Rogue Build Info:
RogueBuilds.com lists popular PVP rogue builds and PVE rogue builds, information on leveling, talents, gear and other information rogues may be interested in for playing your rogue in World of Warcraft.
I hope you find these rogue builds useful!
Rogue Builds
Combat Builds:
Combat Fist/Sword Build(PVE) 17/44/0
Combat Mace Build(Repo/BT) 16/45/0
Combat Mace Build(Dirty Deeds) 13/41/7
Subtlety Builds(pvp builds usualy):
Mutilate(Assasination) Builds:
Subtlety Mutilate Build 41/0/20
Hybrid Builds:
Combat-Assasination Crit Build 30/31/0
AR/Prep Mace(repo) Build 5/35/21
Leveling Builds:
Usualy I recomend using a combat/assasination build for leveling. I have listed the main combat build you may want to start with as it does a lot of sustained damage and is very good for PVE and for groups. To use this build just pick these talents in order:
- 2 points Improved Sinister Strike
- 3 points Improved Eviserate
- 3 points Linghtning Reflexes
- 3 points Improved Slice and Dice (level 20)
- 5 points Precision
- 2 points in either Improved Sprint or Endurance(recomend Endurance for leveling) -5 points Dual Wield Specialization -1 point Blade Fury (level 33)
- 5 points Sword, or Mace (recomend not using Dagger or Fist for leveling)
- 2 points Weapon Expertise
- 2 points Aggression
- 1 point Adrenaline Rush (level 43)
- 1 point Aggression
- 2 points Vitality
- 1 point of either Endurance Improved Sprint or Improved Kick. (recomend Improved Kick)
- 5 points Combat Potency
- 1 point Surprise Attacks (level 53)
- 5 points Malice
- 2 points Ruthlessness
- 5 points Lethality (level 65)
- 1 point Relentless Strikes
- 1 point Ruthlessness(level 67)
Basically the meat of the build is now there and you now can spend points where you want them most. Usually I put a point in Improved Kick and a couple points Improved Poisons. If you follow putting you points in this way you will have very good build to PVE and grind with. Here is a link to this build:
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=fhe0oxbZMIVbMVzxMGot
I suggest not going Fist as there are not many good Fist weapons in the game till you get to level 70. At 70 Fist or Fist/Sword is a good combo you may like.
Daggers are mainly associated with PVP builds. Most dagger PVP builds involve ether backstabbing or mutilate, both of these skills require you be behind your target. Daggers can be used in raids and do quite well for damage with either using a mutilate build or using a combat dagger build.
How to Play a Rogue.
Learning how to play a rogue is a bit easier than it is to master most classes as we do not use a lot of skills.
The main things you should know as a rogue is:
- What rogue builds to use.
- What gear to wear.
- What rotations to use to do the most damage.
- What skills to use to do the most damage.
- What poisons to use and when not to poison
1. What Build To Use - Usually a combat build is best for PVE. Usually the sword or fist/sword is the best build for end game raiding for sustained DPS.
2. Rogue Gear - Rogue gear is a part of how much damage you can do. I recomend using Shadow Panther as this is a very good site for ranking rogue gear and lists stats and a link of where the gear comes from. There is a big difference on the gear you want for PVP or for PVE. The weapons you use is pretty standard. You want to use a very slow weapon for your main hand weapon, a mistake a lot of rogues make is using high speed weapons in the main hand. The off hand weapon should be a high speed weapon unless you are using a mutilate spec.
3. Combat Rotations - What rotations means is how many combo points to put into slice and then how many points to put into rupture/eviserate. A rotation is continuously repeated and is set so combo points are not wasted to keep slice and dice up without wasting points that can be used for damage.
4. Skills - Rupture is the best finishing move that can be used on most bosses or mobs that take a long time to die. Exceptions are if the boss/mob is imune to rupture or if the mob will die before a rupture can go through its full set of ticks. Rotations on bosses should always use rupture unless they are imune to this.
On mobs/bosses where you have to interupt spells/abilities make sure you save enough energy to kick/kidney shot/gouge.
Make sure you use your cool downs when they are up but try to use them when they will be of most use though. Using a cool down when it is up for no reason is a wasted cool down. Most of our cool downs do not take long to come back so do not be afraid to use them.
5. Poisons - In PVE usualy Deadly poison should always be on the off hand weapon. In most combat situations you should try to shiv with the offhand to keep the poison to stack 5 times and then shiv as needed to keep the poisons effect from falling off.