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Dancing Water Skimmer
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Want it | Named for their apparent dancelike behavior when skimming aquatic surfaces, the species uses erratic movements to avoid being devoured by fish and other underwater predators.
Poor
No
Neutral
Ground
Looks around and Idles about.
Vocalizations (on-click)
None
3 allowed
September 25, 2012
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Named for their apparent dancelike behavior when skimming aquatic surfaces, the species uses erratic movements to avoid being devoured by fish and other underwater predators.
Only found in VEB, from Whitepetal Lake to the waterfall by Mistfall Village. They phase out once you've started the Golden Lotus chain (not sure if a friend can aggro one and pull it out of the phase for you to combat). If you aren't phased, the other issue is you can't start combat while on the water. You have to be lucky that one spawns close enough to click from shore. Luckily they are reported as secondaries in fights with Golden Civets in the same zone.
They frequently show up as second or third combatants in pet battles in the Vale (there's a pack of rapidly-respawning civets near the Seat of Knowledge area that are good to check), even if you phased out the ones on the lake and waterways. The best quality I've seen so far is uncommon, but I continue to pick on those poor civets hoping to see better. They also work as /love targets for the new Squirrels achievement, so you can help your friends with that if they need it :)
Managed to taunt one of these from Whitepetal Lake using Growl, but it was only an uncommon, which I have. Rest attacked me, so I couldn't battle, then ran back to the middle of the lake before my I could click. Then I had a bright idea! "I'll use Elixir of Water Walking!" Popped an elixir, walked out on the lake, clicked a skimmer... "Pet battle area obstructed." ARRRGH!
These are even more annoying than rarespawns, since they're there, you just can't get them. *looks for stone*
I have also found these as secondaries to the Gilded Moths near the water. Don't give up!
After reading thru the comments, I see I need to jump on the Eternals again. I have a poor of this one, found on the water south of Golden Pagoda. Had to taunt him off the water, & that was a pain since it took a few tries to get it right. Gonna see about getting one as a 2nd to an Eternal now.
I've had 2 rares appear now whilst battling the Eternal Striders along the river by whitepetal lake, one fast and one faster - they seem to hit pretty hard so looking forward to trying one out in my team!
Woo hoo! Just got mine today! It was a rare too. 68.7, 43.7- right next to the Emporer's Burden Scroll- Part 8. It was a second to an Eternal Strider.
battled an eternal strider and this guy popped up as a secondary, uncommon, happy no farming :)
At the moment, at the release of 5.1, this pet seems to have been entirely replaced by Eternal Striders on the Silvermoon server. Hopefully the spawns will even out soon; for now, it looks like it's time to grind battles and hope one shows up as backup.
Blue-quality Skimmers do exist!
Caught mine this afternoon. 5:30 pm ET on Bronzebeard (a Pacific server). It was the second pet to a White-quality Golden Civet, with a Grey-quality Civet finishing out the triad. I'd seen a few other Grey-quality Skimmers paired with Civets or Bullfrogs, so check all those you can find when hunting your Blue.
Location: Vale of Eternal Blossoms \ The Emperor's Approach
Best of luck to everyone still searching!
The only ones that I have found are on the water and not a surface that battles can be had so they are not obtainable. If anyone finds ones that are please update :)
PITA in getting a rare dancing water skimmer!!!But at 2.30 am i got one. I farmed over 3 hours and prolly 100+ petbattles too get it. I had a poor quality one for ages so i said to myself let's just upgrade too uncommon cause this rare never going to drop. After i got an uncommon in my list i decided to petbattle one who's not far away, and BAM i find this rare one. Coinsidence or not, It's a PITA and hope u as paranoid as me and get yourself an uncommon first GL!