Voidwalker (warlock minion)

For Voidwalker lore, see Voidwalker.

A Voidwalker

The Voidwalker is the second Demonic pet available to the Warlock. It becomes available at level 10 after completing a series of Quests. Voidwalkers are good tanks against non-elite mobs at or near the Warlock's level; therefore, they are excellent for solo play. Although they can be used in at least low level instances as a substitute for a Warrior class player, due to their comparative fragility this is generally not advised.

Among the four regular Warlock pets, the Voidwalker has the most health, but the least mana. The Voidwalker requires a Soul Shard to summon. It is the first Warlock pet to require one; the acquisition of the Voidwalker coincides with the acquisition of the ability to collect Soul Shards (with [Drain Soul]).

Abilities

Icon	Spell	Min Level	Description
	[Torment]	10	Taunts the creature, increasing the chance that it will attack the Voidwalker. (Not actualy taunts target, just generates 1500 threat at level 80 using naked untalented Undead Warlock)
	Sacrifice	16	Sacrifices a portion of the Voidwalker's health, giving its master a shield that will absorb X damage for 30 seconds. While the shield holds, spell casting will not be interrupted by damage. 1-minute cooldown.
	[Consume Shadows]	18	The Voidwalker consumes nearby shadows to bolster its form, recovering X health over 6 sec and greatly increasing stealth detection to all nearby friendly targets within 30 yards. Cannot be used while in combat.
	[Suffering]	24	Taunts all enemies within 10 yards, increasing the chance that they will attack the Voidwalker. (Not actualy taunts targets, just generates 1700 threat at level 80 using naked untalented Undead Warlock)
	Avoidance	60	Reduces the damage your summoned demon takes from area of effect attacks by an additional 80%.

Its [Master Demonologist] effect is a flat 10% mitigation to physical damage. Its [Demonic Empowerment] effect - Increases the Voidwalker's health by 20%, and its threat generated from spells and attacks by 20% for 20 sec.

Acquiring

Per usual, the quest line begins with an NPC Warlock near the trainers in one of each faction's major cities. When you reach level 10 as a Warlock, go to any Warlock training area for your faction (other than the level 1-6 starting areas) and there will be a quest for you, either starting you on the quest or directing you to the right person to talk to.

For the Horde, Ophek in Razor Hill will send you to Gan'rul Bloodeye in Orgrimmar, and Ageron Kargal in Brill will send you to Carendin Halgar in The Undercity.

Alliance Warlocks will be directed to Gakin the Darkbinder in Stormwind, either by Remen Marcot of Goldshire or Lago Blackwrench of Ironforge (to whom you may be directed by the Gnome Warlock trainers of Kharanos).

In either case, the questgiver will send you to retrieve a quest item from someone nearby, who will not part with it willingly, and when you return with it, the ritual begins. A trainer will then tell you to summon a Voidwalker somewhere nearby. You must defeat it to earn the power to summon one yourself again in the future. Others can assist, of course.

The Blood Elf quest requires you to fight your way into a village guarded by Quel'Dorei Ghosts and Wraiths because there isn't a summoning circle in Silvermoon City. All in all, this quest is far more difficult than the other Horde versions.

Voidwalker Tips

The Voidwalker is a great tank pet; he takes massive amounts of damage, has great armor, holds massive amounts of enemy aggression (which is nice because it's not on you!) and heals himself quickly after every fight. If you intend to fight multiple enemies simultaneously, the Voidwalker is your best choice. If you spend a few talent points in [Improved Voidwalker], he can keep the attention of even the highest level enemies. His Sacrifice is great when being ambushed by another player or mob, giving you a shield that can absorb thousands of points of damage at a moment's notice.

Sadly, the Voidwalker does the least melee damage of any of the regular 4 Warlock pets. Don't rely on it to kill the target with melee damage. Instead, put your DoTs on the mob, and maybe use some direct-damage spells as well, such as [Immolate] or [Shadow Bolt], but be sparing so you don't draw the aggro to yourself. The whole point of a Voidwalker is to absorb the mob's attention and damage so you're free to let your spells work, watch for adds, use [Life Tap], bandage yourself, etc. See the strategy section of [Curse of Agony] for tips on how to effectively combine usage of DOTs with the Voidwalker.

Besides increasing its threat generation powers, the Improved Voidwalker talent also amplifies the self-healing effect of Consume Shadows and the damage absorption of Sacrifice.

If you're going to be facing just one mob at a time, you can leave Suffering on auto-cast, as the AI is smart enough not to waste it on a single mob. You can still manually cast it at any time, which can be very useful in an emergancy, as Suffering causes much more threat then Torment.

Suffering and Torment are good threat generating abilities, but sometimes if you start casting your DoTs/Direct Damage spells too early while soloing, the mobs will eventually ignore the Voidwalker and attack you, even if he's using Torment and/or Suffering. The key to avoiding this is to let the Voidwalker build up threat by ordering him to attack the mob and take off a bit of its health before you start casting your spells. If you let the Voidwalker smack the mob around until it gets to about 90-93 percent health and then start casting your DoT/DD spells, he'll generally be able to hold aggro for the rest of the fight. If you're Destruction specced, you might want to wait a bit longer as Destruction spells generate more threat than Affliction spells. The Voidwalker will take more damage than usual if you use this tactic, but with ample use of Consume Shadows (or [Health Funnel] if he's about to die in the middle of combat), this shouldn't be a problem.

Torment and Suffering have very limited use in PvP combat, but a Voidwalker isn't entirely useless. Torment can be used to distract a Pet belonging to another Warlock or Hunter, while you focus on the more important targets (such as the Warlock or Hunter itself). Suffering is not of significant use until level 63, when it reduces hit chances temporarily and could seriously hinder a Rogue or other melee class trying to lock you or your allies down. And with Wrath Of The Lich King addon Voidwalker's Consume Shadows spell also greatly increases stealth detection to all nearby friendly targets within 30 yards as long as spell is channeled along with 10% reduced physical damage to you from [Master Demonologist] talent Voidwalker becomes ultimate anti stealth class pet.

Because of its high health and Consume Shadows ability, the Voidwalker is likely to have a lot of health at any given time, making it the best pet to have around if you're going to use [Soul Link], especially if you also have [Master Demonologist] ranks to reduce physical damage received by you and your pet. However, because of its low mana and high mana usage, this is not an optimal pet to have around if you're going to use [Dark Pact] extensively.

The Voidwalker's benefits under the [Master Demonologist] talent (damage reduction) can add to a Warlock's survival chances in many situations. When combined with [Drain Life] and [Siphon Life] from the Affliction talents, a Warlock with a Voidwalker pet can sustain a very high amount of damage before taking the Sacrifice ability into account.

Voidwalker Stats

Voidwalker Stat Window.

The following is a list of the Voidwalker stats through its levels taken using a Human Warlock player (Level 80 stats taken from Undead Warlock player w\o Glyph). (If you're interested in updating the list you must turn off all buffs and take off all items, because pet stats get bonuses from player stats).

Level	Strength	Agility	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit	Power	Damage	Armor
10	29	25	29	22	26	38	6 - 9	694
11	30	25	32	22	28	40	6 - 10	734
12	31	26	36	24	31	42	7 - 10	782
13	32	28	43	26	32	44	7 - 11	827
14	33	28	44	25	35	46	7 - 11	878
15	34	30	48	26	37	48	8 - 12	925
16	36	30	52	27	39	52	9 - 13	975
17	38	31	55	28	42	56	9 - 13	1022
18	39	33	59	28	44	58	10 - 14	1068
19	40	33	63	30	46	60	10 - 15	1120
20	42	35	67	31	49	64	11 - 16	1165
21	44	36	80	53	39	68	19 - 27	1232
22	46	36	84	54	41	72	20 - 28	1282
23	47	38	89	56	42	74	21 - 29	1330
24	49	39	93	57	43	78	22 - 30	1378
25	50	40	97	60	44	80	23 - 31	1427
26	52	41	101	62	46	84	24 - 32	1474
27	53	42	105	63	47	86	24 - 34	1524
28	55	43	110	65	48	90	25 - 35	1572
29	57	44	114	67	49	94	26 - 36	1619
30	57	46	118	69	51	94	27 - 37	1667
31	59	47	123	71	52	98	28 - 38	1715
32	60	47	127	73	53	100	29 - 39	1766
33	62	49	131	74	54	104	29 - 40	1812
34	63	50	135	76	56	106	30 - 41	1861
35	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
36	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
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38	70	55	139	47	91	120	20 - 28	2331
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42	81	59	156	70	67	142	40-54	3034
43	86	61	169	72	69	152	43-57	3228
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46	98	65	173	77	73	176	?	3722
47	100	66	177	78	75	180	?	3796
48	102	68	181	80	76	184	?	3868
49	104	69	186	82	78	188	?	3943
50	107	71	190	84	80	193	60-79	4013
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54	115	76	207	90	85	210	61-81	4307
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59	127	83	230	69	147	234	39-53	4673
60	129	85	249	70	150	238	42-57	4745
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70	153	109	280	133	122	286	?	9070
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80	314	90	328	150	209	608	358-501	16148
Level	Strength	Agility	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit	Power	Damage	Armor

Voidwalker Trivia

• You will probably be using the VW more than all your other minions combined, since he makes such a good soloing companion; the other minions are more suited to instances and PvP situations than soloing. Unless you are speccing for Demonology (for the Felguard), expect to be seeing a LOT of your VW.
• Voidwalkers have an auto-idle action of raising his arms up to the sky and stretching.
• Several of the Voidwalker voiceovers appear to be direct ports of the voiceovers from the Archons and Dark Archons of StarCraft.
• Voiceovers when summoned:

"Why do you call?"

"What do you want from me?"

"Send me back!"

"I don't like this place."

• Voiceovers when ordered to attack:

"I must feed."

"I obey."

"It will be done."

"As you wish."

• Voiceovers when ordered to cast a spell:

"Yesss..."

"If I must."

"As you command."

"Cannot resist."

• Voiceovers when dismissed:

"Wow..."

"Released at last."

"Back to the Void."

"I go."

• Funny voiceover:

"I...am...void...where prohibited"