Finally chose my classic Warlock build...

[TheNicestFellow]

The build I will be using to level/PvP/raid:

https://classic.wowhead.com/talent-c...50500051022001

5/5 imp corruption for the instant cast corruption.
5/5 imp drain life & fel concentration because it's a drain tank SM/Ruin build.
2/2 imp life tap because it will help with sustain in PvE.
2/5 suppression because if you're fighting mobs/players your level you don't need any more points in this, and in raiding you will be spamming shadowbolts, which is a destro spell, so it won't help.

Then the usual talents for the destro tree, but imp searing pain because intensity is a totally useless waste of 2 talent points, and searing pain is what you will use in PvP when someone shadow locks you.

Also, the "cookie cutter" SM/Ruin build you will see if you google it is terrible, because 5/5 suppression is unnecessary and curse of exhaustion isn't worth the points. You're better off just taking imp drain life/fel concentration and face-tanking and fearing melee than trying to kite them, primarily because they have MUCH better slows than your CoE so you won't be able to kite them well anyways.

Also #2, imp drain soul is apparently garbage in classic, AND since you need to get the killing blow (possibly WITH drain soul damage), it'll almost never be proccing in group PvE.

[Gungnir]

I'll argue that CoEx is close to invaluable in WPvP scenarios, especially since melee is basically the only thing you have to worry about as a warlock.
Regardless if you're a facetank type of build, you will want to use fears to get them off of you, and slapping a CoEx on them at maximum range will help tremendously.

[donjn]

Link not working.

[anon5123]

Nice blog post, OP.

[jackofwind]

Why do we care that you're using a variant SM/Ruin build? This isn't groundbreaking news.

Also nice broken link.

[Will]

Er, what's the actual point in having a levelling/pvp/pve all-in-one build? Use a leveling build until you're 60, then remove leveling from the equation after that point in time.

Better yet, don't go for some weird hybrid pvp/raid build. That'll just make you a jack of all trades. If you want to excel at raids, go for DS/Ruin. SM/Ruin with Nightfall is great for cleave as you can multi-dot corruption (just be aware in raids that you'll have to be granted a debuff slot)

For serious PvP, make a serious PvP build. Not some hybrid.