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All of the latest Mists of Pandaria newsPatch 4.2: Skarr and Karkin are hunters' newest pet taming challenges
by Mathew McCurley 
Jun 9th 2011 at 4:00PM
Skarr is an obsidian black cat with glowing eyes and what appears to be a molten temper. He lives on some floating rocks beyond Fireplume Peak in the Molten Front and requires some tricky jumping to get in range to tame. Since flying mounts are not usable in the Molten Front, you had better put those Super Mario platforming skills to work. Skarr's attack start off weak but ramps up over time, so you had better get moving.
Karkin is a metallic-looking crab (I'm calling him the Ghostcrawler T-1000) who has a crazy frontal fire cone attack, warding off would-be tamers. His island is off of Skitterflame's Ledge, and once again, since there are no flying mounts in the Molten Front, you'll need to jump from rock to rock to get in range to tame. Don't get too close, however, or his nasty fire attack will quickly end your taming session.
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Reader Comments (Page 3 of 3)
Leshrac Jun 9th 2011 9:32PM
I'm still waiting for new models and not reused art assets with different skins.
oaglor Jun 10th 2011 6:24PM
(Insert Metallic Louse joke here)
ronoverdrive Jun 11th 2011 11:37PM
That cat... is the original Ravage from the Transformers series...
minortown Jul 7th 2011 3:18PM
An absolute must have....after watching and trying many attempts to tame, since his attacks break taming and wyvern shot, scatter, and silencing shot dont work. I found a method that worked: First, if you a sv hunter, if your deterrence has mirrored blades...change your stance. Seems refecting the shot back at him accelerates his return fire. Ok....here goes... hit him with concusion shot, count to 3 then hit deterrence and tame. with luck deterrence will defect the shot and you have him. Tip if you get hit with the first shot: feign death and wait for him to disengage...heal up and start again.....I tamed him as a mm hunter...no corehound. Good Hunting!!