Welcome to this simple World of Warcraft Warlock guide. First I want to stat that this Warlock guide is for newbies, as it only covers the very basics. I don't play a high level Warlock myself, I only play a twinked Warlock, so I'm claiming to be an expert when it comes to WoW Warlocks. All the tips and fact you will read about in this guide are from either my high level Warlock friends or my personal experiences. So take what you can out of it this WoW Guides.
Role of Warlock
Warlocks are former arcanists, mages, or shamans that has turn to the art of dark magics. One of the most interesting aspect of being a Warlock in my opinion is their ability to summon and control demons to fight for them in a battle.
Of course Warlocks are not only limited to summon demons, they are also able to cast powerful Damage over time spells (Dots), uses curses, drain life from their enemies, and many other damage dealing spells. And because of that Warlocks only fits in the role of long range damage dealer, but occasionally depending on the raid or dungeon Warlocks can be used for some crowd control.
Selecting Your Race for Warlock
There are a total of 5 playable races for the Warlock on the Horde site, and 4 playable races on the Alliance side. Each and every race has their strength as Warlocks, but some of the 9 races will be slightly better than the other as Warlocks. What I mean is that out of the 9 playable races Trolls, Orc, and Gnome are going to be better than the other races in my opinion of course.
Anyway, there are 2 key factors that you should consider when choosing that good race/class combo. The first one I look at is faction. If you want to play with your friend or communicate with them then you'll need to play on the same faction as them, so it is probably best if you choose a race that is on the same faction that your friends play on.
The next factor that I look at are the racial abilities. I would look at each race and their special abilities and figure out which race will give me the most benefits from the racial abilities. For example: both Gnome and Dwarfs are able to play as Warlock, but Gnome has a racial trait that increases their mana pool, while Dwarf can remove all poison, disease, bleed effects, and reduce damage taken.
At first look both traits are great and useful, but as a Warlock I rather have the mana increase. (I know some would argue with me on this but StoneForm as Warlock is really only good for PvP and maybe some occasion). Anyway, look at the different racial abilities of each race, and go from there.
Warlock Talents
What I really like about Warlock is the diversity of their talent trees. Each and every one of their talent tree are unique from another, and just by changing your spec from one talent tree to another will change the way you experience the game drastically. Note: You cannot access your talent tree until you’re at least level 10.
Affliction - On the Affliction tree you'll find all skills that improve Warlock's DoT (damage over time), curses, life drain, and life tap spells. Generally speaking this is probably the most popular route for most Warlocks, as it is the best route to use for leveling your Warlock fast.
Demonology - Demonology on the other hand is my personal favorite Warlock talent tree as it improves all Warlock's minion or pet abilities. This talent route is great if you like to use pets a lot, and if you like to play things on the safe side and don't want to die a lot.
Destruction - Destruction deals with all fire base spells and improves their damages. This is a great tree to go for if you're planning to do a lot of end game raiding and dungeon, as it will help you out put a lot more direct damages.
That’s all with this quick and short introduction to Warlocks in World of Warcraft. If you would like learn more about Warlock, and how to level them from 1 - 85, then I suggest you read this WoW Warlock Guide.
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