What build do you useFollow

I was wondering what build you use in PVP for a level 49 lock. Here is mine
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/warlock/talents.html?0501222512231115502000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

I'd have to agree with Dark Pact, once you learn to use it (which doesn't take that long) it becomes invaluable to Affliction - Grind, PVP, 5r or Raid.

Also, I'd have to say that Supression is a better tech than Contagion for you right now. In BG and WPVP setting out random DoTs on your foes will rack up your Damage count like crazy, and will definatly help with some Honor and help your team. To actually kill someone, however, you need to actually focus on them and use your fiendish 1 on 1 skills such as Fear and Drain Life.

Here's where Supession takes a jump ahead of Contagion. The damage % is negligable, and while the 30% anti-dispell is a very very worthwhile attribute to your Fliction spells, in this game of 1v1 you're going to be relying less on Resisting dispells and more on resisting the spell in the first place.

You're build is very much in sync with what I had at that level bracket, but If I were to make a suggestion to you it would look a bit more like this.

Fliction Lock 49 Build

A final note here - While Drain Soul is a relatively low DPS spell (if you have a good wand at 49 you can outdps it with wanding) when combined with your DoTs and especially when you have multiple people beating down on your target, the 15% Manapool restore is a crazy powerful effect in any situation. You may want to roll with 2/2 Impr Drain Soul, but one can definatly argue it's just another way to get mana added into an already long line of techniques.

Also, Empowered Corruption becomes one of the best talents as your Lock reaches the very highest end of the game, but at this level this is really going to depend on your gear. Looking at your gear I see you have a good enough amount of +damage and +shadow to make this work, but this brings into question your low Stamina and high Intellect. Bit of an odd gearbuild you have there, although very good -- don't get me wrong. Almost looks like a Destro gearset, though.

For PvP as any class, Stamina all the way. In addition, Warlocks get even more use out of Stamina than any other class, thanks to our talents and Life Tap.

However, if your leggings are BoE, you may wish to look in to getting Spellthread, which gives both a fair Stamina bonus and a good chunk of Damage.

49 is the first time a Destro lock is a viable PVP foe, but even so you will have to recognize your strengths and purpose.

As a Destro Lock you are a Caster-Killer, you excell at defeating cloth wearers and really need to focus on these classes. Your chances of 1v1ing a good Melee, Shaman/Pal or Druid are slim to none. Of course you will help in these cases, but if they are in your face you need to get them off MUCH more so than any other type of Lock, Mage, or Priest.

Dual Pyromaniac Destro Lock utilizes a gatlin effect produced by you and your Imp to create a devistating obnoxiously long casting time for your foes.

Nether Protection will futher protect you from Locks, Priests, and Mages and will give you a HUGE upper hand when fighting these classes. This is mostly a Crit-based damage build, as well, so you'll be using alot of Searing Pain (not a useless spell, I promise!) DoTs are not going to be much of a concern here, either.

Main problems with this build remain in Mana and Mana Regeneration, which is why it matches your high INT/SPI gearset that are unneccessary for your Talent Build.

If you're curious and dont mind spending the money, give Destro a try -- it will take you a bit to adjust but from what I'm seeing you're already pretty fragile against Melee. Also, you may consider using Felpup instead of Imp, but remember that your adversaries will be able to control Felpup much better since it needs to be in melee Range to do any techs or damage, and his attack is actually slower than a Gatlin-Imp.

*Edit was I linked wrong Build*

Edited, Oct 3rd 2007 2:19am by tzsjynx

The explosion from Seed doesn't damage whatever you planted the seed on, making that a pretty bad idea. Also, it will have an 8% lower chance to crit since it it still an affliction spell.



Curse of Doom is a DoT and thus cannot crit.



And theoretically they're considered PvP targets and attacking one will flag you for PvP as well as provoke guards. CoD CANNOT be applied to any summons/pets/demons/elementals/etc.



But even in DS/Destro builds you get more damage out of casting corruption than you do saying "eff DoTs."

The other two builds are just lollerskates as far as I can tell. Ignuus, you're fired.

It's a gimmick build, just like Nether Prot builds. Yes, technically they work, but they work in a very "if I'm in my ideal situations" way. 2 locks w/ the hellfire build would be better off being 2 locks w/ UA and DoTing the **** out of their target. DoTs are 100% and no one is dispelling w/ 2 UAs up. Nether protection always makes me laugh. Yes, you kick the hell out of other warlocks and shadow priests, but you're not always fighting locks and shadow priests. Technically you can throw in Deep Fire mages, too. There are still a ton of people out there and not having high stam, good drains, or sustainable PvP DPS means you're pretty much worthless against anything except locks and SP.

Except that the stun isn't nearly consistant, is subject to Diminishing Returns and can easily be healed through. You planning on chasing down the healer every time you want to possibly get a stun off?