Bloodknight Antari – 2 Pet Strategy

My first post and first video, aren’t you lucky!

Bloodknight Antari is located here in Shadowmoon Valley, Outland @ roughly 30.8, 41.9 coordinates, just south of Shadowmoon Village, the Horde faction town.

This is a strategy I employ for http://www.wowhead.com/npc=66557/bloodknight-antari; with this strategy it is possible to boost a much lower level pet.

*This is simply a strategy I use to beat this tamer, I do not claim it “as my own” or as “original content”*

Pet and Ability Lineup:

Your Squad:

Level 25  Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling with Breath, Bombing Run, and Decoy. (Mechanical)

Level 25 Rapana Whelk with Absorb, Shell Shield, and Dive. (Critter)

Leveling Pet (see below for some tips/notes)

Enemy Team:

Level 24 ArcanusAmplify Magic, Drain Power, and Feedback. (Magic)

Level 24 Jadefire –  Burn, Immolate, and Conflagrate. (Elemental)

Level 24 NetherbiteNether Blast, Phase Shift, and Soul Ward. (Dragonkin)

The Action:

Antari opens with his Magic pet, Arcanus the Mana Wyrm. Using your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling, which will go first, cast Bombing Run. Arcanus will buff himself with Amplify Magic. Cast your Decoy, and begin Breath spam while Arcanus’ Feedback and Drain Power bounce off your Decoy.

After your Decoy fades your Bombing Run‘s payload will come in and Arcanus will either be dead or close to it. If Arcanus is still alive, use Breath until he drops.  If he is dead, switch out to your Rapana Whelk. Out comes Jadefire the Fire Elemental. He will Immolate and Conflagrate you, but you will take so little damage from his attacks as a critter that it barely matters.

Apply your Shell Shield and on the next round, Dive. Jadefire will continue to use Burn and Immolate but your Shell Shield completely negates the damage over time component from Immolate. After Dive hits, cast Absorb a few times while minding the round timer on Shell Shield. Reapply it if your Dive missed or Jadefire is still high on health. If not you can safely Absorb him down without dying.

When Jadefire dies. Antari brings out Netherbite, a Dragonkin. This is where you want to switch your leveling pet in. Netherbite will either cast Nether Blast doing some damage to your leveling pet, or buff himself with Soul Ward or Phase Shift. Either way, your leveling pet is done after this and can to safety on the backline while you bring out your Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling again. I generally do not cast Bombing Run here because more often than not the second part of the attack misses due to Soul Ward or Phase Shift being up that round. It’s up to you though, either is fine. Decoy afterward and use Breath until Netherbite drops.

More Details:

The Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling is a mechanical pet created by engineers of skill level 575; you can purchase it in the Auction House or craft one/have it crafted. The materials are not too expensive.  The pet is learned as uncommon quality and only comes in Breed#5, or S/S. In this video, you will see I have opted to use a battle stone and upgrade him to rare quality; this is not required, the pet can handle this fight quite well as uncommon. If you do have access to a battle stone I would definitely recommend that you consider this pet for an upgrade. It is quite unique in that it is a mechanical family pet with a Dragonkin attack; as you see in this video he does bonus damage to Magic type pets while at the same time taking decreased damage from them. This makes him an ideal choice against many magical opponents and I employ this pet in several situations including the Celestial Tournament’s version of Wise Mari.

The Rapana Whelk is a critter pet caught wild in Dread Wastes; the rare I captured was of Breed#3 or B/B. Rapana Whelk is also available in Breed#5, or S/S, and Breed#12 or H/B. Any breed is acceptable for this fight.  There are several similar pets you can use in this slot if you have not captured a Rapana Whelk yet. Ideally you want one of the snails as they are critters and they take less damage from Jadefire’s burning elemental bullying. Acceptable alternatives are the wild caught Rusty Snail, Shimmershell Snail and the Silkbead Snail. Also identical in ability is Scooter the Snail, who is easily obtainable via quest during Children’s Week each May.

Your leveling pet for this fight should be about level 6 in most cases, especially if you are new to pet battles or boosting and are unsure about how much damage is incoming. On this particular trainer I switch my leveling pet in when Antari pulls out his third pet, Netherbite. Netherbite only has one damaging ability, Nether Blast, and often he will opt to lead off with one of his 2 damage reduction abilities instead. Your pet will take no damage so therefore it is possible to boost a level 1 pet in this case, but it’s no guarantee he won’t use his damage attack and wipe the floor with your baby pet in one shot. Remember, when you switch your pet in for boosting if you live through an attack from the enemy you can safely switch out; you do not need to hit the other pet to gain the experience. The round merely needs to resolve with you alive.

Special thanks to Hazel of Hazelnutty games where I first saw this strategy. If you have a better, different or more efficient strategy I would love to hear it; I am always looking for new ideas or help.

 

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