Dueling Warlocks

Post by sunsean

I've played a feral druid for a long time and destroy most classes in a duel, but I just can't seem to kill a warlock. The infinite fear decimates me, even with Insignia of the Alliance.
Does anyone have any good suggestions on resisting or defeating the constant fearing?

Post by InfernoMan

Tip for dueling a warlock: Don't do it. You immediately put yourself at a disadvantage one on one (since it's not really one on one considering their demon of choice) Best strat for defeating a warlock in BG is wait for their attention to focus on someone/something else and jump them, blowing as many high damage attacks/interrupts as you can and hope they have no clue how to play. If you are the one that has the warlocks attention, hope that your group uses above strat to take them out while they are busy doing the DOT DOT DOT Fear Drain life train of doom on you.

Not meaning to be critical, but since you posted the link to your armory build, I feel I should comment on something. It would really be beneficial to respec and take 3/3 Thick Hide instead of the 3/3 natural shapeshifter if you plan on doing any tanking, will also help in PVP for the times you need to pop bear to do a little damage mitigation. Also as a tip, dump your last point into Survival of the Fittest at 70 (if you weren't already planning on doing so) as this will make it easier for you to attain the crit immunity by getting to 415 defense skill. Hope this helps.

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Post by SnapDarty

Admittedly, I'm not level 70 and hence have not dealt with 70 warlocks, but my strategy for dueling warlocks at my level(50) is this:

Stealth->Pounce->Mangle->Shred
-at this point pounce stun is over and i get LOLcoiled. After that fear's over it goes:
Dash->Mangle->Rake->Rip
-They usually get fear off on me at this point. Once it's over:
Switch to caster and spam moonfire

It tends to work fairly well for me, as I beat more locks than I lose to.
Throw feral charge and bash in there, and you're probably even more successful.

Again, I'm not the most experienced, but this works for me.

Post by Spartonian

You shouldn't really have any trouble unless the Warlock has a Felhunter out or is SL/SL specced. If they don't have a Felhunter out, Pounce -> Mange -> Shred -> Rip. If you can get an Omen of Clarity Proc before you Rip, try to get another Shred.

If you do all that and its not going to kill the Warlock, shift to Bear, Feral Charge, Bash, and try to out last them.

As far as specs go, I'll disagree about picking up Thick Hide instead of Natural Shapeshifter(I actually have both with a 1/46/14 build). Natural Shapeshifter is a big help in PvP since it conserves mana for powershifting.

Dueling Warlocks

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