New to battle pet. Need pet recoomemdation to collect and level up

[Grarn-steamwheedle-cartel (Grarn)]

This is a post from one of the regular pet battle forum posters from about a year ago that contains a lot of great information;

Recommended Starting Pets for Beginners

I used lists like this when I was starting out. I didn’t do my first pet battle on purpose until 8.3 of BfA, and I really had to be cajoled into trying it. I was trying to finish exalted rep for Naz’jatar and Mechagon, and I wanted to be able do the pet battle WQ’s to help me get that done. A guildie who was familiar with how battle pets worked sent me a couple of pets and a link to a beginner video…and I fell down the WoW Pokemon rabbit hole. I freaking love battle pets in World of Warcraft…