Xu-Fu Strategy vs. Tiny Poacher, Tiny Animals

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Any Level 20+ Mech		Script thanks to Rinoe	RNG Script	2	4.4	N/A	34	115 1:55	15+
	DragonsAfterDark	You technically can finish with the Pocket Cannon, but quite a few things have to go your way for that to occur, and since I already had the Tonk selected as a backup it was more reliable to just go ahead and swap to it. ^^	Script	2	5.0	N/A	5	85 1:25	10
	DragonsAfterDark		Script	2	5.0	N/A	2	102 1:42	13+
	Remte	You can use 1/2/1 Darkmoon Zeppelin instead of Dibbler but if Missile rolls between 246 and 259 your third pet will need to hit Red Wire before deploying the mines. S97 has to survive until round 6 without Failsafe triggering. Flame Jet can crit but not with a DoT.	Breed	2	5.0	N/A	0	107 1:47	13-14

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Darkmoon Tonk

Skills: 1 2 1
Breed: Any

Breed	Health	Power	Speed
HP	1627	273	260

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Skills: 1 2 2
Breed: Any

Breed	Health	Power	Speed
SS	1400	276	309

Any Level 20+ Mech

Skills: Any
Breed: Any

Script thanks to Rinoe

Breed

RNG

TCG

Shop

Level 25+

Tricky

Script

Unobtainable

Staff Pick

Patch 10.2

Time: 1:55

Rounds: 15+

Before		After	Experience Gain
1	➜	13	5981
2	➜	13	6353
3	➜	14	6683
4	➜	14	6971
5	➜	14	7219
6	➜	15	7425
7	➜	15	7590
8	➜	16	7714
9	➜	16	7796
10	➜	17	7838
11	➜	17	7838
12	➜	18	7796
13	➜	19	7714
14	➜	19	7590
15	➜	20	7425
16	➜	20	7219
17	➜	21	6971
18	➜	22	6683
19	➜	22	6353
20	➜	23	5981
21	➜	23	5569
22	➜	24	5115
23	➜	25	3900
24	➜	25	1980

Strategy Details

1 Min 55 Sec

15+

N/A

2023-08-08 16:15:55

2017-04-24 03:56:18

95,489

Tamer Details

Gulp, Egcellent, Red Wire

High XP

Turn 1

Lock-On

Darkmoon Tonk

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Any Level 20+ Mech

Pass

Bring in your Darkmoon Tonk

Bring in your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Bring in your Mechanical pet

Swap to your Darkmoon Tonk

Swap to your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Swap to your Mechanical pet

Gulp comes in

Egcellent comes in

Red Wire comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 2

Lock-On

Darkmoon Tonk

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Any Level 20+ Mech

Pass

Bring in your Darkmoon Tonk

Bring in your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Bring in your Mechanical pet

Swap to your Darkmoon Tonk

Swap to your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Swap to your Mechanical pet

Gulp comes in

Egcellent comes in

Red Wire comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 3

Missile

Darkmoon Tonk

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Any Level 20+ Mech

Pass

Bring in your Darkmoon Tonk

Bring in your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Bring in your Mechanical pet

Swap to your Darkmoon Tonk

Swap to your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Swap to your Mechanical pet

Gulp comes in

Egcellent comes in

Red Wire comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 4

Minefield

Darkmoon Tonk

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Any Level 20+ Mech

Pass

Bring in your Darkmoon Tonk

Bring in your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Bring in your Mechanical pet

Swap to your Darkmoon Tonk

Swap to your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Swap to your Mechanical pet

Gulp comes in

Egcellent comes in

Red Wire comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 5

Swap to your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Darkmoon Tonk

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Any Level 20+ Mech

Pass

Bring in your Darkmoon Tonk

Bring in your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Bring in your Mechanical pet

Swap to your Darkmoon Tonk

Swap to your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Swap to your Mechanical pet

Gulp comes in

Egcellent comes in

Red Wire comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 6

Decoy

Darkmoon Tonk

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Any Level 20+ Mech

Pass

Bring in your Darkmoon Tonk

Bring in your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Bring in your Mechanical pet

Swap to your Darkmoon Tonk

Swap to your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Swap to your Mechanical pet

Gulp comes in

Egcellent comes in

Red Wire comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 7

Thunderbolt

Darkmoon Tonk

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Any Level 20+ Mech

Pass

Bring in your Darkmoon Tonk

Bring in your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Bring in your Mechanical pet

Swap to your Darkmoon Tonk

Swap to your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Swap to your Mechanical pet

Gulp comes in

Egcellent comes in

Red Wire comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turns 8+

Breath until Gulp is dead

Darkmoon Tonk

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Any Level 20+ Mech

Pass

Bring in your Darkmoon Tonk

Bring in your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Bring in your Mechanical pet

Swap to your Darkmoon Tonk

Swap to your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Swap to your Mechanical pet

Gulp comes in

Egcellent comes in

Red Wire comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Egcellent comes in

Darkmoon Tonk

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Any Level 20+ Mech

Pass

Bring in your Darkmoon Tonk

Bring in your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Bring in your Mechanical pet

Swap to your Darkmoon Tonk

Swap to your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Swap to your Mechanical pet

Gulp comes in

Egcellent comes in

Red Wire comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 1

Breath

Darkmoon Tonk

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Any Level 20+ Mech

Pass

Bring in your Darkmoon Tonk

Bring in your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Bring in your Mechanical pet

Swap to your Darkmoon Tonk

Swap to your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Swap to your Mechanical pet

Gulp comes in

Egcellent comes in

Red Wire comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 2

Breath - Red Wire swaps in

Darkmoon Tonk

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Any Level 20+ Mech

Pass

Bring in your Darkmoon Tonk

Bring in your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Bring in your Mechanical pet

Swap to your Darkmoon Tonk

Swap to your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Swap to your Mechanical pet

Gulp comes in

Egcellent comes in

Red Wire comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 3

Breath

Darkmoon Tonk

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Any Level 20+ Mech

Pass

Bring in your Darkmoon Tonk

Bring in your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Bring in your Mechanical pet

Swap to your Darkmoon Tonk

Swap to your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Swap to your Mechanical pet

Gulp comes in

Egcellent comes in

Red Wire comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 4

Thunderbolt

Darkmoon Tonk

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Any Level 20+ Mech

Pass

Bring in your Darkmoon Tonk

Bring in your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Bring in your Mechanical pet

Swap to your Darkmoon Tonk

Swap to your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Swap to your Mechanical pet

Gulp comes in

Egcellent comes in

Red Wire comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turns 5+

Breath until your Dragonling dies

Darkmoon Tonk

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Any Level 20+ Mech

Pass

Bring in your Darkmoon Tonk

Bring in your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Bring in your Mechanical pet

Swap to your Darkmoon Tonk

Swap to your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Swap to your Mechanical pet

Gulp comes in

Egcellent comes in

Red Wire comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Bring back your Tonk

Darkmoon Tonk

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Any Level 20+ Mech

Pass

Bring in your Darkmoon Tonk

Bring in your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Bring in your Mechanical pet

Swap to your Darkmoon Tonk

Swap to your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Swap to your Mechanical pet

Gulp comes in

Egcellent comes in

Red Wire comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 1

Minefield

Darkmoon Tonk

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Any Level 20+ Mech

Pass

Bring in your Darkmoon Tonk

Bring in your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Bring in your Mechanical pet

Swap to your Darkmoon Tonk

Swap to your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Swap to your Mechanical pet

Gulp comes in

Egcellent comes in

Red Wire comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 2

Lock-On

Darkmoon Tonk

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Any Level 20+ Mech

Pass

Bring in your Darkmoon Tonk

Bring in your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Bring in your Mechanical pet

Swap to your Darkmoon Tonk

Swap to your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Swap to your Mechanical pet

Gulp comes in

Egcellent comes in

Red Wire comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 3

Lock-On - your Tonk dies

Darkmoon Tonk

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Any Level 20+ Mech

Pass

Bring in your Darkmoon Tonk

Bring in your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Bring in your Mechanical pet

Swap to your Darkmoon Tonk

Swap to your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Swap to your Mechanical pet

Gulp comes in

Egcellent comes in

Red Wire comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Your third pet comes in

Darkmoon Tonk

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Any Level 20+ Mech

Pass

Bring in your Darkmoon Tonk

Bring in your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Bring in your Mechanical pet

Swap to your Darkmoon Tonk

Swap to your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Swap to your Mechanical pet

Gulp comes in

Egcellent comes in

Red Wire comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 1

Pass - believe me ;-)

Darkmoon Tonk

Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Any Level 20+ Mech

Pass

Bring in your Darkmoon Tonk

Bring in your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Bring in your Mechanical pet

Swap to your Darkmoon Tonk

Swap to your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling

Swap to your Mechanical pet

Gulp comes in

Egcellent comes in

Red Wire comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Tiny, yet deadly!

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Varukka#1989

wrote on 2025-02-08 19:37:22

Worked great, thanks!

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Brekke

wrote on 2025-02-01 19:53:23

It took a couple of tries, MPD got frogged the first time, but worked. Used a lvl 23 motorized croaker which leveled to 25. (edited)

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NatureLocked#1472

wrote on 2023-03-10 18:10:01

Great levelling strat for any family pet above level 20 :)

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PhD wrote on 2021-09-25 17:59:13

Tried this things went side ways at beginning, so i went another way

MPD with alpha, False knucklebump and spraybot od

Worked fine

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Rinoe#2501

wrote on 2021-01-22 14:04:21

Tried some of the others strats from the comments, I wrote a script that follows some of the tips below. I won 3 times in a row with this script.

TD script:

change(#1) [self(#2).dead]
ability(Lock-On:301) [round~1,2]
ability(Minefield:634)

ability(Decoy:334)
ability(Thunderbolt:779) [!enemy(#2).active]
ability(Breath:115)

ability(Lock-On:301) [enemy(#3).active]
standby [self(#3).active]
change(next)

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Aquendela#1399

wrote on 2021-08-01 23:54:01

Perfect! Thanks for posting this!

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keenley

wrote on 2020-11-16 11:27:32

Works as SL prepatch

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Kaxer

wrote on 2020-08-23 18:06:21

Worked only after I put Pocket Reaver PP 2/2/1 in the 3rd slot to get rid of Red Wire and Egcellent. Works the first time. Too much RNG in there for any strat. (edited)

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Sanayrin

wrote on 2018-10-10 01:34:14

Lovely strat, very nice works! :)

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PureFaith#1442

wrote on 2018-01-13 13:25:23

This is by far the BEST strat I have experienced in all my pet battles. Why? I just laughed my ass off at the end. Trust the strat!

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Adrella

wrote on 2018-02-11 14:27:20

I agree 100%. I sat here for a second with my mouse hovering over the pass button, debating if I should do it or use an ability. Definitely paid off!

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Meadbh

wrote on 2018-02-20 19:09:53

Awesome strat!!!

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Camille wrote on 2016-11-26 10:35:55

LOL that was a fun strat! Thanks, worked a treat.

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Brasken

wrote on 2017-11-19 05:06:54

haha, very nice ending!

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Eekwibble wrote on 2017-08-19 21:21:27

Here's an alternative for anyone getting a little bored using the same strat over and over.

Fledgling Warden Owl 1-1-1
lvl8+ levelling pet (anything with over 554hp (or x1.5 if you don't want to worry about crits) except an Undead)
Firewing 2-1-2

Turn 1. Savage Talon
2. Call Darkness
3. Nocturnal Strike
Gulp dies
Egcellent comes in
1. Swap to levelling pet
2. Pass
3. Swap to Firewing
4-6. Murder
7. Scorched Earth
8. Pass. Egcellent Feigns Death
Red Wire comes in and Egcellent dies in the back row
1. Deep Burn. Firewing dies
Bring back Owl
1. Call Darkness
2. Nocturnal Strike. Red Wire dies and resurrects
3. Pass. Red Wire dies to Armageddon. Owl dies

A nice, easy, 15 round battle. Crits against you may hurt your chances as without crits, Owl is left with only 50hp when Red Wire casts Armageddon. Strat will definitely fail if crit on rounds 1 (Mudslide), 12 (Flame Jet) and 13 or 14 (Zap), but also watch for ridiculously excessive crits from Swarm in round 2 as you can soak 2 crits from it but not 3.

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Escalus wrote on 2017-10-04 21:46:56

You do realize that this is on the Mech. Family Familiar part for this fight, right?

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Eekwibble wrote on 2017-08-11 06:22:06

I would recommend ignoring line 3 'Turn 3. Missile'. It does minimal damage, makes little to no impact on how quickly Gulp dies to Breath, and its inclusion means you swap straight into a Frog Kiss.
I got this strat to work 1 in 5 times using it as-is. By taking out line 3, I won the battle 8 out of 10 attempts and 2 of the successful battles was with a poly from the 2nd Kiss.
I also used Thunderbolt on cd rather than trying to rigidly follow the strat since exactly when it's used won't affect anything.
I had a lvl15 leveller in slot 3 that easily soaked Armageddon.

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YEUNDOO wrote on 2017-08-12 10:27:30

I believed and passed, but a few PETs remained in trouble. I saw the comment and finished without using a missile. Thank you.

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Fialla wrote on 2017-06-17 11:29:20

I got Ancient Nest Guardian (1 1 1 ), Cogblade raptor (1 2 1) and Corrupted Nest Guardian (1 2 2) to work first time. Started with extra plating Feathered Frenzy, and went from there. It was close and I didn't get frogged so I'm not sure if that would sink the strat. Using the current suggested one wrecked my team.

Edit: Was able to repeat success. Still didn't get frogged tho.

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Anonymous wrote on 2017-04-17 09:39:10

No dont believe him lul, first two pets wont survive

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Thezedword wrote on 2017-03-28 02:39:28

Excellent strategy! Worked perfectly for me first try (though I believe if you get transformed from the first kiss it may be best to restart since that would throw off the strat.) When it works out it is very fun. :)

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therabbit86ed wrote on 2017-01-07 16:45:40

This strat did not work for me at all

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Cottonpandÿ wrote on 2017-01-21 13:53:14

This strat no longer works. Or is very RNG. Tried 5 times today...no luck. If you MPD turns into a frog, restart, if any pet crits against you, restart. You don't crit, restart.

6th time it worked. I followed the strategy but Grixis did something different.

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Lohine wrote on 2017-01-29 13:02:29

Worked perfect for me today. I used as third though instead of leveling up, I used Mechanical Yeti so I had critter damage for Excellent. I never even brought Tonk back in, swapped to Yeti to finish off Eg and Red Wire. Yeti (2,1,2)

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Caustic wrote on 2017-01-29 13:23:24

worked perfectly fine for me. i didn't even get to my third pet, tho, so i probably got some lucky crits in. the only thing that didn't quite work out was that i didn't have thunderbolt to use the second time when the guide said to, so that got pushed back a full turn.

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Phreeky wrote on 2017-01-29 22:05:06

Xu-Fu's strategy worked perfectly fine

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Contesserina wrote on 2017-03-11 17:08:09

Worked perfectly for me today

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Helcayala wrote on 2016-12-23 13:26:06

Third pet can be any level I think. It will be killed by Armageddon, but since it's mechanical... With a Safari hat, it gave my level 3 Personal World Destroyer 12555 XP, bringing it to level 18 :-)

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Niv wrote on 2016-12-23 21:09:28

Tonk killed the last pet so no XP for 3rd :(

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Helcayala wrote on 2016-12-24 04:04:01

Strange, for me the battle went exactly as described above, including the "your Tonk dies part", bringing in your third pet to get hit by Armageddon, killing Red Wire. Your 3rd pet revives, Egcellent comes back in, and gets killed by Minefield. I do remember my tonk was left with 48HP before the second Lock-On, so people commenting "my tonk died" probably recieved a crit too many somewhere. If your tonk survives in some way, you should switch to your third pet after "turn 3 - Lock-On - your Tonk dies"

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Schahmaar wrote on 2017-01-01 07:45:03

Mine didn't die, too...I'll get over it...anyway, maybe one should swap in the LvL-Pet when Egghead feigns death.

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Istaro wrote on 2017-01-07 19:01:58

Unfortunately a crit doesn't need to happen to kill the Tonk after only one Lock-On—Red Wire's Flame Jet proccing its big DoT can also do it, making the fight not end as shown in the guide and making it so you can't level a low-level pet. It's a 50% chance, so cross your fingers.

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Firedrake1 wrote on 2016-09-15 01:40:28

Confirmed working. However, MPD's breath is a little unreliable, and so it can end up requiring an additional breath to kill Gulp, which means you don't get the second Lock-On for the third pet. Not a big deal so long as your third random mech pet is strong. I used a S/S Cogblade Raptor, and he easily won the fight. Thanks!

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somedude wrote on 2016-12-23 15:27:21

Yeah, pretty RNG-dependent strat. Could not get it working with a low level third pet a couple of times in a row.

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Zuckerguss wrote on 2016-11-26 11:34:03

My tonk died after only casting the first Lock On. However, my 3rd pet also had Lock On, and cast the 2nd Lock On which killed Red Wire (in other words, the 1st and 2nd casts of Lock On can be cast by different pets).

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FuxieDK wrote on 2016-12-10 07:38:47

Same for me

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Otto wrote on 2016-10-19 08:41:01

Passing at the end didn't work for me - I had a Mechanical Frostbear as my third pet (2-2-2) and he finished things of nicely between Missile and Headbutt

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Anonymous wrote on 2016-11-26 21:24:33

Lifelike Mech Frostboar using Decoy and Charge saved this for me (after several tries with "any 20+").

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Caanrial wrote on 2016-10-18 20:43:10

Dang, that was pretty sweet strat!

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Aviendha wrote on 2017-08-14 05:29:47

Nice :))

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Any Level 20+ Mech		Script thanks to Rinoe	RNG Script	2	4.4	N/A	34	115 1:55	15+
	DragonsAfterDark	You technically can finish with the Pocket Cannon, but quite a few things have to go your way for that to occur, and since I already had the Tonk selected as a backup it was more reliable to just go ahead and swap to it. ^^	Script	2	5.0	N/A	5	85 1:25	10
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	Remte	You can use 1/2/1 Darkmoon Zeppelin instead of Dibbler but if Missile rolls between 246 and 259 your third pet will need to hit Red Wire before deploying the mines. S97 has to survive until round 6 without Failsafe triggering. Flame Jet can crit but not with a DoT.	Breed	2	5.0	N/A	0	107 1:47	13-14

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