Preview Of Warlock's Pvp Future In Patch 5.4

warlock enjoys very high reputation in world of warcraft pvp. even through its operation is very complicated, many players insist on playing this class for it is really awesome. as the damage dealer in the team, to cause instant high break and aoe damages are what he good at. but many changes are going to be made to this class in the patch 5.4. let’s have some preview about the warlock’s future in wow pvp today.

there are three specializations for warlock. they are separately affliction, demonology and destruction. in this new patch, skill changes to affliction are the most. some players joking that, affliction is afflicting the enemies, but also us players as well. as the operation is really complicated, you need to be really flexible to play it well. from the official information about the changes to warlock, we can see that some skills are strengthened, while some are weakened. the damage caused by agony, haunt and unstable affliction are increased as blizzard want to increase the dot of affliction warlock. as these kinds of skill are easy to be interrupted, it makes this class more difficult to have advantage in pvp. what’s more, the damage caused by malefic grasp will be decreased. it is a very cool spell that many players love.

for the demonology warlock, we think that blizzard is kind of friendly to this specialization. as demonology is proper to cause aoe damages instead of dealing with single targets, his status in the pvp will not be changed. mannoroth’s fury can last for 10 seconds. it can expand the range of aoe damage by 500%. damage from hellfire and immolation aura both will be increased by 10%. while facing single target, the demonology will not be as good as he was before. the remove of everlasting affliction and the changes to fel flame and void ray decreased the damage towards single target by large degree.
        

lastly, we would like to talk about the changes to destruction warlock. comparing to the above two specialization, destruction warlock is the easiest to operate. but he requires high-end gears more as well, which may cost you lots of world of warcraft gold. on the whole, the skills for this specialization are strengthened. the damage from corruption, immolate and fel flame will all be increased. awe to the changes of the skills, the operation will be simplified as well. these will all make this class more attracting.

while evaluating the capability of a class, we should not only consider its own skills, but also the components in pvp. blizzard is adjusting these classes to make the whole game more balanced, so whether these changes are making this class stronger or weaker, we still need to wait and see.