Warlocks have clear weaknesses in WoW: Forever, yet they remain a power in all areas of Azeroth that you'd rather have as a friend than as an enemy.
- Possible Races: Orc, Undead, Troll, Human, Gnome
- Possible Roles: Ranged damage dealers focusing on companions and damage-over-time (DoTs) effects
- Resources: Mana, Soul Shards
- Greatest Feature: Relies on summoning companions, demons, reviving soul shards, and health stones; requires soul shards from defeated enemies for the use of some spells.
- Available Weapons: One-handed swords, daggers, staves, wands
Official Description: Warlocks are the corruption of all life. With the help of demon blood, they are able to inflict great suffering on their enemies. To replenish the terrible energy consumed through their spells, warlocks drain their victims of life force. The class can also summon and control fearsome demons. Warlocks are most feared for their unparalleled malice and cruelty.
What are the strengths? High direct damage, focusing on demons or strong damage-over-time effects? As a warlock, you have three competitive playstyles with different strengths and weaknesses in Forever. In addition, the important curses that every raid is keen on, as they increase the magic damage received from opponents, come into play.
Your demonic companions provide you with many useful skills: They can deal damage, tank, buff you and your group, remove effects, or control enemies.
Additionally, warlocks benefit from health and soul stones (which restore health or offer resurrection), the summoning of teammates, the strong fear spell (which makes opponents walk mindlessly around), or the ability to heal themselves repeatedly. Warlocks are a force in PvE, in PvP, and during leveling.
What are the weaknesses? Managing demon skills requires practice. Letting everything happen automatically wastes some potential of the class, especially in PvP. All three specializations have clear weaknesses:
- Destruction lacks strong damage-over-time effects for high cleave damage on multiple, long-lasting targets.
- Affliction takes time to ramp up and therefore struggles to deal competitive damage in all short fights.
- Demonology is the most reliant on its demon. If the servant dies from, for example, enemy area damage, the warlock’s damage plummets.
The warlock is ideal for: Anyone who wants to roam with a servant but prefers to deal magical damage in the form of shadow bolts, fire spells, and DoTs instead of physical damage. We also recommend the warlock if you want to drive your opponents crazy in PvP or if you want to have a chill time while leveling. Warlocks were among the least played classes in the Vanilla and Classic context – this could also be a reason to create a warlock.
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