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Warlocks were mages that delved too deeply into the roots of demonic power. Consumed by a lust for dark knowledge, they've tapped into chaotic magic from beyond the world. The Burning Legion now feeds them its powers, allowing them to channel destructive energies and call upon the powerful emissaries of their demon masters.

The Warlock is a more involved class to play. Warlocks have pets, many different spell combos, and a reagent component requirement for some of their spells. This means that it will take a bit more learning than some of the more straightforward classes. The Warlock has a lot of very cool and fun abilities including Eye of Kilrogg, Fear, Pets, and more. The Warlock is a very fun class to play once you figure things out.

Strengths

• Possesses the ability to summon and control demons
  
• Can create Healthstones for themselves or party members which heal life upon consumption
  
• Can summon other party members using Ritual of Summoning
  
• Can learn to summon a demonic mount at no cost
  
• Are able to drain opponents life and use it to restore their own health
  

Weaknesses

• Select spells and abilities require soulshards
  
• Restricted to wearing cloth armor
  
• Limited melee capability
  

Class Role
Warlocks have both powerful damage spells (primarily dealing over time) and debuff spells that work well in conjunction with each other and with the abilities of their groupmates. They have Curses for many occasions; in fact, they can easily be considered the best debuffers in the game. Their pets, too, help with the damage dealing and grant the Warlock extra abilities to put to use. They can also control crowds well with Seduction and Banish, and provide limited support in the form of their summoned stones.

Eligible Races: Human, Orc, Undead, Gnome, Blood Elf
Standard Bars: Health/Mana
Armor: Cloth
Weapons: Daggers, Wands, Swords (with training), Staves (with training)

Suitable Professions
One of the best things about being a warlock is that you'll get a mount for free, so make sure you take up professions useful for you and not just for gold grinding. Tailoring and Enchanting or Alchemy and Herbalisms are especially beneficial combinations for this class.

How to obtain Soul Shards
Soul Shards are obtained by killing monsters with the Drain Soul Spells. They are required for certain spells and abilities. Note that you cannot get a soulshard from an enemy that doesn't give you any experience after you defeat it. So getting soul shards is always a bit of a challenge and you'll have to take up on monsters around your level to get one.

Demons
Warlocks can summon the following demons: Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Felhunter, Inferno.

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