Welcome to part SIX of my Horde Warlock Strategy Guide, “Pet Week”! 7 Warlock pet strategy tips, 7 days of the week, and 7 Warlock pets!
Today we’re checking out the Felguard — what is the Felguard best at? Where should we leave him and adopt a more appropriate pet? Is he good at solo, PvP, raiding?
Read on and find out!
The Felguard is a great replacement for the amazing Voidwalker. While not as defensively orientated (no sacrifice ability), the Felguard outdamages the Voidwalker, and has some very handy abilities to keep it alive longer, and to keep the aggro off of you.
The Felguards main abilities are as follows:
1. Cleave – attacks the Felguard’s primary target and its closest ally,
2. Demonic Frenzy – increases the attack power bonus of your Felguard,
3. Anguish – the Felguards primary taunting ability, and with the improved DPS the Felguard dishes out, it is only outclassed by the Improved Voidwalker talent,
4. Intercept – just like the warriors charge ability, the Felguard sprints into combat and stuns the enemy. This is a great combo to use with Anguish and ensures the Felguard keeps aggro off of you, and
5. Avoidance – decreases damage taken by the Felguard by 80%. Plain and simply excellent for keeping your Felguard alive in situations when nukes are raining like its World War III in Russia.
So how do you use the Felguard? What situations do these skills make the Felguard effective in?
Lets start with soloing. The Felguard is almost unparalleled in soloing ability, thanks to its excellent taunting abilities and intercept, which stuns your target mob. Only the Voidwalker with a special talent beats the Felguard for taunting.
So, in almost all situations you can think of, the Felguard should be out instead of your Voidwalker. Of course, you’ll need plenty of points in Demonology to use this guy to begin with… so plan your talent picks accordingly, or of course respec if you’d like to give the Felguard a try.
Party PvE — the Felguard excels here when you don’t have your own warrior tanking for your party. He’ll keep aggro with consummate ease, but might be a little harder to keep alive than your Voidwalker equivalent. Much like the Voidwalker, you’ll want to leave the Felguard at home when lots of casters are around and take the Felhunter for a spin instead.
PvP/Battlegrounds — the Felguard can be really out of place in battlegrounds… unlike the Voidwalker and its excellent sacrifice ability, the Felguard really doesn’t bring enough DPS to the party to be effective.
You will however come to enjoy using the Intercept ability to get a once off advantage on your foe, but past intercept you might find his usefulness lacking. Choose the Voidwalker instead.
So when you’re thinking about your Felguard in the future, just think of him as an improved Voidwalker – he fits all the solo & PvP roles better, but he should be left at home for PvP.
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