Hey guys so I’m making this post because I’m having a hard time deciding between DK and Lock, because I’m looking to find a longer term main that does good in M+ and Raiding, but since my friends aren’t playing WoW I’m mainly pugging everything as of now and don’t know which class would be more beneficial. Also, what I usually look in a class is the utility and how it would benefit with my group when I’m with them since it’s a prot pally, disc priest, assassination rogue for our group and hence all this kind of got me stuck on deciding.
At this point it simply comes down to melee vs caster
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Both DK and Lock are very meta atm. But if you want to be absolutely peak AoE man DK is goat atm
Melee or ranged? Is the first question.
I prefer DK over Lock, Unholy is my go-to, but Frost is fun too. Unholy is in a pretty good place right now. Their AOE is super strong so it does pretty well in m+ even though m+ is cancer.
As for Lock I personally enjoy Demo. Demons, demons, demons! Demons everywhere! It’s very fun to play.
Lock is preferable for pure dps performance long term
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Unholy and frost have stretches when their tuning isn’t as good.
Lock has a better history of being good.
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Long term lock is a safer meta pick
But the playstyles are so different you should just just try both and see what you like more
DK can play a bit weird for a lot of people
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If you don’t mind tanking for easy invites, go dk. If you only want to dps, go lock.
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Lock is really good and very fun might I add. You have so much defensiveness (both passive and active cooldowns) that you are unkillable. The rotations are pretty easy to learn (DK has never made sense to me with its multiple resource system) and the transmogs are incredible
Lock can Summon Succubus, which is hot.
DK summons ghoul, which is not.
Therefore Locks win.
Dk can tank and bypass the dps lines
I don’t think warlocks have ever not been meta or close to meta, so probably safe pick
Are you willing to tank? Maybe try DK.
Do you only want to DPS? Go Warlock.
Warlock is by far the safest bet. It is all but guaranteed 1 of their specs will be more than decent in whatever form of content you want to do AND pugs are far more needful of range/caster DPS than the 238450394750873780435 melee all vying for the spot.
Plus you have unique utility in cookies and warlock gates.
Unholy and demonology are both really fun to play.
I prefer Demo…but Unholy is right up there.
As someone who played a DK more than anything else in this game, I say go warlock. If you plan to go long-term, the warlock is the safest choice.
I would go DK to have the option to tank for your groups, that’s great utility. Even in solo/open world content, Blood DK is virtually unkillable with very little input required. I’m also a big fan of the aesthetic of all three specs, and it has some pretty good options for both ST and AoE DPS.
You get two winning strategies:
Lock: You get raid utility, relatively straightforward class (imo) and basically invaluable to a raid team through a lock closet and cookies.
DK: Strong self sufficient tanking and a very powerful and versatile DPS in UHDK.
I’m my opinion I’d go lock and find yourself a guild you can be regular with. Being a DPS is low-stakes and is pretty fun both M+ and raid.
Why not both? I mean, I certainly don’t play DK as it ain’t my bag, but I do got two hitters that I mess around with.
Kitting your team out has never been easier than this Season. You can get both of em to good stats, and see which one suits your fancy more.
here’s an idea. Play both. Get to level 30. Whichever one you like better delete the other one and then continue up to the level cap.