BM Pets, which is the best?

Classes Hunter
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I’ve noticed many pets have different abilities, and I was wondering which pet is the best for mythic+ or raiding. I’m currently using the Spirit Beast Gryphon you can get in Stormwind City, and I noticed it was lacking a damaging ability compared to the Spirit Porkupines (I believe they have bite & claw, the Gryphon only has one of the two, which I forgot). Now I was wondering if it made much of a difference, if I perhaps should get out a pet with Hero if we lack a class that has hero, for example. Should I focus myself on Ferocity, Tenacity or Cunning pets?

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Well if u lack Heroism/Bloodlust in your group u should help out with your pet but Spirit Beasts are much stronger u get a decent def CDR + great healing spells and amazing Dispel of Enrage/Magic each 8 second ( amazing tool for M+ especially on ragging Affix week)

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If you want more info regarding hunter pets then go ahead and look up wow-petopia(.com).

Has pretty much everything you need.

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What you need is 3 pets:

  • spirit beast (tenacity, overall top, has purge, heal and player def cd)
  • bat / nether ray (ferocity, has purge and bloodlust)
  • clefthoof / ankylo-smthing for outdoor (ferocity, they heal via leach and have def abilities to tank big packs)

Basically you should run with a spirit beast in M+ and raid and switch to any ferocity pet on the encounter if party/raid lacks other BL sources.
Bats / nether rays are not really needed as I cannot even remember when I needed both purge and BL at the same time (probably some trash fights in M+ but pugs like never use BL on trash)

Niche pets for some encounters:

  • silitide for mythic Fetid (mortal strike effect + master’s call to insta-teleport to friendly target to decrease travel time from boss to add)
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Thanks for a descriptive guide! ^^

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I found 2 spirit beast to be easy tame: quilrats in Pandaria (they are always up but it’s challenge tame i think, u should be taming them without armor or smth) and Gara in Draenor (couple quests and some flying around, just google it)

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Another easy spirit beast to find is the mana sabers in Suramar. I think some of them are normal mobs and can be found in different places.