Warlock Class Overview

Warlock is a powerful class, able to draw from many different magics to summon and control many types of demons to do their bidding. They come with the ability to choose between three powerful specializations, all of which are used to assault their foes with lethal damage. Warlocks also bring raid wide movement with Demonic Gateway, as well as very important curses like Curse of the Elements to afflict enemies with deadly debuffs, as well as conjuring very helpful items to aid your raid members in combat, such as Create Healthstone and Ritual of Summoning.

Warlocks in Mists of Pandaria underwent a dramatic overhaul, turning one of WoW’s darkest caster classes into a mechanically distinct and visually explosive powerhouse. MoP Classic is where each spec becomes its own. Demonology got completely reworked and is all about constantly shifting in and out of your Metamorphosis Demon Form, Affliction gets crazy DoT control with the revamped Soul Swap and Destruction is the ONLY Spec that can even cast Immolate or Incinerate and has a spell called Fire and Brimstone that turns your powerful single target spells into Aoe spells.

From unique spec specific resources, to completely revamped talents and glyphs, Warlocks in MoP Classic definitely stand out with some of the most refined design Blizzard has ever implemented.

• Spec-Unique Resources: Burning Embers (Destruction), Demonic Fury (Demonology), and revamped - and far less annoying - Soul Shard system (Affliction).
• Talent System: Completely redesigned; one talent every 15 levels, offering flexible and situational choices, with all three specialization sitting in a very good spot throughout the expansion.
• Glyph Overhaul: Major and Minor Glyphs revamped to focus on utility and flavor, meaning far less to your build than ever before.
• New Warlock Abilities: Demonic Gateway, Unending Resolve, Dark Bargain, and a ton of new spec-specific spells.
• Visual Enhancements: Each spec received unique spell effects for core abilities, making most Warlock spells look better than ever.

Warlock are able to choose from three specializations: Affliction, Demonology, and Destruction.

Masters of damage-over-time spells, Affliction Warlocks use powerful spells like, Agony, Corruption, and Unstable Affliction to damage their enemies overtime, while using the new Malefic Grasp to make those DoT's hit even harder. Soul Shards are now an Affliction only resource that you have to manage along with your mana. They’re generated from Drain Soul and also have a 10% chance on each Corruption tick, but only from ONE source of Corruption. These Soul Shards on your most important spells like Haunt and Soulburn.

Demonology was completely reworked and is now all about managing your new Demonology only resource Demonic Fury and spending it properly. This is generated from your damage spells and your demon's special attack. You need Demonic Fury in order to be in Metamorphosis. It costs some of this resource to cast your spells while in Demon Form and you slowly lose Demonic Fury while you're in your Demon Form as well. Demonology's gameplay revolves around constantly weaving in and out of Metamorphosis to cast your most powerful spells.

Destruction Warlocks wield fire and brimstone. Literally, our new and biggest ability is Fire and Brimstone, which turns all your single target spells and turns them into AoE spells. You build up the Destruction only, new resource Burning Embers to unleash devastating Chaos Bolts. High burst damage, great cleave, and explosive visuals make it a fan favorite.

Warlock is extremely viable and a highly sought-after class for all of MoP Classic. Warlocks will consistantly be one of the premiere damage dealers throughout the entire expansion. You will have no issues at all finding a spot in any raid purely for your damage output and the ability to stack multiple Warlocks. As a Warlock you will be able to swap between specs freely, filling any role the raid needs in terms of single-target, multi-target, cleave or AoE damage. Warlock comes packed with a plethora of demons that bring not only damage, but also their own utility, as well as the large toolkit of utility spells the warlock brings itself with things like Demonic Gateway, Ritual of Souls, Ritual of Summoning, Curse of the Elements, a battle res with Create Soulstone and much more. Warlocks will be in high demand for all PvE content.

Any Horde race except Tauren can be a Warlock. Orc and Troll are the best choices thanks to Blood Fury and Berserking.

• Orc: Blood Fury for Spell Power burst, Command for pet damage, and Hardiness for PvP stun resist.
• Troll: Berserking for 20% Haste on a 3-min CD.
• Goblin: Rocket Jump (mobility), Time is Money (+1% Haste).
• Undead: Will of the Forsaken — excellent for PvP.

Any Alliance race besides Draenei and Night Elf can be a Warlock. Gnome and Humans are the best choices thanks to the 1% Expertise/Hit they get from their Racials Shortblade Specialization and Sword Specialization.

• Gnome: Shortblade Specialization = +1% Expertise (Hit).
• Human: Sword Specialization = same benefit as Gnome.
• Worgen: +1% Crit, Running Wild = free Sprint.
• Dwarf: Stoneform — PvP utility.

Warlock can only wear Cloth, as it's always been. They can also use Daggers, one-handed Swords and staves. While you will typically being using a one-handed weapon paired an offhand, you may find yourself using a Staff frequently.

All three specs want pretty much the same stats. Intellect being the main stat that should be on every piece of gear. After that you want to make sure you that obtain Hit cap(15% or 5100 Hit Rating). This will ensure that non of your spells miss. The secondary stats will depend on your specialization, but they're all pretty close to each other.

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