Warlock Pre-Raid Best in Slot – WoW Classic

Zephan • Updated October 28, 2023

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Author: Zephan
Date: December 5, 2021
Updated: October 28, 2023
Expansion: WoW Classic

Which items to gather pre-raid is highly dependent on which phase you’re playing on, so it is impossible to compile a perfect Warlock pre-raid BiS list. In the spoiler below, there’s a list including all the best non-raid items from patch 1.12 — which means that some of these items might not be acquirable on your server. Before you start the search for these items, make sure that they are actually in the game so you don’t waste your time looking for non-existing equipment.

Pre-Raid Gear

Head

Spellweaver’s Turban	General Drakkisath	Upper Blackrock Spire
Crimson Felt Hat	Magistrate Barthilas	Stratholme
Deathmist	Tier 0.5 Quest Chain

Neck

Advisor	Vectus	Scholomance
Pearl	Cannon Master Willey	Stratholme Living
Crystal	Quest	Winterspring

Shoulders

Felcloth	Tailoring BoE
Burial	Mini-Boss Drop	Scholomance

Back

Amplifying	Magister Kalendris	Dire Maul West
Frostwolf Advisor’s Cloak Frostwolf Advisor’s Cloak	Honored Reward	Alterac Valley
Spritecaster	Houndmaster Grebmar	Blackrock Depths

Chest

Bloodvine	Tailoring BoE	Pattern is Zul’Gurub Re
Void	Tailoring BoP	Pattern drops from Darkmaster Gandling, Scholomance
Winter	Tailoring BoE	Pattern drops from Winterspring Elites

Wrist

Rockfury	Extremely long quest in Silithus	Ahn’Qiraji release
Dryad	Exalted Reward	Warsong Gulch
Sublime	Guard Slip’kik/Guard Mol’dar	Dire Maul North
Deathmist	Tier 0,5 Quest Chain

Rockfury Bracers are rewarded for an extremely long questchain in Silithus. This Quest becomes available with the phase release of Ahn’Qiraji. It also requires Revered reputation with Cenarion Circle, but they are one of the best bracers in the game

Hands

Felcloth	Tailoring BoE	Recipe drops from the cache in Dire Maul North
Deathmist	Tier 0.5 Quest Chain

Waist

Highlander Defiler	Honored Reward	Arathi Basin
thok	Arena Drop	Blackrock Depths
Frostwolf Stormpike	Honored Reward	Alterac Valley
Deathmist	Tier 0.5 Quest Chain
Thuzadin	Nerub’Enkan	Stratholme
Dustfeather	Solakar Flamewreath	Upper Blackrock Spire

Legs

Bloodvine	Tailoring BoE	Bloodvine Leggings (Tailoring BoE, Pattern is Zul’Gurub Reputation Reward
Flarecore	Tailoring BoE	Recipe requires Revered Reputation with Thorium Brotherhood
Torment	Lord Valthalak (part of T0.5 quest chain)	Upper Blackrock Spire
Skyshroud	Highlord Omokk	Lower Blackrock Spire
Sentinel Outrider	Exalted Reward	Warsong Gulch

Feet

Bloodvine	Tailoring BoE	Pattern is Zul’Gurub Reputation Reward
Maleki	Maleki the Pallid	Stratholme
Omnicast	Golem Lord Argelmach	Blackrock Depths
Dragonrider	Rend	Upper Blackrock Spire

Rings

Rodrigo	Exalted Reward	Alterac Valley
Wizardry	Lord Valthalak (part of the Tier 0,5 Quest Chain)	Upper Blackrock Spire
Mauricio	Darkmaster Gandling	Scholomance
Lorekeeper Advisor	Honored Reward	Warsong Gulch
Underworld	BoE World drop
Maiden	Non-unique BoE World drop
Songstone Eye	Quest	Blackrock Depths

Trinkets

Draconic	General Drakkisath	Upper Blackrock Spire
Briarwood	Jed Runewatcher Rare spawn	Upper Blackrock Spire
Seal	Book Quest	Dire Maul
Beast	Quest	Upper Blackrock Spire

Wand

Skul	Skul Rare spawn	Scholomance
Bonecreeper	Darkmaster Gandling	Scholomance
Ritssyn	Baron Rivendare	Stratholme
Green BoE wand with +Shadow damage	Usually found on the AH

2h Weapons

Ironbark	Exalted Reward	Arathi Basin
Valthalak	Lord Valthalak (part of the Tier 0.5 Quest Chain)	Upper Blackrock Spire
Amethyst	Azure Templar (Requires AQ)	Silithus
Harvester	Warlock Class Quest	Felwood

Main Hand Weapons

Sageblade	Blacksmithing BoE	Recipe drops in raid instances
Sageclaw	Exalted Reward	Arathi Basin
Zedd	BoE	Silithus/AQ20
Moon	Immol’thar	Dire Maul West

Offhand Weapons

Shadow Therazane	Exalted Reward	Alterac Valley
Interminable	Sothos and Jarien (Part of the Tier 0.5 Quest Chain)	Stratholme Living

There are also the Field Marshal/Warlord sets and Lieutenant Commander/Champion sets for us self-proclaimed PvP gods.

About the Author

Zephan

I am a Classic Warlock enthusiast and in general like theorycrafting. I am the owner and admin of the best community in the whole wide world, being the Classic Warlock Discord. This is the home of some of the best Warlocks in this game and the basis for theorycrafting and figuring out the optimal plays for us warlocks. My aim is to make sure this up-to-date information is out there everywhere to be found and to give back to the community.