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Taming Ban’thalos in Legion

February 3, 2016 By Garwulf 8 Comments

Post has been updated to reflect the hunter changes in Legion. The same basic strategy as before holds true, but since we no longer have Distracting Shot, we’ll use Concussive Shot to pull Ban’thalos instead.

banthalos_spawn_above_sanctuary_of_malorne

Taming Ban’thalos has always been a bit of a challenge. He spawns up in the sky above the Sanctuary of Malorne, so you need to be on a flying mount to engage him. Second, he’s neutral, so you need to get his attention somehow. Third, you need to not die from fall damage once you do get his attention.

At level 100, he poses another interesting challenge. How do you aggro him without killing him?

Back in Cataclysm, the taming challenge involved a strategy which was basically: tag Ban’thalos by attacking him, then tame him without dying. At level 100, however, this strat no longer works because even if you take off all of your gear and punch him, there’s a chance that could still kill him. Instead, you need to use Concussive Shot an ability which a lot of hunters may not even have on their action bars…Distracting Shot. This shot will cause Ban’thalos to get angry with you while not damaging him.

How to Tame Ban’thalos at Level 100

This process is surprisingly easy once you know what to do.

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Filed Under: Hunter Pets Tagged With: ban'thalos, beast mastery, cataclysm, spirit beast

Taming Gara

February 1, 2016 By Garwulf 3 Comments

I know I’m a little late to the party here, but I gotta say…I really enjoyed the Gara taming adventure. I had so much fun with it, I put together a map with some helpful tips so that hunters who still desire to add this coveted Spirit Beast to their stable might have an easier go of it.

I’ll stop back in and update this post with a bit more info and screenshots, but for now, enjoy the infographic! Feels good to update the site again! I can’t believe it’s been a year since I last posted. Bad Garwulf, Bad!

Click the image to enlarge.

Gara the Spirit Beast Taming Quest Map

Filed Under: Hunter Pets Tagged With: beast mastery, gara, spirit beast

The Most Difficult Solo Tame EVER

January 23, 2013 By Garwulf 22 Comments

I’ll be the first to admit that my huntering skills could be a bit rusty due to my lack of gametime lately, but…like, holy s**t…I am actually a bit fatigued right now. My kiting muscles are taxed and I think I wore a hole through my mousing surface.

Taming Gumi on the PTR is easily the most difficult taming challenge I’ve ever experienced in the 7 years I’ve been playing a hunter. Those of you that solo-tamed King Krush back in WotLK…that was nothing compared to trying to wrangle this guy. Deth’tilac…pffft! Not even in the same league.

Gumi is a total badass.

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Filed Under: Hunter Pets Tagged With: gumi, spirit beast

Spirit Beasts Being Added in Patch 5.2

January 22, 2013 By Garwulf Leave a Comment

3 new Spirit Beasts have been found on the Patch 5.2 PTR – all of them porcupines!

More on this later, but check these new beasties out! Pretty sweet, eh..?!

Hutia

Hutia - Green Porcupine Spirit Beast

Hutia

Hutia has a green spectral model – similar in color to Ban’thalos.

Degu

Red Porcupine Spirit Beast - Degu

Degu

Degu is the first red Spirit Beast!

Gumi

Blue Porcupine Spirit Beast - Gumi

Gumi

Gumi is a spectral blue – similar in color to Arcturis, Ghostcrawler and Karoma.

All of them are regarded as taming challenges – each requiring some type of strategy to tame. Also, each one of them must be reduced to 20% health or below before taming.

  • They are all level 90
  • They are larger than typical porcupines when tamed
  • All 3 look very badass

I’ll have more info on these guys later – including location information and some taming tips.

New Spirit Beasts to play with…finally!

Filed Under: Hunter Pets Tagged With: degu, gumi, hutia, spirit beast

New Spirit Beast in Mists of Pandaria?

March 26, 2012 By Garwulf 38 Comments

Update: Folks, this news item was a speculative post I threw together early last year after seeing a data-mined image of what looked like a Spirit Beast. Obviously, most of us now know that this is a level 90 Monk talent, however, please be sure to visit this post here if you’ve reached this page hoping to see some new Spirit Beasts added in Mists…

I’m a little behind on the recent wave of MoP updates, but for those of you who’ve seen this…

Ummm…is that what I think it is?

Mists of Pandaria Spirit Beast

New Spirit Beast or just some flashy non-tamable NPC?

If this is in fact a new Spirit Beast model, I imagine a few of you out there will probably want to tame it. 😉

Yeah…that has to be a new Spirit Beast in MoP. Introducing that tiger model into the game and not allowing hunters to tame it would just be far too cruel.

Any of you plan on going after it? 🙂

Filed Under: Mists of Pandaria Previews Tagged With: mists of pandaria, spirit beast

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