Rogue Class Guide

October 19, 2009 · Filed Under Video Games 

The Rogue class is great for any player who really enjoys brutal combat. Rogue are fantastic Melee DPS making them a natural choice for this playing style. I’ll introduce the Rogue’s talents and strengths in the WoW Rogue guide.

Let’s begin by looking at the Rogue’s strengths.

  • High DPS: This single quality makes the Rogue really dangerous in Melee.
  • Stealth: This allows the Rogue to sneak up on enemies without being easily detected.
  • Dangerous in PvP: The Rogue is a dangerous opponant in PvP. It important to have the right gear to stay alive and be effective especially the Resilience attribute.

Now let’s turn our attention in the WoW Rogue guide to the Rogue’s weaknesses.

  • Target in PvP: Their dangerous reputation can make them a primary PvP target.
  • Damage Ratio: When you’re dual weilding the damage ratio of the off hand weapon is reduced.

Read more about the Rogue in the WoW Rogue Guide

You’ll have much more fun if you choose the right talent build based on your own playing styles. The next section of the WoW Rogue guide look exactly at that. All the talent builds of the Rogue belond to one of the categories below.

  • Assassination: The build I’ll talk about is called the Mutilate build.
  • Combat: I’ll talk specifically about Combat Swords.
  • Subtlety: We’ll take a look at a build called the Subtlety.

The Mutilate build in a dagger and poison based build. If, however, the enemy can heal from the poison or is immune then you’ve got a problem. The following is a list of some excellent talents to have.

  • Mutilate: Instant 2 handed attack
  • Hunger for Blood: This causes you to become enraged and cause more damage.
  • Improved Poison: This is an essential talent
  • Master Poisoner: Increases critical chance of your attack by 3%
  • Vile Poisoner: Increase damage of poison and Envenom ability
  • Dual Wield Specialization: Another essential talent

For high, sustained DPS choose the Combat Swords build. Sinister Strike is an absolutely essential thing to have for this build. Some additional talents to have are as follows.

  • Duel Wield Specialization
  • Killing Spree
  • Improved Slice and Dice
  • Blade Flurry
  • Blade Twisting
  • Surprise Attacks

The Subtlety build takes advantage of the Rogue’s unique stealth abilities. The list below is of some additional talents you may want to have.

  • Honor Among Thieves
  • Premeditation
  • Preparation
  • Sinister Calling
  • Initiative
  • Elusiveness

I won’t go any deeper in the WoW Rogue guide into leveling or the talents themselves but one thing to remember is that the talent builds lend themselves to your unique playing style so choose wisely.

Learn more about the Rogue Class in the WoW Rogue Guide

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