Xu-Fu Strategy vs. All Howl, No Bite

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Any Pet	norng	4 rounds.	Script	2	5.0	N/A	18	24 0:24	4
Any Pet Any Pet			Script	2	4.9	N/A	33	42 0:42	7
Any Pet Any Pet	Steven	Script thanks to gfb	Breed Script	2	5.0	N/A	4	45 0:45	7
Any Pet Any Pet	Vhale			2	5.0	N/A	0	61 1:01	10
Any Pet Any Pet	Proname#2446			2	5.0	N/A	1	56 0:56	8
Any Pet	Rica#21810			2	5.0	N/A	1	108 1:48	10
	DragonsAfterDark	Video for Fight	Script	2	5.0	N/A	0	38 0:38	5
Any Level 1+ Pet	WhyDaRumGone		Level 1+ Script	2	5.0	N/A	2	38 0:38	5
	Prudentius	Very infrequently you'll have to do an action for round 7 because your pet abilities crit too much. Absolutely never use Ikky's Flock.	Script	2	4.7	N/A	2	70 1:10	6
Any Level 25+ Pet	Arzo#2391			2	0.0	N/A	0	90 1:30	13
	vanfreyr		Script	2	0.0	N/A	0	92 1:32	7
Any Pet	Lazey		Script	2	0.0	N/A	0	44 0:44	6
	Eekwibble	Chromadon does not have a set move order. The fight can vary in many ways. This strat has a 100% success rate with each and every possible variation, including in my sim tests an inexplicable 6-round fight where Ikky survived to apply Black Claw just before dying on round 5, and the Sharptalon finished with its first Swarm (hence the priority system below preferring Swarm as the Hatchling's opener).	Script	2	0.0	N/A	0	45 0:45	7-9

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Clockwork Gnome

Skills: * 2 *
Breed: Any

Breed	Health	Power	Speed
SB	1546	257	289

Any Pet

Breed

RNG

TCG

Shop

Level 25+

Tricky

Script

Unobtainable

Staff Pick

Patch 10.2

Time: 0:42

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

42 Sec

N/A

2020-04-02 07:42:02

2017-03-04 23:08:10

166,285

Tamer Details

Chromadon

Low XP

Turns 1+

Blitz! Just use that spell over and over.

That's it, there is nothing more to this strategy :-)

So this is where Howlbomb went to!

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Outsider#1558

wrote on 2024-05-04 17:23:06

Really strange, my fully-healed rare lvl 25 Clockwork Gnome was only able to get Chromadon down to about 1/3 health by his second death using nothing but Blitz. I had to finish the job with my random backline pets. Also, a lot of comments on this page don't seem related to this particular Blitz-only strat? Did the strat change at some point?

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Gráinne

wrote on 2024-05-04 21:03:02

I had a look. Interesting battle. Your crits work against you, because Chromadon't shield protects him from any hit over 250. So if you got insanely "lucky" with mostly crits, you would be doing little damage - but that should be quite rare.

Otherwise, you will do 414 or 621 every round, which means 6 to 7 rounds to finish him.

He starts with Howl->Surge, which will hit you for 920. If that crit (5% chance) you would be into Failsafe after only two rounds.

Let's look at worst (unless you keep critting) case: You do 828 damage and get crit by Surge. You then do another 828 while he recovers, and 414 first on the round his Bite will kill you.So that's a bit north of 2000, or 2/3 of his health.

To take him down by only 1000ish, 1/3 of his health, you would have to crit twice out of 10, and avoid triples on all 5 rounds as well, which is pretty (un)lucky, especially adding the RNG of the crit on Surge. So it's possible, but would be very rare.

Without seeing a log, I don't know what else to say. I do see one comment below where someone else needed a backup.

I (now!) also see acomment below where I discussed the same case. D'oh!

As for the comments, this battle hasn't changed at all - and I know that because this is the strat that my Rematch had saved from Ye Olde Dayes in Legion.

Before those days, the site commonly showed only one strat per battle, and people used to write comments about other strats they had used. They still do, though it annoys some strat setters. I suspect this strat has more than most of such alternate-strat comments.

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Plex wrote on 2024-07-01 07:53:05

I can confirm that my clockwork gnome (S/B) barely soloed it.

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JayRock#1524

wrote on 2024-06-15 19:56:04

So I just started dipping into these pet battles and I've been coming here for good strats but after seeing this strat and these comments I maybe missed something. Level 25 clockwork gnome solos this with ease but not with the strat listed. with move set * 2 1 I start the fight with a turret and fill in the gaps between turret cooldowns with blitz. as the turrets do not have too much damage even after a crit and you're getting 120-240 extra damage per turn when you can blitz. I have tested this 18 times and have not failed a single time. (edited)

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Gráinne

wrote on 2024-06-16 00:14:06

Always read the comments! You will see discussion below about possible outcomes. Adding a Turret to the rotation doesn't seem like a terrible idea, but I'd have to spreadheet it out to estimate whether it is an improvement overall.

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Poetic

wrote on 2023-08-31 05:57:13

It's nice to have the occasional strat that doesn't over complicate things, unlike a lot of the comment strats here. :)

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Cloud

wrote on 2023-08-28 02:48:30

strat and script works and is great fast fight. thankyou

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SilkCharm

wrote on 2021-04-09 23:46:49

Worked perfectly today.

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Kherae wrote on 2021-01-30 01:04:10

Sunreaver Microsentry. immolate, call lightning, swap to clockwork bot. turret, repair. turret, swap to sentry.
Repeat. no 3rd pet required.

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D3adbolt

wrote on 2020-10-22 04:34:57

Still works as of Pre-patch 9.0, took me having my 2nd Clockwork Gnome come in to finish him though.

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GatsuGaming

wrote on 2020-10-22 03:13:58

Still works in 9.0.1 prepatch! very close but got the job done!

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xValtrux wrote on 2019-08-01 10:46:16

For anyone still having trouble with this, Using pets with these attacks work perfectly: Swarm, Falcosour swarm! & Flock. undead pets with those skills are even better, I.E: Infected Squirrel

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Dhae

wrote on 2020-10-03 01:15:19

I followed this using Infected Squirrel (Stampede), Bloodgazer Hatchling and Direbeak Hatchling (Falcosaur Swarm) and it worked perfectly first time.

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Revolution

wrote on 2019-12-26 11:43:37

Rabbits work quite well using stampede and dodging Chromadon's big hitting ability.

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TSP wrote on 2018-04-28 14:34:21

Even though this fight gives little EXP on regular fights, on triple EXP week it gives decent EXP. I used the Teroclaw hatchling and had two level 9 pets that I got up to 10 on this fight

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Zalie wrote on 2018-07-02 22:39:10

I put a level 1 in spot 1 to absorb howl, then brought in Clockwork. Level 1 to 4 with my hat on.

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Aradoa wrote on 2017-04-29 19:59:20

I use Chi-Chi with Wild Magic + Fire Quills and Ethereal after every Howl.

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DarkRob wrote on 2017-05-12 21:30:41

The greatest strat known to mankind - fast - easy and effective!

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Geki wrote on 2017-08-03 21:55:48

I'd actually recommend going without the Wild Magic. With WM the Fire Quills hit for 237. If the Quills crit, though, it takes them above the damage cutoff point and the entire round is blocked. Had that happen to me quite a bit. If the first feather crits, the whole thing is blocked.

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Apple

wrote on 2018-05-28 20:19:48

^ this works great!

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Eilhan wrote on 2017-10-30 14:53:36

While this fight provides very little XP for a level pet, it can actually be useful to include a level pet first in this fight to soak up the first Howl. A level 1 pet will survive and gain at least one level (Which can be useful later, since some other fights require a min level for leveling pets), and I've had more than one level 24 lacking just a few hundred XP to reach max level. The extra couple of rounds won't take long if you use a script anyways.

My setup is Level Pet, Clockwork Gnome (x,2,x) and for backup a Flayer Youngling (1,x,x), although it very rarely gets used.

standby [enemy.round=1]
change(#2) [self(#1).played]
change(#3) [self(#2).dead]
ability(713)

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fr0z3night wrote on 2017-10-30 21:22:02

Thanks for the script, use a backup pet in slot 3, with a hitting second ability and change the last line to 'ability(#2)' just in case it does need to be used.

As for the leveling pet, its just 1-4 but better than nothing, and probably be 7 if its up during the Pet Event.

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Prudentius wrote on 2017-06-12 21:11:36

Crazy Carrot ##1
Sunreaver Micro-Sentry ##1
Ikky #1#
# - these slots don't matter
R1: Blistering Cold
R2: Next Pet
R3: Call Lightning
R4: Next Pet
R5: Black Claw
R6: Pet #2
--Fight ends--

TD Script
change(#2) [ enemy.aura(Black Claw).exists ]
ability(Black Claw)
change(#3) [ weather(Lightning Storm) ]
ability(Call Lightning)
change(#2) [ enemy.aura(Blistering Cold).exists ]
ability(Blistering Cold)

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Anonymous wrote on 2017-07-31 09:42:23

Great Strat! Thanks.

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Joe wrote on 2017-06-18 13:10:38

I used my Darkmoon Monkey along with my Bloodgazer and another beast pet to complete the Bloodgazer team rumble quest. Darkmoon Monkey (2/2/1) just about soloed the fight. I should have written down the steps, but every time Chromadon put the damage buff on me, I stunned him. Use Rake to keep Chromadon's damage down and keep the bananas raining down on him. I swapped in the Bloodgazer near the end because I thought he needed to fight, but I guess that's not really necessary.

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Geki wrote on 2017-07-31 00:39:30

Just tried this. Went good for a while, but eventually the cooldowns of clobber and howl didn't line up properly and he nuked me with a howl buffed surge. Until then I'd only taken a raked normal surge and a raked howled bite. Kept gnome to clean up the last 200 or so hp.

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qudtlsdlddu wrote on 2016-10-05 03:08:29

For me, Blitz doesn't give any damage.
Rabbit works well. After Chromadon casts Howl, use burrow or dodge. that is it.

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Gráinne

wrote on 2016-10-10 20:12:21

If the Surge of Power crits under Howl, it would bring the Gnome to zero and trigger Failsafe. That's a 1 in 20 chance, though.

Clockwork Gnome's Blitz hits for 207 against Dragonkin, and you are guaranteed 2 hits, with a 50% chance of a third, each round, so you will do either 414 or 621 damage each round, without crits. If you are using a different pet with Blitz, the numbers would be different, but perhaps more important, if not using a Mechanical, that Surge of Power would hit hard.

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Aranesh

wrote on 2016-10-11 03:48:17

The Clockwork Gnome only comes in one breed, it should be the same for everyone. I'd be curious if you perhaps used a different pet with Blitz?

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Szuzsika wrote on 2016-10-11 05:19:32

It can happen if the hit crits, it happened to me 1-2 times, but other than that it worked

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WIkanne wrote on 2016-10-12 21:05:17

If you start with Unborn Val'Kyr and use Haunt to speed things up a bit, then switch to Clockwork Gnome and try to use blitz, it will be blocked, every turn until haunt is off. Not sure if this is a bug or what.

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Anonymous wrote on 2016-10-16 11:45:14

it's probably because he has the 'magic scales' buff that ignores attacks that do more than 250 dmg

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Wikanne wrote on 2016-10-16 20:13:56

I totally missread that magic scale buff. That makes sens now.

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Mergas wrote on 2017-07-30 17:27:17

Strategy worked fine for me. I threw in a Build Turret to speed things up a bit, it falls under the "magic scales" buff damage level.

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Nalli wrote on 2017-05-21 22:22:39

Level 1 to 6 during Bonus Week w/hat on (899 xp)...I used a DM Zep (Anything with decoy would work), decoyed, swapped in lvl 1, swapped in Gnome and followed Strat above... :)

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Riverdude wrote on 2017-05-21 11:51:06

For Bloodgazer Team Rumble I used Amethyst Spiderling (2,2,2) starting with Poison Spit, Brittle Webbing, Spiderling Swarm filling with Poison Spit keeping Brittle Webbing on cooldown until spiderling dies.
Ash Spiderling (2,2,2) starting with Spiderling Swarm if Chromadon is still webbed, and using same rotation as Amethyst Spiderling thereafter.
Never had to use my Bloodgazer (1,1,2) but planned to start with Warning Squawk, followed by Falcosuar Swarm!

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Anonymous wrote on 2017-03-26 13:07:37

today i received 4k xp with a lvl 20 pet on this battle.

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Ziv wrote on 2017-03-26 14:22:28

Just got 368 xp with hat using a level 14 Hungering Claw, how the hell did you get 4k?

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Maulrats wrote on 2017-03-26 19:05:06

Same, I just received 339 xp with the hat on

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Eekwibble wrote on 2017-03-27 00:06:32

Just tested it myself with a lvl20 w/ hat on: 319xp.
Hearthed back to Dalaran and used the same pet in the Splint Jr. fight: 319xp.
Shame, since it's the 4th appearance by Splint Jr. in 5 days...

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Truidiata wrote on 2017-04-19 03:25:38

Difference in XP might be due to the Pet Battle XP event that cycles with other Legion events

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Anonymous wrote on 2016-10-30 18:22:18

Doesn't give a ton of experience or anything, but you can put a level pet in slot one to eat the howl and eliminate a bit more rng that way

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Anonymous wrote on 2017-02-07 13:29:03

Safari hat + Pet Bonus week gets a level 1 to level 6

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Eekwibble wrote on 2017-02-10 11:06:57

Plus, you can put a lvl1 magic pet in slot 2 to eat the howl, then switch to CG. It's not massive xp, but on bonus weeks, it's pointless to throw easy xp away.

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FlibbitSC wrote on 2016-10-30 23:17:05

For anyone looking to do the Falcosaur "Team Up" quests which requires you to win 3 pet world quests using each falcosaur hatchling, this strategy works perfectly. Put your falcosaur in slot 1, Clockwork Gnome in slot 2, and any pet in slot 3. On your first turn, use your falcosaur's Falcosaur Swarm! attack, then switch to Clockwork Gnome and use the strategy above.

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FlibbitSC wrote on 2016-10-31 00:19:27

Correction to my comment above - use anything on turn one *except* Falcosaur Swarm! - I got lucky on my first test with that, seems that more often than not your falcosaur will die on turn 2 if you do that.

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Vinsanity wrote on 2016-11-04 11:16:08

You don't have to fight with them for that part of the quest. You can just make a team with any 3 pets, summonyour felcosaur and win against a tamer.

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Markald wrote on 2016-11-17 22:45:57

There are later quests that do require your Falcosaur as part of the team while completing pet battle WQs so this info will still come in handy. Thanks.

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Eekwibble wrote on 2017-02-10 11:02:29

@Markald, none of the Rumble quests require mechs to be used, so it's actually pointless info. Well meant, but of no use, unfortunately.

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Sneaks wrote on 2017-02-08 02:58:05

With the Bloodgazer + two Beast pets quest, I just used the Ravager Hatchling and spam Rend, until Surge of Power one-shots him. Then, any NON-Zandalari Raptor with Exposed Wounds + Flank. You should be able to finish the fight without ever needing your falcosaur!

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Horae wrote on 2017-02-10 02:35:26

Thanks for the suggestion. Worked perfectly :)

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Anonymous wrote on 2016-12-05 21:44:56

Solo'd with molten corgi: puppies of flame, flamethrower, and cauterize as needed.

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Fragie wrote on 2016-12-04 10:32:49

04.12.2016 patch 7.1.0
Tactic still working good :-)

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ando wrote on 2016-10-11 05:11:36

Disgusting Ozeling totally recks this guy aswell, since it's magic howl/surge combo wont do much

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Hi wrote on 2016-10-24 21:50:23

Yup, any of the oozes destroy him very easily. I"ve used Viscidus Globule and just used Jade Oozeling 2-2-2. Both easily solo him since he can't one shot them with his howling blast combo.

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Anonymous wrote on 2016-10-12 06:52:55

Sunreaver Micro Sentry + Lil Bling

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lamhunka wrote on 2016-10-11 05:16:55

This page is such a great source for all kind of pet battlers. Thank you so much Xufu. Such a perfect work .I am bit experienced pet battler but I have found some new inspirations here Nice simple clearly organized, more strategies in one place. I can not say more then Lyta, Cat, Rigel, SnowyRow say about this page. I am keeping my finger cross for this project and I am looking forward to all new ideas coming... THANK YOU

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muffin wrote on 2016-09-14 05:14:01

worked like a charm. i even cycled two other pets. start with lower level, he begins with howl, then swap.

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Aranesh

wrote on 2016-09-15 02:52:21

Do the other pets get any significant experience during that fight? I was under the impression that it's not really worth it.

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Suggestions wrote on 2016-09-15 04:01:47

My level 1 only got 319xp (With the hat on)

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Shavai wrote on 2016-10-03 23:21:37

Confirmed, unlike the other pet battles in Legion that will grant a level 1 pet 7 levels for a win, this one only gave me one level on one pet (I cycled in one level 1 pet who got the level and one level 10 pet who received no levels).

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Anonymous wrote on 2016-10-03 19:28:25

Only exp heavy battles are ones against real trainers, none of these legendary beasts or partial trainer battles are worth it

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bubba wrote on 2016-10-03 03:13:09

perfect. ty

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Hagazussa#2813

wrote on 2021-02-16 20:32:41

Habe vorher sogar noch zwei Level-Pets (Stufe 17) angreifen lassen und es hat noch geklappt. (Keine Gewähr!)

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schaumburg

wrote on 2017-11-01 05:18:55

Da ist der Name Programm! ;)

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Coulter wrote on 2017-04-29 03:58:47

Dachte erst, das kann nicht stimmen, aber funktioniert hervorragend

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Niki wrote on 2017-03-26 16:33:57

Puh die Taktik ist schwer zu merken, klappt aber einwanfrei. XD

Danke!

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Dalkil#2249

wrote on 2018-06-18 04:23:02

Easy and family friendly!

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Anonymous wrote on 2017-06-13 12:53:57

avec gnome en 2 et terrokar en 3 on peut mettre mascotte lvl 1 en 1er

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Арксул wrote on 2017-08-30 16:24:10

Не дает бонуса на прокачивание

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wrote on 2023-03-08 02:19:07

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			Tags Filter strategies: Strategies to level pets Strategies with a Script No Shop or TCG pets Reset Filters These options reset all other sorting filters.
Any Pet	norng	4 rounds.	Script	2	5.0	N/A	18	24 0:24	4
Any Pet Any Pet			Script	2	4.9	N/A	33	42 0:42	7
Any Pet Any Pet	Steven	Script thanks to gfb	Breed Script	2	5.0	N/A	4	45 0:45	7
Any Pet Any Pet	Vhale			2	5.0	N/A	0	61 1:01	10
Any Pet Any Pet	Proname#2446			2	5.0	N/A	1	56 0:56	8
Any Pet	Rica#21810			2	5.0	N/A	1	108 1:48	10
	DragonsAfterDark	Video for Fight	Script	2	5.0	N/A	0	38 0:38	5
Any Level 1+ Pet	WhyDaRumGone		Level 1+ Script	2	5.0	N/A	2	38 0:38	5
	Prudentius	Very infrequently you'll have to do an action for round 7 because your pet abilities crit too much. Absolutely never use Ikky's Flock.	Script	2	4.7	N/A	2	70 1:10	6
Any Level 25+ Pet	Arzo#2391			2	0.0	N/A	0	90 1:30	13
	vanfreyr		Script	2	0.0	N/A	0	92 1:32	7
Any Pet	Lazey		Script	2	0.0	N/A	0	44 0:44	6
	Eekwibble	Chromadon does not have a set move order. The fight can vary in many ways. This strat has a 100% success rate with each and every possible variation, including in my sim tests an inexplicable 6-round fight where Ikky survived to apply Black Claw just before dying on round 5, and the Sharptalon finished with its first Swarm (hence the priority system below preferring Swarm as the Hatchling's opener).	Script	2	0.0	N/A	0	45 0:45	7-9

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