Can I keep him?

One of the really cool things about frost Mages (no pun intended) is that they have a pet to help you DPS. Mages aren't the only ones with pest of course. You also have Hunters and Warlocks of all specs, as well as Unholy Death Knights. There are a few simple rules to remember if your just starting out with one of these classes or specs.

1) Make sure your pet is summoned.
If your not used to having a pet you may forget to summon them all together before a fight and this will obviously have a negative effect on your DPS.







2) Make sure your pet is set in the right stance.
All pets have three stances; passive, defensive and assist. Having your pet in passive stance will make it nothing more then a giant vanity pet. It will follow you and do nothing else. In defensive stance your pet will only attack enemies that attack you or your pet. This is a good stance if your trying to avoid pulling agro. Assist is the stance that you will most frequently find yourself using. In assist stance your pet will assist you, but it wont start any fights you aren't looking to get yourself into. Being in the wrong stance can reek havoc on your game play or that of any group your in. Few things in this game are more humiliating then making it all the way through a dungeon only to realize that your pet was on passive the whole time and now your DPS is in the toilet ( for the record I've never done this, but I have gone through a dungeon without my pet helping at all, but more on that later).

3) Just like no means no. Stay means stay. If you use the move to command on your pet, they will not move from where you send them until you hit the follow button or they're dead. So don't forget your pet, or you'll find yourself running into fights solo.





4) Your pet has it's own abilities and spell book worthy of your attention. Your pet will have it's very own action bar and powerful spells that will help you dish out a world of hurt. Depending on which one of these pet welding bad asses your playing these spells could be a big part of your rotation, utility abilities or major cool downs. Ignore these at your own parole.

5) Pet abilities can not be placed on your action bars. Don't be greedy. You have your own abilities for your action bars, pet abilities are separate. These belong to your pet and they will only work on their action bar. Just go ahead and key bind the abilities that you need.

There is far more to the use of pets then these simple intro rules, but these pointers will get you started going in the right direction. Pets can be a lot of fun, they look awesome, and can really increase your DPS. Just don't /hump leg anyone and it should be smooth sailing from here.

Remember we're all noobs, some of us just fly the flag a little higher.
-Morison