Risen Ghoul



Risen Ghoul is a ghoul pet created from a corpse using the death knight's Raise Dead (death knight ability) ability, which lasts for two minutes. They can be sacrificed using the Death Pact ability to return health to the death knight. Alternatively, if the death knight has the Master of Ghouls talent the ghoul will have unlimited duration and be controllable by the death knight, acting like a hunter or warlock pet. Dark Transformation will empower all the ghoul's abilities, as well as give a 100% damage buff for the duration.

Abilities
Abilities are only usable if the Ghoul is made a pet by the Master of Ghouls Unholy Specialization.

Stats and scaling

 * Like all class pets, ghouls' base stats scale with their level.
 * At level 80, ghouls have 13380 base hp.
 * Ghouls receive 45% of their master's stamina. A Glyph of Raise Dead causes ghouls to inherit an additional 40% of their master's stamina, totaling 85%.
 * Ghouls receive 40% of their master's resilience rating.
 * Ghouls do not inherit any armor.


 * Ghouls receive 70% of their master's strength. A Glyph of Raise Dead causes ghouls to inherit an additional 40% of their master's strength, for a maximum strength inheritance of 110%.
 * Ghouls receive 2 attack power per point of strength.
 * Ghouls' have a "weapon" speed of 2.00.
 * Gnaw deals 12% of a ghoul's AP-modified "weapon" damage.
 * Ghouls gain hit chance and expertise based on their master's hit chance, according to the patch 3.2.0 "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."
 * Ghouls receive 100% of their master's haste.

Trivia
Performing a /cower or /soothe emote will cause him to roar at you, while performing a /glare emote will cause him to cower, performing /soothe after it will let him stand normaly again.

Bugs

 * There has been an occasionally reported bug with ghoul pets where they freeze or disappear. Although not a great solution, apparently a work around is to get the ghoul killed in-game.
 * It's possible to have your Ghoul spawned while mounted. Using the Dungeon Finder tool, be sure you are mounted when you enter the dungeon. Before you exit, make sure your pet is summoned. When you return to your previous position, you will be remounted, but your pet will not be dismissed.