Do you enjoy dishing out great surges of damage but don’t want to play a mage? The rogue is the perfect class for the player who enjoys brutal fighting like a ninja. This simple rogue guide will show you which talents you must have to succeed as a rogue.

First, let’s have a look at the rogue’s unique strengths.

· High DPS: It’s this high damage per second that makes the Rogue such a great Melee fighter.

· Stealth: The Rogue is able to sneak up on enemies and catch them with a suprise attack.

· Excellent at PvP: Rogues are fantastic when it comes to PvP. Just make sure you have the right gear especially the Resilience attribute, which will help you stay alive.

Cool! But you should also be aware of the weaknesses. Here goes:

· Target in PvP: Their dangerous reputation can make them a primary PvP target.

· Reduced Hit Rating: When dual-wielding rogues get a penalty on their hit rating so they often miss their target.

Keep that in mind when playing a rogue.

Now let’s take a look at the talent specs you can choose from. This is important. Your rogue plays very differently depending on your talent build.

In risk of being redundant, no rogue guide is complete with a quick recap of the talent trees. So again, here goes:

· Assassination: The build I’ll talk about is called the Mutilate build.

· Combat: We’ll look at the Combat Swords build.

· Subtlety: Here we’ll look at the Subtlety build.

Now, what are popular builds?

The Mutilate Build

A build for the sneaky player who loves poison and ninja action. Obviously, this build fails against players who’re immune to poison or can quickly recover from being poisoned, so choose your victims wisely.

Here are some of the talents you need for this build:

· 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

Combat Swords Build

The core of this build is sinister strike. This build is great for dealing sustainably high DPS. Add the following talents and you’re good to go:

· Adrenaline Rush

· Killing Spree

· Improved Slice and Dice

· Blade Flurry

· Blade Twisting

· Surprise Attacks

The Subtlety Spec

This talent build gives you the unique ability to keep enemies in a stunlock. It’s great for PvP but not a good choice for PvE. Once again, here are the talents:

· Honor Among Thieves

· Premeditation

· Preparation

· Sinister Calling

· Initiative

· Elusiveness

To keep things simple, I won’t add more details into this rogue guide. This should be enough to get you going, or at least give you an idea of what kind of rogue you’d enjoy playing.

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.

Related posts:

1. Rogue Leveling Guide
2. The Best Rogue Talent Build for Combat Rogue
3. Rogue Skill Guide – Combat Rogue Attack Rotations
4. Warrior Guide – How To Play a Warrior in WoW
5. Easy Rogue Leveling Guide – Level To 80 in No Time Flat

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