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An Introduction to: The Warlock!
Warlocks were mages that delved too deeply into the roots of demonic power. Consumed by a lust for dark knowledge, they've tapped into chaotic magics from beyond the world. The Burning Legion now feeds them their powers, allowing them to channel destructive energies and call upon the powerful emissaries of their demon masters. ~ Blizzard Entertainment
Most of us that use this site are somewhat familiar with the Warlock and what it can do, after all, that's what we're all about here. But for those still trying to decide if the Warlock is the right class for you, this is a quick introduction to our class and what we do.
Blizzard says: Warlocks are masters of shadow, flame, and demonic power. They are a robed class that excels at plaguing their enemies with disease or curses, hurling bolts of fire or shadow energy across the battlefield, and summoning demons to aid them in combat. While warlocks are powerful casters that deal damage from a distance, their demonic powers can also protect or support their allies in battle, or even summon other players from across the world using ritual magic to conjure portals.
Warlocks have both powerful damage spells (primarily dealing over time) and debuff spells that work well in conjunction with each other and with the abilities of their group mates. They have Curses for many occasions; in fact, they can easily be considered the best debuffers in the game. Their pets, too, help with the damage dealing and grant the Warlock extra abilities to put to use. They can also control crowds well with Seduction and Banish, and provide limited support in the form of their summoned stones.
To read more about the background of the Warlock, Lore and information on
notable Warlocks, please see our
Lore page. Our Spells Warlocks are spell casters by nature, damage dealers of the slow and painful kind. Damage over Time spells, otherwise known as DoT's, are the bread and butter of a Warlock and just as the name describes, our spells do their damage over a short period instead of delivering it all in one blow like the Mage. Not all of our spells are this way however, for there are many Warlocks out there that make use of our Direct Damage (DD) spells such as Shadowbolt, Searing Pain and others.
As if those weren't enough, Warlocks are the king of Curses, boasting a different Curse for nearly every situation you can think of. We can slow a spell casters cast time, we can weaken the damage of a melee opponent, stop someone from running or lower their resistance to different schools of magic. Along with those curses and the ability to summon Healthstones to heal our comrades, Soulstones to allow a dead group member to rez, Warlocks make very viable friends to have.
For more information on any of our spells, please make use of the links under the Spells & Talents menu on the left. Pets Alongside our lovely damage output and functionality, Warlocks are a pet class that commands summoned minions from the Demonoic realms to do their bidding. And just like the rest of our class, we have a different minion for every situation possible. From the nuking Imp, to the tanking Voidwalker and Felguard, we can eat both detrimental and beneficial spells of ourselves or others with the Felhunter or seduce any Humanoid around with our Succubus. And that's not even including the unpredictable Infernal and Doomguard we can call upon!
For more information on each pet, the quests to obtain them or their abilities, please look under the Pet Info menu heading to your left.
Talents Warlocks are very lucky in that we can play our class to pretty much any style we choose. Each talent tree allows for, and caters to, a different style of killing in a multitude of possibilities, which makes us all very versatile. It would stretch this page out to beyond the imagination if we were to list all of the possibly play styles in just one place, however if you can think of a way to play, we have the spells and talents to help you perfect it. Unlike other sites (aka the official forums), we are Warlocks full of open minds and different ideas, we encourage the unusual and experimental and we never know what little trick or tid bit of information we might find.
If you want to know more, start by having a look at our in-depth talent tree pages: Armor Although Warlocks are restricted to cloth armor, with stamina being one of the primary statistics we focus on, we are very rarely lacking in the hitpoints department. Life tap is a staple spell of most Warlocks, and because this converts our health into mana, the more health we have, the larger the mana pool we have to play with. There is however much more involved in the types of armor (and weapons) Warlocks aim for, but thankfully there is a whole section dedicated to what goes on our backs. For more information on What Warlocks Wear, please have a look at the Armor & Weapons sections of the menu to your left. Other Reading The information above barely scratches the surface on what a Warlock is all about, and really, the best way to find out if this class is for you or not is to give one a try. If you have any questions at all, please make use of the forums, we are a very friendly and helpful bunch. If you are still not sure if a Warlock is for you, have a read over the mountain of information contained both in the links to your left, as well as the forums.
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Talent Tree's In-depth
