Grand Master Nishi (Valley of the Four Winds)

It is fitting that Grand Master Nishi is a farmer. He is likely the most farmed master pet tamer in the game. A few patches ago it was possible to accept a tamer quest, defeat all three of a tamer's pets, get the experience reward and then drop the quest so it could be done again. This was really effective because Grand Master Nishi is and has always been the easiest pet tamer in Pandaria.

It is possible to use level one pets in this tamer. The strategy I am going to layout here is the one I use to kill it quickly and efficiently. It does limit the type of level one pet you can use to critters or level ones that have more than 164 health. This limit could be removed by using something with Sandstorm such as Anubisath Idol and starting against Toothbreaker. The limitations comes from the back row damage done by Siren's Sunlight. It does approximately 164 elemental damage. Level one pets tend to have anywhere from 136 to 166 health making it difficult for most of them to survive. Critters take less damage from elemental, so critters will only take about 105 damage making it easy to survive one hit.

In this fight you face two elementals and a beast. Naturally I like to bring out my trusty snail to wreck the elementals. In this guide and video I used Darkmoon Zeppelin but anything that does good mechanical damage will work. I normally use Mini Thor.


My Team:

Shimmershell Snail (take Acidic Goo, Ooze Touch, Dive)

Darkmoon Zeppelin (take Missle, Decoy, Bombing Run)

Power Level Pet (Any critter or any pet with more than 164 health)

Enemy Team:

Siren (elemental) (Photosynthesis, Solar Beam, Sunlight)

Toothbreaker (elemental) (Insipring Song, Leech Seed, Sons of the Root)
Brood of Mothran (beast) (Acidic Goo, Burrow, Consume)

vs Siren:
Start with Shimmershell Snail against Siren. You will attack second in all rounds. I start against Siren specifically so that if there is a miss and your power level pet cannot survive two Sunlight hits, it happens early and you can restart. It also prevents the effect of Sunlight lasting long enough to benefit the Beast.

Round	Your Move	Enemy Move
1	Acidic Goo	Sunlight
2	Dive	Photosynthesis
3	Dive (hit)	Photosynthesis
4	Ooze Touch	Photosynthesis
5	Ooze Touch	Photosynthesis
6	Ooze Touch	Photosynthesis
7	Ooze Touch	Photosynthesis
8	Ooze Touch	Sunlight
9	Ooze Touch	Photosynthesis

Kill typically happens in round 5 or 6.

vs Toothbreaker:
Continue with Shimmershell Snail. You attack second in all rounds.

Round	Your Move	Enemy Move
1	Pass	Sons of the Root
2	Pass	Sons of the Root
3	Pass	Sons of the Root
4	Acidic Goo	Leech Seed
5	Ooze Touch	Insipring Song
6	Ooze Touch	Pass
7	Ooze Touch	Pass
8	Ooze Touch	Leech Seed
9	Ooze Touch	Sons of the Root

Kill typically happens in round 7 or 8.

vs Brood of Mothran:
Continue with Shimmershell Snail. You attack second in all rounds.

Round	Your Move	Enemy Move
1	Acidic Goo	Acidic Goo
2	Switch to PLvlPet	Burrow
3	Switch to Snail	Burrow (hit)
Snail will die. Switch to Mechanical
4	Bombing Run	Consume
5	Decoy	Pass
6	Missle	Acidic Goo
7	Missle	Consume
8	Missle	Burrow
9	Missle	Burrow

Kill typically happens in round 6 or 7.