Xu-Fu Strategy vs. Zao, Calfling of Niuzao

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Any Pet	norng	5 rounds.	Script	2	5.0	N/A	123	41 0:41	5
Any Pet	lazyjohnson	Script thanks to Shadowball	Script	2	5.0	N/A	125	47 0:47	5
Any Pet	Thanh		Script	2	5.0	N/A	20	61 1:01	7
Any Pet		Script thanks to Suizidbombär	Breed Script	2	4.9	N/A	55	60 1:00	6
Any Pet	Remte		Breed	2	4.5	N/A	29	65 1:05	6
Any Pet	Tvilla		Breed	2	5.0	N/A	11	44 0:44	5
Any Pet	Dastca		Breed	2	5.0	N/A	13	85 1:25	8+
Any Level 1+ Pet	WhyDaRumGone	Only tested with H/P Dibbler	Level 1+ Script	2	5.0	N/A	9	41 0:41	5
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	N/A	5	60 1:00	6
				2	5.0	N/A	2	53 0:53	6
				2	5.0	N/A	1	95 1:35	11
Any Pet			Breed	2	5.0	N/A	3	65 1:05	7+
		You can use any other pet with the ability “Hunting Party”, “Flock” or “Swarm” in slot #2		2	5.0	N/A	0	59 0:59	6
Any Level 25+ Mech	Applejack#1269	Don't remember where I saw this, I think it was WoWhead	Breed	2	5.0	N/A	3	76 1:16	10
Any Pet				2	5.0	N/A	2	82 1:22	9
	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	N/A	1	100 1:40	12
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	N/A	1	83 1:23	8
	SunFlight#2765			2	5.0	N/A	1	73 1:13	11
	ImpossiblGrl#1136			2	4.0	N/A	1	87 1:27	8
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	N/A	2	76 1:16	10
	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	N/A	0	86 1:26	13
	Moos	I won with this strategy using a green lvl 23 Mire Creeper. :D		2	0.0	N/A	0	130 2:10	15
	DragonsAfterDark	Anything with Call Lightning is fine is slot #3. Video for Fight	Breed Script	2	0.0	N/A	0	41 0:41	5
	Yerisinia		Breed RNG	2	0.0	N/A	0	76 1:16	9

Incl. steps:

Tranquil Mechanical Yeti

Skills: 1 1 1
Breed: Any

Breed	Health	Power	Speed
HB	1546	273	273

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

Breed

RNG

TCG

Shop

Level 25+

Tricky

Script

Unobtainable

Staff Pick

Patch 10.2

Time: 1:01

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 1 Sec

N/A

2020-01-16 12:49:48

2017-02-13 00:58:53

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Tamer Details

Zao, Calfling of Niuzao

Low XP

Turn 1

Supercharge

Tranquil Mechanical Yeti

Cogblade Raptor

Any Pet

Pass

Bring in your Tranquil Mechanical Yeti

Bring in your Cogblade Raptor

Swap to your Tranquil Mechanical Yeti

Swap to your Cogblade Raptor

Zao, Calfling of Niuzao comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 2

Call Lightning

Tranquil Mechanical Yeti

Cogblade Raptor

Any Pet

Pass

Bring in your Tranquil Mechanical Yeti

Bring in your Cogblade Raptor

Swap to your Tranquil Mechanical Yeti

Swap to your Cogblade Raptor

Zao, Calfling of Niuzao comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 3

Switch to your Cogblade Raptor

Tranquil Mechanical Yeti

Cogblade Raptor

Any Pet

Pass

Bring in your Tranquil Mechanical Yeti

Bring in your Cogblade Raptor

Swap to your Tranquil Mechanical Yeti

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

Exposed Wounds

Tranquil Mechanical Yeti

Cogblade Raptor

Any Pet

Pass

Bring in your Tranquil Mechanical Yeti

Bring in your Cogblade Raptor

Swap to your Tranquil Mechanical Yeti

Swap to your Cogblade Raptor

Zao, Calfling of Niuzao comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turns 5+

Batter until Zao is dead

Tranquil Mechanical Yeti

Cogblade Raptor

Any Pet

Pass

Bring in your Tranquil Mechanical Yeti

Bring in your Cogblade Raptor

Swap to your Tranquil Mechanical Yeti

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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Lirrah wrote on 2024-01-06 00:51:30

Still works as of 10.2 - can be used for Elekk achievement.

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WingdAvengr#1791

wrote on 2022-09-16 02:11:36

still works well

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Andiell

wrote on 2020-10-13 21:45:19

Worked for me in 9.0.1.

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Bee#1444

wrote on 2019-04-16 13:04:08

worked first time, used Runeforged Servitor instead of yeti

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Coriliah#1676

wrote on 2018-12-27 17:13:44

Worked first time!

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Tio#11884

wrote on 2018-09-30 15:35:15

I bet something can be done with Death Talon Whelpguard's 'Darkflame' that cuts his Wish in half.

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Tio#11884

wrote on 2018-09-30 15:27:21

So if it uses wish... what then rofl

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Turimo

wrote on 2018-08-29 12:29:40

Its a scary strat but work everytime

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Zafferg

wrote on 2018-08-27 11:56:50

Works great

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Chefzac wrote on 2017-06-26 21:27:48

TD Script

ability(Supercharge) [self.round=1]
ability(Call Lightning) [self.round=2]
change(Cogblade Raptor) [self.round=3]
ability(Exposed Wounds) [enemy.round=4]
ability(Batter)

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Eekwibble

wrote on 2018-08-13 15:31:52

ability(#3) [ !enemy.aura(306).exists ]
ability(204)
change(#2)
ability(#1)

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Sanayrin

wrote on 2018-05-15 22:32:56

Very well done! <3

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Felina wrote on 2017-05-28 10:04:57

Unborn Val' kry : curse of doom, haunt
Highlands Turkey spam flock till death, had lil bing as back up but didnt need him

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Roash wrote on 2017-06-24 20:54:39

Worked wonderfully. Thanks.

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Roash wrote on 2017-07-04 14:16:09

Used this strat again this week. It should be the #1 strat.

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Neon wrote on 2017-07-18 01:18:23

The highlands turkey doesn't have to be a certain breed either. Especially since your third pet should have less than 200 life to take out.

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MolsonofAle wrote on 2017-09-19 17:36:12

First time I tried this Curse of doom missed.
Had another Val'kyr. Didn't have another turkey. Used Stormwing with flock for 2nd pet.
Worked Great. Never got to my tonk in 3rd slot.
Thanks for the strat. :-)

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MolsonofAle wrote on 2017-09-19 23:45:46

My apologies. I meant Haunt missed not curse of doom.

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Rosilana

wrote on 2018-01-14 05:55:05

Thanks !

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Gophynna#1859

wrote on 2018-04-23 21:26:02

this worked perfect for me!!! It shouuld be a strat!

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Dragonsoleil wrote on 2017-05-06 16:56:23

Little bit of a close call, but works great! And I LOVE my Cogblade Raptor. Never would have leveled him if it hadn't been for your guide. Thanks!

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Anonymous wrote on 2015-09-28 05:08:31

Optional strategy: Spider burn (i.e, abusing the way dmg effects stack). Also works for Xu-fu.
Any fox (for howl and dazzling dance), crystal spider (any breed), and any spider with brittle webbing and spiderling swarm.
Start with Dazzling dance > Bite > (important step; Fox has to die after casting howl) Howl > In with crystal spider > brittle webbing > Spider swarmling > Crystal prison (preventing Wish) > Swap to the second spider > Brittle webbing > Spiderling swarm

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Aranesh

wrote on 2016-01-11 14:12:13

Hey, thanks for the suggestion! I tried this but unfortunately it depends on breeds. At least one of the spiders has to have the "Power" breed, or Zao will survive with 35 health and heal back up :/
otherwise it would have been a really beautiful strategy.

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Caustic wrote on 2017-02-04 16:13:01

Didn't even get close to killing Zao. Doesn't seem to work anymore. I even had a Power breed spider.

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ThCessford wrote on 2016-12-23 15:37:57

I'm totally new to pet battles and am getting into this tournament. I've been farming all these suggested pets and leveling them but what I don't get from this guide is how you are classing their skills. Eg. Cogblade Raptor 2-1-1. How do I know if mine falls in that "family" when he is lvl 18 and has HP: 977 AP:187 SP: 246?

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Aranesh

wrote on 2016-12-27 08:06:26

Hey there!
All the guides here assume that your pet is level 25 and of blue quality (unless the strategy itself says differently).
The 2-1-1 is a format for the skill you need to use in each of the three slots. Every slot has 2 options, and you can pick either the first one ("1") or the second ("2").
If you're confused by this, hover with your mouse over the numbers in any of the strategies and you will see the name of the spell. You can compare it with your ingame display and it should make things a lot easier and understandable then!

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ThCessford wrote on 2017-01-09 12:42:36

Okay that clears things up big time thanks! Haha I thought the 2-1-1 had to do with stats not skills... Whoops >.<

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Badjoojoo - SOE wrote on 2017-01-05 18:55:06

What a deadly strat! :D Wonderful! :)

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Semaphor wrote on 2015-10-02 04:42:44

On Zao he always uses Niuzao's Charge first which is a non damaging ability. If you have pets that are low from other fights place them in your back row and use Terrible Turnip as the lead pet, cast Inspiring Song then surrender, repeat until back row pets are back to full health

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Aranesh

wrote on 2015-10-07 05:56:00

Thanks for the strategy suggestion using Fox/Spider combo, I'll check it out!

@Semaphor: Yes, I know about this one, and I'm using it at times, but with how easy it became to level a few more pets (draenor daillies => menagerie vendor) I decided to omit this strategy as it would make the guide even more complicated to follow. It's aimed at people new to pet battles who still want to complete it, and people who just want to breeze through without too much thoughts along the way ^^

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Iena wrote on 2018-11-20 12:26:03

Валькира рок , блуждающий дух . Зандаларский пяткогрыз черный коготь и групповая охота .

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Скжипчак wrote on 2017-09-21 09:43:35

Лиловый светляк, первая абилка любая, потом два яда - светящийся яд и одурманивающий укус
Зандаларец со скоростью больше 276, с черным когтем и охотой.
Первый светляк, кидаем одурманивающий укус, потом светящийся яд, меняем на зандаларца - черный коготь и охота, бычок умирает

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Canoptek wrote on 2017-06-21 06:11:24

ability(384) [self(#2).dead]
ability(208)
ability(204)
change(#2)
ability(305) [!enemy.aura(306).exists]
ability(455)
change(#1)

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Any Pet	norng	5 rounds.	Script	2	5.0	N/A	123	41 0:41	5
Any Pet	lazyjohnson	Script thanks to Shadowball	Script	2	5.0	N/A	125	47 0:47	5
Any Pet	Thanh		Script	2	5.0	N/A	20	61 1:01	7
Any Pet		Script thanks to Suizidbombär	Breed Script	2	4.9	N/A	55	60 1:00	6
Any Pet	Remte		Breed	2	4.5	N/A	29	65 1:05	6
Any Pet	Tvilla		Breed	2	5.0	N/A	11	44 0:44	5
Any Pet	Dastca		Breed	2	5.0	N/A	13	85 1:25	8+
Any Level 1+ Pet	WhyDaRumGone	Only tested with H/P Dibbler	Level 1+ Script	2	5.0	N/A	9	41 0:41	5
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	N/A	5	60 1:00	6
				2	5.0	N/A	2	53 0:53	6
				2	5.0	N/A	1	95 1:35	11
Any Pet			Breed	2	5.0	N/A	3	65 1:05	7+
		You can use any other pet with the ability “Hunting Party”, “Flock” or “Swarm” in slot #2		2	5.0	N/A	0	59 0:59	6
Any Level 25+ Mech	Applejack#1269	Don't remember where I saw this, I think it was WoWhead	Breed	2	5.0	N/A	3	76 1:16	10
Any Pet				2	5.0	N/A	2	82 1:22	9
	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	N/A	1	100 1:40	12
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	N/A	1	83 1:23	8
	SunFlight#2765			2	5.0	N/A	1	73 1:13	11
	ImpossiblGrl#1136			2	4.0	N/A	1	87 1:27	8
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	N/A	2	76 1:16	10
	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	N/A	0	86 1:26	13
	Moos	I won with this strategy using a green lvl 23 Mire Creeper. :D		2	0.0	N/A	0	130 2:10	15
	DragonsAfterDark	Anything with Call Lightning is fine is slot #3. Video for Fight	Breed Script	2	0.0	N/A	0	41 0:41	5
	Yerisinia		Breed RNG	2	0.0	N/A	0	76 1:16	9

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

	=	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	➜	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