Xu-Fu Strategy vs. Shadeflicker

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

Strategy added by Harahwah#1213

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1	Sleepywillo	All credit goes to Honeywhiss! None of the other strats were working but they had commented this strat on another post. Moved it here to highlight and make it easier for others to find!	RNG Script	2	4.6	30	90 1:30	12-13
2	Danetch	Thanks to oeevv on Wowhead. Beware that the first hit on the corefire imp isn't higher than 600 (normal attack should be 460 ish) and beware that Kunlai runt dies on rampage, sometimes it won't die and jeopardize the strategy. (if you have a PB runt, you can still use it, but you have to make sure it has less health than the imp when you start the fight) - thx Aeseta for the script	Breed RNG Script	2	3.5	26	86 1:26	13
3	Olania	Created by Gamerunknown on WoWHead.	RNG	2	3.6	12	88 1:28	11
4	Harahwah#1213	DragonsAfterDark: Strategy has been updated in OP's absence in response to poor ratings and feedback. These are the changes made: 1. Rotten Little Helper's timing and moves are the same. 2. Anubisath Idol & Demolish has been replaced by Ranishu Runt 3. Knight-Captain Murky (Blizzcon 2016 pet) replaced with Corefire Imp for Leeching Damage & Wild Magic	RNG	2	5.0	0	45 0:45	8
5	Kalagren		Breed Script	2	5.0	0	61 1:01	7
6	DragonsAfterDark		Breed Script	2	5.0	2	53 0:53	7
7	Traalt	Strategy updated for reliability, with Demolish still being the primary attack, just buffed by Lucky Dance	Breed	2	0.0	0	73 1:13	11
8	WhyDaRumGone	2 Grinch and an Imp ;) Based on the strat by Harahwah#1213, and modified by DAD, with #1 pet extra hp.	Breed RNG	2	0.0	0	62 1:02	9

Breed	Health	Power	Speed
PP	1278	349	260

Breed	Health	Power	Speed
PS	1400	289	289

Breed	Health	Power	Speed
PP	1359	333	260

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Danetch

Thanks to oeevv on Wowhead. Beware that the first hit on the corefire imp isn't higher than 600 (normal attack should be 460 ish) and beware that Kunlai runt dies on rampage, sometimes it won't die and jeopardize the strategy. (if you have a PB runt, you can still use it, but you have to make sure it has less health than the imp when you start the fight) - thx Aeseta for the script

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Created by Gamerunknown on WoWHead.

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Harahwah#1213

DragonsAfterDark: Strategy has been updated in OP's absence in response to poor ratings and feedback. These are the changes made:

1. Rotten Little Helper's timing and moves are the same.
2. Anubisath Idol & Demolish has been replaced by Ranishu Runt
3. Knight-Captain Murky (Blizzcon 2016 pet) replaced with Corefire Imp for Leeching Damage & Wild Magic

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Traalt

Strategy updated for reliability, with Demolish still being the primary attack, just buffed by Lucky Dance

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WhyDaRumGone

2 Grinch and an Imp ;)

Based on the strat by Harahwah#1213,
and modified by DAD, with #1 pet extra hp.

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Shadeflicker 128016

Humanoid

Special or not:0Special or not:1002241714319724170

Ranishu Runt

Skills: * * 2
Breed: Any
Ranishu Runt
This pet can have the following breeds:

Breed Health Power Speed

PP 1278 349 260

Humanoid

Special or not:0Special or not:121211496866411490

Corefire Imp

Skills: 2 1 2
Breed: Any
Corefire Imp
This pet can have the following breeds:

Breed Health Power Speed

PS 1400 289 289

Humanoid

Special or not:0Special or not:102113497374113490

Rotten Little Helper

Skills: * 2 1
Breed: Any
Rotten Little Helper
This pet can have the following breeds:

Breed Health Power Speed

PP 1359 333 260

DragonsAfterDark: Strategy has been updated in OP's absence in response to poor ratings and feedback. These are the changes made:

1. Rotten Little Helper's timing and moves are the same.
2. Anubisath Idol & Demolish has been replaced by Ranishu Runt
3. Knight-Captain Murky (Blizzcon 2016 pet) replaced with Corefire Imp for Leeching Damage & Wild Magic

Breed

RNG

TCG

Shop

Level 25+

Tricky

Script

Unobtainable

Staff Pick

Patch 10.2

Time: 0:45

Rounds: 8

Strategy Details

45 Sec

2023-12-03 02:40:47

2017-12-02 06:49:47

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Tamer Details

Shadeflicker

Low XP

Turn 1

Pass - your Corefire Imp is forced in

Ranishu Runt

Corefire Imp

Rotten Little Helper

Pass

Bring in your Ranishu Runt

Bring in your Corefire Imp

Bring in your Rotten Little Helper

Swap to your Ranishu Runt

Swap to your Corefire Imp

Swap to your Rotten Little Helper

Shadeflicker comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 2

Immolation

Ranishu Runt

Corefire Imp

Rotten Little Helper

Pass

Bring in your Ranishu Runt

Bring in your Corefire Imp

Bring in your Rotten Little Helper

Swap to your Ranishu Runt

Swap to your Corefire Imp

Swap to your Rotten Little Helper

Shadeflicker comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 3

Rush

Ranishu Runt

Corefire Imp

Rotten Little Helper

Pass

Bring in your Ranishu Runt

Bring in your Corefire Imp

Bring in your Rotten Little Helper

Swap to your Ranishu Runt

Swap to your Corefire Imp

Swap to your Rotten Little Helper

Shadeflicker comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 4

Wild Magic - your Rotten Little Helper is forced in

Ranishu Runt

Corefire Imp

Rotten Little Helper

Pass

Bring in your Ranishu Runt

Bring in your Corefire Imp

Bring in your Rotten Little Helper

Swap to your Ranishu Runt

Swap to your Corefire Imp

Swap to your Rotten Little Helper

Shadeflicker comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 5

Ice Tomb

Ranishu Runt

Corefire Imp

Rotten Little Helper

Pass

Bring in your Ranishu Runt

Bring in your Corefire Imp

Bring in your Rotten Little Helper

Swap to your Ranishu Runt

Swap to your Corefire Imp

Swap to your Rotten Little Helper

Shadeflicker comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 6

Greench's Gift

Ranishu Runt

Corefire Imp

Rotten Little Helper

Pass

Bring in your Ranishu Runt

Bring in your Corefire Imp

Bring in your Rotten Little Helper

Swap to your Ranishu Runt

Swap to your Corefire Imp

Swap to your Rotten Little Helper

Shadeflicker comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 7

Pass - your Ranishu Runt is forced in

Ranishu Runt

Corefire Imp

Rotten Little Helper

Pass

Bring in your Ranishu Runt

Bring in your Corefire Imp

Bring in your Rotten Little Helper

Swap to your Ranishu Runt

Swap to your Corefire Imp

Swap to your Rotten Little Helper

Shadeflicker comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Turn 8

Call Lightning

Ranishu Runt

Corefire Imp

Rotten Little Helper

Pass

Bring in your Ranishu Runt

Bring in your Corefire Imp

Bring in your Rotten Little Helper

Swap to your Ranishu Runt

Swap to your Corefire Imp

Swap to your Rotten Little Helper

Shadeflicker comes in

An enemy pet comes in

Any standard attack will finish the fight

Tiny little scratches...

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WhyDaRumGone

wrote on 2023-12-09 06:12:43

Turn 7 my IMP was swapped in, I suspect its subject to RNG.

Edit: 2nd run it worked as intended, probably just need to make a note on HP requirement and whether to restart but other than that it works pretty well (edited)

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dsc wrote on 2017-09-09 13:19:26

I grabbed this from wowhead, took 3 tries due to 2nd demolish missing but it worked.
Demolish is used which has 50% hit chance. It needs to hit 2 times out of 4 to win, which seems quite easy... unless you're cursed by RNG gods like me and had to play 10 games to accomplish this :) Good luck anyway.

Anubusath Idol 2, 1, 1
Father Winter's Helper 2, 1, 1
Rotten Little Helper 2, 2, 1

1. idol -> deflect
2. switch -> father
3. father -> ice tomb
4. switch -> idol
5. rotten -> gift
6. switch -> idol
7. idol -> deflect
8. switch -> father
9. father -> tomb
10. father -> pass
11. idol -> demolish
12. idol -> demolish
13. idol -> deflect
14. switch -> rotten
15. rotten -> tomb
16. rotten -> pass
17. idol -> demolish
18. idol -> demolish

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Phux wrote on 2017-09-17 14:05:31

First try worked great thanks.

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Dionysia wrote on 2017-09-27 00:17:05

Only strat that worked!! Got it on the first try even with Idol missing twice! Thank you!

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Robusta wrote on 2017-11-19 14:08:49

Hit both demolish on 11/12 so on 17 I did deflection and killed Shadeflicker with tomb from turn 15.

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FuxieDK wrote on 2017-09-08 19:03:43

Fairly stupid, to use an Alliance-only pet, that have no identical horde counterpart..

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Lizzerazu wrote on 2017-10-23 10:22:45

The horde counterpart is Legionnaire Murky. He will change after what faction you are on. so if you are on an alliance character you will have knight-captain, and on a horde you will have the legionnaire

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Anonymous wrote on 2017-09-25 00:36:39

The phase shift is broken on this elite..it's supposed to last 1 round, not the 2. Blizz needs to fix it. I've tried EVERY strat on this site, including the ones in the comments, and not one comes close with any breed. There's comments on the blizzard boards pointing out the phase shift issue.

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Simca wrote on 2017-10-06 01:17:15

This is actually not a bug, and it is the entire point of the Speed stat, basically. 1 round abilities always last effectively 2 rounds - the round they cast it and the following round. You can see this to be true when you are going second - if you cast Dodge, your pet will have the Dodge buff at the end of the first round, and then throughout the entire next round. The same situation will occur if you go first.

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Ack wrote on 2017-09-22 08:41:03

This fight is a complete bugger. The biggest problem is RNG and I have to question whether Blizzard are being honest about 50% on Demolish because I've tries so many times I've lost count and am getting only 1 out of 4 hits at best, often 0 out four hits, (even allowing for his dodge). The Demolish hits like a truck IF it hits, but it's a very, very RNG heavy fight. *goes back out to try again*

addenda: Go figure, next fight, hit him 3 times in a row and killed it without the last stage with Murky! As I said, it's a very RNG reliant fight.

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Ardriana wrote on 2017-09-06 07:32:15

Harahwah's strat works, however you'll need to use deflection between turn 9 and 10, else Knight-Captain Murky will get swapped in too soon.

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Daedrynn wrote on 2017-09-08 05:46:31

THIS!!! The strat is clearly missing a step. Without a Deflection between 9 and 10, there's no way to make this work. Please update this strat! Works great if you include that one Deflection.

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Aranesh

wrote on 2017-09-08 08:45:36

Changed, thank you!

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Luxalor wrote on 2017-09-07 12:02:17

This is really really tough. I took a page from Caomhin's play book after hours of trying his exact strat. I made one change and I don't know how much RNG played into it but... I thought I would share.

Corefire Imp (P/S 2,2,2)
Thistleleaf Adventurer (H/S 1,1,2)
Squirky (B/B 2,2,2)

Followed all the same, but left the thislteleaf in until the second gateway (that had 2 frolicks and a second Dance when he phase shifted) Bubble then Stampede. When the Imp gets pulled in Wild Magic and Flame thrower (I had to wait out a phase shift), When squirky comes back in, stampede.

Hope it helps.

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Kain wrote on 2017-09-07 12:30:03

Not really :-( Don't know what went wrong, exactly. TA went out on second Void Gate, with little health left and renewed Dance. Squirky couln't block second Void Gate and got killed, and Imp had nothing to finish him. And because Dance ended, TA got rekt instantly.

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Caoimhin wrote on 2017-09-06 05:26:27

I wanted to bang my head on the desk during this one. I also have a REALLY RNG based team. It took me 12-15 tries to get it to work, but all the pets are obtainable.
Wretched Servant 2,2,1 B/B / Thistleleaf Adventurer 1,1,2 H/S / Squirky 2,2,2 B/B
Start with Servant, pass
Frolick
Dazzling Dance
(Now this is where i tried a whole mess of things. Either Scratch or keeping dazzling dance up.. it all depends on RNG with the dodges. You want Dance to be up as long as possible. You do eventually want your Thistleleaf to be void gated out by Shadeflicker.
Squirky comes in. Bubble (if Shadeflicker uses phase shift, switch to your Servant.)
Wild Magic - Squirky gets forced in
Stampede until the fight is won (your dazzling dance should still be up, you can risk stampede again, fish slap or Bubble if off cd. Your choice)
Bubble
Stampede

It is far from perfect, but this fight is very tough.

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paranoid wrote on 2017-09-06 08:59:22

Caoimhin's Strat worked for me, got lucky and 1 shot it

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Camille wrote on 2017-09-06 10:23:55

Thanks for sharing your strategy, Caoimhin! It worked for me on the first try.

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Aranesh

wrote on 2017-09-06 14:28:45

This one's really tough. Thank you very much for posting your strategy! I put it up as the primary one. Hope I wrote it in the right order. Please correct me if it's wrong (can't test it right now, I neither have the pets nor Mac'aree unlocked, yet)

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Caoimhin wrote on 2017-09-06 17:33:08

No problem.. I was working on this and some other fights and was so frustrated and tired I didn't want to try again. It really is a blessing of rng to win this fight right now.

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Saryas wrote on 2017-09-06 11:34:31

For horde players: the pet is called Legionnaire Murky :)

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Saryas wrote on 2017-09-06 11:49:30

And just realised...doesnt have the same abilities :/...that's a bit unfair...you could use Shieldstorm instead of Queue Dodge, and this way the other pets get to avoid some damage as well.

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Аня wrote on 2018-02-16 13:49:52

не все были на блесконе

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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.
1	Sleepywillo	All credit goes to Honeywhiss! None of the other strats were working but they had commented this strat on another post. Moved it here to highlight and make it easier for others to find!	RNG Script	2	4.6	30	90 1:30	12-13
2	Danetch	Thanks to oeevv on Wowhead. Beware that the first hit on the corefire imp isn't higher than 600 (normal attack should be 460 ish) and beware that Kunlai runt dies on rampage, sometimes it won't die and jeopardize the strategy. (if you have a PB runt, you can still use it, but you have to make sure it has less health than the imp when you start the fight) - thx Aeseta for the script	Breed RNG Script	2	3.5	26	86 1:26	13
3	Olania	Created by Gamerunknown on WoWHead.	RNG	2	3.6	12	88 1:28	11
4	Harahwah#1213	DragonsAfterDark: Strategy has been updated in OP's absence in response to poor ratings and feedback. These are the changes made: 1. Rotten Little Helper's timing and moves are the same. 2. Anubisath Idol & Demolish has been replaced by Ranishu Runt 3. Knight-Captain Murky (Blizzcon 2016 pet) replaced with Corefire Imp for Leeching Damage & Wild Magic	RNG	2	5.0	0	45 0:45	8
5	Kalagren		Breed Script	2	5.0	0	61 1:01	7
6	DragonsAfterDark		Breed Script	2	5.0	2	53 0:53	7
7	Traalt	Strategy updated for reliability, with Demolish still being the primary attack, just buffed by Lucky Dance	Breed	2	0.0	0	73 1:13	11
8	WhyDaRumGone	2 Grinch and an Imp ;) Based on the strat by Harahwah#1213, and modified by DAD, with #1 pet extra hp.	Breed RNG	2	0.0	0	62 1:02	9

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