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Taitaih's Guide to Twinking your 40-49 Warlock
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Wowhead: The one thing on which Ninjas and Pirates agree.
49 Twinks.com - Wow twinking guides for lvl 49s
chardev.org v6 ~ a World of Warcraft character planner
MMO-Champion - World of Warcraft Guides and Raid Strategies
World of Warcraft Community Site
www.imageshack.us
www.youtube.com
- Table of Contents:
I. Introduction
II. Why Warlocks at 49?
III. Choosing your race
IV. Talent Builds/Chardev profiles
V. Gear Guide
VI. Warlock Pets
VII. Glyphs
VIII. Professions
IX. Consumables
X. BG and Arena Responsibilities as a Warlock
XI. Class Specific Strategies (SL/SL & SL/Destro)
XII. Valuable Addons & Macros
XIII. Summary
XIV. Changelog
- I. Introduction
Welcome to my 40-49 Warlock Guide. My name is Taitaih, and I primarialy play a warlock in the 40-49 bracket. This guide will get you started on gearing and playing your warlock, and provide tips and tricks to playing your warlock.
My primary spec (currently) is SL/SL (Soul Link/Siphon Life). This is a spec that is built around survivability and slowly burning your opponents down.
Armory ----> [char=Medivh]Taitaih[/char]
- II. Why Warlocks at 49?
The 40-49 bracket is one of the most bursty brackets. This is a fact that has stood for a long time. However, geared and specced correctly, a warlock can counter and mitigate a lot of incoming damage. A warlock can spread his damage across many targets, keep a target CCed for a long time, and survive while doing all of this.
Each warlock tree is different, and each spec requires a different style of play. This is a class that you will not be bored with if played properly.
Why SL/SL?
My gear guide covers pretty much all specs, however I primarily play SL/SL. There are five general specs that I see warlocks play as. Full Affliction, SL/SL, SL/Ruin (shadow destro), Demo, and Fire Destruction. Since the 49 bracket is so bursty, I feel that Soul Link is a requirement and not an optional talent. Reducing 20-25% of all incoming damage takes a lot of heat off of your healers and also gives you room to do more on the field. A dead warlock is a useless warlock, even if your dots do kill the target in the end. I personally like watching my targets die.
Common Misconceptions and some Truths
There is a fine line between a bad warlock, a good warlock, and a warlock who will make your opponent cry when they see you coming across the field. The last one is obviously what you should aspire to be.
Affliction and SL/SL warlocks are pinned as "dot and run" classes who stand behind the line of teammates, dot up everyone, and run when things go bad, letting their dots do the work. Yes, most locks do tend to stand behind the line of fire and dot people up (I tend to be the one jumping straight into an entire group of enemies leaving my teammates behind to /facepalm at me), and locks rely on their dots to do damage. This makes us a "noob" class and a "two button" class. That's ok. Let them think that.
You have a huge arsenal of toys to play with that your enemy sometimes won't expect you to pull out. Your Felhunter is your ideal pet and should be your pet of choice for almost all specs (I will cover glyphs and pets later). You have healthstones that you should liberally use at every 2minute CD when you think you're going to die (as well as lifeblood for herbalists). You have Fear, one of the most hated CCs in the game as well as Death Coil, which is a great CC mechanism as well as a great heal at the same time. Use these! Don't save them, you'll smack yourself in the head if you die because you didn't use them. Use all of these flawlessly and you will be on your way to being a great warlock.
*** Pros: ***
- Soul Link mitiagates 20-25%(glyphed) of all incoming damage (split to your pet)
- Geared for survival, can have 3500+ health (3200 at least recommended)
- Can use dots to damage multiple targets
- SL/SL and Affliction are both highly mobile
- A huge arsenal of CC
- Great burst as Destro
- Large advantage against hybrid classes as SL/SL
*** Cons: ***
- Low armor (cloth woo)
- When CDs are down, minimal escape routes
- When your pet dies as Soul Link, you become extremely vulnerable
- Weaker to most physical DPS classes
Enjoy the rest of the guide below!
***Along the way, you will see small footnotes that will be denoted as ***Tai's Opinion***. Yes these are my opinions on the subject and not always what everyone else agrees on. Hopefully it will help guide people in the right direction and answer questions that they might have.
This Guide is Property and Copyright of TwinkInfo.com
If you feel that I've missed something important that you feel needs to be included, please post or send me a PM.
Special Thanks to:
Wowhead: The one thing on which Ninjas and Pirates agree.
49 Twinks.com - Wow twinking guides for lvl 49s
chardev.org v6 ~ a World of Warcraft character planner
MMO-Champion - World of Warcraft Guides and Raid Strategies
World of Warcraft Community Site
www.imageshack.us
www.youtube.com
- Table of Contents:
I. Introduction
II. Why Warlocks at 49?
III. Choosing your race
IV. Talent Builds/Chardev profiles
V. Gear Guide
VI. Warlock Pets
VII. Glyphs
VIII. Professions
IX. Consumables
X. BG and Arena Responsibilities as a Warlock
XI. Class Specific Strategies (SL/SL & SL/Destro)
XII. Valuable Addons & Macros
XIII. Summary
XIV. Changelog
- I. Introduction
Welcome to my 40-49 Warlock Guide. My name is Taitaih, and I primarialy play a warlock in the 40-49 bracket. This guide will get you started on gearing and playing your warlock, and provide tips and tricks to playing your warlock.
My primary spec (currently) is SL/SL (Soul Link/Siphon Life). This is a spec that is built around survivability and slowly burning your opponents down.
Armory ----> [char=Medivh]Taitaih[/char]
- II. Why Warlocks at 49?
The 40-49 bracket is one of the most bursty brackets. This is a fact that has stood for a long time. However, geared and specced correctly, a warlock can counter and mitigate a lot of incoming damage. A warlock can spread his damage across many targets, keep a target CCed for a long time, and survive while doing all of this.
Each warlock tree is different, and each spec requires a different style of play. This is a class that you will not be bored with if played properly.
Why SL/SL?
My gear guide covers pretty much all specs, however I primarily play SL/SL. There are five general specs that I see warlocks play as. Full Affliction, SL/SL, SL/Ruin (shadow destro), Demo, and Fire Destruction. Since the 49 bracket is so bursty, I feel that Soul Link is a requirement and not an optional talent. Reducing 20-25% of all incoming damage takes a lot of heat off of your healers and also gives you room to do more on the field. A dead warlock is a useless warlock, even if your dots do kill the target in the end. I personally like watching my targets die.
Common Misconceptions and some Truths
There is a fine line between a bad warlock, a good warlock, and a warlock who will make your opponent cry when they see you coming across the field. The last one is obviously what you should aspire to be.
Affliction and SL/SL warlocks are pinned as "dot and run" classes who stand behind the line of teammates, dot up everyone, and run when things go bad, letting their dots do the work. Yes, most locks do tend to stand behind the line of fire and dot people up (I tend to be the one jumping straight into an entire group of enemies leaving my teammates behind to /facepalm at me), and locks rely on their dots to do damage. This makes us a "noob" class and a "two button" class. That's ok. Let them think that.
You have a huge arsenal of toys to play with that your enemy sometimes won't expect you to pull out. Your Felhunter is your ideal pet and should be your pet of choice for almost all specs (I will cover glyphs and pets later). You have healthstones that you should liberally use at every 2minute CD when you think you're going to die (as well as lifeblood for herbalists). You have Fear, one of the most hated CCs in the game as well as Death Coil, which is a great CC mechanism as well as a great heal at the same time. Use these! Don't save them, you'll smack yourself in the head if you die because you didn't use them. Use all of these flawlessly and you will be on your way to being a great warlock.
*** Pros: ***
- Soul Link mitiagates 20-25%(glyphed) of all incoming damage (split to your pet)
- Geared for survival, can have 3500+ health (3200 at least recommended)
- Can use dots to damage multiple targets
- SL/SL and Affliction are both highly mobile
- A huge arsenal of CC
- Great burst as Destro
- Large advantage against hybrid classes as SL/SL
*** Cons: ***
- Low armor (cloth woo)
- When CDs are down, minimal escape routes
- When your pet dies as Soul Link, you become extremely vulnerable
- Weaker to most physical DPS classes
Enjoy the rest of the guide below!
***Along the way, you will see small footnotes that will be denoted as ***Tai's Opinion***. Yes these are my opinions on the subject and not always what everyone else agrees on. Hopefully it will help guide people in the right direction and answer questions that they might have.
