Summon Gargoyle

Summon Gargoyle
Summon Gargoyle Row 8 Unholy death knight talent 30 yd range 3 min cooldown Instant Summon a Gargoyle into the area to bombard the target for 25 sec. The Gargoyle gains 1% increased damage for every 1 Runic Power you spend. Generates 50 Runic Power.
Properties
Class	Death knight
School	Shadow
Cooldown	3 minutes
Talents
Talent required	[Harbinger of Doom] or [Coil of Devastation] or [Rotten Touch]

Ebon Gargoyle

Summon Gargoyle is an Unholy death knight talent that summons an Ebon Gargoyle. The gargoyle repeatedly attacks the death knight's target with [Gargoyle Strike], a spell that deals Plague damage.

It is an exclusive choice node with [Doomed Bidding].

This spell can be replaced with [Dark Arbiter] by speaking to Lady Alistra in Acherus: The Ebon Hold. Dark Arbiter instead summons a Val'kyr Battlemaiden who uses Val'kyr Strike, dealing Shadow damage. The spell can be changed back by speaking to Alistra again.

Patch changes

• Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23): Now a choice node with [Doomed Bidding].
  
• Patch 10.2.0 (2023-11-07): Damage reduced by 30%.
  
• Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02):
  • Fixed an issue with Gargoyle stutter casting when the cast time of Gargoyle Strike was lower than 1 second.
  • Gargoyle Strike damage reduced by 8%.
    
• Hotfix (2023-04-10): Gargoyle Strike cast speed increased to 2.5 sec, up from 2.0 sec and Gargoyle Strike damage increased by 25%.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 8 Unholy talent (was a level 50 Unholy talent).
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now requires level 50 (was 100).
  
• Hotfix (2018-08-08): Summon Gargoyle and the [Dark Arbiter] variant will now properly assist in combat and change targets.
  
• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17):
  • Now a level 100 Unholy talent (was a level 75 Unholy ability).
  • Duration reduced to 30 seconds (was 40).
  • Now has the same effect as Dark Arbiter: The gargoyle gains additional damage based on Runic Power spent while it's active.
    
• Hotfix (2017-02-21): Gargoyle Strike damage increased 50%.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Duration increased to 40 seconds (was 30).
  

• Patch 5.5.3 (2025-12-09):
  • Will no longer stutter its casts and will chain its casts back to back.
  • Can now cast up to 26 Gargoyle Strikes before it is dismissed.

  Under the original MoP rules, players only got 25 to 26 Gargoyle Strikes. A bug emerged where being at a certain level of haste would actually decrease the amount of Gargoyle Strikes that went out. In order to fix this, we removed the cast gating on the ability that was present in original MoP, but introduced a hard cap on how many strikes can be cast to keep the upper limit the same.
  

• Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): No longer costs Runic Power (was 60). Gargoyle now deals Plague damage instead of Nature.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a level 74 Unholy specialization ability (was a tier 7 Unholy talent).
  

• Patch 4.3.0 (2011-11-29): The gargoyle should exclusively use its ranged attack regardless of range to the target. Additionally, gargoyles should now properly inherit their master's crit and spell penetration stats.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Moved to tier 7 (was tier 11). Icon updated from
  

• Hotfix (2023-02-13): Adjusted so that it now summons at the Death Knight's own location.
  

• Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04):
  • The gargoyle now flies lower to the ground, making it susceptible to melee attacks. This ability now has a fixed duration of 30 seconds and a fixed cost of 60 runic power.
  • Corrected the inaccurate tooltip which claimed a Gargoyle could last up to 40 seconds, when in fact 30 seconds has always been the maximum.
    
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14):
  • Swapped places with [Unholy Blight] in the Unholy tree. Summon Gargoyle is the new Unholy 51-point talent (previously 25-point).
  • The Gargoyle will no longer re-attack rogues after they [Vanish], or night elves who use [Shadowmeld]. Monsters will stop trying to chase a Gargoyle after it flies away.
  • The debuff on the target indicating he or she is being pursued by a Gargoyle will no longer display the duration, and will be removed when the buff is removed from the death knight. Max duration in the tooltip changed to 40 seconds.
    
• Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Damage dealt by the Gargoyle reduced by approximately 20% and maximum duration cut to 30 seconds (was up to 1 minute).
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.
  

Other versions

• Wrath Classic

  Summon Gargoyle
  Summon Gargoyle Tier 11 Unholy death knight talent 30 yd range 60 Runic Power 3 min cooldown Instant A Gargoyle flies into the area and bombards the target with Nature damage modified by the Death Knight's attack power. Persists for 30 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Death knight
  School	Shadow
  Cooldown	3 minutes
  Related debuff
  Summon Gargoyle Under attack from a Gargoyle. Duration: 30 seconds

• Cataclysm Classic

  Summon Gargoyle
  Summon Gargoyle Tier 7 Unholy death knight talent 30 yd range 60 Runic Power 3 min cooldown Instant A Gargoyle flies into the area and bombards the target with Nature damage modified by the Death Knight's attack power. Persists for 30 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Death knight
  School	Shadow
  Cooldown	3 minutes
  Related debuff
  Summon Gargoyle Under attack from a Gargoyle. Duration: 30 seconds

• MoP Classic

  Summon Gargoyle
  Summon Gargoyle Level 74 Unholy death knight ability 30 yd range 3 min cooldown Instant A Gargoyle flies into the area and bombards the target with Plague damage modified by the Death Knight's attack power. Persists for 30 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Death knight
  School	Shadow
  Cooldown	3 minutes
  Other information
  Level learned	74
  Related debuff
  Summon Gargoyle Under attack from a Gargoyle. Duration: 40 seconds

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