Warlock minion
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Warlock minions are summonable combat pets for a warlock. All minions are considered members of the "demon" creature type.
Permanent warlock minions
Warlocks can summon a minion to accompany them as long as they're alive. Summoning a minion while one is already active will afflict the current pet with 
Summoning Disorientation, stunning them until the new minion has been summoned. All other minions besides the ones in this table function as guardian pets, and do not replace summoned demons.
Warlocks can massively decrease the summoning time of these minions by using 
[Fel Domination].
| Icon | Ability | Summoned creature | Learned | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 [Summon Imp]
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Imp | Level 3 | Summons an imp with a ranged attack. |
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 [Summon Voidwalker]
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Voidwalker | Level 10 or by completing   [1-10] A Warlock's Bargain
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Summons a voidwalker that will taunt enemies to keep aggro away from its master. |
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 [Summon Sayaad]
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Sayaad | Level 19 | Summons a sayaad wielding a whip, adept at disabling humanoids with their charms. |
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 [Summon Felhunter]
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Felhunter | Level 23 | Summons a felhunter that devours magic. It can dispel buffs and interrupt casters. |
Demonology specific summons
Warlocks in the Demonology specialization can summon a wide variety of demons, amassing large armies while in combat.
| Icon | Name | Learned | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Wild Imp | Level 10 | Wild Imps are summoned by by various Demonology abilities, mainly  [Hand of Gul'dan].
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 [Summon Felguard]
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Level 10 | Summons a permanent pet with a strong melee attack. Demonology warlocks use this as their only permanent pet. |
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 [Call Dreadstalkers]
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Level 13 | Summons a pair of felstalkers to pounce on their master's enemies. |
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 [Summon Vilefiend]
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Row 8 talent | Summons a Vilefiend to spit acid on their foes. |
 
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 [Mark of Shatug]/ [Mark of F'harg]
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Row 10 talent | An improvement to [Summon Vilefiend], warlocks can summon a gloomhound or charhound, respectively, tapping into the power of the Felhounds of Sargeras.
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 [Summon Demonic Tyrant]
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Row 6 talent | Summons a Demonic tyrant, empowering their active demons. |
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 [Call Fel Lord]
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Level 20, if talented | Warlocks can call on a Fel lord to aid them in Player vs. Player encounters. |
Other summons
Other specializations also have specific summons to empower their abilities and resource generation.
| Icon | Name | Learned | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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 [Summon Infernal]
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Row 6 Destruction talent | Summons a temporary guardian from the skies. |
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 [Summon Darkglare]
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Row 6 Affliction talent | Summons a temporary guardian from the skies. |
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 [Ritual of Doom]
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Level 31 | Warlocks can start a ritual with four other members, sacrificing a random participant to summon a Doomguard, which is hostile until controlled with  [Subjugate Demon].
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 [Call Observer]
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Level 20 | Warlocks can call on a Observer to aid them in Player vs. Player encounters. |
Other utility summons
Warlocks can summon other entities to help them in non-combat situations.
| Icon | Name | Learned | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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 [Felsteed]
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Level 10 | Adds a ground mount to the warlock's Warband Collections, usable only by them and other warlocks on the account. |
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 [Dreadsteed]
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Level 17 | Adds a ground mount to the warlock's Warband Collections, usable only by them and other warlocks on the account. |
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 [Eye of Kilrogg]
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Level 17 | Summons a stealthed Eye of Kilrogg useful for scouting areas. |
Minion abilities
- The Imp's is the only permanent ranged minion a warlock can command, dealing damage alongside the caster with
[Firebolt]. The Imp is very fragile and will die quickly if attacked. Other Imp abilities: 
[Singe Magic], 
[Flee].
- This entity is an excellent tank, and is able to keep attention of the warlock's enemies with
[Suffering] and 
[Threatening Presence], and increase its resilience with 
[Shadow Bulwark]. The voidwalker is a great choice for leveling characters, who can pull many mobs and continue to cast spells without being threatened by enemies.
- The Sayaad is replete with spells that deal damage and mesmerize the enemy in different ways. Their first ability,
[Lash of Pain], is a direct-damage, low-mana cast that deals shadow damage to their target. Other spells include 
[Seduction], which charms a target for 15 seconds, causing them to walk towards the Sayaad. The Sayaad also has a self-only 
[Lesser Invisibility] spell.
- The Felhunter is an anti-caster minion (creatures of their type are also known as Mage Hunters.), They have an interrupt,
[Spell Lock], and can remove buffs from enemies with 
[Devour Magic]. Their melee attack is 
[Shadow Bite].
Minion scaling
As a warlock improves their stats, their minion also improves.
- Minions inherit their masters' stats as follows:
| Master's stat | Inheritance |
|---|---|
| Stamina | 75% (erroneously reported as ~1/3 in the tooltip) |
| Intellect | 30% |
| Armor | 35% |
| Resistances | 40% |
| Spell damage (highest bonus) | 15% (as spell damage) 57% (as attack power) |
| Spell critical strike chance | n/a |
| Spell penetration | 100%[1] |
| Resilience | 40%[1] |
| Spell hit | Spell hit, physical hit, expertise, being capped will cap your minion for all three stats, see below for details |
- Minions' offensive spells generally gain bonus damage equal to 100% of the minions' spell power, and minions gain 1 auto-attack DPS per 14 attack power like player characters.
- The scaling formulas for hit are not yet available, however the patch 3.2.0 notes state that "If a player is at their appropriate spell hit chance or hit chance maximum, their pet will be at the maximum for spell hit chance, hit chance, and expertise. If they are below the maximum, their pet will be proportionately below those maximums.".[1]
- Minions gain less health and mana from stamina and intellect than player characters. Minions only gain 1 mana per point of base intellect, and do not gain any health from their base stamina. Different minions gain different amounts of health per point of bonus stamina, and different amounts of mana per point of bonus intellect:
| Minion | Health per bonus stamina | Mana per bonus intellect |
|---|---|---|
| Imp | ~8.4 | ~4.9 |
| Voidwalker | ~11.0 | ~11.5 |
| Sayaad | ~9.1 | ~11.5 |
| Felhunter | ~9.5 | ~11.5 |
| Felguard | ~11.0 | ~11.5 |
Sayaad options
In April 2011, in response to a forum thread asking for the option to have an incubus minion and not just a succubus, Community Manager Zarhym wrote:
WTB Incubus. No, not the terrible band. | 2011-04-14 00:00 | 
Zarhym
I'm happy to share we actually do have plans for offering players a choice between male and female versions of all warlock demons. This is a task already in our system, though I don't have a time frame for you at the moment. Other art tasks could always take precedence, but we're committed to making this happen. :)
This was brought up again by warlock class designer Xelnath later that the same year.
Class Design & Balance Q&A | 2011-11-09 00:00 | Xelnath
We haven't forgotten about this - however, when it comes down to getting a cool, new race for Mists or getting a Femguard model - we need to make the right choices for the whole game.
The Incubus was finally implemented in patch 9.2.0 a decade later. The demon's appearance is now customizable at the barber shop.
Original Grimoire of Supremacy talent
Added in Mists of Pandaria, level 75 warlocks could choose the talent 
[Grimoire of Supremacy], which replaced their demonic minions with more powerful ones. Those more powerful minions dealt 20% more damage and wielded more powerful abilities.
- Imp: Replaced with the Fel Imp.
- Voidwalker: Replaced with the Voidlord.
- Succubus: Replaced with the Shivarra.
- Felhunter: Replaced with the Observer.
- Felguard: Replaced with the Wrathguard.
- Doomguard: Replaced with the Terrorguard.
- Infernal: Replaced with the Abyssal.
Notes
- Each minion has its own randomly generated name.
- New names for minions can be randomly generated by visiting a demon trainer, found near warlock trainers. For 50
, demon trainers will dispose of your chosen minion, allowing you to summon a new one, with a freshly generated name. - Minions' names are generated either upon the creation of the warlock, or upon the first summoning of the minion, and are not determined by character name, race or gender. Deleting and re-creating an identical warlock will lead to new minion names, and is a cheap way for new warlocks to change the name of their Imp should they particularly dislike it.
Patch changes
Hotfix (2016-07-21): Fixed a bug affecting the health of Warlock pets. - Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Summoning a warlock minion now cost 1 Soul Shard instead of mana.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): All Warlocks now start with an Imp and do not need to train them as a spell. Also, Doomguard and Infernal now function as guardians, and may be used along with other demonic pets. 
Patch 1.5.0 (2005-06-07): Pet speed has been increased when out of combat and following their master.
References
- ^ a b c Patch 3.2.0
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