Rogue specialization

Combat Rogue in WoW Forever

Weapon attacks and finishing moves.

  • Your role: Melee damage
  • Advice for every level to 60
  • Class notes checked

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Level 45 · Damage in a group

How to play dungeons at level 45

Your combat loop

Press the first one that is ready.

Combat’s own loop, from level 10. Before that every Rogue plays the same loop.

Own loop from: Combat level 10Subtlety level 10Assassination level 40

Use Instant Poison on the main hand, Deadly Poison on the off hand. It does 4% more than Instant Poison on both weapons. About even (within 3%): Deadly Poison on the main hand, Instant Poison on the off hand; or Deadly Poison on both weapons.

  1. Blade Flurry Cooldown · every 2 min

    Use it whenever it is ready, every 120 sec. It raises the rest.

  2. Adrenaline Rush For energy · every 5 min

    Use it whenever it is ready, every 300 sec, for energy.

  3. Shank Rank 2 Every 8 sec

    Use it whenever it is ready, every 8 sec.

    3% of your damage
  4. Slice and Dice Rank 2 Keep up · combo points

    Keep it up with combo points.

    no damage of its own
  5. Sinister Strike Rank 6 Filler

    Spend the rest of your energy on it.

    27% of your damage
  6. Eviscerate Rank 6 Finisher

    Spend the rest of your combo points on it.

    6% of your damage
  7. Instant Poison IV Main hand

    Keep it on your main-hand weapon.

    5% of your damage
  8. Deadly Poison II Off hand

    Keep it on your off-hand weapon.

    7% of your damage
  9. Auto attack All the time

    Your weapon swings on its own. Stay in melee range.

    53% of your damage

The first 30 seconds

When to press each one from the pull. The blue line under a press is the global cooldown (1 sec) or cast it holds: nothing else on the global cooldown can go until it ends, so of two that are ready together the higher one goes first.

All the time
Instant Poison IVDeadly Poison IIAuto attack

How MaxDPS works this out

Talents at level 45

36 points at level 45: the first at level 10, then one every level.

The MaxDPS build at this level, in the game’s talent frame. Click a talent to learn it and right click to unlearn it, as in the game.

Talents
Unspent Talents
Point order: when each point goes in
  1. Efficient Strikes 2/2 · levels 10–11 +4.7% damage
  2. Coup de Grace 3/3 · levels 12–14 +1% damage
  3. Precision 3/3 · levels 15–17 +3.8% damage
  4. Deflection 3/3 · levels 18–20 not counted here
  5. Endurance 2/2 · levels 21–22 not counted here
  6. Composure 2/2 · levels 23–24 not counted here
  7. Aggression 3/3 · levels 25–27 +4.4% damage
  8. Flawless Execution 1/1 · level 28 +1.1% damage
  9. Weapon Expertise 2/2 · levels 29–30 +2.5% damage
  10. Dual Wield Specialization 2/2 · levels 31–32 +8.6% damage
  11. Hack and Slash 5/5 · levels 33 and 41–44 +4.6% damage
  12. Blade Flurry 1/1 · level 34 +0.7% damage
  13. Flash of Steel 5/5 · levels 35–39 +9.5% damage
  14. Adrenaline Rush 1/1 · level 40 +1.7% damage
  15. Malice 1/5 · level 45 +1% damage

Every Rogue talent

Preliminary item rankings · Dungeons

Combat Rogue gear rankings

Sustained weapon damage · Level 45 · Calculated defaults

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Where it comes from
Auction prices from

Use and proc trinkets are under the rankings.

Key stats show the stats behind the three largest score contributions, as the game tooltip states them; open an item’s details for every value and source.

Trinket items with imported stats, weighted scores and acquisition sources.
Rank Item Score (pts) Where to get it Actions
1 in this filtered list
Emblem of Slamming iLvl 47 · Req. 42 · Other drop Key stats: 14 Attack power
8.86
Overlord MuggNPC drop · 27%

Score breakdown

  • Attack power: 14 × 0.6326 = 8.86 pts

Rare

Source

Overlord MuggNPC drop · 27%
2 in this filtered list
Gill's Gills iLvl 40 · Req. 35 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 12 Attack power
7.59
GillNPC drop · 60% · The Drowned City

Score breakdown

  • Attack power: 12 × 0.6326 = 7.59 pts

Rare

Source

GillNPC drop · 60% · The Drowned City
3 in this filtered list
Guardian Talisman iLvl 50 · Req. 45* · Quest Key stats: 9 Stamina
2.03

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 9 × 0.2259 = 2.03 pts

Uncommon

4 in this filtered list
Defiler's Talisman iLvl 43 · Req. 38 · Vendor · Reputation required Key stats: 8 Stamina
1.81
Rutherford TwingVendor · 1g 52s 30c · Arathi Highlands

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 8 × 0.2259 = 1.81 pts

Rare · Reputation required — check item requirements

Source

Rutherford TwingVendor · 1g 52s 30c · Arathi Highlands
5 in this filtered list
Talisman of Arathor iLvl 43 · Req. 38 · Vendor · Reputation required Key stats: 8 Stamina
1.81
Samuel HawkeVendor · 1g 52s 30c · Arathi Highlands

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 8 × 0.2259 = 1.81 pts

Rare · Reputation required — check item requirements

Source

Samuel HawkeVendor · 1g 52s 30c · Arathi Highlands
6 in this filtered list
Rune of Perfection iLvl 45 · Req. 40 · Vendor Key stats: 8 Stamina
1.81
Illiyana MoonblazeVendor · 3g 78s 94c · Ashenvale

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 8 × 0.2259 = 1.81 pts

Rare

2 sources

Illiyana MoonblazeVendor · 3g 78s 94c · Ashenvale
Kelm HargunthVendor · 3g 78s 94c · The Barrens
7 in this filtered list
Rune of Duty iLvl 45 · Req. 40 · Vendor Key stats: 8 Stamina
1.81
Illiyana MoonblazeVendor · 3g 78s 94c · Ashenvale

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 8 × 0.2259 = 1.81 pts

Rare

2 sources

Illiyana MoonblazeVendor · 3g 78s 94c · Ashenvale
Kelm HargunthVendor · 3g 78s 94c · The Barrens
8 in this filtered list
Arena Master iLvl 40 · Req. 35 · Other drop Key stats: 7 Stamina
1.58

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 7 × 0.2259 = 1.58 pts

Uncommon

2 sources

Arena SpoilsContainer loot · 85%
9 in this filtered list
Volunteer's Lucky Seal iLvl 38 · Req. 33 · Vendor · Reputation required Key stats: 7 Stamina
1.58
Bryanna EmbreezeVendor · 2g 34s 23c · The Barrens

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 7 × 0.2259 = 1.58 pts

Rare · Reputation required — check item requirements

Source

Bryanna EmbreezeVendor · 2g 34s 23c · The Barrens
10 in this filtered list
Enriched Seal iLvl 38 · Req. 33 · Vendor · Reputation required Key stats: 7 Stamina
1.58
Bryanna EmbreezeVendor · 2g 35s 7c · The Barrens

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 7 × 0.2259 = 1.58 pts

Rare · Reputation required — check item requirements

Source

Bryanna EmbreezeVendor · 2g 35s 7c · The Barrens
11 in this filtered list
Darkspear Voodoo Seal iLvl 38 · Req. 33 · Vendor · Reputation required Key stats: 7 Stamina
1.58
Creeg BothunkVendor · 2g 35s 84c · The Barrens

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 7 × 0.2259 = 1.58 pts

Rare · Reputation required — check item requirements

Source

Creeg BothunkVendor · 2g 35s 84c · The Barrens
12 in this filtered list
Relentless Raider's Seal iLvl 38 · Req. 33 · Vendor · Reputation required Key stats: 7 Stamina
1.58
Creeg BothunkVendor · 2g 15s 62c · The Barrens

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 7 × 0.2259 = 1.58 pts

Rare · Reputation required — check item requirements

Source

Creeg BothunkVendor · 2g 15s 62c · The Barrens
13 in this filtered list
Talisman of Arathor iLvl 33 · Req. 28 · Vendor · Reputation required Key stats: 6 Stamina
1.36
Samuel HawkeVendor · 72s 30c · Arathi Highlands

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 6 × 0.2259 = 1.36 pts

Rare · Reputation required — check item requirements

Source

Samuel HawkeVendor · 72s 30c · Arathi Highlands
14 in this filtered list
Defiler's Talisman iLvl 33 · Req. 28 · Vendor · Reputation required Key stats: 6 Stamina
1.36
Rutherford TwingVendor · 72s 30c · Arathi Highlands

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 6 × 0.2259 = 1.36 pts

Rare · Reputation required — check item requirements

Source

Rutherford TwingVendor · 72s 30c · Arathi Highlands
15 in this filtered list
Rune of Perfection iLvl 25 · Req. 20 · Vendor Key stats: 4 Stamina
0.90
Illiyana MoonblazeVendor · 1g 89s 47c · Ashenvale

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 4 × 0.2259 = 0.90 pts

Rare

2 sources

Illiyana MoonblazeVendor · 1g 89s 47c · Ashenvale
Kelm HargunthVendor · 1g 89s 47c · The Barrens
16 in this filtered list
Rune of Duty iLvl 25 · Req. 20 · Vendor Key stats: 4 Stamina
0.90
Illiyana MoonblazeVendor · 1g 89s 47c · Ashenvale

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 4 × 0.2259 = 0.90 pts

Rare

2 sources

Illiyana MoonblazeVendor · 1g 89s 47c · Ashenvale
Kelm HargunthVendor · 1g 89s 47c · The Barrens
17 in this filtered list
Glimmering Mithril Insignia iLvl 50 · Req. 45* · Quest · Profession required Key stats: 100 Bonus armor
0.38
Rix XizzixVendor · 6g 58s 59c · Stranglethorn Vale

Score breakdown

  • Bonus armor: 100 × 0.0038 = 0.38 pts

Uncommon · Profession required — check item requirements

2 sources

Rix XizzixVendor · 6g 58s 59c · Stranglethorn Vale
Did You Lose This?Quest reward
—Unscored
Thunderbrew's Boot Flask iLvl 44 · Req. 39* · Quest · Alliance only
Unscored
Sweet AmberQuest reward · Westfall

Score breakdown

No weighted stats available. Effects may still make this item useful.

Uncommon

Source

Sweet AmberQuest reward · Westfall
—Unscored
Tidal Charm iLvl 41 · Req. 36 · Other drop
Unscored

Score breakdown

No weighted stats available. Effects may still make this item useful.

Uncommon

Source

—Unscored
Ankh of Life iLvl 45 · Req. 40 · Other drop
Unscored
ScaldaronWorld drop · 6.9% · also from 48 other creatures
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

No weighted stats available. Effects may still make this item useful.

Rare

50 sources

ScaldaronWorld drop · 6.9% · also from 48 other creatures
Twilight EnforcerWorld drop · 3%
Earthen StonecarverNPC drop · <0.1% · Uldaman
Hulking Feral ScarNPC drop · <0.1% · Feralas
Sandfury Soul EaterNPC drop · <0.1% · Zul'Farrak
Noxxious ScionNPC drop · <0.1% · Maraudon
Constrictor VineNPC drop · <0.1% · Maraudon
Gordunni BattlemasterNPC drop · <0.1% · Feralas
Hatecrest MyrmidonNPC drop · <0.1% · Feralas
All 50 sources

Use and proc trinkets worth a look

Not scored.

  • Guardian Talisman iLvl 50

    Use: Reduces the range enemies detect you by 10 yds for 15 sec.

  • Nifty Stopwatch iLvl 50

    Use: Increases run speed by 40% for 10 sec.

  • Smotts' Compass iLvl 50

    Use: Finds the nearest treasure chest, if one is nearby. Only outdoors.

  • Glimmering Mithril Insignia iLvl 50

    Use: Increases all Resistances by 10 and grants Immunity to Fear for 30 sec.

  • Carrot on a Stick iLvl 50

    Equip: Increases mount speed by 3%.

  • Alchemist's Stone iLvl 50

    Equip: Increases the effects that healing and mana potions have on the wearer by 20%.

Item stats from the WoW Forever game files; sources from data collected from the live game. Auction prices are the lowest buyout on the Americas · Normal auction houses, read from Blizzard every hour; pick another region or ruleset under Filters. Which house is which ruleset is matched by size and still being confirmed in game.

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