Definitive Warlock Guide -Dragons of Nightmare(1.8)

Definitive Warlock Guide -Dragons of Nightmare(1.8)

by Botmaster5 » Tue Jun 16, 2015 2:51 pm

*Xashe uses Soulstone*
Image


I will still author and maintain this thread, even though there is a new thread over on the Elysium forums (link) that was posted by g2nightmare, he can have it. Lets keep this thread the best all in one stop for our brother and sister warlocks.

***I will be keeping this updated and current with the help of the Warlock community. Chime in if you have something to add or want updated!!***

Having leveled 4 locks to 60+ (this one on Nostalrius being my 4th) I can definitively say that the following spec progression is the fastest, safest, with the lowest downtime. The following is a PURE PvE leveling spec, focusing on quests and mob grinding.

Chapter 1: Leveling

Generally, you can easily take on 2 mobs at once. One is DoT'd and VW tanked, while the other is DoT'd and running around feared. 3 mobs can be a bit trickier, One DoT'd and tanked by VW, the other body aggro'd on VW, the third DoT'd and running around feared. The only difference between taking on 2 or 3+ mobs is that you CANNOT use any life gain spells (Drain Life or Siphon Life) as you will pull 'healing aggro' from the unfocused mob.

Talent Snapshots: 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60

LVL: Talent point

Lvls 10-16: Affliction
10 - 11: Imp Corruption (2/5)
12 - 14: Suppression (3/5)
15 - 16: Imp Drain Soul (2/2)

Lvls 17 - 24: Demonology
17 - 18: Imp Healthstone (2/2)
19 - 21: Demonic Embrace (3/5)
22 - 24: Imp Voidwalker (3/3)

Lvls 25 - 47: Affliction
25 - 27: Imp Corruption (5/5)
28 - 30: Imp CoA (3/3)
31 - 32: Imp Lifetap (2/2)
33 - 34: Nightfall (2/2)
35 - 36: Grim Reach (2/2)
37: Suppression (4/5)
38: Siphon Life (1/1)
39: Suppression (5/5)
40: Amplify Curse (1/1)
41 - 42: Fel Concentration (2/5) <- See below *
43 - 47: Shadow Mastery (5/5)

Lvls 48 - 60: Demonology
48 - 49: Demonic Embrace (5/5)
50: Fel Domination (1/1)
51 - 54: Fel Intellect (4/5)
55 - 59: Unholy Power (5/5)
60: Demonic Sacrifice (1/1) <- See below **

* These two points you can put anywhere. Some people like Curse of Exhaustion, some like Imp Curse of Weakness. It really doesn't matter, they are points needed to be spent to unlock the next tier.

** At this point you should consider respeccing into a dungeon/raid spec and start working on your pre-raid BiS

Always have your VW out while questing and/or grinding, nothing else.

Rotation:
If its a quick kill (< 20 seconds): DoT with Siphon Life and Corruption
If its a longer kill (> 20 seconds): DoT with Siphon Live, CoA, and Corruption. Only reapply Corruption if needed, as reapplying CoA/Siphon Life is not mana efficient (unless the fight is 50+ seconds long).

VERY IMPORTANT LEVELING POINTS!!
Unless you want the XP, you can skip most of the warlock class quests, with the following exceptions
Level 10 - The Binding - VW quest
Level 31 - In Search of Menara Voidrender - quest for Enchanted Gold Bloodrobe that can last you well into your 50s
Level 35 - Knowledge of the Orb of Orahil - Make sure you go the The Completed Orb of Dar'Orahil route and take the orb!. This will last you quite a long while, and the active use isn't that bad.
Level 40 - Summon Felsteed - click, click, free mount
Level 50 - An Imp's Request - quest for a unique, warlock only weapon, the Soul Harvester!!! Side note - take the trinket. The staff will eventually be replaced, the trinket has no substitute and is useful forever (including TBC)

The following is your Drain Soul Macro. This is what you will use in place of Drain Soul once you get a soul shard bag. It will delete the item (soul shard) in the bottom right corner of your left most bag, which normally would be our soul shard bag. If the bag is not full, it wont delete anything. You should be using this macro/spell to kill every mob you are fighting. This will give you a nice 10 second buff that will give you a nice little chunk of mana.

Code: Select all
/cast Drain Soul(Rank 1)
/run local a=GetBagName(4); if a=="Core Felcloth Bag" or a=="Felcloth Bag" or a=="Soul Pouch" or a=="Box of Souls" or a=="Small Soul Pouch" then PickupContainerItem(4,GetContainerNumSlots(4)) DeleteCursorItem() else end


Between levels 37 and 44, buy or have made every piece of shadoweave. It is a good base set that will improve your damage. You can start replacing pieces if you find something with both Int and Spirit. Even though we are not really a Spirit based class, the more we have, the more mana we can recuperate with Imp Drain Soul.

Not all levels are created equal
Save your money!! Since we dont have to purchase a mount at lvl 40, we are in an advantageous position that we can spend that money on gear. Only spend money to level Corruption, CoA, Siphon Life, Lifetap, shadowbolt, demon armor, soul stone, health stone, and your VW books. And start saving your money for some of your pre-raid BiS gear that is BoE. IE Felcloth Gloves.

Chapter 2: PvE Gearing for Raids

You've just hit 60, congrats!! Now what? If you want to continue to quest grind for gold, rewards, and rep, by all means keep your same spec and go to town. However, if you find yourself with the inclining to start running dungeons for loot and eventually getting into a raiding guild, here is what you should shoot for.

PvE Dungeon Spec:
You really only have 2 choices here;
SM/Ruin - DoT EVERYTHING with corruption, spam shadowbolts.
Pros: Higher survivability outside of raids and dungeons because of Siphon Life.
Cons: Lower overall DPS than DS/Ruin

5/5 Imp Corr DS/Ruin / 5/5 Suppression DS/Ruin. - Sacrifice succubus, pretend you are a shadow spec mage bot that spams shadowbolts.
Pros: Higher overall DPS than SM/Ruin, Can use Curse of Shadows instead of Curse of Agony
Cons: Glass cannon.

Gear:
The following is the current 1.8 BiS Pre-Raid gear for warlocks. With the addition of ZG, I classify any non-40 man dungeons as pre-raid. If you engage in the glorious act of PvP in your spare time, then you should strive to get the following Rank 10 PvP gear pieces, Champion's Dreadweave Cowl and Champion's Dreadweave Spaulders. From this point forward, MH/OH will be definitively better than 2H (until Staff of the Shadow Flame off Nefarian 0.0!!!).

Head: +40 "of Shadow Wrath", The Hexxer's Cover, Bloodvine Goggles
Neck: Dark Advisor's Pendant, Orb of the Darkmoon, Jeklik's Opaline Talisman,
Shoulder: Felcloth Shoulders, +30 "of Shadow Wrath", Abyssal Cloth Amice of Socery
Back: +21 "of Shadow Wrath", Cloak of the Hakkari Worshipers, Cloak of Consumption
Chest: Robe of Winter Night, Robe of the Void, Bloodvine Vest
Wrist: Sublime Wristguards, +21 "of Shadow Wrath", Dryad's Wrist Bindings
Hands: Gloves of Spell Mastery,Felcloth Gloves, Bloodtinged Gloves
Waist: Frostwolf Cloth Belt, Defiler's Cloth Girdle, Belt of Untapped Power
Legs: Abyssal Cloth Pants of Sorcery, Flarecore Leggings, Bloodvine Leggings
Feet: +30 "of Shadow Wrath", Betrayer's Boots, Bloodvine Boots
Ring: Eye of Orgrimmar, Maiden's Circle, Zanzil's Concentration
Trinket: Eye of the Beast, Briarwood Reed, Zandalarian Hero Charm
2H: Rod of the Ogre Magi, Jin'do's Judgement, Ironbark Staff
Main Hand: Fang of Venoxis, Bloodcaller, Mindfang
Off Hand: Therazane's Touch/Tome of Shadow Force, Jin'do's Bag of Whammies
Ranged: Skul's Ghastly Touch, Touch of Chaos, +21 "of Shadow Wrath"

Older Patches:
Patch 1.3 - Dire Maul
Patch 1.5 - "of Shadow Wrath" Greens
Patch 1.6 - BWL
Patch 1.7 - ZG

PvE Tips: Cheap Oils and Elixirs
Starting off, face it, your DPS will be abysmal. Accept this and move on. Two cheap options that are an effective DPS bump while working on youe gear: Lesser Wizard Oil and Arcane Elixirs. Both are relatively cheap on the AH and have a combined +36 spell damage. The oil will also last through death.

Chapter 3: Professions

Choosing which professions you want to pursue with your warlock really boils down to what you want to be doing when you reach endgame. Here, i will go over each profession and summarize my personal choices at the end.

Gathering Profesions: Typically chosen to either support a Production professions or as a source of income.
Herbalism: Along with mining, a fairly easy profession to skill up while playing. 'See node. Gather node'. At higher levels and at endgame, a fairly good source of income if you are diligent. Flask mats are always in high demand.
Mining: Along with herbalism, a fairly easy profession to skill up while playing. 'See node. Gather node'. Endgame mining for warlocks is a fairly poor choice.
Skinning: In the same vein as mining (kek, puns). Unless you are supporting another toon with your Skinning/Leather working, leave those professions to the leather wearers.

Production Professions: The meat and potatoes of your endgame profession selection. Choosing, or not choosing, some of these have drastic effects on endgame results.
Alchemy: A good source of income if you can land a few rarer recipes (see flasks). Also takes a buisiness-like mind and mentality to watch the AH and know when to buy and sell (mats and pots). Also gains access to transmutes.
Blacksmithing: Only pick this if you are supporting another toon. Useless for warlocks
Enchanting: Good for some side cash (selling DE's) and leveling up with tailoring (DE what you craft). Can be expensive to level up, and the endgame payoff is limited. Unless you land a very rare recipe (see +30 spellpower / +55 healing), you are only going to be making money off tips.
Engineering: An absolute MUST if you are going to be a serious PvP'er. The trinkets and gizmos you gain access to are numerous and entertaining.
Leatherworking: See skinning.
Tailoring: This is where the magic happens. BoP recipes are some of the most powerful gear you have access to outside of 40-mans. Robe of the Void is BiS pre-raid chest, and the soon to be release ZG Bloodvine recipes (chest, legs, boots) are BiS untli Naxx. Definitely pick this up and level it if you are serious about PvE

What have we learned? If you PvP, take Engineering. If you PvE, take Tailoring. Those are the only rules. Your 2nd profession is really up to you and what you enjoy doing? Me personally? I have Tailoring, and am about to drop Enchanting for Alchemy.

Chapter 4: BiS of the BiS

No world bosses!! (keeping it a little realistic)

The below is the Bis of the Bis, universally accepted, diligently theory-crafted, Xashe approved.

With the release of BWL, and some +spell hit gear, we finally have a sturdy base to build on. I've started a list of the primo BiS from now till the end of vanilla, broken up into the upcoming patches.

Patch 1.6 (BWL)
Helm - Mish'undare, Circlet of the Mind Flayer - Nef
Neck - Choker of the Firelord - Rag
Shoulder - Mantle of the Blackwing Cabal - Razorgore
Back - Cloak of the Brood Lord - Nef
Chest - Robe of Volatile Power - Luci/Shazz/Geh/Sulf
Bracer - Bracers of Arcane Accuracy - Broodlord Lasher
Hands - Ebony Flame Gloves - Ebonroc
Belt - Mana Igniting Cord - Magmadar/Geddon/Garr/Golemagg
Legs - Flarecore Leggings - Crafted
Boots - +30 Boots of Shadow Wrath - BoE
Ring1 - Band of Forced Concentration - Ebonroc
Ring2 - Band of Dark Dominion - BWL trash
Trinket1* - Briarwood Reed - Jed or Eye of the Beast - Quest
Trinket2 - Neltharion's Tear - Nef
2H - Staff of the Shadow Flame - Nef
Wand - +23 Lunar Wand of Shadow Wrath -BoE
*ToEP goes here, but priority Mages > Warlocks, also depending on buffs and raid DPS Reed vs Eye

Patch 1.7 (ZG) changes:
Back - Cloak of the Brood Lord -> Cloak of Consumption - HakKar
Chest - Robe of Volatile Power -> Bloodvine Vest - Crafted
Legs - Flarecore Leggings -> Bloodvine Leggings - Crafted
Boots - +30 Boots of Shadow Wrath -> Bloodvine Boots - Crafted

Patch 1.8 (Dragons of Nightmare/Abyssal Council) changes:
-None

Patch 1.9 (AQ 20/40) changes:
Head - XXX -> Doomcaller's Circlet - Quest
Neck - XXX -> Amulet of Vek'nilash - Twin Emps
Shoulder - XXX -> Doomcaller's Mantle - Quest
Back - XXX -> Cloak of the Devoured - C'Thun
Bracer - XXX -> Rockfury Bracers - Quest
Hands - XXX -> Dark Storm Gauntlets - C'Thun
Belt - XXX -> Eyestalk Waist Cord - C'Thun
Ring1 - XXX -> Ring of Unspoken Names - Quest
Ring2** - Band of Forced Concentration -> Ring of the Fallen God - C'Thun
2h / 1h+OH - XXX -> Sharpened Silithid Femur + Royal Scepter of Vek'lor - Twin Emps

**Only update your Band of Forced Concentration to Ring of the Fallen God

Patch 1.10 (non-content) changes:
-None

Patch 1.11 (Naxx - non-Frost Wing loot) changes:
Helm - XXX -> Plagueheart Circlet - Quest
Shoulder - XXX ->Rime Covered Mantle - Gluth
Chest - XXX -> Plagueheart Robe - Quest
Legs - XXX -> Leggings of Polarity - Thaddius
Boots - XXX -> Plagueheart Sandals - Quest
Ring1/2** - Ring of Unspoken Names -> Seal of the Damned - 4 Horsemen
2h / 1h+OH - XXX -> Wraith Blade - Maexxna
Wand - XXX -> Wand of Fates - Patchwerk

**Depending on your +sp at this point, some argue that Ring of Unspoken Names+Seal of the Damned > Ring of the Fallen God+Seal of the Damned because of the extra crit. Your mileage may vary, test both.

The 2/8 set bonus (Your Shadow Bolts now have a chance to heal you for 270 to 331) is always reached since Tier 3 head, chest and boots are best in slot items. The 4/8 bonus (Increases damage caused by your Corruption by 12%) is very easily reachable with Plagueheart Shoulderpads, meaning that the set bonus worth discussing is the 6/8 bonus (Your spell critical hits generate 25% less threat. In addition, Corruption, Immolate, Curse of Agony, and Siphon Life generate 25% less threat), extremely handy in threat-sensitive fights.

The 6/8 T3 set bonus is most effectively reached by adopting the Plagueheart Belt and Plagueheart Gloves over your Eyestalk Waist Cord and Dark Storm Gauntlets.

Chapter 5: Enchants and Consumables

Ensuring you have the proper enchants on your gear not only will ensure you are maximizing your DPS output, but will also make sure you are taken seriously. I can't begin to tell you how many times I've seen AGI enchants on gloves or Spirit on bracers.

Enchants:
Head: Hoodoo Hex (18sp/10stam) > Arcanum of Focus (9sp)
Shoulder: Zandalar Signet of Mojo (18sp)
Back: Enchant Cloak - Greater Resistance (+5 resist all)
Chest: Greater Stats(+4 Stats) > Major Mana (+100 mana)
Wrist: Greater Intellect(+7 int) > Superior Stamina(+9 sta)
Hands: Riding Skill
Legs: Hoodoo Hex (18sp/10stam) > Arcanum of Focus (9sp)
Feet: Minor Run Speed
2H: Spell Power(+30sp)
Main Hand: Spell Power(+30sp)
Off Hand: -NA-
Ranged: -NA-

Consumables:
Flask of Supreme Power - for progression or try hard meter smashing
Elixir of Shadow Power
Greater Arcane Elixir
Elixir of Greater Firepower
Brilliant Wizard Oil
Rumsey Rum Black Label


I hope this helps all you new leveling warlocks, or help redirect some of you who are having problems leveling.

*!*!* Any questions? Ask away. *!*!*
*!*!* Got something to add or a tip for leveling? Add it below. *!*!*
Last edited by Botmaster5 on Sun Nov 05, 2017 2:45 am, edited 56 times in total.
<Titans of War> Xashe
"Behold those who have power, and who are not afraid to wield it. Behold... the warlocks!" - Gul'dan
User avatar
Botmaster5
Sergeant Major
Sergeant Major
 

Re: Definitive PvE Warlock leveling guide

by Botmaster5 » Tue Jun 16, 2015 3:54 pm

*Edit 6/30 - Updated talent snapshots to point to db.vanillagaming.org. Fixed talent progression and recommended quests (thanks Numi). Added drain soul macro (thanks Vikterion).

*Edit 7/13 - Changed name of thread (-leveling), separated content into chapters, added BiS pre-raid gear and pve raid/dungeon specs

*Edit 7/17 - Corrected BiS, updated for AV

*Edit 7/30 - Corrected BiS to reflect new BiS gear, "of Shadow Wrath"

*Edit 9/20 - Updated Pre-Raid BiS to include new items from patch 1.6

*Edit 9/30 - Added Chapter 3: Professions

*Edit 10/11 - Added Chapter 4: Bis of the Bis,

*Edit 10/13 - Cleaned up and reordered some items on Pre-Raid BiS, Added AB/WSG pvp gear to pre-raid BiS, removed Ranked PvP gear form pre-raid BiS and added Champion's Dreadweave Cowl and Champion's Dreadweave Spaulders to a special sidenote.

*Edit 11/29 - Updated pre-raid BiS to include items from ZG and ZG rep. Changed the shade of blue to make it easier to read.

*Edit 2/7 - Updated and corrected pre-raid BiS to reflect abyssal council. Moved Rockfury Bracers to correct patch (1.9). Added Chapter 5: Enchants and Consumables. Tweaked BiS of BiS

*Edit 3/7 - Removed 'PvE' from title to avoid server confusion. Added links for older content gear lists (1.3 and 1.5) Thanks Soulxlock & Guybrush for the links.
Last edited by Botmaster5 on Tue Mar 15, 2016 1:34 pm, edited 21 times in total.
<Titans of War> Xashe
"Behold those who have power, and who are not afraid to wield it. Behold... the warlocks!" - Gul'dan
User avatar
Botmaster5
Sergeant Major
Sergeant Major
 

Re: Definitive PvE Warlock leveling guide

by Kikeron » Wed Jun 17, 2015 7:06 am

Thanks for this. I really suggest the warlock robes quest as well, since the reward is so good that you might keep it till 50 or so. I also suggest the Wailing Caverns quest staff reward since it is exceptional good. You need to run the instance once (I know it is a real pain).

I wonder of your leveling speed this way. I mean with VW you cannot kill more than 2 mobs easilly unless they are green. Have you considered switching to succu when you get shadoweave gear and multidot/life drain?
User avatar
Kikeron
Sergeant
Sergeant
 

Re: Definitive PvE Warlock leveling guide

by Numi » Thu Jun 18, 2015 3:29 pm

Botmaster5 wrote:Talent Snapshots: 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60


Well written and good guide in general, theres however two things Id like to comment on:

Talent tree:
Improved Drain Soul is crucial to maintain uptime at levels 30+ and at roughly ~35 youll get really punished by going full affi, because your void is going to lose aggro and go oom way to quickly, which either forces you to drink or stand around waiting for your void to regain mana.

This is instead what I recommend:
Affi to improved drain soul:
http://db.vanillagaming.org/?talent#IGM

Then demo untill improved void walker:
http://db.vanillagaming.org/?talent#IGMZbhh

Before going back to affi to finish of SM before going back to demo:
38:
http://db.vanillagaming.org/?talent#IAMbhRboZbhh

47:
http://db.vanillagaming.org/?talent#IAMbhRbkAZbhh

60:
http://db.vanillagaming.org/?talent#IAMbhRbkAZbxNzzx

The aim is to improve void walker aggro before the crucial level 35, then to focus on damage and efficiency.

Before SM theres not a lot of efficient talents that you need to improve your kill per hour (KPH), the main gain is improved drain soul.

The way you play this specc is by pulling the next mob as your current one drops low, and then when you just finished dotting your new target you drain soul the previous mob, it dies and then you wand the next target.

Once you learn to time this properly and are farming the right kinds of mobs (often raptors before level 40), youll easily pull ~130 KPH. Its so efficient its rivaling pure questing for me, 27-32 I farmed because a level by questing was ~2 hrs 15 min and a pure grinding level was ~1 hr 45 min.

I also dont recommend getting shadow damage gear, its not worth the cash, focus on spirit and intellect, to regen more mana and be able to spend more mana per mob. (Stamina is also a decent stat, because youll often be in pvp zones, making it easier to survive a gank means youll spend less time recovering and more time killing!)

Im currently level 39 on my 2nd warlock on this server, my first is already 60 and I played the affi specc linked above, but the one Ive explained here has been much much faster, not to mention its only going to be faster from here on.

Other than that, the guide is spot on, good work!

Edit:

VERY IMPORTANT LEVELING POINTS!!
Level 35 - Knowledge of the Orb of Orahil - Take the staff as the reward.


DO NOT TAKE THE STAFF, the off-hand is BiS untill you can farm a well rolled orb from Sunken Tempel, its pretty important if you want to pve / pvp this expansion at all.
Numi
Senior Sergeant
Senior Sergeant
 

Re: Definitive PvE Warlock leveling guide

by darkxiao » Fri Jun 26, 2015 4:55 pm

Botmaster5 wrote:Talent Snapshots: 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60


Is it possible to fix these links? For me it's not showing any points allocated to any of the specs.

Numi wrote:This is instead what I recommend:
Affi to improved drain soul:
http://db.vanillagaming.org/?talent#IGM


I am also having issues with db.vanillagaming.org it could be on my end but just wanted to point it out just in case. Is there a way you can update those links? I'd love to see what build you were using to level
Last edited by darkxiao on Fri Jun 26, 2015 9:11 pm, edited 1 time in total.
darkxiao
Tester
 

Re: Definitive PvE Warlock leveling guide

by nervous » Fri Jun 26, 2015 5:28 pm

Numi wrote:
VERY IMPORTANT LEVELING POINTS!!
Level 35 - Knowledge of the Orb of Orahil - Take the staff as the reward.


DO NOT TAKE THE STAFF, the off-hand is BiS untill you can farm a well rolled orb from Sunken Tempel, its pretty important if you want to pve / pvp this expansion at all.


From what I understand +shadow damage rolls will not ever exist on this server. Bis offhand now is umbral crystal or something, although if you're concerned with raiddps you should be using rod of the ogre magi.

Improved drain soul tends not to be worth it unless you're good with pulling your pet off mobs before they die (if pet lands a KB you won't get a proc). General deletion of soulshards is fairly annoying to me, and I assume others feel the same way.

I'm also fairly certain the voidwalker has garbage threat gen since...a few months ago, so I can't really comment on its ability to hold threat while leveling anymore, so I'm skeptical if it would really be worth it for the leveling lock especially considering the high amount of pvp action you'll be encountering while leveling.
<GRIZZLY>
nervous
Knight-Lieutenant
Knight-Lieutenant
 

Re: Definitive PvE Warlock leveling guide

by StoneColdET » Fri Jun 26, 2015 6:08 pm

Would just like to point out that the level 50 quest for the Soul Harvester is not available yet. The first 2 parts are, but the last part that sends you to Sunken Temple hasn't been added yet. And it's unknown how long before the devs add it back to the game yet.
User avatar
StoneColdET
Grunt
Grunt
 

Re: Definitive PvE Warlock leveling guide

by Botmaster5 » Fri Jun 26, 2015 6:18 pm

StoneColdET wrote:Would just like to point out that the level 50 quest for the Soul Harvester is not available yet. The first 2 parts are, but the last part that sends you to Sunken Temple hasn't been added yet. And it's unknown how long before the devs add it back to the game yet.


i looked into it. the quest (along with many class specific quest) were implemented in 1.8
<Titans of War> Xashe
"Behold those who have power, and who are not afraid to wield it. Behold... the warlocks!" - Gul'dan
User avatar
Botmaster5
Sergeant Major
Sergeant Major
 

Re: Definitive PvE Warlock leveling guide

by Numi » Sat Jun 27, 2015 12:41 pm

nervous wrote:From what I understand +shadow damage rolls will not ever exist on this server. Bis offhand now is umbral crystal or something, although if you're concerned with raiddps you should be using rod of the ogre magi.

Improved drain soul tends not to be worth it unless you're good with pulling your pet off mobs before they die (if pet lands a KB you won't get a proc). General deletion of soulshards is fairly annoying to me, and I assume others feel the same way.

I'm also fairly certain the voidwalker has garbage threat gen since...a few months ago, so I can't really comment on its ability to hold threat while leveling anymore, so I'm skeptical if it would really be worth it for the leveling lock especially considering the high amount of pvp action you'll be encountering while leveling.


The voidwalker threat is perfectly fine with 3/3 improved void and some management, but it wont hold aggro without some effort.

The problem with voidwalker threat is most likely that it runs out of mana, toggling autocast on taunt is key to leveling a warlock and youll already _need_ to manage your pet enough to make it efficient that the improved drain soul is not going to be any extra work.

Oh and one more thing regarding voidwalker, if your pet is landing killing blows youre doing warlocks wrong, abuse your dots, the next target should be dotted and ready when you start the drain soul channel, or youre going to be wasting time overkilling mobs.

The OH is still one of the best off-hands, for example if you get the MH from AB rep, a 1h from raids or w/e you want that OH. Not to mention you 100% want a 1h and an OH because of spellstone, so that off-hand is
Numi
Senior Sergeant
Senior Sergeant
 

Re: Definitive PvE Warlock leveling guide

by Botmaster5 » Tue Jun 30, 2015 3:32 pm

*Edit 6/30 - Updated talent snapshots to point to db.vanillagaming.org. Fixed talent progression and recommended quests (thanks Numi). Added drain soul macro (thanks Vikterion).
<Titans of War> Xashe
"Behold those who have power, and who are not afraid to wield it. Behold... the warlocks!" - Gul'dan
User avatar
Botmaster5
Sergeant Major
Sergeant Major
 

Next

Return to Warlock

cron