So at 26 he can’t hold aggro from 2 dots and wand (and instantly lose it at 3 dots)
Seems like he only useful when i need to hold some pack of 3 mobs OR there’s possible pvp encounter where i’d need bubble from him
And i actually take less damage with succubus cause mobs simply dying faster
he wont ever hold agro if you do something other thanmaybe 2 dots
get used to it
This is normal. You need improved VW, improved pet damage, before he holds aggro reasonably well. Those aren’t both accessible at your level.
Also, his threat ability only gets upgraded at every X0 level. You’re 6 levels beyond that. Hes good at 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60. Until you get gear. Then hes useless again.
use succubus to level with affliction talents
vw is not that good for that. when you reach level 60 you can switch for a soul link build if you want
I deleted my 32 Warlock recently while I was cleaning house on alts & getting more streamlined. The class just isn’t very fun to play (IMO) & has that thrown-together feel to its design. Also hate the static pet limitations compared to that of a Hunter. They do have some nifty utility mixed into that disjointed design mess though. Heck, even my Holy Paladin is more fun to play (IMO). 
Yeah void won’t hold aggro unless you let him build it a little before you start dpsing. Let him get 2-3 taunts off then dot. This is really inefficient though and slow. Tough it out till you get to like 40 ish
You get full shadoweave gear or shadow wrath pieces. Then you spec into affliction and drain tank. Use succubus or felhunter. It’s a breeze once you get dark pact.
Can easily juggle 3-5 mobs with all cooldowns and decent kiting
Pfffft Warlock gets awesome at 48-50. My lock is 50 destro spec and it’s probably my favorite one to play right now while I level one of every class.
You utterly destroy everything with curse of elements, soulfire, immolate, conflagrate, and shadowburn. I have a fair bit of spell damage and the soulfire crits are amazing with the curse on.
And to the OP, I had improved VW before I swapped to destro when I hit 48 and yeah, the blueberry was only useful if you can pull 2 at a time. You put him on one with dots, and fear another that you are killing.
Why are you wanding when you should be fear juggling three other mobs?
Now you’re just trolling.
How are you pulling mobs?
My lvl 49 lock can send in his voidwalker, apply Corruption and CoA once the pet has used his first taunt. Then I use Immolate and wand down the mob.
I don’t seem to pull aggro until the mob is already half dead, and by the time the mob reaches me, it’ll already be so low that I easy face tank it or it runs away if its a humanoid.
The only times I pull aggro from my voidwalker are if I start dotting before he reaches the mob, if my voidwalker is OOM and can’t taunt, or if the mob is a higher level. Besides that, just give your pet a few seconds to reach the mob, open slowly with the instant dots, and then finish with an immolate and wand. You’ll be fine. I usually send off my voidwalker to attack the next mob as I’m finishing off the current one and looting it. That way I don’t have to wait much time before my pet has already started attacking.
P.s. I’ve also done the drain tanking method with the succubus and it works super well. I think I like that method more when grinding in certain spots but I haven’t exactly figured out when I like it more.
BTW, playing as Affliction spec. It works well for me and it’s definitely my spec of choice when I have those WPvP encounters. I don’t claim to be a warlock expert though
Blue will do just fine against three dots. Even if you pull aggro the mob dies before it can hurt you.
Drain tank bro. I never understand why locks choose the vw. I mean no bwbs
Because I can’t stand listening to the succubus, plus VW is great for drain tanking.
Because sac is better for pvp than an already visible succubus. If you keep her invisible, shes okay, but then you arent benefiting from her.
Im just talking about leveling. Succy has a larger mana pool to take and she does more damage with her auto attacks.
I am too. Lots of pvp happens while leveling.
Ohh.
You’re in one of those servers.
Have you been buying the training grimoires for your pet? There are new ranks of taunt it needs to learn.
Seems pretty useful to me.
My level 40 warlock just respecced to Affliction, got dark pact, beefed up my succubus and plans to start this “drain tanking” stuff.
Up until now I’ve been using the VW, and playing like a hunter. Solo leveling works a lot like a hunter. But a hunter has the same problem in Classic: the pet can’t hold aggro if the hunter hits too hard. As a hunter, I usually put my one dot on, then wait a while to auto-attack.
I used a wand a lot while leveling. I used that for damage more than spells. Some guides recommend that. If you keep upgrading your wand, it does as well as spells. In dungeons (on other characters) I see warlocks using wands all the time, to save on mana.
Maybe the succubus is better, but you can’t get it until level 28. I chose not to switch to it at 28, but others prefer it to Big Blue.