Wow Rogue Guide

The Rogue Guide v2.0 - Updated 4/27/07 (wow forum)
Burning Crusade Proposed New Talents (In Talent Calculator Form)
Burning Crusade Proposed New Skills (Spells)
Rogue FAQ v4 by Chalon

Notable Weapons

Most are borrowed from Wowwiki.com:
Wowwiki.com: Rogue Abilities

Thottbot Main-Hand Swords
Thottbot Off-Hand Swords
Warcraft's official site on Armor sets
Rogue Armor Sets
Rogue Armor with resists
Rogue Armor Spreadsheet
Rogue Armor while leveling

Rogue Talent Builds

Rogue talents are pretty straight forward and there is a lot of area to adapt them for your own desires. Even though I have provided a link to a particular build, they are there for an instruction only and should be attuned to fit your needs. I have also included a rating system on the builds and where they excel. Rogues dominate in PVP though so you won't see that rating plummit in any build.

Mutilate/Combat - 41/20/0

Example: Rogue Talents at Worldofwarcraft.com

Ratings:
Arena 2vs.2: B
Arena 3vs.3: C
Arena 5vs.5: C
BGs: B
5-Mans: A
10 Mans: A
25 Mans: A
5-Man Heroic: A
World PvP: A+
Duels: A
Grinding: A

Mutilate/Subtlety - 41/0/20

Example:
Rogue Talents at Worldofwarcraft.com

Ratings:
Arena 2vs.2: A
Arena 3vs.3: B
Arena 5vs.5: B
BGs: B
5-Mans: B
10 Mans: B
25 Mans: B
5-Man Heroic: A
World PvP: A+
Duels: A+
Grinding: B

Combat Daggers - 16/41/5 (-1)

Example:
Rogue Talents at Worldofwarcraft.com

Ratings:
Arena 2vs.2: C
Arena 3vs.3: D
Arena 5vs.5: D
BGs: C
5-Mans: B
10 Mans: A+
25 Mans: A+
5-Man Heroic: A
World PvP: B
Duels: D
Grinding: C

Combat Swords/Maces/Fists - 16/41/0 (+4)

Example:
Rogue Talents at Worldofwarcraft.com

Ratings:
Arena 2vs.2: B
Arena 3vs.3: B
Arena 5vs.5: C
BGs: B
5-Mans: A
10 Mans: A
25 Mans: B
5-Man Heroic: A
World PvP: A
Duels: A
Grinding: A+

Shadowstep - 17/3/41

Example:
Rogue Talents at Worldofwarcraft.com

Ratings:
Arena 2vs.2: A
Arena 3vs.3: A
Arena 5vs.5: A
BGs: A
5-Mans: B
10 Mans: C
25 Mans: D
5-Man Heroic: C
World PvP: A+
Duels: A
Grinding: C

Arena Build - 30/0/31

Example:
Rogue Talents at Worldofwarcraft.com

Ratings:
Arena 2vs.2: A+
Arena 3vs.3: A+
Arena 5vs.5: A
BGs: A
5-Mans: B
10 Mans: C
25 Mans: C
5-Man Heroic: C
World PvP: A+
Duels: A+
Grinding: C

Endless Stunlock - 32/3/26 (You hit like you are dual-weilding pillows, but you can lock someone up for a long time)

Example:
Rogue Talents at Worldofwarcraft.com

Ratings:
Arena 2vs.2: A
Arena 3vs.3: A
Arena 5vs.5: B
BGs: B
5-Mans: B
10 Mans: C
25 Mans: D
5-Man Heroic: C
World PvP: A+
Duels: A+
Grinding: D

The True Man's Build for Manly Men - 0/0/0

Example:
Rogue Talents at Worldofwarcraft.com

Ratings:
E-Peen: A+
Bragging Rights: A+
LOL in General: A+
LOL in Forums: A+
Respect from Rod: A+

Priest Addons for Raid

For Raid

CT raid assist
http://www.ctmod.net/downloads/
A must for all raiding classes, but especially for priests.
This addon will show your raid in an easy to monitor grid, making raid healing a lot easier - and includes Boss Mods for various high end encounters.

Deadly Bossmods
formerly La Vendetta Boss Mods
http://www.curse.com/downloads/details/4940/
Very advanced bossmod, with mods to assist every high-end encounter. Much advanced upon CTRA, and better visual representation through the use of a time bar, counting down until decisive moments in encounters.

Clique
http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info5108-Clique.html
Clique allows you to bind keys to any actions, macros, spells etc. This is brilliant for a priest as it allows CLICK CAST healing. For example; bind right click to shield, then right click any party or raid target to shield that member. Some videos demonstrating clique's capabilities: http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...694326108730311

Healsync
http://files.wowace.com/HealSync/ DEPENDENCIES: http://files.wowace.com/IFrameManager/
Shows you who else in your raid is casting a heal on your current target. Thus you can see all inbound heals on that target. Also shows heals inbound on yourself, and heals on your focus target.

Mendwatch:
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/details/6597/
MendWatch tracks your Prayer of Mending. A bar shows the current target of the Prayer of Mending spell with a countdown of how long the spell will last. When the target gets hit the amount the Prayer of Mending healed for will be shown and the bar will slowly fade away. If the Prayer of Mending jumps to a new target a new timer bar will be shown for the new target.

Decursive
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/details/3011/
Decursive makes your life easier, it clearly shows you who is afflicted by something you can remove, this is done using "Micro-unit-frames" (MUF): a micro-unit-frame is a little square on your screen that changes of appearance according to the unit status. If you click on a MUF, it automatically cast a cleaning spell, the choice of the spell depends of the mouse button you click, Decursive manages the button mapping automatically.

Shackle Watch
http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info6425-ShackleWatch.html
displays a timer bar counting down the duration of the Shackle

Shadowfiend Watch
http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info6906-ShadowFiendWatch.html
This is a simple addon that will show some statistics about the mana regened by the Shadowfiend.

KLH threat meter
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/details/4204/
As a priest, aggro management is vital. This addon will show a grid, with a very accurate visual representation of your thread in comparrison to the rest of your raid / party. (In order to work, all party / raid should have the addon)

Sacred buff
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/details/3003/
Addon for easy buffing, with enhanced options and great graphical display.

Serenity
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/details/6289/
More advanced version of SacredBuff, amongst others some very funny ressurection macros

HealBot
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/details/3802/
HealBot allows for 20 key mouse combinations to cast any beneficial spells.
HealBot allows for 20 key mouse combinations to cast on disabled bars.
Any usable item can be added to all combos.
Target, Focus and Assist can be added to all combos

VampWatch
http://www.curse.com/downloads/details/5268/
Very nice mod to track your mana return to all party members. Theres also a Fubar Version/addition on acefiles which also tracks your shadowfiend returns.

TACTICS (GD)
http://www.curse.com/downloads/details/6845/
Tactics addon which announces tactics for a specified mob / boss - in any instance - in the channel of your choice. Very configurable, you can add your own tactics, or edit the ones already included in the file!

Rogue Leveling Guide

Rogue Leveling Guide - Assassination, Combat, Subtlety

General Information

When it comes to leveling guides no one has come close to providing the detail found in both Kopp's Alliance Leveling Guide and Joana's Horde Leveling Guide. They are both step-by-step instructions with maps on how to level to 70 in less than 10 days.

Rogues are a considered a high DPS (Damage Per Second) class. The best way to level a rogue is to focus on caster mobs (squishies) that have low armor and low health. These will be the best mob types to grind on and you should always focus on finding an area full of caster mobs if possible.

Sword Vs Daggers

There’s a constant heated debate in the World of Warcraft forums about which weapons are the best for leveling as well as what builds. While generally speaking, swords are supposedly better for leveling, I think it’s just because most people are lazy and have no skill. After reading this article you will see how it is possible to level with daggers and swords efficiently.

Swords, Maces, Fists

The common rogue leveling build is typically used with swords, maces, or other non-dagger weapons. It focuses on using sinister strikes for generating combo points and hitting hard with eviscerates to finish mobs off. Swords are not an affective burst DPS build but they can be deadly in PvP when combined with a stunlock build. To use swords or maces all you need to do is target a mob and spam sinister strike until you can eviscerate. Later on you will get talents like blade furry, which will allow you to take on two mobs at once without much of a problem. Here is what you should focus on getting for talents as you level.

10-11: Improved Sinister Strike 2/2
12-16: Malice 5/5
17-19: Improved Eviscerate 3/3
20-21: Ruthlessness 2/3
22-26: Lethality 5/5
27: Relentless Strikes 1/1
28-29: Ruthlessness 2/2
30: You can continue down the Assination tree, build up the combat tree, or retalent into the combat tree so that you go all the way down to Blade Furry. At this point you will have an idea of how you want to play your class and can follow one of the rogue cookie cutter builds.

Daggers

Not many people choose a dagger build to level because they don’t know how to do it efficiently. A lot will try to run in like you have a combat build, which is inefficient. The best way to level with daggers is through the subtlety tree. You will rely on high burst damage to open the fight and then finish the mobs life off by spamming sinister strike. Getting camouflage and improved ambush are key to this setup. What you will do is use camouflage, ambush, finish mob off and repeat process. Camouflage allows you to move faster in stealth and makes your cool down 5 seconds shorter so you won’t be slow going from mob to mob while grinding.

10-14: Opportunity 5/5
15-19: Camouflage 5/5
20-22: Improved Ambush 3/3
23-27: Malice 5/5
28: Based off your playing style you can either continue down the subtlety tree, or head into the assassination tree. You will know at this point what grinding build works best for you.

Summary

Rogues can be an extremely fun and competitive class to play. I wouldn’t plan on getting into groups easy with this class so be prepared to solo. There is a surplus of this class on most servers and group space is limited. I play my rogue for PvP because they are extremely good at it. Talent builds make and break a rogue because they are not innately good like some of the other classes. Without the right talent build and play style, a rogue is useless. Check out this level 70 rogue talent build guide for more information: Rogue Talent Guide

Rogue Guide at WOW Forum