Yet Another Warlock Nerf

Blizzard just announced here that they hotfix nerfed Conflagration, so it does 70% in place of 100% damage of Immolate in an instant cast. As seen below, this has severely nerfed the previously powerful 0/40/31 destruction spec that warlocks were flocking to. The spec’s number one damage dealer was conflagrate, and a nerf has basically destroyed [...]

The recently announced changes concerning Soul Shards in the updated 3.1 patch notes read as follows: Drain Soul: Each time Drain Soul deals damage to a target which can grant experience, it now has a chance to generate a Soul Shard. Soul Shard: This item now has a maximum count of 32 in inventory. Soul Shards are not [...]

The good, the bad and the ugly, patch 3.1 notes are up! The very patch we’ve been waiting for the past several months is about to bring a few changes to our beloved class. As always, it’s prone to change and I wish I could say we’ll be here to tell you all about it, [...]

Guess what, Hornstradamus was right: one nerf down, six to go! One of the best spells in our spellbook no longer benefits from the Contagion talent. However, Fear is not the only spell which got nerfed: Polymorph, Hex, Viper Sting, Frost Nova, Chains of Ice, and even rogue poisons. Basically, any class talents which [...]

The Public Test Realm patch notes have been updated with the latest additions and bugfixes. Warlocks didn’t receive many changes except for a few minor bugfixes, and the long-awaited addition of snare-removal on Demonic Circle. Demon Armor and Demon Skin: Armor increased by approximately 120%. Demonic Circle: The teleport now clears all snare effects. As [...]

Thank the Earth Mother for mmo-champion! The long awaited bucket-set, from now on known as Tier 8 is finally unveiled. My impressions? We certainly look better than the other classes. I approve!

Not as big as the last post, but here’s a couple of new buffs for Demonology. Nothing fancy but still welcome! Master Conjuror Master Conjuror - now increases the combat ratings gained from your conjured Firestone and Spellstone by 15/30%. What it means is our Firestone will get +0.3% direct damage and  + ~0.47% spell crit chance, while [...]

I highly recommend reading the full test realm patch notes since there’s a few cool non-warlock changes (no more racial mount restrictions, a few dozen new graveyards in Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms, etc.). If you’re only looking for warlock changes, you can find them below: Affliction Drain Mana now Transfers 3% of target’s maximum mana every 1 sec [...]

Seems like ages since we reported some good news concerning warlocks. Soul Shards (src) The first one is related to the notorious Soul Shard mechanic which we discussed previously. The change will go live in the next patch (the one before 3.1 Ulduar content patch). When a warlock casts Ritual of Summoning, instead of creating a portal, they [...]

New beta build (8905) was released with a lot of changes to all classes, including the addition of several new glyphs