Warlock Leveling Guide

Warlocks are one of the most powerful spellcasters in the game. In fact, most people say that you do not need to l2p (short for learn to play) if you’re using a Warlock. Yes, they’re that powerful and the fact that it does not take as much skill to use as other classes just indicates how much of a power house they are under very experienced players.

It has an in-game arrow telling you where to go!

Based on a lot of players’ experiences, Affliction is the best leveling talent spec for a Warlock. Some people claim though that Demonology is the best; owing to the fact that it strengthens your VW and therefore reduces your down time. However it is a well known fact that Demonology DPS will not be higher than Affliction until level 50. Even at the level (50-60), Demonology DPS will rely heavily on what gear you’re wearing. The Destruction Locks often brag about killing single targets faster than everyone else; however, with this build, you will have to DRINK a lot — increasing your downtime.

With that said let’s go back to the Affliction Build:

Click here to view what your talent tree should look like by level 50

After this you can start getting points from the other trees. I really prefer putting some talents in Destruction to get Bane to increase my PVE DPS (for instance runs).

Stats to Focus on

For budding Warlocks, this is very simple. DO NOT FOCUS ON: i) Spirit and ii) Intellect. DO FOCUS ON: i) +Shadow dmg gear, ii) +Spell damage, and iii) Stamina

That’s it. Pretty simple eh?

Tip: Drain Tanking

I’m sure most Warlocks know this already as this is a popular technique for most of a Warlock’s leveling career.

All you have to do is this:

1. Locate mob
2. Immolate/UA/Shadow Bolt
3. Apply instant DoT’s (Damage over time spells)
4. Drain Tank
5. Dark Pact as you move on to the next target

Warlocks in Action

Here’s a video of an affliction Warlock grinding (no sound, pretty boring, but it gets the message across)

Here’s another one: