Hi @ll,
finally got the 250 PVP Pet. I am now at ~750 PVP Pet Battle Wins, ~500 pre 5.3 and i would say 80% of them 25lvl only.
Wanted to share some tipps and tricks from my side, plz note that those are not math proven ore so, just my experience and my opinion
- as already mentioned knowledge and practise is king therefore, keybind your pet journal to a key and use it infight(if needed or pet is unknown etc)
(- if u already have a team, check out for another breeds, mostly faster or stronger to optimize your setup)
- know all wheather effects, do not forget Elementals ignore weather effacts
- know pet types
- install all the pet battle addons out there
- mostly the teams which are build around a specific strategy are stronger then any rnd 3 pets. That means i bet: "any strategy team will beat the lil raggi, lil deathwing and pmonk team"(even if those 3 pets were epic quality)
- Speed ist very important in pvp pet battle, consider this when building your team AND check the oponnent speeds when selecting your opener pet infight
- HOT TIP: Precision: Try to use only 100% Attacks, believe it or not. But i recognized how well it is. You dont neccesary win a PVP battle because u always hit, but u mostly loose because u missed once.(m talking about 90/95% and maybe 80/85). It does 2 things: it increases your win rate AND lowers your WTF MISS I HATE PVP PET BATTLES moments
Did u ever saw the lil raggy rage leave fight because his Conflagrate missed? ^^
- a good mixture of support and utility is also nice but this is very very situational, i personally like the new aoe slow+damage, can give u big advantage when played in the rght situation.
- if u want to gain wins: play in the meantime, if u want to train ur skill or test ur team: play in the night, often u face the same person again and again: when u loose again and again he will keep his team, when u will win again and again he will switch his team to try to counter yours:
-> if u loose: first let your setup like it is, and change only your in game strategy (other opener pet, another pet, delay weather or just dont do weather if u have one, etc
-> if u win: try keep winning and see your opponent to come with a team that counters your more and more
(only possible if hte opponent has the amount of pets at max level and are willing to do so
)
- The Dying Strategy: How ur pets schould die? Sometimes u will maybe face a team where one single pet is good agains ur team/strategy. Lets say it will kill your first pet an make like 50% to the second pet. you have 150% pets and the oponnent 200% and might win. Sometimes it can be(based on strategy) wise to swich pets, so tha u have 3 pets with low health <50% instead of one full and one half pet. another Story: Sometimes it might be wise to swap out a pet with very low health for a later use(especially when it is a faster one then the remainig opponents), often it is a opener pet and also a pet with a support ability (Weather/Debuff/Buff etc).
- somtimes it is possible to change bad for good: the 100% stun KLR can make u free from: Ion Cannon, Solar Beam etc
thats from my side
Rakrath