General Discussion

MMORPG.com World of Warcraft Correspondent Brian McCann writes this overview of the Warlock class in Blizzard's massive hit game.

Jack of all trades, master of none pretty much describes a warlock in most people’s minds. The last part of the saying that is often omitted, according to Adam Sage, is “though often better than a master of one”. I think the figure of speech really sums up what a warlock truly is and what it adds to the game. I started playing a warlock when some of my friends that had picked all of the other classes asked me to join World of Warcraft and start a warlock so they could have one of every class in the guild. I soon thought they were more enemies than friends.

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"jack of all trades" title belongs to Druids, healer/melee/caster/tank nuff said.

For people new to the game this is pretty accurate, warlocks are imo the hardest to lvl from 1-20, even tho they have a pet they are still physically defenseless untill they start getting more skills + gear.

I never played one past 20, not my cup of tea, i just cant stand playing a 'clothie' :p  gimme plate mail or bear form anyday.

Reading this tho does make me wanna make an alt warlock >_< they are becomming less and less common in the BGs nowadays. All these Ret Paladins came out of nowhere tho -coincedence?

[/quote] The demons (or pets as all the uneducated like to call them), add a level to the game that is even hard for most hunters to mimic. Warlocks are some of the best at demon/pet management because we die every time we make a mistake. This hard earned knowledge allows warlocks to succeed using their pets in raids where even hunters fail. An experienced warlock that rolls an alt hunter will have a blast because it’s like playing WoW in easy mode after leveling your warlock.[/quote]

Are you kidding????? Locs have MUCH more survivability then mages and even priests when solo, grouped or a raid.  They have more hit points and lets NEVER forget the amount of Stamina if geared right.  This post is a joke about Locs livintg when you compare them to other PURE CLOTH wearing classes.  Go home and tell mommy that you need to L2P as a warlock because mages and priests do LESS damage, HAVE NO CONSTANT PET and HAVE no health to survive more then 2 hits from a rogue or warrior..

I started playing a 'lock when they were least popular of all the classes. I'd agree with the above poster that they are not really a 'jack of all trades' as they don't have the kind of healing spells at the disposal of some of the other hybrid classes. The variety of different spells and abilities available to a Warlock sure as hell makes them a lot of fun though.

P.S: Loving the new Drain Soul animation. Nothing like seeing twisted, screaming souls being sucked from your enemy.

Oh and I forgot to tell you I have a 70 mage, 70 loc, 70 war, 70 huntard, 70 priest.  I also have 4 others that are 67+ since i have been playing since release so I have SOLO leveled all of the above due to working the night shift for a living.

even though Tandil might be a bit offensive, he does have a point, which is, out of all clothed classes, warlocks have the most stamina that I have seen, I am currently at 27, and got more hp then priests mages at 29-30, I got green gear, except the staff from VC.

I was actually thinking that Warlock is by far the easiest  to solo, I have played 6 different classes to mid 30's, 1 to 60(before TBC), easier then the hunter.  It is easier because of the soulstone, fear, and Voidwalker, great DoT's and regular damage spells.

Being able to res yourself, and not have to run across the map, is a huge benefit, also beneficial in pvp, when gankers are passing by, I did not see anyone actually wait 6 min for my soulstone to expire or for me to use it.

after the patch 3.0.2 .warlocks and hunters ,rogues have been made less lethal where as paladins and mages have been graded up .mages are very lethal now .

I have to disagree with a lot of points here. Warlocks, as others have mentioned, are not jacks of all trades. Healing your pet and/or yourself does not mean you're like the other classes that really can do everything.

Warlocks aren't hard to level up in the early levels either. If you stand around casting spells and picking your nose, then yes you'll have trouble, but I've leveled several Warlocks (every time an attempt of a friend to try and get me into the Horde) and none of them were difficult. But this is more of a personal view it seems.

As for survivability, Locks are just as capable as Hunters are. At least Locks can spread that survivability love around, whereas Hunters just get a get-out-of-repair-bill-free card.

Finally, Warlocks are not harder to play than a Hunter. Hunters must maintain a steady flow of damage while not pulling aggro from their pets. On my Warlock, I send my pet in, dot things up, and go look for my next target. Against harder mobs, the two are pretty equal... both have to find a balance between damage and healing their pets.

Demons are pets. In fact, Hunter pets are more complex than demons because demons aren't customized like a second character with a ton of training.

I do not mean to be offensive, I have been a member of mmorpg for a long time and do not usually post.  That said.  I have found the warlock and hunter the two EASIEST classes to level.  I am a Mage at heart and will never deny that, but Warlocks are the "Easy Button" for leveling due to stats, I mean really the more health you have is equal to the more mana you have, and you have a pet that does damage AND pulls taunt while you are getting mana.  LOC and Hunters = EZbutton.

I loved playing a warlock and never really had the solo-ing trouble the article talks about. Once you get a voidwal