodge.

Beegle Blastfuse

Nexus Whelpling: Arcane Storm and Mana Surge on cooldown, Tail Sweep as filler usually kills all three opponents, I brought

Imperial Eagle Chick as backup.

Major Payne

Lil' Bling: Extra Plating and Make it Rain as soon as they need refreshing and SMCKTHAT.EXE as filler untill Grizzle and Bloom are dead,

Pandaren Water Spirit; Geyser, Whirpool and Water Jet

Brok

Darkmoon Zeppelin: Decoy, Bombing Run and Missile

Emerald Proto-Whelp or any nice dragonkin, I used Breath, Ancient Blessing and Proto-Strike.

Goz Banefury

Scooter the Snail or any of the snails with Absorb, Acidic Goo and Dive

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling with Breath, Bombing Run and Decoy

Bordin Steadyfist

Magical Crawdad: Renewing Mist and Wish on cooldown will keep you alive untill Surge kills them all most of the time.

Zandalari Anklerender or any good beast as backup for Crystallus.

Obalis

Imperial Eagle Chick or any flying pet with Lift-Off and Slicing Wind

Emerald Proto-Whelp or any dragonkin with Breath, Ancient Blessing and Proto-Strike

Hyuna of the Shrines

Anubisath Idol: Stoneskin, then Deflection, then Crush as filler. Against Skyshaper refresh Stoneskin once it falls off, then directly after always Deflection to avoid the Glowing Toxin. Against Fangor reapply Stoneskin when it has only one turn left, and use Deflection to avoid the damage after Burrow. Usually Anubisath Idol will die about half way into the fight against Fangor.

Imperial Eagle Chick: Slicing Wind will kill Fangor. Lift-Off on first turn against Dor, if it is on cooldown use it to avoid next Headbutt. Slicing Wind untill the fight is over.

Whispering Pandaren Spirit

Celestial Dragon: Moonfire, Ancient Blessing if you are hurt (generally I try to not use that if the dragonkins passive blessing is up though to squeeze in some more damage) and Flamethrower as filler. If you get sleeped by Dusty just pass that turn, Celestial Dragon usually kills both Dusty and Whispertail with some life to spare. When Pandaren Air Spirit activates, swap to

Chrominius: Howl, Bite once, then Surge of Power.

Thundering Pandaren Spirit

Rapana Whelk: Acidic Goo, Dive, Ooze Touch untill the Earth spirit is dead. Normally you can get off an Acidic Goo on Sludgy before Rapana Whelk dies, sometimes even an Ooze touch, but it is not really needed. Bring in a

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling: Breath untill Sludgy is dead. When Darnak activates use Bombing run first, then one Breath, then Decoy. It is important to do it in this order to avoid the huge hits Darnak can dish out. Then use Breath untill Darnak dies.

Courageous Yon

Anubisath Idol: Stoneskin (keep refreshing during all fights so it is always up), Deflection when Piqua will land his hit after Lift-Off or Lapin after Burrow. Crush will kill all three opponents, but when Bleat appears I usually swap to a mechanical pet to speed things up, I use

Darkmoon Tonk but any high lvl mechanical will work.

Burning Pandaren Spirit

Anubisath Idol: One Crush, then Stoneskin, then Deflection. After this Crush untill Crimson is dead. Ideally you have Deflection ready when Pandaren Fire Spirit activates, but sometimes it is still on cooldown. IF you can start with Deflection do so, then Stoneskin, then Crush as filler. If Deflection is not ready to use start with one Crush, then Stoneskin, then Crush. It is important to always use Deflection when the Spirit's Conflagrate is off cooldown as it will hurt your Anubisath Idol too much as it is already burning. Refresh Stoneskin after each Deflection. If this is done properly your pet will sometimes get really low but heal up enough in between the Immolate the Spirit casts to not die. You CAN kill Glowy with Anubisath Idol too (then always start with Stoneskin, Deflection on turn two, then Crush, rinse and repeat when Stoneskin falls off) but to end the fight faster swap to any pet with magical damage. I use

Celestial Dragon purely out of sentimental reasons, it is probably not the most efficient pet for the fight.

Seeker Zusshi

Swamp Croaker: Water Jet untill Diamond is dead. When Mollus comes out use one Water Jet, then Bubble. Water Jet untill Swamp Croaker dies. If he is still alive when Skimmer activates do two Water Jets, then swap to

Imperial Eagle Chick: Lift-off to avoid the Pump damage. If you have had to clean up Mollus with this pet make sure to not use Lift-Off untill Skimmer. Slicing Wind will kill Skimmer. Moths will also do well here, then use Cocoon Strike when the moth is Soothed.

Aki the Chosen

Anubisath Idol: Stoneskin, refresh it when needed so it is always up. Kill Chirrup with Crush. When Stormlash activates, use Deflection as first move, then refresh Stoneskin if needed, Crush to kill Stormlash. Anubisath Idol can usually kill Whiskers too, use Stoneskin on first turn, then Deflection when Whiskers dive. Crush as filler. If you are tired of Anubisath Idol by now or just want to end the fight faster swap to any good flying pet, I use

Imperial Eagle

Wastewalker Shu

Pterrordax Hatchling: Slicing Wind untill Whirpool is about to land on you, then use Lift-off to avoid the damage. Ancient Blessing, Slicing Wind untill Crusher is dead. When Pounder activates, use Lift-Off and Ancient Blessing on cooldown, Slicing Wind as filler. A moth can also be very effective if you don't have Pterrordax Hatchling, then use Cocoon Strike, Moth Dust and Slicing Wind. Sometimes Pounder dies by your first pet, sometimes you have to bring in

Darkmoon Zeppelin or any other strong mechanical pet. I use Decoy and Bombing Run on cooldown, Missile as filler to end the fight.

Flowing Pandaren Spirit

Imperial Eagle Chick: Slicing Wind untill Marley's Whirpool and Dive will both hit, then use Lift-Off to avoid the damage. Slicing Wind will usually Kill Marley without your Imperial Eagle Chick takes any damage at all. Use only Slicing Wind to kill Tiptoe. Same tactic against the Water Spirit, Lift-off to avoid the combined Geyser and Whirpool damage, Slicing Wind as filler. Usually the Imperial Eagle Chick can solo the whole fight, but I bring

Gahz'rooki to be on the safe side against the Water Spirit. Any aquatic pet will do there.

Farmer Nishi

Spawn of G'nathus: Swallow You Whole x2, then Dive. Swallow You Whole untill Siren dies. When Toothbreaker activates: Swallow You Whole once, then Dive. Swallow You Whole untill Toothbreaker dies. For Brood of Mothallus: one Swallow You Whole once, then Dive. Your pet will probably die at this point, bring in

Darkmoon Zeppelin to end the fight, or any strong mechanical pet.

Mo'ruk

Darkmoon Zeppelin: Bombing Run, Decoy, Missile untill Woodcarver is dead. Do what you can against Lightstalker untill your Darkmoon Zeppelin dies.

Pterrordax Hatchling: Use Lift-Off and Ancient Blessing on cooldown, Slicing Wind as filler will end the fight.

Elekk PlushieSully "The Pickle" McLeary

Swamp Croaker: Bubble, Swarm of Flies on cd/when it falls off. Water Jet as filler. Make sure to reapply Swarm of flies when Socks dies first time. Your Swamp Croaker will probably die somewhere into the fight against Monte.

Amber Moth or any moth: Cocoon Strike and Moth Dust on cooldown, Alpha Strike as filler.

Dr. Ion Goldbloom

Iron Starlette: Wind-Up, Supercharge, Wind-Up generally kills Screamer. Wind-Up, Powerball untill either Iron Starlette is about to die or Trike can be killed with a second Wind-Up.

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling: Decoy, Bombing Run and Breath.

Lorewalker Cho

Jade Oozeling: Corrosion, Expunge, Ooze Touch. Corrosion, Ooze Touch, Expunge untill Jade Oozeling is dead.

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling: Breath, Decoy, Breath untill fight is over.

Taran Zhu

Ruby Droplet: Bubble, Drain Blood on cooldown, Absorb as filler. Can often kill tvo pets alone, when Ruby Droplet dies, bring

Amber Moth or any moth: Cocoon Strike and Moth Dust on cooldown, Alpha Strike as filler.

Chen Stormstout

Amber Moth: Moth Dust and Cocoon Strike on cooldown, Alpha Strike of you have a fast Moth, Slicing Wind if you have a slow one (fast is by far best) as filler. Depending on your random chance to put the target to sleep you might se several swaps, only important thing is that when Brewly is up you want to avoid the second Barrel Toss (seems to always be on second turn after he fills the barrel) and if Chirps is active you want to avoid the Lullaby (he uses this first and then on cooldown as soon as his Swarm is done).

Silky Moth: Same as above.

Wrathion

Anubisath Idol: Sandstorm on Cooldown. Deflection to avoid Ice Tomb and Elementium Bolts, other than that use Crush. Depending on your luck with hits/misses he CAN actually solo this fight, but bring a

Bonkers or any strong humanoid pet.

Shademaster Kiryn

Stitched Pup: Howl, then use Diseased Bite to kill Nairn. Swap to

Tiny Snowman: Blizzard as soon as it is not up (it should be up in the beginning from Nairn) especially important to refresh it after Call Lightning has been used by Stormoen, Deep Freeze on cooldown, Snowball as filler untill your Tiny Snowman dies. Then you bring back your Stitched Pup to end the fight.

Blingtron 4000

Pandaren Water Spirit: First Water Jet x1, then Dive. After that Healing Wave and Dive on cooldown, Water Jet as filler. When Pandaren Water Spirit dies use

Amethyst Shale Hatchling: Always make sure to have Stoneskin up so refresh it when it has one turn left. Sticky Web when it falls off, Leech Life as long as both Stoneskin and Sticky Web are up.

Wise Mari

Anubisath Idol: Sandstorm on cooldown, Crush to kill Carpe Diem. Swap to

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling: Decoy, Thunderbolt (later use it again when Spirus uses Soul Ward), Breath untill Spirus dies, then swap back to Anubisath Idol and use Sandstorm on cooldown and Crush.

Gargra

Son of Animus: Extra Plating on cooldown, Siphon Anima on cooldown (unless the opponent dodges) and fill in with Metal Fist. When he dies swap in any other nice mechanical pet you have, I use

Darkmoon Zeppelin with Missile, Bombing Run and Decoy.

Cymre Brightblade

Anubisath Idol: Make sure to use Deflection every time the Idol will use Rot, otherwise keep Sandstorm up and Crush as filler. Rot will be cast at first turn and then on cooldown, but be aware that when the idol gets low (less than about 250 hp) he will use his Dark Rebirth even if Rot is off cooldown. Save Deflection one turn if this happens so that Rot does not land on your Anubisath Idol. Ideal you will have Deflection ready to use on first turn against the second enemy pet, if not make sure to Sandstorm so that the Lanterns Illuminate weather effect disapears. Swap to

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling: Only use Breath untill the Lantern is dead. Then use Decoy and Bombing run on cooldown, Breath as filler untill either your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling or Gyrexie is dead, if needed use your Anubisath Idol to clean up.

AshleiDoodle

Spawn of Onyxia: Healing Flame when hurt, Lift-off on cooldown, fill up with Breath. Usually I don't need a second pet, but have

Infinite Whelpling with Sleeping Gas and Healing flame just in case.

Vesharr

Chrominius: Howl, Arcane Explosion untill first opponent is dead, then Surge of Power before Chrominius dies.

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling with Decoy, Bombing run and Breath to finish off.

Taralune

Chrominius: Arcane Explosion and Ancient Blessing untill he is almost dead, then Surge of Power

Nexus Whelpling: Arcane Storm, then Mana surge. Other pets with the same abilities can work, but will take more damage than the Nexus Whelpling and you might need to try several times to get lucky.

Tarr the Terrible

Fossilized Hatchling with Bonestorm, Ancient blessing on cooldown and Bone Bite

Blighthawk with Infected Claw, Ghostly Bite and Lift-Off

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Comments

Comment by 1404885

AWESOME good job

Comment by Balthanon

I have actually found that the Jungle Grub (or another maggot with high speed) is excellent for the Tarr the Terrible fight on an Elekk carry. With Consume, Acidic Goo, and Burrow it will remain at full health throughout the fight with the first opponent if you burrow to avoid the first attack and then just use it on cool down. The second murloc will seriously damage your grub while burrow is on cool down-- unless you switch in with the Elekk and let it take the hit. Then for the final murloc you simply need to avoid the jump attack and you're home free.

You could honestly probably carry a leveling pet with you while performing the Elekk carry.

Comment by 1197876

Brilliant guide! Thanks a lot! Some pets in the guide can be replaced by easier-to-get ones, like any water strider (Water Jet, Healing Rain, Pump) in combo with a mechanical pet annihilates Farmer Nishi (no need for G'nathus), any cricket (Skitter, Cocoon Strike, Nature's Touch) can almost solo Wastewalker Shu (again, no need for Pterrodax Hatchling), Son of Animus in Gargra fight can be replaced by a zeppelin or another strong mechanical pet.

With the pets that you use, are there any breed requirements?

Comment by groohl

Used Lil' Bling instead of Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling on Bloodknight Antari in SMW. Much easier. Extra plating, Make it rain and Inflation.

Comment by kinglui

I don't have the magical crawdad to fight Bordin Steadyfist,so I used Chuck (or Toothy or Muckbreath) with Rip,Devour and Surge.

Comment by Grabovsky

Chen strat doesn't work.

Comment by FlipFlopFantasy

Shademaster Kiryn strat isn't as straight forward as the guide suggests. When you stun Stormoen Kiryn will switch to Summer.

The way I did it was Blizzard to remove Lightning, then one Snowball and then Deep Freeze. Stormoen should have very little HP left and Kiryn will switch to Summer. On Summer just keep using snowball as best you can until your Snowman dies. After that Howl+Bite and then Consume corpse to get your HP up. Summer should die in 1 or 2 more hits.

When Stormoen comes back one bite should kill it and another one should kill it again. It's a bit dodgy but I got this strat to work on the 2nd try.

Comment by Hezuz

I also had some trouble with Shademaster Kiryn... Well it worked in the end, on the 7th try. But what i found more ''problematic'' was Blingtron fight. Everything went good until the last pet Lil'B. I dont know if i just had bad luck or what, but the Lil'B fight alone took over 10 minutes. He missed alot with Blingtron gift package and gained health allover again and again. At somepoint i had to stop using the above mentioned rotation with Stoneskin, Sticky web and Leech Life, and let my pet hang out one round withouth Stoneskin and instead hit with Leech Life. Otherwise i might still be hitting that mechanical pimpdaddy in the head and my own head to the wall... :D Otherwise been a good guide so far, looking forward on trying the other Trainers at Celestial Tournament!

Edit:

The strategies on Celestial Tournament arent nowhere near as simple as you would think by just reading the article... Had to try 6 times to win Sully Mcleary fight. First 2 tries were failures simply because the article suggests to use ''Water Jet'' as a filler in Socks fight, when it probably was meant to be Tongue Lash! After that the next 3 failures were due to rng. Fourth try was a win, but very close one.

On Dr. Ior Goldbloom fight, it took me 7 tries to win. Was very much dependant on the rng again. It made a great difference if Screamer hit 500 or 700 damage on the fly attack. I was mad lucky to get a Wind-up hit on Trike, since he comes out last on the fight. Had to take some hit to Elekk Plushie also to conquer this part of the Tournament. Chaos hits very hard with his buff activated, so you might want to take the big hit on your Plushie instead of your Dragonling.

On Lorewalker Cho it took me 7 or 8 tries to win. Again, RNG! Its very important that your Ooze hits with full power with Expunge. My hitdmg varied from 600-1000. So thats one or maybe even two more turns if you hit low dmg. In the winning match my Ooze died on the first hit from the Broom, withouth landing a single attack on the opponent. Then i switched to Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling, used Breath, Decoy and then breath until Broom was dead. Then came the third pet and my Dragonling was on 560hp. Used 1x Breath, then swapped to Elekk Plushie to suck down the 2 BIG attacks from opponent (he had the dmg buff activated). Then i swapped back to Mechanical Dragonling and used Decoy, then Breath until won. Again, i was VERY lucky to win this, because 1 of opponents attacks missed my Dragonling after Decoys were gone and i ended the fight with around 210hp on my pet.

So overall, its either that i have the WORST luck on rng or the article might need some improvements. Anyways i hope this helps for those who are strugling with the same problems as i was.

Comment by Chrosta

You wrote: Christoph VonFeasel - Iron Starlette: Wind-Up, Powerball x2-3 untill a second Wind-Up can kill Mr Pointy. Wind-Up, Supercharge (maybe a Powerball first if Supercharge is still on cooldown), Wind-Up will Kill Otto before he has time to make a single "moo". - how i should do that, when my Starlette die in 3rd round without any critical and Powerball do 50 damage due to shield...

Comment by 1416936

Thank you so much for this guide - now I have a Levelling set up for all the Draenor Dailies too :-)

Comment by Chidsuey

I saw people having trouble with Shademaster (myself included) so I decided to try to find a more reliable battle set. All credit goes to murlocharbor.com.

Tiny Sporebat 2, 1, 2
Tiny Snowman 1, 1, 2

1. Creeping Fungus
2. Switch to Tiny Snowman
3. Deep Freeze (switches to Stormoen)
4. Snowball
5. Snowball
6. Call Blizzard
7. Snowball until Stormoen is dead (switches to Nairn)
8. Deep Freeze (switches to Summer)
9. Call Blizzard
10. Snowball until your Tiny Snowman dies (There will be two dodges you can't do anything during)
11. Switch to Tiny Sporebat
12. Shadow Slash until Summer is dead (switches to Nairn)
13. Shadow Slash until Nairn is dead

Hope this helps!

Comment by SomeoneSneaky

The Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling is my go-to pet for the Ashlei fight. Breath, Bombing Run, Decoy.

Decoy right off the bat to block moonfire, then breath until Pixibell is down. Bombing run as soon as her elekk comes out, then nothing but breath until the talbuk is dead (Ashlei will withdraw the elekk and send in the talbuk just in time for the bombing run to fall on it instead). I use her to powerlevel lowbie pets, even level 1 -- bring one out, smack the elekk, and either switch back to the dragonling or finish the fight with your lowbie. I've never had the mechanical dragonling die in this fight, so it's perfect to boost one or two pets with a hefty chunk of experience.

Comment by 59696

Note on Bling: the S/S breed of Shale Hatchling won't work. P/P works fine.

Comment by oozywotsit

Could not get sully the pickle no matter how many times I tried: Found this http://petcharge.wordpress.com/2014/11/09/sully-mcleary-plushie-round/
Got him on the first try. Used seagull instead of chick. Thank you for the guide though, nice work =)

Comment by 1252871

This is a great quick reference for those who want to plug in the pets without having to go back and forth between windows to read then execute. After you know what pets to use, it's just common sense as to where to apply each ability. Good work!

A quick word about Major Payne. Start the battle with the Plushie. This pet isn't necessarily completely useless with a pool of 2537 health at your disposal. Useless for doling out damage, yes. But not for taking it. Since battling Payne, I have only seen him begin with the same pet (Grizzle) and the same pet uses either one of two different initial abilities; Bash or Rampage and one usually follows right after the other.

Sometimes, Plushie will soak up Rampage then take Bash, leaving Grizzle only one option. With full health, he Hibernates and heals for zero health. Whoever you choose to put in (Lil' Bling is the one who could at least equal if not surpass Grizzle's heal), just make sure he can kick the crap out of Grizzle while he sleeps.

The other start off ability used by Grizzle is Bash. If this happens before Rampage, same deal. Let Plushie be the punching bag. That should tire out Grizzle enough to get him to take a long winter's nap.

Either way you have two rounds to switch out Plushie for your Grizzle match-up, damage free. In fact, if the makers of these pets constructed certain ability sets around one specific weakness as a way to make the battle more intriguing and puzzling, I would say that for Grizzle, it's his CDs. Eventually, all he can do is sleep.

Don't forget to sew up Plushie when he is done getting his @$$ beat.

Comment by 1348756

The strategy for Taralune doesn't work, I've tried it many times and Chrominius does NOT survive any attempt to kill the first pet.

Comment by Tthrack

Lorewalker Cho

I had a lot of trouble getting the suggested team to work so I went to Nether Faerie Dragon (Arcane Blast, Life Exchange, Moonfire) and Scourged Whelpling (Tail Sweep, Call Darkness, Third can be whatever)
Start with the Faerie Dragon Moonfire then spam Arcane Blast, after Wisdom dies, use Life Exchange. Then Arcane Blast till Faerie Dragon Dies.
With the Scourged Whelping just spam tail sweep till Patience Dies.
With Patience dead, Call Darkness, then Tail sweep to kill Knowledge.

Comment by robbiedehand

Nice guide but for Farmer Nishi you can use a Anubisath Idol and that is all you need (crush sandstorm deflection) you can swap in elek and a lvling pet when the carrot uses son of the root.
Unless you get crit several times or fail to deflect the hard hits the idol ends with above 50%

Comment by ponder7564

i think for beegle that lil tarecgosa is the best choice along with a flyer backup, using arcane storms, surge or power and arcane blast, can wreck the 1st 2 pets with using storm on cd and blast as filler, then use surge on the penguin and use the flyer to finish it off, also an emerald proto whelp with breath, emerald presence, and emerald dream can solo Brok

Comment by milo210

Most of your celestial tournament guides doesn't seem to work :/

Comment by Chrosta

This guide is a bit under-rated. Of course, not perfect, but if you know something about pet battles, it can be very handy.

For example tournament. Lots of players try it 1x and write here "not works". With my minor changes i have counted 6/9 fights (Sully, Cho, Goldbloom, Taran, Chen and Wrathion). Last three fights will be tomorrow as i hope. And it works (with my own minor upgrades).

Of course, these fights aren't 100%. But who cares? You not need doing it every day, you need 1 good attempt.

You have 2 rare pets (plus one plushie) against three epic/legendary pets. So if you catch "nice" critical hit, you will be doing it again probably.

Comment by remikskr

Blingtron 4000 stratedy is pretty time consuming. It took me forever to kill Lil' B with Amethyst Shale Hatchling...

Comment by 1114852

Goz Banefury strat didn't work after 5 tries.

Used onyxian whelping to kill Helios the first time, used plushie as a sponge until he died the second time. Swapped back to whelp until he died and finished with Darkmoon Zep. Got this strat from KikiyoDragon in Goz Banefury#comments

Comment by Shadragon

A very useful thing to remember is that at level 20, the elekk plushie gains access to this Itchin' for a Stitchin' which will swap him out automatically for another pet. Since the plushie is very slow, this usually goes last which means you can switch to your plushie to tank a heavy hit or two and then swap back to your damaging pets immediately.
This was extremely useful against some of the tougher fights.

Comment by Chrosta

SMALL UPGRADE FOR CELESTIAL TOURNAMENT:
(Level your Plushie to lvl 25 before you start with the tournament)
(Plushie not need to enter fight like XP pet, credit is for having it in team)
(Plushie not need to survive the battle like XP pet)

Sully
==> Swamp Croaker (2,2,2) (H/B is best) and Moth (2,1,2) (any breed with 309+ Speed)
==> SOCKS: Flies, then spam Tongue and use Bubble in immortal round. MONTE: Tongue, Flies and spam Tongue till death. Take Plushie and let Flies ticks few rounds. Use Itchin to bring Moth and Strike. RIKKI: Priority here is Cocoon > Dust > Strike.

Cho
==> Nether Faerie Dragon (2,2,1) (any breed without Speed) and Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling (1,2,2) (S/S)
==> WISDOM: Moonfire and then several Blasts. PATIENCE: Life Exchange and spam Blasts till death. Bring MPD and Decoy, then spam Breath. If Patience will have less then 296 HP, use Thunderbolt. KNOWLEDGE: Bring Plushie up and keep it few rounds to lower cooldown on Decoy. Use Itchin to bring MPD back and priority is Decoy > Thunderbolt > Breath.

Goldbloom
==> Iron Starlette (1,2,1) (any breed without Speed) and Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling (1,1,2) (S/S)
==> SCREAMER: Wind-Up, Supercharge, Wind-Up. CHAOS: Wind-Up, Wind-Up, then spam Smoke till death. Bring MPD and Decoy, then spam Breath. If Chaos will have less then 148 HP, use Bomb. TRIKE: Use Bomb if not used yet and bring Plushie up and keep it few rounds to lower cooldown on Decoy. Use Itchin to bring MPD back and priority is Bomb > Decoy > Breath.

Taran
==> Ruby Droplet (2,2,2) (all breeds are possible but H/S is best) and Moth (2,1,2) (any breed with 281+ Speed)
==> YEN: Priority Bubble > Drain > Absorb until it swaps. BOLO: Continue with similar priority, but keep Bubble for round when you will be blinded. YEN: Use Absorb, because it will swap again. LI: Continue with similar priority until it cast Bandage and then swap for Moth. Kill it with several Strikes. YEN: Priority is Cocoon > Dust > Strike. If Moth dies, bring Droplet with known priority.

Chen
==> Darkmoon Zeppelin (1,2,2) (H/B) and Flayer Youngling (1,2,2) (any breed with 281+ Speed)
==> TONSA: Decoy and spam Missile. CHIRPS: wait for sleep, swap for Flayer and Rampage. BREWLY: Deflection and spam Blitz till death. Bring back Zeppelin, use Decoy and spam Missile. Finish with Explode when it will have less than 618 HP.

Wrathion
==> Anubisath Idol (1,2,1) (H/H) and Kun-Lai Runt (2,2,2) (any breed without Speed)
==> CINDY: Keep Stoneskin up and spam Crush. Use Deflection against Bomb impact. ALEX: The same tactic, Deflection against Dragonkin passive. DAH'DA: The same tactic, Deflection against Bolt impact. Bring Runt when Idol dies and Shock, Freeze, Takedown.

Kiryn
==> Tiny Sporebat (2,1,1) (all breeds are possible but H/S is best) and Tiny Snowman (1,1,2) (B/B)
==> NAIRN: Use Fungus, swap for Snowman and cast Freeze. Next round use Snowball, Nairn swaps. ALEX: Blizzard and spam Snowball. NAIRN: Freeze and Blizzard. Nairn swaps. SUMMER: Use whatever you can till death, bring Sporebat, use Fungus and spam Slash. NAIRN: Spam Slash.

Wise Mari
==> Anubisath Idol (1,1,1) (H/H) and Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling (1,2,2) (S/S)
==> CARPE DIEM: Keep Sandstorm and spam Crush. SPIRUS: Swap for MPD, Decoy and spam Breath. Use Thunderbolt if Spirus casts Soul Ward. RIVER: Priority Decoy > Thunderbolt > Breath. If MPD dies, finish it with Idol.

Blingtron
==> Pandaren Water Spirit (1,2,1) (H/S) and Ruby Droplet (2,1,2) (all breeds are possible but H/S is best)
==> It is long and boring fight. AU: Whirlpool, Dive and several Jets. BANKS: Whirlpool, Jet, Dive, Whirlpool and Jet till death. Bring Ruby Droplet, start with Dive and then priority Drain > Dive > Absorb. RIVER: Priority Drain > Absorb and use Dive in the rounds when River's Extra Plating will have 1 round to expire.

GOOD LUCK!

Comment by Mobarr

Here's an improved strat for Shademaster Kiryn:

I was following the OPs strat for a number of attempts, but found that my pets took too much damage when swapping out. When Stormoen gets stunned by Deep Freeze and swaps to Summer, use snowball for the next three turns (only one will hit because of dodge). Once he uses Prowl, use your Elekk Plushie to soak up the damage. Use any move and the elekk will automatically swap with your first pet (Stitched Pup). From here, you'll have a couple rounds to deal damage to him before he Dodges + Prowls again. You won't be able to pull off the Howl + Bite combo after this point because of all the switching, so just keep biting and switching to avoid that damage. If your Stitched Pup dies, then you can clean it up with your Snowman. Remember that your Elekk can die and you'll still get credit for the achievement.

Comment by 1110563

The strategy for Christoph VonFeasel at the Darkmoon Faire, is not accurate, please adjust. The strat from Murloc Harbor worked better.

Comment by Helkarakse

A little addition to the Cristoph VonFeasel fight in Darkmoon.
If you don't have an Iron Starlette leveled to 25 (like me) in your arsenal of pets, you can try with Anodized Robo Cub
1.Demolish
2. Rebuild
3. Supercharge
The fight itself is alittle bit of RNG, especially when one of your magic has only 50% hit chance, but for me it worked pretty well.
Make sure you use Dazzling Dance from your Arctic Fox before it dies, so you can have some extra speed. After that, use Supercharge and Demolish until Otto dies and Rebuild whenever you feel you need it. You can also use your Elekk Plushie to take some of the unneeded damage.

Comment by Arugadh

Extra note: Lydia Accoste in Deadwind Pass can be solo'd with a level 25 turtle with Powerball & Healing Wave; spam Powerball & use Healing Wave when off CD. I used the Emerald Turtle. That way, you can bring in a leveling pet (make sure is at least level 4 to survive a hit) & level up while you're working on the achieve.

Ditto for Stonecold Trixy. You can solo her with a 25 Warbot with Missle, Toxic Smoke, & Launch Rocket. Again, make sure your level pet is 3 or 4, so it can survive a hit.

Both trainers, I usually lead off with the leveling pet for one attack, then swap in the main pet. The Elekk does NOT need to fight to get the achieve, so you don't need to worry about swapping it in. It just needs to be on the team, dead or alive.

Comment by Arugadh

Also note for the Celestial Tournament: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO STAY FOR ALL THREE BATTLES TO GET CREDIT.

Yes, you can leave between the Celestial Tournament masters to heal up pets, if you need a pet for multiple battles, and you'll still get credit for any masters you've beaten to that point. So yeah, some of the strats that rely on good RNG, it was lose, duck out, heal, restart...and still got credit for the ones I'd beaten before I'd left.

At that point, it was just a matter of getting through each individual Tournament 1st-round master...then duck out, heal all the pets, then come back in with a REAL team and stomp each of them into the ground with a full, raging 3-pet team. Takes a bit longer, but man, it felt so good.

Comment by Doaix

There were several issues with these strats while going through just the regular Pandaran trainers, but here's a hard one to miss:

Farmer Nishi - You say start with Spawn of G'nathus, use SwallowX2, Dive, then finish of Siren with more Swallows. Now that we're on to Toothbreaker, use SwallowX1, then Dive.....oh but wait. Dive was used back on Pet #1, has a 4 round cooldown, and that pet is finished off with the next Swallow. So you then add on the first Swallow on Toothbreaker and you are still at 2 turns of cooldown for Dive. So you aren't going to be able to avoid ANY of the hits from Toothbreakers Leech Seed and can't hit him for jack while he's submerged. Didn't matter, I used Thunderbolt and on him while he was under, missed him but did 375 damage to his non-active pet which was nice. Several of the pets/abilities mentioned in the strats are just wrong. You say to use the Emerald Proto-Whelp on several fights, but instead of having him use the Emerald Presence ability to completely negate attacks from the opponents it will face, you specify that Ancient Blessing should be used instead, the weaker of the two heals this pet has. It is a good attempt at a guide and several parts of it are right, but there are some massive errors that I've found AFTER you've been correcting it based on other input that you really should correct. I get that RNG is still a factor, but it shouldn't be THAT much of a factor on the non-Celestial battles.

Comment by 323412

Since Gahz'rooki is a bit of a rare drop, I recommend using a Nether Faerie Dragon with Slicing Wind, Evanescence, and Cyclone and an Emperor Crab with Surge, Healing Wave, and Whirlpool. Start with Cyclone, then Evanescence to dodge the Whirlpool. Slice him down and then use Evanescence to dodge the next Whirlpool. Don't bother with Cyclone after that, just use Slicing Wind the whole time until the Water Spirit's Geyser and Whirlpool are going to pop (on the same turn). If the RNG is on your side you won't even need the crab.

Comment by 1353263

It took me forever to do Blingtron because I do not have a Ruby Droplet and the strat in this guide did not work, plus it was taking wayyy to long anyway. So, I ended up modifying a strat belonging to Bandeeto, but it worked for me!

Bonkers (2,2,2)
Core Hound Pup (1,1,1)

Open with Tornado Punch, use Dodge, then Bite until you can Tornado Punch**** again or Au is dead.

Open with Dodge on Banks so you can avoid Make it Rain (he will cast it usually on his first or second move) and then Bite him to death.

Once Bonkers dies, bring your Core Hound Pup and cast Howl followed by Burn and more Burn until he dies! (if you crit, it'll go fast, if not you probably have to do about 4 burns)

****Tornado Punch may stun, and he will switch to Banks! Therefore, follow Banks strat if that happens and after you kill him, start Au's strat again.

Hope this helps someone!

Comment by connorsdad

For Sully fight, my moth wasn't fast enough and dropped below 50% health quickly so it didn't get the passive speed buff. Used a golden Dawnfeather instead and it worked like a charm. Keep sunlight(sunbeam?) up and use Love Potion on CD. Other than that use Quills.

Comment by 957731

I've not used all of these so I can't say this for the entire guide. But I've literally not had one strat from this guide work. Ever.

Comment by 45036

For Brok @ Catacylsm

A Rabbit - Burrow - Flurry - Flury - Dodge
Anubisath Idol - Keep Stoneskin up - fill crush and use Deflection sometimes.

Comment by hjelsh

For Seeker Zusshi, the Swamp Croaker just couldn't do it, so I tried Syd the Squid, same moves, made sure Cleansing Rain was up, worked perfectly. :) Great guide!

Comment by 1229313

Guide has good points but a lot of bad and frustration - relates a lot to luck and a lot of 'hope the hit crits/misses' - for Brok, use Anubisath Idol - Sandstorm and Crush through - I used Unborn Val'kyr as backup but didn't need it. This was after 30 minutes of frustrated attempts with what this guide prescribes.

For Goz - I used a crab with shell shield, surge and healing wave - long but it worked. Finished off with Darkmoon Tonk - shock and awe and ion cannon.

Comment by TonySoprano2020

For the Brok fight I used Anubisath Idol. Used Deflection immediately to counter Flash then Stoneskin, Crush, Crush, Deflection to counter Flash, Crush, Crush.. Kali dead.. I kept Stoneskin up at all times and it will stop any damage from Swarm when fighting Incinderous (3rd pet)... so as long as you can survive Ashtail which was easier than I thought, Crush does small damage but enough to get you through the fight.

Comment by Jakathera

Darkmoon Fair - Christoph:
This strategy doesn't work. I tried 20 times (just to be sure that the RNG wasn't being mean to me) and then used another 10 tokens on other strategies. I finally went and leveled the mechanical squirrel pet and was successfull with the scourged whelpling/mechanical squirrel/elekk plushie combo.

Happy Adventuring!

Comment by Nissarevane

the combination listed here for Tarr the Terrible is the worst I've ever seen. not working at all. any other combinations?

Comment by VijoPlaysOnYT

Didn't work out with the croak for me for Seeker Zusshi, but a Snail/Whelk from Pandaria did very nicely! Absorb/Shell Shield/Dive, copying from the "Seeker Zusshi" page from Wowhead:

"Start with your Snail and begin with Shell Shield, then use Dive. This part is pretty mindless: use Dive on cooldown, reapply Shell Shield when it has one round left, and use Absorb otherwise. Even with bad RNG, Diamond should go down with little trouble.

When Mollus comes out, start with Absorb, then reapply Shell Shield, then go on using Dive on cooldown and Absorb otherwise. I suggest the Pet Tracker add-on so you know when Dive comes off cooldown, so you know to use the opportunity to reapply Shell Shield. With Shell Shield, your Snail should outlast his.

When Skimmer comes out, switch to your leveler, use whatever attack you feel like, then switch to your flyer; this way, your leveler should soak the Soothe and put your flyer in just in time to avoid Pump. Of course, when your flyer comes in, Skimmer should have just set up Pump, so Cocoon Strike/Lift-off to avoid the attack portion, and just burn it down afterward with whatever flying attacks you have." - SirRoivas

Comment by quich2864

For Bordin Steadyfist, if you don't have a Magical Crawdad, use an Eternal Strider instead. Just make sure you switch the Elekk Plushie in whenever Ruby gets its damage boost.

Comment by xxxNEARBYxxx

Christoph VonFeasel strat doesn't work. Star dies so fast.

Comment by Nexsa

I'm sorry, but this guide doesn't work at all and is poorly written.

Comment by Rhacius

Strategies range from good to completely terrible, but the guide is useful for having all the trainer locations and links in one place.

Comment by Nymie

The Seeker Zushi strat did not work for me in the least after several attempts. Anubish and a flying work perfectly.

Comment by 674353

Jade Owl has Slicing Wind and Lift Off (like the imperial eagle chick), and is a magic pet to boot - reduced damage from aquatic abilities. Should consider using that instead of the IEC.

Comment by 674353

Goz Banefury strat also does not work. What breeds are you using?

Comment by St3f

Very bad guide. Most of the teams are not working or depend completly on luck.

Comment by 674353

"Wind-Up, Powerball x2-3 untill a second Wind-Up can kill Mr Pointy. Wind-Up, Supercharge (maybe a Powerball first if Supercharge is still on cooldown), Wind-Up will Kill Otto before he has time to make a single "moo"."

Where was the first supercharge?

Comment by pilgrimz

The guide is a little uneven. Some of the strategies are amazing (like soloing Courageous Yon with the Anubisath Idol), others are far too RNG dependant and rely too much on getting crits at the right time (or not getting hit by crits at the wrong time) - I eventually gave up on getting Seeker Zusshi as indicated and switched pets entirely. Still, it's a great compilation, and unlike many other strategies out there it uses pets that are actually easy to get - I laugh every time I see strategies that ask for "Lil'XT" or "Tiny Crimson Whelpling" or some other pet that'll require either enormous amounts of gold or $10 just to get an achievement.

One improvement I would suggest that'd make the guide great is to replace (or expand) some of the "any 2 lvl 25 pets" with pets that'd make those fights very easy and very fast - one that I can think of is Nicki Tinytech in Hellfire Peninsula. Fel Flame absolutely MURDERS all 3 pets, and the entire fight can be done in a minute or so.

Speaking of Seeker Zusshi, I really suggest BroBeforeFoe's top rated comment strategy, using Anubisath Idol and Emerald Proto-Whelp. I found it a lot more reliable than the strategy here - my Swamp Croaker was getting absolutely murdered.

Comment by Arby69

This Guide is almost nothing worth. More than half of the tamers I had to look up an alternative strategy because the one in this guide didn't work or was explained too vaguely or not at all.
Sorry... not worth it.

Comment by ureonfire

definately Anubisath Idol for BROK, I also used a Iron starlette. Great Advice!

Comment by Bystrazer

The two pets that you've given for Christoph VonFeasel is a rather disappointing combination.
Same goes for the other Von Feasel guy in Darkmoon Faire. You simply cannot keep the first two pets up, so either they've buffed the damage the npc's do since you've made this guide, or you mixed up the names of the pets you really used.

Props for trying tho.

Comment by magiccozmo

For Blingtron 4000 Amethyst Shale Hatchling did not work as 2nd pet as of 6.2.2:

For B4k I used Pandaran Water Spirit and Teroclaw hatchling. Using the Teroclaw after AU goes down works great 2-2-2 Keep ward up and Strike away. Takes patience but it works as of 6.2.2

Comment by Evolyn1877

Chrosta's strats may need some adjusting based on if you get stunned from Chen or crit on other trainers.

A Pet Battler's Guide to: Defeating the Celestial Tournament

That guide has 3 pets but you can adjust to make 2 more often than not. Good luck and don't be upset if you have to try a variety! To finish the achievement, you can do 1 trainer, leave, heal, and enter the tournament again.

Comment by Bogdanove

For Cymre Brightblade, I used Infinite Whelpling ( 1 1 1) instead of Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling. The Tail Sweep finishes off the lantern easily, and the early advantage (youre pretty much gauranteed to have lower health) can sometimes one shot the mechanical gnome, and anubisath can clean him up easy if whelpling dies.

Comment by pipopoke

Death Talon Whelpguard can solo Ashlei:

- Shadowflame Pixiebell until it dies,
- use one Shadowflame on Doodle the first turn,
- Spiked Skin the second turn,
- another Shadowflame which will hurt Tally because she pulls Doodle away that turn,
- Darkflame and Shadowflame until Tally dies (it will use Stampede on you, but Spiked Skin will still be up to negate it),
- Shadowflame Doodle until it dies.

Comment by Zaydene

For Christopher Feasel, I think you meant to put ~~Dazzling Dance~~ Flurry untill Syd is dead.

Comment by RealRevChris

FYI, I haven't found a single one of these strategies that work. This guide may be outdated.

Comment by Coriam

Narrok, Nagrand

-- Any two flying pets.

Ras'an, Zangarmarsh

-- Any two mechanical pets.

Flying attacks are only strong against one of Narrok's pets, and mech attacks aren't strong against any of Ras'an's. I'd recommend one flying and one mech against Narrok, and as user dr0be points out here, Chrominius can solo Ras'an with Arcane Explosion (bring backup in case of crits).

That said, if you've level 25 pets that aren't weak to any of these guys' six pets, you should be just fine, as they're all level 21/22.

Comment by olania

Literally the only use for this guide is pointing out which trainers to fight. At least three quarters of these strats are useless.

Comment by Meggies

I could not get the Blingatron Strategy to work at all. Don't have a ruby droplet. Tried the Bonkers one. Finally found one that worked on the second try. As of now it's the #1 comment on the Blingatron 4000 page

Spawn of G'nathus (1,1,1) or Pandaren Water Spirit
Teroclaw Hatchling (2,2,2)

Thunderbolt, Dive, Swallow you Whole until you can Thunderbolt again. Spawn died here for me.
Dodge, Nature's Ward then keep up NW and use alpha strike until it dies.

Slow going but it worked.
I suppose for Pandaren Water Spirit you'd use the same strategy as in the guide then follow with Teroclaw.

Comment by Wowzir

Defeating Taran Zhu for the achievement An Awfully Big Adventure
("Can you say '25 RARES', boys and girls?")

This was one of my harder fights in the achievement.

I tried a lot of the strategies listed on the NPC Wowhead page and the achievement Wowhead page as well as in the following guides (And OFC, the comments to all these resources):
An Awfully Big Adventure made simpler
An Awfully Big (and Comprehensive) Adventure
A Pet Battler's Guide to: Defeating the Celestial Tournament
Celestial Tournament with 18 pets

Thank you to ALL the Guide Authors and Contributors, I could not have done it without your help!

As far as Taran Zhu is concerned, the strategies spelled out by albinoette, Rikade, and magnusXcaboose got me the closest...

magnusXcaboose (see comments at Taran Zhu for strategy details) used
Jungle Grub with Consume Sticky Goo Leap
Fel Pup with Crouch Howl Diseased Bite
Elekk Plushie with Itchin' for a Stitchin'

Since my H/H Jungle Grub had not been levelled and also was only POOR quality, I tried substituting
Devouring Maggots in both H/H and H/S breeds to no avail. I had already levelled the grub to 25 but had not stoned him RARE yet. By this time I had concluded that my problem was lack of speed (bludgeoning was SEVERE, but almost making it lol) and since my Jungle Grub was of the slower breed I looked for a new approach...

Alpine Foxling Kit S/B with Crouch Howl Dazzling Dance
Base Stats are H/P/S of -/+/= compared to the H/S Jungle Grub, however,
Dazzling Dance "Increases your team's speed by 25% for 9 rounds." {emphasis is mine}

...and Taran Zhu makes 44. Yippee!

Elekk Plushie, I'd like you to meet Trunks. Trunks, say hello to my good friend Elekk Plushie!

Thanks, everyone!

Comment by 1487458

for Ashley you can even carry a level 1 pet while having the elekk plushie if you use a Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

round 1: Decoy
round 2-4: breath
round 5 swap carry
round 6 swap back to Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling
round 7 bombing
keep breating untill the last pet dies

Comment by 1487458

As Legion pre-patch hits the strat for Christoph VonFeasel doesn't work anymore.

Instead of the Artic Fox Kit, pick up a Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling, start with Bombing Run, than on turn 2, Decoy (will save you wrom Whirlpool) than spam breath untill Syd dies. When mr. Pointy enters the fight use Bombing run, than breath untill you die. Bring in the Iron Starlette. Wind Up > Supercharge > Wind Up and mr. pointy is dead, than Wind Up > Poweball > Supercharge > you die and get Failsafe > Wind Up.

Comment by 248090

You need to reword your strategy for Major Payne. Pandaren Water Spirit can't have Geyser and Whirlpool at the same time.

Comment by cytoxin

For Flowing Pandera (Water) Spirit, Young Mutant Warturtle can basically 2 shot him. Add in a good moth for the two aquatics and this battle is EZ

Comment by Synchronis

You are missing Lydia Accoste for the Outland Section

Comment by 1875289

Elekk... big... now I get it!

Comment by Rojo2010

This guide is horrendous

Comment by Rojo2010

Most if not all of these strats either don't work anymore or require a substantial amount of RNG

Comment by Folgmore

Christoph strategy does not work because basically all of your arctic fox kit's attacks get blocked by Syd's bubble

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