A beginner’s guide to playing a Warlock in World of Warcraft. This guide showcases the strengths and weaknesses of this class as well as describing some of the abilities and spells of the Warlock.

What is a Warlock?

Warlocks are a DPS caster class. They are unique among caster classes in that they can convert their own health into mana which allows them to do damage for a longer period of time. Warlocks can also summon their own minions that fight for them. While Warlocks can only wear cloth they have spells that drain the health of enemies keeping them alive longer than other classes like mages. As a Warlock you can use staves, daggers, and unarmed. Later you can train to use one-handed swords at your respective factions capital city.

A large number of warlock spells and abilities rely on Soul Shards. These are created by using the Drain Soul spell. To create a soul shard you must be channeling the drain soul spell as the target dies – only targets that yield experience or honor can create soul shards.

Warlocks can also summon mounts and have the advantage of not having to pay for their mounts at level 20 and level 40, although at level 40 you will have to pay for the riding skill.

Pros:

One of the best DPS classes in the game

Can drain health from enemies and create health stones for party members that will replenish health when consumed.

Can convert health to mana to do damage for a longer period of time.

Free mounts. This is especially useful at level 20 where you might not have enough gold to buy the mount.

A great solo class and easy for leveling, especially when using your tanking minions.

Cons:

You can only wear cloth making you a glass cannon. You can deal tons of damage but you can also die very quickly if things go south.

Your AoE spells may not be as strong as a Mage.

Certain spells and abilities require the use of soul shards.

In conclusion, Warlocks are a great class for any beginner starting out World of Warcraft. Besides hunters they are the best soloing class in World of Warcraft.

Stay tuned in the coming weeks as we delve deeper into Warlocks and their end-game expectations.