As one of the few players who still care about pet battling, I feel nothing but boredom and disappointment as none of the new pets or even most of the old pets are any good, 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:
Aquatic:
- Best Frenzies is similar to Stampede.
- Weaker version of Squeeze.
Beast:
Critter:
- Critter versions of Brittle Webbing and Sticky Web, and Spiderling Swarm.
- Beehive is similar to Terrifying Toxicity.
- Feral Scratching hits 4 times and has a stronger version with a 1 round cooldown.
- Scurry is similar to Furious Surge.
Dragonkin:
- Chilling Winds (which replaces Call Blizzard) is similar to Scorched Earth, but chilly as the name suggests and all pets are chilled instead of burning.
- Frost Fever is the dragonkin equivalent of Deep Freeze.
Elemental:
- Gnarled Thorns is a strong damage reduction/thorns ability.
- Poison Seed deals damage over time and additional damage for 4 rounds.
- Pyro Blast hits hard and burns for 2 rounds.
Flying:
- Eye Gouge hits hard and blinds the enemy for 1 round.
- Eye Poke (weaker) damages and blinds the enemy by 50% for 2 rounds.
- Eye Poke (stronger) hits hard and has a 50% chance of blinding the enemy by 50% for 1 round.
- Hurricane changes the weather to hurricane, increasing flying damage dealt by 25% and swapping to another pet will root the current pet for 3 rounds.
- Wind Sweep hits hard and has a 50% chance of dealing damage each round for 3 rounds.
Humanoid:
- Ambush and Tiger Palm deal additional damage if the user goes first.
- Assassinate is an evade and ambush ability.
- Fists of Fury hits 4 times and has a stronger version with a 1 round cooldown.
- Shove is a force swap.
- Steady Shot is the same as Shot to the Heart.
Magic:
- Arcane Familiar is a minion summoning ability.
- Spirits of the Flame is similar to Sons of the Flame.
Mechanical:
- High Voltage is a strong thorns ability.
- Nuts and Bolts is a barrage ability.
Undead:
- Blight Breath deals split team damage.
- Bone Spikes is a thorns ability.
- Boo is a force swap.
- Cloven Soul damages and lowers the enemy’s damage and speed by 50% for 1 round with a 1 round cooldown.
- Frighten damages and slows down the enemy for 4 rounds.
- Gorging Parasites deals damage over time for 5 rounds.
- Great Plague poisons the enemy team.
- Necrotic Bomb is a delayed burst ability which stuns the enemy.
- Phantasm is an evade and ambush ability.
- Rabid Clawing hits 4 times and has a stronger version with a 1 round cooldown.
- Rotting Bile deals damage over time and additional damage for 4 rounds.
- Soul Funnel is a heal over time.
- Soul Harvest damages the enemy team and heals the user’s team.
- Soul Trap has a chance each round to detonate and stun the enemy.
- Summon Demon is the same as Raise Ally but summons an imp instead.
- Unholy Charge is a two round burst ability.
- Vampiric Embrace is similar to Feed.
- Wail damages and slows down the enemy for 4 rounds with a 3 round cooldown.
- Zombie Scourge is similar to Stampede.
Other:
- Asphyxiate, Paralysis, Scared Stiff, and Web Wrap are stuns.
- Bloodlust is a 50% critical strike chance buff for 5 rounds.
- Greed (50% critical strike chance for 5 rounds) and Lucky Coin (team 50% accuracy and 25% critical strike chance for 4 rounds) are split from Need Before Greed (removed).
- Taunt is visually different from Deflection.
- Time Warp is a team speed buff.
Balance Changes:
Aquatic:
- All brew abilities changed to aquatic.
- Blood in the Water changed to a finisher similar to Impale.
- Gnash no longer bleeds and instead deals additional damage if the user goes first.
- Inebriate now blinds the enemy for 1 round with a 3 round cooldown.
Beast:
- Impale damage and cooldown raised.
- Mangle additional damage raised, but the duration is lowered to 4 rounds.
- Pig Out damage, lifesteal, and cooldown raised.
- Prowl duration raised to 3 rounds and cooldown lowered to 3 rounds.
- Rake damage and cooldown lowered and now lowers the enemy’s damage and speed by 50% for 1 round.
- Shell Armor duration raised by 1 round.
- Trihorn Charge damage lowered and no longer has a cooldown.
Critter:
- Locust Swarm no longer has a cooldown and increases damage done by 10% on first use.
Dragonkin:
- Cataclysm damage lowered, cooldown raised, accuracy raised to 100%, and has a 50% chance to burn for 3 rounds.
- Frost Breath now chills and deals damage over time.
Elemental:
- Blizzard (weather) is now similar to Scorched Earth but chilly, all active pets are chilled instead of burning and no longer has an elemental damage bonus.
Flying:
- Furious Flapping no longer has a cooldown and instead deals additional damage if the user goes first.
Humanoid:
- Dark Fate is now similar to Early Advantage (changed to magic) instead.
Magic:
- Clean Up now deals non-split team damage instead.
Mechanical:
- Railgun changed to mechanical.
- Storm Coil renamed to Tesla Coil and damage and cooldown raised.
Undead:
- Agony adds damage to each hit for 4 rounds instead.
- Bone Prison changed to a stun.
- Bonestorm now deals split team damage (as much as an AoE with a 4 round cooldown despite having a 3 round cooldown) and the self-inflicted damage now scales with power instead.
- Burp changed to undead.
- Call Darkness renamed to Ritual of Shadow and changed to undead.
- Creeping Fungus now lasts 5 rounds and no longer benefits from moonlight.
- Great Cleave damage and cooldown raised.
- Macabre Maraca changed to undead.
- Meat Hook damage and cooldown raised.
- Roar of the Dead reworked to damage the enemy team and increase damage done by 25% for 4 rounds.
- Shadow Talon changed to undead.
- Sludge Belch no longer has a cooldown.
- Spore Shrooms changed to undead.
Other:
- All double damage boost abilities last 1 round with a 1 round cooldown (I only listed this due to double damage boost abilities being inconsistently balanced).
- Cocoon (renamed from Cocoon Strike) and Mummy Wrap completely reworked to be similar to Deep Research instead.
- Evolution completely reworked to a heal and a life steal buff for 4 rounds which starts on an 8 round cooldown.
- Going Bonkers changed to a 100% damage boost for 1 round.
Abominations:
- Amalgam of Decay: Scratch/Munch, Stink Cloud/Swarm of Flies, Consume Corpse/Corpse Explosion
- Blightbreath: Blight Breath/Sludge Belch, Resilient Stitching/Rotting Bile, Great Plague/Burp
- Dud: Scratch/Feral Scratching, Resilient Stitching/Meat Shield, Reanimate/Consume Corpse
- Fetid Devourling: Deep Bite/Stomp, Scalehide/Roar, Consume Corpse/Corpse Explosion
- Fiendling of Many Faces: Creepy Chomp/Soul Steal, Roar of the Dead/Demon’s Blood, Drain Soul/Soul Harvest
- Fodder: Chomp/Plague Breath, Resilient Stitching/Meat Shield, Reanimate/Consume Corpse
- Fungal Abomination: 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
- 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
- Pig Ghoul: Claw/Rend, Resilient Stitching/Lick, Devour/Pig Out
- 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/Sniff Out
- Apparitions: Shadow Shock/Shadow Pounce, Curse of Doom/Frighten, Boo/Scared Stiff
- Burdened Soul: Gale Slash/Soul Steal, Soul Funnel/Haunting Song, Haunt/Raise Dead
- Cursed Birman/Widget the Departed: Shadow Shock/Shadow Ambush, 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
- Ghostly Whelpling: Flame Breath/Assault, Scorched Earth/Shriek, Devastate/Cataclysm
- Lost Soul: Shadow Bolt/Shadow Bolt Volley, Agony/Frighten, Haunt/Scared Stiff
- Lucy: Dark Bolt/Pounce, Ethereal/Rake, Nap Time/Lick Wounds
- Quackster: Peck/Furious Flapping, Preen/Quack, Lift-off/Flock
- 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: Shadow Shock/Shadow Pounce, Curse of Doom/Wail, Fear/Haunt
- Smoochums: Bloody Bite/Tea Party, Ethereal/Bloodlust, Nap Time/Vampiric Embrace
- 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: Snap/Quick Snap, 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
- Wicked Soul: Shadow Shock/Shadow Pounce, Death Knell/Frighten, Boo/Scared Stiff
- Wicker Wraith: Shadow Talon/Shadow Pounce, Ritual of Shadow/Cloven Soul, Phantasm/Scared Stiff
Fragments:
- 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
Miscellaneous:
- Bloodscale: Visceral Slash/Blood Leech, Bone Spikes/Plagued Blood, Drain Blood/Evolution
- Bloodbrood Whelpling: Blood Leech/Flurry, Plagued Blood/Scurry, Drain Blood/Reanimate
- Crawling Claw: Rip/Snatch, Mangle/Constrict, Banana Barrage/Bash
- Creepy Crate: Creepy Chomp/Tongue Lash, Agony/Lick, Ghostly Bite/Bash
- Frostbrood Whelpling: Frost Breath/Assault, Chilling Winds/Shriek, Frost Fever/Ice Cold
- Ghost Flame: Spiritfire Bolt/Spiritfire Nova, Spiritfire Beam/Spirit Bomb, Spirit Mend/Unholy Ascension
- Giant Bone Spider: Creepy Skitter/Writhe, Bone Shield/Death Web, Reanimate/Bone Prison
- Grappling Gauntlet: Gilded Fist/Grab, Deflection/Ironskin, Dark Fate/Clobber
- Grip of Terror: Gilded Fist/Grab, Deflection/Ironskin, Dark Fate/Tornado Punch
- Grotesque: Bite/Pounce, Stoneskin/Screech, Stone Form/Consume Corpse
- Irongrasp: Gilded Fist/Grab, Deflection/Ironskin, Dark Fate/Haymaker
- Lost Limb:
- Naxxy: Sludge Belch/Death Coil, Rotting Bile/Siphon Life, Drain Soul/Consume Soul
- Nerubian Fighters: Scratch/Flurry, Spines/Sticky Web, Burrow/Web Wrap
- Restored Revenant: Bite/Ironbark, Barkskin/Gnarled Thorns, Reanimate/Consume Corpse
- Severs:
- Sharpclaw:
- Spinner: Scratch/Consume, Brittle Webbing/Siphon Web, Feral Clawstorm/Bonestorm
- Vilebrood Whelpling: Plague Breath/Slime, Plague Cloud/Acidic Goo, Toxic Fumes/Rot
- Wicker Pup: Bite/Poisoned Branch, Barkskin/Poison Seed, Reanimate/Consume Corpse
Skeletons:
- 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/Bonestorm
- Backbone: Creepy Skitter/Writhe, Bone Shield/Agony, Bone Barrage/Bone Prison
- Barnaby: Jab/Fists of Fury, Taunt/Going Bonkers, Haymaker/Tornado Punch
- Beekeeper: Skull Toss/Death Coil, Bone Shield/Swarm of Bees, Bone Barrage/Beehive
- Carpal:
- Clutch:
- Captain Nibs: Smash/Thrash, Roar/Going Bonkers, Banana Barrage/Barrel Toss
- Cursed Captain: Shank/Ambush, Greed/Jar of Smelly Liquid, Coin Pile/Coin Pouch
- Cursed Deckhand: Broom/Blitz, Sandstorm/Jar of Smelly Liquid, Shove/Clobber
- Detective Ray: Fireball/Embers, Bone Shield/Burning Rush, Pyro Blast/Bone Prison
- Drowned Sailor: Brew Bolt/Drunken Splashing, The Good Stuff/Skunky Brew, Inebriate/Explosive Brew
- Dustbone: Empowering Strikes/Cleave, Bone Spikes/Swarm of Scarabs, Locust Swarm/Bonestorm
- Fossilized/Returned Hatchling: Bone Bite/Flurry, Bone Spikes/Adrenaline Rush, Bonestorm/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
- Nevermore: Wild Winds/Cleave, Hurricane/Roar of the Dead, Wind Sweep/Bonestorm
- Oonar’s Arm:
- 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
- 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
- Soul Carver: Empowering Strikes/Cleave/Soul Steal, Bone Spikes/Roar of the Dead, Raise Ally/Bonestorm
- Spinebug: Creepy Skitter/Writhe, Bone Shield/Frighten, Boo/Bone Prison
- Tim: Arcane Blast/Arcane Barrage, Arcane Storm/Time Warp, Mana Surge/Deep Research
- Writhing Spine: Creepy Skitter/Writhe, Bone Shield/Frighten, Zombie Scourge/Bone Prison
Voodoo Companions:
- Fetish Shaman: Strike/Immolate, Third Degree Burns/Cauterize, Impale/Conflagrate
- Sen’jin Fetish/Voodoo Figurine: Flame Breath/Blazing Assault, Wild Magic/Mojo, Unrelenting Flames/Hex
Zombies:
- Blighthawk: Peck/Alpha Strike, Drain Blood/Consume Corpse, Lift-Off/Eye Gouge
- Blighted Squirrel: Scratch/Spores, Stink Cloud/Creeping Fungus, Nut Barrage/Spore Shrooms/Corpse Explosion
- 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
- Drudge Ghoul: Infected Claw/Death Coil, Death and Decay/Siphon Life, Reanimate/Consume Corpse
- Ghouls: Infected Claw/Rabid Flurry, Exposed Wounds/Ravenous Leap, Reanimate/Consume Corpse
- 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
- Infested Orc: Claw/Poisoned Branch, Barkskin/Poison Seed, Poison Protocol/Stun Seed
- Leper Rat: Diseased Bite/Flurry, Fetid Skin/Squeak, Army of the Dead/Corpse Explosion
- Mimi: 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, Nerubian Swarm/Leech Life
- N’Ruby: Necrotic Bolt/Soul Steal, Death Web/Siphon Web, Necrotic Bomb/Necrotic Cyclone
- Plague Eruptor: Infected Claw/Sludge Belch, Fetid Skin/Rotting Bile, Gib Barrage/Corpse Explosion
- 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
- 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: Bloody Bite/Blood Leech, Festering Wounds/Plagued Blood, Drain Blood/Consume Corpse
- Wrathful: Gale Slash/Slicing Gale, Taunt/Blood Frenzy, Reanimate/Mummy Wrap
- 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.