Beating Wizard 101 Using Only Pets

Introduction

• Pets are very versatile and valuable in Wizard 101
  • They boost specific stats
  • Provide powerful item cards
  • Utility spells
  • Can comfort in personal situations
• The challenge: Attempt to beat Wizard 101 using only pets

Challenge Rules

• Equip only pets; no gear, decks, etc.
• All stat boosts and cards come from the pet
• Everything must be done solo
• Only main storyline quests allowed
• Free to switch pets
• Allowed to use a higher-level character to create and transfer pets
• Run is complete after defeating Malistaire on his grave following these rules

Early Game Strategy

• Started in Unicorn Way
• Used traditional meta pets:
  • Fire balance Cuab Baros
  • Convenient due to pre-made pets
  • Pets had damage and crit talents, blades, and a four-pip AOE
• Moved to Krokotopia at level 10
  • Upgraded to Snappy Griffin pet
  • Pet had blade, faint, and a 7-pip AOE for harder bosses
  • Managed to hatch the perfect pet on the first try

Mid-Game Complexity

• Progressed through Marleybone and Mushu
• Major roadblock: Jade Oni, with 6,000 health
  • Base pet cards and damage were insufficient
  • Created a high damage-cap pet using rare item cards and talents

Pet Training Mechanics

• Hatching and Training Mechanics:
  • Hatch two adult pets to produce a baby pet
  • Train the baby pet through feeding snacks
  • Pet manifests new talent upon reaching training milestones
• Inheriting Talents:
  • A pet gets five talents from each parent at random
  • Must hatch and re-train pets to get desired talent pool
  • Randomness involved in talent manifestation
• Pet Body and Wild Factor:
  • The probability of getting a specific pet body from hatching is influenced by the "wild factor"
  • Rare pets have a higher wild factor, making their bodies less likely to be inherited

Creating the God Pet - Queen Lily

• *Essential Talents:
  • Polymorph Cards: Allow transformation into mobs for increased card pools and stats
    • E.g., Cat Bandit Polymorph: High damage storm cards with bladed Tempest
  • Treant Polymorph: Allows transformations into Treant for strategic advantages
  • Make Cast Frozen Kraken: Extra spell with a cooldown, granting 1500 damage
  • May Cast Balance Blade: Chance to cast a balance blade during battle
  • Pyrosaurus Rex item card: A low-pip, high-damage hit
  • Reshuffle card: Doubles card pool and damage range
• Added talents one by one under immense randomness
• After countless attempts, the perfect pet 'Queen Lily' was created***

End-Game Challenges

• Encounter with Malistaire: 1v4 death fight with 8,000 health and three minions
• Strategy:
  • Used Cat Bandit polymorph for high damage output
  • Managed Pips and used Reshuffle card for extended card pool
  • Preparation and execution required perfect RNG

Final Battle with Malistaire

• Survived the battle with perfect RNG
• Successfully utilized polymorphs, may casts, and item cards
• Triumphantly defeated Malistaire without breaking any challenge rules
• Queen Lily proved to be a game-changer

Conclusion

• Proved it is possible to beat Wizard 101 using only pets
• Documented the process and strategies in a series of live streams
• Anticipates sharing more challenging content in the future
• Encourages viewers to appreciate pets like Queen Lily in their own games