I recently finished my
Warlock twink and I have compiled this nice little guide on how I
did it.
Before I start, you need to realize this is not a 1-70 leveling guide, it's just a guide that will help you twink your
warlock up quick, if you need a leveling guide, the best ones are:
Joana's 1-70 Horde
leveling Guide for horde, and Brian's 1-70 Alliance leveling guide for alliance.
For starters, I was making a Level 19 WSG Lock Twink. Why not a
Rogue, Warrior or Hunter you ask? Simply because these are the most
over-twinked classes out there and I wanted to experiment with
something new. I always finish within the top 3 for HKs with my
warlock.
To begin, I started an Undead warlock. Sure, Orc Locks get the +5%
Pet Damage bonus...But we really aren't focused on Pets here, seeing
as at level 19 all that you will have available is the Imp and
Voidwalker...And well...The voidwalker is damn near worthless in
10-19 WSG. WOTF is invaluable, and UD locks also get more INT then
orc locks.
For the Talent Spec I went 5/5 Improved Corruption, For the instant
cast, 3/3 Improved Imp, Just to give a bit of a boost to Blood Pact,
and 2/2 improved drain soul. I've tried going 2/2 Improved lifetap
over Improved Drain Soul but due to the lack of "Twink Healers" its
pretty worthless...No one likes to heal in BG's anyway.
For my professions I took up Engineering/Mining, simply so I could
mine some copper as I leveled to cut down a bit on the gold costs.
By level 18 Engineering should be maxed out at 150.
Next is Gear...Estimated Cost for Gear + Enchants...800-1500G. (No
I'm not kidding)
For my gear I used the following
Head - Green Tinted
Goggles
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=1369
Neck - None
Shoulders - Pagan
Mantel
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=9626
Back- Sentry Cloak
+70 Defense Enchant
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=3471
Chest- Tree Bark Jacket
+100 Health Enchant
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=10894
Bracer- Mindthrust
Bracers +9 Stamina Enchant
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=11136
Hands- Magefist Gloves
(Working on
Enchant Gloves - Shadow Power)
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=3646
Belt- Keller's Girdle
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=8353
Pants- Darkweave
Breeches
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=3558
Feet- Sanguine Sandals
Minor Speed Enchant
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=5875
Ring- Seal of Sylvanas
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=30033
Ring- Lavishly Jeweled
Ring
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=3512
Trinket- Insignia of
the Horde
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=37122
Trinket- Minor
Recombobulator
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=52244
Weapon- Witching Stave
+22 Intellect Enchant
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=9069
Wand- Skycaller
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=42366
Minor
Recombobulator Seal of Sylvanas
Phew...Now that gear is out of the way its onto Strategy...
Now even though you have all these amazing items they simply wont
just win the game for you...After all, your job is support, and HK
farming. Don't run into the group of allies full force, Stay in the
back to middle of the group, and try to stick with a warrior/rogue
at all times. When running into a group hit tab Have CoA and
Corruption set to hotkeys 1 and 2 and hit 1...then 2...then hit tab
to target another enemy and repeat. Have imp on Aggressive And
basically let him do w/e he wants. I really don't bother too much
with him. Once they start to drop, throw an Immolation on the
warriors/pallies and focus Imp (ctrl + 1) attack on it while wanding
or use the infamous lifetap/drainlife combo.
Because you are a lock, and you are a twink, You cant just go out to
the barrens and farm soulshards. When you see someone is around 100
HP and dropping fast, quickly cast Drain Soul on them to get a quick
shard. Make it into a healthstone, and also keep this on your
hotbar. Because you are cursing everything like mad, when they die
you get an HK and before long they really begin to snowball upon
themselves.
I have a blast with my lock twink, he has better enchants on him
then my main does and I think I might have spent far too much on
gear...But in the end im having a great time with him. He is known
on my server in the 10-19 WSG Bracket well, and feared by many an
allie. I hope this guide opened your eyes too more then just the
standard...Rogue Assassin Blade Twink, or Hunter Chzer Twinks. To
finish this off, if you need more in-depth coverage of battle
grounds and PvP tactics, check out
Spugnort's PVP guide, there's a small fee for it, but it's well worth it in
my opinion.
~Vilkacis