Diablo 2 player discovers the key to immortality on the new warlock class is to use a pet demon as a shield

Diablo 2 player discovers the key to immortality on the new warlock class is to use a pet demon as a shield | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these RPG The best parts of my favorite World of Warcraft classes are being turned into new heroes for Fellowship’s pre-season 2 update this week RPG Diablo 2 gets its first expansion in 25 years, featuring a new class, and finally, decent inventory management RPG Thanks to Diablo 2, Blizzard might’ve found a way to fix Diablo 4’s loot fatigue in its next expansion Baldur’s Gate The best Baldur’s Gate 3 builds for Patch 8 and beyond FPS Devil Daggers 2 is in development, as its creator confirms fewer than 1,500 people survived longer than 8 minutes in the original World of Warcraft Players discover once again that World of Warcraft is powered by invisible bunnies that make everything work Action Blizzard says it’s open to even more Diablo 2 expansions and reworks unless people get really mad at it about this one: ‘We’re going to have to see what the players say’ World of Warcraft WoW’s classes were pruned for Midnight because many were ‘built in a world’ where its devs assumed they’d be using addons RPG Diablo 2: Resurrected is now on Steam and is verified for Steam Deck MOBA All of Deadlock’s new heroes are now released—but please, pity the poor schmuck that spent anywhere between 252-378 hours pouring votes into Celeste, who came second to last RPG Diablo 4’s second new class is a summoner who commands demons to fight demons Third Person Shooter Arc Raiders has yet another game-breaking bug, this time giving you infinite ammo and letting you repair any gun for free RPG Diablo 4 is having its best season yet, not just because of paladins, but because Blizzard has finally cracked how to make loot endlessly exciting RPG Diablo 4’s age of reworks might finally be over with its next expansion as it plans to deliver major features players have wanted for years FPS Thanks to one mad modder, we can now play Doom on an in-game terminal in Ultrakill PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!Arc RaidersBest PC gearFalloutGame Quizzes Games RPG Diablo 2: Resurrected Diablo 2 player discovers the key to immortality on the new warlock class is to use a pet demon as a shield News By Tyler Colp published 19 February 2026 Don’t tell Blizzard! 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And it turns out, the Bind Demon skill that lets you adopt an enemy as a pet is the lynchpin for the immortal setup.Warlocks have a skill called Blood Oath that redirects a percentage of the damage you take to your pet demon. It starts at a low percentage, but you can wear enough gear with bonus skill points to raise it up to 99%. Coooley noticed how absurdly high it could go and decided to make a build that raises it up just enough to stay alive against the toughest monsters in the game. Related articles Diablo 2 gets its first expansion in 25 years, featuring a new class, and finally, decent inventory management Diablo 4’s second new class is a summoner who commands demons to fight demons Pressing buttons is optional in this ‘walking simulator’ paladin build Diablo 4 players have just cooked up Coooley recommends getting Blood Oath up to 89%. The rest of the damage that actually hits you can be mitigated by the Treachery unique item and all of its elemental resistances. Coooley also uses The Rising Sun unique amulet to make all the fire damage they take heal them, effectively nullifying the tiny amounts of damage that actually touch their warlock.With the warlock defenses solved, that only leaves the poor demon who will be taking the brunt of all the damage. The solution is laugh