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As one of the few players who still care about pet battling, I felt deeply insulted by Blizzard's incompetence because they can't design one decent moveset and they can't balance anything, nor do they even try, so I am on a journey to redesign as many battle pets as I could to hopefully prove pet battling could be revived under my leadership in the future assuming Blizzard hires me. Many new abilities, balance changes, and most importantly: many new pets! This list will be very long, unsurprisingly!

New Abilities:

Blight Breath deals split undead damage to the enemy team.

Chilling Winds is similar to Scorched Earth, but chilly as the name suggests and all pets are chilled instead of burning.

Corruption is an undead damage over time ability.

Death Web is similar to Brittle Webbing.

Frost Fever is the dragonkin equivalent of Deep Freeze.

Great Plague deals undead damage over time to the enemy team.

Hurricane is one of the weather abilities split from Call Lightning, which deals flying damage with similar mechanics to Cyclone (35% chance for any pet to be struck by a cyclone in any given round).

Ice Cold is a block/evasion ability similar to Deep Research.

Necrotic Cyclone is one of the many cyclone abilities I introduced.

Nerubian Swarm is similar to Spiderling Swarm.

Vile Webbing is similar to Sticky Webbing.

Balance Changes:

Agony changed to a damage vulnerability debuff lasting 4 rounds.

Blood in the Water and Maul changed to a finisher similar to Impale.

Bone Prison changed to only a stun.

Burp changed to undead and no longer used by Wyrmtongues (instead mainly used by disgusting abominations).

Cocoon Strike (renamed Cocoon) and Mummy Wrap instead similar to Deep Research.

Call Darkness renamed to Ritual of Shadow and changed to undead.

Dark Rebirth and Survival now always go first.

Great Cleave damage and cooldown increased.

Howl and Roar of the Dead now damages the enemy team and enrages the user by 25% for 4 rounds.

Shriek now damages/slows down the enemy team (similar to Primal Cry).

Slicing Wind now hits 2-3 times if the user is faster.

Sludge Belch no longer has a cooldown.

Sticky Webbing now slows the enemy instead.

Abominations:

Amalgam of Decay: Scratch/Munch, Stink Cloud/Swarm of Flies, Consume Corpse/Corpse Explosion

Blightbreath (shares the same moveset as Chompy, Crawbat, Slime Serpent, and the Tainted Sapling): Blight

Breath/Sludge Belch, Resilient Stitching/Rotting Bile, Great Plague/Burp/Corpse Explosion

Bloodscale (not the best name I could think of): Visceral Slash/Blood Leech, Bone Spikes/Plagued Blood, Drain Blood/Evolution

Fiendling of Many Faces: Creepy Chomp/Soul Steal, Roar of the Dead/Demon’s Blood, Drain Soul/Soul Harvest

Fetid Devourling: Deep Bite/Stomp, Scalehide/Roar, Consume Corpse/Corpse Explosion

Fodder: Chomp/Plague Breath, Resilient Stitching/Meat Shield, Reanimate/Consume Corpse

Fungal Abomination (shares the same moveset as Spore Bats and Fungal Giants): Spores/Absorb, Creeping Fungus/Leeching Spores, Spore Shrooms/Disperse

Gruesome Belcher: Empowering Strikes/Sludge Belch, Resilient Stitching/Rotting Bile, Meat Hook/Burp/Corpse Explosion

Hungering Host: Visceral Slash/Blood Leech, Gorging Parasites/Plagued Blood, Consume Corpse/Burst

Infested Orc: Claw/Poisoned Branch, Barkskin/Poison Seed, Poison Protocol/Poison Spew/Stun Seed

Lil’ Abom: Infected Claw/Rabid Clawing, Resilient Stitching/Meat Shield, Reanimate/Consume Corpse

Lil’ Grob: Smash/Stomp, Resilient Stitching/Poison Cloud, Impale/Poison Protocol

Lil’ Thad: Crush/Static Shockwave, Resilient Stitching/High Voltage, Body Slam/Tesla Coil

Mu'dud: Scratch/Feral Scratching, Resilient Stitching/Meat Shield, Reanimate/Consume Corpse

Pig Ghoul: Claw/Rend, Resilient Stitching/Lick, Devour/Pig Out

Plague Eruptor: Infected Claw/Sludge Belch, Fetid Skin/Rotting Bile, Gib Barrage/Burp/Corpse Explosion

Raven Ghoul: Vicious Slice/Peck, Resilient Stitching/Eye Poke, Execute/Nocturnal Strike

Runt: Infected Claw/Rabid Clawing, Resilient Stitching/Meat Shield, Gib Barrage/Shambling Charge

Stitched Pup: Diseased Bite/Flurry, Resilient Stitching/Lick, Reanimate/Consume Corpse

Toenail: Diseased Bite/Blight Breath, Resilient Stitching/Meat Shield, Reanimate/Consume Corpse

Weebomination: Empowering Strikes/Cleave, Resilient Stitching/Roar of the Dead, Meat Hook/Great Cleave/Corpse Explosion

Wight: Spare Parts/Grab, Resilient Stitching/High Voltage, Nuts and Bolts/Clobber

Ghosts:

Arfus: Creepy Chomp/Tongue Lash, Ethereal/Lick, Deadly Dreaming/Lullaby

Burdened Soul: Gale Slash/Soul Steal, Soul Funnel/Haunting Song, Haunt/Raise Dead

Cursed Birman/Widget the Departed: Shadow Shock/Shadow Pounce, Ritual of Shadow/Lick Wounds, Astral Shift/Prowl

Drowned Hatchling: Peck/Quills, Renewing Mists/Rain Dance, Lift-Off/Unholy Ascension

Frostwolf Ghost Pup: Bite/Pounce, Lick Wounds/Haunting Song, Astral Shift/Refuge

Ghastly Rat: Creepy Chomp/Flurry, Ethereal/Squeak, Ghostly Bite/Stampede

Ghost Maggot:

Ghost Shark: Swallow You Whole/Gnash, Drain Blood/Consume Corpse, Dive/Blood in the Water

Lost Soul:

Lucy:

Restless Shadeling: Shadow Shock/Death Coil, Death and Decay/Siphon Life, Return to Rest/Dark Rebirth

Risen Saber Kitten: Claw/Pounce, Crouch/Rake, Devour/Prowl

Shrieker (changed from magic): Shadow Shock/Shadow Pounce, Curse of Doom/Wail, Fear/Haunt

Soulbroken Whelpling: Spiritfire Breath/Spiritfire Embers, Ancient Blessing/Draconic Remedy, Spirits of the Flame/Return to Rest

Spectral Raven: Peck/Alpha Strike, Ritual of Shadow/Eye Poke, Nocturnal Strike/Return to Rest

Spectral Spinner: Creepy Skitter/Writhe, Ethereal/Vile Webbing, Spectral Dust/Web Wrap

Spirit Crab: Pinch/Surge, Shell Shield/Shell Armor, Renewing Mist/Healing Wave

Torghast Lurker: Shadow Slash/Corruption, Curse of Doom/Agony, Haunt/Unholy Ascension

Wayward Spirit (model changed to a Mogu spirit): Spiritfire Bolt/Spiritfire Lightning, Spiritfire Beam/Spirit Bomb, Return to Rest/Dark Rebirth

Wicker Wraith (changed from magic): Shadow Talon/Shadow Pounce, Ritual of Shadow/Cloven Soul, Phantasm/Scared Stiff

Miscellaneous:

Crawling Claw: Rip/Rend, Mangle/Constrict, Banana Barrage/Bash

Creepy Crate: Creepy Chomp/Tongue Lash, Agony/Lick, Ghostly Bite/Bash

Grappling Gauntlet: Gilded Fist/Body Slam, Deflection/Ironskin, Face Punch/Tornado Punch

Grip of Terror: Gilded Fist/Body Slam, Deflection/Ironskin, Dark Fate/Mighty Charge

Fetish Shaman: Strike/Immolate, Third Degree Burns/Cauterize, Impale/Conflagrate

Fragment of Anger: Spiritfire Bolt/Spiritfire Nova, Spirit Spikes/Enrage, Spiritfire Beam/Soulrush

Fragment of Desire: Spiritfire Bolt/Spiritfire Embers, Reflective Ward/Soul Ward, Spiritfire Beam/Soulrush

Fragment of Suffering: Spiritfire Bolt/Spiritfire Embers, Drain Power/Weakness, Spiritfire Beam/Soulrush

Irongrasp: Gilded Fist/Body Slam, Deflection/Ironskin, Dark Fate/Haymaker

Lost Limb:

Maw Crawler:

Naxxy: Sludge Belch/Death Coil, Rotting Bile/Siphon Life, Drain Soul/Soul Scavenge

Restored Revenant: Bite/Ironbark, Barkskin/Gnarled Thorns, Reanimate/Consume Corpse

Sen’jin Fetish/Voodoo Figurine: Flame Breath/Blazing Assault, Wild Magic/Mojo, Unrelenting Flames/Hex

Severs:

Sharpclaw:

Wicker Pup: Bite/Poisoned Branch, Barkskin/Poison Seed, Reanimate/Consume Corpse

Skeletons:

Amalgam of Souls: Wild Winds/Cleave, Hurricane/Roar of the Dead, Wind Sweep/Bonestorm

Backbone:

Barnaby: Jab/Tiger Palm, Dodge/Going Bonkers, Haymaker/Tornado Punch

Beekeeper: Skull Toss/Death Coil, Bone Shield/Swarm of Bees, Bone Barrage/Beehive

Bone Serpent: Gale Slash/Death Coil, Death and Decay/Siphon Life, Bone Barrage/Bonestorm

Boneshard: Empowering Strikes/Cleave, Ice Shield/Roar of the Dead, Ice Cold/Great Cleave/Bonestorm

Captain Nibs: Smash/Thrash, Roar/Going Bonkers, Banana Barrage/Barrel Toss

Carpal:

Clutch:

Cursed Captain: Shank/Ambush, Greed/Jar of Smelly Liquid, Coin Pile/Coin Pouch

Cursed Deckhand: Broom/Blitz, Sandstorm/Jar of Smelly Liquid, Shove/Clobber

Desolate Host: Empowering Strikes/Cleave/Soul Steal, Bone Spikes/Roar of the Dead, Raise Ally/Great Cleave/Bonestorm

Detective Ray: Fireball/Embers, Bone Shield/Burning Rush, Pyro Blast/Bone Prison

Drowned Sailor: Brew Bolt/Brew Splash, The Good Stuff/Skunky Brew, Inebriate/Explosive Brew

Dustbone: Empowering Strikes/Cleave, Bone Spikes/Swarm of Scarabs, Locust Swarm/Bonestorm

Fossilized Hatchling: Bone Bite/Flurry, Bone Spikes/Adrenaline Rush, Nibble/Bone Prison

Graves: Skull Toss/Soul Steal, Raise Ally/Grave Destruction, Reanimate/Consume Corpse

Lil’ K.T.: Frost Bolt/Hailstorm, Call of Winter/Frost Nova, Deep Freeze/Howling Blast

Macabre Marionette: Macabre Maraca/Death Coil, Death and Decay/Siphon Life, Bone Barrage/Dead Man’s Party

Minimancer: Shadow Shock/Soul Steal, Raise Ally/Raise Dead, Drain Soul/Soul Harvest

Micromancer: Necrotic Bolt/Soul Steal, Raise Ally/Grave Destruction, Deep Research/Soul Trap

Oonar’s Arm: Punch/Blitz, Bone Shield/Rush, Face Punch/Bone Prison

Rattlejaw: Empowering Strikes/Cleave, Bone Spikes/Roar of the Dead, Bone Barrage/Great Cleave

Reanimated Engineer: Railgun/Batter, Nullification Field/Precision, Build Turret/Launch Rocket

Returned Hatchling: Bone Bite/Flurry, Bone Spikes/Adrenaline Rush, Bone Barrage/Stampede

Scraps: Bite/Pounce, Bone Shield/Unnerving Howl, Burrow/Bone Prison

Skeletal Archer: Bow Shot/Rapid Fire, Hawk Eye/Jar of Smelly Liquid, Steady Shot/Clobber

Skeletal Mage: Arcane Blast/Arcane Explosion, Arcane Familiar/Clean-Up, Arcane Storm/Table of Discontents

Skeletal Rogue: Shank/Ambush, Smoke Bomb/Focus, Assassinate/Paralysis

Skeletal Warlock: Shadow Bolt/Soul Steal, Summon Demon/Curse of Doom, Haunt/Unholy Ascension

Skeletal Warrior: Empowering Strikes/Cleave, Reflective Shield/Shield Block, Unholy Charge/Great Cleave

Spinebug: Creepy Skitter/Writhe, Bone Shield/Frighten, Boo/Bone Prison

Writhing Spine:

Zombies:

Blighthawk: Peck/Alpha Strike, Digest Brains/Consume Corpse, Lift-Off/Cyclone

Bloodbrood Whelpling: Blood Leech/Flurry, Plagued Blood/Scurry, Drain Blood/Reanimate

Burnout: Flame Breath/Flurry, Third Degree Burns/Cauterize, Scorched Earth/Rot

Crypt Fiend: Scratch/Munch, Spiked Skin/Swarm of Flies, Locust Swarm/Web Wrap

Devilsaurs: Smash/Stomp, Bloodlust/Piercing Roar, Devour/Consume Corpse

Drazka'zet the Wrathful: Gale Slash/Slicing Gale, Taunt/Blood Frenzy, Reanimate/Mummy Wrap

Frostbrood Whelpling: Frost Breath/Flurry, Chilling Winds/Scurry, Frost Fever/Ice Cold

Giant Bone Spider: Creepy Skitter/Writhe, Bone Shield/Death Web, Reanimate/Bone Prison

Grotesque: Bite/Pounce, Stoneskin/Screech, Stone Form/Consume Corpse

Infected Fawn:

Infected Squirrel: Scratch/Flurry, Stink Cloud/Adrenaline Rush, Nut Barrage/Stampede

Infested Bear Cub: Chomp/Munch, Honey Coating/Swarm of Bees, Hibernate/Honeycomb/Corpse Explosion

Leper Rat: Diseased Bite/Flurry, Fetid Skin/Squeak, Zombie Scourge/Corpse Explosion

Miimii: Gale Slash/Death Coil, Ancient Knowledge/Death and Decay, Reanimate/Mummy Wrap

Mummified Direhorn Hatchling: Horn Gore/Trihorn Charge, Deflection/Trihorn Shield, Impale/Mummy Wrap

Mummified Raptor Hatchling: Huge, Sharp Teeth/Pounce, Black Claw/Primal Cry, Return to Rest/Mummy Wrap

Murghoul: Fish Slap/Furious Splashing, Cleansing Rain/Digest Brains, Best Frenzies/Mummy Wrap

Nerubian Swarmer: Skitter/Consume, Death Web/Siphon Web, Leech Life/Nerubian Swarm

N’Ruby (changed from magic): Necrotic Bolt/Soul Steal, Death Web/Siphon Web, Necrotic Bomb/Necrotic Cyclone

Plagued Prairie Dog: Diseased Bite/Flurry, Fetid Skin/Adrenaline Rush, Burrow/Corpse Explosion

Putrid Geist: Infected Claw/Rabid Flurry, Black Claw/Ravenous Leap, Rabid Clawing/Zombie Scourge

Rotting Ghoul/Stinkrot: Infected Claw/Rabid Flurry, Exposed Wounds/Ravenous Leap, Reanimate/Consume Corpse

Scabby: Chomp/Munch, Honey Coating/Swarm of Bees, Hibernate/Beehive/Corpse Explosion

Scourged Whelpling: Blight Breath/Flurry, Ancient Blessing/Scurry, Great Plague/Corpse Explosion

Son of Sethe (would also have a sick undead model): Bloody Bite/Blood Leech, Festering Wounds/Plagued Blood, Drain Blood/Consume Corpse

Vilebrood Whelpling: Plague Breath/Slime, Plague Cloud/Acidic Goo, Toxic Fumes/Rot

Zomstrok (Green/Brown): Deep Claw/Grasp, Shell Shield/Shell Armor, Reanimate/Consume Corpse

Zomstrok (Red/Orange/Yellow): Deep Claw/Grasp, Shell Shield/Squeeze, Reanimate/Consume Corpse

Some entries are still unfinished, so I may need help filling in the blanks. Constructive criticism is helpful. Granted, some pets do have extra abilities for good reason: some movesets would feel incomplete (Rascal-Bot would lose Armageddon otherwise). Also a great way to include more underused abilities I want.

Also, I changed the Unborn Val'kyr to humanoid because she would greatly benefit from the passive healing racial and because the Skeletal Warlock shares almost the same moveset with p/p breed instead of h/h, but besides, both would be absolutely legendary.