Warlocks in generel are struggling very hard in PvP atm, and i thought of some changes that i would like to see. I invite all my fellow warlock players to type in their thoughts and experiences in the comments.
Unending Resolve should be a baseline 2 min cooldown.
Soul Link should be baseline for all specs, and not just demo.
Pet summon cast time should be reduced or pets should be tankier (they get instant deleted, and health funnel seems to do nothing)
As for the damage side of things, i feel like the major balance issue lies some classes being completely out of control in PvP (WW, Warrior, BM, Ret, DH, Enhance) and i feel like tuning these down will make more sense than tweaking the rest with minor insuffient % buffs.
That being said i would like to see;
Darksoul becomes undispelable
Backdraft becomes undispelable
Infernal cooldown reduction tool as we see with affliction darkglare / “Corrupting leer conduit or Wilfreds Sigil of superior summoning for demo” (X abilities damage have a % chance of reducing your Infernal cooldown with x seconds)
Flat Haste and damage % buff (As we are pretty much the only “Hardcasters” left together with frost mage, and when we get casts off they should be more impactful than they currently are)
As a side note i will like to point out that the 2.5 sec (Base cast time) Chaos bolt actually does less damage than most instant melee abilities like Condemn, Execute, Verdicts etc. Even combined with darksoul, trinket, racials, which i feel is a bit crazy to be honest and shouldnt be the case.
Thats my thoughts on potential warlock changes (for now) please feel free to add to this topic, and if you want to play some arena/rbgs you can add my BT (Felblaze#2838). I play WoW PvP a lot and i am always looking for new connections.
Health Funnel should work the same as Mend Pet. Having to channel it is just disgusting as a caster, especially as demo when you need your pet the most and are as vulnerable to lockouts as you are.
Yes please, fel Flame should deal the dmg shadowbolt/incinerate does now and buff the other two.
This paired with demon skin, Demon Armor and soul link baseline would be great for our survivability.
This was Ions sadistic work, gateway was to strong in PvE, so they need to nerf it in PvP.i don’t know why they did it this way. The best solution would be in instances PvE scenario you only have 40 meters instead of 70.
I would love Metamorphosis to have a big return… but this will never happen. Ion is still in charge, as long as he has the control over wow warlocks will stay as they are. Because he thinks we are fine.
2 min Unending resovle would be too good… Dont forget it makes you immune to kicks.
Most of the time nobody plays with pet out because it dies too quickly. Add Soul Link dmg share on top of that and your healer will have hard time healing you or pet.
Darksoul shouldnt be dispellable i can agree with you on that.
I dont think there is anything blizz can do to make warlocks decent in pvp. It’s just one of those expansions where warlock just sux.
For destro i woul like to see dmg buff to CB or some talent that makes easier to get cast off.
For affliction to be viable 1st i would like to see nerfs to hunter FD lego and maybe small buff to dot dmg.
I would change the survivability, Demon Skin and demon armor are to weak to be talents. Those should be baseline and soul link shouldn’t be only demo, so the 20% hp but with GoSac will have his return.
It wouldn’t. Maldiva yesterday died to WW through wall despite hitting it at 80% HP. And his shaman had healing tide on the ground too (he pre-casted it before cc).
In this meta where people do insane burst damage, 3 min. 40% wall is not good. Simply not good. DH | 1.5 min Hunt | WW, 2x SEF, Bonedust, SCK Procs, Xuen, | Warrior Avatar + Banner or 1 min spear etc. so many things to count. They all can go for a 2nd burst before your UR comes back up.
That’s why they keep buffing Dark Pact but they can’t understand that even with soul leech, Warlocks can’t even stay still and tank DPS for 5 seconds. Without it, we melt like ice on a summer day.