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- Aquatic >> Strong Against >> Elemental
- Beast>> Strong Against >> Critter
- Critter>> Strong Against >> Undead
- Dragonkin >> Strong Against >> Magic
- Elemental >> Strong Against >> Mechanical
- Flying >> Strong Against >> Aquatic
- Humanoid >> Strong Against >> Dragonkin
- Magic >> Strong Against >> Flying
- Mechanical >> Strong Against >> Beast
- Undead>> Strong Against >> Humanoid
- Aquatic — Weak Against — Magic
- Beast — Weak Against — Flying
- Critter — Weak Against — Humanoid
- Dragonkin — Weak Against — Undead
- Elemental — Weak Against — Critter
- Flying — Weak Against — Dragonkin
- Humanoid — Weak Against — Beast
- Magic — Weak Against — Mechanical
- Mechanical — Weak Against — Elemental
- Undead — Weak Against — Aquatic
- Aquatic – Harmful Damage Over Time is reduced by 25%
- Beast – Deal 25% additional damage while below 50% health
- Critter – Break out of CC quicker
- Dragonkin – Deal 50% additional damage the round after reducing an enemy below 25%
- Elemental – Ignore all weather effects
- Flying – Gain 50% additional speed above 50% health
- Humanoid – Recover 4% maximum health each round they deal damage
- Magic – Cannot be dealt more than 40% of their maximum health in one attack
- Mechanical – Come back once per battle at 20% health
- Undead – Return to life for one round when killed
Buffs/Debuffs
Blinded
- Caused By:
- Benefits:
Bleeding – DoT
- Caused By:
- Benefits:
Burning – DoT
- Caused By:
- Benefits:
Chilled
- Caused By:
- Benefits:
Poisoned – DoT
- Caused By:
Sleep – Incapacitate
- Caused By:
- Emerald Dream (self-cast)
- Food Coma
- Hibernate (self-cast)
- Moth Dust
- Sleeping Gas
- Soothe
Stunned – Incapacitate
- Caused By:
- Benefits:
Webbed
- Caused By:
- Benefits:
Weather Effects
Arcane Storm – Pets cannot be stunned or rooted
- Caused By:
- Benefits:
Blizzard – All pets are considered “Chilled”
- Caused By:
- Benefits:
Cleansing Rain – The duration of all Damage over Time effects are reduced by 1 round and Aquatic pets do 25% more damage
- Caused By:
- Benefits:
Darkness – All pets are considered “Blinded” and all healing received is reduced by 50%
- Caused By:
- Benefits:
Lightning Storm – All pets deal bonus Mechanical damage and Mechanical abilities do 10% additional damage
- Caused By:
Moonlight – All pets receive 25% additional healing and Magic abilities do 10% additional damage
- Caused By:
- Benefits:
Muddy – Pets entering the battle are Rooted for 3 rounds
- Caused By:
Sandstorm – Pets take less damage and the accuracy of all abilities is reduced by 10%
- Caused By:
Scorched Earth – All pets are considered “Burning” and take Dragonkin damage per round
- Caused By:
- Benefits:
Sunny Day – Pets gain 100% additional maximum health and all healing done is increased by 25%
- Caused By:
- Benefits:
Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together online! I was having a hard time understanding how the whole pet thing worked and what pets worked best against other pets. A great big thank you from me an avid WoW player! =)
I’m so glad it helped you! Thanks for the comment.
~ Effy
Very good info, very clear, and give a good idea about battle pets
This is UNBELIEVABLY helpful Effy! Thanks for the great effort you put into this!
You’re welcome! I use it myself. I’m so glad you found value in it too!
~ Effy
Indeed Effy. Thanks for this guide. It’s really made pet battles so much easier and fun. 🙂
Grateful in Fort Worth.
Yah, having a quick reference for what type of pet to use against others really helped my pet battles.
~ Effy
Wonderful info, Thanks!
I’m glad you found it and that it helped!
~ Effy
Effy, I really appreciate your website and info about pet battles on WoW. Your guide is best one I’ve found! Thank you!
Great! I hope it continues to be useful for you!
~ Effy
Thank you Effy! I book marked this page and use it every time I’m doing a pet battle…..I think I might even print it out and laminate it…..but then I’d have to admit I have an addiction to pet battles and I’m not sure if I’m ready to admit that just yet lol 😀
Laminating it and putting it up is a great idea. Maybe I’ll make a more visually appealing version of the cheatsheet.
~ Effy
Awesome spreed sheet! Thanks!
I’m glad it was helpful to you!
~ Effy
Thanks Effy. This sure came in handy!
I’m so glad it helped!
~ Effy
Thanks for putting this page together, very handy 🙂
You’re welcome! I’m so glad you found it helpful. 🙂
~ Effy
This saved me today! Thank you so much!
I’m glad this little cheatsheet was helpful!
~ Effy
I had to make an account just to pop into the comments and tell you how much I love your cheatsheet. I keep it open on a tab on my Internet browser and I use it every day. Thank you very much for making it!
Wow! That’s great to hear! You’re so very welcome!
~ Effy
Thanks for this article – I reference it almost daily! Extremely useful.
I’m so glad this cheatsheet is still useful and valid! I never expected it to remain relevant this long. I’m glad you find it to be continually helpful. 😀
~ Effy
You’re a legend, this was exactly what I was looking for – thank you!
Wow! I’m so glad this helped! You’re welcome!
~ Effy
THANK YOU!!! Been bugging a few peeps to put together a chart! Now I have your brainiac page to guide me!
I’m glad you found just what you needed! 🙂
~ Effy
I am getting back into WoW after a few years away. Still catching up with pet battles… So glad I found you and this post! You rock, Sweetie! Thanks much!
Pet battles are definitely addictive. I’m so glad you found the cheatsheet helpful! 🙂
~ Effy
So, I just barely got back into the game after being gone for years. Still learning all the new content. You have no idea how much time this has saved me, Effy. I was tearing my hair out everytime I had to fight Beegle Blastfuse for dailies. It would take me a dozen fights, sometimes more. First time I used your guide, I beat him on the first try. Now I’m flying through dailies and gearing up to start the pvp battles! You should feel a sense of pride and satisfaction for all the people this has helped. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
It never fails to make me smile when I see how helpful this little cheatsheet is to people! I’m so glad it helped you!
~ Effy
Still useful and very much appreciated!!
Thanks so much, Effy! I have your cheat sheet bookmarked! I’m new to this, and it’s so helpful!
Thank you Effy… I am sure this took a while to create. your time and efforts are greatly appreciated!!
I saved your sheet into my WoW shortcut folder and find myself referring to it more than any other shortcut in there. So informative and well put together. Thank you.
Just wanted to let you know how useful this has remained! Like the previous poster, I just got back into the game after a hiatus of several years. I keep your little cheat sheet bookmarked on my Chrome toolbar because I use it every single night!
Great ! 😀
Still useful in 2019! 😀 Thank you soooo much!
Just to update/refresh your awesome job 😉
Since 8.3 BfA new weather has been added: Toxic Fumes. Deals (x) Dragonkin damage and turns the weather into toxic gas for 9 rounds.
During toxic gas, the duration of all hostile damage over time effects is increased by 1 round, and all pets are considered Poisoned.. Also, new condition has been added to Call Blizzard, which right now also makes all elemental abilities to do 25% more damage, as well as to Mudslide, which right now also makes all critical attacks to do 25% more damage. Hope it helps a bit ;).still helpful in 2020, thank you so much
This page is so concise and clear! … I’m a newby pet battler and this is way better then the chart kind of setups. Thanks a lot!
You have no idea the difference this made from someone whos absolutely clueless about pet battles. Than you so much for the time and effort this musta taken. Very informatice easy to use and just an amazing guide.
i took mild brain damage when i was born (58) now…it stole my short term memories among other things, and without this wonderful resource id have given up on doing any pet battles…took me forever to find it though lol (that’s a me thing) but thank you so very much
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This information is seemingly timeless. I didn’t even start playing WoW until about the last time there was a comment on this page. However, I find this cheat sheet helpful almost every time I play! Thank you so much for putting it together and keeping it available.
I just want to say i have been using this page for years. Thank you very much for putting it together!!! You Rock!!!
This is probably one of the most CLEAR and informative posts relating to ANYTHING WoW that’s on the internet. You can’t get this kind of clear, concise info. from the game or the pretentious mouth breathers on Wowhead. I’ve been using this reference for years and just want you to know, if I had my way there would be a statue erected in your honor for this post alone.
Here it is several years later, and you’re still helping the community with this. Thank you so much 🙂
Years later, I’m still using this page! Thanks so much for keeping it available!
