Warlock in Need of Help

I'm playing the following Character:

Warlock Level 7.75



Stats
Melee 5 (STR 96/ DEX 113/ PSt 106)
Magic 9 (INT 115 / CNC 108 / MSt 104)
Defense 9 (AGI 113 / CNC 113 / DUR 101)
Recovery 8 (PRE 70 / MRE 144 / REG 110)

Weaponry
Two-Handed 3

Protection
Suiting 8

Life Magic
Sorcery 2
White Magic 2
Mental Conservation 5

Death Magic
Diabolism 7
Red Magic 11
Black Magic 8
Staves 7
Sleight of Hand 7
Destruction 7

Psych Magic
Wizardry 6
Divination 1

Beast Mastery
Petmanship 7

GEMS Equipped
Damage Surge Aura (Red 11)
Burn Skin x 2 (Red 10)
Spitting Flame (Red 11)
Minor Repair (White 2)
Hint of Death (Black 5)

My Issue

I'm looking for some advice as to how continue leveling my warlock. I find myself often out of mana and I don't find my spells hit very hard (Int = 115) compared to regular attacks.

My friend is using a level 5 dagger and he seems to be able to kill things much faster than me with almost no down time.

What am I doing wrong, and how can I fix it?
Should I be relying more on the Dot effects or keep focusing on Direct Damage spells?
Should I be leveling any other magic types?

Thank you for any help you can offer.

Pick up the Blue Gem (1), Minor Balance. That Helps me a TON, as it pulls Energy into Mana and Mana into Energy depending on which ever is lower.

Think I got mine in T1.

I avoid the energy/mana balancing by having an equal amount of gems that use the same amount of one or the other.

There are gems such as Minor Emotional Repair that cost a small amount of energy or mana and in return they give double the cost of the other. These can be used to decrease your downtime.

Originally Posted by Ehlmaris!

There are gems such as Minor Emotional Repair that cost a small amount of energy or mana and in return they give double the cost of the other. These can be used to decrease your downtime.

And a very long lasting amount of both for longer boss battles.

[doctor-warlord]

i might suggest that you mana and energy heals as they could be quite helpfull