Destruction Warlocks : Where do they get their powers from?

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`https://wow.gamepedia.com/Magic#/media/File:WoW_Chronicle_Magic.jpg´

This should help.

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I know the Chronicles.

It still seem to be somewhat different though.

If all shadow magic is corruptive and drive you mad, why doesnt warlocks shadow magic do that?

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Probably the only difference between them is the form in which they manifest. But other than that, they come from the same source. From the link above : Shadow(Void)

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Who says it doesn’t, though?

It doesn’t get much clearer than putting Void in brackets after Shadow. I think it is shown regularly. I suspect you might be mixing necromantic magic with shadow magic.

Warlocks also dwelve into Void magic to a much lesser extent than shadow priests do, for example, which of course would mean less corruption.

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Never been shown.

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Ah, yes, of course. Didn’t think of that at all.

Warlocks seems to be mixing shadow a lot with fire (Shadowflame), and as you said, they use it much less.

Demonology use Chaos, Fire and Shadowflame.
Destruction use Fire and Chaos.
Affliction use mainly Shadow, but their way of using it is popping stuff on others, and not really being in big contact with it themselves.

Hmm…

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That being said, what’s the nature of Chaos magic?

And can one use fire chaotically without harnessing it through the arcane / shamanistic ways?

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Chaos magic as shown in-game, is a mix of every magical schools.

So it’s Physical, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Nature, Holy.

EDIT: Frost as well, I knew I forgot one.

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It’s not my intention to imply that since magic is inconsistent you can freely contribute further inconsistencies.
But in case of Warcraft, it is getting hard to keep things sensible. Death Knights have an ability to resurrect people. Using Chronicles diagram, that’s Decay doing something only Spirit, its polar opposite, should be able to.
I know, I know, gameplay and lore aren’t exactly the best buddies. However, this does encourage mental gymnastics to explain magic doing something that it should not be able to.

So again, I’m not saying you should ignore limitations of magic because it doesn’t actually have any hard limitations. I’m just saying that without such boundaries, we will see cases of completely breaking all canon lore, because we only know what magic can, without drawing a line to know what magic can’t.
Just look at Jaina becoming one-man army. While it is silly for a character to claim this level of magical power, nothing actually stops them. Excluding common sense which they clearly lack.

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Thank you very much!

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Chaos magic = Fel magic
It’s in the Disorder corner. If you take a look at this link: `https://wow.gamepedia.com/Chaos_(spell_school)´

… you’ll find that the spells listed there are largely fel magic. Though you can of course mix different kinds of magic with each other as is often seen through different spells: Chaos Bolt would be one of those. It also shows in the animation.

They idea that they are a mixture (as described in the link above) has to do with the gameplay mechanic. When you are locked in Chaos Bolt → You can’t use any other school of magic. I’m fairly certain this is due balance issues for example in PvP. At least I have never found a source that explains chaos/fel magic as Jessicka above mentions.

I’m not entirely sure what you mean with this. A warlock shouldn’t be able to tap into elemental powers/shamanistic ways at all, UNLESS through void magic (see Dark Shamans). You harness chaos/fel magic through forcefully transforming life magic/energy.

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I agree with you on that. It became much less consistent ever since Blizzard took the RPG sort of out of the MMORPG.

Either way:

Yeah, this was most likely done due to Gameplay, BUT… it’s good to remember that back in WotLK, the DK resurrect actually turned you into a ghoul.

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All I got is from in-game stuff, so it’s probably not 100% lore accurate, but it’s what we have for now.

But aye, Chaos Bolt (or any Chaos dealing ability) looks just like Fel, so it’s maybe just a more concentrated form, shrug.

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Uh, I was reffering to

Which has already been discussed :slight_smile: – I think!

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Disorder, on the other hand, manifests as highly destructive fel magic, a destructive and extremely addictive energy originating as a result of the mutual destruction of Light and Void as they collide on a cosmic scale in the Twisting Nether https: // wow. gamepedia. com /Fel
if that was your question

Also , void manifests as shadow magic just as the ligh manifests as holy magic

As for op’s question, it’s fel magic if it’s green. That’s the whole thing with warlocks, they use fel magic and that’s why they’re not as popular with the crowd as mages. Though afflicion use more shadow than destruction for example.

A former mage persumably use fire the same way they did before they studies fel and shadow magic. For shamans I’m not sure, seeing how they need the elements approval for using their powers, and I don’t think they’re so optimistic towards using destructive powers as fel.

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Demonic fire is a thing --> looks like normal fire (e.g. the spell Hellfire as linked above). It definitely doesn’t have to be green. It’s just less potent.

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I see, I see! Thank you. :smiley:

But I’m confused now. One source says chaos magic is a combination of every type possible; another says it’s fel magic.

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Right, you’re right

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Oh, I see! Could I see where it might be used perhaps in a lore source? So I know where to get my limitations with it ^^

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Yeah, that link sums up a lot of in-game information. It mentions “multi-school”, which just means the following:

Let’s say I’m a warlock, I cast chaos bolt in PvP. I get pummeled by a Warrior --> I end up locked in ALL my other schools. It’s still evidently fel/chaos magic by lore, though, or a cool combination of different kinds of magic like Shadowflame spells.

Edit for Seloria below:

`https://wow.gamepedia.com/Chaos_(spell_school)´

That’s where she read it.