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It depends on the warlock's spec. If you have the addon called Tattle, it can tell you, otherwise you can usually tell what they are after a few seconds of combat. If they haven't been casting Unstable Affliction, then chances are they are a Soul Link / Siphon Life warlock. If they are a Soul Link / Siphon Life warlock, then they probably have a talent that reduces damage their pet takes by 15%. On top of this, the pet is going to have more health, also from talents. This makes the pet much harder to kill. And if the warlock is using a Voidwalker, then forget about it. And the cherry on top, is that even if you do kill the pet, the warlock can instantly summon another, thanks to another demonology talent. After that, the warlock can not-unreasonably get off a 6 second regular summon.
On the other hand, if you see Unstable Affliction, then that warlock won't have the 15% damage reduction for pet talent, and the pet will have less stam. An Unstable Affliction warlock's felhunter should be a quite reasonable kill target for a warrior. And once it is dead, that warlock has almost no chance to get another pet out. No instant summon, and 10 second cast time.
Also, Blade's Edge is going to be your best map for countering warlocks and their pets. When a healer jumps off the center of the bridge, he probably has 15-20 seconds before the pet can catch up to him. Try to use that to your advantage when in BEA.
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