WoW Rogue Guide

Rogues are the sneaky damage dealers in small parties, raids, or even PVP. Rogues are considered one of the most fun classes to roll, and many people have rogue alts for some damage and PVP fun. Rogues can bring top damage in a dungeon instance, or you can spec your rogue for PVP and slice and dice some opposing faction players. In this WoW Rogue guide, we attempt to give you an overall look at the rogue class to help you decide if it is the right class for your play style.

What gives a rogue his top notch abilities is the advantage of stealth. The mystery behind the rogue as you continue to level is poison, stealth, and the ability to attack by surprise. Many people who enjoy the PVP aspect of Warcraft find the rogue’s ability to attack on surprise and stun your victim undeniably the most fun in the game.

The hardest part about a rogue is knowing how to play one well. Many people roll rogue alts for fun especially healers. It’s a nice change to simply do damage while never worrying about healing or being the main tank. To be a good rogue, though, you need to know when to properly stun a player while maintaining top skill dps. There are many opinions on what the best tree skill points provide the best rogue talents. The three trees – subtlety, assassination, and combat – have been widely debated throughout the rogue community.

WoW Rogue Guide - Professions

Professions are another thing to consider while playing a rogue. Rogues have no buffs or healing abilities, so they rely on other players or they can create potions and food to increase damage and defense. Probably the best profession for a rogue to have is alchemy. Alchemy brings the rogue buffs during leveling or in end game instances. Especially when raiding, potions can be very expensive to buy when you need a wide variety of buffs. If you raid often, it can tax your gold reserves. Being an alchemist can help you level and PVP to help increase stats.

WoW Rogue Guide - Abilities

The assassination tree is great for PVP rogues who love the element of surprise. It increases critical strike moves, intense stun abilities, and a wide variety of possible finishing moves to disable the target before the player has a chance to strike back. A good assassination rogue can keep the target stunned so that it has no chance of survival.

Combat is mainly used in combination with the other trees. Combat increases sinister strike, which is the main smashing key during rogue leveling. Gouge and kick are other great abilities that are enhanced from this tree. It can give the rogue enough time to bandage during critical moments.

Subtlety combines a variety of skills for leveling and end game raiding. Vanish is picked up early through the tree, and this can be a life saver for a rogue. Combine this with engineering and jumper cables and your party will be thankful for not needing to corpse run back to the instance.

WoW Rogue Build

This WoW Rogue build is the build recommended for solo leveling.

Combat

Level 10: Improved Sinister Strike (1/2)
Level 11: Improved Sinister Strike (2/2)
Level 12: Dual Wield Specialization (1/5)
Level 13: Dual Wield Specialization (2/5)
Level 14: Dual Wield Specialization (3/5)
Level 15: Dual Wield Specialization (4/5)
Level 16: Dual Wield Specialization (5/5)
Level 17: Precision (1/5)
Level 18: Precision (1/5)
Level 19: Precision (3/5)
Level 20: Precision (4/5)
Level 21: Precision (5/5)
Level 22: Improved Slice and Dice (1/2)
Level 23: Improved Slice and Dice (2/2)
Level 24: Endurance (1/2)
Level 25: Aggression (1/5)
Level 26: Aggression (2/5)
Level 27: Aggression (3/5)
Level 28: Aggression (4/5)
Level 29: Aggression (5/5)
Level 30: Blade Flurry (1/1)
Level 31: Sword/Mace Specialization (1/5)
Level 32: Sword/Mace Specialization (2/5)
Level 33: Sword/Mace Specialization (3/5)
Level 34: Sword/Mace Specialization (4/5)
Level 35: Weapon Expertise (1/2)
Level 36: Weapon Expertise (2/2)
Level 37: Blade Twisting (1/2)
Level 38: Blade Twisting (2/2)
Level 39: Sword/Mace Specialization (5/5)
Level 40: Adrenaline Rush (1/1)
Level 41: Vitality (1/3)
Level 42: Vitality (2/3)
Level 43: Vitality (3/3)
Level 44: Endurance (2/2)
Level 45: Combat Potency (1/5)
Level 46: Combat Potency (2/5)
Level 47: Combat Potency (3/5)
Level 48: Combat Potency (4/5)
Level 49: Combat Potency (5/5)
Level 50: Surprise Attacks (1/1)
Level 51: Unfair Advantage (1/2)
Level 52: Unfair Advantage (2/2)
Level 53: Savage Combat (1/2)
Level 54: Savage Combat (2/2)
Level 55: Prey on the Weak (1/5)
Level 56: Prey on the Weak (2/5)
Level 57: Prey on the Weak (3/5)
Level 58: Prey on the Weak (4/5)
Level 59: Prey on the Weak (5/5)
Level 60: Killing Spree (1/1)

Subtlety

Level 61: Relentless Strikes (1/5)
Level 62: Relentless Strikes (2/5)
Level 63: Relentless Strikes (3/5)
Level 64: Relentless Strikes (4/5)
Level 65: Relentless Strikes (5/5)

Assassination

Level 66: Malice (1/5)
Level 67: Malice (2/5)
Level 68: Malice (3/5)
Level 69: Malice (4/5)
Level 70: Malice (5/5)
Level 71: Ruthlessness (1/3)
Level 72: Ruthlessness (2/3)
Level 73: Ruthlessness (3/3)
Level 74: Blood Spatter (1/2)
Level 75: Blood Spatter (2/2)
Level 76: Lethality (1/5)
Level 77: Lethality (1/5)
Level 78: Lethality (1/5)
Level 79: Lethality (1/5)
Level 80: Lethality (1/5)

The WoW Rogue guide above is a great solo leveling build a couple good rogues I know have used.

I hope my WoW Rogue guide helps out. Good luck and check out the guide below if you want to get that rogue of your to level 80 in no time.

Level 80 In 6 Days and 5 Hours!

Zygor now holds the new world record for leveling a character from 1 - 80 in only 6 days and 5 hours. Zygor has quickly become the best selling leveling Guide available. Check out the Zygor 1-80 Leveling Guide.

Included are Horde and Alliance in game leveling guides that will walk you through the shortest routes so you can reach level 80 as quick as possible. Click here to check it out.