Players who prefer violant combat should consider the Rogue when choosing a class. As an excellent Melee DPS the Rogue is fantastic for this type of player. I’ll introduce the Rogue’s talents and strengths in the WoW Rogue guide.

We’ll start with a look a some of their strengths.

• High DPS: Meaning high damage per second, this really makes the Rogue dangerous in Melee.
• Stealth: This allows the Rogue to sneak up on enemies without being easily detected.
• Dangerous in PvP: The Rogue is a dangerous opponant in PvP. It important to have the right gear to stay alive and be effective especially the Resilience attribute.

The next thing in the WoW Rogue guide is to look at the weaknesses.

• Target in PvP: Their dangerous reputation can make them a primary PvP target.
• Damage Ratio: When you’re dual weilding the damage ratio of the off hand weapon is reduced.

Learn more about the Rogue Class in the WoW Rogue Guide

The right talent build based on your unique playing style will make the game a whole lot more fun. The next section of the WoW Rogue guide look exactly at that. The talent builds fit into 3 categories as follow.

• Assassination: The build I’ll talk about is called the Mutilate build.
• Combat: I’ll talk specifically about Combat Swords.
• Subtlety: We’ll take a look at a build called the Subtlety.

The Mutilate build is based on dagger and poison, which is absolutely essential. If, however, the enemy can heal from the poison or is immune then you’ve got a problem. The following is a list of some excellent talents to have.

• 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

For high, sustained DPS choose the Combat Swords build. One essential ability to have for this build is called Sinister Strike. Some additional talents to have are as follows.

• Duel Wield Specialization
• Killing Spree
• Improved Slice and Dice
• Blade Flurry
• Blade Twisting
• Surprise Attacks

The Subtlety build takes advantage of the Rogue’s unique stealth abilities. The list below is of some additional talents you may want to have.

• Honor Among Thieves
• Premeditation
• Preparation
• Sinister Calling
• Initiative
• Elusiveness

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.

Learn more about the Rogue Class in the World of Warcraft Rogue Guide