Felguard (warlock minion)



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 its 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.

Its Demonic Empowerment effect is to break all stun, snare and movement impairing effects, making the Felguard immune to them for 15 sec.

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.

Felguard trivia
The voiceovers for the Felguard were originally recorded by Blizzard for the Doomguard which originally was summoned as hostile to the warlock until enslaved, and again once the enslave broke. 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. The Doomguard has since reclaimed its voice upon summoning, or rather now shares it with the Felguard.


 * 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."