Please note: These guides are just to offer some basic information about the class and also one of the many differant talent builds avalible. This is intended for those new to glider and also the specific profile pack contained can be used by anyone, This is just a started point for many users, If you think the guide is missing something the please drop a post in a friendly manner and i will try my best to add it to the guide.
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The Warlock
Warlocks enslave demons and call upon dark magic and curses to dominate and destroy their foes. Like hunters, warlocks employ combat pets, but these are summoned demons rather than tamed beasts. They are primarily ranged magic damage dealers with a focus on damage over time in addition to nukes and AoE, but lack the extreme burst damage capabilities of a mage. Demon pets and fear spells give them a variety of tactical options, and they have several utility spells and abilities, including summoning party members and creating healthstones and soulstones.
Available to: Blood Elves, Gnomes, Humans, Orcs, Undead
Type: Debuffer and Cool Guy/Girl
Standard Bars: Health/Mana
Pet Bars: Health/Mana
Available Armor: Cloth
Available Weapons: Daggers, Wands, Swords, Staves
Comments: Excellent solo class
Main Stats: Stamina and Intellect
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Minions
Imp: Level Obtained: Varies (obtainable as early as 1, usually 4 though)
The Imp's main role is a support minion, designed to do additional damage alongside the caster via its Firebolt attack. The Imp is very fragile and will die very quickly if attacked, but it requires no Soul Shard to summon, and is often used to farm new Soul Shards when you run out and cannot summon a different minion.
Voidwalker: Level Obtained: 10
This demon deals little damage, but has very good armor and good hit points. He is excellent while soloing, because he is an excellent tank, is able to keep aggro and has high armor and health.
Succubus: Level Obtained: 20
The Succubus is replete with spells that deal damage and mesmerize the enemy in different ways.
Felhunter: Level Obtained: 30
The Felhunter is your anti-caster minion. Where the Succubus deals lots of melee damage, the Voidwalker is a great tank and the Imp deals lots of ranged damage, the Felhunter has high magic resist and has abilities to Counterspell, remove buffs from enemies and remove debuffs from friendlies
Infernal: Level Obtained: 50 - Obtained through "Grimoire of Inferno" or "Kroshius' Infernal Core"
While it deals better melee damage than the Succubus, has higher HP, fire immunity, and more AC than a Voidwalker; it needs to be enslaved (with the Enslave Demon spell) after the first five minutes. This demon can break loose unexpectedly, causing it to turn on its former master.
Doomguard: Level Obtained: 60
The Doomguard is one of the most powerful Warlock minions. It has high HP and AC, as well as having Rain of Fire, Dispel, Cripple and Warstomp. A properly used Doomguard can take out entire camps of enemies at a time before perishing. However, like the Infernal, it requires Enslave Demon to be cast on it to stay within the Warlock's control, but unlike the Infernal, it MUST be enslaved right away, or it will start attacking you or your party/raid.
Felguard: Obtained from the 41st point of the demonology talent tree
The Felguard is the most powerful non-enslaved Warlock minion. Overall effectiveness compared to other warlock minions is in a rapid state of flux. It has similar DPS to the succubus, while tanking almost as well as the Voidwalker (having slightly less armor but much better single target aggro generation. This demon has abilities that help a lot in PvP as well as when soloing. It uses the standard single soul shard to summon.
Pet Scaling
1 Stamina gives 0.3 to your pet.
1 Resistance gives 0.4 to your pet.
1 Armor gives 0.35 armor to the pet.
1 Spell damage gives 0.15 spell damage, and 0.57 attack power to your pet.
1 Int gives your pet 0.3 int.
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Races
Human
Perception - Activate to increase stealth detection radius by 10 yards - lasts 20 sec 3 min cooldown
The Human Spirit - passive Increase Spirit by 10%
Diplomacy - Passive 10% bonus to faction point gain
Sword Specialization - Passive Humans get +5 to Sword skill
Mace Specialization - Passive Humans get +5 to Mace skill.
Detect stealth is marginally useful as you have to activate it. This means you have to know something is stealthed before hand. Also warlocks can train to use swords but most use staves for the stat bonuses. The sword skill bonus is nice but you will probably be shooting wands more than swinging your weapons. The spirit boost is ok for reducing downtime in PvE but warlocks get spells to enhance health and mana regen so we have little to no downtime as it is. Admittedly at the end game rep grind the Diplomacy can have a huge effect on reputation gain and grinding.
Gnome
Escape Artist - Activate to break out of a Root or Snare effect - Instant - 1 min cooldown
Expansive Mind - passive Increase Intelligence by 5%
Arcane Resistance - passive All Gnomes get +10 Arcane Resistance
Technologist - passive 15 skill bonus to Engineering.
If you want to be an engineering warlock then a gnome might be a good choice. The escape artist is marginally useful from breaking out of snares and such, but you can buy items that do the same thing. Arcane resistance is decent for in PvP.
Orc
Blood Fury - Increases attack power by about 4 per character level (282 at 70), but reduces healing effects on you 50%. Lasts 15 sec.
Hardiness - passive 15% resistance to stun and knockout effects.
Command - passive Pet melee damage increased by 5%
Axe Specialization - passive Orcs get +5 to Axe skill.
The stun resistances orcs are reporting are more like 3% at most so that is not a great bonus. Warlocks can't use axes, but the pet damage bonus can be helpful. Blood fury boosts spell damage similar to the attack power boost.
Undead
Will of the Forsaken - Activate to become immune to fear, sleep, and charm effects - lasts 5 sec - 3 min cooldown.
Cannabalize - Activate to regenerate 7% of total health every 2 sec. by consuming Humanoid or Undead corpses within 5 yds - lasts 10 sec - 2 min cooldown
Underwater Breathing - passive Underwater breath increased by 4x
Shadow Resistance - passive All Undead get +10 Shadow Resistance.
Cannibalize which allows you to eat humanoid or undead corpses to regain health faster, which is decent benefit while PvE'ing and lifetaping. The second undead active ability only really shines in PvP and is Will of the Forsaken, which is 5 seconds of immunity to fear, charm, sleep and will break you out of fear upon activation but not sleep/seduce. If you plan to play on a PvP server Will of The Forsaken or WoTF can be game changing. The most common strategy warlock in PvP is to fear kite your opponent. Alliance warlocks often complain about undead and their WoTF as an "I win" button in PvP especially undead rogues. The shadow resistance is good for fighting alliance warlocks and shadow priests.
Blood Elf
Arcane Affinity - passive Enchanting skill increased by 10.
Arcane Torrent - active - (Hunters/Paladins/Mages/Priests/Warlocks only)
Silences all enemies within 8 yards for 2 sec. In addition, you gain 5 + 1/Level Mana restored per Mana Tap charge currently affecting you - Instant - 2 min cooldown.
Magic Resistance - passive All resistances increased by 5.
Mana Tap - active Reduces target's mana by 51 and charges you with Arcane energy for 10 min. This effect stacks up to 3 times. Amount of mana reduced is 50 + 1/Level - 30 yd range - Instant - 30 sec cooldown.
The ability to perform an AE silence as a warlock in PVP seems wonderful in addition to the mana returned. Although I must say warlocks already have a plethora of mana returning options through talents and spells, this seems to be additional icing on the cake. The lack of caster monsters makes the arcane torrent and mana tap abilities a little less helpful in PVE as a consistent help.
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Custom Class
For leveling the warlock i reccomend using a PVE custom class, the one im going to use is my own "PicLock" and i will guide you through the settings i use to glide the warlock from 10-70. It uses an afflication spec till level 50 and then switches to a demonology spec to get felguard.
PicLock
Installation:
1. Download The Latest Version Of PicLock. -
2. Extract The "PicLock.zip" File.
3. You Now Have 4 Files Within That Folder, "PicLock.cs", "PicLock.xml", "GConfig.dll" and "Keys.xml".
4. Place The 3 Files - "PicLock.cs", "PicLock.xml", "GConfig.dll" - Into Your "Classes" Folder Within Glider. (EG: C:/Glider/Classes)
5. Place The File - "Keys.xml" Into Your "Glider" Folder. (EG: C:/Glider)
6. Load Glider, Select "Options".
7. Select The "Keys" Tab.
8. Click "Load" Load Keymap From Keys.xml.
9. Select The "Classes" Tab.
10. Check The "PicLock.cs" Checkbox.
11. Select The "General" Tab.
12. Select "PicLock" From The Class Selection Box.
13. Customise The Classes Options To Your Liking.
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Bar Setup:
Bar One
[1] Wand
[2] Shadow Bolt
[3] Immolate
[4] Corruption
[5]
[6] Curse Of Agony
[7] Lifetap
[8] Drain Soul
[9] Use Healthstone
[0] Amplify Curse
[-] Drain Life
[=] Drain Mana
Bar Two
[1] Unstable Affliction
[2] Summon Succubus
[3] Curse Of Recklessness
[4] Summon Felhunter
[5]
[6] Fear
[7] Summon Voidwalker
[8] Summon Felguard
[9] Create Healthstone
[0] Summon Imp
[-] Health Funnel
[=] Armor Buff
Bar Three
[1] Fel Domination
[2] SoulLink
[3] Demonic Sacrifice
[4] Siphon Life
[5] Eat
[6] Drink
[7] Potion
[8] Mount
[9] Hearthstone
[0]
[-]
[=]
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Combat
You always fight with the voidwalker until you get felguard, you send the voidwalker in 1st "wait for pet aggro", and then cast your dots, normally, Immolate, Corruption and then COA, drain life's and then lifetaps when it needs mana. This results in little downtime for the lock and needs minimul food / water.
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Talents
Spec Full Affliction Using Voidwalker Untill Level 50, Then Respec To Demonology Spec
Level 10: Improved Corruption(1/5)
Level 11: Improved Corruption(2/5)
Level 12: Improved Corruption(3/5)
Level 13: Improved Corruption(4/5)
Level 14: Improved Corruption(5/5)
Level 15: Improved Life Tap(1/2)
Level 16: Improved Life Tap(2/2)
Level 17: Soul Siphon(1/2)
Level 18: Soul Siphon(2/2)
Level 19: Suppression(1/5)
Level 20: Fel Concentration(1/5)
Level 21: Fel Concentration(2/5)
Level 22: Fel Concentration(3/5)
Level 23: Fel Concentration(4/5)
Level 24: Fel Concentration(5/5)
Level 25: Imp Curse Of Agony(1/2)
Level 26: Imp Curse Of Agony(2/2)
Level 27: Empowered Corruption(1/3)
Level 28: Empowered Corruption(1/3)
Level 29: Empowered Corruption(1/3)
Level 30: Nightfall(1/2)
Level 31: Nightfall(2/2)
Level 32: Siphon Life(1/1)
Level 33: Grim Reach(1/2)
Level 34: Grim Reach(2/2)
Level 35: Shadow Mastery(1/5)
Level 36: Shadow Mastery(2/5)
Level 37: Shadow Mastery(3/5)
Level 38: Shadow Mastery(4/5)
Level 39: Shadow Mastery(5/5)
Level 40: Contagion(1/5)
Level 41: Contagion(2/5)
Level 42: Contagion(3/5)
Level 43: Contagion(4/5)
Level 44: Contagion(5/5)
Level 45: Shadow Embrace(1/5)
Level 46: Shadow Embrace(2/5)
Level 47: Shadow Embrace(3/5)
Level 48: Shadow Embrace(4/5)
Level 49: Shadow Embrace(5/5)
At Level 50, Respec To Demonology and Use The Following:
Level 10: Demonic Embrace(1/5)
Level 11: Demonic Embrace(2/5)
Level 12: Demonic Embrace(3/5)
Level 13: Demonic Embrace(4/5)
Level 14: Demonic Embrace(5/5)
Level 15: Fel Intellect(1/3)
Level 16: Fel Intellect(2/3)
Level 17: Fel Intellect(3/3)
Level 18: Imp Health Funnel(1/2)
Level 19: Imp Health Funnel(2/2)
Level 20: Fel Domination (1/1)
Level 21: Fel Stamina(1/3)
Level 22: Fel Stamina(2/3)
Level 23: Fel Stamina(3/3)
Level 24: Demonic Aegis(1/3)
Level 25: Demonic Aegis(2/3)
Level 26: Demonic Aegis(3/3)
Level 27: Master Summoner(1/2)
Level 28: Master Summoner(2/2)
Level 29: Unholy Power(1/5)
Level 30: Unholy Power(2/5)
Level 31: Unholy Power(3/5)
Level 32: Unholy Power(4/5)
Level 33: Unholy Power(5/5)
Level 34: Demonic Sacrifice(1/1)
Level 35: Master Demonologist(1/5)
Level 36: Master Demonologist(2/5)
Level 37: Master Demonologist(3/5)
Level 38: Master Demonologist(4/5)
Level 39: Master Demonologist(5/5)
Level 40: Soul Link(1/1)
Level 41: Demonic Knowlage(1/3)
Level 42: Demonic Knowlage(2/3)
Level 43: Demonic Knowlage(3/3)
Level 44: Demonic Resilience(1/3)
Level 45: Demonic Tactics(1/5)
Level 46: Demonic Tactics(2/5)
Level 47: Demonic Tactics(3/5)
Level 48: Demonic Tactics(4/5)
Level 49: Demonic Tactics(5/5)
Level 50: Summon Felguard(1/1)
Level 51: Improved Corruption(1/5)
Level 52: Improved Corruption(2/5)
Level 53: Improved Corruption(3/5)
Level 54: Improved Corruption(4/5)
Level 55: Improved Corruption(5/5)
Level 56: Improved Life Tap(1/2)
Level 57: Improved Life Tap(2/2)
Level 58: Soul Siphon(1/2)
Level 59: Soul Siphon(2/2)
Level 60: Suppression(1/5)
Level 61: Fel Concentration(1/5)
Level 62: Fel Concentration(2/5)
Level 63: Fel Concentration(3/5)
Level 64: Fel Concentration(4/5)
Level 65: Fel Concentration(5/5)
Level 66: Imp Curse Of Agony(1/2)
Level 67: Imp Curse Of Agony(2/2)
Level 68: Empowered Corruption(1/3)
Level 69: Empowered Corruption(1/3)
Level 70: Empowered Corruption(1/3)
