Giveaway Winner and Screenshot of the Week: Through the Years

Skold rolled a #2 out of the people who weren't me

Congrats to Kaleb for winning the Lil Ragnaros pet. Thank you to everyone who entered. I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend :)

I thought it would be fun to take a stroll down memory lane for this week's screenshot of the week. At first I was confused as to why I didn't have anything in May of 2010, but then I realized I wasn't playing at that time because I graduated college. Anyway, although I didn't find very many, I picked three that popped out at me from the first week of May. 

Rizzii, my first beloved gnome May 2009

Still my favorite paladin, Aetta, tired after arena. May 2011

A sexy elf hanging out with a perty flower. <3 Lifegiving Seed May 2012

Heh, what a fun little thing to do. Have a great week everyone!
~Nichole

Transmog Feature: Skold's Runecloth Ensemble+Giveaway NOW open

*whispers: scroll down for information on Lil'Rag giveaway!*

Wow, it has been a crazy long time since I've done an actual Transmog Feature. Things in WoW have slowed down quite a bit for me since I've been playing other games. I'm running out of outfits to feature because I've done pretty much all my friends and I'm not leveling anyone at the moment so I don't have anything new either. Well except there is this adorable ensemble that I put together for Skold a week ago...just finished it today by finding the *almost* perfect belt.

No headpiece yet, but I do kind of want to find a crown...

Shoulder~Archmage Mantle 
Alone, this mantle is quite ugly. But paired with the gorgeousness of the Runecloth robe, it isn't all that bad. It has a terrible drop rate of 1% in Hyjal Summit. If you want this mantle, watch the auction house, with it being so ugly I can't imagine it would be all that expensive...

Chest~Runecloth Robe
This beautiful robe, one of my all time favorites, is a tailored item. Tailors of skill level 260 or higher can make it quite easily as it is learned from a trainer and all you need is five bolts of runecloth, one Ironweb Spider Silk and one rune thread. My favorite part about this robe is the cut out in the back.

Gloves~Mystic's Gloves
I will be the first person to admit that these gloves are not a perfect match for the set. But honestly, they are the best I can find. I've looked everywhere, but I keep watching the auction house and random drops. I am pleased with the fact that they don't clash too horribly with the set though. I love that they are dark and fingerless so though, I feel like they don't draw that much attention. Another terrible drop rate--less than 1% for these gloves so check the AH, I always see a ton of them up for hardly any gold.

Belt~Black Belt of Knowledge
I almost fell off my chair today when I found this beauty on the auction house today. I paid 1.5k gold, but it wasn't the price that stunned me, it was the fact that it was *exactly* what I was looking for!! I really really wanted gold strands for the belt, and I got them. This is another tailored item, the plan has a pretty bad drop rate of 0.2% in the BC raids/dungeons. So I'd look on the AH or find a tailor who can make it if you want it.  Expect to pay a pretty penny for it though as it needs six Bolts of Imbued Netherweave, 14 Primal Mana and one Primal Nether.

Boots~Netherweave Boots
I've been told these boots go well with the set. Although I am pleased with them, I'm still not happy with how they go with the set. It is so hard to find good looking boots in WoW. Honestly, it's quite ridiculous. This plan is learned from a Tailoring Trainer so Tailors of level 335 and higher should be able to make it. All you need is six bolts of Netherweave, two Knothide leathers and one Rune Thread.

Weapon~Scarlet Kris
Although it really has nothing to do with the set or matching...I just loved this dagger so much I had to transmog it. So sexy! It has a 4% chance to drop off Ragnaros in Molten Core.

Off-Hand~Bureaucrat's Handbook
Notice the paw? Skold collects companion pets, so she needs somewhere to keep track of them! ;) This off-hand is a quest reward from "Call Out Their Leader" a quest in Kun-Lai Summit.

~Giveaway~
In honor of Skod's sexy dagger from Ragnaros, I've decided to do a giveaway of one Lil Ragnaros. It will be conducted through the comment section of this blog. To enter, answer the following question: "Which transmog feature/featurette (that I've done) was your favorite?"

The contest will go from 4/29/13 to 5/6/13 with the winner being announced Monday at 9 PM central time. Only one entry per person, US realms only with an active World of Warcraft subscription. I will be using the WoW /roll system to find the winner based on the number of entries.

Hope everyone has an amazing week!
~Nichole

Screenshot of the Week: Azure Water Strider

If you are at all like me, you probably hate fishing in World of Warcraft. Though, I must say, it is way better than it ever used to be. One wonderful thing I love about it now is that you don't need to equip a fishing pole anymore! The only reason you would want to equip one is if you wanted to use bait and a +stat pole. You can also fish anywhere with whatever skill you are at and still level up, much faster than you ever could before. The best part about fishing now is that you can level it (slowly but surely) by doing the fishing dailies with the Anglers in Southern Krasarang.

The Anglers have a few nice rewards between honored and exalted, but my favorites are the Azure Water Strider and the Tiny Goldfish. As soon as I got exalted with the Anglers I ran to pick up the cutest unique mount the game has to offer. The Azure Water Strider is adorable and perfect for my gnomie. The strider makes bug noises, which I hate, but when you hit the spacebar while standing still he stands up really straight and it makes me giggle every time. It's also a pretty nice mount to have when you want to walk on water, but unfortunately this ability is disabled in battlegrounds. The other rewards are beneficial too, however, I don't fish very much so I don't buy them. There are four new fish that you can get while out fishing in Pandaria. They have terrible drop rates though, so I don't really suggest farming for them unless you have a lot of time to waste and a lot of patience. I do not have such patience.

"standing straight"

Just a side note: don't forget that you can use the "bonus" reputation for doing a dungeon and a scenario daily. Just make sure to mark it in the reputation panel. You can also get the Anglers Commendation once you hit revered with them to make the rep grind a bit easier. 

fishing can be fun...sometimes :)

Fishing is better than it used to be, but still not my favorite thing to do. However, the rep grind is totally worth it for the Azure Water Strider. Not to mention the fish that you get are good for leveling cooking! I hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend!

~N

Screenshot of the Week: Isle of Thunder

Silly Skold, she probably needed help getting up on that ledge

If you haven’t already, you should check out the new daily quest hub on the Isle of Thunder. It offers a variety of daily quests where you get reputation, valor/or conquest and honor, lesser Charms of Good fortune and a trove/bounty (dependent on faction)as quest rewards. You have the option [daily] to follow the PvP or PvE chain. I've only ever done the PvE ones because I don’t like getting ganked, but I hear the PvP are much quicker and easier. Apparently you don’t have to do as many quests and they are all located in one spot, whereas the PvE ones you are romping all over the island. The Isle of Thunder is being “discovered” a bit at a time…and it is dependent on your server’s participation as a whole. I thought that was a pretty neat idea. It was nice to not have the whole island shoved at us to do away with and get bored right away. As with all the other daily quests, this is a reputation grind. As alliance you are working on rep for The Kirin Tor Offensive. They have many nice gifts for you along the way to becoming exalted with them. Of course my favorite is the super adorable triceratops mount; but they also have cloaks, rings and other nifty things to offer. 

Skold keeping watch

Dailies aren’t my favorite thing to do in WoW, but having a friend along makes them much easier to bare—fun even. There are a lot of neat things going on around the island too that aren’t daily quests like Kroshik, treasure chests and rare mobs that spawn all over the island like clockwork. I even got a companion pet off one of them--Haywire. The rare mobs don’t need to be tagged by alliance or horde for credit. Which means you don’t need to be in a group to kill them, just make sure you hit them a few times before you die.

Doesn't Ailsi look pretty standing there? This shot is perfect because of the way the lightening and rain is captured

Everyone knows how much I enjoy collecting pets so of course when the patch came out, I captured all the new pets there. There is a frog, a snake, an electrified Razortooth and a Thundertail Flapper. The frog and snake have brand new models that I was really excited about. The razortooth and the flapper are elementals, which is pretty rare to find in the wild. By Stage four Skold was already exalted with the Kirin Tor Offensive The rep grind is really fast, especially when you pick up the Grand Commendation of the Kirin Tor Offensive (or the Sunreaver equivalent  at revered. One other thing I’d like to mention, if you do a daily dungeon and/or scenario make sure you pick which faction you want the rep to go to—it is really helpful in the rep grind. I hope everyone is enjoying the Isle of Thunder as much as I am…can’t wait to see the end of it!

~Nichole

Noblegarden~April 1st-8th

It's that time of year again! Everyone is twitterpated, little bunnies are running around laying eggs and people are fighting over egg spawn points. Nothing has been added since 2012, so go ahead and refer to my guide from last year. There were some tweaks to achievements though, so if you are interested check out WoWhead's post.

Over all, this event really isn't all that fun, you run around and collect eggs. Lots of eggs and fight with lots of people. Probably not fun with CRZ. There are a few fun things to buy, I really like the strider mounts--noblegarden's mount is a swift springstrider. Also, if you are working towards "What a Long, Strange Trip it's Been" for the violet drake--you might want to do this holiday's achievements if you haven't done so already!
 

Midaria at last year's Noblegarden

Good luck and have fun!

cuteness overload

Kaleb helped me get the best thing in the world tonight. After months of watching for the rare guy to spawn, I finally have the Panflute of Pandaria. I've already had some fun with it :) It has a 15% chance to drop off Moldo One-Eye in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.

You may be wondering, why is this the best thing in the world? Well, when you play the flute it will cause nearby critters to follow you for 15 minutes! Its cooldown? ONE MINUTE. *dies* They do disappear when you mount up, but that is the price you pay for cuteness. As far as I can tell, there isn't a limit on how many critters will follow you, but I only tried it a few times.

thank you sooooo much :)

Look at all the butterflies! Eeeee!

Pajama Transmog Featurette‏

Ailsi and Skold leveled to 90 together a few weeks ago and are now well on their way to obtaining all of the epic gear through loads of dungeons, raids and pajama parties. Okay okay I'm kidding about the pj parties, but you can't honestly tell me that these two gear sets don't look like pajamas--because it's all I can think about when I see them. Ailsi has them transmoged, but Skold doesn't like green so she's just modeling them for this blog.

pretty Ailsi

Though it is hard to see in this screenshot, Ailsi is wearing a cool little eyepatch. It is the Netherstrom Eye Patch and can be obtained from doing the quest "Sabotage the Warp-Gate!" in Netherstrom. Both ally and horde can do this quest. Aside from the eye patch, the mantle is the only other thing that is not part of the Embrace of the Viper set. The Broadleaf Mantle can be obtained from doing the Alliance quest "The Lost Gem" in Ashenvale. Though not a perfect match for this set, it is the best I've seen for it yet. Horde can get these shoulders (Manager's Mantle) from the quest "Management Material" in Ashenvale.

Embrace of the Viper-Purple and gold leather Set-Drops off bosses in Wailing Caverns*except gloves
Chest~Armor of the Fang~42% chance to drop off Lord Pythas.
Waist~Belt of the Fang~28% chance to drop off Lady Anacondra.
Legs~Leggings of the Fang~29% chance to drop off Lord Cobrahn.
Feet~Footpads of the Fang~21% chance to drop off Lord Serpentis.
*Hands~Gloves of the Fang~2% chance to drop off the Druids of the Fang

probably one of my favorite screenshots

silly Skold

Arachnidian Regalia (Recolor)-Green, gold and purple cloth Set-Drops off bosses in Wailing Caverns
Though there are quite a few different pieces of gear that this set is interchangeable with, I'm just going to go through the set I have, which is the above set. I didn't do any farming for this set as I was lucky enough to find it all ridiculously cheap on the auction house...I'm not really surprised at the prices either. There is a teal sister set to this one that is prettier and also cloth, but lacks a helm and shoulders. The following items in this set have a terrible drop rate of .5% or less from the Burning Crusade dungeons and raids: Eldr'naan Hood, Eldr'naan Shoulderpads, Eldr'naan Jerkin, Eldr'naan Pants, Eldr'naan Boots, and Eldr'naan Gloves. The Hibernal Sash has a .1% droprate off mobs in the Badlands. You are better off checking the auction house to see if anyone is selling them.

love the design on the back, and you can barely tell that the legs are open on the sides

These sets make me giggle, but I love the detail in them. The purple set is my favorite out of all three. I wish I would have gotten the teal set instead of this one, I think I would have played around with transmogging that one. Hope everyone is having a wonderful time in WoW! Posts to come will include, screenshot of the week, top 5 favorite dungeons and something about daily quests--maybe.
~N

Cinder Kitten Winner AND Beasts of Fable rundown

The little cinder kitten that needs a home goes to Geezix. You should have received your kitten already :)

In really tiny print you can see, #4 wins!

Thank you to everyone who participated :) After thinking about this for a week, I've decided that my favorite pet family is the Aquatics. I love how their abilities differ so much from pet to pet. Take for example a mirror strider, an emerald turtle and snarly (a croc). All aquatic but all very different. The mirror strider has a heal, a weather buff and is hella awesome against elementals with pump and water jet. The turtle has a nice defense ability, a heal, and has something to kick butt against flyers, critters, undead and elemental--talk about well rounded. Finally, the croc is more like a beast, but he also has abilities that are good against elementals.

This week I will do a quick rundown of the Beasts of Fable. You aren't able to do the "Beasts of Fable" quest until you have beaten Aki the Chosen. Which means you need to have beaten all the other tamers on Azeroth. Once you've done all that, horde can get the quest from Gentle San in Shrine of Two Moons and alliance can obtain the quest from Sara Finkleswitch in Shrine of Seven Stars. As long as you have a team of 25s defeating the beasts of fable won't be too bad. After reading my other posts, you all probably know that my preferred method is to use the +50% attack pet vs the opposing pet. That goes for this as well, but you might not always have three of that pet family. In which case I try to use at least two +50% attack and maybe one +33% defense. There are ten beasts of fable in all and they are level 25 and have 4000-4400 health. The good news is that there is only one of them and three of you. Sometimes it only takes one of your 25s to beat them. I'd just like to point out that I used the level 25s that I had available to me, which is why sometimes the team make up isn't quite perfect. For example, I'd ideally like to use three mechanicals on the beasts but since I only have two I made adjustments. It is also entirely possible to do this quest with whatever level 25 team you have, it just might take a little bit longer and be a bit harder. Good luck!!

Skold hanging out with Nitun the Midnight Plunderer

Nitun of the Jade Forest (56,29) Critter level 25
I used two beasts and a humanoid to defeat him. Sometimes it just takes those two, sometimes this critter can be quite the jerk so you do need your third to get the last hit or two in. One of the harder beasts of fable, imo.

Ka'wi the Gorger of the Jade Forest (48,71) Critter level 25
You can defeat him quite fast if you get lucky with your hits, since he is a critter I used two beasts and a humanoid to defeat him.

Skitterer Xi'a of Krasarang Wilds (36,37) Aquatic level 25
Since I only have one level 25 flyer, I bring a flyer and two magic--since the magic have the defense buff against aquatic.

Greyhoof of Valley of the Four Winds (25, 78) Beast level 25
To defeat Greyhoof I use  Two mechanicals and a flyer.

Lucky Yi of Valley of the Four Winds (39,44) Critter level 25
Since this is the third critter I've encountered on the Beasts of Fable quest I use the same team as Nitun. Two beasts and a humanoid.

Skold again chilling with No-No under her umbrella. 

No-No of the Vale of Eternal Blossoms (11,70) Aquatic level 25
Use the same team as you do for Skitterer Xi'a. A flyer and two magic. Just want to say that this little one is probably the cutest you get to battle ^_~

Gorespine of the Dread Wastes (26,50) Beast level 25
Same team as the other beasts already defeated at this point--two mechanicals and a flyer.

Ti'un the Wanderer of Townlong Steppes (72,79) Aquatic level 25
Same team as the other aquatics already defeated by this point--a flyer and two magic.

Kafi of Kun-Lai Summit (35,56) Beast level 25
Again, as a beast you'll want to use two mechanicals and a flyer. I found this to be another hard one. He hits like a truck and can stun so be prepared for that.

Dos-Ryga of Kun-Lai Summit (67,84) Aquatic level 25
Unlike the other aquatics, the team of a flyer with two magic doesn't work the best; I realized this after using that team for the fourth time. It is doable with two magic, but the spell that Dos-Ryga favors is a dragonkin spell so it eats up the magic pets. If you can, use three flyers. If not, just use whatever you have that isn't magic or elemental.

Mozi, the Red Panda

Why do this quest? Simply because you get a super adorable Red Panda the first time you do it!! After that it becomes an account daily quest where you are awarded the Fabled Pandaren Pet Supplies which has a chance to contain one of three other pandas, fun silly items, and battle stones. If the pandas aren't enough, I hear that the bag has a pretty large chance to drop those battle stones. The pandas in the bag are able to be traded once equipped and put in a box so that is a bonus if you get multiple drops of the same one. The Red Panda however, is not able to be traded. I hope this guide and the other pet battle guides in this series were helpful.

~Nichole

Grand Master Pet Tamers Pt. 2+Giveaway now OPEN

This is the fourth and final installment of my Pet Battle blog series. All of the following teams are level 25. I  hope these posts have been helpful to you. Make sure you check out the end of the post for the giveaway. One lucky winner will walk away with a super adorable cinder kitten.

Remember to refer to the "My Pet Battle Team" tab above if you are wondering why I'm using a specific pet.

Pandaria

Courageous Yon of Kun-Lai Summit (35.8, 73.6)

He's a little bit hard to find because he's in a cave. Yon's team is composed of a flyer, a critter and a beast so you'll want to bring a magic, a beast and a mechanical. 

Wastewalker Shu of the Dread Wastes (55.0, 37.6)

Bring an aquatic, a flyer and a mechanical to beat Shu's team. He has an elemental, an aquatic and a beast. 

Mo'ruk of Krasarang Wilds (62.2, 45.8)

This silly hozen has a flyer, a beast and an aquatic. You'll need a magic, a mechanical and a flyer to defeat this team. 

Hyuna of the Shrines in The Jade Forest (48.0, 54.0)

She has the same team make up as Mo'ruk--a flyer, a beast and an aquatic. So bring your magic, mechanical and flyer team. 

Seeker Zusshi of Townlong Steppes (36.2, 52.2)

Zusshi has a critter, an elemental and an aquatic. Make sure to bring a beast, an aquatic and a flyer. 

Farmer Nishi of the Valley of Four Winds (45.0, 43.6)

Bring two aquatics and a mechanical to this battle to defeat Nishi's team of two elementals and a beast. 

Aki the Chosen of the Vale of Eternal Blossoms (67.6, 40.8)

Aki is the last Grand Master Pet Tamer. Her battle is very hard. She has a critter, a dragonkin and an aquatic. You will need a beast, a humanoid and a flyer. This battle is hard solely because of the dragonkin's weather ability Call Lightning. Pretty much if you don't get the first or second hits in (hopefully big hits) you might not do very well the rest of the match... but if you have the team above you should be alright. I won't lie though this is, and for good reason, the hardest Grand Master. 

Spirit Tamers

Burning Pandaren Spirit found in Townlong Steppes (57, 42.2)

This team is composed of an elemental, a dragonkin and a flyer. Bring an aquatic, a humanoid and a magic. 

Flowing Pandaren Spirit found in the Dread Wastes (61.2, 87.4)

You'll want to bring a flyer, a beast and an aquatic to defeat the Flowing Pandaren spirit's team of an aquatic, a critter, and an elemental. 

Whispering Pandaren Spirit found in the Jade Forest (28.8, 36)

This team is made up of a critter, a dragonkin and an elemental. You'll really be glad you leveled that humanoid up ;) Anyway, you will want a beast, a humanoid and an aquatic.

You have a chance to get this pet in a Sack after completing the Whispering Pandaren Spirit's quest daily

Thundering Pandaren Spirit found in Kun-Lai Summit (64.8, 93.6) 

Bring an aquatic, a beast and a mechanical to defeat the Thundering Pandaren Spirit's team of an elemental, a critter and a beast. 

Darkmoon Faire

We all know that the first full week of the month, the Darkmoon Faire comes to Azeroth. Jeremy Feasel comes with the fair and has a daily pet battle quest for you. His team is composed of a mechanical, a beast and a magic. You will need to bring an elemental, a mechanical and a dragonkin to beat him. This battle is very very hard. The beast hits like a truck...oh and he throws bananas. 

Cinder Kitten Needs Home

And now for the part everyone has been looking forward to--the giveaway. It will be conducted through the comment section of this blog. To enter, answer the following question: "Which pet family is your favorite and why?" 

The contest will go from 3/5/13 to 3/12/13 with the winner being announced Tuesday evening. Only one entry per person, US realms only with an active World of Warcraft subscription. I will be using the WoW /roll system to find the winner based on the number of entries. One lucky winner will get to take home the super adorable cinder kitten. 

Good luck!

~Nichole 

More Pet Battle Daily Quests+some Grand Master Tamers

In addition to the alliance and horde daily pet battle quests, there are also dailies in Outland, Northrend and in the Cataclysm zones. Both factions can do each of these upon completing their own faction's for the first time. In this post I will be going over these daily quests and giving a sneak peek at next weeks post on the Grand Master Pet Tamer Daily quests. Once defeated, each Grand Master will award a Sack of Pet Supplies. More on that later. Just know that it isn't a walk in the park, you need to be prepared because the tamers do get harder, especially once you get to the Grand Masters.

Outland
Nicki Tinytech of Hellfire Peninsula (64.4, 49.2)
Nicki has three level 20 mechanicals, you will need three elementals to defeat this team.

Ras'an of Zangarmarsh (17.2, 50.6)
Bring a magic, a dragonkin and an undead to beat Ras'an's level 21 team of a flyer, magic and a humanoid. While you're out there farm for a rare Sporeling Sprout if you don't already have a rare humanoid. They pack quite a punch *giggle* and they have a nice self heal ability.

Narrok of Nagrand (61.0, 49.4)
He has a level 22 team of an aquatic, a beast and a critter so you will want to bring a flying, a mechanical and a beast.

Morulu the Elder of Shattrath City (59.0, 70.0)
Depending on your pet's level, you could probably do this battle with just one rare flyer seeing as he has three level 23 aquatics. Otherwise, three flyers will do the job ;)

Morulu the Elder with his three crocs

Northrend
Beegle Blastfuse of Howling Fjord (28.6, 33.8)
Bring two magic and a flyer to defeat Beegle's level 25 team of two flyers and an aquatic.

Gutretch of Zul'Drak (13.2, 66.8)
This battle is pretty tough. You will for sure want two mechanicals and a beast--max level for the mechs if possible because the Gutretch's beasts hit very hard. When I did this one I struggled with my 25 and 21 green mechanicals. He has a level 25 team of two beasts and a critter.

Nearly Headless Jacob of the Crystalsong Forest (50.2, 59.0)
This is another tough one. Jacob has three level 25 undead. Which means you need three critters to defeat him. When I first did these quests I had one 25 critter and I figured it wouldn't be too hard if I just used one of my other rare 25s. That strategy did not work. I ended coming back later with two critters and a turtle.

Okrut Dragonwaste of Dragonblight (59.0, 77.0)
Okrut has two undead and a dragonkin. This battle is kind of annoying, but not quite as bad as Nearly Headless Jacob. Bring two critters and a humanoid and you'll be golden.

Nearly Headless Jacob

Cataclysm
Bordin Steadyfist of Deepholm (49.8, 57.0)
Bordin has a critter and two elementals. Bring a beast and two aquatic to defeat this team of level 25s. The two elementals are very very strong. Whatever you do, do not bring a mechanical to this fight because they will die a quick and painful death. If you can, use at least one of the healing spells on the aquatics.

Brok of Mount Hyjal (61.4, 32.8)
Bring a dragonkin, a mechanical and a beast. Brok has a magic, a beast and a critter. This fight doesn't seem too bad; until the magic pet comes out. The magic pet has an ability to blind your pets, reducing accuracy by 50% this can make it quite hard for the dragonkin (or any pet) to beat down the magic quickly--it will still work but it might take a try or two to beat this team of 25s.

Goz Banefury of the Twilight Highlands (56.6, 56.8)
This team of level 25s includes a beast, an elemental and a magic. Bring a mechanical, an aquatic and a dragonkin to beat them!

Bordin Steadyfist

Since I want all of the MoP information in the next blog, today I will also go over all the Grand Master Pet Tamers that are *not* on Pandaria. The fun part about doing these quests is you are guarunteed a Sack of Pet Supplies which gives you a 0.4% chance to loot the Porcupette or pet family specific battle stones. The sack can also include lots of other fun things like biscuits that make your pet bigger, treats to make them smaller and my favorite--bandages for use after pet battles if your pet heal is on cooldown!

Note: The Grand Master's have elite pets. From what I can tell they just have a bit more health. I honestly only did Trixxy and Lydia when my pets were 21--I waited for all the others until I had a few teams of 25s. It's a huge annoyance to try and do them and keep dying. What used to work is to flee the battle and start it again until you got the opposing pet you wanted first--coming patch 5.2 that won't work so well because your pets will start being hurt when you flee from battles :(

Grand Master Pet Tamers Pt. 1
Stone Cold Trixxy of Winterspring (65.6, 64.6)
This little goblin has a team of 19 elites that includes a flyer, a dragonkin and a beast. You'll need a magic, a humanoid and a mechanical to beat this team.

Lydia Accoste of Deadwind Pass (40.2, 76.6)
Bring two critters and an aquatic to defeat Lydia's team of 19 elites. She has two undead and an elemental. The only annoyance with this battle is the undead ability to come back to life for 1 round when killed. Not too hard of a fight though.

Bloodknight Antari of Shadowmoon Valley (30.6, 41.8)
This might be one of the worst teams you will battle (though not the hardest--I'll get to him later.) Antari has a magic, an elemental and a dragonkin of level 24. Bring a dragonkin, an aquatic and a humanoid.

Major Payne of Icecrown (77.4, 19.6)
This guy really is a major pain...okay okay bad pun. But really, I can honestly say that he's the hardest pet battle daily that I've done. His team of 25s includes a mechanical, a beast and an elemental. Make sure you bring an elemental to beat his mechanical. Not only that but his mechanical hits like a truck so be ready with the heals. You'll also want a mechanical and an aquatic.

Obalis of Uldum (56.6, 41.8)
Bring a mechanical, a magic and a beast to beat his team of level 25s. Obalis has a beast, a flyer and a critter.

Major Payne

Next week I will conclude my Pet Battle Daily Quest series with all the daily pet battle quests on Pandaria. Then finally my little Cinder kitten will find a new home with one lucky winner--details next week!

~Nichole