A warlock pet is going completely crazy in World of Warcraft. The culprit is a bug that inflates demons to absurd power.
Warlocks often rely on their demons in World of Warcraft. Especially in the case of the Demonology specialization, the demons frequently deal the most damage. But what is currently happening with some Felguards is something no one could have imagined. Because that Felguards are suddenly able to clear dungeons on “Mythic+27” almost solo was probably not expected by Blizzard.
What happened? There are currently some videos circulating on the internet showing warlocks tackling the hardest dungeons almost single-handedly with their demons. In some cases, Felguards reach almost 3,000,000 hit points and deal over 175,000 DPS continuously throughout the dungeon – far more than any player could even remotely achieve.
In fact, the damage is so high that the Felguard can one-hit all normal enemies with its Blade Storm attack – only bosses can survive these attacks for a few seconds longer.
This has led to some groups now even completing “Mythic+34” within the time limit – all thanks to the Felguard (via icy-veins.com).
How extreme these effects are can be seen in this video:
How is the bug caused? We won’t reveal how exactly the bug occurs. However, it is obvious that it has something to do with the various buffs from Torghast that demons can gain there. These include primarily effects such as:
- Pact of Robustness: Your demons have 50% more hit points and deal 50% more damage (stackable multiple times).
- Pact of Hellish Proximity: Your demon deals up to 500% more damage.
These effects can be carried from the tower into the world and are also active in instances there. This allows warlocks to achieve completely absurd damage numbers that trivialize any challenge in PvE.
Should the bug be reproduced? No. Even though the bug was probably discovered rather by chance, one should not try to create and exploit it oneself. This clearly counts as an exploit and is usually punished by Blizzard with severe account penalties lasting weeks or months. Saying “But I didn’t know anything” won’t help – Blizzard is quite strict about this. We strongly advise against trying to exploit this.
Nevertheless, it is a rather curious incident that once again shows how error-prone large MMORPGs like WoW can be – and how devastating the effects can be when something does not work as planned.
