No, not in a dual!
Do I LOOK like someone who PvPs???
But, which one is better for:
- Leveling (solo and dungeon, PvE)
- Do better soloing elites?
- “AoE” grinding…or fighting multiple mob at once.
- Killing one mob the fastest
- Survivability (which has more “oh sh!t” buttons)
- Survivability 2 (which would survive an iron man competition the longest if played by a noob, like me)
- Better pets for tanking and DPS
- Would survive longer w/o their pet (or if their pet dies!)
I definitely want to level one of them.
Hunters are awesome, because you also get to use swords.
Warlocks are awesome, because they have self heals!
I can’t decide!
But only one will make it to 60…
Do you want to name your own pets?
Yes? Hunter.
No? Warlock.
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I play both and locks are more versatile, a little trickier than hunters. Both are immense fun!
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Both are the best at soloing; perhaps the hunter has the edge at kiting.
Warlock is favored in groups for AoE over hunters. Hunter’s volley and Multi-Shot Cooldown just don’t cut it for many folks who do speed runs. Groups also love warlocks for summoning and soulstones, whereas hunter group utility is limited.
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Hunter wins. No Bias here by the way… well maybe a bit.
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I chose warlock over hunter because they are lower maintenance, bring more utility to a group, and scale better with gear. Hunters are still fun though.
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- Similar
- Warlock
- Warlock, if affliction spec
- Hunter
- Hunter
- Hunter
- Hunter
- Warlock
It’s pretty close on a lot of those but that’s how I see it.
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1 - hunter
2 - hunter
3 - warlock
4 - hunter
5 - hunter
6 - hunter
7 - hunter
8 - same
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Lower maintenance?
How so?
No arrows or pet food to buy.
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Hey there Shawnimal,
I’m obviously a little biased but I can try to break down how my experience has been so far:
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Hunters and Warlocks are both regarded as top tier levelers, but the consensus is that Hunters have a very small edge over Warlocks.
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This largely depends on a few things. Can it be slowed? Can it be feared? As a warlock, if you can fear it, you can kill it. If it’s immune to cc, it’s also probably strong enough to give a hunter an issue.
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I would say that warlocks take this category. You can multidot a smaller group of mobs while focusing one target, and you can also make use of rain of fire for decent damage or hellfire for great damage (but at the cost of health).
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Hunters will likely have this category in most situations, but both can do some pretty great burst damage with the right talent setup.
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This is a bit trickier to answer. Hunter has tools to avoid a bad situation (feign death, cc traps, etc), while Warlocks have tools to deal with said situation and its aftermath (drain life, healthstone, soulstone, fear, sacrifice, etc).
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If you define ironman as “no deaths period,” then they’re both about the same (slightly favoring hunter). If you mean “no deaths where you have to make a corpse run,” then Warlocks win here for being able to soulstone every 30 minutes.
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This is also a trickier question. Hunters have their pets as a far more reliable tank (and have an invaluable aggro reset via feign death), but they have to put more time and effort into taking care of it (feeding it, building friendship, etc). Warlocks use their pet lineup as more of a swiss army knife, and only pay a soul shard to resummon (or nothing at all with the imp).
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I would say Warlock simply because your damage doesn’t get hampered if something or someone gets too close, and how much more casual they are with their pets. One of the top PvE talent builds actually has you sacrifice it to get a powerful buff.
There is something else to think about if you plan to partake in raiding or PvE content: Warlocks scale far more effectively with gear than hunters. Warlocks start out good and become top tier DPS by the end of the progression. Hunters start out great but rapidly start to decline in later raid tiers.
Whichever you pick, you will definitely have fun. If you do play a warlock, look into “drain tanking” as an alternative to relying on the voidwalker.
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Also, in order to train pets, warlocks simply purchase grimoire from a vendor. Hunters must go out, find an animal with the spell they want, tame it, play with it until they learn the spell, then go back and teach the new spell to their pets. Although this process can be a fun part of leveling a hunter, it can also be time-consuming. It’s all in how you want to play the game.
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1: Hunter, but they’re very close.
2: Hunter
3: Warlock
4: Hunter
5: Hunter
6: Hunter
7: Hunter
8: Warlock
Hunters can kite things to death. Immune to CC or not, as long as its base movement speed is less than a 30% increase of normal, then the hunter can kill it.
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I also want to point out that a warlock can tank 5 man dungeons at level 60 and even some raid bosses all the way through Naxx. You won’t be the MT of your guild obviously but you have a lot more options than hunter to support your friends and guildmates end game.
A warlock can’t really tank 5 mans. Yes they might be able to survive against some stuff for a while but they are absolutely no substitute for a real tank. A hunter pet is likely to be a much better tank than a warlock.
About the only place a warlock can tank decently is against caster bosses like in the twins in AQ40.
A warlock can absolutely tank 5 mans go watch Staysafe’s video on it.
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Yeah there are a lot of claims like that out there and you can make it work for a bit but they are not a good substitute for a real tank. I don’t care what some random YouTuber had to say about it.
Sorry you’re wrong. With a SL build and talents for Hellfire and Searing Pain you are the AOE tank in the game. You are just behind the times my man time to play catch up.
I did it 15 years ago and many times in-between. I’m ahead of the times and it’s not a good thing to bother doing.