SL Lock vs Rogue Follow

So Currently im SL Spec the only class that is kind of hard for me to beat is a rogue .. Does anyone have any ideas that can help me .. im descent meric geared .. just need some more tips ..

As a Soul Link spec, keep a Felhunter out on aggressive so it will attack the Rogue out of stealth. Paranoia, use Death Coil to start the pwnage, followed up, obviously, with a Fear. He probably trinkets, so Fear again, but you DoT'ed him a little while you were Fearing him right?

Keep the pressure on him, and then he'll CloS. You will most likely have been slowed by poison by now, so use a Healthstone and melee while attempting to get distance. If you still are about to lose, insta-summon a Voidwalker, Sacrifice it, and summon another while under the shield to stall. You can also Grenade him, and then follow it up with an Infernal, which will easily be enough to get through CloS. Your options are many.

It breaks, you should be nearing the end of Fear's DR, and Death Coil's coming back. You've got no excuse to be losing at this point.

Different tactics, different people.

I can see the holes in the original tactics like you have pointed out, but I also use DC as an opener in PvP. I find if I don't I'm crippled and half health before I can get off anything but a DoT.

Maybe that's just me being crap at PvP, but if I DC, then Fear, then DoT, then SB, then Fear I win.

Admittedly, that's not Arena.

I didn't see an "ARENA ONLY" label on help to beat Rogues, so excuse me for not giving a **** enough to think that PvP is only limited to Arena.



If the Warlock doesn't have Howl of Terror, the only openers are Curse of Exhaustion+Corruption, get distance enough to pull off a Fear, and then go from there. I didn't assume he had Curse of Exhaustion, because he could have gotten Shadowburn, which would actually have been smart.

For Life Drain/Soul Link/Shadowburn build opener, Shadowburn, sic the pet, Curse of Weakness, Corruption, Trinket out of Cheap Shot... try to use a hearthstone or Soul Fire in expectation of a Kick, then follow it up with Fear. And you obviously aren't against the Voidwalker Sacrifice trick.




I use a slowing dagger with Icy Enchant and Frost Oil. The Icy Enchant has a chance to mess up on 70's, but it still works. Frost Oil isn't available in Arena, but that's okay. I use a certain held-in-hand with it I love, so I always use 1-handers anyways.

Now does what I say make sense? Slowing Dagger allows you to get by without a Curse of Exhaustion, while taking advantage of other talents.

This is from an Affliction point of view:
Use your felhunter and have him on aggressive. Use perception if your human and when you see him start off with your 3 instant dots while you run away, he will catch up and stun you trinket out of kidney shot when he uses it then dc/howl him away follow that up with a normal fear and apply your UA and immolate if you can, drain for the remander of fear. he will use CloS around this time just run away tell it is up and re-apply instant dots dc fear/drain. by this time he should be dead.

As said above, CoE FTW!

As an affliction warlock, I simply CoE, Corr, Siph., stay out of range, and /laugh.

I would suggest vw instead of felpuppy, simply because you have a better chance of surviving if you pop the bubble (during stunlock), or upon seeing the rogue (close proximity). The increased vision range from paranoia simply isn't enough against a well-specced rogue - even if you CoE, they can easily pop a trink or CoS and you're dead; you have a chance with big blue.