Want to start all over again, is it worth it?

[Nikita]

Im the biggest theorycrafter heyaz, and probably the most naive :P

I would never ever try boxing hunters, paladins or shamans in 5v5 if it wasnt for theorycrafting, thats what this community is all about. Helping each other with feedback, theorycrafting of comps, brag about achievements and so on.

We all are looking for decent comps to play in arena. And on paper, locks look like they can achieve 1800++ in 5v5 when multiboxed. They certainly have better survivability and burst then dks and ele shamans.

Im no PvP god, far from it. But I do enjoy a good challenge!

I got 1939 rating in 5v5 in season 10 boxing 4 ele shamans with a priest friend, ele shamans were far from OP, they were in the lower bracket of PvP speccs. Ele shamans have not been good since s7/s8.

Ofc this is all just theorycrafting, but I'll sure as hell give it a good try!

[Owltoid]

I'm always excited to see new comps. Please post videos when you can.

[Nikita]

Im streaming as I write this!

http://no.twitch.tv/nikitax4

[MiRai]

Im streaming as I write this!

http://no.twitch.tv/nikitax4

Please don't post random streaming links wherever, whenever... very few people are going to see them. We have a sticky dedicated to this so people can subscribe to that thread and get updates based on when people are streaming.

http://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/46342-Now-Streaming

[Ellay]

You said run in and put corruption up on all 5 targets. Do warlocks have some type of aoe corruption? I see they can do this via seed of corruption but it is delayed. That's 5 globals just to get started.

[Ualaa]

I think Locks are a decent team.
More so for battlegrounds, than for arena; not saying you cannot do arena, but would be surprised (surprise me) if they got a high rating.

Warlocks can have an insane amount of hit points.
Basically, they're the only class that with equal gear is not going to be one-shot by 4x Enhance with Ascendance.
Not saying you won't take one out, in the Ascendance window... but they have the health, that someone could react and give them a BOP or whatever rather than one-shot them.

In Tier 2, you could mix Shadowfury (ranged AoE stun), Howl of Terror (AoE Fear) and Mortal Coil (Insta-cast Fear that heals the lock for 15%).
In Tier 4, Soul Link or Dark Bargain.
In Tier 5, Unbound Will, which is a one minute PvP Trinket... so you could go 2x DPS trinkets or if they don't share a re-use lockout, a one-minute trinket effect and the normal two-minute trinket.
In Tier 6, either increase your AoE radius by 500% or an enemy takes 25% of the damage you do for 8 seconds... could quickly kill someone if your team was subject to cleave/spell-cleave effects... I like a huge radius on Seed of Corruption AoE too.

You wouldn't necessarily want Demon Form (almost anyway) constantly, but with Demon Hunting (major glyph) you get a persistent Apophesis... which makes you that much harder to be killed.

I like all three specs.
Again, more so for battlegrounds than for arena.
Affliction is dots on the run, with a lot of decent self heals... could combine with a Priest or Druid healer.
Demo has the pets.
Destro has Chaos Bolt and the interaction with Havoc.

One of my teams will be 6-7x Warlocks, with 3-4x Resto Druids.. )

[Owltoid]

You said run in and put corruption up on all 5 targets. Do warlocks have some type of aoe corruption? I see they can do this via seed of corruption but it is delayed. That's 5 globals just to get started.

I had this same concern but I was hoping a new warlock-specific thread was going to get started. As a multiboxer, I think you have, at most, 3 GCDs to get a target down - it could be argued you only have 2 GCDs. Anything more and the other team will have time to react/adjust. Locks do seem to have very high survivability, but if you're counting on 5 of the opponents being in the open and waiting for you to DoT them up, then it's not going to happen.

[Negativ1337]

Thanks for all the replies!

I started a new team, I now have 4 human warriors on level 80 :-)

[smalltanker]

I had this same concern but I was hoping a new warlock-specific thread was going to get started. As a multiboxer, I think you have, at most, 3 GCDs to get a target down - it could be argued you only have 2 GCDs. Anything more and the other team will have time to react/adjust. Locks do seem to have very high survivability, but if you're counting on 5 of the opponents being in the open and waiting for you to DoT them up, then it's not going to happen.

I imagine that with some decent setting up five warlocks would be pretty brutal: 1-2 fel guards (Stick on healer #1 or mean melee), 1-2 succubi (CC melee), 1 fel hunter (stick on healer #2) .. chances are healer #2 will be a druid, there will be a rogue. So set it up and with the fel guard get the charge/AOE off to mess them up as soon as possible with 1-2 Demo locks dropping hand of guldan on the target while your aff lock dots one up and maybe a destro or two lines up a chaos bolt... pray you pop one and can shift to the healer and then roll the dice and see if it happens. I could see trying to go for an instant kill but I really just don't think it is possible beyond a certain CR. WOW players and WOW CC abilities have gotten too good especially if they are sticking it out in Arena due to haveing to cap weekly and what not.

[Owltoid]

I imagine that with some decent setting up five warlocks would be pretty brutal: 1-2 fel guards (Stick on healer #1 or mean melee), 1-2 succubi (CC melee), 1 fel hunter (stick on healer #2) .. chances are healer #2 will be a druid, there will be a rogue. So set it up and with the fel guard get the charge/AOE off to mess them up as soon as possible with 1-2 Demo locks dropping hand of guldan on the target while your aff lock dots one up and maybe a destro or two lines up a chaos bolt... pray you pop one and can shift to the healer and then roll the dice and see if it happens. I could see trying to go for an instant kill but I really just don't think it is possible beyond a certain CR. WOW players and WOW CC abilities have gotten too good especially if they are sticking it out in Arena due to haveing to cap weekly and what not.

I think your post is a good example of pure theory crafting instead of what is actually feasible. If you could pull off the CCs listed above, you'd be the greatest multiboxer by far. Individual players may be able to do it, but I doubt any multiboxer would have the awareness and reaction speed to manage all those pets and CCs while staying alive and killing targets.

Just to continue to rain on your parade, I don't think 4-5 warriors will have success, either. Better to be warned now than to spend hundreds of hours on a team that likely isn't viable for PvP.