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Mists of Pandaria: Warlock Class Preview
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Posted
2012/08/25 at 11:14 AM
by
perculia
We continue our Mists of Pandaria class previews with a look at
Warlock
s today. Warlocks were not the most popular class in Cataclysm and Blizzard has made a ton of changes--from abilities to awesome new spell graphics--to entice players back. We have armor previews of PvE and PvP gear, summarizes of the new ability resources for each spec, a look at the new warlock pets, and screenshots of new spell effects. And be sure to check out our updated
talent calculator
which displays all specialization abilities and glyph choices!
New Armor
LFR
Normal
Heroic
Challenge Mode
Sha-Skin Gloves
Sha-Skin Hood
Sha-Skin Leggings
Sha-Skin Robes
Sha-Skin Mantle
Sha-Skin Hood
Sha-Skin Gloves
Sha-Skin Leggings
Sha-Skin Robes
Sha-Skin Mantle
Sha-Skin Gloves
Sha-Skin Hood
Sha-Skin Leggings
Sha-Skin Mantle
Sha-Skin Robes
Inside
Golden Chest of the Betrayer
:
Amice of the Betrayer
Belt of the Betrayer
Boots of the Betrayer
Bracers of the Betrayer
Handguards of the Betrayer
Horns of the Betrayer
Leggings of the Betrayer
Robes of the Betrayer
Dreadful
Malevolent
Elite
Dreadful Gladiator's Felweave Handguards
Dreadful Gladiator's Felweave Cowl
Dreadful Gladiator's Felweave Trousers
Dreadful Gladiator's Felweave Raiment
Dreadful Gladiator's Felweave Amice
Malevolent Gladiator's Felweave Handguards
Malevolent Gladiator's Felweave Cowl
Malevolent Gladiator's Felweave Trousers
Malevolent Gladiator's Felweave Raiment
Malevolent Gladiator's Felweave Amice
Malevolent Gladiator's Felweave Handguards
Malevolent Gladiator's Felweave Cowl
Malevolent Gladiator's Felweave Trousers
Malevolent Gladiator's Felweave Raiment
Malevolent Gladiator's Felweave Amice
Gladiator's Felshroud
:
2 piece:
Unending Resolve Cooldown Reduction
: Reduces the cooldown of your Unending Resolve by 20 sec.
4 piece:
Item - Warlock PvP Set 2P Bonus
: Your Twilight Ward now absorbs damage from all magical schools.
Click the cut for a look at new abilities, pets, and spell graphics!
Abilities
Spell Effects
Every class gets new spell effects, but the changes to warlocks go above and beyond. Click on the pictures to enlarge them!
Demonology
, Demonology: Your damaging spells and your demon's special attacks generate Demonic Fury.
Appears when over 50%
Hand of Gul'dan
, Demonology, level 62: Summons a falling meteor to strike the target and all enemies within 6 yards for 712 Shadow damage and inflicting them with Shadowflame.
: Deals 762 to 841 (+ 30% of SpellPower) Shadowflame damage to all enemies in a 20 yard line and increases the duration of Corruption by 4 sec.
: Reduces movement speed by 30% and deals 876 (+ 13.7% of SpellPower) Shadowflame damage over 6 sec. Generates 2 Demonic Fury every time it deals damage.
Soul Fire
: Burn the enemy's soul, causing Fire damage. If used on a target below 25% health, the attack will trigger Molten Core.
Affliction and Destruction
, Affliction, level 42: Deals 214 (+ 20% of SpellPower) Shadow damage and causes all of the Warlock's other periodic Affliction damage effects to instantly deal 50% of their normal periodic damage, every 1 seconds.
, Destruction, level 79: The flames of Xoroth instantly revive your last demon. If your demon is still alive, it will be instantly killed and grant you a Burning Ember.
Chaos Bolt
, Destruction: Unleashes a blast of chaos, causing (2164 ( + 225% of SpellPower) * (1)) Shadow damage.
General Abilities
Soulshatter
: Reduces threat by 90% for all enemies within 50 yards.
Unending Resolve
, level 64 ability: The Warlock hardens his skin, reducing all damage taken by 40% and preventing his spells from being interrupted for 8 sec.
Call Dreadstalkers
: Summons 5 Wild Imps; from the Twisting Nether to cast 10 Firebolts at the target. Passive: Every 20 sec. your next Shadow Bolt will summon a Wild Imp. This effect is disabled while on cooldown.
Demonic Gateway
: Create a demonic gateway between two locations. Stepping into the gateway causes any party member to be instantly transported to the other gateway.
Talents
Soul Link
, level 30 talent: When active, all damage and healing you and your demon take is shared, but your demon's health is reduced by 50%. Recasting this spell cancels the effect.
Dark Pact
, level 45 talent: Your demon sacrifices half its current health to shield its master for 200% of the sacrificed health. Lasts 10 sec. If you have no demon, your health is sacrificed instead.
, level 45 talent: Prevents all damage for 8 sec. When the shield fades, 50% of the damage prevented is dealt over 8 sec.
Dark Regeneration
, level 15 talent: Restores 30% of you and your pet's maximum health and increases all healing received by 25% over 12 sec.
Grimoire of Sacrifice
, level 75 talent: You sacrifice your demon to increase the power of your direct damage spells significantly and regenerate 2% of maximum health every 5 sec. Lasts for 15 min. This effect is doubled for the first 15 sec. Summoning another demon cancels the effect.
:
(Level 15 talent, 40 yd range, Channeled)
Drains the life from all enemies within 15 yards of the target, causing X Shadow damage and restoring 3-4.5% of the caster's total health every 1 sec. Lasts 6 sec. Replaces Drain Life.
Glyphs
Glyph of Crimson Banish
, minor glyph: Your Banish spell is now red.
, Affliction. (Default: 3 purple shards above head.)
, major glyph: Increases your maximum Soul Shards by 1.
, minor glyph: Your Soul Shards are transformed into Verdant Spheres.
, minor glyph: Your Felsteed and Dreadsteed can cross water while running and leave a trail of flames.
Charred Glyph
: Splits your Shadow Bolt into three smaller attacks.
New Pets
There are both updated dialogues for existing warlock pets, as well as enhanced versions of pets from
.
New Pet Dialogue
Summon Shivarra
:
(5 sec cast, replaces
Summon Succubus
with
)
Summons a Shivarra under the command of the Warlock.
Bladedance
:
(replaces Succubus'
Lash of Pain
)
An instant attack that lashes the target, causing 271 Shadow damage.
Fellash
:
(replaces Succubus'
)
Deals shadow damage and instantly knocks back all enemies within 5 yards.
Observer
Summon Observer
:
(5 sec cast, replaces
Summon Felhunter
with
)
Summons an Observer under the command of the Warlock.
:
(replaces Felhunter's
Devour Magic
)
Steals 1 beneficial magic effect from an enemy. If an effect is devoured, the Observer will be healed for X amount and gain 60 Energy.
Optical Blast
:
(replaces Felhunter's
Spell Lock
)
Blasts the enemy with lasers, dealing X% weapon damage and silencing the enemy for 3 sec. If used on a casting target, it will counter the enemy's spellcast, preventing any spell from that school of magic from being cast for 6 sec.
,
,
Summon Fel Imp
:
(5 sec cast, replaces
Summon Imp
with
)
Summons a Fel Imp under the command of the Warlock.
Felbolt
:
(Replaces Imp's
Firebolt
)
Deals X Fire damage to a target.
Summon Voidlord
:
(5 sec cast, replaces
Summon Voidwalker
with
)
Summons a Voidlord under the command of the Warlock.
, pet ability: Encases the Voidwalker in shadow energy, reducing physical damage taken by 60% for 30 sec. Each time the Voidwalker is struck, a blast of Shadow damage is released, dealing 1034 Shadow damage and reducing the power of Shadow Shield by 20%.
Summon Wrathguard
:
(5 sec cast, replaces
Summon Felguard
with
)
Summons a Wrathguard under the command of the Warlock.
Notable Abilities
Level 90 class ability:
. When refreshing your periodic damage effects, duration remaining on the previous effect is added to the new one, up to a maximum of 50% the base duration.
Level 87 class ability:
Demonic Gateway
. Create a demonic gateway between two locations. Stepping into the gateway causes any party member to be instantly transported to the other gateway.
Unending Resolve
: Defensive cooldown with an amazing graphic, check out our spell effects tab!
is a DPS cooldown with unique variations for each spec: critical strike, mastery, or haste.
Fel Armor
: Now a passive ability that boosts spellpower and stamina.
: Now a raidwide buff that increases spellpower by 10%.
There are many new niche and minor glyphs, for example
pays tribute to the idea of Warlock tanks.
Talents grant additional pet types, and existing ones get new abilities and dialogue options, check out our pet tab!
Many class abilities were given only to one specialization, like
Soul Fire
.
Affliction Changes
: New ability. Deals 214 (+ 20% of SpellPower) Shadow damage and causes all of the Warlock's other periodic Affliction damage effects to instantly deal 50% of their normal periodic damage, every 1 seconds.
Soul Shards have been greatly changed--they're intended to be used and generated frequently in combat, as opposed to limited usage in Cataclysm.
Haunt
no longer heals the caster and requires a Soul Shard.
now makes your DoTs tick twice as fast under 20% and restores a Soul Shard every two ticks. This is your primary way of generating Soul Shards.
Corruption
has a 10% chance to generate a Soul Shard.
Demonology Changes
is a new resource for Demonology warlocks. Normal offensive abilities generate it, and abilities in
consume it. You will leave demon form if your
is below 40.
Normal
Hand of Gul'dan
Hellfire
Shadow Bolt
Corruption
Doom
Chaos Brand
New ability:
Destruction Changes
is a new resource for Destruction warlocks. Some abilities generate them, while other abilities consume them, once you have 10 parts of an ember generated.
Abilities that generate
:
Incinerate
. Your primary way of generating embers. Normal attacks generate one, while critical strikes generate 2. In addition,
Incinerate
's damage is no longer boosted by
Immolate
.
Immolate
: Each tick has a change to generate an ember.
Rain of Fire
: No longer needs to be channeled.
Abilities that consume
:
Chaos Bolt
: Always critically strikes, and crit chance increases damage.
Shadowburn
: No longer is tied to Soul Shards. Also now restores 15% of mana over 5 seconds, and generates an ember if the target dies in 5 seconds.
now instantly revives your last demon.
: Restores health.
New Mastery:
Mastery: Chaotic Energies
. Increases the damage of Immolate, Incinerate, Fel Flame and Conflagrate.
Specializations
Specialization Abilities
Affliction
Demonology
Destruction
Unstable Affliction
Conflagrate
Dark Soul: Instability
Immolate
Seed of Corruption
Hellfire
Rain of Fire
Agony
Havoc
Summon Felguard
Nightfall
Haunt
Hand of Gul'dan
Shadowburn
Soul Swap
Incinerate
Chaos Bolt
Dark Soul: Misery
Mastery:
Mastery: Potent Afflictions
Mastery:
Mastery: Chaotic Energies
Mastery:
Mastery: Master Demonologist
Talents
Talents
Level 15: Self-Healing
Dark Regeneration
Soul Leech
Level 30: Crowd Control
Howl of Terror
Mortal Coil
Shadowfury
Level 45: Defensive
Soul Link
Dark Pact
Level 60: Utility
Burning Rush
Level 75: Demons
Grimoire of Service
Grimoire of Sacrifice
Level 90: DPS
Class Abilities
General Class Abilities
Armor Skills
Demonic Gateway
Weapon Skills
Shadow Bolt
Summon Imp
Corruption
Life Tap
Fel Armor
Summon Voidwalker
Create Healthstone
Health Funnel
Soul Fire
Fear
Soulstone
Summon Succubus
Eye of Kilrogg
Unending Breath
Subjugate Demon
Summon Felhunter
Banish
Ritual of Summoning
Nethermancy
Summon Infernal
Chaos Brand
Summon Doomguard
Unending Resolve
Soulshatter
Create Soulwell
Demonic Circle
Demonic Circle: Teleport
Demonic Gateway
Major Glyphs
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Minor Glyphs
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Glyph of Felguard
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Charred Glyph
Glyph of Soulwell
Glyph of Crimson Banish
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