YAWoWT: PvE Warlock Build

[rstove02]

Just created a warlock build and the new tree redesign has got me confused. Could anyone provide a PvE only warlock talent build?

Thanks.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

warlock forums will be much better than this

i like a heavy affliction build for PvE. with good draining, you can kill fast enough while maintaining good mana/life (use life tap liberally). destruction will kill super fast, but will often leave you thirsty for mana. improved voidwalker may be your best friend as he will hold aggro like a champ.

like i said though, read the builds on the wow forums.

 

I'll help out here as I am a 60 warlock.

Ok, if you are leveling, what you do want at the moment is Dark Pact in the affliction talent tree. Nothing else matters until you get that talent. It will reduce downtime significantly and with the talents gained along the way, allow you to "drain tank" mobs at later levels. Ill put a complete build at the end of this post.

Anyway, the build I most like to have for my Molten Core runs and higher end instances is the new Master Demonologist/Ruin build. The versitility offered can not be beat, and it really helps in the solo grind that you will have to do for shards/runecloth.

Demonology Build for me:

Demonology Talents (30 points)

# Improved Imp - 3/3 points
Increases the effect of your Imp's Firebolt, Fire Shield, and Blood Pact spells by 30%.

# Improved Healthstone - 2/2 points
Increases the amount of Health restored by your Healthstone by 20%.

# Demonic Embrace - 5/5 points
Increases your total Stamina by 15%, but reduces your total Spirit by 5%.

# Improved Voidwalker - 3/3 points
Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice, and Suffering spells by 30%.

# Fel Domination - 1/1 point
Your next Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, or Felhunter Summon spell has its casting time reduced by 5.5 seconds and its Mana cost reduced by 50%.

# Improved Succubus - 3/3 points
Increases the effect of your Succubus' Lash of Pain and Soothing Kiss spells by 30%, and increases the duration of your Succubus' Seduction and Lesser Invisibility spells by 30%.

# Master Summoner - 2/2 points
Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 4 seconds and the Mana cost by 40%.

# Unholy Power - 5/5 points
Increases the damage done by your Voidwalker, Succubus, and Felhunter's melee attacks by 20%.

# Demonic Sacrifice - 1/1 point
When activated, sacrifices your summoned demon to grant you an effect that lasts 30 minutes. The effect is cancelled if any Demon is summoned.

Imp: Increases your Fire damage by 15%.

Voidwalker: Restores 3% of your total Health every 4 seconds.

Succubus: Increases your Shadow damage by 15%.

Felhunter: Restores 2% of your total Mana every 4 seconds.

# Master Demonologist - 5/5 points
Grants both the Warlock and the summoned demon an effect as long as that demon is active.

Imp - Reduces threat caused by 20%.

Voidwalker - Reduces physical damage taken by 10%.

Succubus - Increases all damage caused by 10%.

Felhunter - Increases all resistances by 1.0 per level.



Destruction Talents (21 points)

# Improved Shadow Bolt - 5/5 points
Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase the next 4 sources of Shadow damage dealt to the target by 20%. Effect lasts a maximum of 12 seconds.

# Bane - 5/5 points
Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt and Immolate spells by 0.5 seconds.

# Devastation - 5/5 points
Increases the critical strike chance of your Destruction spells by 5%.

# Shadowburn - 1/1 point
Instantly blasts the target for 87 to 99 Shadow damage. If the target dies from Shadowburn, and yields experience or honor, the caster gains a Soul Shard.

Level 24: 115 to 131 damage
Level 32: 186 to 210 damage
Level 40: 261 to 293 damage
Level 48: 350 to 392 damage
Level 56: 450 to 502 damage

# Improved Firebolt - 1/2 point
Reduces the casting time of your Imp's firebolt spell by 0.5 seconds.

# Destructive Reach - 2/2 points
Increases the range of your Destruction spells by 20%.

# Intensity - 1/2 point
Gives you a 35% chance to resist interruption caused by damage while channeling the Rain of Fire or Hellfire spell.

# Ruin - 1/1 point
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 100%.




Affliction build for leveling:

Affliction Talents (31 points)

# Improved Corruption - 5/5 points
Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 seconds.

# Suppression - 1/5 point
Reduces the chance for enemies to resist your Affliction spells by 2%.

# Improved Life Tap - 2/2 points
Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%.

# Improved Drain Life - 5/5 points
Increases the Health drained by your Drain Life spell by 10%.

# Fel Concentration - 5/5 points
Gives you a 70% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channelling the Drain Life, Drain Mana, or Drain Soul spell.

# Amplify Curse - 1/1 point
Increases the effect of your next Curse of Weakness or Curse of Agony by 50%, or your next Curse of Exhaustion by 20%.

# Nightfall - 2/2 points
Gives your Corruption and Drain Life spells a 4% chance to cause you to enter a Shadow Trance state after damaging the opponent. The Shadow Trance state reduces the casting time of your next Shadow Bolt spell by 100%.

# Grim Reach - 2/2 points
Increases the range of your Affliction spells by 20%.

# Curse of Exhaustion - 1/1 point
Reduces the target's speed to 90% of normal for 12 seconds. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.

# Siphon Life - 1/1 point
Transfers 15 health from the target to the caster every 3 seconds. Lasts 30 seconds.

Level 38: 22 health every 3 seconds
Level 48: 33 health every 3 seconds
Level 58: 45 health every 3 seconds

# Shadow Mastery - 5/5 points
Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 10%.

# Dark Pact - 1/1 point
Drains 150 of your pet's Mana, returning 100% to you.

Level 50: 200 Mana
Level 60: 250 Mana



Demonology Talents (8 points)

# Improved Imp - 3/3 points
Increases the effect of your Imp's Firebolt, Fire Shield, and Blood Pact spells by 30%.

# Demonic Embrace - 5/5 points
Increases your total Stamina by 15%, but reduces your total Spirit by 5%.



Destruction Talents (12 points)

# Improved Shadow Bolt - 5/5 points
Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase the next 4 sources of Shadow damage dealt to the target by 20%. Effect lasts a maximum of 12 seconds.

# Bane - 5/5 points
Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt and Immolate spells by 0.5 seconds.

# Shadowburn - 1/1 point
Instantly blasts the target for 87 to 99 Shadow damage. If the target dies from Shadowburn, and yields experience or honor, the caster gains a Soul Shard.

Level 24: 115 to 131 damage
Level 32: 186 to 210 damage
Level 40: 261 to 293 damage
Level 48: 350 to 392 damage
Level 56: 450 to 502 damage

# Improved Firebolt - 1/2 point
Reduces the casting time of your Imp's firebolt spell by 0.5 seconds.

 

[Noema]

There's a very nice Talent calculator which you can use to play around with different bulds if you want. There's one for every class and it's very up to date.

 

[rstove02]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
warlock forums will be much better than this
like i said though, read the builds on the wow forums.

Checked the warlock forums before work today and did not find much on talent build revamps. Just bored at work and wanted to see if AT posing can yield more info since can not access the warlock forums at work.

 

[Concillian]

My PvE build is demonology + destruction + 5/5 corruption, and goes about quick soloing a little differently from the current favorite with Dark Pact.

I usually use the succubus when soloing simply because her damage output when fully upgraded is better than a void, and she does it with damage, helping me take mobs down quickly. Unfortunately it takes a ton of points to upgrade her fully (imp. succubus, unholy power, master demonologist, imp. lash of pain). But throughout leveling her damage keeps up well with void threat gen. spells.

Basic fighting for me involves little mana usage. I will generally pull with curse of Weakness on yellows and skip CoW and just use Corruption to pull on greens, then position my self far away from it and cast immolate and then wand damage. This usually keeps up well with succy damage output so that I am very near her threat level. Soothing Kiss when the mob is at ~15% or so so it isn't damaging her while we finish it off as it runs to me.

When I do this, my DPS output is about 30% higher than I can maintain with voidwalker, I use less mana, and battles don't last long. Downtime is generally the occasional health funnel to top off my pet before the next battle and the occasional life tap and/or bandage. It's probably more downtime than the typical dark pact build, but the killing is quite a bit faster from my experience, which makes up for the downtime. I think you end up a little more versatile in instances as well.

At 60 I plan some minor switches to more in line with what Fallen Hero mentioned.

 

[GasX]

You can design your end game later when you level more and develop a play style. In the meantime you need to level up. My firm recommendation is to put your first 17 talent points into affliction to get to nightfall 2/2 ASAP. Welcome to the world of zero downtime.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

Originally posted by: rstove02

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
warlock forums will be much better than this
like i said though, read the builds on the wow forums.

Checked the warlock forums before work today and did not find much on talent build revamps. Just bored at work and wanted to see if AT posing can yield more info since can not access the warlock forums at work.

yeah, it moves fast so you may want to search around in there or even post the same question

there are lots of viable builds, a lot depends on what you are comfortable with and enjoy playing. i myself leveled pretty much entirely destruction specced, only once i hit the late 50s did i specc into affliction some. looking back i definitely should have done affliction earlier, experimented with drain tanking, and played with the pet talents more.