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With the pet battle system continuing intoWorld of Warcraft: Dragonflight, there are plenty more pet trainers and pet bosses for you to take on across the Dragon Isles. you may either wait for their world quests to spawn to battle them for extra rewards, or you can simply do so on your own time (for practice, perhaps).
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One of the pet trainers on the Dragon Isles isBakhushek, a centaur of theMaruuk Centaurwho resides in their central city,Maruukai. She stands beneath a tent with her two pets,Skritches andPhantus, awaiting challengers that usually only swing by for her Two and Two Together world quest.
Bakhushek’s Pet Lineup
There’s nothing overly special about Bakhushek’s pet roster, just that it only consists oftwo pets(as opposed to the usual three), both of which are ofepic quality:
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Exposed Wounds
Stampede
Skritches will always be the first pet she sends into battle.
The Two Strategies
There are two strategies to defeat Bakhushek. The first is byusing Tinytron as your first pet to defeat Skritches, then having two more pets that deal bonus damage to beast-type pets to deal with Phantus. Alternatively, you could start with a pet that deals bonus damage to flying-type pets to deal with Skritches first, then bring Tinytron in for Phantus after your first pet gets knocked out, though this option isn’t as efficient.
The reason Tinytron works so well here is thatboth Skritches and Phantus have a triple-attack ability(Hunting Party and Stampede, respectively), and Tinytron has two shields. In his second ability slot, you should takeLightning Shield, and in his third ability slot, you should takeFire Shield. Both ofthese shields deal 210 to Tinytron’s attacker every time they deal damage to him, so since both Skritches and Phantus have triple attacks, they end up killing themselves upon your Tinytron by turn three.
Remember that Fire Shield first lasts for three rounds, whereas Lightning shield only lasts for two rounds.
The second strategy is if you don’t have Tinytron. Take a roster of pets with a combination of bonus damage to flying and beast-type pets, though you may want to take two that deal bonus damage to flying pets (many magic and dragonkin-type pets will suffice) and only one that deals bonus damage to beast-type pets. The reason for this is that a mechanical-type pet with Supercharge and Wind-Up (i.e. Runeforged Servitor or Iron Starlette) can usually one-shot Phantus, but in reality,most mechanical pets can dispatch Phantus quite easily.
All pets for this regular strategy and all the pet type-specific strategies in the following sections requirea full team of level 25 pets.
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Best Aquatic Team
To earn the Battler of the Dragon Isles achievements, you also have to defeat Bakhushek with a full team of each type of pet, so the following sections, including this one, will address that. First up is the Aquatic team:
Doesn’t Matter
Blood in the Water
All you need to do isspam Emerald Bite to kill Skritches(since it does bonus damage to flying-type pets). To deal with Phantus, you may widdle him down with the Shack Crab’s Surge and Spiny Carapace (the latter works like Tinytron’s shield abilities), then clean him up with Fen Crab’s Rip/Blood in the Water combo.
Horn Attack
Primal Cry
You’re going to want tospam Blink Strike with your Voidstalker Runtuntil it dies. You won’t kill Skritches this way, but you’ll get him to a low enough health that the next pet you swap in will take him out on its first turn. Then,Xu-Fu will be able to solo Phantus with his Prowl/Feed combo, but having your Direhorn Runt as your third pet is helpful in case Xu-Fu can’t pull it off.
Best Critter Team
The critter-type team is a bit tricky since both Skritches and Phantus have an ability that deals bonus damage to them. As such, this is a reliable lineup for you to take:
Crouch
Survival
For this, you’ll want tolead with Creeping Insanity then use Haunt next. These will kill Skritches by the time Creeping Insanity triggers. In the meanwhile, you can bring in Pistachio and use Wild Magic and Feral Clawstorm, andas soon as Skritches dies and Phantus is brought in, you’ll want to use Wild Magic followed by Nut Barrage. Pistachio will usually die after using those two abilities, soonce you bring in your Orphaned Marsuul, lead with Crouch, otherwise, Phantus will kill you really fast. Then spam Bite until he dies.
Best Dragonkin Team
Your dragonkin-type team only requires two specific pets, as each one can simply one-shot each of Bakhushek’s pets:
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Lead with Chrominius’ Howl and follow up with Surge of Power to one-shot Skritches. Then, unless Phantus has a critical attack, you’ll have the chance touse Chrominius’ Howl one more timebefore he is killed. Do this, then swap in yourWild Jade Hatchling and use Call Lightning(or any other dragonkin-type pet with that ability). This will nearly one-shot Phantus if it doesn’t crit, so just use Breath once afterward to finish him off.
Echo of the Heights
Conflagrate
YourKirin Tor Familiar can reliably solo Skritcheswith its abilities that do bonus damage to flying-type pets, and yourEcho of the Heights can come very close to soloing Phantus with Call Lightning. Fel Flame is just there as a solid third choice with a nice health pool to clean up the battle if you need to.
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Best Flying Team
When it comes to your flying-type pet team, here’s what you want:
Predatory Strike
Sentinel’s Companion solos Skritches just by usingMoonlight and Dark Talon twice. It can then get Phantus to roughly half health for your Direbeak or Snowfeather Hatchling to finish off. Just ensure you use their defensive first (Ironskin or Crouch, respectively), then Falcosaur Swarm!, and then Predatory Strike to execute.
Best Humanoid Team
For humanoid-type pets, anAnubisath Idol can pretty much solo this battle. Just make sure youuse his Deflection ability to dodge thefirst attackof Skritches and Phantus(Black Claw and Exposed Wounds, respectively), then use Sandstorm right afterward and every time it’s off cooldown.
There’s a chance your Anibusath Idol may miss some of his regular hits, so you might need a second pet to clean up the fight. Any humanoid pet will do, but Baby Winston is great because his first ability, Tesla Cannon, does bonus damage to beast-type pets. Here’s the lineup:
Best Magic Team
For the magic-type pets, Mini Mindslayer can put in a lot of good work, but it can’t quite solo Bakhushek’s team. As such, you only really need two pets here:
It is imperative that youlead with Mana Surge, as its triple cast will defeat Skritches. Once Phantus comes in, you’re able to pass a turn, then use Life Exchange for maximum value, then bring in Hungering Claw (use Forboding Curse first here) to clean up the fight.
Best Mechanical Team
The mechanical-type team, as you could probably guess, includesTinytron as your primary pet, since it is incredibly effective at dealing with Skritches. Furthermore, it practically follows the original, baseline strategy to a tee, as you’ll want to bring Iron Starlette and Tranquil Mechanical Yeti as your second two pets.
To be clear though, you’re not really going to need a third pet in this battle, as Tinytron will dispatch Skritches by itself, and either your Iron Starlette or yeti will dispatch Phantus by itself with their Call Lightning/Ion Cannon or Wind-Up/Supercharge combos.
Supercharge
As with some of the former teams, you only really need two undead pets to beat Bakhushek:
Fragment of Suffering can solo Skritchesbecause its abilities deal bonus damage to flying-type pets. Justlead with Drain Power then spam Spiritfire Bolt. He will also be able to get some good damage off on Phantus before he dies. Once that happens,Blightbreath can clean the battle up with his Toxic Smoke, which does bonus damage to beast-type pets.
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