Thanks for the suggestions, everyone.

Are there some days she just won't show up on the server? I have 6 characters with menageries on two realms, 5 alliance, 1 horde, and she didn't show up on any of them, and no custom groups said they had her.

Strider strategy (actually a fast skimmer for me) of Pump x4 works great. Continued pumping with Acidtooth until he killed the skimmer, and then used a Blighthawk with Ghostly Bite and Lift-Off to finish him and Stonechewer off.

... you design a new anti-Graves team and you don't see him for the next 10 battles.

Thank you! I'm finding out that every PvP win is precious and when you're going against the best you need the best info, so I will try these out.

How do you expert PvPers track your opponent cooldowns? Is there an add-on for that perhaps?

Fel Pup can solo Netherfist in Tanaan and if you're lucky with the RNG, his whole team. Fel Pup is faster and goes first, so start with Crouch, then Howl, then Diseased Bite until Netherfist is dead.

This type of math with percentages, additive and subtractive, versus multiplicative, has been used for many other things in WoW for many years, so it is not unique to pet battles.

I don't know if this is an old synergy, but I've had some success (and failure, too, against the wrong lineup) with a pet that can cast Sunlight (turnip, sunflower) and Corefire Imp with Immolation and Cauterize. It's a humanoid so every application of Immolation, even from the back line, heals it, ...

My main strategy is to use 4 flying pets in the Vale, where there are a lot of aquatics. Rotate 2 out when they get low on health and you'll never need to use a bandage or visit the stable. Start with Sandy Petrel or Brilliant Kaliri and do a Cyclone, which really thrashes the aquatics over time. I ...