World of Warcraft: Dragonflightcomes packed with another round of difficult Battle Pet challenges, featuring more high-level trainers and Elite wild battle pets for you to take on. Avid collectors may have built up an impressive collection by this point in the game’s life cycle, but if you’re a newer pet battler, you may find that these enemies are a bit tough for your average team to defeat.

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Luckily, with the right team and strategy, you’ll be able to take on Arcantus. This guide will teach you all about the Arcantus battle pet, including where to find him, the best strategies for defeating him, and how you can effectively bring him down using all pet families.

Where To Find Arcantus

Arcantus is an Elite Magic battle pet that can be found at 40, 59 in The Azure Span zone. You will have to beat him to fully complete theBattle of the Dragon Islesachievement.

He is also a prerequisite for the tenFamily Battler of the Dragon Islesachievements, which require you to take him down whilefeaturing a team of only one type.

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Both of these achievements require you to use afull team of level 25 Battle Pets. You should also useRare qualitypets in your battles.

Being an Elite battle pet, this is easier said than done, as he possesses a couple of powerful passive abilities to frustrate your team.

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These abilities mean that traditional strategies will not work as effectively, and you may have to get creative with your team compositions to defeat him.

Arcantus’s three moves are as follows:

1.Psychic Blast:Magicmove that deals damage to your active pet plus extra if the weather isArcane Winds. (One round cooldown)

2.Mana Surge: Three-roundMagicmove that deals damage to your active pet, plus extra if the weather is currently set toArcane Winds. (Three-round cooldown)

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3.Psionic Storm:Magicmove that deals damage split between your whole team and turns the weather toArcane Windsfor nine turns. (Five-round cooldown)

This guide will recommendreliablestrategies usingeasy-to-acquirepets. Multiple options may be faster for defeating Arcantus, but involverarepetsor usingspecificBreeds.

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Best Overall Team For Battling Arcantus

As you can see from his toolkit, Arcantus relies on keeping up theArcane Windsweather effect to deal bonus damage to your pets. This makes pets that can alter the current weather extremely effective against him, as you can reduce his damage output.

All three of his moves are Magic, soMechanical pets will have a much easier time tanking his damage.

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The easiest strategy for beating Arcantus relies on using one specific pet: theTimeless Mechanical Dragonling.This can effectively solo him, leaving your other two slots completely free.

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Flame Breath

An extremely simple and reliable strategy,the pet can only be bought from the Tanaris time-walking vendor during the two weeks of the anniversary eventbut is regularly available at theAuction Housefor an extremely low price.

Best Aquatic Team For Battling Arcantus

Aquatic pets are decently versatile, and several strategies can beat Arcantus, includingCrab turtlingand anAqua Stridersolo. However, when it comes to powerhouse Aquatics, theChitterspine Skitterlingis a very popular choice, and the classic combo ofBlack Clawand a multi-hit move such asSwarmis your go-to for Elite pet battling. Use two of them for Arcantus, leaving your third slot open for any Aquatic pet.

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Best Beast Team For Battling Arcantus

Beast battle pets are known for their strong offensive power,dealing extra damage when below half health. This strategy uses some of the best PvE pets in the game by stacking multiple Zandalari raptors to wear down Arcantus.

While he is not susceptible to big single moves, this multi-hit damage strategy is highly effective, even allowing you touse any max-level Beast-type pet in your final slot.

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Any of the Zandalari raptor pets will do,as long as they haveBlack ClawandHunting Party. you’re able to even stackthree Anklerendersto get the job done.

Best Critter Team For Battling Arcantus

Critters are one of the most difficult pet types to strategise with. Many of their pets deal low damage and rely on certain cheese strategies to achieve success against Elite battle pets.

Fortunately, Arcantus is not a particularly powerful Elite, and you can use some easy-to-acquire Critters to bring him down.Rabbits are always useful as an alternative strategy but can take a long time to win due to relying on dodging.

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Black Lambcan be substituted for theElwynn Lamb, purchasable fromCorporal Arthur Flewat theArgent Tournament GroundsinIcecrown.

Best Dragonkin Team For Battling Arcantus

Dragonkin have an easy time against Arcantus, as he is a Magic type and willtake extra damage from Dragonkin moves. This means you only have to run two specific pets to deal with him, leaving your last slot open. Many combinations of Dragonkin will work just as well, so don’t worry if you can’t get hold of the recommended ones.

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Nether Faerie Dragoncan be substituted for theSprite Darter Hatchling, which can be found as a rare drop inFeralas, or purchased from the Auction House

Best Elemental Team For Battling Arcantus

Elemental pets ignore any negative weather effectsbut will still take the increased damage from Arcantus' abilities whileArcane Windsis active. There are a few choices to try out in dealing with him, but particular priority goes to pets with theScorched Earthmove, which allows you to change the weather and reduce his damage output.

Fel Flameis an excellent solo choice but is not always reliable, so the following two pets are preferred to guarantee a win every time, letting you use any Elemental in the final slot.

Deep Burn

Best Flying Team For Battling Arcantus

On paper, Flying types struggle against Arcantusdue to his Magic abilities dealing extra damage against them. However, you will regularly be able tooutspeedhim, which allows you to set up for some strong burst damage finishers.

Many Flying types blend into one, sharing a limited pool, so some of these recommendations are very flexible. However,Ikkyhas been one of the most popular PvE pets ever since Warlords of Draenor and is always worth collecting if you are starting on your pet adventures.

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Best Humanoid Team For Battling Arcantus

Humanoid pets are inherently durable,healing after dealing damage in a turn. This means you can get away with only using two specific ones against Arcantus.

Corefire Impis a staple in many Humanoid teams, as his moves allow you to set up ticking damage before switching him to the back line and allowing him to heal back to full health.Squirkywill easily be able to block damage with hisBubble, and theStampedeability allows you to take advantage of theWild Magicdebuff left by the Imp.

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Best Magic Team For Battling Arcantus

Magic-type battle pets often rely on big burst damage to defeat the opposition but also have access to some of the strongest overall pets in the game.Anomalusis a multiplayer staple and does excellently against Arcantus, racking up strong damage over time.Arcantus will not cleanse himself of any debuffs, so this strategy is very reliable, leaving your third pet slot free.

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Best Mechanical Team For Battling Arcantus

While you could just use theTimeless Mechanical Dragonlingplus two other Mechanicals, there are multiple alternative strategies, with the Mechanical family having a strong variety of powerful pets. Arcantus' burst damage reduction passive prevents any classic massiveIon Cannonshenanigans, but you should be able to pick up some very strong Mechanicals pets for cheap on the Auction House.

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Tranquil Mechanical Yetican be replaced withDraenei Micro Defender, bought fromVindicator NuuremwithCouncil of Exarchsreputation.

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Undead pets mainly rely onchip damageto wear their opponents down, but you are also able to utilise someDragonkin-type moves to deal super effective damage to Arcantus. ThisFlame Breathstrategy is safe and reliable and leaves your third pet slot open.

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TheVoodoo Figurinecan be replaced with theSen’jin FetishorFetish Shamanpets, although both are arguably more difficult to acquire.