Here's a nice PvP video of a Subtlety Rogue cleaning up the opposition.
85 Sub Rogue PvP Patch 4.1
Rhéya - 85 Blood Elf Rogue 10/0/30 Subtlety Rogue Arena Partner: Xmagia - 85 Undead Mage Server: Lightning's Blade US Music: Devolution of Sound - Jason Kim Filmed on the First day of Patch 4.1 Only add-on is Bartender
Subtlety Rogue basics
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Showing posts with label Rogue. Show all posts
Monday, May 9, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Rogue Leveling Guide for WoW 4 & Cataclysm
Leveling a Rogue in Cataclysm?
Check out this guide whether you're Assassination, Combat, or Subtlety.
Also covered are stats, lots of leveling notes, suggested professions, and more.
Rogue Leveling Guide for Cataclysm
Check out this guide whether you're Assassination, Combat, or Subtlety.
Also covered are stats, lots of leveling notes, suggested professions, and more.
Rogue Leveling Guide for Cataclysm
Thursday, February 17, 2011
A Brief Subtlety Rogue Guide
The Subtlety Rogue build in WoW 4.06 has had a few tweaks. The Find Weakness talent now strips away 70% of the opponent's armor, which is a lot. Is the guy wearing plate? Well, for 10 seconds he might as well be wearing cloth. Then you Shadowdance to cheap shot to Eviscerate to Ambush to...
Of course, if you're caught out of stealth and Shadowdance and Vanish are on cooldown... That is the big weakness of the Subtlety Rogue spec, that if you can't get into vanish or Shadowdance then life is tough. Then you rez and get back to picking your targets.
With 4.06 you get more Agility and more Hemorrhage & Backstab damage. Sinister Calling, one of your basic Subtlety abilities, gives you 30% more or your total Agility and Leather Specialization (at level 50) adds another 5%. Now, Agility already is, by far, the best stat for Sub. Rogue. Now what you need to do when looking at two pieces of gear is to remember to add 35% to the Agility numbers on those pieces. SO if a piece of gear is listed as 100 Agility, for you it really has 135 Agility. 35 Agility is roughly equal to 100 of any secondary stat, it's that important.
Also see this Subtlety Rogue Guide for some more info.
Of course, if you're caught out of stealth and Shadowdance and Vanish are on cooldown... That is the big weakness of the Subtlety Rogue spec, that if you can't get into vanish or Shadowdance then life is tough. Then you rez and get back to picking your targets.
With 4.06 you get more Agility and more Hemorrhage & Backstab damage. Sinister Calling, one of your basic Subtlety abilities, gives you 30% more or your total Agility and Leather Specialization (at level 50) adds another 5%. Now, Agility already is, by far, the best stat for Sub. Rogue. Now what you need to do when looking at two pieces of gear is to remember to add 35% to the Agility numbers on those pieces. SO if a piece of gear is listed as 100 Agility, for you it really has 135 Agility. 35 Agility is roughly equal to 100 of any secondary stat, it's that important.
Also see this Subtlety Rogue Guide for some more info.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
The Assassination Rogue in Cataclysm
The Assassination Rogue, from the World of Warcraft, is one of the three Rogue specs available (the others being Combat and Subtlety.) Far more than the other two builds, Assassination Rogues rely on the use of poisons for their damage and a few other effects.
Mutilate is the main attack for this build and Assassination builds are sometimes called "Mutilate builds" for this reason. The weapon of choice is a dagger in both hands and, generally, the poison of choice is Deadly in the off-hand weapon and Instant on the main-hand weapon. The off-hand dagger shouild be as fast as possible (lowest speed rating) to get as many applications of Deadly Poison as possible over a fight. Due to game machanices, slowere weapons hit harder than faster ones, so the main hand weapon should be as slow as possible (highest speed rating number.)
The Envonom ability is a hard hitting "finishing strike" that requires Deadly Poison to be on the target, the more doses the better (you can have 5 on the target at one time.) Other abilities, such as Rupture and Garrote, will restore Energy (which Rogues need to use their abilities) due to a talent called "Venomous Wounds." Another talent, "Deadly Brew," automatically applies "Crippling Poison" along with the application of the Instant Poison on your main-hand dagger.
As far as damage, well, Assassination Rogues do very well in the damage department. From stealth they can attack with Garrote, then Slice and Dice. Mutilate adds a couple of "combo points" and then Envenom refreshes the duration of Slice and Dice to its maximum. More combo points to fuel Rupture and then alternating Envenom and Rupture. This will do nice things for your overall damage rating.
Check out this assassination rogue guide for more details
Mutilate is the main attack for this build and Assassination builds are sometimes called "Mutilate builds" for this reason. The weapon of choice is a dagger in both hands and, generally, the poison of choice is Deadly in the off-hand weapon and Instant on the main-hand weapon. The off-hand dagger shouild be as fast as possible (lowest speed rating) to get as many applications of Deadly Poison as possible over a fight. Due to game machanices, slowere weapons hit harder than faster ones, so the main hand weapon should be as slow as possible (highest speed rating number.)
The Envonom ability is a hard hitting "finishing strike" that requires Deadly Poison to be on the target, the more doses the better (you can have 5 on the target at one time.) Other abilities, such as Rupture and Garrote, will restore Energy (which Rogues need to use their abilities) due to a talent called "Venomous Wounds." Another talent, "Deadly Brew," automatically applies "Crippling Poison" along with the application of the Instant Poison on your main-hand dagger.
As far as damage, well, Assassination Rogues do very well in the damage department. From stealth they can attack with Garrote, then Slice and Dice. Mutilate adds a couple of "combo points" and then Envenom refreshes the duration of Slice and Dice to its maximum. More combo points to fuel Rupture and then alternating Envenom and Rupture. This will do nice things for your overall damage rating.
Check out this assassination rogue guide for more details
Friday, October 8, 2010
4.0 Leveling Guides
The 4.0 patch is almost here and a lot of things are going to change, one of which is the talent system. Which things are a lot easier than before, there are some things to be aware of. Check out these leveling guides to see what's happening.
- 4.0 Rogue leveling guide - builds to all three trees, tips, and more.
- 4.0 Druid leveling leveling guide - This is a Feral build and also includes tips and such.
- 4.0 Mage leveling guide - Fire build currently and the other trees are coming soon.
- 4.0 Warrior leveling guide - Arms and Fury builds and stuff
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