with all the additional dmg warlocks do now with runes they really need to give a small buff to Torment, the added dmg we do now makes voidwalkers literally useless as a tanking pet, have to let 2 torments hit to even apply dots and not pull aggro.
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VW has always just been a way to apply dots and get a cast off first. It’s always been a bad tank unless you are willing to go really slow.
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They should let locks tame scorpids or raise a paladin from the dead so we can afk and win
agreed it wasn’t the best tank but it could at least hold aggro through dot application, it cant even do that now with haunt in the mix, let alone chaos bolt. I played lock in vanilla on release AND classic servers and you wouldn’t pull aggro until you started wanding, now it can’t hold aggro over anything
Voidwalker is a great tank, if no one else is attacking it’s target. It’s threat is horrible, and I kinda wish it was better.
I’m glad you brought this up and mentioned it. I have the same feeling too. I’ve tried to change my rotation to not pull threat and it somewhat works, but still feels off.
If I want my Blueberry to keep agro I have to DPS…slower.
Even without runes increasing damage the Voidwalker was neve able to hold aggro in classic era. In most cases you’re better off just face tanking and using a imp or succubus.
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VW was never the go to Pet for leveling after you got the Succubus. The VW in Vanilla/Classic wasn’t the same as Retail. Terrible aggro and damage.
Succubus does far more damage and you’re going to be Drain Tanking anyway if you go the standard Affliction route.