Felguard (warlock minion)

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Felguard

For lore on the felguard, see Felguard.

Felguards are summonable by Demonology warlocks. They receive [Summon Felguard] when choosing the Demonology talent specialization. The Felguard acts as a 'permanent' pet, unlike the Doomguard and Infernal. This minion, like the rest, will receive a random name that can be changed by visiting a Demon Trainer.

Abilities

As a warlock pet, the felguard possesses five abilities that help it excel in combat. Legion Strike is it's basic damage ability to help it cause damage in addition to its melee attack. [Pursuit] helps with catching up to enemies. [Axe Toss] is a long ranged, instant stun with a relatively short cooldown. Felstorm does very good damage, and generates decent AoE threat. Lastly, Avoidance helps mitigate incoming AoE damage.

Icon	Spell	Min Level	Description
	Avoidance (Passive)	10	Reduces the damage your summoned demon takes from non-player area of effect attacks by an additional 90%.
	Legion Strike	10	A sweeping attack that does the Felguard's weapon damage plus ((($SP * 0.50) * 2) * 0.264 + X) divided among all targets within 6 yards, and also wounds the Felguard's current target reducing the effectiveness of any healing received by 25% for 6 sec.
	Pursuit	20	Charge an enemy, instantly causing weapon damage and increasing the Felguard's movement speed by 30% for 6 sec.
	Axe Toss	30	The Felguard hurls his axe, stunning the target for 4 sec.
	Felstorm	45	The Felguard recklessly swings its Axe, striking all nearby targets within 8 yards for its weapon damage plus X and continuing to perform the action every 1 sec for 6 sec. The Felguard cannot perform any other abilities during Felstorm.

Its [Demonic Empowerment] effect is to break all stun, snare and movement impairing effects, making the 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 Might].

The Felguard will use Cleave at every possible opportunity if allowed 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 more health (moreso with  [Glyph of Voidwalker]).

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
57	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
58	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
59	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
60	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
61	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
62	133	36	279	124	102	246	240-329	6276
63	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
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70	153	108	351	196	122	323	176-232	7927
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80	314	90	328	150	209	608	329 - 495	14033
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. This would also explain the quote "What happened to your friend?", as summoning a Doomguard used to kill a random party member.

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."

See also

Felguard Poem.

Patch changes

• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Demonic Frenzy, Anguish, Cleave removed. Felstorm, Axe Toss, Legion Strike added. Intercept renamed Pursuit, reworked. No longer stuns target, instead increases Felguard's movement speed by 30% for 6 seconds.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Health increased by 10%