Fighting Stitches Jr. is pretty interesting because he has a buff called "Iron Thread" which says:
Stitches ignores attacks that do less than 500 damage.
So, this becomes a game of finding enough nukes to down him... and some cheese. This fight responds amazingly well to cheese...
The cheesiest way to beat Stitches is to bring out your Nether Faerie Dragon and use Life Exchange to blast into Stitches Jr.'s health around the 5th round.
My team included a Nether Faerie Dragon, Chrominius (because what nuke fest is complete without good ol' Chrominius?), and a Lost of Lordaeron (for Doom).
Now, what really helps this fight is being able to cast big attacks while he has Enrage up, because he takes 50% extra damage, and it's easier to hit him for more than 500 without him blocking it.
However, he seems to use Enrage completely randomly, and this means you'll need to respond accordingly with the right attacks at the right time. Don't worry, it's not too difficult as long as you know what to look for.
Now, I did this fight a few times, and it was always so random that I couldn't pin down an exact sequence of attacks and pets you should use.
However, the best results were from using the Nether Faerie Dragon first.
The only constant is that you'll use Arcane Blast first (which Stitches will block). Then, you'll keep using Arcane Blast until one of two things happens:
- Stitches casts Enrage - then you'll use Moonfire.
- Your Dragon's HP gets dangerously low (say below 300) - you'll use Life Exchange.
If you get to use Moonfire (for about 600 damage) and then Life Exchange (for thousands more damage), Stitches's health should be below half - and you should be able to use Arcane Blast and actually have it land because of the Dragon passive:
Dragons deal 50% additional damage on the next round after bringing a target's health below 50%.
Essentially, try to use Moonfire each time that Enrage is up. And use Life Exchange when your Dragon's HP gets low.
From what I can tell - if you use Moonfire early (say he enrages in the second round), you should be able to get two Moonfires and one Life Exchange off before your Dragon dies.
When your Dragon dies, if Stitches' HP is under 1600, you'll want to bring out Chrominius and do a Howl > Surge of Power. This should finish Stitches off even if he's not enraged and should deal approximately 1600 damage to Stitches to kill him the first time. My Chrominius hit Stitches for 1629 with his Howl > Surge.
Then, you should be able to live through the last round where Stitches resurrects and just wait out that last round until Stitches keels over for good.
Or, if Stitches doesn't cast Enrage often enough and your Dragon dies before Stitches' HP is below 1600, you'll bring out your Lost of Lordaeron first to cast Doom and then bring out Chrominius for a Howl > Surge.
Important: The BEST series of events for this fight is to get in two Moonfires (against an Enraged Stitches) and one Life Exchange, as well as one Arcane Blast that will land because of the Dragon passive.
It doesn't happen that way every time... so you'll need to make a decision on either bringing out your undead pet for a Curse of Doom (if Stitches is over 1600 when your Dragon dies) or bringing out Chrominius for the final kill (if Stitches is below 1600).
If you end up getting Stitches below 1600 before your Dragon dies, it might be best to just bring out Chrominius and hurl out a Howl > Surge immediately to get that first kill on Stitches.
I did this fight at least a half-dozen times, and I think my comp is pretty reliable.
Now, I'm pretty certain you could slot in a Val'kyr (as usual with so many of these fights) and have an easier time of it with Unholy Ascension, but my method should work, too.
Here's a video so you can see how strong the Nether Faerie Dragon is against Stitches Jr:
Thank you very much. It worked perfectly for me.
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ReplyDeleteThe three strider method worked first time, everytime.
ReplyDeleteI was just able to defeat him easily using a level 24 elementium geode. I will admit I got kinda lucky on his enrages matching up with Stone Rush which deals high damage in exchange for some dmg to yourself. I boosted this further with the Crystal Overload ability. The Geode actually brought Stitches to zero alone, but he died when Stitches reanimates. Any other pet with a hard hit could have finished. I used Lil' Tarecgosa.
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One pet that i found can help is the Royal Moth, with Predatory Strikes, depending on how often you got to use Moonfire with the NFD, he should be below 25% HP when the dragon dies and can get the double damage off Predatory Strikes, which for me was a bit over 1200 dmg.
ReplyDeletePost 6.1 soloed with Nether Faerie Dragon using the strategy as described above.
ReplyDeleteEternal Strider just using pump worked like a charm every time
ReplyDeletesoloed with a strider easy as pie
ReplyDeleteI used my Core Hound Pup with scratch and howl. Howl and then scratch him to death. Didin't even have to use another pet. Core Hound Pup dies at the end but so does Stitches!
ReplyDeleteI actually managed to solo him with your technique just using the Nether Faerie Dragon, thank you.
ReplyDeleteI just killed him in three hits with just the core hound. Killed him the second time after he stood up and Core hound survived!
ReplyDeleteThe Red Cricket from Pandaria can virtually solo this fight. Skitter is a Critter ability, so it will clear his damage threshold. Use Cocoon Strike when he Enrages, and Healing Touch to fix up any damage.
ReplyDeletePandaren Water Spirit and Chrominius doing their Geyser, Whirlpool, Howl, Surge of Power combo which all fires off in round three. Works every time.
ReplyDeleteI used Tiny Havrerster which had a +600 hit backed it up with Brightpaw and IronStarette. I used Brihtpaw one round but didn't really need to as the Harvwester could have done it all by itself?? Good luck as it really wasn't that hard even with out the estoric pets
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