World of Warcraft Guide - Warlock - Jump Start Your New WoW Warlock

World of Warcraft Guide - Warlock - Jump Start Your New WoW Warlock

Congratulations, you have chosen to play a Warlock. If this is the first time you have played a Warlock you should find this information helpful to help get you going. Here we will give a general overview of basic Warlock play and some points on getting your Warlock on it's way too the higher levels A.S.A.P.

The Warlock is similar to the Mage as they are both primarily spell casters. The major difference between the two is the Warlock is the master of damage over time spells, commonly known as DOT's. The Warlock also has the widest variety of debuffs that can be used against their enemies. But in my opinion the neatest thing that the Warlock has is the ability to summon minions to do its bidding.

Starting with the devious imp. This little creature is very handy when starting out with a new Warlock. It does damage to your enemies and when you get to the higher levels it can even provide the Warlock with mana. At level 10 the Warlock learns to summon the Voidwalker which not only fights for the Warlock as a very good tank, but also helps defend the warlock. As the Warlock advances in levels they will also be able to summon other great minions like the Succubus, Felhunter, Infernal, Doomguard and the Felguard.

Besides summoning minions the Warlock also has the ability to temporarily take control of demons in World of Warcraft and have them fight for the Warlock.

Another big benefit of the Warlocks summoning abilities is that the Warlock can summon mounts. Starting off with the Felsteed originally available at level 40 but with the latest World of Warcraft update is now available at level 20. Later on (at level 40)you will be able to learn how to summon the Dreadsteed.

Some points to consider when choosing a Warlock race:

For the Alliance:

There are only two races a Warlock may be for the alliance, human or gnome.

The humans are a overall well rounded race for any class, and the Warlock is no exception. Perception helps to locate transformed enemies and Human Spirit gives a bonus to the Warlocks Demonic Embrace and Fel Armor. Every Man for Himself is probably the most beneficial trait from the human race, mostly in PVP.

The gnomes are a naturally adapted race for the Warlock as they have abilities that help many Warlock necessities. With Escape Artists the gnome helps the Warlock get out of unwanted melee situations. Expansive Mind is great for replenishing the Warlock's mana. Engineering Specialist is a great help to the Warlock in PVP.

For the Horde:

The blood elve's make for a good Warlock using their natural 2% resistance to spells and their Arcane Torrent is great for keeping the Warlocks mana up.

The orc's have many characteristics that will benefit the Warlock. The orcs Blood Fury gives an extra bonus to the Warlocks spell damage for a 15 second period with a relatively short cool down time. Hardiness is of great value to any class as it takes 15% off the duration of stuns which are used by many
foes.

The undead race makes Will of the Forsaken(undead) available to the Warlock which is awesome in PVP among other circumstances. Also the Warlocks Life Tap works very well in conjunction with the undeads Cannibalize trait.

For the most part, the race you choose will only make a difference to the quality of your Warlock in the early to mid levels so don't rack your brain trying to decide the absolute best race for your Warlock. See what race seems like one you would enjoy using and go with it, remember this is for fun.

Fortunately for the Warlock the imp minion can be acquired very early in the game, as early as level one. Be sure to get your imp as soon as possible as it will be of great help to you in questing and combat. Be sure to have your Demon Skin on and then send your imp in to fight. Then cast Immolate from long range to keep you out of harms way. Your imp will usually keep your enemies busy enough to keep your damage low, and your Demon Skin will regenerate 3 health points every 5 seconds. Keep using this strategy for much of the game, the minions and spells may change but the overall strategy shouldn't. After a few levels you will acquire Shadow Bolt and then Corruption. Even though these spells use more mana they are well worth it. But don't forget Immolate, you may want to use it to finish off your enemies towards the end of a battle to conserve mana.

After you have reached level 7 or so, you should start to think about how you want to specialize your Warlock. If you want to play primarily with a group, then concentrate on being purely a damage dealing caster and let the group act as your defense. But if you wish to play mostly solo you will want to pay more attention to your minions as they will be the ones that will keep the aggro off of you and handle the melee combat. The Warlock can solo quite well, and is very useful in a group so which ever way you choose to lean there will be plenty of action.

After that leveling up comes pretty easily, just use some common sense and think ahead about which direction you want to build your Warlock.

Hope you found this helpful.

Thanks and Happy Gaming
* Paul Burkhardt

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