Warlock – A Class for Everyone to Fear
by AMA on Nov.25, 2009, under Warcraft, WoW Leveling
If you decide to role a Warlock, rest assured that you will have plenty of fun. This class belongs to the dark side and therefore their spells are based on the shadow magic and fire magic. They basically have powers from ‘the dark side’ which also brings them in touch with demonology. With demonology they can summon powerful demons, for example imps, fel hounds, succubus, infernals and void walkers. This makes the Warlock one of the two classes (Hunter being the second one) that is able to have a pet at his side at almost all times.
Having a pet at your side makes the game a lot easier especially because you can usually avoid taking many hits. The Warlock class deals great damage with a few of the most popular offensive spells like, for example, shadow bolt. However, spells that made Warlocks famous are definitely spells that cause “fear” in other targets making them flee. This powerful class is also popular because of their “damage over time” – DoTs spells which also contribute to the overall damage output of a Lock. Click here to watch the video: Warlock Guide
Because of this spell combo, a Warlock who plays his class well is a dangerous opponent in PvP and is a top damage dealer in any PvE instance or raid group. The basic assignment of a Warlock in PvP is to fear his targets while at the same time he applies dots, while in PvE he is most likely to use his Shadow Bolt.
Apart from damage dealing spell, Locks have many other useful skills. The most popular one is definitely the ability create a summoning portal – the Dark Portal. The Warlock can summon a Dark Portal which can then be used to summon other players from anywhere on the world to the Dark Portal. However, in order for this spell to work, a Warlock will need help from a few other players in his group. The Dark Portal can basically be used similar to the meeting stones that can be found in front of instances.
Another helpful ability a Lock has is to place a Soul Stone on a friendly player or himself. If he or any other player has a Soul Stone applied he will be able to resurrect if he dies, right on the spot. This can greatly reduce the corps running time even though it has a cool down of half an hour. Soul Stone will come in handy to any Lock while he is leveling and also it is a “wipe savior” in any raid or dungeon group if placed on a player who can heal or resurrect. If you would like more information on WoW guides check out one of our popular guides here: Ultimate WoW Guide
Warlocks are also known for their ability to produce Health Stones which are used similar as the healing potions but they restore even more health. At the beginning, a Warlock can give the Health Stones to other players separately and on the higher levels he will be able to create a Soul Well where all the members of his raid or group can click to obtain one Health Stone. What is nice about the Health Stones is that they do not share the same cool down as Healing Potions which means that you can use the both of them in a longer fight.
Warlocks are a very fun and interesting class to play. You will be able to summon several different types of demon pets that all have their own unique abilities and fight by your side, you will have devastating spells and spells to fear your enemies, you will have several nice spells that can improve the Warlock’s party or raid’s performance and a lot more. If you would like your char to be a caster with many different abilities, a Warlock is the right choice for you!
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