Felguard (warlock minion)

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Felguard

For lore on the felguard, see Felguard.

Felguards are summonable by warlocks through the high level talent on the Demonology Tree, Summon Felguard. Currently, it requires an investment of a minimum of 41 points in the Demonology Tree in order to summon. The Felguard only requires a Soul Shard to summon, and acts as a 'permanent' pet, unlike the Doomguard and Infernal.

Abilities

As a warlock pet, the felguard possesses five abilities that help it excel in combat. Two abilities, Cleave and Demonic Frenzy, help it cause damage in addition to its melee attack. Anguish generates threat, making the Felguard a suitable tank. Intercept helps with both tanking and augmenting damage. Lastly, Avoidance helps mitigate incoming AoE damage.

Spell	Min Level	Description
Cleave	50	A sweeping attack that does the Felguard's weapon damage plus X to the target and his nearest ally.
Anguish	50	Taunts the creature, increasing the chance that it will attack the Felguard.
Demonic Frenzy	56	The Felguard's damaging melee attacks cause a demonic frenzy, increasing attack power by 5% for 10 sec. This effect can stack up to 10 times.
Intercept	52	Charge an enemy, causing X damage and stunning it for 3 sec.
Avoidance	60	Reduces the damage your summoned demon takes from area of effect attacks by an additional 80%.

Its Master Demonologist effect is to increase all damage done by 5%, and reduce all damage taken by 5%. Its Demonic Empowerment effect - increases the Felguard's attack speed by 20% and breaks all stun, snare and movement impairing effects and makes your Felguard immune to them for 15 sec.

Note

A special note should be given about the Felguard's mana pool. The Felguard's abilities are very mana intensive, and after several fights its mana can be drained completely and it will be unable to taunt or Cleave. Warlocks can help this by having the Mana Feed talent, which can offset the drain. Paladins grouping with a Warlock, whose Felguard is constantly running low on mana, might consider using Blessing of Wisdom.

The Felguard will use Cleave at every possible opportunity if you allow him to do so, even if there is no second target to hit. If you are farming or playing solo PvE and facing single mobs at a time, turning it off auto-cast will greatly diminish his mana consumption and consequently your down time. This strategy also gives you control over when he uses this extra attack, that way he can deliver the extra damage when you need it and not whenever he feels like it.

Felguard Tips

The Felguard is highly useful for both soloing and group situations. When soloing, it is capable of superior aggro holding over the Voidwalker due to both a taunt and very high DPS. It does lack an AoE taunt though its Cleave can make up for this somewhat. It also lacks the voidwalker's self heal, which can mean increased downtime without extensive use of Health Funnel or First Aid. In group situations, it offers a hefty DPS increase, however its Cleave should be turned off to prevent breaking CC. It's a matter of personal preference and talent spec.

The exchange is that the voidwalker has more armor (closer to 50% damage reduction, while the felguard has 42% or so) and the voidwalker has much more health. Mine has about 2000 more than my felguard, and this seems to be about the amount among warlocks I know.

Felguard stats

Stats are taken with a Demonology Warlock with no gear equipped, but with Master Demonologist and Demonic Knowledge active. Stats are base values without bonuses, pet damage is after Unholy Power.

Level	Strength	Agility	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit	Power	Damage	Armor
50	107	71	190	84	80	194	113-149	3494
51	109	72	223	97	81	198	122-160	3559
52	111	73	228	100	82	202	127-167	3624
53	113	75	233	102	84	206	127-167	3686
54	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
55	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
56	120	79	248	108	89	220	135-176	3878
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62	133	36	279	124	102	246	240-329	6276
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70	153	108	351	196	122	323	176-232	7927
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Level	Strength	Agility	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit	Power	Damage	Armor

Felguard trivia

The voiceovers for the Felguard were originally recorded by Blizzard for the Doomguard, a warlock summon that is hostile to the warlock until enslaved, and again once the enslave breaks. The voiceovers make more sense when this is taken into account, especially the spell cast voiceovers, where the Felguard appears to be threatening the Warlock with death repeatedly.

Another explanation is that since the Felguard is a more powerful demon than the others, it might have resisted being dominated by the Warlock's will, and is being forced solely by 'physical' enslavement to serve his orders.

Voiceovers when summoned:

"Who dares summon me?!"

"You cannot command me."

"What happened to your friend?"

"Do not waste my time, lesser creature."

Voiceovers when given a command:

"A paltry task."

"Too pathetic to fight your own battles?"

"A welcome diversion."

"Your fate will be the same."

"Your time is running out."

"Enjoy this while you can."

"I will enjoy watching you die."

"You waste my time."

Voiceovers when dismissed:

"Do not call on me again."

"You live...for now."

"Summon me again at your peril."

"I'll be back."

Funny voiceover:

"I play all my records backwards, sdrawkcab sdrocer ym lla yalp I."

Patch changes

Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Health increased by 10%