Heya guys!!  Today it’s time to talk about not only Summon Gargoyle, but minions as well.

What are minions?

Minions are any kind of temporary pet cast by yourself that do not, by definition, have a permanent duration:

• Summon Gargoyle
• Raise Dead (without Master of Ghouls)
• Army of the Dead
• Dancing Rune Weapon

Buffing Minions

You can’t do it.  End of story.

So why are buffs important you ask?  Good question!

Minions base stats are determined at the time when you summon them.  These stats are modified by your current stats at the time of cast.

So that means that if you cast a minion spell when you have no buffs up the minion will do less damage.  Whereas if you have buffs up, the minion will do significantly more damage.

Which Buffs Matter?

Just ones that affect your Attack Power and Haste.  That’s it.

Ideally you wait until you have Heroism and several proc’d buffs up from your gear before casting any minion.  Doing this will make a significant increase in your total dps.

So that’s it?

Yeah.  Pretty basic when you get down to it.

1. Minions stats are set in stone the moment they are cast.
2. Your current AP and Haste modify their stats.
3. Try to time Minion CD’s to coincide with maximum buffs always.

You should have a reliable method for tracking your buffs at all times.  See my addon category for mods relating to that.

-Suffer Well Brothers and Sisters…

Tags: DPS, Things you didn't know about WoW