There are many different interesting methods you can use to take down an opponent, but having wizardry in your repertoire is an exceptional skill. One thing to note about the Warlock is there are new patches that allow upgrades to surface for your character. The biggest to note is with pets since you won't find any DMTs (Demon Master Trainers) on the game at all anymore.

If you haven't had the opportunity to play with a Warlock yet, their biggest abilities come with casting continuous spells that create damage during a specific amount of time. These are the Afflictions and everything you will see below today. There are fifteen in all and while you would think this is enough, as your character progresses so will your chances to get higher ranking Afflictions. We'll go over most of them, but we want to leave something to be desired and keep the it a little suspenseful.

Corruption

We noticed when you use the Corruption Affliction method the Shadow amage that is done depends on your level of power. Granted, it also depends on the rank of your ability, but the main thing is it takes damage off over time while you use other attacking methods. To be honest, you will want to use this as a starting point for a character that may be farther away. Having the opportunity to take away a substantial amount of damage before they even get to you is a great benefit.

Curse of Agony

This is probably one of our favorite Affliction techniques that the Warlock can utilize. While many spells create a certain amount of damage, the Curse of Agony delivers an extensive amount of damage and even though it starts out small it ends up being huge as time goes by. Unfortunately though you can only use this on one target at any given time. We think if you were able to put this on multiple targets you could take on five or six opponents at once.

Curse of Doom

As a Warlock you will notice an added ability that allows you to summon help whenever you need it. Whether it's a Minion, Voidwalker, or anything else these are a great help along your journey. However, if you use the Curse of Doom ability you will notice something different. While pounding an opponent with Shadow damage all you need to do is hope your enemy gives you XP. When this happens you earn a Doom Guard which is summoned. Definitely something you will want to have as your character levels increase.

Curse of Recklessness

Having curses in your bag are helpful, but the Curse of Recklessnes is sick. This ability will increase your melee attack power and at the same time diminish their armor points. This is an important Affliction ability to use if you are trying to increase your melee attack experience. When you do this, you will be able to wield better staffs and wands during your adventure. If you can get this early on you can have an extremely high melee damage attack before your character increases to higher levels.

Curse of Elements

There will be times while you are in Northrend that you come across opponents who enjoy using certain Elements to take you down. Whether it's Arcane users, Fire, Frost, Nature, or even Shadow, you can alleviate many of their powers. While this is an important piece to your puzzle, you will also notice it will not be able to be used on any other enemy after you have used it on someone. You must wait until the duration time ends before starting it up again.

Curse of Tongues

We love the Curse of Tongues because it makes your enemy talk in Tongues while you beat them to a pulp with other spells. The main goal here is to use this when you want longer duration times for things like the Curse of Agony. This is a perfect combination because the CA will have bigger damage taken from you enemy to begin with, but when you use the CT you will give them even higher damage points.

Curse of Weakness

As we go through each one of these Afflictions you will notice that only one can be used at any given time. When you take advantage of the Curse of Weakness you will notice a reduction in your enemy's melee attack power. Even though this will need to be used here and there, it is not something you must utilize with your character. Plus, we aren't sure the exact amount of power you will produce. It basically just depends on how high of a ranking this Affliction ability has at the time you use it.

Death Coil

If you like to utilize the Fear Affliction ability, you will also enjoy the Death Coil. Each one of them make your enemy run around for a certain amount of time, but the Death Coil causes Shadow damage while they are running around. This will give you the opportunity to take away damage on many other enemies while you focus in on one. Once you have the defeated the main opponent they will probably come back, but their health will be diminished so you can still have an advantage over them.

The Missing Links

The Affliction abilities you see above are only the beginning to your Warlock education. We still haven't covered Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, Fear, Howl of Terror, Life Tap, or Seed of Corruption. Each of them have their own unique features, but we'll give you a chance to learn some of them on your own. The HT is a great part of your game as you can make all enemies flee in the area. Okay, that's enough. At the end of the day you have enough material to start leveling up your Warlock tremendously.

WoW Leveling Guide