Voidwalker (warlock minion)

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The Voidwalker is the second demonic pet available to the Warlock. It becomes available at level 10 after completing a series of Quests. Voidwalkers are good tanks against non-elite mobs at or near the Warlock's level; therefore, they are excellent for solo play. Although they can be used in at least low level instances as a substitute for a Warrior class player, due to their comparitive fragility this is generally not advised.

Among the four regular Warlock pets, the Voidwalker has the most health, but the least mana. The Voidwalker requires a Soul Shard to summon. It is the first Warlock pet to require one; the acquisition of the Voidwalker coincides with the acquisition of the ability to collect Soul Shards (with [Drain Soul]).

A Voidwalker

Abilities

The Voidwalker possesses a minor melee attack and four abilities geared towards defensive tactics. Two abilities, [Torment] and [Suffering], generate threat. Sacrifice helps protect the commanding warlock, and [Consume Shadows] heals the Voidwalker.

Its [Master Demonologist] effect is to mitigate damage taken, and its [Demonic Sacrifice] effect is to increase the warlock's rate of healing.

Acquiring

Per usual, the quest line begins with an NPC Warlock near the trainers in one of each faction's major cities. When you reach level 10 as a Warlock, go to any Warlock training area for your faction (other than the level 1-6 starting areas) and there will be a quest for you, either starting you on the quest or directing you to the right person to talk to.

For the Horde, Ophek in Razor Hill will send you to Gan'rul Bloodeye in Orgrimmar, and Ageron Kargal in Brill will send you to Carendin Halgar in The Undercity.

Alliance Warlocks will be directed to Gakin the Darkbinder in Stormwind, either by Remen Marcot of Goldshire or Lago Blackwrench of Ironforge (to whom you may be directed by the Gnome Warlock trainers of Kharanos).

In either case, the questgiver will send you to retrieve a quest item from someone nearby, who will not part with it willingly, and when you return with it, the ritual begins. A trainer will then tell you to summon a Voidwalker somewhere nearby. You must defeat it to earn the power to summon one yourself again in the future. Others can assist, of course.

For the Blood Elf quest, you are told to retrieve a red glowing stone; this is incorrect. The stones are actually the same blue as the Voidwalker. This version also requires you to fight your way into a village guarded by Quel'Dorei Ghosts and Wraiths because there isn't a summoning circle in Silvermoon City. All in all, this quest is far more difficult than the other Horde versions.

Voidwalker Tips

The Voidwalker is a great tank pet; he takes massive amounts of damage, has great armor, holds massive amounts of enemy aggression (which is nice because it's not on you!) and heals himself quickly after every fight. If you intend to fight multiple enemies simultaneously, the Voidwalker is your best choice. If you spend a few talent points in [Improved Voidwalker], he can keep the attention of even the highest level enemies. His Sacrifice is great when being ambushed by another player or mob, giving you a shield that can absorb thousands of points of damage at a moment's notice.

Sadly, the Voidwalker does the least melee damage of any of the regular 4 Warlock pets. Don't rely on it to kill the target with melee damage. Instead, put your DoTs on the mob, and maybe use some direct-damage spells as well, such as [Immolate] or [Shadow Bolt], but be sparing so you don't draw the aggro to yourself. The whole point of a Voidwalker is to absorb the mob's attention and damage so you're free to let your spells work, watch for adds, use [Life Tap], bandage yourself, etc. See the strategy section of [Curse of Agony] for tips on how to effectively combine usage of DOTs with the Voidwalker.

Besides increasing its threat generation powers, the Improved Voidwalker talent also amplifies the self-healing effect of Consume Shadows and the damage absorption of Sacrifice.

If you're going to be facing just one mob at a time, you can leave Suffering on auto-cast, as the AI is smart enough not to waste it on a single mob. You can still manually cast it at any time, which can be very useful in an emergancy, as Suffering causes much more threat then Torment.

Torment and Suffering have absolutely no use in PvP combat. If you know in advance that you're going to be engaging in PvP and are still determined to have the Voidwalker around for some reason, turn off auto-cast on these abilities so you'll at least have plenty of mana for Consume Shadows.

Because of its high health and Consume Shadows ability, the Voidwalker is likely to have a lot of health at any given time, making it the best pet to have around if you're going to use [Soul Link], especially if you also have [Fel Stamina]. However, because of its low mana and high mana usage, this is a terrible pet to have around if you're going to use [Dark Pact].

The Voidwalker's benefits under the [Demonic Sacrifice] and [Master Demonologist] talents (rapid health regeneration and damage reduction, respectively) can add to a Warlock's survival chances in many situations.

Voidwalker Stats

Voidwalker Stat Window.

The following is a list of the Voidwalker stats through its levels taken using a Human Warlock player. (If you're interested in updating the list you must turn off all buffs and take off all items, because pet stats get bonuses from player stats).

Level	Strength	Agility	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit	Power	Damage	Armor
10	29	25	29	22	26	38	6 - 9	694
11	30	25	32	22	28	40	6 - 10	734
12	31	26	36	24	31	42	7 - 10	782
13	32	28	43	26	32	44	7 - 11	827
14	33	28	44	25	35	46	7 - 11	878
15	34	30	48	26	37	48	8 - 12	925
16	36	30	52	27	39	52	9 - 13	975
17	38	31	55	28	42	56	9 - 13	1022
18	39	33	59	28	44	58	10 - 14	1068
19	40	33	63	30	46	60	10 - 15	1120
20	42	35	67	31	49	64	11 - 16	1165
21	44	36	80	53	39	68	19 - 27	1232
22	46	36	84	54	41	72	20 - 28	1282
23	47	38	89	56	42	74	21 - 29	1330
24	49	39	93	57	43	78	22 - 30	1378
25	50	40	97	60	44	80	23 - 31	1427
26	52	41	101	62	46	84	24 - 32	1474
27	53	42	105	63	47	86	24 - 34	1524
28	55	43	110	65	48	90	25 - 35	1572
29	57	44	114	67	49	94	26 - 36	1619
30	57	46	118	69	51	94	27 - 37	1667
31	59	47	123	71	52	98	28 - 38	1715
32	60	47	127	73	53	100	29 - 39	1766
33	62	49	131	74	54	104	29 - 40	1812
34	63	50	135	76	56	106	30 - 41	1861
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38	70	55	139	47	91	120	20 - 28	2331
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42	81	59	156	70	67	142	40-54	3034
43	86	61	169	72	69	152	43-57	3228
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54	115	76	207	90	85	210	61-81	4307
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59	127	83	230	69	147	234	39-53	4673
60	129	85	249	70	150	238	42-57	4745
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70	153	109	280	133	122	286	?	9070
Level	Strength	Agility	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit	Power	Damage	Armor

Voidwalker Trivia

• Affectionately known as the "Blueberry" or "Big Blue".

• Appears to have a mission in life of hovering right on top of the Warlock, especially when the Warlock is trying to open a chest, pick an herb, mine an ore vein, or loot a corpse. Also very good at filling up the entire screen with blue when the camera is zoomed in close.

• The VW is sure to be annoying to any other party members in a dungeon where there is a more capable tank. This is true especially when smaller mobs are being fought, such as perhaps against goblins in the Deadmines, and when small characters such as dwarves and gnomes are in the party.

• Voices have been added to the Voidwalker when you summon them.
  

"I don't like this place."
"Send me back!"
"What do you want from me?"

• Voidwalkers have an auto-idle action of raising his arms up to the sky and stretching.
• Voidwalkers now have voice-overs when you order them to attack.
  

"As you wish."
"I obey."
"There will be Darkness."
"I must feed."
"It will be done."

When casting Torment:
"If I must."
"You cannot resist."

When Dismissed:
"Back to the Void."
"Wow...."
"Released at last."

Also:
"I...am...void.........where prohibited"

See Also:

Human Voidwalker Quest Guide
Gnome Voidwalker Quest Guide
Blood Elf Voidwalker Quest Guide
Undead Voidwalker Quest Guide
Orc Voidwalker Quest Guide

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