5* Warlock, do I go nuts?

I know warlock is good but how good really?

Generic?
R5?

Where can I use Warlock in act6 that can't be done by someone else? I don't have many R5's because resources are scarce but if warlock is good for plenty of random fights then I'm happy to cut sick, if warlock is a niche champ then I'd stop at r4.

Please tell me where/how to use warlock that can't be done by aegon, quake, hype, mojo, ghost or corvus?

I stopped at cavalier, exploration is a long way off.

Comments

Kill_Grey

I hear he's good 👀

Vampi007

Get him to r5 but no need awakening. He have his uses in act 6 , I don't remember which quest exactly. You won't regret him

Rookiie

WARLOCK: STRENGTHS

Anti-Healing
Warlock has excellent anti-healing abilities. His Infection Passive Heal Blocks the Opponent, and since it’s Passive it’ll work even when the Opponent is immune to Debuffs. On top of that, every time the Opponent tries to heal while infected, they’ll drain some of their Power, and take damage if Warlock has his Signature ability.

Power Control
Even against Opponents who don’t heal, Warlock is good at controlling the Opponent’s Power. After stacking up an Infection or two, his Special Attack 1 drains a solid chunk of the Opponent’s Power, and his Special Attack 3 drains all of it, in addition to burning it and dealing damage via his Signature ability.

Passive:
Immune to Bleed, Poison, Coldsnap, and Frostbite.
His durable Technarch form grants Warlock a permanent Armor Up Buff, increasing Armor Rating by +666.67. If this Buff is removed for any reason, it will refresh itself after 10 second(s).
While this Buff is active, Opponent’s Special Attacks cannot be Critical.

Straight from the spotlight.

None of the champions you mentioned have Heal Block or Power Control mechanics built into their kit, so he will be incredibly useful against champs that Regen (Wolverine) or gain a lot of Power (Hyperion).

None of the champions you mentioned have natural Bleed, Coldsnap or Frostbite immunity. Natural Bleed immunity will help you fight nodes that could make you bleed like Caltrops, Coldsnap will help you against Iceman.

Also, the Armour Up buff makes him an excellent Havok counter, because the Plasma won't detonate as long as it's active.

Lvernon15

Warlock is one of the most versatile champs out there, best heal block (not reverse, but 100% uptime passive block is very strong) some power control, especially in aw when opponents place with willpower, armour up break bleed have their utilities as well, triple immune, there’s very little he can’t do, definitely worth r5, doesn’t need the sig so wouldn’t generic, maybe class if you already have ghost awakened

Sarvanga1_

Is warlock good?! Warlock is insane.
Super R5 worthy like this:

An ultimate swiss army knife of champion having truckload of utility. Not a niche champ. He is a mainstay champ who always remains in your team once added.
Act 6,aw,aq,incursions use in all places.

The biggest utility he has is the passive heal block which is so valuable.
Armor breaks, bleeds,shocks and power burn and regen on sp3.
Triple immunities
Any node that has regen is completely neutered by warlock. Masochism,buffet,vigor,selective timestream,lionheart,arc overload
Top havok, iceman counter

I am at 6.3 and he was my mvp for 6.1.1 sabretooth, 6.1.5 crossbones, 6.2.2 sinister
Many paths in 6.2 have annoying nodes that warlock is a counter for.