Warlock's INCREDIBLE 0 Magical Healing Build | Dark and Darker

[@dowsey]

Just an update to the build! Malice is no longer worth running due to a nerf to Will’s scaling. Potions were changed to a Magical Healing source, making Vamperism a great pick now and my preference especially for the potion interaction. (Remember magical healing does not increase life drain’s healing, however, vampirism is an exception and does). I’ve also switched out Soul Collector for Dark Enhancement. This means I do less damage on dark reflection and my first bolt, but my damage is more consistent and I do not need to worry about saving my stacks to do damage, or restacking after a fight. In Duos/Trios I now run Lifedrain, Hydra, CoP, Bolt and Flame Walker as my spells and Phantomise as my skill. And if my damage is very high (over 40 on a curse of pain on the test dummy), I’ll now bring a purple/legendary spell book to cast faster and be more mobile in a fight. I feel this is a high level tactic but worth sharing regardless. I still recommend magic staffs for getting to higher damage numbers faster!

[@shanelogan630]

Hey what’s the song playing in the intro? Sounds awesome

[@brianross9926]

I messed around with a very similar build this past weekend in solos with some mixed success. In normal lobbies I was using White Staff, oracle robe, occultist boots, rawhide gloves and shadow mask to push knowledge high enough to use lifedrain, hydra, CoP Bolt and Flamewalker. I was using phantomize. Flamewalker into phantomize can be fun to run on top of your opponent or a train of mobs. I'd say one big downside I began to realize is that if you are clearing PVE with your spells it is very very loud. It is very powerful in PVE but extremely loud. It is damn near impossible to hear other players approaching and I am sure they hear you from far away. So, often (barbs/rog/fighter) people were getting the jump on me and wrecking me before I could properly respond. I began to adjust a little and clear PVE with a bardiche and pause to listen. It helped some but I still got owned a good bit. But, i've only been playing the game about a month so still learning! Thanks for the guide.

[@jarrodsoos1417]

Amazing video my dude. Very well made and thought out. I love it

[@dowsey]

Thanks a ton!

[@joshuahammond2473]

@@dowsey great build I love this game, warlock is my favorite class, thanks for the new info!! I haven't played since old warlock glad to know theres viable stuff out there

[@Mukesh-hr5mn]

When you used to play dbd you used to get atleast 70k+ views now it's just 15-20k.

[@garfield5647]

its also even worse because hes only doing one class out of like 7 so his view will be even worse than if he did general videos

[@Mukesh-hr5mn]

Agreed.

[@maxsiqueira666]

Ho no! the view police are here 🤡

[@tinfoilpapercut3547]

Thanks for going into some of the under-the-hood mechanics on the stats - hard to find info on it as a new player.

[@dowsey]

No problem!

[@BiggDaddyBubbles]

I wanted to point out that Vampirism actually does work on Life Drain now as of a hotfix or two ago. Not sure if a bug or not, but it does indeed work (personally tested with and without the perk to demonstrate, and had personally tested BEFORE when it did NOT work).

[@dowsey]

This video doesn’t say that Vamperism doesn’t work, it says don’t bring it, as you’re hurting your build‘s efficiency and wasting a perk slot. (Since the Magical Healing changes to potions, I now bring Vampirism)

[@amali9044]

thank you so much man. amazing guide on warlock. i never knew that life drain scaled with magical power instead of healing

[@split6441]

very well made video. thanks

[@dowsey]

So nice of you

[@TechieEasy]

I just started playing the game and this video is so informative. Can't wait to try it out.

[@ApplyRaiN]

Love this video! Thanks for the detailed guide this helped me a lot!

[@dowsey]

Glad it helped!

[@dustymetso]

@@dowsey How do you even get to max level in the first place? Isn't warlock crazy weak early on? Maybe a guide for that on the newest patch would be great, warlock looks fun!

[@dowsey]

@@dustymetso as in level 20? Just by killing as many mobs as possible and consistently escaping! It takes time but it’s pretty easy for an experienced player to go from level 1 to 20, on average it takes me about 3-4 hours to complete.

[@Seras0]

@@dustymetso I decided to start this recent wipe as a Warlock going from Slayer fighter, and I didn't have any issues leveling it up, even with a bad build. Learn how to melee mobs/enemies and just take that info into your class, or practice that as your focus. (I started fighter specifically so I could learn how to fight everything.) I actually found Staff to be a little wonky at first, but give it some time getting used to the range of the swings and it was working just fine for me.

[@kylegreeley6406]

​@@dustymetsothrow on Flame Walker and phantomize load into crypts agro every mob and flame walk them, use phantomize when there is an archer and run through them. You'll level at God speed

[@mikevernier2559]

Awesome guide!

[@constantine9449]

Thank you so much for the tips my man :D Nice vid, very comprehensible and pleasant to watch !

[@levivass]

Great video, good production and content, well explained

[@Phanindra-Kumar]

Bro, I really miss your content from DBD, I hope you are doing great, IF so, I hope you give a comeback to the core content. You used to be the most CONSISTENT content creator. It's sad to see your channel this way 😔 You can keep up with Dbd as core content and do other games too, there is always time to watch out for everything....

[@EllysUsername_]

5:18 those snipes were amazing to watch LIVE, I think even the enemy was thinking "damn that was a good shot" lmao

[@Kreggulon]

I tried this build for a couple days always going pretty budget. I think it's great for solo farming but I ran into trouble in PvP against Barb, Fighters, and other melee warlocks. I'm just not used to the cast speed of the staff and I feel like people can cross a whole room by the time I even get a cast off.

[@SonnyJim173]

Back to playing chucky

[@lonelykid9846]

Dowsey should try the game lethal company

[@haydenburton1789]

the Dark Enhancement Perk also increases Dark Reflection damage. I run a lot of normal Goblin Caves, so I don't run into a ton of Wizards. YMMV but I drop Antimagic for Dark Enhancement in Normal Solo runs

[@copium7845]

dowsey im happy to see you doing what you love :) Altough i do miss you on DBD, but its understandable as to why you quit. However im looking into playind dark and darker so this is one hell of a surprise :D

[@KingPringleUSA]

Great vid and summary! People are sleeping on magic damage with the warlock and just buy magic healing. I don’t think people understand that Warlock can build higher magic damage than even the wizard with how the perks scale. Awesome stuff Dowsey

[@NoCelerity]

Great video, super helpful

[@qbangamerr5871]

Glad to see u playing a game u truly enjoy instead of other games for more views

[@livingangel3685]

7:32 Making it rain mouth juice...

[@AngryTurkable]

been struggling on lock feels like im not getting it. that dark reflection tech is HOT

[@triggerhxppy]

as a wiz main i quite often had to fight people teaming in goblin caves too.. idk if theyd actually get banned for it even with shadowplay evidence. so low, its prolly the same people that went into normal as fighters with full purple+ gear and crossbows

[@BoredIdiott]

Love the teddy fresh!

[@dawnbreakerii204]

i thought magical damage on the catalysts just made your spells hit harder? thats why when you heal off hydra using life drain with a crystal ball vs healing with a staff, the staff heals more because the staff has higher magical damage usually than a ball yes I tested this. magical damage matters for catalysts like the book, the staff and the ball. the more magical damage you have the more damage with your spells you will do and the more HP you will heal off of hydra I used hydra then healed with 3 different magical catalysts to test and see if I was getting more or less healing based on the catalyst's magical damage value these tests were done with default gear (frock, wizard shoes) perks : soul collector, antimagic, dark reflection and dark enHANCEment (not enchantment, that doesnt exist.) here are the tests results: ball - 1 magical damage 14 healing off of hydra using lifedrain book 2 magical damage 17 healing off of hydra using lifedrain staff 6 magical damage 26 healing off of hydra using lifedrain

[@firstnamelastname6699]

yes

[@poopfart9801]

Power of sacrifice is also pretty good but its a little situational. Getting your vigor to 40 and steength to 30 is amazing in melee tho

[@Sp00py298]

I’m done with dbd is the last vod you did good on lol

[@n0zy389]

wizards still more broken than warlock hands down

[@haydenburton1789]

Warlock is prob the weakest class in the game, but that's not saying much tbh

[@allrisk7319]

​@@haydenburton1789 weaker than bard?

[@haydenburton1789]

@@allrisk7319 easily

[@chameleon341]

You can play torture mastery instead of the 25% Magical damage reduction. If you have for example just a pendant with +3 magical healing you can use both hydra + lifedrain AND get health from attacking players/mobs with curses. Build knowledge pieces with addition magical damage.

[@masonboman7457]

Yeah but if Dowsey had done that he would have 100% died to the wiz/cleric in the pvp at the end of the vid. with cleric and wiz being so good this patch you definitely need the magic res

[@dowsey]

I wouldn’t recommend that, the point of life drain is affordability and simplicity. To use torture mastery requires incredible financial cost and an hour in trade channel finding the perfect gear. In solo play, that just isn’t viable, the risk of dying and losing everything is too much. Not to mention, losing antimagic is actually death in the current wizard meta.

[@chameleon341]

@@dowsey Kazaren who is NR 1 warlock doesn’t agree with what you just said, he’s playing the exact build i’m stating. so am i, i’m top 40.

[@poopfart9801]

​​@@chameleon341he also only died 5 times in 100 games. He has BIS so of course he can afford a pricey magic heal build

[@dowsey]

@@chameleon341and I’m rank 15 in solo play, despite spending the last week playing almost exclusively duos/trios, using a build that doesn’t require 10,000+ gold to make work. If you think this current rank system means something then I think we’ve reached the end of this conversation. I don’t really understand what you’re trying to get at tbh. It’s like you’re arguing a point without even considering what’s being said to you. Which would make sense if your entire point isn’t your own and it’s just taken from a different build video you’ve watched 😂 and for what it’s worth, I’ve had this conversation with Karazen privately, so I don’t feel like repeating it with a second hand user 😂

[@keirebuuishi4353]

5:19 Sadness 😭

[@zacherymulvany6072]

The bonk is real

[@Ultra4]

want more now

[@beamrider8207]

great video

[@connermcelveen]

Im honestly baffled about that soul collector + dark reflection combo. You guys think thats intended or it will get patched?

[@sokka5078]

W VIDZ

[@NickJoblon]

any advice on a build to level to 15 with?

[@marcinpaska7880]

Does soul collector really work at non dark magic spells?

[@dawnbreakerii204]

7:52 its dark "EN'HANCE'MENT" not "EN'CHANT'MENT"

[@duk845]

why not vampirism since it still buffs life drain heals?

[@dawnbreakerii204]

vampirism helps life drain. this has been tested. spread the word

[@higheloguy9057]

Why are people taking curse of pain while running this build. Does it have better scaling than BoD?

[@dowsey]

The 60% dark magic scaling is better utilised on dark reflection (in solo play), this is explained in the video.

[@insanemechanics5226]

I build one time wirh 330 move speed 12 magical healing 35 will and 21 knowlodge is so strong

[@madMILL3R]

Imagine forgetting rangers exist when saying a class gets teamed on more than others.

[@kylegreeley6406]

Well rangers deserve it, they are all pieces of crap

[@DiffYT]

I would argue Rogue gets teamed on the most besides Warlock and that's coming from a Ranger main. Good video btw, might run Warlock for a wipe and see what happens.

[@Pharcyde-gk4je]

spelled knowledge a bit wrong lol

[@pinkteacrotchdweller6869]

I don't think true magical damage is very good if you are also building will/magical power as true damage doesn't scale with power. added magical damage is far superior

[@Namthre]

Neither true nor add scale with power. The only difference between the two is that true has no limb modifiers, ignores resist, and ignores range falloff

[@0valdemar03]

@dowsey what about magical power??

[@0valdemar03]

stacking^

[@dowsey]

Stacking magical power obviously increases the damage output of spells and healing of life drain. But focus first on additional/true magical damage and high knowledge. It’s going to scale much more efficiently.

[@blueone8696]

#ALBION online 3D... XD

[@Scharnel]

Curse of Pain isnt Hitscan tho

[@dowsey]

It is, always has been, not sure how this popular myth started but has been busted and proven wrong many times.

[@user-fs2oc7mm5k]

めっちゃヌーブなのに勝てるの意味わからん

[@user-xm3dy4mh7o]

Your channel fell of hard, you went from about 75k - 300k views when making DBD videos but after you quit the gane your views dropped to 10k - 20k

[@joselara7821]

I was just thinking this as I was scrolling through dbd videos and remember him before he quit dbd.

[@poopfart9801]

First off average was never that. Only hardcore and a couple of builds got 300k Second of course he has fewer views he went from playing a game with a million active players to a game that's not even on Steam. He is a very well-respected warlock main in the community and once dark and Darker gets on steam I'm sure his views will skyrocket. His content hasnt gotten worse hes just playing a diffrent game

[@maxsiqueira666]

And still doing more than you 😂

[@user-xm3dy4mh7o]

@@maxsiqueira666 You say that as if I would give a flying fuck 💀

[@dukhedYT]

He prioritizes happiness over popularity. I'd do the same if i was burnt out on a game.

[@toby8462]

Wow dowsey how the mighty have fallen. Your channel dropped hardcore since you trashed dbd

[@krisraj7125]

What is this shit? Where's DBD?

[@maxsiqueira666]

On steam

[@reptilian4204]

this is outdated tbh its known about these 2 builds but the rank 1 warlock in ruins Kazaren_TV made Rank 1 Warlock Build Guide PATCH 2 : Dark and Darker way better

[@tomsonhenpai6589]

it was released 1 fuckin h ago man, and its on a new patch, and its less damanding then kazaren tv, AND ITS ROUGE PROOF

[@kazaren]

Bro the point of my build was about survivability, It deals next to no damage compared to this set up, They are good at different things. I think you can play this set up to rank 1 easily as well. And his build is WAY cheaper to set up making it hella cost efficient. My build is for me and how I play, I dont need to deal tons of damage, I just need to survive. This build is for destroying life bars and it will excel in said task way better and for way cheaper.