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Summon Gargoyle

Summon Gargoyle1 point

Army of the Dead now summons a Gargoyle into the battlefield to bombard your enemies for 25 sec. The Gargoyle gains 1% increased damage for every 1 Runic Power you spend and always critically strikes.

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TypeTalent
Ranks1 point
ClassDeath Knight
Specializations3
Tree sectionUnholy specialization talents
Row7 of 11
Opens at8 points spent
Choice withRaise Abomination
Game build12.1.5
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Tree position

In the Unholy Death Knight talent tree, Summon Gargoyle sits in the Unholy specialization talents, row 7 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Unholy Talents.

Choice node

Summon Gargoyle shares its node with Raise Abomination. A character takes one of the two.

  • Raise Abomination

    Army of the Dead now raises an Abomination for 30 sec to attack enemies while emitting a disease cloud, dealing (35% of Attack Power) Plague damage to nearby enemies every 2 sec.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Summon Gargoyle from Army of the Dead.

  • Army of the Dead

    Summon or empower Lesser Ghouls to form an unholy army of 8. While active, summoning a Lesser Ghoul will instead execute Orders based on nearby enemies. Death Orders Lesser Ghouls strike with you, dealing Shadow damage to your target. Epidemic Orders Lesser Ghouls erupt in viscera, dealing Shadow damage to nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Connected below

Summon Gargoyle leads on to Putrid Echoes.

  • Putrid Echoes

    Putrefy deals 20% increased damage, has 2 additional charges and consumes up to 2 available charges.

Same row

Also on this row: Morbidity, Harbinger of Doom, Unholy Devotion and All Will Serve.

  • Morbidity

    Diseased enemies take 1% increased damage from you per disease they are affected.

  • Harbinger of Doom

    Sudden Doom triggers 30% more often and can accumulate up to 2 charges.

  • Unholy Devotion

    Putrefy causes your permanent Ghoul to go on an unholy frenzy, increasing its attack speed and energy regeneration by 25% for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

  • All Will Serve

    Raise Dead summons an additional skeletal archer at your command that shoots Blighted Arrows. An unholy arrow that deals (34% of Attack Power) Shadow damage. When consuming Sudden Doom, your Death Coil commands your archer to fire an additional Blighted Arrow at 80% effectiveness. Epidemic will instead cause Blighted Arrow to ricochet and hit up to additional targets.

Talent trees

Summon Gargoyle is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Death Knight: Blood (Tank), Frost (DPS), Unholy (DPS).

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Summon Gargoyle Changes by patch

Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.

  • First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)
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