The War Within Warlock Guide

In this The War Within Warlock Guide we discuss the current state of one of the most brutal and canonical Damage dealers in World of Warcraft — Warlock. Prepare yourself for the tips and tricks on the Warlock TWW gameplay with our comprehensive guide. And to enhance your Warlock gameplay, read our The War Within Addons Guide.

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The War Within Warlock Overview

Warlock has always been a strong damage dealer throughout the entire history of WoW due to 3 damage dealing specs. One way or another, Warlock remains at the top of DPS meters in any type of encounter. This class is known for its AoE capabilities, sustained damage, and utility in dungeons and raids.

In fact, Warlocks are also good for solo playing and can adapt to various situations. They tend to perform well across different patches and expansions, in Single and Multi-Target Situations, and the dark demonic aura around the Warlock class only makes it even more intriguing and interesting to master.

Warlock Strengths and Weaknesses

It should be mentioned, that every class and spec has its pros and cons, and Warlocks are no exception. Here, we provide a detailed breakdown of their strongest and weakest points:

The War Within Warlock Changes

In the War Within expansion, Warlocks have seen significant changes across all specializations, including Warlock Class Tree Rework which was followed by a talent restructure, new spells and new Hero Talent Tree, and rebalanced abilities. Demonology now has better demon damage boosts and smoother burst windows; Affliction’s DoTs are more synergistic and versatile; Destruction’s Chaos Bolt scales better with gear, and its cleave damage is improved. And surely the overall Warlock Utility is still there.

Changes to abilities include:

• Demonic Circle: is no longer a baseline ability.
• Demonic Tactics: Introduced as a new output node, providing enhanced damage.
• Soul Link: Now a consolidated 2-point talent, with Profane Bargain removed.
• Inquisitor’s Gaze and Summon Soulkeeper: This node has been replaced by Soul Conduit, now available at 1 point of effectiveness.

Also, a new feature — the Warbands — was added. It allows now to transfer resources between your alts and the main character, which is way more convenient than it was. You can unlock the Warband Bank with the help of our team and start managing your resources now.

The War Within Warlock Abilities

Being a beloved class for many players, Warlocks in World of Warcraft has several key abilities available to all specializations. Here are the essential abilities, that make Warlocks stand out of the crowd:

• Healthstone: Creates a Healthstonethat restores a significant amount of health, providing vital self-healing;
• Fear: Inflicts Fear on the target, causing it to flee in terror for a short duration, offering powerful crowd control;
• Unending Resolve: Grants damage reduction and immunity to interrupts for a brief period, enhancing survivability in tough situations;
• Soulstone: Can be used to resurrect a fallen ally or pre-cast on oneself or others to automatically resurrect upon death.

The War Within Warlock Rotation

Depending on the spec, your rotation will vary. In order not to overload you with tons of information and a full list of rotational abilities, we prepared a list of tips on Warlock combat scenarios:

• Maintain DoTs. Always keep your damage-over-time abilities (such as  Seed of Corruption for Affliction) active on your target. Refresh them just before they expire to maximize uptime;
• Use Cooldowns Wisely. Time your major cooldowns like Summon Demonic Tyrant (Demonology), Dark Soul: Misery (Affliction), or Dark Soul: Instability (Destruction) for burst phases or key moments in the encounter;
• Prioritize Spenders. Use your primary resource spenders efficiently, such as Chaos Bolt (Destruction), Hand of Gul’dan (Demonology), or Unstable Affliction (Affliction), to ensure you are always spending resources effectively;
• Cast Filler Spells. When no other abilities are available, use your filler spells like Shadow Bolt (Demonology), Drain Soul (Affliction), or Incinerate (Destruction) to keep dealing damage;
• Positioning. Maintain optimal positioning to minimize movement, as Warlocks rely on casting time. Use abilities like Burning Rush to reposition quickly when necessary.

To learn the rotation of a particular spec you can have a look at one of our Warlock Specialization guides on Overgear.

The War Within Warlock Leveling

The best spec to level up is the Demonology Warlock. This specialization is the best for solo Warlock gameplay because of tanky demons that always can protect you and a decent amount of self-healing. If you are starting with level one, visit Chromie and choose the Warlords of Draenor timeline. For more effectiveness use the Azeroth Autopilot addon to follow the fastest way possible.

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Don’t hesitate to spend some gold on the following items, as they will ease your life drastically.

• Gunshoes — increase your movement speed on the ground;
• Goblin Glider Kit — having a few in your bags is always helpful;
• Light-Step Hoofplates & Comfortable Rider’s Barding — improve your ground mounts;
• Bear Tartare — killing monsters increases your speed;
• Drums of Deathly Ferocity — a Bloodlust effect;
• Spectral Flask of Power — the old flask will give you a pretty decent stat increase.

The War Within Warlock BiS Items

Warlocks in WoW The War Within use Reshii Wraps as their BiS item of preference. It adds Intellect scaling and facilitates higher uptime on DoTs or channeled spells. Paired with good haste or mastery rolls, this cape is made to order for each spec from Affliction to Destruction. See our complete Reshii Wraps guide here.

Best Warlock Cartel Chip Items

In fact, you can also get some of the BiS gear during the Turbo Boost event. See the best Warlock Cartel Chip purchases here:

Spec	Best Cartel Chip Purchases
Affliction Warlock	Voidglass Sovereign’s Blade or  Voidglass Kris  Araz’s Ritual Forge  Diamantine Voidcore or  Azhiccaran Parapodia  Interloper’s Silken Striders  Logic Gate: Alpha
Demonology Warlock	Voidglass Sovereign’s Blade or  Voidglass Kris  Astral Antenna  Araz’s Ritual Forge or  Azhiccaran Parapodia  Interloper’s Silken Striders  Logic Gate: Alpha
Destruction Warlock	Voidglass Kris  Interloper’s Silken Striders  Astral Antenna  Diamantine Voidcore

The War Within Warlock Stats

The stat priority shows, which gear you need to focus on during item equipping. For each spec, the priority is different:

• For Affliction Warlock, prioritise these stats:
  Item Level > Intellect > Haste > Mastery > Crit > Versatility;
• Demonology spec should look for these points while gearing:
  Item Level > Intellect > Haste > Mastery = Crit > Versatility;
• And finally, here’s the priority for Destruction Warlocks:
  Item Level > Intellect > Haste > Mastery > Critical Strike > Versatility.

The War Within Warlock Consumables

There are a lot of consumables that can help in all of the fights and provide additional damage. Here is the list of the best consumables for PvE environments in World of Warcraft The War Within.

Warlock Flasks in The War Within

• Flask of Alchemical Chaos;
• Flask of Tempered Swiftness.

Warlock Combat Potions in The War Within

• Tempered Potion;
• Potion of Unwavering Focus.

Warlock Health Potions in The War Within

• Algari Healing Potion.

Warlock Weapon Buff in The War Within

• Algari Mana Oil.

Best Warlock Food in The War Within

• Feast of the Midnight Masquerade;
• Everything Stew.

Best Warlock Gems in The War Within

• Culminating Blasphemite;
• Masterful Emerald.

Warlock Best Enchants in The War Within

Slot	Best Enchant	Cheaper Version
Weapon	Enchant Weapon – Stormrider’s Fury	Enchant Weapon – Stormrider’s Fury
Cloak	Enchant Cloak – Chant of Winged Grace	Enchant Cloak – Whisper of Silken Avoidance
Chest	Enchant Chest – Council’s Intellect	—
Bracers	Enchant Bracer – Chant of Armored Avoidance	Enchant Bracer – Chant of Armored Leech
Legs	Sunset Spellthread	Weavercloth Spellthread
Boots	Enchant Boots – Defender’s March	—
Ring – Regular	Enchant Ring – Radiant Haste	Enchant Ring – Glimmering Haste
Ring – Cursed	Enchant Ring – Cursed Haste	—

The War Within Warlock Best Race

The racial options for Warlock are various, but some are definitely better than others. Here we gathered the best races for Warlock in The War Within Expansion.

Horde

The Orc racial bonus Hardiness is good for lowering the time of control on you. This is, for sure, the top Horde racial skill to have if you are focused mostly on PvP. Also not only

While Hardiness is a great skill, this race also has the Blood Fury racial ability. This is not in the global cooldown and mostly be used for burst damage with other burst abilities.

Alliance

The Human racial ability Will to Survive is a good skill to get rid of annoying stuns. It is hard not to mention that this race also has The Human Spirit that boosts your secondary stats (Haste, Critical Strike, Mastery, Versatility).

The War Within Warlock PvP

The Warlock class has lost its apex lately and is no longer the king of PvP classes. However, it’s still a very solid choice for PvP.

Affliction has good survivability and huge solo target damage with a bit lack of burst damage. Destruction has some important issues, such as lack of survivability and, more importantly, lack of mobility. Demonology has overcome some changes that buffed Demonology a lot. This spec has good mobility, the best survivability out of all three specs, good burst damage, and a lot of utility, thus, it should be an obvious choice when entering PvP environments.

The War Within Warlock Best Professions

Some people say that Engineering is a must-have profession in PvP and PvE, but in fact, you can buy everything you need in an auction house. So we suggest you focus on making gold. The best combinations for professions are Mining + Herbalism or Tailoring + Skinning (these setups are for those who like to grind and make money from it). And despite which one you choose, you can improve your profession knowledge with our The Council of Dornogal Renown service.

The War Within Warlock Macros

What can enhance your quality of life more than Macros? Probably, lots of things, but Macros are also good. They come in handy when playing classes with complicated rotations and help to avoid downtime and DPS loss.

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Thanks for reading our The War Within Warlock Guide. We shared all the essential information about the current state of this class, and any possible updates will be reflected in this guide. Also, read other handy guides on our Overgear platform and stay tuned.