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Comment by FlipMethod

For all the trainers' waypoints:
/way Elwynn Forest 41.6 83.6 Julia Stevens
/way Westfall 60.8 18.6 Old MacDonald
/way Redridge Mountains 33.2 52.6 Lindsay
/way Duskwood 19.8 44.8 Eric Davidson
/way Northern Stranglethorn 46.0 40.4 Steven Lisbane
/way The Cape of Stranglethorn 51.4 73.2 Bill Buckler
/way The Hinterlands 62.8 54.6 David Kosse
/way Eastern Plaguelands 67.0 52.4 Deiza Plaguehorn
/way #32 35.4 27.4 Kortas Darkhammer
/way Burning Steppes 25.6 47.6 Durin Darkhammer
/way Swamp of Sorrows 76.6 41.4 Everessa
/way Deadwind Pass 40.2 76.4 Lydia Accoste

Comment by Buuloki

At this time you can only battle the trainers once per day. EK has to be done on an Alliance character and Kalimdor on a horde character. Being in a raid group doesn't work and you cannot abandon the quest after "completion" - therefore this Family Battler achievement will take you a minimum of 10 days/resets to do.(##RESPBREAK##)

Comment by Buuloki

Beast

For all EK, Kalimdor and Northrend Family Battlers - Beast I used the same team

Infernal Pyreclaw P/B (Adrenaline Rush, Cleave, Great Sting)
Zandalari Anklerender P/S (Bite, Primal Cry, Black Claw)
Tarachnid Stalker (or any Spider) S/S (strike, Brittle Webbing, Spiderling Swarm)

I kept Great Sting up as much as possible, spammed Cleave. If Pyreclaw died I brought in Ankle render and prioritized Primal Cry. I used Tarachnid Stalker / Spider to absorb high damage 2 round ability hits such as Fly, Burrow and Dragon Breaths as well as using Brittle Webbing + Spiderling Swarm together.

Comment by Aurn

Did the full sweep today. Anyone else experience this?

Horde in Kalimdor - got no credit for Zunta & Merda Stronghoof.
Alliance in Eastern Kingdoms - got no credit for Eric Davidson.

I used all beast pets. No clue why I didn't get credit, but if I have 10 more days of this... Did I kill them too fast? or need to swap pets so they all tag?

Comment by GuysoN

at 20% exp per trainer per day - got any lowbies you don't want to play, but want to level... super effective

Comment by Buuloki

Critter

For all EK, Kalimdor and Northrend Family Battlers - Critter I used the same team

Damp Skrat B/B (Barbed Stinger, Nibble, Great Sting)
Lovebird Hatchling S/S (Alpha Strike, Lovestruck, Pheromones)
Perky Pug P/S (Bite, Buried Treasure, Trample)

I started out with Great Sting, then swapped to Lovebird to use Pheromones - using these two abilities as much as possible. Use Lovestruck and Nibble to last longer and let the DoTs do more damage. Perky Pug can be brought in to clean up and heal itself.

The only one i struggled with was Major Payne, I brought out Lovebird First instead and used Pheromones, then immediately stunned it - keeping the enemy Bear pet in the backline as much as I could.

Comment by Saikwondo

For Undead i used an aoe strategy of spamming Dreadful Breath

Pets i used was - Blightbreath 1-2-1 & Scourged Whelpling 1-2-2 & Arfus 2-2-2

Set up is just Acid Rain into Dreadful Breath and then mop up the rest with a pet or combo of your choice.

If you don't have Arfus any pet will do in theory since i just used it as a clean up for anything remaining.

I don't think breed matters much since most of the trainers pets are of lower quality.

Good luck! ^.^

Comment by Buuloki

Undead

For all EK, Kalimdor and Northrend Family Battlers - Undead I used the same team

Blightbreath (Dreaful Breath, Any, Acid Rain)
Fragment of Anger (Seethe, Spiritfire Beam, Soulrush)
Zomstrok (Infected Claw, Any, Carpnado)

I used Acid Rain into Dreadful Breath as much as possible. When Blightbreath died, I used Spiritfire Beam, then Soulrush > Seethe. When Fragment of Anger died, I used Carpnado to clean up whatever was left. Most of the time I didn't need the Zomstrok.

When I vs'd Major Payne, I started with Zomstrok instead then immediately swapped to Blightbreath once stunned. Focus all your big damage abilities on the bear.

Comment by Buuloki

Aquatic

For all EK, Kalimdor and Northrend Family Battlers - Aquatic I used the same team

Snarly (Rip, Surge, Blood in the Water)
Toothy (Rip, Surge, Blood in the Water)
Muckbreath (Rip, Surge, Blood in the Water)

Pretty simple, just maintained Rip, used Blood in the Water as much as possible and Surge in between.

Comment by heldyn14

/way #37 41.6 83.6 Julia Stevens
/way #52 60.8 18.6 Old MacDonald
/way #49 33.2 52.6 Lindsay
/way #47 19.8 44.8 Eric Davidson
/way #50 46.0 40.4 Steven Lisbane
/way #210 51.4 73.2 Bill Buckler
/way #26 62.8 54.6 David Kosse
/way #23 67.0 52.4 Deiza Plaguehorn
/way #32 35.4 27.4 Kortas Darkhammer
/way #36 25.6 47.6 Durin Darkhammer
/way #51 76.6 41.4 Everessa
/way #42 40.2 76.4 Lydia Accoste

Comment by Ctrlaltdele

The NPC's for the Family Battler of Eastern Kingdoms achievement can be found in the following locations from the north to south:
It doesn't seem that besides going up to level 25 there are any changes to the pets. Zunta still uses two pets which are both common in rarity when engaged with a full level 25 team.

Notes:
The battles are daily, this means that to complete the meta you will need to revisit the trainers for a total of 10 days.
And to avoid anything not completing it seem it is best to complete these on an alliance character.

Deiza Plaguehorn in Eastern Plaguelands. Her pets are Beast - Beast - Undead.
David Kosse in The Hinterlands. His pets are Beast - Magic - Critter.
Kortas Darkhammer in Searing Gorge. His 3 pets are Dragonkins.
Durin Darkhammer in Burning Steppes. His pets are Flying - Critter - Elemental.
Lindsay in Redridge Mountains. She uses 3 Critter pets.
Everessa in Swamp of Sorrows. Her pets are Beast - Aquatic - Flying.
Lydia Accoste in Deadwind Pass next to Karazhan tower. Her pets are Undead - Elemental - Undead.
Julia Stevens in Elwynn Forest. She seems to be using 2 Beast pets.
Old MacDonald in Westfall. His pets are Flying - Mechanical - Critter.
Eric Davidson in Duskwood. He uses 3 Beast pets.
Steven Lisbane in Northern Stranglethorn Vale. His pets are Magic -Beast - Beast.
Bill Buckler in The Cape of Stranglethorn. His pets are Humanoid - Flying - Flying.

Quick list for Paste/Tomtom:

/way #23 67.0 52.4 Deiza Plaguehorn
/way #26 62.8 54.6 David Kosse
/way #32 35.6 27.8 Kortas Darkhammer
/way #36 25.6 47.6 Durin Darkhammer
/way #49 33.2 52.6 Lindsay
/way #51 76.6 41.6 Everessa
/way #42 40.2 76.6 Lydia Accoste
/way #37 41.6 83.6 Julia Stevens
/way #52 60.8 18.6 Old MacDonald
/way #47 20.2 44.2 Eric Davidson
/way #50 46.0 40.6 Steven Lisbane
/way #210 51.6 73.4 Bill Buckler

Comment by Buuloki

Dragonkin

For all EK, Kalimdor and Northrend Family Battlers - Dragonkin I used the same team

Nexus Whelpling (Frost Breath, Mana Surge, Arcane Storm)
Twilight Clutch Sister (Twilight Fire, Phase Shift, Twilight Meteorite)
Emerald Proto-Whelp (Emerald Bite, Emerald Presence, Emerald Dream)

Prioritize Arcane Storm > Mana Surge. When your Nexus Whelpling dies, bring out Twilight Clutch-Sister and use Twilight Fire until the enemy pet is below 50% and the Dragonkin passive is activated. Use Twilight Meteorite with the passive up. Clean up with Emerald Proto-Whelp.

Comment by Tzoutzouka

be careful! ALWAYS 3 pets alive, dont be me

Comment by Buuloki

Elemental

For all EK, Kalimdor and Northrend Family Battlers - Elemental I used the same team

Sophic Amalgamation P/S (Blinkstrike, Wild Magic, Illuminate)
Fel Flame H/S (Burn, Scorched Earth, Conflagrate)
Tide Spirit (Chop, Surge, Blood in the Water)

Kept Wild Magic up on all pets and used Illuminate on CD > Blinkstrike. Bring in Tide Spirit if the enemy is low (to Surge to death) or Fel Flame. Use Scorched Earth + Conflagrate and Chop + Blood in the Water for big damage.

There were two fights i struggled with but was successful in the end. You could always swap out to different Elemental pets but here's how to do it with the same team:

Okrut in Dragonflight - had to start with Tide Spirit instead and use Sophic Amalgamation 2nd. May have to restart a few times to get good RNG with the first pet.

Major Payne - Begin the fight with Fel Flame. Restart if stunned. Scorched Earth, spam Burn until Grizzle half health. When under half health, Conflagrate. Continue to use Scorched Earth > Burn. Continue with Sophic Amalgamation but do not use Illuminate as you do not want it up for Bloom.

Comment by Buuloki

Flying

For all EK, Kalimdor and Northrend Family Battlers - Flying I used the same team

Gorm Rootstinger P/S (Enrage, Great Sting, Puncture Wound)
Gorm Harrier P/P (Enrage, Impale, Great Sting)
Gorm Needler H/P (Impale, Great Sting, Puncture Wound)

Start out with Great Sting, Enrage, Puncture Wound. Swap to Gorm Harrier - use Great Sting, Enrage and Impale. Swap to the last Gorm Needler if needed to clean up / continue applying Great Sting.

Comment by Buuloki

Humanoid

For all EK, Kalimdor and Northrend Family Battlers - Humanoid I used the same team

Void-Scarred Anubisath H/H (Spiritfire Bolt, Soulrush, Creeping Insanity)
Father Winter's Helper B/B (Ice Lane, Call Blizzard, Ice Tomb)
Winter's Little Helper B/B (Ice Lane, Call Blizzard, Ice Tomb)

I used Creeping Insanity, Soulrush, then would swap to Father Winter's Helper and use Blizzard / Ice Tomb depending on the health or the enemy pet (if it was an Undead pet for example, I might use Ice Tomb). Keep Blizzard up and use Ice Lance.

Comment by Goblinaire

To be entirely clear about the daily quests associated with each tamer :

- You cannot battle a tamer without taking their daily quest
- Each daily quest is warband-wide
- You must turn in the daily quest once completed. If you do not turn in the daily prior to the next daily reset, you will remain ineligible to fight until the next reset after the daily is turned in
- Once you complete a fight on one toon, all other toons become ineligible until the next daily reset after quest turn-in
- The dailies cannot be abandoned via the UI or macros
- Party Sync does not work around the daily lock

In other words, it takes a minimum of 10 days to complete this achievement, and there is no way at all around it unfortunately.

Comment by Buuloki

Magic

For all EK, Kalimdor and Northrend Family Battlers - Magic I used the same team

For most fights:

Energized Manafiend S/S (Arcane Blast, Amplify Magic, Arcane Storm)
Servant of Demidos P/P (Magic Sword, Siphon Anima, Soulrush)
Salverun B/B (Shadowslash, Surge of Power, Shadowmeld)

My general strategy was to Amplify Magic, Arcane Storm then spam Arcane Explosion. Bring out Demidos and Soulrush, Heal when needed + Sword. Use Salverun to Shadowmeld + Surge of Power any leftover pets.

I had to make alterations to my teams for these trainers:

Okrut - Had to change Energized Manafiends abilities to Arcane Blast, Surge of Power, Evanescence. Start with Salverun, Shadowmeld + Surge of Power (swap to Energized Manafiend before Salverun dies, keep it alive). Arcane Blast and use Evanescence to dodge Ice Tomb. Use Surge of Power when Sleet is in range of dying from it. Swap to Salverun when Energised Manafiend dies and Surge of Power immediately (if in range of enemy pet dying). Finish off with Servant of Demidos, healing after using Soulrush.

Nearly Headless Jacob - Had to change Energized Manafiends abilities to Arcane Blast, Surge of Power, Evanescence. Use Evanesence on Turn 3, save Surge of Power for Stitch

Major Payne - Had to change Energized Manafiends abilities to Arcane Blast, Surge of Power, Evanescence + Servant of Demidos to Lightning Shield. - Spam Arcane Blast until Grizzle is in Surge of Power Range and use it. If you lived, use Evanescence and continue to Surge of Power. Bring in Demidos, use Lightning Shield / heal. Use Salverun to finish off any pets and Shadowmeld + Surge of Power.

You can make some of these Northrend Trainers a lot easier with other pets being substituted. I wrote this strategy keeping in mind those with a limited roster or wanting to only use one team. (##RESPBREAK##)

Comment by Buuloki

Mechanical

For all EK, Kalimdor and Northrend Family Battlers - Mechical I used the same team

Iron Starlette P/P (Wind-up, Powerball, Supercharge)
Microbot 8D H/H (Missile, Supercharge, Ion Cannon)
Microbot XD H/P (Alert!, Supercharge, Ion Cannon)

General strategy is to Wind-up, Supercharge, Wind-up with Starlette and fill with Powerball. Supercharge + Ion Cannon with the other two pets filling with other abilites when needed.

You should restart if your combo is interrupted by any means (such as enemy pets flying up or burrowing). Also be aware that against Magic Pets their passive will stop you from one shotting - avoid using Supercharge.

Major Payne: (Restart if stunned) Bring out Microbot XD first. Supercharge + Ion Cannon. Alert! Until Microbot XD dies. Bring in Microbot 8D. Supercharge + Ion Cannon. Missile until Microbot 8D dies. Wind-up + Supercharge + Wind-up and Powerball until you win. A bit RNG as you need Bloom to not attack you much in the last part.

Nearly Headless Jacob: Start with Microbot XD and Supercharge + Ion Cannon. It will be swapped out anyway.

If you did this in the same order as me this is your last one, grats :)

Comment by Bathrezz

I'm honestly not sure if i prefer a daily lockout that lasts 10days to beat easy battles, or struggle for 10days trying to cheese and RNG proc best scenarios.

Comment by Spectrumn

So it will take approximately 3 months to do Family Battler of Eastern Kingdoms achievement?

Comment by Bathrezz

My favourite part of being locked out for 10days to complete this achieve, is that every day now at least one trainer does not award credit.

Comment by Goblinaire

For Magic:

Triple Anomalus makes easy work of all EK trainers. Make sure they all have Void Nova and Poison Protocol, and keep Poison/Void on CD across them all (swap them to keep up Void/Poison).

Comment by Dawinch

For Mechanical, I ran into Copper Hopper, and man that thing solos more than half the teams
Frog Kiss
Supercharge
Frog Kiss
Rebuild
Repeat!

Plus it's SS and is faster than all NPCs. Even the non SS breeds are faster than the vast majority of NPCs

Comment by Ataja

Deiza Plaguehorn now ist at /way 66.55 56.99

Comment by Souperman

Family Battler of Eastern Kingdoms Need to be done on Alliance. Family Battler of Kalimdor on a Horde.

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Family Battler of Eastern Kingdoms

Complete the following achievements.

Criteria

	Aquatic Battler of Eastern Kingdoms (1)
	Critter Battler of Eastern Kingdoms (1)
	Elemental Battler of Eastern Kingdoms (1)
	Humanoid Battler of Eastern Kingdoms (1)
	Mechanical Battler of Eastern Kingdoms (1)

	Beast Battler of Eastern Kingdoms (1)
	Dragonkin Battler of Eastern Kingdoms (1)
	Flying Battler of Eastern Kingdoms (1)
	Magic Battler of Eastern Kingdoms (1)
	Undead Battler of Eastern Kingdoms (1)

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