Hi!.I'm Hazel, and welcome to my ultimate Beginner's.Guide to Pet Battles..This video is for the absolute newbie who.has never touched a pet battle before and.wants to know where to start..It might also do you good if you're a novice.that's started but you're not sure if you're.doing it right..I'll walk you through how the system works,.getting started and which pets to level first..To follow along you must be at least level.5, and have 10ish gold..Throughout the guide, I may show the thumbnail.of a video I've made that has a deeper dive.on a given topic..All of those links will be down below..The very first thing you need to do is train.the Pet Battling Skill at your Pet Battle.trainer..Alliance players can go to Audrey Burnhep.found here in Stormwind..Horde players can see Varzok up here by the.Zeppelin towers in Orgrimmar..You can also learn a few basic pets at these.NPCs, which you should do if you don't have.those yet..Next, let's take a tour through the Pet Journal..The default keybind is Shift-P to open your.Collections window, and then click the Pet.Journal tab down here..You may have some pets already in this list..By right-clicking your pet here on the left,.you can summon it to have it follow you around.in-game..If you really like a particular pet and want.to do that more often, you can drag that icon.to a bar to summon it more easily..You can also rename it to give it a nickname,.which has fewer rules than player names..You can include spaces..Other players will see your pet names when.you battle them or if they see your pet out.in the world..If the pet is cageable, you could cage it.to take it out of your journal and turn into.an item in your bags that can be traded or.sold..A caged pet keeps it's level..You can purchase many caged pets from the.Auction House to add to your collection- but.keep in mind that if the new pet's level is.higher than any pets you have already, you.can't learn it..You have to level one yourself first..Also, Not all pets are cageable- wild pets.and pets from achievements usually are not.but most vendor and drop pets will be..Most of themn..Pick any pet from your list and drag it to.your first active slot here on the right..With the pet selected, you'll get more info.about it here on the top right..Over here we've got the pet's health total,.attack stat, speed stat and quality..If you've played a Pokemon game before, there.are a lot of similarities..The quality is either going to be Rare, also.known as blue, and then everything else which.isn't good enough..Rare is the highest quality pet that players.can get..NPCs sometimes fight with epic or legendary.pets but they're cheating..You'll be able to get stones later on to upgrade.your pets to rare, so don't worry if it's.not blue yet..Over here, we can see the pet's moves..As you level it up, you'll unlock it's moves.as well as your second two battle slots..When you set up your team before a battle,.you pick one out of two options for each of.the three move slots..Once the battle starts, you can use only the.three moves you set..When describing which moves to take for a.pet battle sometimes people will write them.out as a three digit code made of 1s and 2s..A 1 means take the upper move in that slot,.and a 2 means pick the lower one..An Anubisath Idol with a 1 2 1 moveset is.using Crush, Stoneskin and Deflection..Your pet will have an experience bar, and.a level from 1 to 25..Your pet gets experience if it participates.in a pet battle and survives- if it dies in.the fight, it doesn ot get any XP..You can also get Ultimate Battle-training.stones in game to instantly boost a pet to.level 25..More on that in a bit..Up here, you can see what type your pet is..Your type gives you access to a racial passive,.and a defensive resistance and vulnerability..X pets take more damage from Y moves, but.less from Z moves..This handy graphic from Warcraftpets shows.the offensive and defensive type matchups..On the offense side you can see that magic.does more damage to flying, flying does more.to aquatic, aquatic does more to elemental,.etc..On the defensive side, Beast is resistant.to Humanoid damage, Humanoids take less from.Critters, and so on..It's something thatyou'll memorize eventually.but until then I'd just save the graphic somewhere.handy and refer back to it..I had a printout taped to my monitor at one.point..Something to keep in mind with typing is that.a pet will have a type, but moves also have.their own types..They often but don't always match..Your pet's type determines what you have a.defensive advantage against, but it's the.move type that determines whether you're dealing.strong damage..Being a water pet against an Elemental won't.help if you don't have any aquatic moves..Pets with multiple types of damage can be.useful because they can counter a wider range.of pet types..Some pets are also double counters, whey're.they're resistant to a type and have moves.that deal strong damage to that same type..An example is the Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling,.who takes less damage from Magic moves with.his Mech type and his Dragon-type Breath move.does strong damage to them..He's very useful when fighting magical enemies..Alright, enough with the theory, time for.some practice!.Look for a wild pet near you..Open your Tracking options on your map, make.sure that you're tracking battle pets and.look for the green paw icon..If it doesn't have the green paw, it's just.a critter and it's not a battle pet..Because your pets are level 1, you want to.fight a similir leveled pet..There should be plenty in Elwynn Forest or.Durotar..Mousing over the zones on your map will show.you the levels of wild pets in that zone..Right click the pet to start the battle..If it gives you an 'area obstructed' error.try moving around to different spots and see.if that works..Sometimes they're impossible, especially underwater,.but usually you can find the right spot to.stand..In your chat log, you can open a window that.has Pet Battle Combat if you'd like a combat.log..Click ona move to use it..Strong and weak moves against your opponent.are marked with green and red arrows..The pet with more speed usually goes first,.which is a huge advantage..Some moves will have a cooldown measured in.rounds, while others can be used every round..You can pass the round to do nothing here,.which I don't recommend unless you are stunned.or have no moves available..With three pets on your team, you can use.Switch to swap your active pet to a different.one, which uses a turn..Forfeit will give up and exit the battle,.and your Trap will attempt to capture a wild.pet, which we'll come back to later..Hit them until they have no health points,.hopefully before they do the same to you..If you win, any pets that participated and.survived will get experience..To unlock all three battle slots, you need.to level a pet up to level 5..After your pets have taken damage, you want.to heal them up for the next fight..There are three main ways to do that..First is Revive Pets, which is a spell in.your Pet Journal with an 8 minute cooldown..It'll be on a short cooldown after you first.log in, so you can't just character swap for.free heals..Pet Bandages can also heal your pets..Those are a consumable BOA item that you'll.get from bags and quests as you do pet battles..Third are Stable Master NPCS, which you can.track on your map..For a few silver, they'll restore your pets..It's handy to know where these are if you're.grinding wild pet battles..You'll also heal a bit when you win a battle.and some moves like Devour will heal your.pet while battling, which can help..Next, let's talk about leveling your first.pets..You can get from level 1-3 pretty quickly.just by battling wild pets around Elwynn Forest.or Durotar..That'll unlock your second slot..At level 3, you can fight your first tamer..Go see Julia Stevens here in Elwynn Forest,.or Zunta over here in Durotar..In a tamer battle you obviously cannot capture.pets because we're not team Rocket over here,.and tamer battles calso give more experience..Most low level tamers have daily quests, letting.you fight them again every day..You can track Pet Tamers on your map to see.where they are, and you'll find their pet.levels match the pet levels of that zone..After Durotar or Elwynn tamer, you should.be fine to take on Old Macdonald in Westfall.or Dagra in the Northern Barrens..When your pet reaches level 5, you'll unlock.your third slot and now you're in business..With three pets you can fight against BfA.pet battle world quest tamers, and they'll.scale down to your level..Do these as often as you can, and just try.to type match with whatever you have..You won't get much experience from them, but.you will occasionally get Polished Pet Charms.which is what we want..When world quests offering those come up,.do them on as many 120 characters as you have..Crysa in the Northern Barrens and Environeer.Bert outside the Gnomeragan entrance will.also scale their teams to your level, and.can be beaten once per day..A rare pet can drop from each of their bags,.so they're worth doing if you're in the neighbourhood..If you get to 60 Polished Pet Charms before.any of your pets reach level 25, which is.likely, you can buy an Ultimate Battle Training.Stone from vendors here and here in BfA..Use that on a pet to boost it to 25..Once you have at least one level 25 pet, you.can purchase additional 25s from the Auction.House if you'd like to speed up your collection..You could level your first pets the old fashioned.way of grinding against wild pets and working.your way through all the tamers, but it's.much much faster to save up and buy a few.stones..Now that you have a few max level pets, you.can catch up much more quickly..You can '2 pet' tamers by including a low.level pet in the fight and keeping it alive,.then winning to get large amounts of experience..This is effective on many tamers in the game,.and you can level pets quickly by two-petting.tamers from Pandaria and Draenor every day..It's even faster during the pet bonus event,.so keep an eye on the calendar..Next, Getting More Pets..There are over 1000 different pets to collect.in WoW, with more being added every patch..Wild Petscan only be captured from wild pet.battles..They can come in a variety of qualities including.Rare, and often several breeds which can affect.their stats..They cannot be caged and you can catch any.wild pet that you can fight..They are captured at the quality you fight.them with, so looking for blue pets to capture.is a good idea so you don't have to upgrade.them later..When the pet is under a third health but still.alive, you can use the Cage to attempt to.catch it..This uses your turn..If the trap fails, the pet will get to hit.you again..Every time you retry your chance gets better..After it's successfully caged, you need to.win the rest of the fight to get the pet..You can only capture one pet from each encounter..Do be careful not to kill it!.Some pets are extra useful for capturing wild.pets..Grumpy has a move called SuperBark, which.cannot reduce a pet below 1 health..If you use Howl and then Superbark, almost.any pet will be ready for capture..You can get more pets from vendors as well.as drops, achievements, the cash shop, and.more..Buying caged pets off the Auction House is.a quick and expensive way to bulk out your.collection..Before you buy Always look up where it comes.from to make sure it wouldn't be easier to.go get one yourself..A question you might have right about now.is Which Pets to Level First?.Here's 7 good ones to start with..The Iron Starlette..You can find these fairly cheap on the Auction.House, or complete the Warlords of Draenor.intro quests in the Blasted Lands to get a.new one..By using Wind-Up, Supercharge, Wind-Up you'll.demolish many, many pets..This guy is the key to most BfA World Quests,.especially ones against a single boss pet..Stormborne Whelpling..You can use Arcane Storm- Mana Surge for a.huge damage combo that will wipe out flying.pets, and most everything else too..When it comes off cooldown, use Arcane Storm.again for another damage hit even larger than.the first..This is often cheap on the Auction House or.drops from the Stormwing Matriarch in Stormheim..A Power breed Nexus Whelpling is a better.version of the same thing but that's a tricky.to find wild pet with limited spawns around.Coldarra in Northrend..The Anubisath Idol..When you need to be defensive, this is it..Stoneskin or Sandstorm will make you immune.to most swarms, and Deflection lets you completely.avoid big bursts of damage..While you hit them with Crush, you'll heal.up with your Humanoid Racial so this guy is.a tanky legend..These are often medium cheap on the Auction.House or can drop off of Twin Emperors in.Ahn'Qiraj..The Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling..You'll need to upgrade and level this Engineering.crafted pet, but holy heck is he worth it..If you're fighting any kind of magic pet,.he'll demolish them with breath, avoid dangerous.attacks with decoy and has a defensive advantage.against magic attacks..This one never stops coming in handy, and.pops up often in Draenor two-pet strats..Next is Ikky, for Black Claw and Flock..If you need flying damage this will pretty.much do it..It does so much damage that even a crab with.a shell shield up gets wrecked..These are cheap on the Auction House or available.from an easy Spires of Arak quest..The Zandalari Kneebiter or Anklerender, for.their Black Claw, Hunting Party combo..It's the same thing as Ikky, but with beast.damage..These guys are affordable on the AH or drop.from dinomancers on the isle of giants in.pandaria..Look for a power breed if you can, but they'll.all get the job done..7th, I recommend Grumpy for capturing wild.pets..Howl followed by Super Bark will get your.target of choice quickly and safely within.capturing range..These guys are cute, sell for cheap or can.be looted from this house in Val'sharah..Next, let's talk about some pet battle addons..A few mods will give you access to more information.and take some of the friction out of your.pet battling process..First, I like PetJournalEnhanced..It adds more info and filters to your pet.journal without completely changing it's look.from default..You can filter by pet type and by ability.type which is handy if you're looking for.counters..Next, PetTracker..This does all sorts of things but the feature.that I like is the enemy cooldown tracker.within a pet battle..Knowing when your enemy's moves are available.is crucial for many strategies, and hard to.live without once you've tried it..Third, Rematch..This lets you save teams and movesets, and.then attach those saved teams to tamers..Mouse over the NPC and the saved team loads.right up, speeding up your pet dailies and.world quests dramatically..You can also import Rematch Strings from other.users to load up their teams and see notes..On top of add-ons, there's a few great third-party.websites I use that are super helpful for.pet battlers..For strats, I love wow-petguide.com..You can look up the fight of your choice and.see strats and alternatives, get rematch strings.and read comments..If you're stuck on a pet battle, wow-petguide.will have some ideas on how to beat it..For finding out how to get a specific pet.I look them up on Wowhead.com..The comments often have detailed guides on.where to go and what to do..And for inspiration and collecting direction,.I use Warcraftpets.com..This website lets you import your pet collection.from the armory and gives you a score based.on how many pets you have, what quality they.are and what level they are..Think of it as a raider.io for your pets..You can even see how your collection ranks.against other pet people on your server..The Checklist function is also super useful-.it can give you a customized list of pets.you're looking for based on what's missing.from your armory, and tell you where to find.them..All three of these sites are free resources.that I use and recommend, and none of them.have sponsored this video in any way..So what's next?.You can collect pets and level them to take.on more pet battles and improve your WarcraftPets.ranking..You can Beat 40 Master tamers across the world.to earn your Safari Hat, a toy that gives.you 10% more pet battle experience..You could Queue up for some Pet Battle PvP..Maybe try working towards some pet battle.achievements..The world's your oyster, or perhaps your Hermit.Crab..Congratulations, you made it to the end and.you're ready for your own pet battle journey..Thanks for watching!.Feel free to ask me questions during my livestreams,.and check back to my channel for other pet.battle and wow videos..Let me know what you think, have a wonderful,.wonderful day..Bye!.
