Xu-Fu Strategy vs. Night Horrors

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7	➜	7	304
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22	➜	22	205
23	➜	23	185
24	➜	24	163

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1	Any Level 25+ Elemental Any Level 25+ Elemental	DavidG	This will take a while, since you'll lose a hit every time he blinds you. By using Cauterize when blind, you do manage to save a bit of time. That said, Atherton only have one attack that does damage, and it's on a long cooldown, so Cauterize is easily able to keep up. By the time Atherton is dead, there won't be much left of the rest of his team. It might be interesting to experiment with a S/S Bound Stream (1,1,2) in slot one using Healing wave and Tidal Wave. That has the advantage of 341 speed making it faster than Atherton, so you only lose one round to his blind. Script courtesy of Epytropos This has a Yellow tag for Shadowlands readiness. It appears to still be working, could some kind soul let me know the cause of the readiness tag, so I can see if it can be addressed. Thanks.	Script	2	5.0	43	245 4:05	24+
2	Any Level 25+ Elemental	Holt#2539	Fel Flame is slower than Atherton, so you have to wait for Burrow if you do not want to miss Conflagrate, but since Atherton can only damage you with Burrow, this is not an issue.	Script	2	5.0	8	105 1:45	13+
3	Any Level 25+ Elemental	Poohper	Script thanks to Moonie	Script	2	5.0	4	145 2:25	22+
4	Any Level 25+ Elemental	Threewolves		Script	2	5.0	0	125 2:05	17+
5	Any Level 25+ Elemental Any Level 25+ Elemental	crovax3000	Broot is able to solo this fight most the time. Sometimes he'll die on the last pet, but at that point the enemy pet will be nearly dead anyway, and one of your other pets can come in and finish the fight.		2	5.0	0	215 3:35	28+
6		DragonsAfterDark		Script	2	5.0	1	95 1:35	11-14
7		Moni#11582			2	5.0	0	103 1:43	14+
8	Any Level 25+ Elemental Any Level 25+ Elemental	wrendarla	This will take a while, since you'll lose a hit every time he blinds you. By using Healing Wave when blind, you do manage to save a bit of time. That said, Atherton only have one attack that does damage, and it's on a long cooldown, so Healing Wave is easily able to keep up. By the time Atherton is dead, there won't be much left of the rest of his team. This will take a while, since you'll lose a hit every time he blinds you. The SS breed Bound Stream has the advantage of 341 speed (i.e faster than Atherton) so you only lose one round to his blind. Same strat as Lava Crab strat by DavidG but with a different, faster pet	Breed	2	4.8	2	210 3:30	22+
9		Nucama	Not having the necessary pets for the other strategies I had to find my own team. Problem is that this fight depends on Atherton's first moves, either you are blinded or not. During several fights with this team it always turned out that I had to switch my moves - but this team won and won. So if you are feeling that the moves are not the right ones for your particularly fight just go ahead according to your own and you will see that this is a winner team.	Unobtainable	2	4.0	0	125 2:05	12+
10		Jagûar		Script	2	0.0	0	100 1:40	13+
11	Any Level 25+ Elemental	Allialara#1494	Easy lightning-based strategy.		2	0.0	0	95 1:35	11+
12	Any Level 25+ Elemental	Allialara#1494	Variation of my other strategy if you don't have a Zephyrian Prince. Only tested with an HP Tiny Twister but will probably work with other breeds with minor adjustments; please comment if it works for you with another breed!		2	0.0	0	95 1:35	11+

Breed	Health	Power	Speed
BB	1562	292	244
HH	1806	276	227
HS	1627	276	257

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DavidG

This will take a while, since you'll lose a hit every time he blinds you. By using Cauterize when blind, you do manage to save a bit of time. That said, Atherton only have one attack that does damage, and it's on a long cooldown, so Cauterize is easily able to keep up. By the time Atherton is dead, there won't be much left of the rest of his team.

It might be interesting to experiment with a S/S Bound Stream (1,1,2) in slot one using Healing wave and Tidal Wave. That has the advantage of 341 speed making it faster than Atherton, so you only lose one round to his blind.

Script courtesy of Epytropos

This has a Yellow tag for Shadowlands readiness. It appears to still be working, could some kind soul let me know the cause of the readiness tag, so I can see if it can be addressed. Thanks.

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Holt#2539

Fel Flame is slower than Atherton, so you have to wait for Burrow if you do not want to miss Conflagrate, but since Atherton can only damage you with Burrow, this is not an issue.

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Poohper

Script thanks to Moonie

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Threewolves

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crovax3000

Broot is able to solo this fight most the time. Sometimes he'll die on the last pet, but at that point the enemy pet will be nearly dead anyway, and one of your other pets can come in and finish the fight.
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DragonsAfterDark

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Moni#11582
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wrendarla

This will take a while, since you'll lose a hit every time he blinds you. By using Healing Wave when blind, you do manage to save a bit of time. That said, Atherton only have one attack that does damage, and it's on a long cooldown, so Healing Wave is easily able to keep up. By the time Atherton is dead, there won't be much left of the rest of his team. This will take a while, since you'll lose a hit every time he blinds you.

The SS breed Bound Stream has the advantage of 341 speed (i.e faster than Atherton) so you only lose one round to his blind.

Same strat as Lava Crab strat by DavidG but with a different, faster pet

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Nucama

Not having the necessary pets for the other strategies I had to find my own team. Problem is that this fight depends on Atherton's first moves, either you are blinded or not. During several fights with this team it always turned out that I had to switch my moves - but this team won and won.
So if you are feeling that the moves are not the right ones for your particularly fight just go ahead according to your own and you will see that this is a winner team.

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Jagûar

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Allialara#1494

Easy lightning-based strategy.
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Any Level 25+ Elemental

Allialara#1494

Variation of my other strategy if you don't have a Zephyrian Prince.

Only tested with an HP Tiny Twister but will probably work with other breeds with minor adjustments; please comment if it works for you with another breed!
2 0.0 0 95
1:35
11+

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Lava Crab

Skills: 1 2 2
Breed: Any
Lava Crab
This pet can have the following breeds:

Breed Health Power Speed

BB 1562 292 244

HH 1806 276 227

HS 1627 276 257

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Any Level 25+ Elemental

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This will take a while, since you'll lose a hit every time he blinds you. By using Cauterize when blind, you do manage to save a bit of time. That said, Atherton only have one attack that does damage, and it's on a long cooldown, so Cauterize is easily able to keep up. By the time Atherton is dead, there won't be much left of the rest of his team.

It might be interesting to experiment with a S/S Bound Stream (1,1,2) in slot one using Healing wave and Tidal Wave. That has the advantage of 341 speed making it faster than Atherton, so you only lose one round to his blind.

Script courtesy of Epytropos

This has a Yellow tag for Shadowlands readiness. It appears to still be working, could some kind soul let me know the cause of the readiness tag, so I can see if it can be addressed. Thanks.

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Level 25+

Tricky

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Staff Pick

Patch 10.2

Time: 4:05

Rounds: 24+

Strategy Details

4 Min 5 Sec

24+

2024-01-18 16:42:30

2018-12-27 18:56:30

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Tamer Details

Atherton, Bybee, Jennings

Low XP

Prio 1:

Use

Cauterize if your health is less than 100% and you're blind

Lava Crab

Any Level 25+ Elemental

Pass

Bring in your Lava Crab

Bring in your Elemental pet

Swap to your Lava Crab

Swap to your Elemental pet

Atherton comes in

Bybee comes in

Jennings comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Prio 2:

Use

Magma Wave till Atherton is dead.

Lava Crab

Any Level 25+ Elemental

Pass

Bring in your Lava Crab

Bring in your Elemental pet

Swap to your Lava Crab

Swap to your Elemental pet

Atherton comes in

Bybee comes in

Jennings comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Prio 3:

Clean up whatever is left with

Burn

Lava Crab

Any Level 25+ Elemental

Pass

Bring in your Lava Crab

Bring in your Elemental pet

Swap to your Lava Crab

Swap to your Elemental pet

Atherton comes in

Bybee comes in

Jennings comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

I can't decide if I'm getting night horrors from the spiders or Dilberts friendly expression.

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DragonsAfterDark

wrote on 2024-01-18 21:47:08

Updated with ability links for the Crab's moves.

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Antilles

wrote on 2024-01-15 07:51:30

Team and script worked well as of DF Patch 10.2 (Solo'd it)

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Poetic

wrote on 2023-10-11 00:50:13

I let Lava Crab solo, it took 28 rounds.

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Tiamat175

wrote on 2022-11-03 19:12:17

This worked solo, slow and steady, with just a green quality HH Lava Crab.

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DreaDawn#1256

wrote on 2022-02-28 21:21:26

Works great still in 9.2

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Epona#1485

wrote on 2020-10-16 14:49:24

Soloed with Lil' Ragnaros using magma wave until last pet then flamethrower

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Heisenberg#22265

wrote on 2021-04-06 12:39:55

Nice strat, just tried, worked well,

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Nym#21502

wrote on 2021-06-25 18:51:09

Got killed near the end, with one enemy pet dead and last 2 with very low hp. Easy kill with backup pet though, ty for sharing!

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johnniebgood#2367

wrote on 2021-04-22 05:52:16

Took a long time but works perfectly, all pets at full health at the end of fight. Definately still works in SL

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Skysapphire

wrote on 2021-04-15 23:29:09

Works well.

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Placid

wrote on 2021-01-01 23:30:30

OK in SL: Uncommon (Green) B/B Lava Crab killed the enemy team in 26 rounds, but the outcome was never in doubt: the enemy health was steadily going down, own health was periodically back to full, never below half or so.

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Epytropos

wrote on 2019-07-29 15:26:08

use(Cauterize:173) [self.aura(Blinding Poison:1048).exists]
use(Magma Wave:319) [enemy(Atherton:2209).active]
use(Burn:113)

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(OP) DavidG

wrote on 2020-12-15 23:34:55

Thank you for the script, I've added it to the strategy.

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spottsy

wrote on 2020-11-04 03:46:48

Works in Shadowlands slow but does the job.

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D3adbolt

wrote on 2020-03-15 01:17:14

Best strat I've ever enjoyed sitting through lol, thanks!

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akesi#1338

wrote on 2020-03-05 19:36:31

I was skeptical because magma wave does so little damage, but between the heal, and Atherton only having one damage-dealing ability (and it on a very long cooldown), this worked beautifully. Kudos to an unusual strat!

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(OP) DavidG

wrote on 2018-12-27 19:08:39

Note from creator - this strategy needs the "Long" tag added to it, because it does take a while.

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iphegenia#1809

wrote on 2019-06-08 02:08:45

I wish I would have had my Bound Stream leveled - your suggestion sounds most interesting. Regardless, after the trauma of the Elemental battle with the sharks, (Not So Bad Down Here), I will be forever appreciative of slow and steady and Successful!

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Sprout wrote on 2019-03-10 10:08:58

Didn't have the Lava Crab at 25 so used Pandaren Fire Spirit with the same setup as the Crab.

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ehowden

wrote on 2019-02-11 18:13:42

Wow! Finished with my first pet still at 98%!

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Cali#2727

wrote on 2019-01-14 11:33:38

Damn this is long. But it works like a charm !

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Veph

wrote on 2018-12-29 22:29:56

it might be tedious but it works like a charm!

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Paragalla

wrote on 2024-01-08 20:55:59

musste im deutschen Client umschreiben :
use(Magma Wave:319) [enemy(Atherton:2209).active]
use(Kauterisieren:173) [self.aura(Blendendes Gift:1048).exists]
use(Burn:113)

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1	Any Level 25+ Elemental Any Level 25+ Elemental	DavidG	This will take a while, since you'll lose a hit every time he blinds you. By using Cauterize when blind, you do manage to save a bit of time. That said, Atherton only have one attack that does damage, and it's on a long cooldown, so Cauterize is easily able to keep up. By the time Atherton is dead, there won't be much left of the rest of his team. It might be interesting to experiment with a S/S Bound Stream (1,1,2) in slot one using Healing wave and Tidal Wave. That has the advantage of 341 speed making it faster than Atherton, so you only lose one round to his blind. Script courtesy of Epytropos This has a Yellow tag for Shadowlands readiness. It appears to still be working, could some kind soul let me know the cause of the readiness tag, so I can see if it can be addressed. Thanks.	Script	2	5.0	43	245 4:05	24+
2	Any Level 25+ Elemental	Holt#2539	Fel Flame is slower than Atherton, so you have to wait for Burrow if you do not want to miss Conflagrate, but since Atherton can only damage you with Burrow, this is not an issue.	Script	2	5.0	8	105 1:45	13+
3	Any Level 25+ Elemental	Poohper	Script thanks to Moonie	Script	2	5.0	4	145 2:25	22+
4	Any Level 25+ Elemental	Threewolves		Script	2	5.0	0	125 2:05	17+
5	Any Level 25+ Elemental Any Level 25+ Elemental	crovax3000	Broot is able to solo this fight most the time. Sometimes he'll die on the last pet, but at that point the enemy pet will be nearly dead anyway, and one of your other pets can come in and finish the fight.		2	5.0	0	215 3:35	28+
6		DragonsAfterDark		Script	2	5.0	1	95 1:35	11-14
7		Moni#11582			2	5.0	0	103 1:43	14+
8	Any Level 25+ Elemental Any Level 25+ Elemental	wrendarla	This will take a while, since you'll lose a hit every time he blinds you. By using Healing Wave when blind, you do manage to save a bit of time. That said, Atherton only have one attack that does damage, and it's on a long cooldown, so Healing Wave is easily able to keep up. By the time Atherton is dead, there won't be much left of the rest of his team. This will take a while, since you'll lose a hit every time he blinds you. The SS breed Bound Stream has the advantage of 341 speed (i.e faster than Atherton) so you only lose one round to his blind. Same strat as Lava Crab strat by DavidG but with a different, faster pet	Breed	2	4.8	2	210 3:30	22+
9		Nucama	Not having the necessary pets for the other strategies I had to find my own team. Problem is that this fight depends on Atherton's first moves, either you are blinded or not. During several fights with this team it always turned out that I had to switch my moves - but this team won and won. So if you are feeling that the moves are not the right ones for your particularly fight just go ahead according to your own and you will see that this is a winner team.	Unobtainable	2	4.0	0	125 2:05	12+
10		Jagûar		Script	2	0.0	0	100 1:40	13+
11	Any Level 25+ Elemental	Allialara#1494	Easy lightning-based strategy.		2	0.0	0	95 1:35	11+
12	Any Level 25+ Elemental	Allialara#1494	Variation of my other strategy if you don't have a Zephyrian Prince. Only tested with an HP Tiny Twister but will probably work with other breeds with minor adjustments; please comment if it works for you with another breed!		2	0.0	0	95 1:35	11+

Before		After	Experience Gain
1	➜	3	239
2	➜	4	254
3	➜	4	267
4	➜	5	279
5	➜	6	289
6	➜	6	297
7	➜	7	304
8	➜	8	309
9	➜	9	312
10	➜	10	314
11	➜	11	314
12	➜	12	312
13	➜	13	309
14	➜	14	304
15	➜	15	297
16	➜	16	289
17	➜	17	279
18	➜	18	267
19	➜	19	254
20	➜	20	239
21	➜	21	223
22	➜	22	205
23	➜	23	185
24	➜	24	163

	=	Pet levels to 25 with minimal XP lost
		Pet levels to 25 with minimal XP lost

	=	Additional XP above level 25 is lost
		Additional XP above level 25 is lost

Before		After	Experience Gain
1	➜	3	239
2	➜	4	254
3	➜	4	267
4	➜	5	279
5	➜	6	289
6	➜	6	297
7	➜	7	304
8	➜	8	309
9	➜	9	312
10	➜	10	314
11	➜	11	314
12	➜	12	312
13	➜	13	309
14	➜	14	304
15	➜	15	297
16	➜	16	289
17	➜	17	279
18	➜	18	267
19	➜	19	254
20	➜	20	239
21	➜	21	223
22	➜	22	205
23	➜	23	185
24	➜	24	163

Before		After	Experience Gain
1	➜	3	239
2	➜	4	254
3	➜	4	267
4	➜	5	279
5	➜	6	289
6	➜	6	297
7	➜	7	304
8	➜	8	309
9	➜	9	312
10	➜	10	314
11	➜	11	314
12	➜	12	312
13	➜	13	309
14	➜	14	304
15	➜	15	297
16	➜	16	289
17	➜	17	279
18	➜	18	267
19	➜	19	254
20	➜	20	239
21	➜	21	223
22	➜	22	205
23	➜	23	185
24	➜	24	163