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Comment by dakyras

roach capture guide (Hinterlands)

lvl 9 cockroach with 919ish health = uncommon
lvl 9 cockroach with 623-685ish health = poor (don't bother)

Comment by Kurasu

Although they use the same model, cockroaches and Roach are two separate creatures. Both are capturable as battle pets, though, so if you are a collector, be sure to keep that in mind and grab one of each.

Comment by 693338

Level: 11
Health: 708
Power: 100
Speed: 150
Rarity: Rare

Comment by RCanine

Contrary to the Pet Journal, these guys don't appear to be available in Eastern Plaguelands.

Comment by 1037127

Lvl 15: 1016
Rare - :D

You have to check the life for the level it is to determine if it's a rare or not.

Comment by LeiaSolo

If you use aoe to clear the mobs around them to give you a clear battle space, be careful! Because the aoe will kill the little guy :(

Comment by Genox113

I found 3 Cockroaches in Icecrown to battle. Of those 3, 2 of them were rare, and with both of those rares came 1 uncommon battle buddy. Now I know this is a small focus group, but what are the odds? I'd say Icecrown is the place to find a rare cockroach.

Comment by Zyrik

Found this pet as a 2nd pet in a few battles in Un'Goro Crater...

Comment by Whiterock

Ground Insects family:Normal Abilites: Fire Beetle, Lava Beetle Abilites:
Scratch Hiss Swarm Burn Hiss Scorched Earth
Flank Survival Apocalypse Flank Cauterize Apocalypse

Nether Roach Abilites: Silithid Hatchling(beast) Abilites:
Flank Hiss Swarm Scratch Hiss Swarm
Nether Blast Survival Apocalypse Devour Survival Sandstorm Base stats at rare 25 level: 1400 260 260
Name\Breed: H/H P/P S/S H/P P/S H/S H/B P/B S/B B/B HiPo PWR SPD
Twilight Beetle + @ + * + -162 +16 +16
Sand Scarab @ -81 +16
Dung Beetle + + + + -81 +16
Creepy Crawly + + + + -81 +16
Scarab Hatchling + @ + + -81 +16
Locust + + + -81 +16
Tol'vir Scarab + + + -81 +16
Crystal Beetle + + + -81 +16
Savory Beetle + + + + -81 +16
Gold Beetle @ +16 -16
Stinkbug @ * + +16 -16
Beetle + * @ * +81 -16
Undercity Cockroach + + + @ +81 -32 +16
Roach + + + + * * +81 -32 +16
Cockroach + + + + * * +81 -32 +16
Tainted Cockroach + + + * +81 -32 +16
Fire-Proof Roach + + + + +81 -32 +16
Deepholm Cockroach + + + + +81 -32 +16
Resilient Roach + + + + * * +81 -32 +16
Irradiated Roach @ + + + +163 -49 +16
Death's Head... @ * +163 -49 +16
Fire Beetle + + + -81 +16
Lava Beetle + @ + + -81 +16
Nether Roach + + + + +81 -32 +16
Silithid Hatchling + + +

@ - mandatory, + - recommended. For shared ones get at least one of a kind.
Silithid Hatchling is a normal beast with a beetle skillset. It will die from Apocalypse.
*H/H Twilight Beetle roll more stats than H/S Stinkbug and B/B Beetle
*H/H Beetles(-81/+16/0 group) roll more stats than H/P Beetle
*S/S Gold Beetle roll more stats than H/S Twilight Beetle
*H/S Beetle roll more stats than H/B Roaches(+81/-32/+16 group) and P/B Death's Head Cockroach
*P/S Death's Head Cockroach roll more stats than S/B Roaches(+81/-32/+16 group)

Comment by Lunaire

Could not for the life of me find any rare cockroaches.. Until I was looking for the Scourged Whelpling in Icecrown. The whelps most often has two cockroaches with them, and I encountered several blue ones in the hunt of my whelpling.

I'd say don't waste time trying to actually look for the cockroach itself, as you'll spend plenty of time hunting down a rare Scourged Whelpling anyway.

Also worth mentioning that these are level 23, so you'll get to skip a good bit of leveling on your roach as well.

(if going for all rare, that is)

Comment by altm3th0d225

COCKroach................lol

Comment by Xanthiras

These are convenient enemy to boost your battle pets on. If you go to Ymirheim in Icecrown, you'll ONLY have cockroaches as opponents - no other pets will even join as secondaries. Cockroaches have no dots, roots or anything else that could complicate life (/undeath/mechanical existence) for your boosted pet. As a critter with only critter attacks they are easy to hard counter using a humanoid with beast attacks, such as Curious Wolvar Pup or Lil' Bad Wolf - these will kill a cockroach from Ymirheim on average in two rounds, unless he delays it by one round with Survival.

It might seem they can cause you trouble with Apocalypse, but in practice the battle is over in less than 15 rounds, and with multiple cockroaches they tend to overwrite each other's Apocalypse resetting it to 15 rounds remaining.

They're around level 23, so are only efficient to boost to around that, but you can get the last level(s) using battle-training stones anyway.

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Cockroach

This NPC can be found in Icecrown (90), Twilight Highlands (68), The Hinterlands (32), Burning Steppes (21), Un'Goro Crater (16), Wetlands (16), Val'sharah (9), Gorgrond (6), Durotar (2), and The Storm Peaks .

Pet Battle: Burning Steppes, Eastern Plaguelands, Gorgrond, Icecrown, Iron Docks, The Hinterlands, Twilight Highlands, Un'Goro Crater, Wetlands

They were here long before us and will be here long after we are gone.

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