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First off I just wanted to thank everyone for thier helpful comments and encouragement.  Hopefully, with your help, this guide can help some people make good use of a sorely under-rated class. 

I plan on putting up a lot of different, high DPR builds, using the different strategies I've set out already. So if anyone has a nice high dpr build that is primarily warlock, please keep letting me know. 

Oct 30, 2009 -- 6:38AM, Ytterbium_Dragon wrote:

I think that the format should be a little altered, though. The best advice that this handbook will be able to give is example builds showcasing strategies that work well to provide reasonable DPR. As such, I think that those should be near the beginning of the handbook. New players especially love to look at those first to see how everything lines up, then they get more specific later.

The stuff you have now is really for more advanced players looking to possibly make their own builds. As such, I'd put it closer to the end.

You're probably right.  However, I'd like to try to put as much info as possible up and then play around with formatting to make it the most usable. 

Oct 30, 2009 -- 6:38AM, Ytterbium_Dragon wrote:

Also, I don't think that you give Chalocks enough credit. MC Paladin helps their DPR quite a bit. While Divine Challenge + Eyebite (the good ole trick) has lost a bit of its luster, DC + White Lotus Master Riposte is decently potent and is an option that Conlocks don't have.

You're right in that there probably is an eigth strategy: the lose-lose stragety that warlock can borrow from defenders. 

With that said, check out my Sun Warlock build.  This is an initial draft of the build, but I am reasonably certain that it can out damage any actual cha'lock build using the same DC + White Lotus Master Riposte strategy.   

Oct 29, 2009 -- 10:19PM, ChaosMage wrote:

If you're looking for builds to include, consider the Polearm Warlock: community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/758...

It can still use some tweaking, but it's an excellent fighter/warlock (leaning heavily towards warlock) build.  With Iron Vanguard and Draconic Arrogance, it will do str+con extra damage on any push or knock prone. 

I love gish builds and was wanting to include some nice push builds with good DPR, so I really appreciate your suggestion.

Oct 29, 2009 -- 11:14PM, WOLead wrote:

I was quite happy with my Epic level Gnome Feylock made in a Warlock Challenge thread, calculating out the damage that could be done per round.  Maybe I'll go and write up a full build setup for it as well as fully tweaking the damage out now that I have a couple more tricks that I've realized now.  Sadly, I know the Heroic and early Paragon levels are "eh" at best.

That is a nice epic cha'lock build.  An eyebite build that hurts.....who would have thought  

Thanks again for all of your comments.  This looks like it's going to be a fun guide to put together.

In a debate on Warlock damage powers, I produced a build using SongNSilences now unfortunately defunct Wizard's Fury/Feycharger build. The build used Ageis of Assault, Riposte, and Eladrin Swordmage Advance. The "nerfing" of Reaper's Touch pretty much killed the old Arcane Feychargers, save for one: the Warlock. Eldritch Strike is still around to serve as an Arcane Keyword Basic Melee Attack. Here is the build I did:

The Revenant Warcharger
Eladring Soul Revenant Assaulting Swoardmage|Warlock/Fighter/Academy Master/Sage of Ages

Strength: 12 > 14 > 17 (4)
Constituion: 18 > 21 > 26
Dexterity: 18 > 20 > 22 (2)
Intelligence: 10
Wisdom: 10
Charisma: 8

Related Feats: Called Shot, Prime Punisher, Arcane Admixture (Thunder), Student of the Sword, Feycharger, Feywild Protection, Eladrin Swordmage Advance, White Lotus Enervation, Focused Expertise (Light Blade), White Lotus Riposte, White Lotus Master Riposte, Eladrin Soul, Weapon Focus (Light Blade), Dual Implement Spell-casting, Two Weapon Fighting, Two Weapon Opening, White Lotus Evasion

Relevant Powers: Eldritch Blast

Relevant Items: +6 Bloodiron Daggers x 2, +6 Bracers of Mighty Striking

To hit: +37 vs. 43

To hit: 15 (Half Level) + 6 (Enhance) + 1 (Academy Master) + 3 (Implement Expertise) + 2 (Sage of Ages) + 1 (Enervation) + 8 (Constiution) + 1 (Prime Shot)

Damage: 2d10 + 6 (Enhancement) + 6 (Bracers) + 6 (Dual Implement) + 5 (Prime Punisher) + 5 (Academy Master) + 1 (TWF) + 3 (Weapon Focus) + 8 (Constitution)

47 average
59 on Charge
71 on Charge + Curse

Average Eldritch Blast DPR, No Opening: (175*2/20)+(47*14/20) = 50.4
Average Eldritch Blast DPR, +Opening: (225.4*2/20)+(47*14/20) = 55.44
Average Eldritch Blast Charge DPR, +Opening and Sage: (225.4*.19)+(71*.77) = 97.496

DPR Before Thunder: 208.376

Thunder DPR: 8.5989+11.9178+14.5578 = 35.0745
Total DPR: 35.0745+208.376 = 243.4505

You can basically replace the Feywild Protection feat with Weapon Proficiency (Bastard Sword) and start with  14 Dex and 16 Strength to get about the same DPR. The build probably needs some work to be "playable," but it pretty much contains all of the tricks to recreate the classic Arcane Feycharger is a new form.

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I also may work on combining some of the tricks presented so far in this guide and in this build to create a functional and versatile gish-striker build.