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

Yo! Soldiers of Classic! Here we go with another leveling guide friends! This time covering the warlock! Locks are a tier 1 leveling class, so this is gunna be a good one fellas!
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Leveling Guide Classic WoW
Mistakes Made While Leveling In Classic WoW
Tips & Tricks
alliance guide, horde guide, 1-60, warlock
Leveling Guide Classic WoW
Mistakes Made While Leveling In Classic WoW
Tips & Tricks
alliance guide, horde guide, 1-60, warlock
Leveling Guide Classic WoW
Mistakes Made While Leveling In Classic WoW
Tips & Tricks
alliance guide, horde guide, 1-60, warlock
Leveling Guide Classic WoW
Mistakes Made While Leveling In Classic WoW
Tips & Tricks
alliance guide, horde guide, 1-60, warlock

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@selkris1429]

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

[@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.

[@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!!!

[@doomcakeplaysgames6513]

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

[@OrcBaneScape]

Wonderful videos!! Thanks for all the warlock videos 😁

[@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.

[@ciswhitebigot]

Thanks for mouse scroll tip for the pet. Never thought of that

[@simulki7108]

Then how will I zoom out and in my own character?

[@nightfox9]

Awwwww yeahhhh, been waitin for this one to pop up!

[@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! :)

[@lucianosimmons3003]

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

[@lab200912]

that scroll mouse command insight was epic!

[@i2pjd6hRw5P]

I'm glad I watched this, great video, thank you

[@angyrosee]

Very helpful!!! Thank you!!!

[@cburt22ify]

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

[@antoniobenitez1315]

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

[@ryanbirch3434]

Quality content! Thanks champ

[@jackbedford-harman4589]

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

[@tcatzmeow]

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

[@zkyngbrodie5636]

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

[@marisolaraiza8963]

this video is well done. thanx for uploading

[@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

[@TheExciteMike]

I bookmarked this vid the moment I saw it. Thanks!

[@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!

[@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

[@shadewindsd1309]

Dude!! Great video !!

[@williambreeze2659]

Thanks for the tips!

[@lc5439]

Dude your vids are ace. Im a WOW noob and this is going to be fun. Thanks

[@tony9526]

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

[@enumen9015]

Nice specific information, really useful if you are a new player.

[@axelnicodeme9545]

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!

[@shawnelmi5133]

Amazing thank you!

[@lucianosimmons3003]

Ty for another stellar vid

[@Senbonzakura776]

Very awesome vid....Thanks!

[@Tectone]

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

[@stevie3452]

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

[@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.

[@Cunning_Jester]

Thanks for the vid bro

[@heimerblaster976]

Very useful !!

[@lordofdrones]

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

[@mikewhiskey8630]

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

[@henriquefranco8836]

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

[@Dekamerx]

Nice, I use the same keybinds for pet attack and follow!

[@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!

[@jontaii152]

Ahh... Just what I needed

[@mateerdos1664]

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

[@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

[@wcook8703]

Such a good key bind suggestion holy shit im talkin genius lvl macros here ppl

[@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?

[@Naliao]

Thanks homie

[@loganhollingsworth1675]

Hands down the best wow content creator 👏

[@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!

[@vesical7952]

4 more days and I can't wait... I can't wait to actually interact in a MMO again,

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@perryswift9378]

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

[@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

[@msromike123]

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

[@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!

[@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

[@WickedJawa]

Orc all the way! Setting on go Monday!

[@justicereborn8296]

If only they didn't look so ugly ;(

[@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 ;)

[@shracken9514]

Lock power lets go lads.

[@saulosilva1236]

now thats a tutorial thx

[@nicholaskrozel225]

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

[@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.

[@williamcricket7931]

Your discord is awesome, lots of spicy memes.

[@digitalbob5472]

Are you going to be doing leveling guides for other classes?

[@Cheezycats]

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

[@Nerobyrne]

Cannibalize: The lore-friendly version of teabagging

[@josiahgill9610]

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

[@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.

[@sly2555]

Hey so you didn't mention anything about the warlock pathing quests.... After you get the golden blood robe from ratchet, You have 2 choices to pursue the infernal or the felhound…? Whats the best way to go. Because Im for infernal all day but if felhound is better ill do that.

[@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

[@dan6538]

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

[@Max-ej4oh]

I'm leveling up as destro. Having an insta-damage spell for those god damn rotten bastards tagging important mobs was a pain in the literall ass. Plus it's a neat "execute" ability with a decend damage, it does wonders if you managed to crit a shadowbolt, the extra shadow damage do applies and gives you a very hard ouchies. And ruin... *slurp*

[@SharonPernes]

Good info, I’m 39 (took a long time to decide on a server and class). I read something about drain tanking. Do you know what that is? I saw it online and can’t find it now, lol.

[@rosemorningstar5368]

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

[@jonathanmatthew5631]

Have you tested using the voidwalker to tank in classic beta? I've read that it VW tanking doesn't work as efficiently as anticipated since VW aggro in classic is way lower than private server. This is why it's better to do the drain tanking method for leveling instead.... any comments on this?

[@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.

[@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?

[@uber29]

"They've got it all" Gets ganked by rogues and just pops instantly lol

[@jpc5306]

I'm want to go affliction/destro, can I just do 20 into destro to end with ruin and do just as much if not more dps? I'm planning on pvping endgame and rather have shorter cooldowns and increase in damage with shadowbolt/immolate. Ruin makes destro spells crit damage x2.

[@TruongMtgArenaHearthstone03]

Sickrat

[@franciscocarreiroamado8242]

Hey! How do i put that pet attack/follow on the mousewheel? Didnt find it on keybindings

[@dupremeweems4437]

Holy shit this is a good ass guide

[@charleswilson7833]

What is the name of the song Punkrat plays for these videos? Its so chill

[@SpadesWoW]

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

[@simoncb7777]

10:30 how do i add the nightfall trigger in the scolling combat text addon?

[@chilaFTW]

Hi guys, what do you recommend in terms of professions when leveling?

[@bamf6603]

Can u make the same guide into tbc with warlock?

[@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.

[@biddyscrilla7587]

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

[@user-cr7wg9vs1z]

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

[@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.

[@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