A night of envy and excitement!

[Senna-Umbreon]

Well, as pretty much anyone here knows, King Krush is the hardest to tame pet in the whole game. Which makes it ridiculously amazing when a Hunter tames him! Even if that Hunter is someone else! And so, after a wonderful encounter in the Basin tonight, I decided I had to come and tell it here!

Tonight was a pretty uneventful night, except for me getting my Netherdrake after a week, so I had been flying around in various places on it, and eventually, I found myself in the Basin, riding around on my Viridian Netherdrake, looking for Aotona, who I wanted to tame on my alt. When just as I neared the main camp (I totally forgot the name of that place) I see.. KING KRUSH! Being tamed! By a male Night Elf Hunter, named Kibakun, with the help of a Paladin. Now, I had talked to him while I had been searching for Loque'Nahak on my Alliance alt way back in december! So of course I was happy to see that he had found such an amazing pet! As I watched, things started going down hill.. A crocilisk had attacked him, so I sent my Felpaw Wolf after the thing to help, but despite that, poor Kibakun still died, and his Paladin friend ran off to drop aggro. Krush reset, and started walking around the area across the river from the camp (Yay for forgetting names of places lol). Kibakun rezzed and his Paladin friend came back, I just hovered around them on my Netherdrake. He started taming Krush again, and after I killed a saber that had attacked him, about 8 seconds before the tame was over, the Pally stunned Krush. The stun wore off around.. 4-5 seconds till the tame was done, I waited for Krush to cast fear, but he must have tried it too late. King Krush belonged to Kibakun! I /cheered at him and the Pally, and /hugged him and Krush too! After that, I quickly logged onto my Alliance alt to say grats!

And despite that fact that I am totally jealous of him taming Krush.. I am so freaking happy for him! Getting such an amazing pet!

And once again, congrats to Kibakun, Night Elf Hunter of the Windrunner server!

[Phyra]

While I definitely agree King Krush is a hard tame, there were others that were harder (mentioned below)

I just hovered around them on my Netherdrake. He started taming Krush again, and after I killed a saber that had attacked him, about 8 seconds before the tame was over, the Pally stunned Krush. The stun wore off around.. 4-5 seconds till the tame was done,

Now this part interests me. It was my understanding that King Krush is immune to all sorts of CC and stuns. I'd like more information on what was done/or if stuns are applicable.

But it definitely is a great story to hear. Thank you for sharing.


Also, my own humble opinion, Gezzerak and the Grimtotem Spirit Guide/Wolf I think top KK in terms of taming I never tamed Gezz myself, but I heard horror stories while folks trying to tame her.

[Senna-Umbreon]

Now this part interests me. It was my understanding that King Krush is immune to all sorts of CC and stuns. I'd like more information on what was done/or if stuns are applicable.

Holy, I JUST REALIZED THAT. Wat. This just goes to show how OP Pallies are

Well.. Gezz was hard, due to.. You know, I can't remember why exactly. But the ghost wolf wasn't as bad I don't think. And to me.. Krush, I think, is harder than both of those, since you need a lot of haste like you would with the ghost wolf, and just like with Gezz, you'll most likely need at least one more player to help.

[Chrizesu]

My purple warpstalker was a hard tame. http://thottbot.com/c23163
I tamed her around level with help of a paladin. I tried earlier with a druid, but I couldn't time the tame well enough between the aggro dump.

[Tyuriwen]

I solotamed Gezza myself, and I have to say, it was nowhere near as hard as Krush. Not just in terms of the whole tame process, but also the environment in which you're placed.

Gezza was a quest spawn, in a place that was virtually untouched, save for a few people picking up lost Skyguard rep. =) If you cleared the area around her, you could do the tame interrupted. And if you failed, you could just collect some more reagents(?) and try again. She was a VERY EVIL warpy, but in the end, it came down to luck that she didn't knock me back on my third try. =)

Krush...on the other hand...is hunted by not only hunters, but also by achievement hungry server-denizens. And people who like killing giant green dinos 'for fun' (I've seen it myself...). So you not only have the monumental stress of trying to get a very difficult taming process right (which I believe is harder than Gezza's knockback, I didn't stack haste/have buffs/BW etc etc), but you also have to look over your shoulder every 5 minutes for that Undead warlock you've spotted a few times while mining (T.T), while praying you'll survive a beating from what is essentially a lime-green truck with teeth.

*mumbles* Best damn lime-green truck with teeth ever though...*sits in the corner and rocks*

[Saturo]

Don't forget, he hits like a truck hitting you with a slightly smaller truck.

[Tyuriwen]

Don't forget, he hits like a truck hitting you with a slightly smaller truck.

Oh, the imagery!

[Rhyela]

Regarding someone's question above, I did read on I believe wowhead that Krush is immune to all types of CC except for Hammer of...Justice? Whichever that stun is. But yeah, everything else doesn't work.

Grats to that hunter! It's so awesome when someone finally tames that big dude.

[Senna-Umbreon]

Yep, Hammer of Justice (Or whatever) was what the Paladin was using.

[Phyra]

Huh. Means I'm going to be making my husband sit in the Basin while I hunt this big ol' green boy.


And the Ghost Wolf was a very hard tame due to the fact timing had to be perfect to get it right. The only LUCKY/EASY factor was the fact if you failed, you waited until it respawned (the mob that summons) and try again. It WAS impossible to do this tame alone, however, which increased its difficulty factor.

King Krush can be solo tamed - easier with help, but can be done.

Gezz, I think could be solo tamed, but not easily (and often needed the aid of another)

Ghost Wolf needed the aid of others to help along the tame: IE Priest for Mind Control to pro the spawn, and a Leatherworker or Shaman for extra haste. I sorely wish I could have one of these babies on my Nightelf.. :/ Shame Blizz upped and retired'em.

But really really really nice to learn Hammer of Justice can buy you a bit of time

[Akyo]

i havent seen King alive yet even though i have my main camped there and do a few rounds randomly either for mineing or Aotona hunt. I havent seem em in months, or their corpse. Even if i run into one it will be a bittersweet moment as my beloved Raiju (skoll) is the one that will have to leave( i will be quick to hunt him down again when cata hit though).
Ive only seen one hunter with king and one with Aotona on my realm, and i think they went to sleep or something cause i havent seem em either in a long time XD

But grats to the lucky player on his joshi

[Rhyela]

Huh. Means I'm going to be making my husband sit in the Basin while I hunt this big ol' green boy.


And the Ghost Wolf was a very hard tame due to the fact timing had to be perfect to get it right. The only LUCKY/EASY factor was the fact if you failed, you waited until it respawned (the mob that summons) and try again. It WAS impossible to do this tame alone, however, which increased its difficulty factor.

King Krush can be solo tamed - easier with help, but can be done.

Gezz, I think could be solo tamed, but not easily (and often needed the aid of another)

Ghost Wolf needed the aid of others to help along the tame: IE Priest for Mind Control to pro the spawn, and a Leatherworker or Shaman for extra haste. I sorely wish I could have one of these babies on my Nightelf.. :/ Shame Blizz upped and retired'em.

But really really really nice to learn Hammer of Justice can buy you a bit of time

I will agree that the mechanics involved with those other tames made the as difficult as King Krush. But I'd say 90% of the time, it isn't the mechanics that cause you to fail the tame. It's the achievement hunters/ZOMGRAREKILL!!! people/outright jerks/I-can-sell-this-for-200g people that ruin it for you. With Krush, you had better have everything prepared and ready because if you're lucky enough to see him, let alone get a chance to tame before someone kills him, that's about all you get. If you leave him up for more than a couple minutes, someone can and will wipe him out right in front of you, even if you ask them not to. For some reason that I cannot fathom, people are bent on ruining things for others. I was incredibly fortunate on my second time seeing Krush (and my subsequent successful tame), that the belf pally that flew by (so opposite faction) was nice enough to notice my /begging and /pleading, and left me to my tame. I understand that not everyone else has the fortune of meeting these few gems (nice people).

So yeah, if Krush was a boss in an instance, or a summon, or what-have-you, no problem. The problem is the other folks in the basin out there threatening your success. Sometimes they're ok people and they just want their achievement, and will wait until you've gotten a couple tame attempts in. Other times they are just outright nasty and kill the thing WHILE you're taming it, just to screw with you.

Sorry, I'm all riled up reading someone else's post about how she's lost Krush the 6th time now.

[Magyck]

I can't really say how difficult ghost wolf or Gezz are, having not had the opportunity to try. I can say that at least half the battle with King Krush is just finding him. There were periods of a week or two where I was in the basin every evening for 6+ hours, and never saw him once. There were also a great many times when I saw him, but only after he'd been tagged or killed by someone else.

The tame itself is extremely difficult, and I had found him and attempted tames at least 4-5 times before I'd finally gotten him. Out of those times when I found him and started the tame, he was killed twice while I was mid-tame and had him tagged (so people looking for loot or achievements got absolutely nothing out of it, all they did was make me want to curl up in the fetal position and cry). The other couple of times I got in 2 or 3 tame attempts before having to go get another trash pet. While I was off taming a nearby cat, someone would swoop down and kill him. Since he was untagged at the time, I can't really blame them, but boy is it heart breaking. I found this hunt so frustrating that I was ready to give up my hunter.

In short - he's definitely got bragging rights attached, and congrats to the hunters who manage to get him

[Kastarakovski]

Gezzarak was a happy fun tame. She could warp, charge/stun, fear, hit for 2k damage every second for 20 seconds and god help you if your back wasn't up against a tree/hut/wall of rock. Solo-taming was based on sheer luck, and if you didn't feel lucky enough, a paladin for stun, a priest for fear ward and a druid for epic heals were essential. I however only took my husband along (his druid) for his epic heals.

With Krush, he's King of the Basin. And rightly so, attracts both good and bad players.
I've had Krush killed on me twice with Laz - never gone after him again with her. The first time was Horde. Second time was Alliance and Laz's own race. The amount of griefing that goes on with Krush is just...ARGH! If I see him and someone else (Alliance) is taming him, I hang around pvp flagged to draw people's attention away. It works a good share of the time.

Kas had an easier time of it, despite my impatience. Five attempts and Drach was his. Now, I've not seen any griefing by Alliance players yet. Maybe I'm just not in the Basin when it happens. But I've heard some horrible stories from some folks, and what smegged me right off is that some of my friends have engaged in that behaviour. I've argued the case back and forth with them and they don't listen. It's like Krush is some sort of prize to steal off a Horde hunter. I haven't spoken to those particular people in lieu of learning about their little "hunt and kill" sessions. It just disgusts me that if someone gets there first, it's not funny to kill the rare tame on them. Hell no. Aotona, Krush, Gondria, Loque, Skoll, Arcturis, doesn't matter what the rare is, if you kill it whilst someone's taming it, you're a freakin' douchebag.

Never had a chance to get the Ghost Wolf (was singled out of Gnomeland Security's 'let's get ALL our hunters Ghost wolves!' campaign), but from the stories I've heard, it was no mean feat to tame either. I am envious of anyone that has one. It's a cute wolfie that I wish I could have gotten

But still, Krush is an epic tame and big congratulations to the hunter that got him. Well done =D

[muzashi]

I tamed King Krush one night while looking around for Loque who was the last of the spirit beasts to get. I was alone and died twice but finally got him.Now lately since I mostly PVP I decided to drop the BM spec since pets are pretty much an afterthought. Now after hearing how lucky the feat was I guess I feel guilty abandoning him. Chances are I will never see his like again.