WotLK Destro Warlock, Shadow Priest or Frost Mage for PVP

[bbrem123]

bump for more opinions

[DonDeBass]

Lol what. Mage is by far the easiest to play out of the three. Warlock is probably the hardest because of the pet control/dispels and managing layers of CC.

Shadow Priest has a low skill floor but a high skill ceiling.

Mage is by far the easiest to play? /facepalm

[bbrem123]

I see Warlocks at the top of 2s more than I do Mage or Shadow Priests for sure.

I'm not to familiar with mages but they just seem inferior. Maybe not in 1v1 though. I also feel affliction warlock is better than both shadow priest and destro lock.

[TheArtfulDodger]

Mage is by far the easiest to play? /facepalm

Out of these three classes? By far.

[meno]

Some awesome intel, keep it going :)

I am also torn between the three! I used to main Boomkin, for I was looking for a "tanky/bursty" caster type. But dropped in in frustration ...

I ve tried destro Warlock and Frost Mage so far. Lets get away from the "superiority" issue and talk about what either one is good at: I think they actually are very similar: both have nice CC, Destro has Fear + Shadowfury + Shadowburn slow, mage has Nova + Sheep +Deepfreeze. I'd disagree that Frost Mage damage sucks, its less bursty then Destro maybe, since they lack an equivalent to Chaos Bolt, but instead they have Ice Lance and Icy Veins ...
They also both can spell steal and Counterspell (destro through pet though) and have a sort of Teleport. They even both have access to a damage absorb shield, Ice Barrier and Sacrifice of the Void walker.

Apart from that I agree, that most top tier teams have a Warlock in them, not a mage. but then most top tier caster teams also run an ele shaman, and they just team awesome with Warlocks. So that doesn't necessarily mean Mage is any worse/better.

So I am stuck with thinking that they really only differ in style and lore. And by that I greatly prefer the Mage. Knowledge is power, after all ;)

[Superman15]

I feel like affliction lock is the way to go over all 3 of these. You can burst a single target down fastttt. And that self healing is through the roof. Add in all the utility from their pets and you have a killing machine.

[Marso]

I played Spriest, Destro warlock and Frost Mage.
All are really good at 1vs1 but I prefer mage, cuz I like to freeze targets and run away and attack. Spriest I don't like too mutch...purple things and fears bahhh not my style. Destro Warlocks are powerfull with nice fire spells but not my style too.
In Bgs u can do nice damage with Spriest/Destro>Mage. Spriest and Mage more survivility, Destro more damage. Spriest and Warlock more kills, mage more defensive.
In arenas they are equal good. I can't say too much about this, they all have nice tricks/damage/control/stuns/etc.

Rule nº1: Choose the class that made ur type, cuz yeah I tried warlock cuz they hit like a truck but I didn't like the style. Yeah I tried Spriest but once again not my style. Mage do less damage but I love it...more control, more relaxing, more trollings.

[bbrem123]

Very true post^

What is your take on affliction lock?

[bbrem123]

Bump. Stuck between Mage and destro lock. Can't seem to play as well with Mage. Makes me feel like they are not as good. Any help here? They seem to have way to high of a skillcap

[Spitetezoix]

They're all a bit more difficult to jump into than 2h melees, I'd recommend trying them on blackrock before anything.

I'd say affli is harder than mage, especially in worse gear. If a mage CCs right you can ensure yourself a good amount of survivability and burst with teammates, the same could be said about lock but you're likely to get trained after said CC runs out(hello warriors) meaning your damage really suffers in crappy gear.

Destro/hpala has no counters as far as I know though, enjoy spamming focus seduce and starting every burst with sfury->fear.

Edit: fast paced would be affli though since you need to multitask a lot. Honestly though I'd say go on blackrock, play affli/healer and face at least 1 decent warrior comp and decide whether it's worth doing again.

[bbrem123]

What about 1v1. How would you order these classes?

[Spitetezoix]

What about 1v1. How would you order these classes?

Frost mage probably takes it for 1v1 since they have a lot of shorter cd control and good defences.

I don't know about the others, I'd bet that affli is the worst overall though.

[bbrem123]

Would love to know the counters to eachclass as well.

Also anybody know the pros and comes to each in a pvp environment?

Affliction/destruction warlock
Frost Mage
Shadow priest

[UnknownStranger]

Destro lock con is that every warr, rogue or dk in existence will focus you on sight :x

[bbrem123]

Not really what I am asking for ^

What does being focused have to do with anything

I'm looking more for things like:
Crowd control
Damage
Survivability
Versatility
Etc...

As well as there counter and difficult match ups.