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Comment by Lovegame

Nearly headless, how can you be nearly headless?

Comment by mek002

He has the following with him:

Spooky strangler =Used lvl 25 grassland hopper ( green) got him down BUT watch for hes death grip he does it switches your pets
Stitch= Used lvl 25 mirror strider ( white)
Mort=

will comment when i get Mort down :)

Comment by 940039

All THREE pets are UNDEAD

1st was Spooky Strangler, has ability to swap your pets

2nd was Stitch

3rd was Mort and he hits like a bloody Sledge hammer, regular hits 700-1200 (not strong and not weak either)

Comment by 1082332

Use Frogs on all 3 tongue lash and Swarm of Flies worked fine

Comment by 743919

Went after this with an Emperor Crab, Yellow-Bellied Bullfrog and Kun-Li Runt. Kept Healing Wave alive, hit with Tongue (Frog) and Snap (Crab). Didn't have to use the Runt as all three enemy pets were dead and I only lost the crab.

Hope this helps!

~Sam

Comment by craigsea

I used two rare Lv25 rabbits/hare,
2 rabbits or hares with 300 speed or better , Jacob's fastest is 289

Both had

Strangler usually comes out first now. I used Dodge , Flurry and Burrow in that order. This caused Stranglers 2 big hits to miss. I used Dodge first on each of his pets and looked for a good time to put in my leveling pet, after Strangler was dead. Using Dodge or Burrow, when Strangler tried to use Death Grip (a 3 round CD I believe) was key to being able to level a pet. For the most part I used Burrow on CD.

Comment by tempovision

Emperor crab (rare)
Yellow-bellied bulfrog (uncommon)
Grizzly squirrel (rare)

works like a charm

Comment by 230460

I used a level 25 Softshell Snapling first, level 25 Dancing Water Skimmer second and ended with a level 24 Tideskipper. The first mob switched my snapling with my skimmer part way through his round. I killed him and once the 2nd mob killed my skimmer, I put the snapling back in the fight. The snapling lasted until the 3rd mob. My Tideskipper handled the 3rd mob with ease.

Aquatic pets for all 3 pets in this one does work the best.

Comment by 1312400

For Elekk, I did it with Arctic Hare and Mr. Wiggles

Arctic Hare
Dodge, then Stampede, will eventually be forced to switch to Mr. Wiggles

Mr. Wiggles
Hoof til it dies. For me, it finished off Spooky Strangler and did a decent chunk to Stitch.

Arctic Hare
Flurry was enough to finish off Stitch. For Mort, Dodge and Stampede, then Flurry to finish it off.

Comment by stingray1966

used lvl 25 Bandicoon, lvl 25 Mac frog and lvl 24 Leopard Tree Frog worked fine as well.

Comment by thulsadoom

Two pet strategy

25 Rare Zandalari Toenibbler (Flank, Primal Cry, Black Claw) P/B
24 Rare Toad (Tongue Lash, Cleansing Rain, Swarm of Flies) B/B
16 Rare Elekk (1660 health, more than Toad)

Open with Zandalari and Primal Cry. Black Claw, Flank. Spooky Strangler dies . Death Grip brings out Toad. Swarm of Flies. Spooky Strangler dies. Enter Stitch. Tongue Lash , Cleansing Rain, Tongue Lash until Stitch dies. Refresh Swarm of Flies on Damned round. Enter Mort. Cleansing Rain, Tongue Lash. Swap to Zandalari. Black Claw, Flank. Mort dies , Primal Cry. Zandalari dies. Mort Dies.

15 rounds. Toad gained 1485 XP.

Comment by thulsadoom

Two Pet Strategy with Carry

25 Rare Zandalari Toenibbler (Flank, Primal Cry, Black Claw) P/B
25 Rare Mr Grubbs (Chomp, Acidic Goo, Burrow)
Carry Pet (any level)

Open with Zandalari and Primal Cry. Black Claw, Flank (3 hits). Spooky Strangler dies . Death Grip brings out Carry Pet. Swap back to Zandalari. Spooky Strangler dies.

Enter Stitch. Black Claw, Flank. Zandalari dies.

Enter Mr Grubbs. Acidic Goo, Burrow avoids Call Darkness. Stitch dies . Acidic Goo. Stitch dies.

Enter Mort. Acidic Goo, Chomp (x2). Mort dies . Pass. Mort dies.

16 rounds. Carry pet gains 2760 XP.

Spooky Strangler will live if Zandalari only gets off 2 hits during first flank. In this case, follow up with Flank, then Primal Cry. Bring in Mr Grubbs and Burrow, Acidic Goo, Chomp.

Comment by Aletheua

I used a dancing water skimmer, Pandaran water spirit, and an emperor crab - all rare quality, all 25.

I opened with the skimmer, using cleansing rain. It is important to control the weather for this/these battles. Then I used pump until it swamped out my water spirit with deathgrip. I used geyser and whirlpool - then moved back to the skimmer.

It's basically about switching back and forth between those 2. The pets you're battling are undead, so they come back to life and it's annoying, but they're relatively easy, compared to some battles!

I finished off the fight with my crab, using renewing mists, whirlpool and snap as a filler. They went down fairly easy, it was a little annoying and they did kill my first two pets.

Again; all rare quality. All 25. There are easier ways to do it, but since those are what I had leveled, they worked like a veritable charm. :)

Comment by EyeSage

My two pet strategy for Elekk Plushie

Two frogs with Tongue Lash, Healing Wave, Swarm of Flies.

Swarm of Flies, tongue lash, Heal, tongue lash

If the first boss switches frogs who cares, the frog are the same anyways.

Heal on cool down,
Swarm of Flies on cooldown.

On the second Frog, last enemy,

Swarm of Flies then put in the plushie, let him take the damage while Swarm of Flies does it's work.
Frog back in Heal, Swarm of Flies. Tongue,

The plushie can go back in again if the second frog dies.

The guy will die from the Flies, as the plushie takes more damage.

Comment by Joejr82

An obvious reference to the ghost in the Harry Potter's Films/Books "Nearly Headless Nick".

Comment by AphelionZero

After going over some of the strategies I saw I tried the frogs to no avail. What I found that worked was:

Barrier Hermit 1,1,2
Chitterspine Skitterling 2,2,2
Elekk Plushie

Opened with Barrier Hermit - Mudslide
-Strangler swapped to Chitterspine
-Black Claw
-Swarm

Repeat on next guy until Chitterspine is dead
-Finish with Barrier Hermit.

Hope it helps someone out there :)

Comment by dshiryu

I managed to solo him with Benax 1-2-1, but I had some luck because at least 4 of his attacks missed.

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Nearly Headless Jacob

Defeat Nearly Headless Jacob in a pet battle.

	Defeat Nearly Headless Jacob (1)

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Time and time again you defy my wisdom. What is it that brings you back to these woods?

Ah, you wish to do battle once more. Very well then.

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