Why Play a Warlock?

1.) Top DPS 

Warlocks are currently doing extremely well in the latest raids and providing extremely competitive DPS. All three warlock specs are viable and are in the Top 10 DPS for Throne of Thunder. 

2.) Superior Survivability 

As a warlock, you probably have the best set of survivability options among all the ranged dps classes. Take a look at this package: 

Passive Heals

• 1st Tier Talent (Soul Leech) : Your Malefic Grasp creates a shield that absorbs 20% of damage dealt
• Glyph of Corruption: Your corruption spell heals you for 20% of the damage done

Active Mitigation: 

• 2nd Tier Talent (Mortal Coil): Restore 15% health every 45s
• 3rd Tier Talent (Sacrificial Pact): 200K shield every 1 min
• Glyph of Healthstone: Healthstone restores 40% life over 10s. 
• Imp Pet: Cauterize master: Restores 12% Life over 12s. 

Other Special Abilities: 

• 4th Tier Talent (Unbound Will): Purges all Magic Effects and all CC on you. Works on raid boss abilities that stun you. 
• 6th Tier Talent (Kiljaeden's Cunning): Dps while moving! 

3.) Well-rounded, with no clear weaknesses

Warlocks are extremely well-rounded! 

Superior Single Target DPS with all three specs

• They are well-balanced and have competitive dps
• Warlocks rank in Top 10 dps in all three specs in ToT

Solid AOE

•  Warlocks have both burst AOE and sustained AOE.
• Currently, warlccks come in the Top Three DPS in AOE fights like Horridon and Elder Council  

Good at Target Switching: 

• Soul Swap (Affliction) allows you to transfer all your dots to a new target quickly 
• Destruction allows you to quickly burst a target down Havoc and Chaos Bolt 

Good in movement fights 

• We can move and dps at the same time. This means that warlocks do not lose any dps in fights with heavy movement:  Durumu's Maze and Imperial Vizier Zorlok's Attenuation. 

Good at Bursting 

• All three Warlock specs have a special "burst" mode that can be toggled on and off to quickly burst down important targets
• Destruction: Chaos Bolt and Havoc (Copies Spell to second target for free) 
• Affliction: Soul Swap (Immediately puts all dots on Target) and Haunt (Extra 30% Damage for 8 seconds) 
• Demonology: Demon Form (Damage increase by 24%) 

Provides Many Useful Raid Abilities

• Mass Slow (70% slow for 15 seconds every 10 seconds) 
• Mass Debuff (5% extra magic taken)
• Mass Stun (3 seconds)
• Healthstones 
• Demonic Gateway for easy raid movement 
• KnockBack 

4.) They look good and have engaging, unique playstyles 

• Warlocks look suitably demonic and cool
• They have green fire now! 
• Each spec plays differently and has its own "feel" and style. 
• Warlocks have unique mechanics (Soul Burn, Metamorphosis, Havoc Chaos Bolts) that other classes do not have.