Xu-Fu Strategy vs. Retinus the Seeker

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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Any Level 1+ Pet	Redorkulated#1291	Created this based on a comment from Nebulae on one of the other strats here. worked really well and i couldnt see a simular strat. hope this helps someone as much as it helped me.	Level 1+ Script	2	4.8	97%	26	70 1:10	8+
Any Level 1+ Pet	Hollandshoop	Script thanks to Dpaul	Level 1+ Script	2	4.6	77%	44	66 1:06	8
	Lazey	* 9.0.2 approved *	Script	2	5.0	100%	9	38 0:38	5
	SpruceOP	Ikky can sometimes finish off Retinus the Seeker. If Ikky cannot, finish with Baa'l. Script thanks to Lazey	Script	2	5.0	100%	1	57 0:57	7
	DragonsAfterDark	For the Shadowbarb Hatchling Quest: Someone His Own Size Video for Fight	Script	2	5.0	100%	2	39 0:39	5
Any Level 1+ Pet	Kalagren		Level 1+ Script	2	5.0	100%	5	56 0:56	7
	DragonsAfterDark		Script	2	5.0	100%	0	47 0:47	6
Any Level 1+ Pet	drsleo#1268		Level 1+ Script	2	5.0	99%	5	51 0:51	6
	WhyDaRumGone	You can use non flying Exploders; but #3 recommended flyer above 266 speed	Script	2	5.0	100%	2	39 0:39	5
	Inarizoku	Ikky survived with 2 HP in all of my experiments (6 or 7). A third pet needed in case of crit. I used Wildhammer Gryphon Hatchling with Flock. Important that he has more than 267 speed.	Script	2	4.8	100%	2	57 0:57	7
Any Pet	sarati#2761	Script thanks to Bani	Script	2	3.7	92%	2	57 0:57	7
	Squirl	If you have a limited collection, you can beat every new 8.3 Pet Battle World Quest with these 3 pets: Wayward Spirit Foulfeather (S/S) Twilight Clutch-Sister (P/S) All 3 pets are fairly common and tradable, so you should be able to get them cheap from your AH if you don't have them. Only the listed breeds have been tested. A strategy using these 3 pets is posted for each 8.3 WQ: - K'tiny the Mad - Tormentius - Baruk Stone Defender - Vil'thik Hatchling - Retinus the Seeker - Whispers - Aqir Sandcrawler - Blotto	Breed Script	2	0.0	100%	0	53 0:53	7
Any Pet	norng	7~8 rounds.	Script	2	0.0	100%	0	59 0:59	7-8
Any Pet	Jadeon#1206	5 round speed kill could do leveling with it but an explode pet would be better for that as shown in Shenks strat	Script	2	0.0	86%	0	63 1:03	7-8
Any Level 1+ Pet	Smedley	Based on Redorkulated#1291s strategy. Retinus demolished any flyer I used in the first slot causing the strat to fail at times. Putting in a beast reduced the damage enough to make it a win.	Breed Level 1+ Script	2	0.0	100%	0	71 1:11	8-9
	agy#2210	By TBoeske from https://www.wowhead.com/quest=58742/retinus-the-seeker#comments	RNG	2	0.0	N/A	0	58 0:58	8+
Any Pet	Raziel88			2	0.0	N/A	0	52 0:52	6
Any Pet	Vigholm	This is a straightforward strategy that doesn't rely on RNG, it works 100% of the time unless you get an unlucky crit on you. I devised it to help those who need to do this encounter for the Shadowbarb Hatchling quest. The third pet can be any pet since you won't need to use it at all. PS. Make sure your Anklerender is P/P (341 power), this hasn't been tested with other breeds.	Breed	2	0.0	N/A	0	57 0:57	7
	PureArmour#1184	The strat is not 100% due to RNG, but for me it did work 9 out of 10 tries. Location is /way 62, 32	RNG Shop	2	0.0	N/A	0	165 2:45	23
	dhelbegor		RNG Script	2	0.0	16%	0	100 1:40	13-14

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

Breed	Health	Power	Speed
PS	1319	322	273

Breed	Health	Power	Speed
BB	1481	292	260
SS	1400	276	309
SB	1465	289	273

Breed	Health	Power	Speed
BB	1522	284	260

Breed	Health	Power	Speed
HH	1905	278	206

Breed	Health	Power	Speed
HP	1627	305	227

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Redorkulated#1291

Created this based on a comment from Nebulae on one of the other strats here. worked really well and i couldnt see a simular strat. hope this helps someone as much as it helped me.

Level 1+
Script
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Hollandshoop

Script thanks to Dpaul

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Lazey

*** 9.0.2 approved ***

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2 5.0 100% 9 38
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SpruceOP

Ikky can sometimes finish off Retinus the Seeker. If Ikky cannot, finish with Baa'l.

Script thanks to Lazey

Script
2 5.0 100% 1 57
0:57
7

DragonsAfterDark

For the Shadowbarb Hatchling Quest: Someone His Own Size

Video for Fight

Script
2 5.0 100% 2 39
0:39
5

Any Level 1+ Pet

Kalagren

Level 1+
Script
2 5.0 100% 5 56
0:56
7

DragonsAfterDark

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2 5.0 100% 0 47
0:47
6

Any Level 1+ Pet

drsleo#1268

Level 1+
Script
2 5.0 99% 5 51
0:51
6

WhyDaRumGone

You can use non flying Exploders;
but #3 recommended flyer above 266 speed

Script
2 5.0 100% 2 39
0:39
5

Inarizoku

Ikky survived with 2 HP in all of my experiments (6 or 7). A third pet needed in case of crit. I used Wildhammer Gryphon Hatchling with Flock. Important that he has more than 267 speed.

Script
2 4.8 100% 2 57
0:57
7

Any Pet

sarati#2761

Script thanks to Bani

Script
2 3.7 92% 2 57
0:57
7

Squirl

If you have a limited collection, you can beat every new 8.3 Pet Battle World Quest with these 3 pets:
Wayward Spirit
Foulfeather (S/S)
Twilight Clutch-Sister (P/S)

All 3 pets are fairly common and tradable, so you should be able to get them cheap from your AH if you don't have them. Only the listed breeds have been tested.

A strategy using these 3 pets is posted for each 8.3 WQ:
- K'tiny the Mad
- Tormentius
- Baruk Stone Defender
- Vil'thik Hatchling

- Retinus the Seeker
- Whispers
- Aqir Sandcrawler
- Blotto

Breed
Script
2 0.0 100% 0 53
0:53
7

Any Pet

norng

7~8 rounds.

Script
2 0.0 100% 0 59
0:59
7-8

Any Pet

Jadeon#1206

5 round speed kill could do leveling with it but an explode pet would be better for that as shown in Shenks strat

Script
2 0.0 86% 0 63
1:03
7-8

Any Level 1+ Pet

Smedley

Based on Redorkulated#1291s strategy. Retinus demolished any flyer I used in the first slot causing the strat to fail at times. Putting in a beast reduced the damage enough to make it a win.

Breed
Level 1+
Script
2 0.0 100% 0 71
1:11
8-9

agy#2210

By TBoeske from https://www.wowhead.com/quest=58742/retinus-the-seeker#comments

RNG
2 0.0 N/A 0 58
0:58
8+

Any Pet

Raziel88
2 0.0 N/A 0 52
0:52
6

Any Pet

Vigholm

This is a straightforward strategy that doesn't rely on RNG, it works 100% of the time unless you get an unlucky crit on you. I devised it to help those who need to do this encounter for the Shadowbarb Hatchling quest. The third pet can be any pet since you won't need to use it at all.

PS. Make sure your Anklerender is P/P (341 power), this hasn't been tested with other breeds.

Breed
2 0.0 N/A 0 57
0:57
7

PureArmour#1184

The strat is not 100% due to RNG, but for me it did work 9 out of 10 tries.

Location is /way 62, 32

RNG
Shop
2 0.0 N/A 0 165
2:45
23

dhelbegor

RNG
Script
2 0.0 16% 0 100
1:40
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use(Curse of Doom:218) [ round=2 ]
use(Haunt:652) [ enemy.aura(Curse of Doom:217).exists ]
use(Shadow Slash:210)
use(Black Claw:919) [ self.round=1 ]
use(Flock:581)
use(Murder the Innocent:2223)
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Retinus the Seeker 162458

Undead

Special or not:0Special or not:112112387116312380

Unborn Val'kyr

Skills: 1 2 1
Breed: Any
Unborn Val'kyr
This pet can have the following breeds:

Breed Health Power Speed

BB 1562 292 244

HH 1806 276 227

Flying

Special or not:0Special or not:201115328644715320

Ikky

Skills: * 1 1
Breed: Any
Ikky
This pet can have the following breeds:

Breed Health Power Speed

PS 1319 322 273

Flying

021243814356424380

Foulfeather

Skills: * 2 1
Breed: Any
Foulfeather
This pet can have the following breeds:

Breed Health Power Speed

BB 1481 292 260

SS 1400 276 309

SB 1465 289 273

Magic

Special or not:0Special or not:3020235214194123520

Baa'l

Skills: * 2 *
Breed: Any
Baa'l
This pet can have the following breeds:

Breed Health Power Speed

BB 1522 284 260

Magic

020304117408530410

Death Seeker

Skills: * 2 *
Breed: Any
Death Seeker
This pet can have the following breeds:

Breed Health Power Speed

HH 1905 278 206

Magic

002358020563735800

Baa'lial

Skills: * * 2
Breed: Any
Baa'lial
This pet can have the following breeds:

Breed Health Power Speed

HP 1627 305 227

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Ikky can sometimes finish off Retinus the Seeker. If Ikky cannot, finish with Baa'l.

Script thanks to Lazey

Breed

RNG

TCG

Shop

Level 25+

Tricky

Script

Unobtainable

Staff Pick

Patch 10.2

Time: 0:57

Rounds: 7

Strategy Details

57 Sec

Very High

2023-11-10 23:52:40

2020-01-11 09:30:38

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Tamer Details

Retinus the Seeker

Low XP

Turn 1

Shadow Slash

Unborn Val'kyr

Ikky

Baa'l

Pass

Bring in your Unborn Val'kyr

Bring in your Ikky

Bring in your Baa'l

Swap to your Unborn Val'kyr

Swap to your Ikky

Swap to your Baa'l

Retinus the Seeker comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 2

Curse of Doom

Unborn Val'kyr

Ikky

Baa'l

Pass

Bring in your Unborn Val'kyr

Bring in your Ikky

Bring in your Baa'l

Swap to your Unborn Val'kyr

Swap to your Ikky

Swap to your Baa'l

Retinus the Seeker comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 3

Haunt

Unborn Val'kyr

Ikky

Baa'l

Pass

Bring in your Unborn Val'kyr

Bring in your Ikky

Bring in your Baa'l

Swap to your Unborn Val'kyr

Swap to your Ikky

Swap to your Baa'l

Retinus the Seeker comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Bring in your Ikky

Unborn Val'kyr

Ikky

Baa'l

Pass

Bring in your Unborn Val'kyr

Bring in your Ikky

Bring in your Baa'l

Swap to your Unborn Val'kyr

Swap to your Ikky

Swap to your Baa'l

Retinus the Seeker comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 4

Black Claw

Unborn Val'kyr

Ikky

Baa'l

Pass

Bring in your Unborn Val'kyr

Bring in your Ikky

Bring in your Baa'l

Swap to your Unborn Val'kyr

Swap to your Ikky

Swap to your Baa'l

Retinus the Seeker comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 5-7

Flock

Unborn Val'kyr

Ikky

Baa'l

Pass

Bring in your Unborn Val'kyr

Bring in your Ikky

Bring in your Baa'l

Swap to your Unborn Val'kyr

Swap to your Ikky

Swap to your Baa'l

Retinus the Seeker comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Bring in your Baa'l

Unborn Val'kyr

Ikky

Baa'l

Pass

Bring in your Unborn Val'kyr

Bring in your Ikky

Bring in your Baa'l

Swap to your Unborn Val'kyr

Swap to your Ikky

Swap to your Baa'l

Retinus the Seeker comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 8

Murder the Innocent

Unborn Val'kyr

Ikky

Baa'l

Pass

Bring in your Unborn Val'kyr

Bring in your Ikky

Bring in your Baa'l

Swap to your Unborn Val'kyr

Swap to your Ikky

Swap to your Baa'l

Retinus the Seeker comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

I feel like I'm being observed...

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Sneaks

wrote on 2020-07-29 07:02:39

If you don't want to risk a Flying pet like Ikky dying due to the bonus damage from magic attacks, you could use a Chitterspine Skitterling instead, with its Black Claw + Swarm.

This worked just fine for me as-is, though!

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johnny

wrote on 2020-01-17 20:19:39

Work like a charm, had Ikky with 2HP left, no need for Baa'l

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Luxaetern

wrote on 2020-01-18 00:29:59

Funnily enough, the battle ended in EXACTLY the same way for me; Ikky at 2 HP, no need for Baa'l at all.

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(OP) SpruceOP

wrote on 2020-01-18 00:38:34

Yea, this strat can end in 2 ways. Lol. Ikky survives with 2 health, or Ba'al (or any level 25 pet) needs to use 1 ability. (edited)

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Missprey wrote on 2020-06-04 22:57:22

Finished the battle with 2hp on Ikky, but instead of having Baa'l I just used the Shadowbarb Hatchling so I could use this strat for the quest.

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MJ wrote on 2020-07-04 02:51:53

64% left on Val, 50% on Ikky, Baa'l bored, didn't even get to come in. Perfect.

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Alauraa#2331

wrote on 2020-04-27 09:55:33

Sometimes, my ikky dies before he can even cast his first flock ;o

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Blackmu

wrote on 2020-01-16 05:40:38

any chance for the script please? :)

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Lazey

wrote on 2020-01-16 06:40:14

use(Curse of Doom:218) [ round=2 ]
use(Haunt:652) [ enemy.aura(Curse of Doom:217).exists ]
use(Shadow Slash:210)
use(Black Claw:919) [ self.round=1 ]
use(Flock:581)
use(Murder the Innocent:2223)
change(next)

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Decap wrote on 2020-01-14 23:06:14

Dang spruce! you da best

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(OP) SpruceOP

wrote on 2020-01-14 23:11:36

Thanks Decap (edited)

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Solitha

wrote on 2020-01-14 18:10:27

Fast and effective!

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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 Level 1+ Pet	Redorkulated#1291	Created this based on a comment from Nebulae on one of the other strats here. worked really well and i couldnt see a simular strat. hope this helps someone as much as it helped me.	Level 1+ Script	2	4.8	97%	26	70 1:10	8+
Any Level 1+ Pet	Hollandshoop	Script thanks to Dpaul	Level 1+ Script	2	4.6	77%	44	66 1:06	8
	Lazey	* 9.0.2 approved *	Script	2	5.0	100%	9	38 0:38	5
	SpruceOP	Ikky can sometimes finish off Retinus the Seeker. If Ikky cannot, finish with Baa'l. Script thanks to Lazey	Script	2	5.0	100%	1	57 0:57	7
	DragonsAfterDark	For the Shadowbarb Hatchling Quest: Someone His Own Size Video for Fight	Script	2	5.0	100%	2	39 0:39	5
Any Level 1+ Pet	Kalagren		Level 1+ Script	2	5.0	100%	5	56 0:56	7
	DragonsAfterDark		Script	2	5.0	100%	0	47 0:47	6
Any Level 1+ Pet	drsleo#1268		Level 1+ Script	2	5.0	99%	5	51 0:51	6
	WhyDaRumGone	You can use non flying Exploders; but #3 recommended flyer above 266 speed	Script	2	5.0	100%	2	39 0:39	5
	Inarizoku	Ikky survived with 2 HP in all of my experiments (6 or 7). A third pet needed in case of crit. I used Wildhammer Gryphon Hatchling with Flock. Important that he has more than 267 speed.	Script	2	4.8	100%	2	57 0:57	7
Any Pet	sarati#2761	Script thanks to Bani	Script	2	3.7	92%	2	57 0:57	7
	Squirl	If you have a limited collection, you can beat every new 8.3 Pet Battle World Quest with these 3 pets: Wayward Spirit Foulfeather (S/S) Twilight Clutch-Sister (P/S) All 3 pets are fairly common and tradable, so you should be able to get them cheap from your AH if you don't have them. Only the listed breeds have been tested. A strategy using these 3 pets is posted for each 8.3 WQ: - K'tiny the Mad - Tormentius - Baruk Stone Defender - Vil'thik Hatchling - Retinus the Seeker - Whispers - Aqir Sandcrawler - Blotto	Breed Script	2	0.0	100%	0	53 0:53	7
Any Pet	norng	7~8 rounds.	Script	2	0.0	100%	0	59 0:59	7-8
Any Pet	Jadeon#1206	5 round speed kill could do leveling with it but an explode pet would be better for that as shown in Shenks strat	Script	2	0.0	86%	0	63 1:03	7-8
Any Level 1+ Pet	Smedley	Based on Redorkulated#1291s strategy. Retinus demolished any flyer I used in the first slot causing the strat to fail at times. Putting in a beast reduced the damage enough to make it a win.	Breed Level 1+ Script	2	0.0	100%	0	71 1:11	8-9
	agy#2210	By TBoeske from https://www.wowhead.com/quest=58742/retinus-the-seeker#comments	RNG	2	0.0	N/A	0	58 0:58	8+
Any Pet	Raziel88			2	0.0	N/A	0	52 0:52	6
Any Pet	Vigholm	This is a straightforward strategy that doesn't rely on RNG, it works 100% of the time unless you get an unlucky crit on you. I devised it to help those who need to do this encounter for the Shadowbarb Hatchling quest. The third pet can be any pet since you won't need to use it at all. PS. Make sure your Anklerender is P/P (341 power), this hasn't been tested with other breeds.	Breed	2	0.0	N/A	0	57 0:57	7
	PureArmour#1184	The strat is not 100% due to RNG, but for me it did work 9 out of 10 tries. Location is /way 62, 32	RNG Shop	2	0.0	N/A	0	165 2:45	23
	dhelbegor		RNG Script	2	0.0	16%	0	100 1:40	13-14

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