Pet Battle Challenge: Blackrock Depths

I wanted to compile a pet setup that would not require me to have duplicates. Most of this is from Naareuh's post with some slight modifications based on pets I had, and some of it I pulled from other users on other threads.

Thank you Naareuh for the basis for this post! <3

One thing to note about this pet dungeon: a few of the encounters rely upon “survival” mechanics which make the fights incredibly long. Two of them are Apocalypse mechanics (waiting for it to land to kill the opponent) and two of them are healing mechanics, out-healing the opponent and chipping away at him. Just expect the dungeon to take you a bit of time to complete as a result.

Here’s a list of the level 25 rare pets you’ll need for this encounter (note that you may not need some of these pets, depending on what you come up against in the 2 randomized encounters):

Unborn Val’kyr, Infected Squirrel, Direbeak Hatchling, Iron Starlette, Clockwork Gnome, another mechanical or two with Decoy, Fozling, Broot, Blossoming Ancient, Kun-Lai Runt, Flayer Youngling, Stunted Yeti, 3 Moths, Summit Kid, Argi, Craighoof Kid, Ikky, Searing Scorchling (or similar), Imperial Silkworm, Fiendish Imp, Lava Beetle, Blightbreath, Fire Beetle, Gleamhoof Fawn, Chitterspine Skitterling, Cursed Birman, and Crazy Carrot

Horu Cloudwatcher: Unborn Val’kyr 2-x-1, Infected Squirrel 2-2-x, Direbeak Hatchling 1-2-1

Cast Haunt with the Val'kyr, swap to the Infected Squirrel and cast Creeping Fungus then Stampede; repeat until the Squirrel dies. Bring back in your Val’kyr. Shadow Shock until pet 2 dies, then Haunt pet 3. Direbeak Hatchling will Ironskin, Falcosaur Swarm then Predatory Strike for the win.

Randomized Beast battle; could be any one of these pets [I’ll update this section later with additional pets as I encounter them.]

Liz (easy): Iron Starlette Windup, Supercharge, Windup, Windup, Windup, mop up with Clockwork Gnome.
Rampage (sucks): He keeps interrupting and throwing high-dps bananas at team. Iron Starlette – Powerball, Windup x2, Explode. Darkmoon Tonk – Shock and Awe, Ion Cannon. Cleanup with Clockwork Gnome.
Ralf (easy): Iron Starlette Windup, Supercharge, Windup, Windup, Windup, mop up with Clockwork Gnome.

Therin Skysong: Fozling 2-2-2, Broot 2-2-2, Blossoming Ancient 2-2-2 as backup.

Start the fight with Fozling, cast Rock Barrage, Sunlight, then Photosynthesis. Swap to Broot.
Cast Ironbark, Photosynthesis, Sunlight. Swap back and forth between the two, dotting up the opponent and slowly chipping away at its health, placing priority on keeping your pets’ health up with Photosynthesis right before you swap pets (they’ll continue to heal up on the backline).
Once the 1st opponent pet is down, battle the 2nd opponent in the same way. He will swap out your pets frequently. Just keep their health up and chip away at them for the win.

Another randomized battle that could be 2 of these pets [I’ll update this section later with additional pets as I encounter them.]

Tempton: Kun-Lai Runt 1-1-1, Flayer Youngling 2-2-2, Yeti 1-1-1 Cast Mangle, Rampage, then Thrash. Runt dies. Enter FY. Triple Snap to kill rat. 3rd pet wasn’t needed.
Ninn Jah: Any 3 Moths w/ Alpha Strike, Cocoon and Moth Dust. Moth Dust, fill with Alpha Strike. Cocoon to block Whirlpool if possible, but not necessary. Probably won’t need the 3rd Moth.
Char: Summit Kid, Argi or Craighoof Kid with Chew, Stampede and whatever else. Chew first, then Stampede. Second pet, Chew, then Stampede. Shouldn’t need the 3rd pet.
Shred: Ikky w/ Black Claw and Flock, Elemental w/immolate and conflagrate. Cast Black Claw, then Flock. Ikky dies. Swap in elemental. Cast Immolate and Conflagrate. Shouldn’t need the 3rd pet.
Wilbur: 3 mechanical types work nicely. I used Cogblade Raptor with Overtune and Batter spam, Darkmoon Tonk with Decoy and Missile spam and didn’t need the 3rd pet. (Explode with Darkmoon Tonk if he gets close to dying for some reason.)
Splint: Unborn Val’kyr, Ikky and Macabre Marionette. Shadow Slash, Curse of Doom, Unholy Ascension. Black Claw, Flock. Didn’t need Marionette.

Alran Heartshade: Imperial Silkworm 2-1-2, Fiendish Imp 2-x-2, Lava Beetle 2-2-2

[Credit Buuloki.] This fight is extremely tough. You MUST do these steps as they’re laid out exactly to win with this strategy. The goal is to switch in the harder backline opponent pets and kill them off with Apocalypse, timing it perfectly so that your Beetle takes the hit and doesn’t die. Part of the challenge is keeping Frill on the frontline, but as he swaps pets out with his abilities too, you have to strategically keep him in place with Silkworm’s Sticky Goo.

Step 1 - Defeating Ruddy

Sticky Goo. Swap to Lava Beetle. Apocalypse.
Swap to Imperial Silkworm. Use Sticky Goo until there are 8 rounds left on Apocalypse. Stop when the number says 8.
Use Consume and alternate Pass turns until there are 5 rounds left on Apocalypse.
When there are 5 rounds left on Apocalypse, swap to Fiendish Imp.
Sear Magic. Pass - You are stunned. Nether Gate.
Swap to Lava Beetle - Ruddy dies
Swap back to Imperial Silkworm immediately

Step 2 - Defeating Wanderer, then Frill

Sticky Goo x2. Swap to Lava Beetle. Cauterize, then Apocalypse.
Swap back to Imperial Silkworm. Sticky Goo (Consume between Sticky Goo to heal if needed) until there are 9 rounds left on Apocalypse. Stop when the number says 9.
Use Consume and Pass turns until there are 5 rounds left on Apocalypse. If Frill is getting low, just pass.
When there are 5 rounds left on Apocalypse, swap to Fiendish Imp. Nether Gate.
Pass until Apocalypse has 1 turn left, bringing in Beetle for the Apocalypse hit; finish killing off Frill.

Zuna Skullcrush: Blightbreath 2-1-2, Fire Beetle 1-2-2, Gleamhoof Fawn 2-1-1

The goal of this fight is to keep the easy opponent (Fozling) in the frontline until you swap out for Apocalypse to kill off the harder backline opponent. The first bash swaps out a harder opponent for an easier one, keeping him in place until you swap him out to kill off a backline pet.

1. Cast Bash.
2. Swap in Fire Beetle and cast Apocalypse.
3. Swap to Gleamhoof Fawn and chill for awhile casting Tranquility and Bleat.
4. Three turns before Apocalypse hits, switch back to Blightbreath and Bash.
5. Swap back to Fire Beetle. Heal with Cauterize and wait for Apocalypse to hit, then hang out until you can recast Apocalypse.
6. Swap to Fawn and chill for awhile casting Tranquility and Bleat.
7. One turn before Apocalypse detonates, switch to the Beetle. Next round with Apocolypse, let it kill the Fozling. He’s the hardest to kill off at the end because of his crazy heals. Additionally, the magical won’t die to Apocalypse. When only one opponent stands, chip away at it with the Beetle, then bring in Blightbreath to finish it off, alternating Sleeping Gas and Slime.

Tasha Riley: Chitterspine Skitterling 1-2-2. Lil’ Bling 2-2-1, Cursed Birman 1-1-2

[Credit: Buuloki]
Black Claw, Swarm, Pass. Swarm or Make it Rain, depending on whether Skitterling is still alive.
Extra Plating, Make it Rain, Inflation, Extra Plating, Make it Rain, Inflation.
Inflation, Prowl, Call Darkness. You should win, even if Birman goes into his Undead phase.

Pixy Wizzle: Crazy Carrot 2-x-1.

Backline doesn’t matter, and will get killed. Keep up Blistering Cold, then Ironbark, and resist casting any other ability. It’s slow, but Crazy Carrot will win the day eventually.

Congratulations on your win! :)

Edited 5/2/2020 to add a couple pet recommendations for Shred.
Edited 5/19/2020 to add strategy for Wilbur and give more specifics on Rampage.
Edited 6/2/2020 to add strategy for Splint.

So, I haven't seen anything about this, but I haven't searched too far. You can get a title from this as well - once you defeat the dungeon. Before you leave, speak to Tasha Riley and "Join the Council of Chaos". It gives you the title Minion of Mayhem.

A small macro to see if you've finished all of your pet battle dungeons this week:

Edited for 9.0
/run local t={[45539]="Wailing Caverns:", [46292]="Deadmines:", [54186]="Gnomer:", [56492]="Strath:", [33137]="Celestial:", [14020]="BRD:"} for k,v in pairs(t) do print(v,C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(k) and "Complete" or "No") end