Warlocks are a powerful, unusual caster class in the World of Warcraft game, who make use of a variety of damage over time (DoT) spells to kill their enemies, keep opponents at arm’s length with Fear and Death Coil (a terror-inducing instant spell that also inflicts damage and heals the warlock), and control a variety of summoned demons, making them a pet class along with hunters and death knights. They can only wear cloth armor, but make up for their fragility with the power of their dark magic and the aid of their demons, as most WoW warlock guides describe.

Anyone who has played this class or read a WoW warlock guide will know that neither tanking nor healing are the forte of the warlock. They are a damage per second class, though some talent specializations are quite adept at self-healing. Warlocks are also able to convert health to mana, a completely unique ability in World of Warcraft.

Consulting a WoW warlock guide will tell you that the main utility warlocks provide to their group or team outside combat consists of making healthstones and soulstones. Healthstones are conjured, consumable items which heal a specific amount of damage instantly when they are used, and can be handed out to everyone in your character’s group. Soulstones allow a character to active them and self-resurrect after they are killed. These can only be given to one group member at a time. It is usually the healer who is “soulstoned” during an instance, dungeon, or endgame raid.

For those who want to powerlevel their character from a low level to 85, or who enjoy PvP, Demonology is a frequently selected talent spec. Specs with strong pets tend to level faster and survive PvE combat more easily, and demonology both strengthens the warlock’s normal suite of pets, and provides them with a unique pet as their signature move – the Felguard. This muscle-bound demon deals a high amount of damage and also generates plenty of threat, “tanking” for the warlock as well as helping to down their opponents faster with its powerful melee attacks.

The 31 point talent of demonology allows these warlocks to transform into a demon, with higher durability and several new abilities, for 30 seconds. This is used mostly in PvP, where the Felguard is also effective, though affliction warlocks, this WoW warlock guide notes, are better at PvP.

If you prefer hurling spells to standing back and letting your demon do most of the work, Destruction is probably the warlock spec for you. Described accurately in most WoW warlock guides as the highest damage spec for endgame raids due to direct damage potential, these warlocks can also hold their own in leveling but are somewhat weaker in PvP. Soul Fire, Conflagrate, and the like form the core of their spell priority. Imps are the preferred pets for instances for extra damage.

Affliction warlocks, this WoW warlock guide notes, are good for PvP but somewhat weaker for dungeons. They specialize in boosted damage over time spells, including at least two unique to the talent specialization. PvP affliction warlocks need to stay mobile and rely on applying DoTs quickly, then evading until their opponent withers and dies in the grip of their insidious spells.

PvP is the situation where affliction warlocks shine, according to this and other WoW warlock guides. Their enlarged range of DoTs, including Haunt and Unstable Affliction, as well as their improved “drain” spells, make them formidable foes who can leave a trail of rapidly-dying foes in their wake as long as they apply DoTs fast and stay mobile.

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