How Powerful Are Warlocks? - World of Warcraft Lore

How powerful are the warlocks in the lore, based on the previous events, characteristics and figures representing the class?
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In this video I talk about the power level of the warlocks. Talking about their known creation, characteristics of the class and the various abilities. After that I get into some scenarios where characters like Gul'Dan fought and also how, based on the lore the warlocks would fare against other classes.

[DHAGSFU]

mage mains got triggered cause fel is more powerful than arcane LUL

[brothertarcuz]

Let the darkness empower ja, my friend. We, warlocks, wil reign supreme!

[ReptarTheUgly]

So everyone was okay with using warlock powers to fight against the legion, but when Illidan used demon powers. He was a terrible guy? Hypocrites

[Invidia]

I think it's the same thing as with light and void. We've all seen how "weak" the Naaru, beings made out of pure light, are. It's almost ridiculous.
Still, it's said that the light is immensely powerful. It's just not that aggressive a force. In a way, it's not meant to do damage (even though it still can, of course).
The void, in combat, is simply stronger because it's literally the force that want's to devour everything. It's very concept is that of destruction.
Same thing with fel. Fel is disorder and by it's very nature want's to corrupt and destroy.
I think light and arcane aren't REALLY weaker than void and fel. They are just not as destructive and therefore less effective in combat.
Whereas the titans, using arcane, made intelligent beings out of inanimate matter, Sargeras simply took what was already created and then twisted these beings to his liking with fel.
The titans ordered countless worlds and created life. That's something demons, with fel, could never have done.
Arcane and light are just not meant to simply destroy and twist creation.

Also, as seen in "Harbingers: Gul'dan", fel is incredibly easy to wield. Sure, it may be hard to control, master and use it precisely, but just using it to wreak some havoc isn't as hard as trying to use arcane to wreak some havoc.
Arcane needs intense studying, a good bit of talent and the right kind of stuff to be effective. Fel also needs studying and talent, sure, but not in the same way that arcane does.

Lastly, I don't agree with people saying priests/paladins are the strongest because of the whole light/void thing. Sure. These two might be the strongest forces in the Great Dark Beyond, but that doesn't mean that mortals can even wield them effectively enough to overpower arcane/fel/elements/nature.

[mirnoyevolkodav]

Thank you for making this video, as a Warlock for many years I take pride when we're boasted about instead of degraded by our nerf-gun spells.

[sindriblood]

Not only is it stated that Fel Magic is extremely more powerful then arcane, but Warlocks duribng legion hands down have a God Artifact with the Scepter of Saragaris. Which alot of lore people agree is the god tier, of powerful artifacts.

[Havenscythe]

Also worth noting that Warlock CREATED Death Knights

[Graenolf]

Does that make fel the strongest magic?

[kristijan]

its lame how warrior, rogue and Hunter are nothing but regular foot soldiers in the lore.

[Domz]

As far as I know warlocks do not posses a demon within them. They only wield the fel and nether magic for their own use. As summoning and commanding demons or casting fel fire at their enemies. Why am I mentioning this? Because by the lore and of recent changes for the class fantasy, which blizzard has stated a countless of times. Only demon hunters who are similar to warlocks, invoke a demon into themselves. So that they could track any demonic force and slay them with their own weapons. Neither Kil'Jaeden, Archimonde or Gul'Dan have a demon in them. They are demon themselves due to corruption. So none of playable classes are by any means demons. Except Demon Hunters who are half humanoid and half demon.

[Wataheadable]

For those asking for warrior comparisons.
To compare the strongest warrior to the strongest of each class is useless.

Simply put, nothing, in this entire WoW universe as ever injured a titan (The most powerful beings) except for Broxigar.
Not many know who he is, since his name is kept to the comic lore.
But he shows the true measure of Warriors, he single handedly stood at a portal to the demon realm and cleaved down armies of demons.
He obliterated so many, that he had to climb a mountain of bodies to continue slaying.

He then stepped into the portal and fought the demons on their own turf, at which he killed mountains of demons again, and again and again.
until finally, Sargeras himself needed to divert his attention and focus on Broxigar.
Broxigar charged at sargeras and with all his remaining might, struck at Sargerases foot, leaving a scratch

The only living being in the known universe to have ever injured a titan.
Warriors have the most power out of all for this reason alone, given the right weapon, the warrior can easily demolish armies.

I really want to see a Boomkin power guide, just specifically for boomkins.
I've never heard about them in lore.

[zn]

It kinda bothers me that Demonology Warlocks have so many "shadow" spells that use the powers of the void. They should have more "green" or fel based powers. The shadow spells should go to affliction that's all about corruption and damage over time.

[Markeys-plays]

Great effort put in this channel ! keep up the good work mate:D

[Christopher-tzmr]

My Forsaken Affliction Warlock was super fun to use in WSG BG. After covering the enemy team in DoTs, i took the flag and walked (not run) through the center of the map, and due to the HP gains from my Life Tap DoT, my HP didnt move an inch with the entire enemy team attacking me!!! I had Life Tap on 3 of their pets. I used VW pet's sacrifice ability to give me a nice bulky shield and cast Howl of Terror to AoE fear groups when my Life taps were timing out.

[xxMrCoalaxx]

i think a shadowpriests potential could possibly reach warlocks potential, mostly depending on the willpower
i think it's due to the fact that shadowpriests attacking their opponent's sanity, that they could easily drive their opponent into a state of madness where they either dont even want to fight anymore or are no longer able to control their abilities and focus on spellcasting. in regards of warlocks that could mean that the warlock could be consumed by his fel magic or the priest being able to break the pact the warlock has with its minions, turning them against their former master/ take over the control himself

[MarkPuk]

Your videos are in another level of entertainment, keep the good work!!

[DamianBloodkil]

Great video as always, and they are powerful not just by lore but by current gameplay standards, takes a really good rogue or half a army to kill a single warlock half the time in pvp.

[nxx]

You got a couple of things wrong.

First of all, saying Warlocks are more powerful than Mages is a gross oversimplification. This is because the path of the Warlock is, first and foremost, a shortcut to great power. Through it, the average Warlock is able to garner more power in a couple of years than most mages are able to acquire in decades of practice. But, like you mentioned, this comes at a heavy toll for the practitioner of the dark arts. More so, even though a Warlock is able to attain power much more quickly than a mage, the power they can wield is also limited by the price they are able to pay, and pushing beyond a certain threshold is impossible without submission to the very forces they claim to master.

A mage, on the other hand, has only one limitation: his mortal lifespan. And if it's true that the average warlock can annihilate an entire batallion of battle-mages fresh from the Dalaran Academy, not only because of their overwelming power, but also due to the very nature of fel magic and it's effectiveness in causing mass destruction, not even Gul'dan himself could stand up to the likes of Antonidas or most Archmages, for a number of reasons, the least of which being the fact that Arcane is just as potent as Fel magic, but works in a different way, much like the Light is just as potent as the Shadow/Void. Through their mastery of the Arcane, mages have the ability to manipulate and bend time: There wouldn't even be a battle between Gul'dan and Antidas, because Antonidas could simply go back in time, teleport to Draenor, and blast Gul'dan apart while he was a defenseless child. Mages are also able to prolong their lifespans to supernatural lengths, giving them ample time to improve their craft to a point where the most elite mages can fully match and surpass even the most powerful warlocks.

As for pure, raw, undaulterated power, the fact that the Arcane is just as powerful as Fel can be attested by the protective shield surrounding Suramar, than not even the full might of the Burning Legion where able to break. Another common example of the raw power of Fel magic is the Hand of Guldan, the volcano brought into existence by his namesake in Shadowmoon Valley, as a show of force, matched by Dalaran itself, an entire city suspended in flight in defiance of the laws of gravity.

[leesadrone]

the way you explain these stories and lore makes it so easy to understand, im going to watch your videos to learn more about wow history, subbed and liked

[linkzellda]

Fel vs Void which is more powerful? And this has nothing to do which is hard to control but their effect that they have on beings.