TalonBot
11-12-2008, 06:32 PM
Filed under: Warlock (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/warlock/), Wrath of the Lich King (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/wrath-of-the-lich-king/)
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Having fun yet? I know I am, and I'm not even playing Wrath (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/wrath-of-the-lich-king/) yet, even though it's already out. The changes to the game have brought the Warlock (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/warlock/) to a different level of playability -- not quite as overwhelmingly powerful as before, but a whole lot of fun nonetheless. That's the point of this game, isn't it? To have fun? Well, congratulations for playing a Warlock, because from here to Level 80, I think you'll have a lot of fun. Let's see what we've got...
STATE OF THE CLASS
If you're only checking in now, you might be a bit surprised to see how much of the game has changed from The Burning Crusade. Our coverage of Patch 3.0.3 (http://www.wowinsider.com/tag/patch-3.0.3/) and the associated Warlock changes (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/04/warlock-changes-in-patch-3-0-3/) should get you up to speed.
You can learn the Dreadsteed spell without doing the quest (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/21/quested-mounts-and-forms-to-be-trainable-in-patch-3-0-3/) now. Cheater.
Did you know that DoTs can now crit (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/05/crit-dots-for-affliction-sorta/)?
You might need to set your demon to Passive, by the way. The new Defensive for pets (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/17/defensive-pets-a-little-more-jumpy/) works somewhat differently now... kind of a passive-aggressive that gets us into trouble.
Speaking of pets, did you hear about that time when a big blueberry actually tanked Illidan (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/28/voidwalker-tanks-illidan-for-real-this-time/)? True story. Too bad the threat component has been nerfed somewhat.
TALENT TREES
Blizzard definitely shook things up when they unleashed Patch 3.0.2 (http://www.wowinsider.com/tag/patch-3.0.2/) upon Azeroth and I really took a liking to Affliction (I lie, I've always liked Affliction) and didn't quite get the hang of Demonology. My thoughts on the two trees (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/23/blood-pact-affliction-and-demonology-in-patch-3-0-2/) can be found in an old Blood Pact (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/blood-pact/).
I surprised myself by actually enjoying Destruction (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/05/blood-pact-destruction-my-guilty-pleasure/). Give it a shot. You might surprise yourself, too.
We ran through some talent choices for Affliction (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/14/patch-3-0-2-primer-for-warlocks/) when 3.0.2 came out.
We also took a look at, ugh, Demonology (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/14/patch-3-0-2-primer-for-warlocks-part-ii/).
And then there's Destruction (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/14/patch-3-0-2-primer-for-warlocks-part-iii/).
GENERAL TIPS
Have a look at our Demonology 101 (http://www.wowinsider.com/tag/demonology-101) series, which gives an overview of the different Warlock pets such as the popular Voidwalker (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/14/demonology-101-the-voidwalker/), the sexy Succubus (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/12/demonology-101-the-succubus/), and even the conditional-but-now-usable-indoors Infernal (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/16/demonology-101-the-infernal/).
Learn how to unleash the full potential of a skill with our Skill Mastery (http://www.wowinsider.com/tag/skill-mastery/). We took a look at Haunt (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/14/skill-mastery-haunt/), one of Affliction's staple spells.
We have a plethora of stuff on Warlocks, but you'll probably have to wade through all the other posts just to get to them. That's not so bad, actually... so get reading!http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)Wrath of the Lich King: Warlock roundup (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/12/wrath-of-the-lich-king-warlock-roundup/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Having fun yet? I know I am, and I'm not even playing Wrath (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/wrath-of-the-lich-king/) yet, even though it's already out. The changes to the game have brought the Warlock (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/warlock/) to a different level of playability -- not quite as overwhelmingly powerful as before, but a whole lot of fun nonetheless. That's the point of this game, isn't it? To have fun? Well, congratulations for playing a Warlock, because from here to Level 80, I think you'll have a lot of fun. Let's see what we've got...
STATE OF THE CLASS
If you're only checking in now, you might be a bit surprised to see how much of the game has changed from The Burning Crusade. Our coverage of Patch 3.0.3 (http://www.wowinsider.com/tag/patch-3.0.3/) and the associated Warlock changes (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/04/warlock-changes-in-patch-3-0-3/) should get you up to speed.
You can learn the Dreadsteed spell without doing the quest (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/21/quested-mounts-and-forms-to-be-trainable-in-patch-3-0-3/) now. Cheater.
Did you know that DoTs can now crit (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/05/crit-dots-for-affliction-sorta/)?
You might need to set your demon to Passive, by the way. The new Defensive for pets (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/17/defensive-pets-a-little-more-jumpy/) works somewhat differently now... kind of a passive-aggressive that gets us into trouble.
Speaking of pets, did you hear about that time when a big blueberry actually tanked Illidan (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/28/voidwalker-tanks-illidan-for-real-this-time/)? True story. Too bad the threat component has been nerfed somewhat.
TALENT TREES
Blizzard definitely shook things up when they unleashed Patch 3.0.2 (http://www.wowinsider.com/tag/patch-3.0.2/) upon Azeroth and I really took a liking to Affliction (I lie, I've always liked Affliction) and didn't quite get the hang of Demonology. My thoughts on the two trees (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/23/blood-pact-affliction-and-demonology-in-patch-3-0-2/) can be found in an old Blood Pact (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/blood-pact/).
I surprised myself by actually enjoying Destruction (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/05/blood-pact-destruction-my-guilty-pleasure/). Give it a shot. You might surprise yourself, too.
We ran through some talent choices for Affliction (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/14/patch-3-0-2-primer-for-warlocks/) when 3.0.2 came out.
We also took a look at, ugh, Demonology (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/14/patch-3-0-2-primer-for-warlocks-part-ii/).
And then there's Destruction (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/14/patch-3-0-2-primer-for-warlocks-part-iii/).
GENERAL TIPS
Have a look at our Demonology 101 (http://www.wowinsider.com/tag/demonology-101) series, which gives an overview of the different Warlock pets such as the popular Voidwalker (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/14/demonology-101-the-voidwalker/), the sexy Succubus (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/12/demonology-101-the-succubus/), and even the conditional-but-now-usable-indoors Infernal (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/16/demonology-101-the-infernal/).
Learn how to unleash the full potential of a skill with our Skill Mastery (http://www.wowinsider.com/tag/skill-mastery/). We took a look at Haunt (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/14/skill-mastery-haunt/), one of Affliction's staple spells.
We have a plethora of stuff on Warlocks, but you'll probably have to wade through all the other posts just to get to them. That's not so bad, actually... so get reading!http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)Wrath of the Lich King: Warlock roundup (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/12/wrath-of-the-lich-king-warlock-roundup/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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