Professions for a PvP Warlock

Noxial · June 23, 2008, 11:16 AM

I rolled a Forsaken 'Lock a few days ago on Emerald Dream. My goal is to PvP with this toon and to do SOME instances/heroics/kara/ZA, I'm not interested in the 25 man raids. My main focus is PvP and to instance with friends when it comes up.

What professions do you recommend? I want to have FUN and do well in PvP.

Randoru · June 23, 2008, 11:21 AM

Engineering seems to be the best BG/World PvP profession. Lots of handy gadgets to use. They are all pretty much useless in arenas.

Noxial · June 23, 2008, 11:31 AM

Yeah Arena is something I want to do well with too.

Cynic · June 23, 2008, 11:35 AM

Enchanting/Jewelcrafting will serve you fairly well. Engineering is better for the helm and world pvp though.

tclkage · June 23, 2008, 02:01 PM

If you really want to min/max your toon for the arena, then Enchanting/Jewelcrafting are what you should train. Enchanting will let you enchant your rings for +12 spell damage (non enchanters can't get ring enchants), and jewelcrafting will allow you to make a few BoP gems that are better than the other gems available.

Noxial · June 24, 2008, 07:32 AM

I decided on Tailoring / Engineering. WHY? Because I already have an Enchanter and I want to do something different. Because I'm not creating this toon for EXCLUSIVE Arena'ing... otherwise I WOULD select Enchanting/JC for the exact reasons stated by Cynic and tclkage. Because I want to have FUN killing Alliance and Engineering makes it SO much more fun. AND because I don't want to grind instances for good PvE gear... I'd rather farm motes with goggles and get a quick solid PvE set together for these upcoming 10 mans in Wrath of the Lich King (YES I want to do these 10 mans... I don't have the time to dedicate to a 25 man raid guild).

Thank you all for the solid advice. Now I go study talent builds to level with...

RubixCube · June 24, 2008, 08:02 AM

Good luck to level Engineering on a new server without mining ...

Malevevely · June 24, 2008, 08:22 AM

Engineering/mining then once engineering is capped reroll enchanting or jewelcrafting. Engineering has lots of great savers in world pvp/arena. Extra stealth protection, rocketboots, and the shield belt off the top of my head are great against warlockbane (rogues)

Vaell · June 24, 2008, 09:02 AM

3 words:

Engineering, Engineering, Engineering.

The most useful weapon for a PvP warlock (my warlock at least) is the frost grenades. For rogues mainly. Frost Grenades ignore CloS and basically allow me to open with deathcoil, fear, dots so that when they blow cloak I can root them and get some space to redot and fear them again. Saved my butt x amount of times. Plus it's like having a pocked frost mage which is something they least expect from us. Of course this is only for open PvP as they won't work in arena.

madnz · July 15, 2008, 04:22 AM

yo.

i recently started a lock. since it was the first pg on a pvp server, i choose skinning + mining as primary profession. yeah i do make a lot of money (especially with mining) but i m thinking about dropping skinning and getting engineering asap. still thinking about that (skinning is an incredible constant incoming).

sometime i miss to be a tailor though.

June 23, 2008, 11:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
Noxial Registered	Professions for a PvP Warlock I rolled a Forsaken 'Lock a few days ago on Emerald Dream. My goal is to PvP with this toon and to do SOME instances/heroics/kara/ZA, I'm not interested in the 25 man raids. My main focus is PvP and to instance with friends when it comes up. What professions do you recommend? I want to have FUN and do well in PvP. Last edited by Noxial; June 23, 2008 at 11:21 AM.

June 23, 2008, 11:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
Randoru Lurker Character Info Gusmccrae 70 Undead Warlock Illidan US PvP Profile: Blizzard Armory	Re: Professions for a PvP Warlock Engineering seems to be the best BG/World PvP profession. Lots of handy gadgets to use. They are all pretty much useless in arenas.

June 23, 2008, 11:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
Noxial Registered	Re: Professions for a PvP Warlock Yeah Arena is something I want to do well with too.

June 23, 2008, 11:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
Cynic Member Character Info Cynicism 70 Blood Elf Warlock Kel'Thuzad US PvP Guild: Mooninites Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 27/34/0	Re: Professions for a PvP Warlock Enchanting/Jewelcrafting will serve you fairly well. Engineering is better for the helm and world pvp though.

June 23, 2008, 02:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
tclkage Member Character Info Razakel 70 Undead Warlock Executus US PvP Guild: Rotten Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 23/38/0	Re: Professions for a PvP Warlock If you really want to min/max your toon for the arena, then Enchanting/Jewelcrafting are what you should train. Enchanting will let you enchant your rings for +12 spell damage (non enchanters can't get ring enchants), and jewelcrafting will allow you to make a few BoP gems that are better than the other gems available.

June 24, 2008, 07:32 AM	#6 (permalink)
Noxial Registered	Re: Professions for a PvP Warlock I decided on Tailoring / Engineering. WHY? Because I already have an Enchanter and I want to do something different. Because I'm not creating this toon for EXCLUSIVE Arena'ing... otherwise I WOULD select Enchanting/JC for the exact reasons stated by Cynic and tclkage. Because I want to have FUN killing Alliance and Engineering makes it SO much more fun. AND because I don't want to grind instances for good PvE gear... I'd rather farm motes with goggles and get a quick solid PvE set together for these upcoming 10 mans in Wrath of the Lich King (YES I want to do these 10 mans... I don't have the time to dedicate to a 25 man raid guild). Thank you all for the solid advice. Now I go study talent builds to level with...

June 24, 2008, 08:02 AM	#7 (permalink)
RubixCube Lurker Character Info Morganna 70 Human Warlock Laughing Skull US PvP Guild: Decapitated Smurfs	Re: Professions for a PvP Warlock Good luck to level Engineering on a new server without mining ...

June 24, 2008, 08:22 AM	#8 (permalink)
Malevevely Member Character Info Malevevely 70 Undead Warlock KJ US PvP	Re: Professions for a PvP Warlock Engineering/mining then once engineering is capped reroll enchanting or jewelcrafting. Engineering has lots of great savers in world pvp/arena. Extra stealth protection, rocketboots, and the shield belt off the top of my head are great against warlockbane (rogues)

June 24, 2008, 09:02 AM	#9 (permalink)
Vaell Moderator Character Info Vaell 70 Blood Elf Warlock Scarshield Legion Euro RP PvP Guild: Void Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 00/14/47	Re: Professions for a PvP Warlock 3 words: Engineering, Engineering, Engineering. The most useful weapon for a PvP warlock (my warlock at least) is the frost grenades. For rogues mainly. Frost Grenades ignore CloS and basically allow me to open with deathcoil, fear, dots so that when they blow cloak I can root them and get some space to redot and fear them again. Saved my butt x amount of times. Plus it's like having a pocked frost mage which is something they least expect from us. Of course this is only for open PvP as they won't work in arena.

July 15, 2008, 04:22 AM	#10 (permalink)
madnz Registered Character Info madnz 68 Undead Warlock sylvanas Euro PvP Guild: la cosa nostra	Re: Professions for a PvP Warlock yo. i recently started a lock. since it was the first pg on a pvp server, i choose skinning + mining as primary profession. yeah i do make a lot of money (especially with mining) but i m thinking about dropping skinning and getting engineering asap. still thinking about that (skinning is an incredible constant incoming). sometime i miss to be a tailor though.