Battle Pets

Meet Ben, our new cohost! Get to know him and listen as we also talk about news and Panda land Boss Battles! Nope, not Ben! Download Link | Ghostcrawler Tweets Boss battles (First boss in panda land) Hyuna of the Shrines 48,54 Pets: Dor the Wall (aquatic), Fangor (beast), Skyshaper (flying) Dor the Wall (turtle) Shell Shield, a beast type damage reducing ability, Headbutt, a beast type damaging ability but also has a 25% chance to stun, and Healing Wave, an aquatic type ability that will heal it. Fangor (stupid snake; Beast) Hiss, a beast type ability that deals damage and reduces the target’s speed by 25% for 4 rounds, Vicious Fang, a beast type ability that gets increasingly more damaging with each blow Burrow, another beast ability where the snake will go underground for a turn, then emerge and attack on the next move. Skyshaper (Flying) Confusing Sting, causing damage for 5 rounds. While your pet is affected by confusing sting they will have a 100% chance of harming themselves when attacking Slicing wind, another flying ability that will deal 1-3 blades of wind, each dealing damage Glowing Toxin, yet another flying ability that will deal 6% of your pet’s health every round for 4 rounds.

Alludra and Kephas get to level via pet battling again! There's also talk about a certain Major Pain, we get letters and we veer wildly off course! (Don't worry, it's still awesome!) Yup! That's Kephas! Download link -------- News: The Blossoming Ancient store link Boss battles:  Major Payne, Icecrown (77,19) Beakmaster X-225: Mechanical Batter- Hits 1-2 times dealing mech damage. Will hit an additional time if the pet is faster.Shock and Awe- Deals mech damage and has a 25% chance to stunWind Up- First use will increase damage by 10%. Second use deals a flurry of mech attacks.Bloom: Elemental Lash- Hits 1-2 times dealing ele damage. Will hit an additional time if the pet is faster.Soothing Mists- Restores health to your active pet for 5 rounds. Persists through death.Entangling Roots- Causes roots to grow around enemy team. On next round, the opponent’s pet will take ele damage and be rooted for 2 rounds. 3 round cooldown.Grizzle: Beast Hibernate- Pet falls asleep and gains health for 3 rounds. Each round, the amount of health gained is increased. 5 round cooldown.Bash- Stuns the target for 1 round. 5 round cooldown.Rampage- Goes on rampage, dealing Beast damage. Rampage continues for 3 rounds. 3 round cooldown. Mail: Special thanks to Asmodar, Human Death Knight for this week's letter! Extras: Alludra's interview on the starting zone podcast! Episode 59!! Next show is pushed until June 12th! Blame Nerdtacular!!

Alludra and Kephas negatively nitpick! Keph hates redheads and Alludra shakes her fist angerly! All this and News, boss battles, and the oft forgotten team building! Just look at these frogs for proof! Picture by Vephriel on pettopia.com Download link News: Critho's thread on the Warcraft forums discussing mechanical and elemental pets. The best infographic ever for pet battles! (click to enlarge) Link Boss battles: Nearly headless Jacob, Crystalsong Forest (50, 59) Spooky Strangler (undead) - Agony (UD)- Inflicts agony on the target, causing increasing Undead damage each round for 2 rounds.Curse of doom (UD)- Deals 40 Undead damage after 5 rounds.Deathgrip (UD)- Deals 20 Undead damage and forces the opponent's lowest health pet to swap into battle.Mort (Undead) - Ghostly Bite (UD)- Deals 40 Undead damage and stuns the user for 1 round.Siphon Life (UD)- Deals 4 Undead damage per round for 3 rounds and heals the user for 4.Spectral Strike (Magic) - Strikes at the enemy with the power of a spirit beast, causing 40 Magic damage. Stitch (Undead) - Bone Prison (UD) - Deals 17 Undead damage and prevents the target from fleeing for 2 rounds.Call Darkness - A shadow falls across the battlefield, dealing 30 Humanoid damage and turning the weather to Darkness for 5 rounds.Weakness (Magic)- Deals 10 Magic damage and reduces the target's speed by 50% and damage done by 50% for 1 rounds.

5.3 is here and we are talking news news news! Updates! PvP changes, new pets and more! The most important part of your screen  Download link Blogs and notes: The official World of Warcraft patch notesPet battle accuracy changes in 5.3 PvP Pet achievements: Merciless Pet Brawler: Win 10 PvP pet battles through Find Battle with a full team of level 25 pets.Vengeful Pet Brawler: Win 50 PvP pet battles through Find Battle with a full team of level 25 pets.Brutal Pet Brawler: Win 250 PvP pet battles through Find Battle with a full team of level 25 pets. Reward: Stunted DirehornDeadly Pet Brawler: Win 1000 PvP pet battles through Find Battle with a full team of level 25 pets. Reward: Trainer title.Wins for PvP Pet Battles will be tracked in user statistics.What We've Been Training For is a new weekly quest encouraging players to PvP. New Battle Pets (17): Throne of Thunder Living Fluid - Primordius Viscous Horror - Primordius (Heroic mode*)Pygmy Direhorn - Horridon Isle of thunder  Filthling - drop from Quivering Filth in the Sarok area Direhorn runt - drop from direhorns in the Isle of Thunder Whispers from pet tamers in the north have spread word of an elusive new battle pet that can be found in the frozen tundras of Northrend. The Unborn Val'kyr awaits. Raiding with Leashes 2!  Karazhan Lil’ Bad Wolf - Big Bad WolfMenagre Custodian  - The CuratorFiendish Imp - Terestian IllhoofNetherspace Abyssal - Prince Malechezaar Tempest Keep (The Eye) Phoenix Hawk Hatchling - Al’ar Pocket Reaver - Void ReaverLesser Void Caller - High Astromancer Solarian Serpentshrine Cavern Tainted Waveling - Hydross the UnstableTideskipper - Morogrim TidewalkerCoilfang Stalker - Lady VashjObtaining all of these new pets will reward players with a new battle pet, Tito! Other Ghaz'rooki - Darkspear Rebellion (Sorry guys! We missed him!) *yup yup, I said Normal mode in the show. Sorry.

Kephas is all snuffy, Alludra thinks numbers are difficult and was tricked, twice! Plus news, boss battles and a zone spotlight on your level 6-7 pet zones! Updated 5.3 Patch notes Major Payne's new blog post Bleeding sun, a new World of Warcraft story Boss Battles Okrut Dragonwaste (Dragonblight 59,77) Drogar (Dragon)-Ancient Blessing is a heal that also increses the team’s max health.-Flametrower deals elemental damage and places a burn on you.-Proto-Strike will cause the pet to fly up high becoming unattackable for one turn   and deal dragon damage on the next turn. Rot (Undead) -Death and Decay will deal undead damage to your active pet for 9 rounds. -Plagued Blood will deal undead damage and plague your pet. While plagued, anyone   who attacks it will be healed. -Shadowflame deals dragon damage. Sleet (Undead) -Call Blizzard will deal elemental damage and cause the blizzard weather effect. During blizzard, all pets are chilled. -Frost Breath deals dragon damage. -Frost Tomb is a delayed attack. After 3 rounds, it will unleash dealing massive elemental damage and stunning your pet for 1 round. Pet spotlight: Level 25-30 zones! Stonetalon Mountains9 pets in total (Alpine Chipmunk, Coral Snake, Mountain Skunk, Rabbit, Rabid nut Varment 5000, Rat, Roach, Spider, Venom Splitter Hatchling) 2 exclusives (Coral Snake and Venomspitter Hatchling) Arathi Highlands 7 pets in total (Cat, Grasslands cottontail, Hare, Prairie Dog, Rat, Small Frog, Tiny Twister)2 exclusives. (Grasslands Cottontail and Tiny Twister) Northern Stranglethorn10 pets in total, Beetle, Crimson Moth, Forest Spiderling, Lizard Hatchling, Long tailed mole, Parrot, Polly, Roach, Strand crab, Tree Python)1 exclusive (Polly) Wetlands8 pets in total, Black rat, Mountain Skunk, Mouse, Rabbit, Squirrel, Tiny Bog Beast, Toad, water snake. 1 exclusive (Tiny Bog Beast) Twisted nether blogcast with AlludraAzeroth Round Table with Kephas

Alludra and Keph discuss the new patch, Bloodknight Atari 2600 and where all compare pet lists! Cute Unborn Val'kyr sparks debate across the realms! Download ---------- Boss battles Blood knight Antari Shadowmoon Valley (30.4, 41.8)Arcanus (Magic): Abilities are amplify magic increases it’s magic damage by 50%, Drain power deals magic damage and reduces your damage while increases his, and feedback deals direct magic damage. He takes extra damage from dragonkin abilities.Jadefire (Elemental): Burn deals elemental damage, Conflagrate deals extra elemental damage if you’re burned, immolate burns you while dealing elemental damage. Takes extra damage from aquatic abilities. Netherbite (Dragonkin): Nether blast deals magic damage and increases damage done each time it hits, phase shift increases dodge by 100% for one round, soul ward blocks the next attack. Takes extra damage from humanoid abilities. Pet Spotlight Level 10-20 zones in Kalimdor pet levels 3-6Azshara12 Pets (Rabbit, Rabid Nut Varment 5000, Rat, Roach, Robo-Chick, Shore Crab, Skunk, Spider, Squirrel, Turquoise Turtle, Twilight Beetle, Twilight Spider)1 exclusive (Turquoise Turtle)Bloodmyst Isle5 Pets (Chicken, Infected Fawn, Infected Squirrel, Ravager Hatchling, Skunk)1 exclusive (Ravager Hatchling)Darkshore5 Pets (Darkshore Cub, Rabbit, Rat, Shimmershell Snail, Squirrel)2 Exclusives (Darkshore Cub and Shimmershell Snail)Northern Barrens6 Pets (Adder, Cheetah Cub, Emerald Boa, Harpy Youngling, Prairie Dog, Small Frog)2 Exclusives (Cheetah Cub and Harpy Youngling)

No one is what they seem! Keph is suffering from narcissism, someone is a duck! Why isn't there a dazed field mouse! Where's the gnome? All these questions and more answered! Couldn't find a duck and a goat. A wolf and a sheep will have to do.  Download Link ---------------------- News Pet battle accuracy update (Blizzard Blogpost)  The one and only Legendary Pet Brawler or the guy who won 5,000 pvp pet battles (Via Polygon)  Boss Battles  Beegle Blastfist (Howling Fjord 28,33) Dinner (Flying) Squawk lets out a loud squawk, dealing 34 Flying damage and reducing the damage the target deals by 25% for 3 rounds. Hiss (beast) Deals 34 Beast damage and reduces the target's speed by 25% for 4 rounds. Scorched Earth (Dragonkin) 3 Round Cooldown Scorches the ground, dealing 85 Dragonkin damage and dealing 13 Dragonkin damage to all active pets each round for 9 rounds. During Scorched Earth, all pets count as Burning.Gobbles (Flying) Food Coma 5 Round Cooldown Puts the target to sleep for 2 rounds. Slicing Wind Attacks the enemy with 1-3 blades of wind, dealing 34 Flying damage per attack. Gobble Strike Deals 34 Critter damage and increases your speed by 50% for 4 rounds.Warble (Aquatic) Peck Pokes at the enemy with a sharp beak, dealing 68 Flying damage. Ice Tomb 5 Round Cooldown Launches an orb of freezing energy at the target. After 3 rounds, the ice hits, causing the current enemy pet to take 102 Elemental damage and be stunned for 1 round.  Slippery Ice Shoots a jet of rapidly chilling ice, dealing 34 Elemental damage and coats the ground near the enemy with ice. 

Alludra gets lost in the show notes thanks to Keph, a lot of great news about the upcoming patch, an offensive boss battle and more pets in less zones! Download -----------------   News Bad Robot confirmed.Epic Podcast interview with Cory Stockton and Dave Kosak (episode 111) Boss Battles Gutretch (Zul’durak 13, 66) Blight (critter) Comeback deals critter damage and extra damage if Blight’s health is lower. Flurry will hit 1-2 times dealing critter damage and may hit an extra time if Blight is faster. Sting poisons the target dealing beast damage every round.Cadavus (beast) Acidic Goo poisons the target dealing critter damage each round and increasing the damage taken by 25% each round for 3 rounds. Burrow will send Cadavus into the ground making it un-attackable for one turn and will deal heavy beast damage next turn. Leap will deal beast damage and increase Cadavus’ speed.Fleshrender (beast) Also uses Acidic Goo and Leap just like Cadavus. The other attack, Consume, will deal undead damage and heal Fleshrender for the damage dealt Zone Spotlight Level 20-25 Zones Ashenvale: 10 pets (Beetle, Forest Moth, Frog, Maggot, Rabbit, Rat, Roach, Rusty Snail, Squirrel, Toad) -Frog and Rusty Snail can only be found in Ashenvale Duskwood: 11 pets (Black Rat, Chicken, Dusk Spiderling, Mouse, Rabbit, Rat Snake, Roach, Skunk, Small Frog, Squirrel, Widow Spiderling) -Dusk Spiderling, Rat Snake, and Widow Spiderling can only be found in Duskwood. -Widow Spiderling can only be found at night. Hillsbrad Foothills: 12 pets (Chicken, Huge Toad, Infected Bear Cub, Lofty Libram, Maggot, Rat, Red-Tailed Chipmunk, Snowshoe Hare, Spider, Squirrel, Toad) -Infected Bear Cub, Lofty Libram, Snowshoe Rabbit can only be found in Hillsbrad.

Alludra and Kephas discuss their wow-exclusivity since 5.1 patch patches, wonder what Narrok has been cooking and get told by an Alliance druid! Pet farming in 5.2. There were no survivors. Download ------------------------ Pet battle XP hotfixes 5.2 fixes Boss Battles: Narrok Location: Nagrand (61,49)Pets lvl 22: Dramaticus, Prince Wart, StompyDramaticus (Critter): All attacks do Critter damage. Chomp and Comeback are both direct damage dealers, but Comeback will do additional damage if Dramaticus’ health is lower than yours. Crouch reduces damage by 50% for two rounds.Prince Wart (Aquatic): Frog kiss deals aquatic damage and has a chance to turn you into a frog. Swarm of Flies deals critter damage over time and Tongue Lash will deal critter damage 1-2 times plus an additional time if Prince Wart is the faster pet.Stompy (Beast): Horn Attack deals beast damage and if Stompy is faster, he has a 50% chance to “trample” your pet causing it to lose it’s turn. Trample will deal beast damage plus 10% of the target’s health. Trumpet Strike will deal beast damage and increase the attack power of Stompy.

Alludra and Kephas talk 5.2 the changes that are coming and about a lot of other things (Some even on topic!) Update: Pierre got pulled from 5.2! Download | 5.2 patchnotes time!  Many new Battle Pets and Battle Pet abilities have been added.First look over here!isle of giants (5) Spectral porcupette, Zalandari anklerender, Zalandari footslasher, Zalandari Kneebender, Zalandari toenibbler. All of the Zalandari dinos are beasts, we aren’t 100% on the spectal procupette, but we are betting undead.The elite battle pet quest has 4 new pets Red Panda, mountain panda, snowy panda, and the sunfur panda. All of these guys are also beasts. 4 new fishing pets! Tiny blue carp, tiny green carp, tiny red carp, tiny white carp. All aquatic pets! Isle of thundar has 5 new pets! The sunreaver micro sentry (mechanical), electrified razortooth (elemental), Elder python (beast and wicked cool snake!), Swamp croaker (aquatic awesome frog), Thundertail flapper (elemental)Throne of Thunder Raid has 3, the living sandling (elemental) dropps from throne of thunder. Son of Animus (mechanical) Dropps from animus. Ji-kun hatchling (flying) Dropps from Ji-kun Finally there are 3 other pets! The gusting Grimore from the latest TCG expansion, G’nathus dropps from a new elete spawn in townlong steppes with the same name, and pierre the cookpot pet who is basically a living oven! He’s made by engineers but so far there is no word on how to get the recipe.  Master Trainers in Northrend, Cataclysm, and Courageous Yon will no longer field pets with higher than intended stats.Pets that had been affected by a crowd-control ability will now be granted Resilience, making them immune to crowd control for a short while.Battle Pet Bandages now stack to 25 and are BOA.Battle-Stones now have a chance to be awarded from PvP Pet Battles.Pets whose color schemes change each time they are summoned have returned. Older pets with this behavior now have it back, as well as some newcomers.Taming the World now lists its reward correctly in the Achievements pane.Level capped players will now have a chance to earn Lesser Charms of Good Fortune after winning a pet battle versus a pet within 5 levels of the highest level pet on their team. Higher-level pets will offer a better chance to earn a charm.Winning a pet battle versus a team within 5 levels of the player's highest-level pet will now award player experience.Fleeing a pet battle will no longer despawn the pet that was being battled, but doing so will now inflict some damage on the fleeing pet battle team.Disconnecting from a pet battle will once again respawn the pets you were fighting.Any wild pet that has been killed in a pet battle will now never respawn.A number of new pets can be found on the Isle of Lightning, including rare spawn drops, wild pets, and raid boss drops.Elite Battle Pets have been added to the game world. These rare pets will spawn alone against an entire team. The Beasts of Fable taming quest will now become available from Gentle San or Sara Finkleswitch once Aki the Chosen has been defeated. Defeating all of the fabled beasts will award the new Red Panda pet, while completing the associated daily quest has a chance to award the rare brown, white, and orange variants. (Silly dance time) Players may now participate in pet battle duels while in the Throne of Thunder instance.Brilliant Kaliri, Jade Tentacle, Tirisfal Batling, Firefly, Jade Crane Chick, Gilnean Raven, and Shore Crawler are no longer available in multiple breeds.Reflection has been replaced with Deflection, an ability that always attempts to go first and causes the pet to avoid all attacks for that round.Anubisath Idol: Sandstorm and Deflection have swapped ability positions.Thunderbolt has been redesigned. It is now a powerful team-damage spell.Mr. Bigglesworth's Prowl has been replaced with a new ability, Ice Barrier, which blocks two attacks.Fluxfire Feline's Wind-Up has been replaced with a new ability, Flux, which deals damage t

Alludra is a loony, Keph says things often enough to be a new catch phrase, news, hordes of pets and boss battles that make us rethink what the heck we think we are doing out here! Warcraft Pets Mini Tyrael contest! Download Link

We discuss how to battle pet, where to find the rest of the level 1 pets, throw in a wishlist for good measure AND Keph flips out! Download Battle pet levels by zone level: 1-10 zones have pets 1-2 10-15 zones have pets 3-4 20-25 zones have pets 5-7 25-30 zones have pets 7-8 30-35 zones have pets 9-12 35-40 zones have pets 10-11 40-45 zones have pets 12-13 45-50 zones have pets 13-14 50-55 zones have pets 14-15 55-60 zones have pets 16-18 Outlands zones have pets 18-21 Northrend zones have pets 20-23 Cataclysm zones have pets 22-24 Pandaria zones have pets 23-25 Pet spotlight: The rest of the level 1 zones!! Take that...not level 1 zones! Trisfall Glades and Undercity 8 pets in Trisfall Glades (Bat, Rat, Roach, Spider, Lost of Lordaeron, Rabbit, Chicken, Maggot)4 pets in Undercity (Lost of Lordaerion, Bat, Undercity Rat, Roach)The Lost of Lordaeron can only be found in Trisfall or Undercity and the Undercity Rat can only be found in Undercity. Eversong Woods and Silvermoon City 6 pets in Eversong Woods (Cat, Rabbit, Ruby Sapling, Small Frog, Snake, Toad)3 pets in Silvermoon City (Cat, Mouse, Rabbit)The Ruby Sapling can only be found in Eversong Woods. Azuremyst Isle and Exodar 4 pets in Azuremyst Isle (Gray Moth, Rabbit, Skunk, Squirrel)1 pet in Exodar (Mouse)The Gray Moth can only be found in Azuremyst Isle. Teldrassil and Darnassus 9 pets in Teldrassil (Crested Owl, Elfin Rabbit, Fawn, Forest Moth, Rabbit, Red Tailed Chipmunk, Small Frog, Spider, Toad)4 pets in Darnassus (Red Tailed Chipmunk, Small Frog, Forest Moth, Elfin Rabbit)The Crested Owl can only be found in Teldrassil. Gilneas has spiders and toads...meh. Gilneas city? ...just spiders. Double meh. OH! And frogs! Look at the new frog update! It's like two different games!

Alludra and Kephas talk about news, shenanigans, more bosses, more zones and figure out why Keph tries to plug Battle Pets....during Battle Pets! Boss Battles: Boss:            Niki Tinytech Location:     Hellfire Peninsula (64, 49) Pet Level:    20 Pet - Type:  ED-005 - Robot - Mechanical                   Goliath - Robot - Mechanical                   Sploder - Robot - Mechanical Does not give a tamer bag. Pet spotlight on zones! (Pet names in bold are zone specific and can't be found elsewhere) Zone: Mulgore Level: 1-2 Gazelle Fawn,MousePrairie DogRabbit Zone: Thunder Bluff (Faction City)* Level 1-2 Prairie Dog Dun MoroughLevel 1-2 Alpine Hare Fluxfire Feline Irradiated Roach Maggot Rabbit Rat Roach Snow Cub Spider Toad Zone: Ironforge (Faction City)*Level 1-2Long-Tailed Mole*Does not include guild vendor and achievement pets

There's no news! We discuss how to take down a bagless boss, Pets by zone, and more letters! Boss Battles:Boss:           Morulu the ElderLocation:      Shattrath City (Lower City) 58, 69 Pet level:      23 Pet - type:    Chomps - Alligator - Aquatic                    Cragmaw - Alligator - Aquatic                    Gnasher - Alligator - Aquatic Does NOT give a  tamer bag.                               Pet spotlight on zones! (Pet names in bold are zone specific and can't be found elsewhere) Zone: Durotar Levels: 1-2 AdderCreepy Crawly Dung BeetleHareSpiny Lizard ToadWater Snake Zone: Ogrimmar (Faction City)* Levels: 1-2 Dung BeetleRobo ChickSpiny LizardToadWater Snake Zone: Elwynn Forest Levels: 1-2 Black LambSquirrelStormwind RatCatChickenFawnRabbitSmall Frog Zone: Stormwind (Faction City)* Levels: 1-2 RabbitSquirrelStormwind Rat*does not include guild vendor & achievement pets Download

Alludra and Kephas talk about the news, the amazing Winterveil-ness going around, the fact Keph still has no clue what a yule is, and get a real letter! December 13th Hotfix notes Blizzard Forums discussion on battle pet XP soaking fixes How to level your pet quickly (the hint is turtles and frogs!!) Kephas and I on Arcanium of Azeroth (Arcanium round table episode 6) Download