How to Manage a Warlock Pet in a Dungeon in WoW: Forever

In World of Warcraft: Forever, summon the demon that supports your dungeon group, then keep its attack and follow commands within easy reach. For an ordinary run with a player tank, favor the demon whose utility fits the group. Use direct commands to keep it on the agreed target and recall it before it runs through enemies the party wants to skip.

Pick the demon for the assignment

1. Ask whether the party needs a specific pet ability. Check which demons and ranks your Warlock actually knows before promising one.
2. Consider an Imp when you want its group utility and ranged attacks. Check Blood Pact on your current pet before the pull.
3. If the party wants a Felhunter for Spell Lock, confirm which cast you are expected to stop and check the pet's position before that cast begins.
4. Use a Voidwalker or another demon when its abilities fit the plan. Check threat abilities before sending it into a pack held by a player tank.

Your solo pet may be a poor fit for a particular pull. The Voidwalker's threat can be useful while questing and less helpful when another player is tanking. An Imp can stay farther back, but that doesn't mean it can see or hit everything from where you left it. Check the room and your assignment rather than leaving the same pet on autopilot for every run.

Set up attack, follow, and important abilities

Put the pet on Passive if you want to control its target directly. Keep Pet Attack and Pet Follow where you can press them quickly. Make the pet's assigned utility easy to find. If you want to save a particular ability for a specific cast, check the autocast setting and plan to use it manually.

Send the pet after the tank has brought the pack into position. For a pull around a doorway, wait until the enemies are where the group wants to fight. Sending a demon early can put it outside the party's line of sight and give an enemy a target that stays in the open.

Look at what your demon is doing after the command. If you switched your own target, that doesn't guarantee your pet switched too. Select the new enemy and issue the order when the group is ready. Call the pet back first if its current path could take it through a controlled enemy or a second pack.

Protect crowd control and watch pet pathing

Before the pull, check the group's marks or ask which target will be controlled. If another player is using a breakable effect, don't send the demon at that target. If you plan to use a pet control ability yourself, tell the party what it covers so they know which target to leave alone.

At a ledge, doorway, or tight skip, use Follow and confirm the demon actually returned to you. A pet can take a different route to reach the same point. If the route is unsafe, stop and coordinate with the group before proceeding. If you decide to dismiss and resummon, check whether you have the reagent or resources the new summon requires.

For example, if the group moves past an optional pack, call the demon back before the first player starts moving. Watch it follow through the cleared path. Only send it again when the group is fighting the intended enemy. One brief check can prevent a second fight the party didn't prepare for.

Fix a missed pet ability

If an important ability fails to go off, check the active demon, whether it knows the ability, and whether it is close enough. Watch its position as well as your own. A valid target for you may be hard for a pet to reach from where it is standing.

If the demon keeps attacking the wrong unit, check its stance and whether any of your macros includes an attack command. Recall it, select the correct target, and resend it when the tank is ready. If it dies, wait for a safe gap to summon again instead of standing still through incoming damage.

Before the next dungeon, check your demon, the ability the group expects, and the keys that control it. That gives you time to fix the setup before a pull depends on it.