Cassandra Kaboom is the last Pet tamer you need to defeat before returning to Varzok in Orgrimmar. It's advised to have your three pets to level 12-14 before you fight her as all her pets are level 13.
Cassandra uses an all Mechanical Pet setup including pets Gizmo, Cluckatron, and Whirl. For your setup you do not want to use Beast pets as all of these Mechanical foes deal high damage against them. The best pets to use against her setup are all Elementals as her pets deal the least amount of damage to them and Elementals pack a punch against Mechanicals.
For the fight itself; Cassandra will usually start with Gizmo or Cluckatron, saving Whirl as a last resort for a good reason.
As with all Mechanicals; once they are defeated, they are then revived at low health, making you work a bit extra to take them out. Gizmo will often use Demolish which has a very high chance to miss it's target while Cluckatron will often use Toxic Smoke to put a DoT on your pet that can deal some mean damage with the wrong set up. Once you've defeated these two Cassandra is done messing around and she'll pull out her final ultimate weapon; Whirl. Whirl is a mechanical squirrel type and is not a pet to be disregarded.
A core reason Cassandra saves Whirl for last is due to the fact of his first ability; Batter. Since you've defeated her first two pets, you gain the right to attack first most of the time. But Batter allows Whirl to attack 1-2 times with an additional hit if your pet is the first to attack in this round. Avoid using weather abilities that increase healing done as well as increase the amount of HP all pets have on the battlefield while the effect is active, because Whirl will go nuts over it's HP gain ability; Repair. Which if Sunshine weather effect is present; will heal his HP full up over 1k HP. Even without a heal increase effect; Repair is still a crippling move that could devastate your battle-worn pets over and over if used repeatedly.
Whirls third ability is equally traumatizing to your pets as it increases the damage of Whirl's next attack by 150%. So be wary when you see his buff pop up, and if your pet has a shield ability; it'd be wise to use it for a devastating Batter.Ravij's Ideal Setup for this Fight: Frigid Frostling, Pheonix Hatchling, Dark Pheonix Hatchling.
Quest
Cassandra Kaboom
Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Here is my Quicklist Guide to the Horde Side of the Pet Trainer Intro Quests. This is a quick reference to see what type of pets you will need to defeat the trainers easily. On Trainers who have the same type of pet for all 3 pets in their party, I would recommend you bring at least two pets that are the opposite type (i.e. bring three appropriate leveled Mechanical types to fight three trainer Beasts). Don't rely on fighting all three of their pets with just one of yours, despite the fact that they will have stronger attacks and defeat them quicker.
1st Tier Horde Trainer Questline (Starts in Kalimdor)To defeat these trainers with maximum efficiency, you will need pets of the following type:
Mechanical, Beast, Flying, Magic, Aquatic, ElementalZunta – Durotar
Quickteam List – Minimum Level 2 Mechanical, Beast
Pet 1: Spike – Level 2 Beast – Use Mechanical
Pet 2: Mumtar – Level 2 Critter – Use BeastDagra the Fierce – Northern Barrens
Quickteam List – Minimum Level 3 Mechanical, Beast
Pet 1: Springtail - Level 3 Critter – Use Beast
Pet 2: Ripper – Level 3 Beast – Use Mechanical
Pet 3: Longneck – Level 3 Beast – Use MechanicalAnalynn – Ashenvale
Quickteam List – Minimum Level 5 Flying, Beast, Magic
Pet 1: Mister Pinch – Level 5 Aquatic – Use Flying
Pet 2: Oozer – Level 5 Critter – Use Beast
Pet 3: Flutterby – Level 5 Flying – Use MagicZonya the Sadist - Stonetalon Mountains
Quickteam List – Minimum Level 7 Mechanical, Beast
Pet 1: Acidous – Level 7 Beast – Use Mechanical
Pet 2: Constrictor - Level 7 Beast – Use Mechanical
Pet 3: Odoron - Level 7 Critter – Use BeastMerda Stronghoof – Desolace
Quickteam List – Minimum Level 9 Aquatic, Beast, Flying
Pet 1: Ambershell – Level 9 Elemental – Use Aquatic
Pet 2: Rockhide – Level 9 Critter – Use Beast
Pet 3: Bounder - Level 9 Aquatic – Use FlyingCassandra Kaboom - Southern Barrens
Quickteam List – Minimum Level 11 Elemental
Pet 1: Whirls – Level 11 Mechanical – Use Elemental
Pet 2: Cluckatron – Level 11 Mechanical – Use Elemental
Pet 3: Gizmo – Level 11 Mechanical – Use Elemental*Author's Note: In writing this guide, I used various references from wowhead and warcraftpets.com. I did not write this guide as I was doing each trainer. Some information might be wrong. Please feel free to comment and I will change it as needed.
Ok I too was unable to fight her after abandoning the account wide quest. What fixed it for me was to go to talk to [npc=66372] and she gave me the quest to fight again. Hope this helps someone!
Quest facts
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Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
Cassandra Kaboom is a fierce tamer, known for her mechanical pets. She should serve as the next step on your journey to greatness. Find her in Southern Barrens near the Frazzlecraz Motherlode and challenge her. Beating Cassandra will surely prove yourself in the eyes of Varzok. Good luck.
Where to go
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Turn-inIn-game waypoint: /way #199 39.6 79.1
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #66 57.1 45.7
Coordinates
- Turn-inSouthern Barrens 39.6, 79.1
/way #199 39.6 79.1 - Objective areaDesolace 57.1, 45.7
/way #66 57.1 45.7
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Nearby on the Southern Barrens map
- Flightmare about 420 yards
- Changing of the Gar'dul about 480 yards
- Claim the Battle Scar about 480 yards
- Intelligence Warfare about 480 yards
- The Butcher of Taurajo about 480 yards
- Hearts-is-Hearts about 490 yards
- Smarts-is-Smarts about 490 yards
- Desolation Hold Inspection about 500 yards
- Silithissues about 500 yards
- The Disturbed Earth about 510 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Southern Barrens, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Southern Barrens:
- Desolation Hold, Southern Barrens
- Westreach Summit, Thousand Needles
- Brackenwall Village, Dustwallow Marsh
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
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Reward details
Items you receive
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
Storyline
Battle Pet Tamers
Part 6 of 18.
Previous: Merda Stronghoof · Next: Battle Pet Tamers: Kalimdor
- 1Zunta, The Pet Tamer
- 2Dagra the Fierce
- 3Analynn
- 4Zonya the Sadist
- 5Merda Stronghoof
- 6Cassandra Kaboom
- 7Battle Pet Tamers: Kalimdor
- 8Grand Master Trixxy
- 9Battle Pet Tamers: Outland
- 10Grand Master Antari
- 11Battle Pet Tamers: Northrend
- 12Grand Master Payne
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 18.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Merda Stronghoof
Are you ready for a real measure of your prowess, <race>? Merda Stronghoof has made camp at da place dey call Karnum's Glade in the Cenarion Wildlands of Desolace. Fighting a trainer as powerful as her will put your skills to the test, eh?
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Battle Pet Tamers: Kalimdor
Now that you've had a real chance to hone your skills, you're ready to venture out into the world of pet battles in full.
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · Level 1-90.
The storyline at a glance
Battle Pet Tamers has 18 steps, from Zunta, The Pet Tamer to Pandaren Spirit Tamer.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Vale of Eternal Blossoms (3), Durotar (1), Northern Barrens (1), Ashenvale (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Southern Barrens map
- Southern Barrens
- Northern Barrens
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.