Battle pets will fall into one of 10 possible pet families. Each pet family has its own strengths and weaknesses when up against certain other battle pet families.[1][2][3][4]
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Note on battle pet attacks
Attacks each have their own "family", which may not match the family of the pet, and may be from a variety of different families on one pet. For example, a Harpy Youngling is a Humanoid pet whose attacks are all of the
Flying family type, meaning it will take extra damage (
) from
Undead attacks and less (
) from
Critter attacks (because its family is
Humanoid), but will do extra damage (
) to
Aquatic creatures and less (
) to
Dragonkin, rather than more to
Dragonkin and less to
Beast (because its attacks are
Flying type rather than
Humanoid).
Families
Aquatic[4] - Aquatic attacks deal bonus damage to Elemental companions and less damage to Magic companions.
Beast - Beast attacks deal bonus damage to Critter companions and less damage to Flying companions.
Critter - Critter attacks deal bonus damage to Undead companions and less damage to Humanoid companions.
Dragonkin[4] - Dragonkin attacks deal bonus damage to Magic companions and less damage to Undead companions.
Elemental - Elemental attacks do more damage to Mechanical companions and less to Critter companions.
Flying - Flying attacks deal bonus damage to Aquatic companions and less damage to Dragonkin companions.
Humanoid - Humanoid attacks do more damage to Dragonkin and less to Beast companions.
Magic[5] (not Mystical,[6] or Mythical[3]) - Magical attacks deal bonus damage to Flying and less damage to Mechanical companions.
Mechanical - Mechanical attacks deal bonus damage to Beast companions and less damage to Elemental companions.
Undead - Undead attacks do more damage to Humanoid companions and less to Aquatic companions.
Strengths and Weaknesses
The diagrams below show in a variety of ways how families are strong or weak against each other. The two left diagrams show what family is strong against another by having a red arrow point ( Strength) to the family that takes extra damage and a gray arrow (
Weakness) pointing to the family that takes less damage.
The right side diagram shows this in a different form, the large icon shows how it is affected by other families. The upper left is a family that attacks it strongly ( Weakness defending), the upper right is a family that it attacks strongly (
Strength attacking), the lower left is a family that attacks it weakly (
Strength defending), and the lower right is a family that it attacks weakly (
Weakness attacking).

Battle Pet Families, arranged by boosted attack

Battle Pet Family traits and Attack and Defense strengths and weaknesses
- Graphics courtesy of Nightsmaiden.
Battle pet passive abilities
Each battle pet of particular family/type share a specific passive ability:[4][7]



References
- ^ Battle Pet Abilities. WoWDB. Retrieved on 2012-04-25.
- ^
- ^ a b Quintessence 2012-03-28. MoP Beta: New Pets, Wild Pets and More. WarcraftPets.com.
- ^ a b c d Ashelia 2012-04-19. Mists of Pandaria Pet Passives, Dynamic Quest Rewards, and 400,000 More Beta Invites. Wowhead News.
- ^ Magic. Wowhead. Retrieved on 2012-10-07.
- ^ Ashelia 2012-03-27. Mists of Pandaria Preview: Pet Battle Abilities, Wild Pet Locations, and More. Wowhead News.
- ^ Boubouille 2012-04-25. Pet Battle System now on Beta Realms (Early Version). MMO Champion.