WoW TBC Arena

Best Warlock Comps in 5v5

The top 5v5 (5s) arena comps that run a Warlock in TBC Classic, ranked by tier for Season 2. Each links to a full guide covering the kill setup, cooldowns, positioning and matchups.

5 comps

WarriorWarlockShamanPaladinPriestS

5s Triple-Healer Control

The definitive S2 immortality comp — three healers behind an Arms warrior and Affliction warlock who never stop applying pressure. You don't out-burst anyone; you refuse to die and grind the enemy team into an empty mana bar. Every game is a war of attrition you were built to win.

Control
HunterShamanWarlockPriestPaladinA

5s Beast/Hunter Cleave (2347)

Beast/Hunter Cleave is a ranged burst comp built around the hunter's Beast Within window: a CC-immune nuke phase backed by Elemental Shaman and Destro Warlock damage, all propped up by a disc priest and holy paladin. It hits like a truck for eighteen seconds and refuses to die afterward. If the opener doesn't kill, the double-healer backbone lets you reset and go again.

Burst
MageWarlockPriestPaladinDruidA

5s Caster Cleave

The ranged-control 5s archetype: stacked casters (mage + lock + shadow priest) layering Poly, Fear, and Cyclone behind a healer core. Kites melee cleave and kills through control — high ceiling, high coordination.

Control
PriestShamanMageWarlockPaladinA

5s Shadowplay Plus

Shadowplay Plus takes the shadow priest and elemental shaman core and bolts on a frost mage, destruction warlock and holy paladin for a five-caster wall of ranged burst. It kills through raw instant damage stacked into one global, backed by a silence chain no single healer survives. When the burst is peeled, it simply mana-burns the enemy healer into the floor instead.

Burst
WarriorRogueMageWarlockPriestC

5s DPS Zerg

The all-in 5s archetype: four DPS (arms warrior, sub rogue, frost mage, SL/SL warlock) stacked behind a single discipline priest. You don't win the long game — you CC the enemy healer, dump every cooldown on one target, and delete them before your lone healer runs dry.

Burst