Darkmoon Zeppelin is amazing. It was one of the first three pets I started leveling, and I haven't regretted it. Decoy is a very strong counter against any hard hitting attacks and multiturn attacks. It's pretty useless against abilities that attack multiple times, though. The zeppelin has strong at...

The highest I've seen was a 2800 crit from Surge of Power from an Azure Whelp. That was against a flying mob, and with the 50% dragonkin extra damage boost. The dragonkin boost does activate on attacking backline pets with aoe effects and by killing pets, so you can often get it on the first strike ...

I like the azure whelp, though it's very much a glass cannon compared to some other pets. Usually I use a Magical Crawdad and Darkmoon Zeppelin to handle the more tanky bits. The whelp has a basic attack strong against magic or critters, and critters are very common. Arcane storm is useful against s...

My MoP box hasn't arrived by mail yet, so I thought I'd try some pet battles in the mean time. I found I could train the pet battle ability with the trainers, but I'm not getting any quests. I can still train, battle and capture pets in the wild. I'm guessing the pet related questlines are flagged a...

Thanks for the great info. I wish we had an updated list of rare pets, though. You could add a section on pet family passive abilities, as some are much stronger than others. For example Magic pets cannot be dealt more than 50% of their maximum health in one attack. There are very few situations whe...