In Wow lore the warlocks are descendants of Mages that in a twist of fate switched to more darker and demonic practices. There is a lot to learn about this class, and this world of warcraft guide will merely skim the surface but hopefully enough to assess if this is a class you would like to play in WoW.

Warlock possess the casting powers of Mages and can also inflict huge pain and damage over time, also known as DOT using slow acting curses. This practice is also referred to as giving "debuffs", a term referred to a spell that is none too beneficial to the player receiving it. Warlocks are master debuffers.

Aside from their debuffing skills, they possess demonic summoning powers which allow them to rely on various minions which are basically infernal pets that help them in battle. In fact warlocks are often referred as hybrids of Hunters who also use pets (of the animal kind), and Mages though they certainly do also have talents and abilities which are exclusive and peculiar to them only.

Warlocks are fun to play and level up but not the easiest class to learn fast. There is a lot of casting abilities to learn and use effectively using split timing decisions to deploy properly. To that you need to add the extra responsibility of controlling your demon. However master it and it becomes a class that is a joy to play allowing you to dominate PvP arenas. They possess use stamina and Crowd Control powers that are equal to that to a Mage can Tank also thanks to specialized minions. All this allows them to tackle and render any adversary totally ineffective.

And if you like to power level fast, their multi targeting abilities scores them the best experience per hour rate in the game, making them scale up the level faster than most if not all classes.

There are many more features that make the warlock so appealing and as said this Wow warlock guide merely skims the surface.

Warlocks great appeal is that they have such a large range of abilities making them very versatile. Having so many facet to them allows players to pick and choose what they like and develop their character to whatever playing style they are comfortable with. No wonder that there are so many on line communities dedicated to the study of this dark and fascinating class.