Quote Originally Posted by MBlooksfun
Pally runs in (with or without HoTs already on him depends on future.. trial), drops a consecration... I then burn down mobs 1 by one.. probably immolating then shadowbolting to death... i'll see how it goes
From my experience with a warlock and a frost mage in my group I can tell you that the frost mage just frostbolt spams and tops dps on trash but it is a lot closer between the warlock and the mage on boss fights.

Also, the mana efficiency of the frost mage is insane compared to the warlock. If you know you are in for a long fight you can make a mana gem with the mage, evocate back up and be ready to go.

With warlocks you will need a Lifetap with some kind of healing strategy for long fights. Shadowbolt spam chews through your mana like you won't believe.

When I solo leveled a warlock a long time ago I always went for "... of the Eagle" gear for the stamina as it was easy to Lifetap every now and then and using Corr, Immo, Wand for grinding initially and later on drain tanking with the Succy where I would send the Succy in, put my DoTs on and start Drain Lifing soon as I got aggro. Almost zero downtime.

Running instances almost exclusively is a completely different playstyle for a warlock though. The mage really shines as all it does is Frostbolt spam and with the right talents it is extremely efficient. I usually only have to Evocate after a wipe recovery or a tough boss fight.

With the warlock I run OOM all the time. After two groups of trash I usually Lifetap 4 or 5 times and heal the warlock to full. Waiting for the GCD timer is annoying though. Not a big thing but annoying and it slows you down slightly. I also prefer to give the warlock a big heal out of combat rather than go into combat with a HoT ticking on the warlock.

Also on accidental aggro from a runner or pats where you are still fighting other trash expect to be OOM with the warlocks quickly. I find it a bit of a pain to deal with mana issues while at the same time trying to tank and keep all the mobs on the pally while chain healing and trying to DPS enough of them down to stabilize the situation.

Also, with frostbolt spam I get an automatic snare on the mob and I very seldom have problems with runners. You will need either a Curse of Recklessness or a Judgement of Justice on every mob to be safe.

I started to give my warlock a lot more spirit gear and I am ignoring stamina gear for now prefering to have passive mana regen.

But I would really suggest you replace one of the Warlocks with a Frost Mage just for ports and Frostbolt snares. The mage is also really easy to macro for DPS as you just spam Frostbolts with maybe a Fireblast thrown in as a finisher.

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In closing: with 3x warlocks I think your biggest challenges will be dealing with runners and mana management. Up to 60 anyway. I don't know warlocks very well past 60 as I played mine a long long time ago when MC and BWL was all the rage.