Welcome to the Infernal Horde Warlock Strategy Guide! This is part 5 of Pet Week, and covers how best to use the Infernal, one of our most powerful pets!
Read on to find out exactly how you should be using this combat monster!
The Infernal is without doubt one of our most powerful pets — you can summon him and not long afterwards he’s causing all kinds of mayhem and damage to the enemy. How does he do this?
1. The Infernal has one of the highest damage per second stats of any of our pets, only being rivalled by the Doom Guard at level 60,
2. Immune to fire and fear,
3. Has an area of attack stun spell, and
4. Has an area of attack fire aura that’s constantly in effect.
All of these nice abilities can really cause havoc when he’s summoned and sent into a large group of enemies, but he’s also got some huge negatives that all Warlocks come to realize sooner or later.
These are:
1. After summoning, only lasts for 1 minute before crumbling, and
2. Has a TWENTY MINUTE cooldown.
Obviously, we want to pick and choose the situations we break out such a powerful pet, but in order to keep our leveling speeds up, I feel you’re really missing out if you never use this pet.
Here’s the situations I feel best suit the Infernal.
Solo PvE – if you’re soloing, there’s really not going to be a lot of opportunity to summon an Infernal. You only get the big guy for 1 lousy minute, and then he crumbles… HOWEVER – why not use him once every 20 minutes anyway? Having this guy out for one minute means you can take down many more mobs than usual, speeding up your questing and grinding activities.
You might also consider pulling him out for an orange or red quest that you’re just not that sure you can complete. With the Infernal at your side, anything is possible.
Party PvE – much like soloing, I don’t think there’s a “bad” time to pull out the Infernal, but now you have to weigh the loss of any buffing or crowd control abilities for the minute the Infernal is “out to play”.
I suggest using the Infernal with care in PvE. Ask the group their opinion, and if the benefits outweigh the negatives, give him and run and crush some quests that you originally didn’t believe were possible.
PvP/Battlegrounds – a great idea for battlegrounds. As you’re probably aware, in a PvP zone where burst damage reins supreme, having such a powerful beast out for a play can really turn the battle in your favor. Try summoning one for the rush into the enemy’s keep, and bulldoze the enemy.
If nothing else the site of an Infernal will really pull attention from more important things, like the flag carrying druid who’s gonna sprint out of their keep in a few moments time…!
Remember, while the Infernal has a short duration in-game, there’s no reason not to cast him more often!
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