Xu-Fu Strategy vs. Zao, Calfling of Niuzao

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		Creator
1	Any Pet	norng	5 rounds.	Script	2	5.0	107	41 0:41	5
2	Any Level 25+ Pet	lazyjohnson	Script thanks to Shadowball	Script	2	5.0	105	47 0:47	5
3	Any Pet	Thanh		Script	2	5.0	19	61 1:01	7
4	Any Pet		Script thanks to Suizidbombär	Breed Script	2	4.9	53	60 1:00	6
5	Any Pet	Remte		Breed	2	4.6	27	65 1:05	6
6	Any Level 25+ Pet	Tvilla		Breed	2	5.0	10	44 0:44	5
7	Any Level 25+ Pet	Dastca		Breed	2	5.0	12	85 1:25	8+
8	Any Pet	KoAiren	Curse of Doom, then Haunt, then Falcosaur Swarm! Swarm again! Boom, dead. Source: https://www.wowhead.com/npc=72290/zao-calfling-of-niuzao#comments (By Volleynova)	Script	2	4.4	5	60 1:00	6
9					2	5.0	2	53 0:53	6
10	Any Pet			Breed	2	5.0	3	65 1:05	7+
11	Any Level 25+ Mech	Applejack#1269	Don't remember where I saw this, I think it was WoWhead	Breed	2	5.0	2	76 1:16	10
12					2	5.0	1	95 1:35	11
13			You can use any other pet with the ability “Hunting Party”, “Flock” or “Swarm” in slot #2		2	5.0	0	59 0:59	6
14	Any Pet				2	5.0	2	82 1:22	9
15		sistercoyote	From Xan of The Dragonhawk Knights on Youtube. If Zao, Calfling of Niuzao gets a crit on the wolf before it bites, skip the bite and go directly to Howl. I like to start with Zao and Xu-Fu because they've been the toughest fights for me; other folks like to start with Chi-Chi. Any fox or wolf pet with Dazzling Dance + Howl will work for this strategy. Likewise, any pet with Ion Cannon will work.		2	0.0	1	100 1:40	12
16		DragonsAfterDark	You can probably end it on Turn 11 with the moth, but I'm erring on the side of caution because of the Boss buff, since we don't want Zao healing up. Video for Fight	Breed Script	2	0.0	1	86 1:26	13
17	Any Pet	Baratheus	this Strat should work with any Pet that can use Forboding Curse I don't know how to add other options for the 2nd Pet, that use the Ability too	Script	2	5.0	1	83 1:23	8
18		SunFlight#2765			2	5.0	1	73 1:13	11
19	Any Level 1+ Pet	WhyDaRumGone	Only tested with H/P Dibbler	Level 1+ Script	2	5.0	6	41 0:41	5
20		ImpossiblGrl#1136			2	4.0	1	87 1:27	8
21	Any Level 25+ Mech	MejDej#2623	This strat isn't mine and I can't find author. Very fast fight using common and strong pets. Personaly I have Ikky and Stormborne Whelpling x3 in my collection. Script wrote by aiescream.	Script	2	2.9	2	76 1:16	10
22		Moos	I won with this strategy using a green lvl 23 Mire Creeper. :D		2	0.0	0	130 2:10	15
23		DragonsAfterDark	Anything with Call Lightning is fine is slot #3. Video for Fight	Breed Script	2	0.0	0	41 0:41	5

Incl. steps:

Skywisp Moth

Skills: 2 1 2
Breed: PS, HS

Breed	Health	Power	Speed
HS	1546	260	289
PS	1400	289	289
BB	1481	276	276

Breed	Health	Power	Speed
BB	1481	276	276
PS	1400	289	289
HS	1546	260	289

Breed	Health	Power	Speed
BB	1481	276	276
PS	1400	289	289
HS	1546	260	289

Breed	Health	Power	Speed
BB	1481	276	276
PS	1400	289	289
HS	1546	260	289

Breed	Health	Power	Speed
BB	1481	276	276
PP	1400	325	260
HP	1546	289	260
PS	1400	289	289

Cogblade Raptor

Skills: 2 1 1
Breed: Any

Breed	Health	Power	Speed
BB	1400	276	292
SS	1319	260	341
SB	1384	273	305

Any Pet

Substitutes:

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Breed

RNG

TCG

Shop

Level 25+

Tricky

Script

Unobtainable

Staff Pick

Patch 10.2

Time: 1:05

Rounds: 7+

Before		After	Experience Gain
1	➜	5	479
2	➜	5	508
3	➜	5	535
4	➜	6	558
5	➜	6	578
6	➜	7	594
7	➜	8	607
8	➜	9	617
9	➜	9	624
10	➜	10	627
11	➜	11	627
12	➜	12	624
13	➜	13	617
14	➜	14	607
15	➜	15	594
16	➜	16	578
17	➜	17	558
18	➜	18	535
19	➜	19	508
20	➜	20	479
21	➜	21	446
22	➜	22	409
23	➜	23	370
24	➜	24	327

Strategy Details

1 Min 5 Sec

2019-06-14 09:59:15

2017-02-13 01:08:25

14,952

Tamer Details

Zao, Calfling of Niuzao

Low XP

Turn 1

Reckless Strike

Skywisp Moth

Cogblade Raptor

Any Pet

Pass

Bring in your Skywisp Moth

Bring in your Cogblade Raptor

Swap to your Skywisp Moth

Swap to your Cogblade Raptor

Zao, Calfling of Niuzao comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turns 2+3

Cocoon Strike

Skywisp Moth

Cogblade Raptor

Any Pet

Pass

Bring in your Skywisp Moth

Bring in your Cogblade Raptor

Swap to your Skywisp Moth

Swap to your Cogblade Raptor

Zao, Calfling of Niuzao comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 4

Call Lightning

Skywisp Moth

Cogblade Raptor

Any Pet

Pass

Bring in your Skywisp Moth

Bring in your Cogblade Raptor

Swap to your Skywisp Moth

Swap to your Cogblade Raptor

Zao, Calfling of Niuzao comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 5

Swap to your Cogblade Raptor

Skywisp Moth

Cogblade Raptor

Any Pet

Pass

Bring in your Skywisp Moth

Bring in your Cogblade Raptor

Swap to your Skywisp Moth

Swap to your Cogblade Raptor

Zao, Calfling of Niuzao comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 6

Exposed Wounds

Skywisp Moth

Cogblade Raptor

Any Pet

Pass

Bring in your Skywisp Moth

Bring in your Cogblade Raptor

Swap to your Skywisp Moth

Swap to your Cogblade Raptor

Zao, Calfling of Niuzao comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turns 7+

Batter until you've won the fight

Skywisp Moth

Cogblade Raptor

Any Pet

Pass

Bring in your Skywisp Moth

Bring in your Cogblade Raptor

Swap to your Skywisp Moth

Swap to your Cogblade Raptor

Zao, Calfling of Niuzao comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Tiny little ox, hitting almost as hard as his father!

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DireRainfall#1876

wrote on 2023-10-02 01:17:59

Could probably be cleaned up a little, but this worked:

if [self(Skywisp Moth).active]
ability(Reckless Strike) [self.round=1]
ability(Cocoon Strike) [self.round=2]
ability(Call Lightning) [self.round=3]
change(Cogblade Raptor)
endif

if [self(Cogblade Raptor).active]
ability(Exposed Wounds) [!enemy.aura(Exposed Wounds).exists]
ability(Batter)
endif

change(next)

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Enderes#1241

wrote on 2020-12-23 19:59:18

Worked during Shadowlands :)

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Anonymous wrote on 2016-10-22 05:04:26

alternative 8 says to have 1,1,1 with the cogblade raptor, but the step by step guide says to use batter, which would bean you have it set to 2,1,1 instead

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Aranesh

wrote on 2016-10-24 08:34:14

Thanks, fixed :-)

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Anonymous wrote on 2016-08-31 01:02:46

So do we want more or less than 1481 health for the Skywisp, or does it not matter? (and btw, thanks for this amazing guide!)

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Hammerforge wrote on 2016-09-18 00:42:10

I had a poor value Skywisp Moth with 1269 health and it worked fine for me.

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Anonymous wrote on 2016-07-21 06:08:31

This strategy worked great for me yesterday, after the Legion pre-patch. Thank you!

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Aranesh

wrote on 2016-07-21 06:13:43

Glad to hear it :-)

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1	Any Pet	norng	5 rounds.	Script	2	5.0	107	41 0:41	5
2	Any Level 25+ Pet	lazyjohnson	Script thanks to Shadowball	Script	2	5.0	105	47 0:47	5
3	Any Pet	Thanh		Script	2	5.0	19	61 1:01	7
4	Any Pet		Script thanks to Suizidbombär	Breed Script	2	4.9	53	60 1:00	6
5	Any Pet	Remte		Breed	2	4.6	27	65 1:05	6
6	Any Level 25+ Pet	Tvilla		Breed	2	5.0	10	44 0:44	5
7	Any Level 25+ Pet	Dastca		Breed	2	5.0	12	85 1:25	8+
8	Any Pet	KoAiren	Curse of Doom, then Haunt, then Falcosaur Swarm! Swarm again! Boom, dead. Source: https://www.wowhead.com/npc=72290/zao-calfling-of-niuzao#comments (By Volleynova)	Script	2	4.4	5	60 1:00	6
9					2	5.0	2	53 0:53	6
10	Any Pet			Breed	2	5.0	3	65 1:05	7+
11	Any Level 25+ Mech	Applejack#1269	Don't remember where I saw this, I think it was WoWhead	Breed	2	5.0	2	76 1:16	10
12					2	5.0	1	95 1:35	11
13			You can use any other pet with the ability “Hunting Party”, “Flock” or “Swarm” in slot #2		2	5.0	0	59 0:59	6
14	Any Pet				2	5.0	2	82 1:22	9
15		sistercoyote	From Xan of The Dragonhawk Knights on Youtube. If Zao, Calfling of Niuzao gets a crit on the wolf before it bites, skip the bite and go directly to Howl. I like to start with Zao and Xu-Fu because they've been the toughest fights for me; other folks like to start with Chi-Chi. Any fox or wolf pet with Dazzling Dance + Howl will work for this strategy. Likewise, any pet with Ion Cannon will work.		2	0.0	1	100 1:40	12
16		DragonsAfterDark	You can probably end it on Turn 11 with the moth, but I'm erring on the side of caution because of the Boss buff, since we don't want Zao healing up. Video for Fight	Breed Script	2	0.0	1	86 1:26	13
17	Any Pet	Baratheus	this Strat should work with any Pet that can use Forboding Curse I don't know how to add other options for the 2nd Pet, that use the Ability too	Script	2	5.0	1	83 1:23	8
18		SunFlight#2765			2	5.0	1	73 1:13	11
19	Any Level 1+ Pet	WhyDaRumGone	Only tested with H/P Dibbler	Level 1+ Script	2	5.0	6	41 0:41	5
20		ImpossiblGrl#1136			2	4.0	1	87 1:27	8
21	Any Level 25+ Mech	MejDej#2623	This strat isn't mine and I can't find author. Very fast fight using common and strong pets. Personaly I have Ikky and Stormborne Whelpling x3 in my collection. Script wrote by aiescream.	Script	2	2.9	2	76 1:16	10
22		Moos	I won with this strategy using a green lvl 23 Mire Creeper. :D		2	0.0	0	130 2:10	15
23		DragonsAfterDark	Anything with Call Lightning is fine is slot #3. Video for Fight	Breed Script	2	0.0	0	41 0:41	5

Before		After	Experience Gain
1	➜	5	479
2	➜	5	508
3	➜	5	535
4	➜	6	558
5	➜	6	578
6	➜	7	594
7	➜	8	607
8	➜	9	617
9	➜	9	624
10	➜	10	627
11	➜	11	627
12	➜	12	624
13	➜	13	617
14	➜	14	607
15	➜	15	594
16	➜	16	578
17	➜	17	558
18	➜	18	535
19	➜	19	508
20	➜	20	479
21	➜	21	446
22	➜	22	409
23	➜	23	370
24	➜	24	327

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		Pet levels to 25 with minimal XP lost

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		Additional XP above level 25 is lost

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Before		After	Experience Gain
1	➜	5	479
2	➜	5	508
3	➜	5	535
4	➜	6	558
5	➜	6	578
6	➜	7	594
7	➜	8	607
8	➜	9	617
9	➜	9	624
10	➜	10	627
11	➜	11	627
12	➜	12	624
13	➜	13	617
14	➜	14	607
15	➜	15	594
16	➜	16	578
17	➜	17	558
18	➜	18	535
19	➜	19	508
20	➜	20	479
21	➜	21	446
22	➜	22	409
23	➜	23	370
24	➜	24	327

Before		After	Experience Gain
1	➜	5	479
2	➜	5	508
3	➜	5	535
4	➜	6	558
5	➜	6	578
6	➜	7	594
7	➜	8	607
8	➜	9	617
9	➜	9	624
10	➜	10	627
11	➜	11	627
12	➜	12	624
13	➜	13	617
14	➜	14	607
15	➜	15	594
16	➜	16	578
17	➜	17	558
18	➜	18	535
19	➜	19	508
20	➜	20	479
21	➜	21	446
22	➜	22	409
23	➜	23	370
24	➜	24	327