5 warlocks any good for pve ?

[cichard]

ive seen 5 mages clear almost all heroics in cata there are vids on these forums of doing it amirite? insane dps>heals tank. im sure not all can be cleared but most prolly could be done in this way.

[Littleburst]

ive seen 5 mages clear almost all heroics in cata there are vids on these forums of doing it amirite? insane dps>heals tank. im sure not all can be cleared but most prolly could be done in this way.

That's Runtu yes. He's 10boxing 10 mages now.

This does not work with warlock because you lack:
mirror images to tank
CD's that boostt your dps immensly.
Survivability spells like invis and iceblock.

Only arcane mages can do what he does.

[Akoko]

I'm almost certain that no 5-dps team can clear cata heroic bosses except mages. The mirror images give you the time to down the boss without taking any hits. But if you take even one hit, you will die.

If you have an outstandingly raid-geared healer you can do some heroics with a geared plate DPS tanking but it will be difficult to keep threat as well as to keep them alive.

This is why my 5x boomkin team has one of the druids with an alternate bear spec and one with a resto spec.

[Littleburst]

I'm almost certain that no 5-dps team can clear cata heroic bosses except mages. The mirror images give you the time to down the boss without taking any hits. But if you take even one hit, you will die.

If you have an outstandingly raid-geared healer you can do some heroics with a geared plate DPS tanking but it will be difficult to keep threat as well as to keep them alive.

This is why my 5x boomkin team has one of the druids with an alternate bear spec and one with a resto spec.

Elementals shams can probably still do it to some extend. 5x earth ele, 5 x fire ele and Bloodlust/Heroism should help a lot. 10min waiting time a bit much though.

[Multibocks]

Same with mages unless you decide to wipe to clear your debuff