Warlock Arena Guide

Warlocks job in arenas changes depending on what bracket you're playing in, it also changes based on what spec you are. Many people want a Warlock on their team to stop the enemy from dispelling DoTs and other harmful effects. Many people also want the Warlock on their team for Fear and Curse of Tongues.

Warlocks are almost never used as a "Solid DPS" class. They are more well known for being the annoying pieces of shit in the area. Since they are able to Silence, fear and eat buffs they are great for pissing off anyone in the arena. The easiest way to tell if a Warlock is going to be pissing off your team, or DPS is by first guessing their spec.

A Demonology Warlock is the type of Warlock that will be fearing, Silencing and Doting your team as their #1 priority. Demonology Warlocks are also very durable, making them a bad idea for a first target. The next type of Warlock is Affliction. These are the squishy Warlocks and the ones you will usually see DPS'ing you as their first priority, then crowd controlling you.

If you get on a Affliction Warlock he won't be able to do anything but DoT everyone on your team up. Since they are so Fragile they will be struggling to stay alive. A Demonology Warlock however, will probably laugh at you while he is getting attacked and healed.

 

Tips

- Grab Resilience and Stamina If you're Affliction or Destruction. You need to stay alive as long as possible and trust me once they realize you're not demonology they're gonna be eating you alive.

- Choose the type of gear you want based on your spec. What I mean is if you're Affliction or Demonology and your main source of damage is DoT's you don't want spell crit.

- Don't forget to give you and your party your See invis and Breath Underwater buffs to take up a Dispell slot.

- If the enemies team has a Paladin healer be sure to use Curse of Tongues on him. This will dramatically reduce the healing he can put out.

 

Specs

Affliction: This is the spec that will be able to pump out the most damage during an arena for a Warlock. While Destruction has higher and more "Burst" damage Affliction makes it "Scary" to dispell a target due to Unstable Affliction. Also Affliction has the instant cast Howl of Terror which will send there whole team running!

Demonology: This is the survival spec for Warlocks, Warlocks will spec Demonology so they can live as long as possible to CC the opposing team. Warlocks will most commonly be super annoying and fear your healers, toss Curse of Tongues on them and of course dot everyone up.

Destruction: This spec is for burst damage. It is the most uncommon warlock spec in arenas but if you have a Warlock and Shadow Priest on your team, its something to fear. Destruction also gives you good protection against other Spell casters with Nether Protection.

 

Tactics

You choice for a pet should almost always be a Felhunter, with the dogs ability to eat buffs and also silence casters it's almost a no brainer. Once you enter the arena hand out healthstones to your team mates and buff them and yourself. Once the match starts, assess the enemies team then move on from there, depending on your spec take a look above at the general strategies I give you.

One thing to keep in mind regardless, remember you have Fear and Death Coil. Both of these abilities are perfect for interrupting a heal allow you and your team mates to take someone down. You also should have your felhunter out at all times who also has Spell Lock. This is 3 ways that you can interrupt a healer, which should give you plenty of time to take out almost any dps.

Keep in mind, don't be stupid with your mana, if you start to get low, and have a few people beating on you don't Lifetap. Make sure you're in the clear before you Lifetap, or start to drink. Also keep in mind you have the ability to Drain Mana from your opponents which is very handy if the fight is taking longer then you expected.

Warlocks are great classes when it comes down to the mana games, since they have Siphon Life, Drain Life and Lifetap they can almost guarantee themselves an endless supply of Health and Mana as long as they aren't the focus.

If you would like to know more about the Warlock class click here.