Warlock Leveling Guide! How To Level Like a BEAST In Classic WoW!!

[@Punkrat]

Hey guys, i got the drain soul info wrong on this one. U pull ur pet back so improved soul drain triggers, not missing out on a soul shard. Sorry about that, misread during my research.

[@nurmikoil1103]

I'll tell you even more my man Punkrat, you don't need to pull your pet back to trigger imp. drain soul. It was a private server bug:))

[@nurmikoil1103]

But that's the least of the problems this guide has, as warlock pets and respective leveling strategies turned out to be completely wrong on private servers. So much so people are now pushing for succubus/imp as your leveling pet

[@thebiglost1]

Sorry I missed this edit bud, I'll delete my comment. 👍

[@evoknz]

@@nurmikoil1103 Is that true ? On retail it procs even if pet kills it ?

[@nurmikoil1103]

@@evoknz in classic, yes sir

[@furriass3978]

Putting 4/5 into improved corruption is actually pretty awesome in pvp because people think you’re casting fear - but it’s not and it goes so fast that people always miss their kick or silence and waste their cooldown

[@supersolenoid]

I'm sorry to learn that this channel is no longer producing content: videos were of a very good quality IMO and Punkrat definitely deserved more views.

[@Vado42]

I did a respec at level 36 to try and follow this and my survivability went out the window. I followed the order suggested in the video and would really recommend putting points in demo first. I would pump up demonic embrace and improved voidwalker first and then go back into affliction. This way your vw wont lose threat as often with all the dots you are putting on your targets. Aside from that, love the build so far.

[@Sindragozer]

Great video dude! 10:30 I recommend the Nercosis warlock add-on. You can have that alert you when you enter shadow trance. Plus it's just a great add-on over all, with a lot of cool little features for warlocks.

[@idk8964]

I don't think you realize how inconvenient speeding up the talent tree is, that's like one of the most important parts of the video.

[@ekalbthefirst]

Just pause it and slow it down...

[@Itstime1231]

if you use your < and > keys or , and . then you can slow it down to watch frame by frame. Which is honestly the speed you need to slow it down to

[@bderevnin]

A good idea might have been to do the tree as he was explaining the benefits of each talent, would've drawn it out

[@killval849]

Don't even use this build. I'll send you the best one to go with, starting in affliction.

[@Itstime1231]

I agree, this build isn't that great. I love rolling affliction

[@stormdavis8917]

I’d also say in a PvP server, you are going to find more benefit in utilizing life drain over your wand, especially at higher levels. Utilizing drain life is pretty much the same speed as using the wand, but keeps you at full life and mana, you also save time having to not bandage. The build highlighted is definitely focused on some one off beneficial scenarios, but for overall more speed, doing 5/5 supp and 5/5 improved DL over Drain Soul and fel intellect 5/5 is gonna give you more results. If you are leveling your warlock to 60 as a second character, it’s also worth investing in the Shadoweave set from Shadow tailoring which will also stack on your Drain Life, making it far superior to wanting as well. Otherwise this is a very helpful guide about some of the great nuances of the warlock.

[@guillermho]

TIP: Never stay at FULL hp as he does in the video, lifetap to regenerate mana before reaching 100% hp.

[@killazz13]

yeah i was pulling my hair seeing him cast dots and staying at 100% hp.

[@Steve-kn2dd]

His Voidwalker juggling of 3 mobs tactic is also pretty wrong. He obviously does not do that. He would be out of mana and the VW would lose threat pretty fast.

[@johnnyroe8053]

@@Steve-kn2dd lol

[@damagepy]

@@Steve-kn2dd And also if killing same lvl mobs the void can lose hp or die fast, even chainpulling single mobs cant give him enough time to regen and then must heal him constantly.

[@zerglin]

Rogues: YES PLEASE

[@TwistedSMF]

I was on the fence of trying to figure out which one I wanted to level as my main in classic. Back in the vanilla days, I was a DPS warrior. So obviously as that was my first love? I wanted to play it again. I main a Warlock in current retail. So I was having problems figuring out which one I wanted to play. This video helped me decide that gonna main a lock in classic. Great video! :)

[@FkJrry]

Anyone using this to prep for BC as Horde with a new Lock, here is a friendly reminder that Blood Fury Orc racial changes to cover spells as well as melee when Burning Crusade launches. Be sure to consider this change when choosing your path if you feel it is for you.

[@Rain-di2bq]

Awesome bro! Both videos, I’ve leveled to 60 twice on Elysium and lightshope with a priest, loved playing shadow but it’s like a ret pally coming to a raid. Decided I would level a warlock first and your two videos are everything I need, you defiantly did the Vanilla community a solid 🤙 thank you!

[@cburt22ify]

Thanks for this guide man - just started a warlock in SoD and this guide was very helpful. Cheers.

[@felixandersson2952]

On private servers the imp has alot more hp than in classic. Pulling with imp will most likely kill your imp (atleast early levels).

[@dubious6718]

Yep, my imp died a lot during stress test and I only made it to lvl 5..

[@gr33dl0cknein3]

@@dubious6718 yup imp cant tank more than 2 hits

[@thesirlab]

that scroll mouse command insight was epic!

[@eurosonly]

I've just started a warlock in sod and holy cow, I've learned so much from this video. This class is much more intuitive and just as easy to level as hunter. I've tried a mage and just kept dying because I have no pet.

[@selkris1429]

Your videos are awesome. I was planning on making a warlock as my first toon. So this is incredibly helpful.

[@biddyscrilla7587]

you actually do not need to get the killing blow on drain soul it just has to be up when the mob dies. :/

[@ΓεραμανηςΓιωργος]

You don't need it for the shard ,you DO need it for the talent proc

[@James-rp4kp]

you do, just not for the reason he said. while you will get a soul shard just for having it active.getting the killing blow with DS is still important to trigger your improved drain soul talent and get that 100% mana regen to maintain sustainability

[@dimentoid606]

improved drain soul sucks. have fun deleting soul shards from your bag one by one for eternity lulz. locks are plenty mana efficient with a decent wand and improved life tap

[@Oakenlix]

There's a good argument that the drain soul talent simply isn't worth it. The effect only lasts 10 second, and casting drain soul triggers the 5 second rule, so for the half of the duration you just get your normal mana regen just like if you wanded the mob to death, so you're left with another 5 seconds of double mana regen. Which isn't bad, I'll admit, but probably not worth the 2 talent points, especially since warlocks are very sustainable anyway.

[@AstridCeleste96]

@@dimentoid606 Honestly yeah as long as you manage your life you can manage your mana, just use Drain Life, Siphon Life and Soul Tap to keep sustained

[@stevie3452]

Cheers Chunkrat, Exactly the video i wanted from the #1 classic youtuber. The only content creater that I watch every vid!

[@jackbedford-harman4589]

I love my undead warlock. Life tap + Cannibalize is a great utility combo.

[@mkmac909]

I highly recommend not going straight for shadow master because you will sacrifice way too much survivaibility and as you mentioned locks dont have much defense/escape early on especially if not orc. You should start by picking up improved corruption, suppression amplify curse and improved life tap (8-11 points depending on preference). then switching over to demo picking up improved HP, health stone, void sac, fel dom, and master summoner (17 points). After master summoner you go back to affliction tree picking up the rest of your important talents and getting shadow mastery. The reason for this is that getting shadow mastery early and talents like improved CoA don't scale as well be cause you have low level abilities. Getting all the survival talents and having master summoner at level 37 is huge in your defense and lasts all the way to 60. if you do it the other way and get SM first then you get your best defense skill at level 56 and use it for only 4 levels before respeccing. Also when you delay the SM talent you will end up getting it right around the time you start collecting spell damage gear (lvl 51-56) and it scale with your high ranking spells

[@stollpskott]

I agree on this!

[@Vydonis]

Hunter vs Animals: Casting Fear, it goes off I wing clip the instant I can spamming key. A slow moving feared target. Feign Death Ice Trap is fun CC. Shadowmeld(Vanish effect) is super after FD, and a little known effect of casting a trinket guardian to make pet vanish and re-whistle pet in afterward on a refreshed CD to boar stun again. I know its a lock video but you mentioned hunter a bit.

[@GramisDrakkor]

Just started your vid and already am disliking what you are showing. Drain soul is usless while leveling. But even more Void Walker cannot hold aggro like it does on Private as it does 75% less damage. You will die often if you try for the build you showed. Try Dive's Drain tanking or Staysafe's builds.

[@kingfami8537]

Use succ after 20

[@Hackaway]

It's funny to see a voidwalker keep aggro from 4 dots+wand or even on 2 mobs with 2 siphon lifes lol, that was definitely not the case in Vanilla. So many people are going for Demo/DS in their leveling spec ignoring Dark Pact because content creaters tell them to, it's hilarious how awful that advice is.

[@SamLK1633]

I agree. Anyone interested in leveling and playing a warlock. Join the warlock discord

[@zovvi5900]

Was looking for this comment cause I knew something was off. The dive tanking guide looked really good. Not trusting this youtuber from what I have seen on his videos

[@nurmikoil1103]

What's the point of Drain tanking if you have to drink every few mobs. Did you watch the speed runs with people who used it? I'll go with VW if I see that it can't hold agro at all I will switch to succubus + wanding. Specing drain life before at least 30 or more like 38 makes no sense

[@AndOnliCar]

This video really helped me out when playing classic wow with my Warlock. Litteraly the first minute of the video helped me at least a tiny bit. Thanks again buddy!!!

[@mitchconner2021]

Punkrat taught us alot about classic then dipped. I respect him for that.

[@doomcakeplaysgames6513]

Hey Punkrat, been watching your vids for a while. Really well done! Keep it up bro. Thanks for the entertainment!

[@catacid_]

You always get a shard if the target dies while you drain it and it yelds xp/honor. It's the improved drain soul talent effect that triggers only when YOU'RE the one to kill it.

[@R1Looter]

Is it just me or does the voidwalker never aggro like it does in this video. I switched to succubus because I would get aggro for just putting 2 DoTs on a mob...

[@Stacko1515]

That's why I think it's better to go for Improved Voidwalker by level 22.

[@Menaceirl]

Consider buying grimoires to level up its taunt

[@aMilling]

@@Menaceirl ofc i did that.

[@Menaceirl]

@@aMilling Was responding to the original commenter

[@xxboxofmuffinsxx4252]

yeah VW taunt is pretty weak, and warlocks dont even cause much threat... imo let ur voidwalker get a few hits... apply dots between first and second taunt, then life tap, drain life or whatever you do

[@zepho100]

I think you still get the soul shard, even if the pet gets the killing blow?

[@WayneRogersOutdoors]

Yes, all that matters is that you are casting Drain Soul when the mob dies.

[@zepho100]

@@WayneRogersOutdoors Yeah, I think the mix up is improved drain soul -- if the pet gets the blow, you don't get the mana regen boost. Poop talent if you ask me anyway.

[@raketdoris]

@@zepho100 Its pretty decent, 100% increased mana regeneration for the duration. Its equivalent to using 1 more dot every mob. obviously its down to how much spirit you got.

[@shadowawaits1]

Great tips and tricks for Locks!! I would recommend Undead for unlimited food/mana with Cannibalize and Stun is easy to take care with your Voidwalker bubble and DOTS melting people like crazy Speaking of threat, I would recommend get 5 points in corruption to get it instant and go straight for the Void upgrade. After go back and finish the affliction tree and add the last points in demon for good mesure. . With a engineer profession for that extra AOE damage output and mob control are just crazy !:P Love your videos, you are upgrading my hype day by day!

[@casko9626]

is this footage from a privat4e server necause during beta my imp had 30 hp and got 2-3 shot

[@andreasjonsson384]

Yeah this is private server footage. Don't have your imp tank on live & your voidwalker won't pull as much threat on live

[@tcatzmeow]

Thanks playing my first warlock in classic...loving her so far.

[@Exirock]

One think i find odd is that every guide i seen everyone states dont buy every skill etc, but never mention which skills you should have and some you could take for certain scenarios.

[@dangahzone]

I wish content creators would stop hyping up my favorite class lol. Now there's gonna be so many of them running around.

[@savagecarnivore4699]

Not really, checkout the community surveys on Reddit.

[@helloyou807]

@@savagecarnivore4699 do u have an link for chars made surveys?

[@biohoof537]

There were already a lot of locks in classic you special unique unicorn

[@idkfa1000000]

@metalfaust19 i agree back at least on my server there was pretty much no warlocks. it might change but back then they where rare.

[@vitolapinta]

No one is hyping up my pally class lol

[@JBLamp]

Bro. Pretty sure the Drain Soul Talent to get crazy regen is what requires the killing blow. The soul shard is 100% as long as it dies while you are channeling. Otherwise decent vid!

[@antoniobenitez1315]

like your rotor wheel on the pet idea I just started using very helpful

[@perryswift9378]

I dunno why, but I never thought of having scroll-up/scoll-down for the attack/return commands!

[@nickk5406]

something you mentioned made me think of an addon that would be great if someone created. Just like there are addons to show +health for shields. there should be one that shows -health for your dots.

[@RichardHarlos]

Fabulous idea. I hope someone does it!

[@kylesamoyan5620]

at 7:45 you mention as a warlock if your pet gets last hit while draining soul you WILL NOT get a soul shard. and this is not true. for Drain Soul the target just needs to die while you are conencted with the spell drain soul and you WILL be rewarded a soulshard every single time. BUT if you have the talent "Improved drain soul" in the Affliction spec, you DO require to have the last hit via DoT, or direct dmg. but if your pet DOES get the last hit you WILL get a soulshard but you WILL NOT get the "Improved Drain Soul" Talent proc. For the talent you need the last hit. but great vid. i genuinely learned a lot :D ty keep it up (This macro is still usefull for getting this talent to proc, but IF you DONT use this talent its not neccesarry for getting shards) btw you should put atleast 1 point in the talent because its worth it if you go by it anyway just for the ending "50% mana regen during casting at all times" it isnt connected to the buff it just enables mana regen if im correct.

[@mkl4705]

Exactly

[@TheLukeSchnabel]

So i see you picking spells and i notice you skipped rank 1 Curse of Recklessness... this is a MUST HAVE spell for leveling. recklessness keeps humanoids from running away from you when they get to low HP. super useful for not pulling a shit ton of extra mobs when solo leveling and even in dungeons. I don't recommend getting multiple levels in it unless you are duo with a physical based dps character. higher ranks of recklessness decrease the targets armor significantly, but also increases their attack power. but that anti-flee is a huge perk on the spell. for sure a must have. Great video man. Cheers!

[@mikemcnair2026]

Buy all your skills folks. Don't think you need curse of reck? Try preloading a fear on a healing mob. With reck up it's an insta fear/interupt on other curse application.

[@lordofdrones]

Punkrat: Perception good for warlock in pvp. Felhunter: ???

[@msromike123]

Good intro to spec to get you interested. Now forget everything he said and go read Dive's Drain Tanking Guide.

[@Cheezycats]

I been watching his other channel liberal hivemind this whole time and didn't realize it was this guy! Punkrat you rule man!

[@SENTlNEL]

if you scroll to attack then how do you zoom in and out the camera

[@mikewhiskey8630]

Neato. My first room was warlock. I played him all the way up to cata. I plan on resurrecting him.

[@rosemorningstar5368]

What’s the best spec to use while leveling with quests and BG’s?

[@joshuacollins9346]

I prefer Dive's drain tanking method. Succubus auto attacks are like 27% of my damage. Only downside is it is a little harder to juggle multiple mobs, but the zones are so swamped with players that I rarely have reason to take on 3+ mobs. Also at 40 with dark pact mana is almost never an issue. If the VW was a better tank then it would be different, but as it stands you're likely to pull threat anyway. Better to run with a pet that does solid dps.

[@saiyan_princestudios9790]

pro tip: ignore the void lord. The tanky pet you think you remember is actually from tbc or wotlk/cata. It sucks in vanilla, can't even hold aggro on dots or wand. Theoritically it can hold aggro on 1 target with 1 or 2 dots but it will take forever to kill that way, but you could dot up and fear a 2nd target (though bad idea on a pvp server) Instead go hp drain tanking build (still afflic) but use a suc or felhunter or even the imp, all will kill faster than the void lord and since he can't hold aggro well (even talented) he's almost useless. Drain tank w/ succubbus everything dies so fast and you stay full hp easily.

[@zkyngbrodie5636]

thank you for this video now i can definitely enjoy my warlock

[@Ryan_hey]

FYI VW is actually slower than Imp leveling, plus VW threat management is lower in classic than pservers. Staysafe (& other warlock mains) did some insane research on beta and the damage Imp does, especially with talent improvement, is quite high. VW does have the nice bubble sac which helps when you're getting ganked, but it's threat generation does have some trouble too, at least until above L30 or L40 after some Grimoires/pet upgrades to VW threat abilities.

[@billyumbraskey8135]

staysafe is trash at micromanaging his pet and multidotting/chain pulling. not a good standard candle.

[@loganhollingsworth1675]

Hands down the best wow content creator 👏

[@Reaperx81]

FYI Siphon life causes healing aggro

[@mikekelly1957]

So should you Life Tap only at full health? Thus the amount healed is minimal. Sorry I meant Siphon Life.

[@Reaperx81]

@@mikekelly1957 I'm no Lock guru but dont really think the timing matters. Its more a case of whether your pet has enough aggro on the mobs or not. If you using void and give him enough time to round up 3+ mobs and get hes aoe taunt off once or twice u should be ok i think. Single target obviously no issue, SL to ur hearts content :) What some other players also mentioned about the void not being that great for vanilla leveling and rather taking other pet for dps it would also play a role in SL as u might get healing aggro sooner if not using void. Just something to bear in mind. I dont really care that much as I will just dot the S##t out of everything and hope to see another day LOL

[@mikekelly1957]

@@Reaperx81 Thanks for the well-written response! Cheers!

[@marisolaraiza8963]

this video is well done. thanx for uploading

[@mateerdos1664]

Train the reclessness(rank1only), bloody useful in a packed houses, castles etc..

[@nicholaskrozel225]

The scroll keybind for pet attack is an amazing idea but what will I do to zoom in then?

[@markanderson4538]

The thing about not getting soul shards if you don't land the killing blow is only a private server thing. You won't need that macro

[@MrPiikkipallo]

I don't think that was even a private server thing, I leveled a lock in lightshope and iirc as long as the mob had the drain soul dot on it when it died, I would get a ss.

[@guillermho]

it's not about the soul shard it's about getting the improved drain soul proc.

[@SquatchGaming22]

How do I make mouse wheel down follow? Can't find follow in keybinds to remap it

[@angyrosee]

Very helpful!!! Thank you!!!

[@lucianosimmons3003]

My is hard. Cannot wait! Been waiting 12 years for this!

[@damagepy]

Another DoT + wand guy.... meeh :) It works if you want to take your time and lvl slowly but safely, but if you don't draw agro from void (even with improved void) then you doing it wrong and slowly. If you leveling fast then the void only good to keep threat until the initial dots and 1-2 extra SB or drain, and then it surely loses agro but no problem, by the time the mob(s) reach you they are almost dead and drainlife or wanding finish them off...

[@Tectone]

Ty so much:D just the vid i was looking for

[@gneemoebaggins3457]

This one doesn't mess with my class picking cause i just can't get into warlock but a good ( not great ) warlock can be devastating to face off against

[@MrPiikkipallo]

I feel like affliction warlock is pretty boring, just melting the enemy no big juicy crits. Deep destruction is so much fun though, so much control, utility, the variety of the pets to counter different classes/situations and the insane burst of immolate -> conflag -> shadowburn or fear -> curse of elements -> soulfire, will hit them like a truck. All that is super fun, but it doesn't end there, so much usefulness to a raid/dungeon group as well, just a great class for pvp and pve. Also that free mount at 40 ;)

[@marqlazicky2764]

When your lvling, you might as well take dark pact at 40... you can just respec at 60. Would be a bit silly to not just grab that.

[@VMUDream]

Pets are not what make locks great at leveling it's dark pact and life tap, being a caster who never stops to drink is OP and slept on by most average locks

[@tjeerd1982]

yesterday i decided to go warlock and now you upload this!... now still what profs do I want... Think Tailor - and gather

[@Nothernmantis]

Tailoring and engi imo best for pvp and pve lock

[@tjeerd1982]

@@Nothernmantis ye it is.. But buying all the mats for engi is crazy expensive. So think maybe mining to collect everything and at 60 switch to engi

[@irondrugfreewhiteyouth2028]

@@tjeerd1982 better dont rely on this guide it is complet garbage .... exp. the void walker wont be able to hold youre aggro on retail classic

[@striiked1737]

how can I change the movment settings of my pets to the explained mechanics at 05:30 - 06:00?

[@SulfuricDrake]

You should be able to just go into your key bindings and find where it says pet binds and once your there just match the attack and follow buttons on your demons bar and click then scroll up or down as you want. The Keybinds recognize scrolling as a button input. Personally I have up and down mouse buttons on the side of my mouse that I use for my pet attack/follow

[@randytrashcan]

I wish I could make up my mind. Do I level a hunter again and relive my first WoW experience? Alliance locks seem a bit weak due to WotF, but they still look fun. Maybe a rogue. Maybe a mage. Maybe a paladin, actually. Maybe I should quit my job and move back into my parents' basement.

[@australienski6687]

If you want to level Warlock like a beast, you spec drain tank build. Hands down it's the most efficient way to level, zero downtime once you get dark pact. Use succubus instead of void Walker, she'll save your life from those pesky rogue gankers and she does decent damage.

[@OrcBaneScape]

Wonderful videos!! Thanks for all the warlock videos 😁

[@demonxkiller1]

With my experience, Blackbone Wand will stay with you for a very long time. Since it's shadow damage, all of the Shadow Wrath equipment you carry will add to it as well.

[@qweqwadadasdadsf1303]

I'd say to go with improved imp, get some affliction talent ofc. No improved drain soul or drainlife. Mobs die so fast that you get mana without it and more even so with the improved lifetap. At lvl 40 you can switch up to drainlife spec when drainlife is starting to become stronger than your wand.

[@SilverforceX]

imp regenerates mana too fast in private servers. In bliz server, imp runs OOM and becomes useless.

[@fennec7906]

I'm really torn between Orc and Undead Warlock. How many characters are really gonna stun you? There's Rogue and? Wouldn't WOTF and Cannibalize be overall more useful?

[@killval849]

idk where people have found that if you are channeling drain soul, and don't get killing blow you don't receive soul shard. I have literally NEVER not gotten a shard while using that ability(plenty of times where pets or others could have gotten killing blow).

[@AlwaysAstral]

I might be bias since I'm leveling on a PvP server but I'll be leveling as demonology only going into affliction deep enough so I can get improved drain soul.

[@wholawl]

My advice to you is not to do that from the start, you should put the first few points to get improved corr/lifetap and some points in suppression then go into demo to grab embrace and imp. VW, then go back affli and dump the rest where needed. You gain very little beyond improved VW prior to soul link, compared to putting the rest of the point in affliction and then respeccing at lvl 45 ( soul link + 5 points in imp corr at least) then continue from there. Also, improved drain soul is shit. The only way to make this talent functional is to get a lot of spirit which is the least recommended stat for locks while leveling, not to mention demonic embrace reduces your overall spirit, further nerfing the regen granted from imp. DS, so it's not worth the points imo. good luck!

[@bobdole3757]

Grim thought. Will more RL deaths effect the classic servers after a while then before? A lot of the people who are playing now will be the same as before but now older with more health problems.

[@VinderHD]

Good more funerals to raid.

[@SpadesWoW]

One of your better videos imo. Great job. I’m rolling lock retail launch. Good luck champ.

[@dan6538]

This video was super helpful. Still have problems with the macros though

[@dasse1588]

Why did you shrink the talent tree down to a third of the screen size?

[@epicw0w]

What professions would you say are best for warlock?

[@blkmrrs3111]

Engineering/Tailoring

[@viermidebutura]

At start you need to take professions that will help you with gear amd/or buffs and professions that will make you gold. Tailoring for some lock specific gear that will also be a good money making if you bother farming the recipe. Enchanting good early for wand making Alch/herb good for any class. Engineering mining good money making early with a certain gun needed for a quest Or double gathering profs

[@MrPiikkipallo]

@@viermidebutura I think I'm going to pick engineering (just so so useful in pvp) and enchanting (moneymaking).

[@viermidebutura]

@@MrPiikkipalloleveling and using engineering without mining requires a lot of gold which you don't have early in the game and on top of that you'll loose more money with Enchanting than what you'll make from wands

[@irondrugfreewhiteyouth2028]

@@viermidebutura just go alchy and herb , alwasy good and to make youre own raid supplies is so good . Beside the warlock gear needs felcloth and its way better to sell it then to use the craftet cloth amor ....

[@henriquefranco8836]

Nice tutorial, thanks for my man Romnom to send me this.

[@ebro4693]

What addons to use for a warlock?

[@Jerikane2187]

I love your videos Punkrat! Can't wait for Classic to launch. Thanks for sharing your passion and experience of Vanilla in those awesome videos!

[@dubious6718]

Why not get corruption and lifetap, then go down the demo tree to get DS, then you don't have to worry about pet in dungeons and groups Void will also do more damage and have better threat

[@SilverforceX]

This is when pservers make you give the wrong advice. In bliz server, the Voidwalker has crap aggro generation so he can't tank unless you hold back dealing little dmg. On pservers, voidwalker tanks solid. The warlock has to become the tank in order to have a fast kill rate, no holding back 50% so voidwalker wont lose aggro. The fast way to lvl warlock = spec for drain tanking, use a succubus for dmg. At level 40, you can use her mana to restore your mana and keep going infinitely.

[@yushuangluo8006]

Is it true that if the pet kills the mob, drain soul doesn't get the soul shard? Because I never call back the pet, but I still always get the soul shard. Or is it just the coincidence that my pet never gets the last hit?

[@bamf6603]

Can u make the same guide into tbc with warlock?

[@tony9526]

Shadow priest guide man!!!!! Great guides bro

[@Germaingazm]

Ive decided to level with imp until void walker gets aoe taunt and extra threat talent its pretty annoying always pulling agro

[@jim55price]

Sorry, but I've mained a warlock since 2004, & Drain Soul doesn't care at all who or what gets the killing blow. If I'm draining soul when the mob dies, I get a soul shard, period, no exceptions. Further, Improved Drain Soul is completely irrelevant to this issue, as I am always 0/2 in that talent -- I don't use it at all -- and what I said before is still true. (And yes, I do have a 60 warlock in Classic, so this isn't just a misremembered long ago past.) This is just some incorrect warlock mythology. I don't mean to be rude, but it's just wrong.

[@swiftsorrow428]

thanks for this... and i know you said you were sick of lock vids by now. but is there any way you could make a vid about leveling path like which zones to avoid and which have great rewards for locks?

[@WickedJawa]

Orc all the way! Setting on go Monday!

[@justicereborn8296]

If only they didn't look so ugly ;(

[@rowo89]

my voidwalker isnt holding aggro at all, and i skilled early in improved voidwalker.. is there something i can do about it?

[@Professor.Farnsworth]

Nope, my VW is consistently doing 50% less damage than his is and that was with Unholy Power. Somehow along the way I think warlocks had VW nerfed.

[@Nerobyrne]

Cannibalize: The lore-friendly version of teabagging

[@josiahgill9610]

A tea bagging that their friends can watch while they rot to dots

[@TheVandown]

What about healing your pet with health funnel versus just summoning a new one is there a break point or just heal it as much as possible

[@Barzarel]

It's great leveling advice but personally I like enemies attack to some degree, because I think defense skill is useful to level for shit I fucked up moments. It's kinda useful to have some defense skills, if you avoid all melee damage you will reach lvl 60 without much defense skill at all.

[@epicminecrafter91]

you dont have to get last hit with drain soul to get soul shard?

[@paake3134]

I have +90~ shadow dmg now and im level 40, sb definitely is worth using once per mob. Its dmg per mana effeciency surpasses immolate if you have additional sp. Also worth mentioning, sl is way too weak (atleast earlier ranks and without sp) , and costs too much mana to be used on every mob

[@shadewindsd1309]

Dude!! Great video !!

[@Steve-kn2dd]

Where is the room where you went over the races for warlock at the beginning. I have never seen this room before. Scholo?

[@vain14070]

Stormwind warlock trainer location. (classic)

[@Ratatosk80]

For improved drain soul killing blow proc I wouldn't use a /follow macro. Better to just get a habit of manually hit follow if the pet is attacking your drain soul target. Reason is if you are doing a multi mob pull. If the pet is attacking a different target it will stop that once you drain soul on the target it wasn't even attacking in the first place if drain soul also trigger /follow. Guess you can have two keybinds for drain soul to counter this, one normal and one macro but seems a hassle. It's not hard to just manually /follow or send pet to another target before you are about to drain soul.

[@Punkrat]

Ya thats how i did it jn the video. But many ppl are lazy and dont wanna micro their pet so i added it

[@Blondeape]

just started the game, how do you summon your pet?