Demonologists without peer, summoning creatures of darkness to do their bidding; shriveling their foes with shadow magic or the searing effect of infernal fire; causing fear and terror in their adversaries through the use of powerful spells, warlocks are a World of Warcraft character class with no close equivalents. WoW warlock guides remind you to use your demons for tanking and your fear effects, such as Death Coil, as both a literal and figurative “panic button” to keep this cloth-wearing class free of melee attacks.
The warlock is another purely damage-based class, although many of this caster’s spells and abilities give the class considerable self-healing potential. This WoW warlock guide notes that tanking and healing are beyond a warlock, but these dark magic-users have a role to play both in dungeon and raid content, and in PvP, where, if handled correctly, they are a deadly threat to the opposing team.
Dungeon, raid, and PvP battleground groups can expect more utility than plain damage from warlocks, however. This WoW warlock guide notes that soulstones are probably the best utility items a warlock can conjure for PvE groups of all sizes. These stones can be used to “store the soul” of one player, so that they can self-resurrect - a critical item for healers in any dungeon. Healthstones are conjured items that the whole group can receive, and restore a specific amount of health instantly, much like a healing potion.
Demonology is the talent spec usually preferred for leveling, and is often used in PvP as well, which is the focus of many a WoW warlock guide. This specialization enhances the warlock’s various pets - the imp, the voidwalker, the succubus, and the felhunter. Demonology warlocks also gain the ability to summon a powerful, small-headed, axe-wielding demon called the felguard at level 10. This demon is very useful both in PvE and PvP, combining damage dealing and tanking roles to keep the warlock safer and slay their enemies quickly.
The 31 point talent of demonology allows these warlocks to transform into a demon, with higher durability and several new abilities, for 30 seconds. This is used mostly in PvP, where the Felguard is also effective, though affliction warlocks, this WoW warlock guide notes, are better at PvP.
If you prefer hurling spells to standing back and letting your demon do most of the work, Destruction is probably the warlock spec for you. Described accurately in most WoW warlock guides as the highest damage spec for endgame raids due to direct damage potential, these warlocks can also hold their own in leveling but are somewhat weaker in PvP. Soul Fire, Conflagrate, and the like form the core of their spell priority. Imps are the preferred pets for instances for extra damage.
Affliction warlocks are firmly centered on damage over time spells rather than the direct damage spells favored by destruction; they are the “DoT spec” of the class and are described as such in this WoW warlock guide. These DoTs are highly effective at burning away a foe’s health, and affliction is frequently used to good effect in PvP.
However, their endgame raiding damage is weaker because most monster die before the DoTs can have much effect on them, and most damage is done to “bosses” instead. Affliction warlocks gain several extra DoT spells, both as their signature move (Unstable Affliction) and from talents (Haunt).
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