Class Guide

WARLOCK

Warlocks are spellcasters who have delved deep into demonic magic. Their strengths lie in the resourcefulness of their summoned minions and their ability to inflict pain and destruction with spells. Races that can become warlocks are Humans and Gnomes for the Alliance. Undead and Orc for the Horde. Blood Elves who joined the Horde during the Burning Crusade also are able to be Warlocks.

One unique ability of warlocks is their power to summon demons to their aid. A warlock can summon four types of demons binding them indefinitely until death or dismissal. These four types of demons are the Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus and Felhunter. A warlock who puts 41 or more points into demonology may also learn to summon a Felguard as a loyal servant. All warlocks can also call an Infernal to rain down as a meteor or perform the sacrificial Ritual of Doom to spawn a Doomguard; however, these two demons are able to break free of their master's control, making them unlikely allies. A warlock player may command only one demon at a time.

Warlocks also can summon demonic steeds to speed up their travel. They also possess the ability to create the Eye of Kilrogg. Appearing as a dislodged eyeball, the Eye of Kilrogg grants its vision to the warlock who summoned it. Warlocks also have the ability to track and enslave demons in the wild. In addition to enslaving demons, Warlocks also have the spell called Banish which allows them to remove a demon or elemental creature from the temporal world for a short period of time.

Warlocks are able to drain the souls of their enemies to create Soul Shards, which are required reagents for many of their abilities. The summoning of Voidwalker, Succubus, Felhunter and Felguard all require a Soul Shard. Using a Soul Shard, a warlock and two other players can perform the Ritual of Summoning to summon other players to their location.

Soul Shards are also used in casting two of warlock's more powerful Destruction spells, Shadowburn and Soul Fire.

Warlocks can create several conjured items called "Stones" from Soul Shards. One such stone, the Soulstone, when used on a target player grants the target player a one-time ability to resurrect after death. The Healthstone when consumed instantly heals the user for a set amount of hit points. The Firestone when equipped increases the damage caused by the warlock's fire spells and enchants the warlock's melee weapon with fire damage. The Spellstone when equipped increases the critical chance of the Warlock's spells, and when activated removes all harmful magical effects from the warlock.

As all conjured items, these stones are removed from the player's inventory if the player logs off for more than 15 minutes.

The Warlock talent trees are: Affliction (curses, debuffs and damage over time), Demonology (summoned demons and survivability) and Destruction (burst damage). The only armor Warlocks can wear is cloth armor.