03-19-2005, 01:31 AM
Newbie warlock (clvl 30 thus far) just like to chime in.
I melee and use the wand all the time when I solo with voidwalker. My casting sequence is the same as Fumark, mainly due to the time for the spells to run the their course: CoA, Corruption, (ctrl + 1 VW attack if it hasn't done so), time the Immolate so it hits just after the second Torment, then time the melee/wand just after the third Torment, then alternate melee and wand and reapply Corruption and/or Immolate if necessary. Most of the time I don't pull aggro, sometimes I pull aggro when the mob is about to die. Almost always pull aggro if I use Shadowbolt (don't want to waste Nightfall) though.
Depends on the mob and whether or not I want to get my defense skill up, sometimes I will let the mob hit me once (after casting Corruption), VW on defend will then pull aggro from me. Else if it's mob that will use annoying ability, like poison, I will ctrl + 1 to order the VW to attack after CoA, and then Corruption, the timer works out well too, this way I won't get those annoying poison etc.
As finisher, either Drain Soul if I want shard, Drain Life if I want to get some life back, or CoR if it's running mob, or simply just poke or wand till it dies.
My wand, dagger and defense skills are following the caps nicely, and virtually no down time at all. In bad pull I just transfer life to VW in battle and drain from mob, and use the VW's consume shadow skill after battle if necessary. This is probably why I enjoy playing my warlock rather than my mage, the down time for mage is just not fun.
I melee and use the wand all the time when I solo with voidwalker. My casting sequence is the same as Fumark, mainly due to the time for the spells to run the their course: CoA, Corruption, (ctrl + 1 VW attack if it hasn't done so), time the Immolate so it hits just after the second Torment, then time the melee/wand just after the third Torment, then alternate melee and wand and reapply Corruption and/or Immolate if necessary. Most of the time I don't pull aggro, sometimes I pull aggro when the mob is about to die. Almost always pull aggro if I use Shadowbolt (don't want to waste Nightfall) though.
Depends on the mob and whether or not I want to get my defense skill up, sometimes I will let the mob hit me once (after casting Corruption), VW on defend will then pull aggro from me. Else if it's mob that will use annoying ability, like poison, I will ctrl + 1 to order the VW to attack after CoA, and then Corruption, the timer works out well too, this way I won't get those annoying poison etc.
As finisher, either Drain Soul if I want shard, Drain Life if I want to get some life back, or CoR if it's running mob, or simply just poke or wand till it dies.
My wand, dagger and defense skills are following the caps nicely, and virtually no down time at all. In bad pull I just transfer life to VW in battle and drain from mob, and use the VW's consume shadow skill after battle if necessary. This is probably why I enjoy playing my warlock rather than my mage, the down time for mage is just not fun.
- SoulEdge -
"*burp* too many pots, I need to pee..."
"*burp* too many pots, I need to pee..."