Just curious to get people’s thoughts on their warlocks. What race did you pick? Why? Was it theme? Visuals? Optimization? Or do you have your own head cannon?
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I went Gnome YEARS ago several times and ended up deleting them all. Never felt right.
When the allied races started coming, Void Elf seemed a pretty solid choice. I enjoyed that for a while.
While I fought against it initially (to obviously zero effect) and they added “Warlocks for all”, I rolled a Man’ari (Won’t call it a Draenei, because it’s really not).
Red skin and all, it just makes sense. And I LOVE playing Destruction now. I was all in on Demo until I rolled this one. Destro is where it’s at.
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Orc.
Iconic, evil, good racials.
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Human, of course. No race is more evil, and blissfully unaware of it, than humans.
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Whelp for right or wrong I went with void, I had a free boost in DF and always wanted to play a lock. I honestly figured more in pvp than anything, but I think I only pvpd once. It was for casting racial basically but he does look pretty cool as well.
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I have 3, one race for each spec. Human for Destro, Gnome for Demo, and Undead for Aff. That’s the vibes I get and I think they are perfect for each especially Gnome for Demo. There’s just something about a crazy little gnome being able to summon demons to fight for him.
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Definitely Void Elf.
The racials are great for PVP IMO. The extra teleport and the no pushback are very much needed for a class with little mobility.
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I was playing human because of the old animations (pre-rework, ancient times), and diplomacy being OP. Now I just have two hearthstone charges after diplomacy was removed…
If I were making a character a few months ago, it would be void elf for the racial abilities.
If I were making one now, I’d strongly consider dracthyr… good utility with the knockback, and the out of combat health regen can help partially offset burning rush. I’m just not a fan of dracthyr aesthetics or lore though.
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maghar affliction/demonology
reduced curse duration and + pet health is cool flavour for the class, also they cast left handed
draenei destruction, not a fan of the red skins but the green eyes are cool
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usually went forsaken. But since blizz won’t give em a chiropractor-fix since the revamp i’ll be using blood elf with the undead skin (pale / red eyes) for a while.
Orc is right up there among favs tho
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Light forged Draenei guys!! Makes lots of sense! No random retcons here!
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First toon I ever rolled was undead lock, and I still play it to this day.
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Drachtyr, being able to ignore ansurek’s every pull in p1 and p2 for her mythic difficulty is a godsend.
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My first warlock was a blood elf, also my first character, more than 10 years ago. The reason was aesthetics. Other races as warlock tend to look bland.
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Undead for affliction because a dead corpse spreading corruption and death is fitting
Orc for destruction because Gul’dan
Gnome for demonology because they’re small and weak so it makes sense they’d have a big demon bodyguard
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Lizard (that I literally never go lizard form for). That approximately 43% movement speed increase from mashing jump/glide is neat. Sure, I could take Burning Rush, and I do, but this saves HP for when I don’t need the extra speed. And the knockback can be very helpful occasionally!
It’s not the best choice necessarily, but I like it.
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Human, because they always look good, though my Desto Warlock is Nightborne and he looks sharper than when he was Blood Elf.
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Vulpera is the only correct answers. Fel weilding fur balls should not be underestimated.
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Goblin for me, because the image of getting lost in a sea of imps building up around me will never not be funny.
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I made a gnome back in Wrath of the Lich King because I already had a human mage and paladin. I leveled slowly through Cataclysm and Mists of Pandaria and really dug summoning big demons as a small gnome. I have leveled several other warlocks (draenei, night elf, void elf, and dark iron dwarf), but this gnome is the one I enjoy the most.
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