Warcraft Rogue Guide

Wow Rogue Guide

2008-03-02T05:56:00.000-08:00

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Rogue Talent Guide

2007-08-20T01:58:00.000-07:00

The Rogue Guide v2.0 - Updated 4/27/07 (wow forum)
Burning Crusade Proposed New Talents (In Talent Calculator Form)
Burning Crusade Proposed New Skills (Spells)
Rogue FAQ v4 by Chalon

Notable Weapons

Most are borrowed from Wowwiki.com:
Wowwiki.com: Rogue Abilities

Thottbot Main-Hand Swords
Thottbot Off-Hand Swords
Warcraft's official site on Armor sets
Rogue Armor Sets
Rogue Armor with resists
Rogue Armor Spreadsheet
Rogue Armor while leveling

Rogue Talent Builds

Rogue talents are pretty straight forward and there is a lot of area to adapt them for your own desires. Even though I have provided a link to a particular build, they are there for an instruction only and should be attuned to fit your needs. I have also included a rating system on the builds and where they excel. Rogues dominate in PVP though so you won't see that rating plummit in any build.

Mutilate/Combat - 41/20/0

Example: Rogue Talents at Worldofwarcraft.com

Ratings:
Arena 2vs.2: B
Arena 3vs.3: C
Arena 5vs.5: C
BGs: B
5-Mans: A
10 Mans: A
25 Mans: A
5-Man Heroic: A
World PvP: A+
Duels: A
Grinding: A

Mutilate/Subtlety - 41/0/20

Example:
Rogue Talents at Worldofwarcraft.com

Ratings:
Arena 2vs.2: A
Arena 3vs.3: B
Arena 5vs.5: B
BGs: B
5-Mans: B
10 Mans: B
25 Mans: B
5-Man Heroic: A
World PvP: A+
Duels: A+
Grinding: B

Combat Daggers - 16/41/5 (-1)

Example:
Rogue Talents at Worldofwarcraft.com

Ratings:
Arena 2vs.2: C
Arena 3vs.3: D
Arena 5vs.5: D
BGs: C
5-Mans: B
10 Mans: A+
25 Mans: A+
5-Man Heroic: A
World PvP: B
Duels: D
Grinding: C

Combat Swords/Maces/Fists - 16/41/0 (+4)

Example:
Rogue Talents at Worldofwarcraft.com

Ratings:
Arena 2vs.2: B
Arena 3vs.3: B
Arena 5vs.5: C
BGs: B
5-Mans: A
10 Mans: A
25 Mans: B
5-Man Heroic: A
World PvP: A
Duels: A
Grinding: A+

Shadowstep - 17/3/41

Example:
Rogue Talents at Worldofwarcraft.com

Ratings:
Arena 2vs.2: A
Arena 3vs.3: A
Arena 5vs.5: A
BGs: A
5-Mans: B
10 Mans: C
25 Mans: D
5-Man Heroic: C
World PvP: A+
Duels: A
Grinding: C

Arena Build - 30/0/31

Example:
Rogue Talents at Worldofwarcraft.com

Ratings:
Arena 2vs.2: A+
Arena 3vs.3: A+
Arena 5vs.5: A
BGs: A
5-Mans: B
10 Mans: C
25 Mans: C
5-Man Heroic: C
World PvP: A+
Duels: A+
Grinding: C

Endless Stunlock - 32/3/26 (You hit like you are dual-weilding pillows, but you can lock someone up for a long time)

Example:
Rogue Talents at Worldofwarcraft.com

Ratings:
Arena 2vs.2: A
Arena 3vs.3: A
Arena 5vs.5: B
BGs: B
5-Mans: B
10 Mans: C
25 Mans: D
5-Man Heroic: C
World PvP: A+
Duels: A+
Grinding: D

The True Man's Build for Manly Men - 0/0/0

Example:
Rogue Talents at Worldofwarcraft.com

Ratings:
E-Peen: A+
Bragging Rights: A+
LOL in General: A+
LOL in Forums: A+
Respect from Rod: A+

Dagger in specific low-level zone

2007-06-20T08:31:00.000-07:00

Elwynn Forest:
Jeweled Dagger (item level 10)

Dun Morogh
Trogg Dagger (level 3)
Bloodstained Knife (level 9)

Tirisfal Glades
Deadman Dagger (level 3)
Small Green Dagger (level 10)

Loch Modan
Stonesplinter Dagger 13

Westfall
Talon of Vultros B 26
Brackclaw 19
Long Crawler Limb 15
Slicer Blade 17
Small Hand Blade 11

Silverpine
None

Redridge Mountain
Blackvenom Blade B 26
Giant Tarantula Fang 15

Duskwood
Naraxis' Fang 27
Hollowfang Blade 18
Venom Web Fang 19

Wetlands
None

Stormwind
None

Stranglethorn Vale
None

Arathi Highland
Shadow Hunter Knife 32

Alterac Mountain
Howling Blade B 36

Rogue Notable Weapons

2007-06-12T21:16:00.000-07:00

Most are borrowed from Wowwiki.com:

Rogue Abilities
Thottbot Main-Hand Swords
Thottbot Off-Hand Swords
Warcraft's official site on Armor sets
WowWiki Rogue Armor Sets
WowWiki Rogue Armor with resists
Shadow Panther's Rogue Armor Spreadsheet
Wow-Loot's Armor while leveling

Rogue Talent Builds

2007-06-12T21:11:00.000-07:00

Rogue talents are pretty straight forward and there is a lot of room to customize them for your own needs. Even though I have provided a link to a specific build, they are there for a guideline only and should be adjusted to suit your needs. I have also included a rating system on the builds and where they excell. Rogues dominate in World PvP though so you won't see that rating plummit in any build.

Mutilate/Combat - 41/20/0

Example: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/rogue/talents.html?

Ratings:
Arena 2vs.2: B
Arena 3vs.3: C
Arena 5vs.5: C
BGs: B
5-Mans: A
10 Mans: A
25 Mans: A
5-Man Heroic: A
World PvP: A+
Duels: A
Grinding: A

Mutilate/Subtlety - 41/0/20

Example:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/rogue/talents.html?

Ratings:
Arena 2vs.2: A
Arena 3vs.3: B
Arena 5vs.5: B
BGs: B
5-Mans: B
10 Mans: B
25 Mans: B
5-Man Heroic: A
World PvP: A+
Duels: A+
Grinding: B

Combat Daggers - 16/41/5 (-1)

Example:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/rogue/talents.html?

Ratings:
Arena 2vs.2: C
Arena 3vs.3: D
Arena 5vs.5: D
BGs: C
5-Mans: B
10 Mans: A+
25 Mans: A+
5-Man Heroic: A
World PvP: B
Duels: D
Grinding: C

Combat Swords/Maces/Fists - 16/41/0 (+4)

Example:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/rogue/talents.html?

Ratings:
Arena 2vs.2: B
Arena 3vs.3: B
Arena 5vs.5: C
BGs: B
5-Mans: A
10 Mans: A
25 Mans: B
5-Man Heroic: A
World PvP: A
Duels: A
Grinding: A+

Shadowstep - 17/3/41

Example:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/rogue/talents.html?

Ratings:
Arena 2vs.2: A
Arena 3vs.3: A
Arena 5vs.5: A
BGs: A
5-Mans: B
10 Mans: C
25 Mans: D
5-Man Heroic: C
World PvP: A+
Duels: A
Grinding: C

Arena Build - 30/0/31

Example:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/rogue/talents.html?

Ratings:
Arena 2vs.2: A+
Arena 3vs.3: A+
Arena 5vs.5: A
BGs: A
5-Mans: B
10 Mans: C
25 Mans: C
5-Man Heroic: C
World PvP: A+
Duels: A+
Grinding: C

Endless Stunlock - 32/3/26 (You hit like you are dual-weilding pillows, but you can lock someone up for a long time)

Example:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/rogue/talents.html?

Ratings:
Arena 2vs.2: A
Arena 3vs.3: A
Arena 5vs.5: B
BGs: B
5-Mans: B
10 Mans: C
25 Mans: D
5-Man Heroic: C
World PvP: A+
Duels: A+
Grinding: D

The True Man's Build for Manly Men - 0/0/0

Example:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/rogue/talents.html?

Ratings:
E-Peen: A+
Bragging Rights: A+
LOL in General: A+
LOL in Forums: A+
Respect from Rod: A+

Warcraft Lock Picking Guide

2007-06-12T10:56:00.000-07:00

by Laenis

Q. How do I get the skill lockpicking?
A. You must buy the skill from your trainer at level 16. Then you can complete the quest that trainer gives you to get free thieves tools (or buy them at 15 silver (or so).

Q. Okay, I have the quest, but my skill is super low I can't complete the quest, what now?
A. In the same area as your lockpicking quest, there should be some chests you can level up on. These chests are orange at skill level 1 (see below for color explanation) and don't go grey until about 100. Also, see down below for a 1-300 skillup guide.

Q. What do these colors mean? Red? Orange? Grey? I'm colorblind!
A. Every lock you pick has a 'skill level'. Just like with tradeskill items, they are color coded.
Red = can't pick the lock at your skill level
Orange = guarenteed skill up
Yellow = good chance for skillup
Geeen = low chance for skillup
Grey = no chance for skillup
There is a list down below for commonly items and their skillup numbers in reference to lock difficulty.

Q. Do I have to visit a trainer to get journeyman/artisan/safecracker rank in Lockpicking?
A. You don't. Your skill scales with level: every level you gain as a rogue translates into 5 extra points to your lockpicking cap.

Lockpicking Guide from 1-300
1-100 - Keep picking the instant respawn chests near the lockpicking quest.

100-175 - You can pick the Polly quest chest (Horde LP Quest chest), OR you can use either of the chests in the Poison quests (Alliance OR Horde) you get at later levels. You will have to click on your lockpicking skill first, then click the chest. (If you have the reading and inference skills of a legaly 'mentally deficient' person: YOU HAVE TO READ BELOW IN THE TRIVIAL LIST.) (I have just insulted retarded people everywhere, I've seen mentally retarded people with more smarts than half the people in this board.)

For the Polly/Poison Tower chests: You NEED to activate (CLICK) your lockpicking skill icon first, then (CLICK) on the chest as your cursor will not change automatically like it did during the quest or before it.

175-225 - Pickpocket mobs for Sturdy Junkboxes. Several mobs drop them, check thottbot and pick the best location for you. I recomend mobs in instances, that way you can pick it clean, reset the instance, then go to town again. You can also pick doors in instances at this range. I personally picked the door in the Scarlet Monestary cathedral from 180-225 one day by repeatedly resetting the instance.

225-280 There is no real easy way that I've found to skill this range other than to keep doing junkboxes. You can use the gates in the NE corner of Searing Gorge, but there is no reliable way to reset them (see notes below for more information). Also opening lockboxes in your faction's major city will get you skillups.

280-300 There are 3 doors in Blackrock Depths that are very close to the zone in that you can use to skill up this.

Trival list
If your skill is lower than 'orange' number, you won't be able to pick the lock (It won't even let you try). If your skill is higher than the 'grey' number, you won't get a skillup from that item. A '?' marks information that might be wrong, multiple '???' mark missing information.

Pickpocketted stuff:

Battered Junkbox (Orange: 25? Grey: 100?)
Worn Junkbox (Orange: 100? Grey: 175)
Sturdy Junkbox (Orange: 175 Grey: 275?)
Heavy Junkbox (Orange: 250 Grey: never?)

Dropped Chest - These are extremely random, so don't try to camp them.

Please see note above

Heavy Bronze Lockbox
Ornate Bronze Lockbox
Iron Lockbox (Orange: 75? Grey:???)
Strong Iron Lockbox (Orange: 125 Grey:???)
Steel Lockbox (Orange: 175 Grey: ???)
Reinforced Steel Lockbox (Orange: 225 Grey: never)
Mithril Lockbox (Orange: 225 Grey: never)
Thorium Lockbox (Orange: 225 Grey: never)
Eternium Lockbox (Orange: 225 Grey: never)

Footlockers:
Hillsbrad Foothills - Durnholde Keep (Orange: ?? Green: 145)
Redridge Mountains - Lake Everstill (Orange: ?? Green: ??)
Ashenvale Forest - Zoram Strand
Stonetalon Mountains - Windshear Crag and Associated Mines
Wetlands - Murloc Camps
Desolace - Sar'theris Strand (Loc 34,25) (Orange: 160? Yellow: 175 Green: 200)
Badlands - Angor Fortress
Upstairs (Orange: 175 Green:??)
Downstairs (Orange: <200? Green: ??)
Swamp of Sorrows - Pool of Tears (Orange: <200? Green 225)
Searing Gorge - The Slag Pit (Orange: 200 Green: 275)
Tanaris Desert - Lost Rigger Cove (Orange: 225 Green: 285)
Azshara - Bay of Storms (Orange: 275? Green:??)
Eastern Plaguelands - Tyr's Hand (elite) (Orange: <275? Green: ??)

Doors:

Doors in the normal world (aka not in instances) are usually on some sort of timer. In other words, you can't repeatedly pick the same door over and over again for skillups. The mechanism of the timers are not well known. Some people say if you pick something else (anything else) inbetween attempts that it will reset some timers. Others say that if you pickpocket a mob, or kill a mob, or so something else, that this will reset the timers. It may be different for every door. Suffice to say that reset an instance always (to my knowledge) resets any doors inside, so use that method when you can. I am leaning towards the pickpocketting theory for now.

Gnomeregan (Orange: 150? Green: 200)
Scarlet Monastery (Orange: 175 Green: 226 Grey: 275?)
Searing Gorge Gate (Orange: 225 Grey: never)
BRD Shadowforge Gates (Orange: 280 Grey: never )
BRD Prison Cells (Orange: 250 Grey: never )
Scholomance (Orange: 280 Grey: never )

From Fishing:
Battered Chest
Small Locked Chest
Reinforced Locked Chest
Sturdy Locked Chest
Ironbound Locked Chest (Orange: 175 Grey: 250?)

Other Stuff:

Most of these are chests used in quests that you can pick after you complete the quest. Note that you will probably need to activate your picking skill first, then click on the item as your cursor will not change automatically like it did during the quest or before it.

Insta-chests from respective lockpicking quests (Orange: 1 Grey: 105)
Main chest in lockpicking quest (Orange: 75 Grey: 175)
Poison quest chest (Orange: 90 Grey: 175)
Polly chest (Orange: 90 Grey: 175) (See note 5 below)
Engineered Practice Locks (Green: 1 Grey: 90?) (You can only pick these ONCE, so they are WORTHLESS)
Cozzle's Lockbox (house by the Venture Co. STV, it's on a ~20m timer) (Orange: 150? Grey: 250?)

Links for lockpicking quests with respective insta-chests:
Alliance: http://thottbot.com/?q=1165
Horde: http://thottbot.com/?q=799

List of things that increase Lockpicking:
Dark Leather Gloves (+5 LP) (http://www.thottbot.com/?i=5538)

Various notes and other information:

1. Alliance rogues using the Klaven tower (Posion quest) chest: I just did this at 39, go to Westfall to where the poison quest is at, top floor, Klaven can take me down to half health at 39 if I don't dual-ambush so he kinda hurts. Hopefully you can also be outside his aggro range to practice. To do this just go behind his table (after he spawns he walks around the top of the tower, wait until he is done and ends up a bit away from you), there should be two chairs, jump over the chair closest to the chest and from behind the chair pick the lock. Don't worry about Touch of Zanzil: a death or Jungle Remedy from STV or cure poison from a high enough player should make it all good. Note that you need to activate your picking skill first, then click on the item as your cursor will not change automatically like it did during the quest or before it.
You must be of a high enough level not to aggro Klaven!

2.You can skill up 8 times on the doors to SM, there are 4 doors, 2 inside instances and 2 outside. They are on timers which can be reset.
(See confirmed information 1, above)
Only about half the chests are pickable and are trivial at 175.

Library: Chest in a cubby before the Gallery of Treasures, guarded by 3 mobs. Another chest that spawns in one of the hallways close to Doan himself, guarded by typically 2 mobs + one roamer.

Armory: Chest either in the Training Grounds (guarded by 2 mobs + 1 roamer) or inside the first part of the armory (guarded by 2 mobs + 1 roamer.) Can't remember location of other chest off the top of my head.

Cathedral: Chest on either the left or right side of the fountain. Another chest that spawns either by the monk guarding Fairbanks' hiding spot, or spawns on the other side of the cathedral (guarded by 3 mobs + 2 that roam close but may or may not aggro.)

5.South of Ratchet along the coast a short way is a beached pirate ship. No pirates around ship, they are camped south of it. Bit tricky getting the jump up onto the prow of the ship so you can get onboard, but can try repeatedly with no hassles. The chest is by itself downstairs in the back. Just keep opening it til you hit 175. No fuss, no muss and NO FIGHTS! (This is the location of the Horde lock picking quest and is in Horde controlled territory. Not recomended for Alliance characters on a PvP server).

Thanks to: Too many people to list so I thank: The Rogue Board!

You should thank Tyknee because he has like 10x more patience to deal with you guys than I do and reworked the whole post so that it's really idiot proof.

Thanks for the sticky Blizzard

Thanks to whoever put together the footlocker list

For the Polly/Poison Tower chests: You NEED to activate (CLICK) your lockpicking skill icon first, then (CLICK) on the chest as your cursor will not change automatically like it did during the quest or before it.

Solo as a rogue for 200g per hour

2007-06-12T10:54:00.002-07:00

I have come to understand that this is not common knowledge to all rogues and I have yet to see it on any site upon performing multiple searches.

This can be soloed for about 200G per hour or done with 2 rogues for about 1000G.

I do this solo but in fairness I have exceptional gear. I'm sure it could be done with good blue gear. If you have problems with this, get a partner to help you. Frankly, as much money as this can make you, it wouldn't be a horrible crime to complely stock up on greater fire protection pots, elixir of mongoose, giant potions, etc. A death will cost you about 6 minutes and time is money.

You will also need improved sap. 100G worth of respeccing is a small price to pay for a weekend of making thousands.

On to the solo strategy:

In Lower Blackrock Spire you want to stealth to the right in the same manner as you would normally clear the dungeon. You'll come around to the left after dropping off the first ledge and work your way to two doors (one after the other) that are very close to each other and have roaming mobs going through them. After you pass the second door, stop. To your right you should see a ledge. Across from that ledge is another ledge where you will see a bunch of ogres. If you move towards that ledge and look down you will see a platform that you can jump onto. Jump to it. Now move forward and you will see another platform. Jump to it. Lastly you will jump to the ground floor where you will see several tents. When you jump down, fall, don't jump or it will break your stealth. Watch out for roaming mobs. You don't want to fall on them.

Continue on until you get to the hill where the spiders are. As soon as you reach this hill you will come to a nook on your right that most groups that do LBRS skip. In that nook you will see three groups of mobs. To the left are 3 mobs, to the right are 3 mobs and in the back right corner are 2 mobs. The two groups of 3 are not linked but all 6 will aggro if you pull one because the two groups are too close together.

Behold my brilliant artwork!: http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...rrico/LBRS.jpg

What you want is one of the two mobs in the back. One of these mobs is a Blackrock Pyromancer. He is what you will want to kill, so sap the other guy and go up the little hill behind you. Ranged pull the pyromancer. Just before he gets in range hit evasion and kill him as quickly as possible. He will flee just before he dies, so crippling poison is your friend. You could use kidney shot just before he gets to 20% life but why waste it on a fleeing mob?

As soon as you kill him, loot him and vanish.

Duo Strategy

Kill the group in the back in the same manner but don't waste your vanish. Two rogues shouls make extremely short work of both mobs. Heal up, wait for your curses and such to fade and get ready for some big packs.

The problem with the next pull is that you have 6 mobs to deal with. If the two 'inside mobs' are both Pyromancers, dump this pull and reset. The only way you can continue is to reset, fight 4 elits at the same time or kill a couple, die and come back to an easier pull. In any other case, you want to sap 'inside mob1' or inside mob2'. If one of them is a pyromancer, don't sap it, sap the other one and have your partner sap one of the other mobs in sapped mob's group. See this diagram: http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...o/th_LBRS2.jpg

Kill the unsapped pyromancer and vanish.

The duo strat is complicated. You will find that there are several configurations to deal with. I prefer to solo but I make a ton of money if I duo all of the mobs.

Your prize is this: http://www.thottbot.com/index.cgi?i=28217

It is one of the best robes that a mage can find if he doesn't raid and that is more than 99% of the mage population. Even raiding mages have bought these from me as gaining archanist or something similar isn't necessarily an overnight process for a new raider. The best part of this robe is that it's bind on pickup. The pattern is bind on use but the robe binds when you make it, so the crafter can only make it for himself.

Yes the downside is that the mage has to be a 300 tailor. I have sold this pattern to 100 people that picked up tailoring just to make this robe. Many dumped tailoring after making it.

These patterns sell for about 200 gold on my server. I've found and sold as many as 5 in a day.

Even better is this http://www.thottbot.com/index.cgi?i=16100

They sell for 300-400 gold on my server. They don't drop nearly as often as the robe pattern does but it's a nice payday when they do. I also find a ton of blues (shadowcraft, valor, etc). Those always sell pretty nicely.

My worst one hour session was about 70 gold. My best was 1000 gold (3 patterns, 1 fire recipie and 2 blues).

Again, if you're having trouble with the solo strat, get a partner. Two rogues in green gear can easily handle the solo strat.

Happy hunting!

Horde Red Defias Mask Guide

2007-06-12T10:54:00.001-07:00

The red Dafias mask is a rouge only headgear, its red bandana that covers your characters nose and mouth like you would see on a bandit or something.

If you want one you will need to kill the Dafias in Westfall. Westfall is alliance territoy and is a bit tricky to get to as a low level horde (you should be at least level 15).

To get there take a zeplin from Undercity or Orgrimmar to Grom'gol Base Camp.

Then swim north up the coast of Straglethorn Vale, keep far away from land to avoid pulling agg.

Once in Westfall get on land (off the beach) and stealth your way further north. Just north of Gold Coast Quarry on the beach cliff there is a shed and a windmill surrounded by some level 12 - 13 Defias, its an out of the way place so you shouldnt see alot of alliance there. Just keep killing them it might take awhile for a mask to drop (about half an hour to an hour).

Once you've got it just hearthstone back to town.

Doing this in the morning will help reduce your chances of running into alliance (people tend to stop playing and go to sleep around that time of day).

Guide to using Stealth to solo Mother Smolderweb

2007-06-12T10:52:00.000-07:00

There are essentially two parts to soloing Mother Smolderweb... getting to her, and killing her. Neither are easy if you don't know how, hence this guide 8-), so I'll be covering both in fair detail.

Rather than miss out something important, I'll be assuming that you've never used Stealth before and need to know everything. Sorry if any of it seems condescending.

I should point out here that I'm not in an Uber Raiding Guild, I run a small friendly guild, and so this guide should be usable by everyone, even the little folk like me!

I did this with no points in Improved Prowl, although I do have Innervate which saved me a fortune in mana potions 8-) The only other talent points I have which have any real effect is two points in Improved Starfire, as the chance of stunning her and so getting a free shot is nice, but not at all vital, and Nature's Swiftness, which can be handy for repositioning her.

Other things that would be helpful to bring along:-

Major Health Potions and Major Mana Potions. While it's easy enough to do her without either of these, there's nothing like being well prepared to increase your chances. Running out of either HPs or Mana is pretty much a game over situation! If you don't have Innervate, then Major Mana Potions are absolutely vital, it's possible to do her without Innervating or potioning if you're very patient but it's much much more risky, and why take the chance of dying when she's on 5%? 8-)

Heavy Runecloth Bandages. Again, you don't absolutely have to bring these, but they'll save you mana, which makes things easier, and First Aid is so easy to max out why not do it? 8-) The reason I say bring Heavy Runecloth rather then the lower ones is for speed, the faster you can heal up the better, as you'll see later.

Ok, so you have your supplies, and you're all ready to go, so where is she?

She's inside Blackrock Spire, an instance inside Blackrock Mountain, which straddles the border between Burning Steppes and Searing Gorge. Blackrock Spire has two halves, Lower Blackrock Spire (LBRS) which is where you start when you zone in, and Upper Blackrock Spire (UBRS), which is accessed from inside LBRS using a quested key. Luckily she's in LBRS, so you don't need the key. She's about half way through the zone, so it takes a little work to get to her.

If you die (and you most likely will), you appear at the Graveyard at Thorium Point in Searing Gorge. It's a simple trip to the South West of the zone to get back.

Once inside Blackrock Mountain, there are no mobs until you get close to the instance entrances, so it's safe to move around a bit. There are two instances inside the Mountain, BRS and BRD (Blackrock Depths).

If you travel around the ring in Blackrock Mountain, you will find a meeting stone for Blackrock Spire, and a tunnel leading to it. DO NOT GO IN HERE! It leads past lots of Orcs, and while it's possible, even easy, to Stealth past them, there's no need, as there's a cunning shortcut you can take!

If you go to the northern (and highest) point on the ring inside Blackrock Mountain, there's a chain leading down to the floating island in the middle, and a rock ramp on the west side of it allowing you to climb onto it. Go up onto the chain, and then go left and up the chain, and drop off the end onto a shelf. It's very dark at this point, so you might need to turn your gamma or brightness up. Follow the shelf round to the right and up, and you'll see a balcony ahead of you. There's a gap just before the balcony, so you need to jump the last few feet. Once on the balcony, look into the room and you'll see the instance entrance to BRS. There's also a door to the right, don't go through there as there are Elite Orcs.

This would be a good time to cover the basics of Stealth.

Stealth in WoW is quite different to Invisibility in other games such as EQ, in that it's not 'Stealth up and nothing will see you', but an agro-range reducer. Get close enough to something and it WILL see you and attack. There are also mobs with Detect Stealth, who see you at an even wider radius.

How close you can get to a mob without being seen is determined by how much higher or lower level than you the mob is. For mobs lower than you your agro radius is very small, about the same size you are in fact, so unless you walk right into the mob you're usually ok. However, the higher above you the mob is, the further away it'll spot you from.

As if that wasn't enough, there are actually two agro ranges when Stealthed... the 'I seeeeee youuuuu!' one mentioned above, when the mob just comes along and splats you, and the 'Did you hear something?' one, where you attract the mob's attention, but don't actually agro it yet... yet being the operative word here! 8-)

If you get close enough to trigger the 'Did you hear something?' reaction, the mob will turn to face you (and if it's a roamer, stop walking and stare at you). While this is very scary when it happens, as long as you don't move the mob will eventually shrug it off as the wind or something, and turn back to what it's doing, allowing you to carry on.

Those two agro ranges are VERY important here, and I'll be referring to them a lot.

Zone into BRS, and you're at the bottom of a ramp. This is a safe spot, so once you're in you can Stealth up quite safely.

The entrance ramp to BRS

At this point, you might want to take off all your equipment and stash it in your backpack, as you will most likely die several times getting it right, and most likely a couple of times just through bad luck. You have to be *very* patient for this. If you do get spotted, all the gear in the world won't save you, so you might as well save on repair costs 8-)

Head up the ramp, and there's a room with various Orcs around the edges. They won't react to you at all as long as you stay in the centre of the room, however the one at the end will wander from side to side as it gets chunks of the roast pig and goes back to the table to eat it, so you have to be careful of that one. Also, there's a patrol of two that circle the area and cut across the end of this room, again mind them.

First room, with Roamer and Patrol marked.

Across the room there are ramps leading up at either side, and a big ramp down across the centre. You want to head down the ramp, hugging the right-hand wall. There are two doorways in that wall, you want to take the second one. You will get *very* close to an Orc as you go, but it doesn't react, so hug the wall and you'll be fine.

Down the ramp, showing the doorway you want to go through

Once through the doorway, you're in a short passage that leads to quite and open area. Two Orcs patrol into this passage, and they both react, so be very careful here.

Passage, showing Orc patrol

You want to wait 'til the patrol leaves, and then move down the passage and a little to the right. At this point, wait for the patrol to come back, and when they go past you up the passage you just came from, head off down the ramp and through the doorway on your left. This saves you having to hide from the patrol in the tunnel, which is possible but riskier.

Wait point and doorway to passage

Once into the passage, follow it through and you come out in a large chamber. At this point, turn sharp right and move away from the door so the patrol don't spot you when they come back.

This is the view you'll see after turning right in the chamber.

You can safely ignore the Ogres, they're actually on the other side of a chasm. You, however, are going into that chasm! It's a handy shortcut that saves a lot of work. Move forward until you're on the wall, and you'll see two rock platforms below you.

Rock platforms

Jump down onto the first, walk to the end, and down onto the second. You then need to head down the second to the left-hand side corner. Looking down, you'll see a lava river, a metal edging, and a stone path. You want to jump off and land on the metal edging.

View over the edge, showing the metal edging.

Ok, so far it's all been easy, now's when it gets tough...

If you turn to look down the corridor, you'll see it is *packed* with Orcs, with only a very small leeway in between. To make this even harder, there is a single-Orc patrol that comes down it, and a Roamer half way down who wanders from side to side and stands in the middle.

View down corridor, showing Roamer

From this point on, you need to have a very steady hand, be very patient, and most importantly of all be in third-person view. Personally I like to play in first-person, however this section is quite simply not possible that way, you have to be able to see all around you.

Timing is important here. The first thing you have to do is wait for the Patrol to come down the corridor towards you. It might stop and stare at you, however as long as you're standing on the metal edging facing down the centre of the hallway you'll be out of attack range, so just be patient and let it wander off again.

Now, once it's gone it's time to set off. If you're lucky, the Roamer shown in the last picture will have wandered onto the right hand side and be easier to pass, however it doesn't stay there long, and is your biggest obstacle for this section.

With the Patrol past you, start off down the centre of the corridor, slowly. Remember what I said earlier on about the 'Did you hear something?' reaction, well you're going to see a lot of it now. Every time a mob looks your way, stop and don't move again until it turns away. You have some time until the Patrol comes back, so you can afford to be careful, however don't over do it 8-)

Moving down the corridor, and an Orc reacting.

Having made it past the first lot, the corridor continues round to the left. Although the Orcs are more spread out here, they still react and you have to still be careful.

Heading round to the left.

You're heading to the far wall, and ultimately towards the group containing the sitting mob you can see top centre of the last picture.

View from the far wall

This part is the bit that requires the most patience, as (at level 56 certainly) you have *barely* enough room to squeeze through these mobs, and most of them react. You need to cross to the left hand half of the passage, and squeeze diagonally through the mobs as show in the next picture. The mob with his back to me in the picture doesn't react, however the other four all do, so you have to take this literally a step at a time. When you're certain that none of the mobs are looking at you, take one step forward and stop, then wait until you're certain you're clear again and take one more step, then stop again. Keep doing this until you get onto the ramp, at which point you're clear of the Orcs.

Path through the Orcs

Congratulations, you are now past all the Orcs... now it's time for Spiders!

View up the ramp, showing the Spiders

To get past these, you need to hug the left-hand wall up to just below a couple of boulders, as show here, and then wait.

Boulders and wait spot

There are three spiders you need to keep your eye on here, the little one to the right of the boulder, the little one behind the boulder, and the big one just past them. Eventually all three of them will wander away from the left hand wall, at which point you head up. You need to watch yourself here, there's an overhang you can see in the previous picture that you can get stuck under.

Once past those three spiders, carry on up into the top left corner. Turn right, and follow the wall past Mother Smolderweb. Keep going all the way to the far side.

Sneaking past Mother Smolderweb

As well as Mother Smolderweb herself, there is one other spider you need to be aware of, a roamer that wanders up and down the girders.

Mother Smolderweb moves around a little bit, and if she's at the girders end of her path as shown below then it's vital that you wait for the roamer to leave before pulling her, otherwise you'll agro that too, and that'll agro all the others nearby, and then it's game over.

The safer path is just to wait for her to move back up to the wall end of her path...

Make sure you're standing right up against the far wall before pulling her

This is as far up as she goes, so once she's here and stopped, it's time to start the madness 8-)

BTW, if you took all your gear off before starting the Stealth in, now is the time to put them back on again!

So, Part 1 of the guide, Getting To Mother Smolderweb is over... now for Part 2, Killing Mother Smolderweb!

It's actually a very simple process, in theory, it just takes time. In practice however, there are lots of things you need to know and obviously things that can go wrong. It is fairly unlikely that you'll kill her first time, in fact I died several times before I worked all this out, and even having it all written down for you is no substitute for practice. So, don't be disheartened, just keep plugging away, those boots are worth it in the end! 8-)

So, things you need to know before you start...

Firstly, and very importantly, is DO NOT have Thorns up! If you have Thorns on, click it off right now, as it *will* get you killed. We're going to be using Hibernate to keep her asleep, and if she hits you with Thorns up it's quite common for the damage from Thorns to land after Hibernate does, and it'll wake her right back up again. This is A Bad Thing! 8-)

Secondly, and equally importantly, is that you need to have Abolish Poison hotkeyed. You will need this a lot! She procs a poison called Mother's Milk, which has the very nasty effect of making you cast an AoE web explosion, which has the two very nasty effects of glueing you to the floor and interrupting casting. It is therefore essential that you get rid of it as soon as she's back asleep. It takes a few seconds before it goes off, so you have time. If left uncleared, it will keep going off every few seconds.

The third thing is something you probably all know, but as I said at the start I'm going to cover everything just in case... You can cast buffs, heals and cures on yourself (or anyone) without changing your target away from the mob. This is very important here as you cannot afford the delay in re-targetting her if Hibernate breaks at a bad time, and it will! So, keep Mother Smolderweb targetted at all times, and if you need to cure the poison or heal yourself or Innervate, then do it like this: Press the spell hotkey (or click the icon, but that's slower) and then press F1 (or click your portrait, again slower). If you do it in that order you will keep Mother Smolderweb targetted, but cure or heal yourself. The same is true if you need to bandage up, press the Bandage key then F1, and you'll bandage without losing her as your target.

Fourth (yup, LOTS you need to know! 8-) ) is that as well as Mother's Milk, she can also proc Crystalize, which is a 5-second stun that interrupts casting. Not nice! However, the good news is that it only lasts until she next hits you, so the moment you're under attack you're free again. This is basically the worse situation you'll find yourself in (if you do everything right, anyway 8-) ), and it's important not to panic 8-)

Finally for the pre-start info, the key here is keeping her asleep with Hibernate. That is the #1, #2 and #3 priority! It is not as easy as keeping a bog-standard mob under either, she will frequently break it early. When she does this you *must* immediately stop anything else you're doing, even if you're half way through a cast, and put her back under. You have to keep out of her melee as much as possible, or you're toast!

Ok, so by now you have your supplies, you're in position, and you know the drill... time to get our Spider on!

I hope you went to the toilet first btw, you'll be here for a while now! 8-)

As I said before, the tactics for the fight are very very simple... all we do is slowly wear her down with Starfire, and keep her under control with Hibernate. Other than all the points above, that's pretty much it! 8-)

Standing in the corner as shown above, with Mother Smolderweb properly positioned and no sign of the roamer, drop a Starfire on her head, and the instant it finishes casting cast Hibernate on her too. Don't wait for her to move or get near you or anything, cast Hibernate the instant Starfire lands, even if it's resisted. Hibernate takes 1.5 seconds to cast, and you're trapped in a very small area with a very angry Spider, you do not have a lot of room to play with here 8-)

During those 1.5 seconds you were casting Hibernate, she'll have moved towards you. For this first pull she might not have got very far, or she might have got all the way up to you. If she's barely moved, stay where you are and do another Starfire and Hibernate, and this time she'll stop very close to you (which is exactly what you want).

Now that you're staring terrified into her dripping mandibles, it's time to move. This is the key to the entire thing, keep moving and out of her range. You have *very* little room to work with here, there are spiders all around you, so it's vital to know how far you can safely go. The corner you started in is obvious, after that it's less so, so here's a nice picture of exactly where you should now be standing...

And this is the view you should have...

You now simply repeat this process over and over again... Starfire and Hibernate, move to the other side, and Starfire and Hibernate again... Remembering all the time that if she breaks Hibernate early, stop anything else you're doing (usually casting Starfire) and immediately re-Hibernate, and move out of her way.

As you can see from this picture, it takes a long time... I refreshed Mark of the Wild before I started, and so far 9 minutes have passed. You can also see from this picture that I have by now used Innervate. You will see in all the subsequent pictures that I keep my mouse over the Innervate icon, so that I can always see the countdown until I can use it again... that countdown is your lifeline, if you run out of mana before it's hit zero, you're dead! What you *must* do therefore is conserve mana as much as possible, and the easiest way to do that is to wait a few seconds after getting into position before casting Starfire / Hibernate again. Let the mana build back up a little bit, and then start again. Don't give it too long though, as I said she does like to wake up early!

A few more pictures of the fight, to give you a rough idea how long it takes... keep an eye on the Mark of the Wild timer...

As you can see in that last picture above, I took a lot of damage, I got stunned and then she resisted Hibernate... this will happen a few times every fight, more until you get the hang of it. The key here is to not panic, keep working on Hibernate, and only once you've got her under should you worry about healing up. Unless of course she gets you dangerously low, in which case click a Health potion and go back to trying to Hibernate her.

Once I had her back under, I moved to the new position and bandaged myself, all the time keeping her targetted and one finger on the Hibernate button... even if you're bandaging you have to stop it to re-Hibernate her the instant she wakes up.

Occasionally you will get into the unfortunate position of having her stop right in the middle of the area, so that no matter where you stand she will get to you in the 1.5 seconds Hibernate will take to cast. This is obviously a problem as it greatly increases the chances of you getting stunned, poisoned and beaten to death. However, there is a very handy little trick you can do in these circumstances to re-position her...

If you took the Nature's Swiftness talent, you now have a nice little trick up your sleeve! As you know, it makes the next Nature spell you cast into an instant cast spell. Everyone knows that's heals and the Wrath nuke, but what a lot of people don't realise is that Hibernate is also a Nature spell, and so is affected by Nature's Swiftness. Starfire, however, is an Arcane spell, and thus unaffected.

So, the trick for getting out of a 'she's gonna get me!' situation and back into the 'Ahhh, she's miles away' place you want is simple... cast Nature's Swiftness on yourself first, BEFORE casting Starfire. Then cast Starfire on her as normal. As it's an Arcane spell Nature's Swiftness will still be up. Then pause for half a second or so, just until she starts moving, and then hit her with the now instant-casting Hibernate. Provided she doesn't resist it (always a possibility), you now have her nicely dozing away near to you without ever having got close enough to hit you, and it's back to the cycle.

If you don't have Nature's Swiftness, or you already used it and the timer's still counting down, then the best thing to do in this situation is to cast Rejuvenate on yourself just before casting Starfire, so that when she does get to you you still have a few seconds of high regen left to soak up some of the damage.

After about 15 minutes, you should have her pretty low...

Not quite low enough though... remember how many HPs she has, and how relatively little Starfire does. Where you actually want her to be now is this low...

At this point, there's a good chance that your next Starfire will kill her. That's obviously a good thing, but it does also have a downside... when she dies, a horde of little spiders will spawn from her corpse, and they will kill you. Oh, did I forget to mention that at the start? Yup, you're on a suicide mission, there's no way you're coming back from this alive, sorry!

The good news is that the little spiders have a tiny agro range, and if you've done everything right then when she dies you'll be far enough from them for them to not instantly agro you... however, we've not taken any chances this far, so why risk it eh? 8-)

When you get to the point that you're pretty sure your next Starfire will kill her, cast Rejuvenation on yourself before casting Starfire, and as well as the finger over Hibernate also keep a finger over Dire Bear form.

If when you cast Starfire she doesn't die (even if you're certain the damage will be enough, she could resist it) re-cast Hibernate, then re-cast Rejuvenate and start again.

When she does die, however, immediately cast Dire Bear form. You can loot as a Bear, and have the advantage of more HPs and Armour, giving you longer to do so.

All that remains now is to run in and loot the corpse. The little spiders will attack the moment you get near her, so you have to be fast. If they haven't attacked yet and you have enough mana left, you can de-Bear and stack Regrowth and Rejuvenate on yourself, then re-bear and go in, to give yourself the maximum looting time, however even with no regen Dire Bear will give you enough, so it's up to you.

Remember that the boots are Bind On Pickup, so as well as clicking on them you will also have to click the Yes button to grab them, so be prepared, and even though it might sound amazingly obvious, if she does drop them click them first! 8-)

As you can see, she didn't drop them for me on this run, or any of the dozen or so previous runs, or the half dozen group or raid runs at her I've done too... basically, she hates me! 8-( Still, my revenge upon her is that now hopefully lots more people will kill her too, muhahahaha!

*cough*

Now that you're dead, you can run all the way back to BRS and zone in again to res yourself, and then gate home muttering to yourself about how that Spider's going to get hers one day, and prepare for another run tomorrow! The good news is that at least she'll drop a Green item if you don't get the boots, which will easily cover your repair costs from the death at the end.

Never res at the Spirit Healer at Thorium Point, it takes 2 minutes to get back to BRS to res normally, and it's perfectly safe to do, so why waste cash on more durability loss 8-)

Well, that's it for this guide, I hope you enjoyed it, and that you'll offer up a quick plea on my behalf while you're strutting round in your new boots that one day I'll get mine!

Dianius, 60 Night Elf Druid, Teranas (Euro)

Well, it turns out that perseverance pays off, and on my 20th solo kill of her she decided to be nice to me 8-)

Farming Underbog (Rogues Only)

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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8316350885324594092

Immunity to Rogue Stealth Attacks

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If you say /lay, you of course will lay down. The trick with this is, if you hear the stealthing sound of a nearby rogue, he will be unable to use attacks that require them to be behind you (backstab, ambush, etc).

Lockpicking Skill Up Through Mail

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Basically, since the Burning Crusade Exp. Ive been able to send locked boxes between people throught the mail, you can unlock them, send it to a friend. When they get it it will be locked agian, so you can send them back and forth in large quantities and get some decent skill whenever you log in.

Note: I've had them Relock if I log out and back in again.

Rogue Pick Locks

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As a rogue, you're expected to be able to open the locked chests in instances. It is nice to be able to open virtually anything that is presented to you. Scattered throughout the game world are assorted locked chests, which can increase your skill. At some levels, these are relatively easy to get to; but at other levels, on your own they are a pain in the ass. Occasionally I have found some where I can solo access only one of two chests, each on a 10 minute respawn, which would mean spending literally hours in a location for 20 or 30 skill ups.

At the same time, a lot of my toons find chests which they then need opening. I mail these to the rogue who then unlocks them. If the chest is still a green skill up for lockpicking (or yellow/orange), I mail the chest back without opening it. For whatever reason, when it arrives it has managed to relock itself through the mail system. Clicking return, immediately sends them back to my rogue... Once they are no longer a skill up, have the rogue unlock and open them, and decide where to send the item to.

Basically I log the rogue on, open the eight chests that are still skill ups (that I have acquired both as a rogue and as other toons), the mail them to my priest. The mail system seems to take about 45 minutes to deliver. Next time I get a break from whatever I'm doing, log the priest on and return them, then log the rogue on, unlock the chests, then mail them to the priest. Log on whatever toon I was using and resume my journey.

Class-Race Pairing Guide

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Index:
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[1] Races and Classes
[2] Race, Class Strengths
[3] Race Pros and Cons
[4] Best Race/Class to Twink
[5] Fastest Race/Class to Level
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[1] Races and Classes

Horde â€“

Troll = Rogue, Warrior, Priest, Shaman, Hunter 6/9
Blood Elf = Rogue, Priest, Hunter, Mage, Warlock, Paladin 6/9
Orc = Rogue, Warrior, Shaman, Hunter, Warlock 5/9
Undead = Warrior, Priest, Warlock, Mage, Rogue 5/9
Tauren = Warrior, Druid, Shaman, Hunter 4/9

Alliance â€“

Human = Rogue, Warrior, Priest, Mage, Warlock, Paladin 6/9
Draeni = Warrior, Hunter, Priest, Mage, Paladin, Shaman 6/9
Night Elf = Rogue, Warrior, Priest, Hunter, Druid 5/9
Dwarf = Rogue, Warrior, Priest, Hunter, Paladin 5/9
Gnome = Rogue, Warrior, Mage, Warlock 4/9
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[2] Race, Class Strengths

Troll
Because of the added Agility and Berserking that the Troll has; Troll is best played as a Melee class. Troll as a warrior provides an excellent Fury/Arms warrior, hereâ€™s a spec:

http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=4678 PvP/Grinding
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=4724 Fury Shield

The Troll as a Rogue is also a great bet, because of Berserking and Agility:

http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=83 PvP Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=7345 PvE Build

Also, Troll is an excellent Hunter class; because of the Agility bonus:

http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=3935 PvP Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=2075 Pet Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=8639 Raid Build

Blood Elf
The most we can say about Blood Elf, is that since they have AoE silence; they will dominate all life in Azeroth if paired with a Melee class. Hereâ€™s some specs for Warrior :

http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=4771 Tanking Build 20man +
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=7680 Protection Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=5126 Arms/Protection
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=4724 Fury Shield

Blood Elfs make good Roges because of their AoE silence and mana tap which adds 10 energy per-use :

http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=83 PvP Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=7410 Combat/Assass Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=7345 PvE Build

Since BE is the only Paladin on Horde side; you have no choice:

http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=6141 Healer/Tanking
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=6103 Full Support * Priest with Plate *
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=3797 Two Handed Monster

Orc
We think Orc is the hybrid race; with high stun resist and excellent rage regeneration, Orc plays out for both Melee and Magic, here are some specs for a Shaman:

http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=6359 PvP Build *High stun resist*
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=5454 Restoration Build

As an Orc Warrior, players should go with Arms/Protection because of higher starting Strength and stun resist the Orc Warrior is a more efficient one:

http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=4771 Tanking Build 20man +
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=7680 Protection Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=5126 Arms/Protection

Undead
Undead is an excellent Magic class; because of higher starting Intellect than any race in the hordish arsenal can put up, heres specs for Mages:

http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=7234 PvE/Raiding Frost Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=5738 PvP Fire/Frost Build

Undead for Warlocks are also extremely potent because of the Will of the Forsaken and higher starting Intellect, any kind of Lock is fine:

http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=5290 Nuke/DOT Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=3790 Destro Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=351 Demonology/Affliction Build

Tauren
Itâ€™s a shame that we donâ€™t see many Tauren Druids around, but we should; Tauren is more of a hybrid class like the Orc, but isnâ€™t really geared toward anything particular of its four classes, so like the Tauren we recommend Druid for Tauren as with Warrior. Hereâ€™s some Druid specs:

http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=3074 Restoration Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=6807 Tanking/Resto Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=6667 PvP Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=7328 Moonkin Build

Tauren also rolls old school with a warrior because of high starting strength itâ€™s a good pair for a hybrid class, we would recommend a Protection spec with T. Warriors:

http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=7680 Protection Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=4771 Tanking Build 20man +
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Human
Were to place Humans; they really donâ€™t have any strengths, they are the Alliances only hybrid race, so Anything goes for them; casters will find it easier because Alliance can use Perception and they have bonus Spirit, so caster are the way to go, but Melee is ok too.

Draeni - * We havenâ€™t hit level 30 yet *
We love this race; spent hours in BC beta playing as these guys and we can safely say go Melee. They are like Orcs for the Alliance, they have an AoE at level 1 that get more powerful every 15 levels, not sure about the final version. Rolling Melee with Draeni is a wise choice or being a Shaman is good too. We may do Draeni stuff as soon as we hit LvL 30 with one.

Night Elf
Since Night Elf has Shadowmeld and Quickness, its best to play a fragile class such as priest or you can roll hybrid with a druid. Night Elfâ€™s make OK Rogues, but that will come up later with the Gnomes as recommendation because Night Elfâ€™s have less starting Agility than the Gnomes do. Here are some specs for Priests:

http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=7568 Shadow/Disc Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=4520 Holy Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=8622 Holy Build 2

If youâ€™re planning to roll Druid; NE is the only Alliance race that can:

http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=3074 Restoration Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=6807 Tanking/Resto Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=6667 PvP Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=7328 Moonkin Build

Dwarf
Dwarfs are a Melee class; but they have Priests, we say do whatever you want when it comes to Dwarf. With Priests they are the same as others, but dwarf has Stoneform; which means it is resistant to what other race are vulnerable too, plus it increases armor by 10%; great for cloth wearers. Rogues need to concentrate on building Strength before Agility *that come third to Stamina*; because itâ€™s good to make advantage of the dwarfs good starting Strength and Stamina. Hereâ€™s build for Priests:

http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=4520 Holy Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=7568 Shadow/Disc Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=8622 Holy Build 2

Dwarf paladins are awesome because of Stone Form and its starting strength :

http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=6141
Healer/Tanking
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=6103
Full Support * Priest with Plate *
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=3797
Two Handed Monster

Dwarf Rogues should spec in either Combat/Assassination or PvP builds:

http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=83 PvP Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=7410 Combat/Assass Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=5966 Sword/Mace Build

Dwarf Warriors should spec Fury; because they can hit hard with their high strength and score major critical strikes; they can also roll Protection:

http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=4678 PvP/Grinding
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=4724 Fury Shield
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=7680 Protection Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=4771 Tanking Build 20man +

Gnome
Gnomes have the highest in starting Agility and Intellect for the Alliance Arsenal; so naturally they should play either a Rogue or Mage, Warlock. As a Rogue they should concentrate more on Agility than Strength, working on AGL then STM then STR. Mages should work on INT and STM and SPRT as with the Warlock. Hereâ€™s some build for Rogues :

http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=83 Dagger Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=7345 PvE Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=1423 Sword Build

Gnome mages are great because they have higher starting INT and have Escape Artist:

http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=7234 PvE/Raiding Frost Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=5738 PvP Fire/Frost Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=6289 Arcane Build

For Warlocks itâ€™s a good idea for gnomes to run with a Destro build:

http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=5290 Nuke/DOT Build
http://wowvault.ign.com/talentcalculator/ViewTemplate.php?templateid=3790 Destro Build
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[3] Race Pros and Cons

Horde Pros

Troll = Berserking, Regeneration, High starting Agility
Blood Elf = Arcane Torrent, Mana Tap, Resist +5
Orc = Blood Fury, Hardiness, High starting Strength
Undead = Will of the Forsaken, Cannibalize, High starting Intellect
Tauren = War Stomp, Endurance, High starting HP

Horde Cons

Troll = Inferior to Undead when it comes to Mana classes
Blood Elf = Another Melee race? Lets hope not
Orc = No real specialty when it comes to classes
Undead = Melee classes suck
Tauren = Only gives HP+ ?
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Alliance Pros

Human = Perception, Diplomacy, Human Spirit
Draeni = Everything about them
Night Elf = Shadowmeld, Quickness
Dwarf = Stoneform, High starting Strength and HP
Gnome = Escape Artist, Arcane Resist, Highest starting Agility

Alliance Cons

Human = An overall weak race
Draeni = Lets hope this race isnâ€™t to overpowered
Night Elf = Low HP; mostly a Magic Class
Dwarf = Lacks the stats to backup some of its class choices
Gnome = Low HP, and they are small

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[4] Best Race/Class to Twink

These are the Race/Class combos that weâ€™ve found easiest to Twink with:

Horde

Troll = Rogue, Hunter
Blood Elf = Rogue, Paladin
Orc = Rogue, Warrior
Undead = Mage, Warlock
Tauren = Shaman, Druid

Alliance

Human = Mage, Priest *Shadow*
Draeni = Warrior, Shaman, Mage
Night Elf = Rogue, Priest *Shadow*
Dwarf = Rogue, Warrior, Hunter
Gnome = Rogue
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[5] Fastest Race/Class to Level

Hereâ€™s the record setting class/race combos for leveling to level 60 soon to be 70:

Horde

Troll = Hunter
Blood Elf = Not yet recorded, weâ€™re guessing itâ€™ll be a Rogue
Orc = Warrior
Undead = Warlock and Mage both set in 5 days of play time
Tauren = Shaman

Alliance

Human = Warlock
Draeni = Not yet recorded, weâ€™re guessing itâ€™ll be Shaman or Hunter
Night Elf = Shadow Priest
Dwarf = Hunter
Gnome = Rogue

Guide to a 60 Rogue

2007-06-12T10:38:00.000-07:00

Guide to a Rogue
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[1] Introduction

[2] Rogues Loot List

[3] Builds

[4] Sites *UPDATED**FIXED*

[5] Abilities

[6] Gathering Prof.

More Chapters will come in time.
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[1] Introduction

This guide is only for Rogues, you cannot mix it with any other class, this is a guide for both Alliance and Horde Rogues. Over the time WoW has been around people have been asking these questions : ' WTH is a Good buidle for a Rogue? ', ' Rogues are boring me out y? '. This guide is created to answer these questions. Do not flame my guide, just give me requests our what ever you want, except flames. Well hope you enjoy this wicked guide.

- Lethal
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[2] Rogues Loot List

It embarrasing enough when a Rogues tries to roll on Druid pieces when he/she doesn't know its a druid only item and rolls on it based on stats, so heres a nice loot list by a friend of mine :
http://www.geocities.com/nebk316/RLL/Rogue_Loot_List_v1.html

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[3] Builds

The main thing people get wrong as Rouges are the builds; they either copy someone elses * its not that bad, but still * or randomly select points. First time Rogue especially have htis problem, well heres some thing to fix this.

My Rogue Build :

ASSASSINATION: 21pts
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# Improved Eviscerate - 3/3 points
Increases the damage done by your Eviscerate ability by 15%.

# Malice - 5/5 points
Increases your critical strike chance by 5%.

# Murder - 2/2 points
Increases your chance to hit while using your Sap, Ambush, Garrote, or Cheap Shot abilities by 5%.

# Lethality - 5/5 points
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 30%.

# Vile Poisons - 2/5 points
Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by 6%.

# Improved Instant Poison - 3/5 points
Increases the chance to apply Instant Poison to your target by 6%.

# Cold Blood - 1/1 point
When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, or Eviscerate by 100%.

COMBAT: 5pts
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# Improved Sinister Strike - 2/2 points
Reduces the Energy cost of your Sinister Strike ability by 5 Energy.

# Lightning Reflexes - 3/5 points
Increases your Dodge chance by 3%.

SUBTLETY: 25pts
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# Master of Deception - 5/5 points
Reduces the chance enemies have to detect you while in Stealth mode. More effective than Master of Deception (Rank 4)

# Camouflage - 5/5 points
Increases your speed while stealthed by 15%.

# Elusiveness - 5/5 points
Reduces the cooldown of your Evasion, Vanish, and Blind abilities by 1.3 minutes.

# Opportunity - 5/5 points
Increases the damage dealt when striking from behind with your Backstab, Garrote, or Ambush abilities by 20%.

# Improved Ambush - 2/3 points
Increases the critical strike chance of your Ambush ability by 30%.

# Improved Sap - 1/3 point
Gives you a 30% chance to return to stealth mode after using your Sap ability.

# Preparation - 1/1 point
When activated, this ability immediately finishes the cooldown on your other Rogue abilities.

# Improved Distract - 1/2 point
Increases the radius of your Distract ability by 3 yards.

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How to use this build: ^ the one above

First is to always open up with a cheap shot or ambush ( I use ambush ) then start pounding away with SS then when at 3 - 5 Pts ( Depends on your HP and Targets HP ) use Evi, then repeat. If you reach 50% HP its best you use Vanish then Cheap Shot, then SS till target has max Pts on him/her then if Evi isnt rdy by now use Prep then Cold Blood to hopefully finish the target. Using this build requires the true rogue or a sneeking player if your non of tht by all means don't use this build lol, you'll just get Murdered like a Decked out Rogue vs the Holy Priest.
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Here was My DoT * Damage over Time * Build:

ASSASSINATION: 25pts
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# Improved Eviscerate - 3/3 points
Increases the damage done by your Eviscerate ability by 15%.

# Malice - 5/5 points
Increases your critical strike chance by 5%.

# Ruthlessness - 3/3 points
Gives your finishing moves a 60% chance to add a combo point to your target.

# Murder - 2/2 points
Increases your chance to hit while using your Sap, Ambush, Garrote, or Cheap Shot abilities by 5%.

# Lethality - 3/5 points
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 18%.

# Vile Poisons - 2/5 points
Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by 6%.

# Improved Instant Poison - 2/5 points
Increases the chance to apply Instant Poison to your target by 4%.

# Cold Blood - 1/1 point
When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, or Eviscerate by 100%.

# Improved Kidney Shot - 2/3 points
Reduces the cooldown of your Kidney Shot ability by 4 seconds.

# Improved Deadly Poison - 2/5 points
Increases the chance to apply Deadly Poison to your target by 6%.

COMBAT: 0 Pts
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SUBTLETY: 25 Pts
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# Master of Deception - 5/5 points
Reduces the chance enemies have to detect you while in Stealth mode. More effective than Master of Deception (Rank 4)

# Elusiveness - 5/5 points
Reduces the cooldown of your Evasion, Vanish, and Blind abilities by 1.3 minutes.

# Opportunity - 5/5 points
Increases the damage dealt when striking from behind with your Backstab, Garrote, or Ambush abilities by 20%.

# Improved Garrote - 2/2 points
Increases the duration of your Garrote ability by 6 seconds, but reduces the damage by 10%.

# Improved Rupture - 3/3 points
Increases the damage of dealt by your Rupture ability by 30%.

# Improved Distract - 2/2 points
Increases the radius of your Distract ability by 5 yards.

# Preparation - 1/1 point
When activated, this ability immediately finishes the cooldown on your other Rogue abilities.

# Improved Cheap Shot - 2/2 points
Reduces the Energy cost of your Cheap Shot ability by 20.

# Hemorrhage - 1/1 point
An instant strike that damages the opponent and causes the target to hermorrhage, increasing any Physical damage dealt to the target by up to 3. Lasts 30 charges or 15 seconds. Awards 1 combo point.

Level 46: 5 damage increase
Level 58: 7 damage increase
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How to use this build: ^ the one above

Do NOT use SS, because it is a waste of energy in this build, use Hemorrhage to open up atks, its required hat you use either Rupture or Evi, the battle conditions will tell you wat to do, if you open up with Garrote its best you use Evi when at 3-5 Pts on the Enemy, but if you use Cheap Shot ( NO Ambush ) its best you use Rupture then start hacking/slashing away with Hemorr and Evi. Also in this build since you do less Instant/Burst Dmg its best you use Swords, no Maces because since the patch up Blizzard has reduced the ammount of Dmg Maces do with Rogues. Using Swords with Strength and Agilty are the key ( No Stamina, your gear can do that ) because you want to hit hard while doing DoT.
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A Place to test your builds :
http://wowvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Talents.View&category_select_id=7
* BTW they have this for Every Class in the Game! *
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[4] Sites

A place to Test Rogue builds * and other classes *:
http://wowvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Talents.View&category_select_id=7p

Rogues Weapons Chart:
http://shadowpanther.net/

Loot:
http://www.wow-loot.com/rogue.htm

There will be more sites added in the Future, so keep this alive Very Happy.
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[5] Abilitys

Its good to know you surrounding right?, well thats the same with with your Rogue abilitys, best to know what your using eh? Heres a Niffty little site with this info, Ill post my own as soon as I colaborate it.

http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/spelllist.html?class=Rogue

I hope you like this.
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[6] Professions

+ Mining

This is a grreat money maker for a Rogue and I highly recommend it at low lvls so you can save up for a mount, if you do this for farming mats its best you pair it w/ Skinning, Blacksmithing is practicly useless with Rogues because Rogues don't use Mail or Plate, and the weapons that are made arn't benifical for a Rogue.

+ Herbalism

A good partner with Alchemy, though not much of a money maker by itself w/ Alchemy its a money maker AND it can benifit the Rogue as well.

+ Skinning

This is a very good money making Profession, mixed with Mining, you'll be the god of making money when it comes to Professions, Leatherworking is good for lvls 5 - 40, but at higher lvls it becomes a pain and becomes useless to a Rogue. Skinning is good for Farming w/ Mining.

PVE Rogue Solo Template

2007-06-12T10:35:00.000-07:00

This paragraph is the exact same text for all solo and group PvE templates, so after you read this once you can just skip it for other classes. These are templates for what we consider the best viable templates for PvE purposes ONLY. A solo template is assuming that you never plan on grouping. A group template assumes you are in a group 100% of the time, such as end game instances. We have also been asked to provide info on what skills should be taken at which levels, this is really difficult as it would depend on exact individual play styles. However, there is a number in parenthesis before each skill, this number is the level recommended you would take the skill at, of course this is extremely prejudiced because it is based on someone elses play style.

Assassination Talents - 16 points

(10-11-12-13-14)Malice - rank 5/5

(50-51-52)Ruthlessness - rank 3/3

(48-49)Improved Slice and Dice - rank 2/3

(53)Relentless Strikes - rank 1/1

(54-55-56-57-58)Lethality - rank 5/5

Combat Talents - 35 points

(17-18-19)Improved Gouge - rank 3/3

(15-16)Improved Sinister Strike - rank 2/2

(42-43-44-46-47)Lightning Reflexes - rank 5/5

(20-21-22-23-24)Deflection - rank 5/5

(26-27-28-29-30)Precision - rank 5/5

(59-60)Improved Evasion - rank 2/2

(25)Riposte - rank 1/1

(31-32-33-34-35)Dual Wield Specialization - rank 5/5

(37-38-39-40-41)Mace Specialization - rank 5/5

(36)Blade Flurry - rank 1/1

(45)Adrenaline Rush - rank 1/1

Rogue PVP Tips

2007-06-12T10:33:00.000-07:00

Here are some tips to duel, or 1v1 pvp better:

1. Waiting for the right moment - If you have the 2 points in Imp. Sap this tip will work even better than without, say you are dueling a priest or mage, they have their shield up. Chain sap them till the shield wears off, then continue with the battle. Yes, it might be a boring 45 seconds or whatever but, if you can do 2 sinister strikes while the shield is down as a sword combat rogue I can get a extra 1000 damage from back to back sinister strikes. If you don't have 2 points in Imp. Sap then, wait for the shield to go down then try to cheap shot asap.

2. Using terrain - This has saved me so many times. When dueling a prot. specc warriorm or, any warrior when I open with my cheapshot, sinister strike, sinister strike, and then rupture I make my way to a small building or something that you can jump over, such as the giant spikes infront of org, and then kite the warrior till im out of combat, then restealth. If you are vs. a warrior watch his stances. If he is in zerker, you might want to stay between 5yds (Min attack range) and 8yds (Min charge range). This will take some practice but, it can work very well. Yes, it does make a very lame pitiful fight but, it gets the job done well!

3. Kick! - This is awsome to begin with but, if you are specced into Imp. Kick it is about 5 times better. If you are dueling a shadow priest, and you kick it with Imp. Kick it can't cast for 2 seconds leaving you the window to do whatever you want. If you are dueling against a good priest they will unshift and heal but, not all of them do that. If you are lucky one will and you can get a 5 point KS off and own if without the shadow damage reduction for 6 seconds! Don't waste kick thought. If a warlock is casting a dot, save it for a shadowbolt or something that can really do some damage.

Chest Farming Guide

2007-06-12T10:30:00.000-07:00

First off, this guide is meant for rogues or druids, since both have stealth, and lock picking is a must.

To begin, you have to designate one rogue or the druid to be the 'Meat Shield'. Start off by wall jumping up the wall to your immediate right as you enter (the exit after the final boss of ramparts).

From there, make sure you and the partner are both in stealth, and watch out for the circular patrol that can spot invisible units. Rogues and druids will know this by the light blue circle that appears above the NPC's heads when you are stealthed. Next, distract the circular patrol when they are far away from the chest, and here's where the meat shield and a bit of hope comes in. Have the other rogue sprint and evasion towards the chest, then off that area you wall climbed up (for a druid, use whatever speed boost you can). This will cause the NPC's to leave the chest and follow your partner, and they cannot follow all the way down, making them evade glitch to my knowledge. While they are trying to go after your partner, you should be free to pick the lock on the chest (if the locked one is currently in that position) and grab the loot. Congratulations, that's chest one.

Either vanish and go for the next chest, which is by the first boss, or leave and reset the instance. If you are going for the second chest (which when you actually do the instance, is the first chest), you'll have to wall jump back up towards that circular area. Distract the NPC's that patrol that rim far enough away that you can walk through the middle of that ring, into the hallway, and down the spiral ramp. You'll be in the room with the first boss and his two healers. Make your way through that area until you get to the next chest, again with more stealth detectors. Use the same plan as before, one person leads them away, the other grabs the chest. Congratulations, that's chest two.

I cannot stress enough, though, how much patience you need to have around those stealth detecting units. If you watch their path and time their path, you'll save yourself a hefty repair bill, and wasted time. One more thing that can compromise your chest nabbing is if your partner gets dazed and killed before you can open the chest. My rogue friend and I both were able to farm these chests with minimal problems, even with dazed effects (wasn't dazed too often). The only thing about farming this method, you have to/should split the profits 50/50 with your partner.

1-300 Lockpicking

2007-06-12T10:27:00.001-07:00

I thought I would post this since I get asked as a rogue all the time what the easiest way to level up your lockpicking is. I have tips for both horde and alliance to get your lockpicking from 1-300 pretty easy. Having it at 300 is the best thing because you don't need to worry about keys for doors, there are exceptions though. Since the keyring was added keys don't take up space, but you could still pick a lock before you get the key, like the searing gorge key.

In addition to the steps below, make sure you pickpocket any humanoids that you can, hopefully they'll drop chests. If you can't open it up then save it for when you are at that skill so you have a fast boost. There is also footlockers in various locations that you can use for skill ups.

You can also sit in town and open boxes for people. You don't get much business this way but it does help you level for free.

Step 1 : (About 1-75) Do the Inital Rogue lockpicking quest

Horde:
This entails feeding a parrot a cracker close to ratchet, then unlocking the chests on the boat. You want to do this until the chests are grey to you, and ya, its going to take a while.

Alliance:
You're going to go to the tower in Lakeshire and open them up until they're grey to you as well.

Step 2 : (About 75-175) Poison Quest

Horde:
Little known trick, while doing this quest in the NW barrens in the Venture Co. area is a chest at the top of a tower... Repeat what you did in Step 1. Open that chest until it goes grey... That'll help get you passed or up to 175

Alliance:
Similar to Horde. While in the tower at Westfall keep opening the chest at the top until you reach about 175. May be hard if the boss aggro's you so bring a friend or level up. The chest will curse you everytime you open it so if you do this after the initial quest you have to get a cleanse.

Step 3 : (About 175-250) Scarlet Monestary (see step 4 if to hard)

Horde and Alliance:
You can first start with unlocking the door into the instances but this can only be done about every 10 minutes per door. If you don't wait then it doesn't count as skill up. So just pick them then run into the Cathedral. Jump into the left locked door and into the cathedral instance. Sneak up, or run if you can avoid being aggro'd, and pick the cathedral door then run out and reset. If you find you are too low to start on the door because you are too lazy, jump into the first instance and pickpocket everything in there. This is of course, making sure you have your stealth maxed to avoid detection. You can repeat that as many times as needed, but if you followed step 1 and 2, the cathedral door will get you to 250. This step can take longer than when I originally did it since you can only reset an instance 5 times an hour.

Step 4 : (About 250-280) Pickpocketed Boxes or Various Footlockers

Horde and Alliance:
Like mentioned at the top, when you pickpocket mobs and they drop boxes you can't open yet, save them and when you can open them you'll get a big fast boost. Once I opened up the SM doors to 250 I had heavy lockboxes I used and got 20 free points. Pickpocket and lockpick them until your heart is content. Although SM is more effective cause of the respawn, it is better then getting pummled by elite's. You also want to go around to zones that are within your level range and find footlockers.

Step 5 : (About 280-300) Black Rock Depths

Horde and Alliance:
All you have to do now is lockpick inside BRD until 300. What you do is go into BRD and turn left and open up the 3 doors. Rinse and Repeat until 300. You get a max of 3 skill ups per run.

There you go and congrats 300 Lockpicking!

Pickpocket for WoW Gold

2007-06-12T10:26:00.001-07:00

While there's lots of strats out there for making gold, it's easy to overlook the obvious and simple. Rogue Pickpocketing is one of these often overlooked abilities that can make you more gold than you realize... often in very short amounts of time.

Taking 5/5 in Master of Deception is a good option anyway, but it definitely helps in thievery. Get Nightscape boots as well (craftable by most mid-upper level LW) as they add +1 bonus to stealth. 30+ mobs seem to carry an average of 2-3s each, plus mana and healing pots, as well as merchant fodder that sells for 1-2.5 silver each. At higher level mobs, you'll even snag the occassional gemstone, and virtually all mobs will often give a Junkbox or Lockbox, which is invaluable in increasing lockpicking skills.

Go to an area full of NPCs that have pickable pockets. These include, surprisingly enough, skellies, ghouls, and other undead, Furblogs and timbermaw, and virtually any humanoid attackable NPC. But here's a special little spot I've found where I make easily 5-10 gold in 20 minutes or less.

In BRD, after your group leaves, you can stay behind by yourself WITHOUT getting booted back to your hearth spot. THIS WORKS ONLY IF YOU SUCCESSFULLY DID THE ARENA, although you can try it with a higher probability of aggro otherwise. Go to the gallery that holds the spectators for the Arena (Ring of Law). They will not aggro you if you successfully defeated the challenge, and you can stealth and pickpocket the entire gallery (approximately 40 NPCs) with ease, with each npc holding between 3-4.5 silver. That alone is 1.2-1.7 gold, but I get 4-6 Superior healing pots, 4-5 Heavy Lockboxes, merchant trash (another 20-30s), AND a Star Ruby EVERY TIME.

Rogue Hunter Alliance Twink Template

2007-06-12T10:22:00.000-07:00

Rogue/Hunter Alliance Twink lvl 19
Mostly Rogues as this is what I was researching.

Head : Green Tinted Goggles (Engineering 150 cloth) +8sta + 7spi
Or Lucky Fishing Hat +15 sta

Neck : Scout's Medallion (at honoured)

Shoulder : Talbar Mantle +6 int +3sta, 30 armor
Or Feral Shoulder Pads - 60 armor

Back : Sentry Cloak (Random drop) - 21 armor - 4agi + 5sta
Or Glowing Lizardscale Cloak - 20 armor - 6agi + 2spi (WC)

Chest : Blackened Defias Armor (DM)
Or Tunic of Westfall (DM Reward)

Wrist : Forest Leather Bracers
Or Wrangler's or Bristlebark Bindings

Hands : Red Whelp Gloves
Or Nimble Leather Gloves or Bristlebark Gloves or Scouting Gloves of Monkey

Belt : Deviate Scale Belt

Leggings : Leggings Of The Fang

Feet : Feet Of The Lynx (random drop)
Or Forest Leather Boots or Footpads Of The Fang or Bristlebark Boots

Ring : Seal of Wrynn
Ring : Blood Ring (Demon Band) (Lavishly Jeweled Ring) (DM) (Ring of Iron Will - Redridge Quest) (Ring of Defense)

Trinket : Minor Recombulator
Trinket : Insignia of the Alliance

Main Hand : Shadowfang, Assassin's Blade (Random Drop SFK), Cruel Barb (DM), Stinging Viper (WC) Twisted Chanter's Staff (Hunter)

Off Hand : Shadowfang, Assassin's Blade, Cruel Barb, Stinging Viper,

Ranged : Venomstrike (WC) Lil Timmy's Peashooter /w Crafted Heavy Shot , Lovingly Crafted Boomstick

Probably missed something out, or someone can find better items, just post here.

Ring of Iron will doesnt have +def, you must mean Ring of Defense, I've put it in.
Arena trinket needs at least lvl 35.

Warcraft Guide Rouge FAQ Horde Alliance

2007-06-12T10:21:00.000-07:00

Q: What is the best (Horde/Alliance) race for a rogue?

A: The differences between starting stats are minor, at best. The amount of health and stats yougain per level is based solely on your class, so by the time you get to level 60, the difference instats is basically nonexistant.

As for racial traits, they are not designed to make a clear-cut best or worst race for a class.Generally, I recommend picking a race not based on the racial traits, but based on which raceyou want to play the most. While it is true that certain traits are not useful for the rogue (such asaxe specialization or added intelligence), the ones which can be useful will rarely turn the tide of abattle. The traits are merely bonuses; they do not make or break your play.With that being said, it still is a hot topic of debate, and I'm sure you'll find many posts on itarguing one way or another.

Q: What is the best weapon for a rogue?

A: This depends on what abilities you want to use. Backstab and Ambush can only be used whenyou have a dagger equipped in your main hand. However, if you plan on using Sinister Strike allthe time, and not Backstab, you are better off using a sword or mace, since those weapon typeswill generally do more damage with SS.

Q: Is it possible to be a viable ranged weapon rogue?

A: No. The only use you have for a ranged weapon generally is pulling enemies, or for the statboost it may provide. You cannot, however, do any reasonable damage with a ranged weapon.The only class which can do so is a hunter.

Q: Is it possible to be a viable fist weapon rogue?

A: No, not really. Fist Weapons basically have all of the disadvantages of a dagger, without theadvantages of one. Not to mention, there are so few fist weapons in the game currently (less than10 blue/green fist weapons). If you happen to get one with a good DPS, though, there's no harmin putting it on your off-hand.

Q: What are good profession combinations for a rogue?

A: There's quite a few combinations to look at...Engineering/Mining - Engineering has some nifty gadgets you can make, like the Gnomish NetGun and Catseye Goggles, which can be quite useful, especially in PvP. Also, as a rogue youoften can survive party wipes, and with Goblin Jumper Cables you have 25-50% chance of savingthe wipe. Mining is basically essential as a support skill. A drawback here is that you won't reallybe able to make anything that will sell to other players, beyond explosives and mechanicalsquirrels. Most of the gadgets require some skill in engineering.

Blacksmithing/Mining - This can be very profitable, but the problem is you won't really be able tomake that many items that are useful for a rogue. There are only a handful of daggers and otherone-hand weapons you could use, and all the armor would not be equippable.

Alchemy/Herbalism - Herbalism is nice, since two rogue items require herbs (Thistle Tea andBlind Powder). Also, Alchemists can make some nice potions, and some pretty good money atthe same time (especially from transmuting).

Leatherworking/Skinning - Prior to this patch, there was very marginal use for leatherworking atthe endgame, since there were no patterns past 250 skill. There are now some, and seeing someof the patterns (like Stormshroud Pants) has made me consider keeping it for release. It willremain to be seen, though, how many nice patterns there really are out there. One other thing toconsider is that leatherworkers don't really have anything they make that will sell to non-leatherusers. Armor Kits are nice, but at higher levels people will usually want enchantments instead.Some Combination of Mining, Herbalism, and Skinning - This can be a good way to make money,as there is always a market for people who want to buy materials. If you go this route, it isprobably best to get Mining OR Herbalism, and then throw in Skinning. You can only actively be"finding" one type of resource, and you'll be killing lots of animals anyways, so why not skinthem?

Enchanting + Gathering Skill - Enchanting can be a decent way to make money, and doesn'trequire a gathering skill in the strict sense, as you get your mats from disenchanting blue/greenitems. This may seem like an "odd" set of skills for a Rogue in the RP sense, but it's still a usefulskill to have. A variation on this would be to get Tailoring, so you have a constant supply ofgreens for disenchanting. Enchanting/Tailoring is not really a rogue combination, though Smile.

Q: What secondary skills should I learn?

A: You should learn them all, since you can. Cooking is good to get up to at least 60 skill, so youcan make Thistle Tea. First Aid is very nice for reducing downtime, and for popping on during astun or gouge on the enemy. And finally, fishing can be a good way to kick back (or get meat forcooking).

Q: Where do all my abilities on the toolbar go when I stealth?

A: When you go into stealth, it automatically changes to a special "stealth" toolbar. You will haveto drag and drop the abilities you want to use there from your spellbook (press P).

Q: What weapons can a Rogue use, and how do I train them?

A: Rogues start out only knowing how to use daggers and throwing knives. However, you cantrain one-hand swords, one-hand maces, fist weapons, crossbows, bows, and guns. You cantrain these weapons with a weapon master trainer in a major city. The cost is 10s per weaponstyle you want to learn. Once you are in a major city, to find the weapon master, simply ask oneof the guards. However, each trainer only has certain weapons they can train.

Alliance:

Darnassus - Bow

Stormwind - Sword, Crossbow

Ironforge - Gun, Mace, Fist

Horde:

Orgrimmar - Bow, Fist

Undercity - Sword, Crossbow

Thunderbluff - Gun, Mace

Q: I've heard that Night Elves can't use guns, and X race can't use Y. What gives?

A: There was a time in the Closed Beta where there were also racial restrictions on weapons, oneof which was that Night Elves could not use guns.

However, it was changed so that the weapon restrictions are only per-class. Your race no longerhas any bearing on which weapons you can and cannot use.

Q: Can I train two-hand weapons?

A: No, you cannot.

Q: Can I use a shield?

A: No.

Q: Can I train mail or plate armor?

A: No. I would imagine it is difficult to be agile in mail or plate Smile.

Q: Can I dual wield weapons? Should I?

A: Yes, you can dual wield weapons. You learn the ability from your rogue trainer, at level 10.And yes, you should dual wield weapons (for more details, check the dual wield question in the"mechanics" category).

Q: Are there any restrictions as to which weapon combinations I can dual wield?

A: In terms of type of weapon (eg., 2 maces, 1 sword/1 mace, 1 dagger/1 sword, etc.) there areno restrictions. You can use whatever combination you want to, as long as you are trained in theweapon types.

However, there is one restriction. Weapons which are listed as "Main Hand" can only be used inyour main hand, and cannot be equipped in your off-hand. Likewise, weapons listed as "Off-Hand" can only be equipped in your off-hand. Weapons which are listed as "One Hand" can beused in either hand.

Q: Is there any way to disable dual wield once I've learned it?

A: The only way to disable it is to equip something which is not a weapon in your off-hand. Thiscan be a fish, flower, torch, or any non-weapon item that can go there. There is some debate overwhether or not this will actually disable the dual wield penalty, but it is nothing which has beenextensively tested, as far as I know.

Q: How do I train poisons?

A: At level 20, Alliance characters train poisons with a quest from the SI-7 operatives in theStormwind Barracks. Horde characters can get this quest by speaking with the rogue trainer inthe Cleft of Shadows in Orgrimmar. For more information about poisons, look at section VI of thisFAQ.

Q: Why is my dodge/crit chance going down as I level?

A: It is actually not going down as you level. The tooltip which shows your dodge/crit percent(press P and look at your attack/dodge abilities) shows your chance to crit versus an enemy thatis your level. This chance to crit is solely based on your agility, talents, and +crit gear.So, suppose you are level 1, and have a 15% chance to crit listed. This means that you haveenough agility to crit 15% of the time versus level 1 enemies. When you level up to level 2, let'ssuppose it says your crit chance is 14.5%. Your crit chance versus level 1 enemies is still 15% (infact, it is a little bit higher because your agility went up when you leveled). However, you onlyhave enough agility to crit level 2 enemies 14.5% of the time.

The reason for this is basically that as you level, your agility goes up, and you also have betterequipment which will raise it, as well. For the first few levels, though, your crit chance will spiraldown as there really isn't much +agility gear you can get.

Q: How does my strength/agility add to my attack power?

A: Your strength and agility both add directly to your attack power.Q: How much agility do you need to add 1% to your crit or dodge chance?

A: This is based on your level. At level 60, it is roughly 30 agility for each 1% crit. I'm not certainabout dodge chance, though it does require less agility per percent.

Q: Why is my Eviscerate not doing the damage as stated on the tooltip?

A: The tooltip damage does not take into account the armor of the enemy. Since most enemieshave armor, your non-crit damage will rarely be as high as the tooltip states.

Q: Why does my Backstab/Ambush do less damage than the "+ X" damage on the tooltip?

A: Same answer as above.

Q: Why would I ever want to use Backstab instead of Ambush? Ambush does more damage!

A: The key difference here is that Ambush can only be used while in stealth, whereas Backstab

has no such restriction.Q: What is the dual-wield penalty?

A: The dual-wield penalty is that your base chance to miss for each weapon, on normal attacks, is24%. Furthermore, your off-hand weapon gets only half of the damage boost from attack power(though there is a talent you can learn to up the off-hand damage). If you don't dual-wield, yourbase chance to miss on a normal attack is 5%. Your base miss chance on special attacks isalways 5%, the dual-wield penalty does not apply to them.

However, in spite of this it is recommended you train dual-wield and use it, as your damage persecond (DPS) will be higher in the long run. Furthermore, it gives you another equippableweapon, which means you can have more stat boosts on your character.

Q: How does the stealth check work? Are there any differences in PvP?

A: The details of this are not entirely known. However, a few things are known. Whether or notyou are detected by an enemy is based on the following factors: your subtlety skill, the level ofyour enemy, whether you are in the 180 degree arc in front of the enemy, and how close you areto the enemy. Your base subtlety is 5x your current level. So, at level 60 you have 300 subtlety.Once you are within a certain radius of the enemy (based on your subtlety skill versus their level),and within the 180 degree arc in front of them, periodic stealth rolls are performed. If you lose theroll, you are detected and dropped out of stealth.

When you are behind the enemy, you will never be dropped out of stealth. However, if your levelis substantially lower than the enemy, they will almost always turn around to face you.The only difference I am aware of in PvP is that stealth checks may be performed with greaterfrequency. Also, I do not know how stealth detection items really factor in, but I would imagine theroll is your subtlety vs. (enemy level x 5 + stealth detection).

Q: What does the Master of Deception talent do?

A: It adds 3 points to your subtlety skill per point spent in the talent. So, at 5/5, you are effectivelyconsidered 3 levels higher for stealth checks.

Q: How does Shadowmeld affect stealth?

A: Though the exact numbers are not known, Shadowmeld does have a noticable affect onstealth. Karath performed some tests during the Beta, but unfortunately that thread is no longeraccessible. According to his findings, it appears that Shadowmeld passively adds the equivalentof one Master of Deception point (so roughly +3 to Subtlety), when you are in stealth. The actualability Shadowmeld should not be used, though, as you are harder to detect while in stealthmode.

Q: Why is Sinister Strike more effective with a sword/mace, instead of a dagger, when the DPS isalmost the same?

A: This is because your Sinister Strike damage is not based on the DPS of the weapon, but ratherits damage range. This is the case for all special attacks. Since swords and maces of the sameDPS of a dagger generally have a much slower speed, their damage range is quite higher. This isalso why say, the Barman Shanker, is a better main-hand dagger than daggers which have aDPS 4-5 points higher than it.

Q: How do weapon procs ("Chance on Hit") work?

A: They are not a fixed percent chance, but rather can happen once every certain duration. Thereason for this is otherwise, faster weapons would proc much more often than slower ones.Note that this does not apply to poisons. Poisons are, in fact, fixed percent chances on each hit.This means that faster weapons will have their poisons go off more often than slower ones.

Q: What are talents? What is a talent build?

A: Starting at level 10, you gain one talent point per level. Talents are the way you can customizeyou rogue, and is what separates one rogue from the other. While most talents are passivebonuses, several are new abilities entirely. The way you allocate these points is very similar to aDiablo 2-esque skill tree, in which there are dependencies are prerequisites. The three rogue"branches" are Combat, Assassination, and Subtlety.

Once you hit level 10, you can bring up your talent window (press N, by default).

A talent build is the way you choose to allocate your talent points points. You can't get all thetalents, so the build is which talents you pick.

Q: How many talent points do I get in total?

A: 51. One point each level from level 10 to 60.

Q: Can I reset my talents if I decide I don't like them?

A: Yes, you can "respec" your talents, if you so desire. To do this, you can talk to any roguetrainer. However, respecing is not free, and the cost goes up every time you respec. The first timeis 1 gold, then 5, 10, 15, and in increments of 5 up. At 50 gold, the cost stays the same eachsubsequent respec.

Generally, I would suggest sticking with your talent build for at least several levels, to fullyevaluate it before changing.

Q: Are there any "talent builders" online that I can play with to see how I can allocate my points?

A: Yes, there's at least a couple of good ones out there.

WoW Vault Talent Calculator:

http://wowvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Talents.View&category_select_id=7Thottbot Talent Builder: http://www.thottbot.com/?ti=Rogue

Q: What is the best talent build setup for (PvE/PvP)?

A: There is no one "best" talent setup...the exciting thing about playing a rogue is that there areseveral different builds and playstyles that all can be quite effective whether you PvP or PvE, soloor group.

Q: What do people mean when they say "31/8/12", "30/21", etc.?

A: This is the breakdown of how their talents are allocated in the various trees. For instance, a31/8/12 Dagger build means they have 31 in Assassination, 8 in Combat, and 12 in Subtlety. Theexact talents selected between one person and another will vary a bit, though certain key talentswill be in common.

Q: Can I use one build to get to 60, and then switch to a more PvP build once I'm there?

A: You could do that if you wanted to, but I don't recommend it. In my opinion, most good buildsare effective in both PvE and PvP. You don't have to switch from one to another.

The other reason I don't recommend it is that the only way you're going to be good at PvP is ifyou have good equipment. You won't have good equipment if you are using some wild buildwhich is 5% more effective in PvP, but awful in PvE. At level 60, there still is a lot of goodequipment out there to get. Not to mention that new group and raid instances will be added inpatches and expansions.

Q: What are some things I should consider when making a build?

A: One thing you should always ask yourself is "where is my sustained DPS going to comefrom?" Sometimes, I see builds designed by people who have ideas for great opening combos.But once their opening moves are over, they have nothing left in their build that will help maintaina solid DPS over time. Burst DPS as a rogue is definitely important, however, without sustainedDPS you are greatly limiting the types of battles in which you are successful.

Another common mistake is not picking up "signature" talents, even if you have enough for it inthat tree. An example of this would be having 22 points in Subtlety, but not having Preparation. Amore extreme example would be having 34 points in Combat, but having neither Blade Flurry norAdrenaline Rush.

Also, don't be afraid to change your build. What you thought you wanted to do at level 10 may notbe what you decide you want to do at level 50. Having flexbility and not locking yourself into onemindset is important. At the same time, don't be persuaded you into drastically changing yourbuild, unless it is seriously flawed. If you are going for an Assassination Dagger build, don't letsomeone convince you to change to a Heavy Combat build. If you want to go for Assassination,then go for it. It is possible to make viable builds that heavily invest into any of the three trees.

Q: There's so many talents! What are some builds like?

A: Part of the fun of playing a Rogue is figuring out your style, and tweaking your build exactly toit. However, to help give some direction, I will list a few common build designs I've seen, anddescribe the style as well as key talents. I'll also list talents which are good inclusions for thattalent build. You can't get all of them, but hopefully it will give you a good idea in terms of adirection. This is by no means a comprehensive list of all the viable talent builds, but hopefullythese few will help spark some ideas.

Assassination Dagger Build

Breakdown: 31(30) Assassination, 8 Combat, 12(13) SubtletyKey Talents: Malice, Lethality, Cold Blood, Seal Fate, Imp. Backstab, OpportunityGood Inclusions: Imp. Gouge, Imp. Sinister Strike, Ruthlessness, Relentless Strikes, Imp. KidneyShot, Vigor, Imp. Ambush, Master of Deception, Camouflage

Description: This is a heavy-hitting dagger build that relies on high crit chances on Backstabs andAmbushes, coupled with increased damage (Lethality and Opportunity), and good combo pointgeneration through Seal Fate. The DPS for dagger builds excel more in group situations, but it'sstill no slouch when by yourself. Also, because of the nature of crits, the damage on this build canbe spiky, depending on whether you get good rolls or bad. This is my personal favorite, and theone I use.

Assassination/Combat Dagger Build

Breakdown: 30(31) Assassination, 21(20) CombatKey Talents: Malice, Lethality, Cold Blood, Seal Fate, Imp. Backstab, Dagger SpecializationGood Inclusions: Imp. Gouge, Imp. Sinister Strike, Ruthlessness, Relentless Strikes, Imp. KidneyShot, Vigor, Blade Flurry, Lightning Reflexes, Deflection, Riposte, PrecisionDescription: This is similar to the Assassination Dagger Build, except it drops Subtlety entirely,and instead gets the Dagger Specialization for more chance to crit. It also picks up a few otherCombat talents to help survive when outnumbered or overmatched.Assassination/Subtlety Split Dagger Build

Breakdown: 21(22) Assassination, 22(21) Subtlety, 8 CombatKey Talents: Imp. Backstab, Cold Blood, Preparation

Good Inclusions: Imp. Gouge, Imp. Sinister Strike, Ruthlessness, Relentless Strikes, Opportunity,Imp. Ambush, Intiative, Camouflage, Imp. Sap

Description: This is another Backstab dagger build, but instead of getting the CP generation boostof Seal Fate, it opts to get Preparation. Generally the decision to get Preparation is more of a PvPone.

Heavy Combat Sword/Mace Build

Breakdown: 31+ Combat, rest in a combination of Assassination/SubtletyKey Talents: Imp. Sinister Strike, Mace or Sword Spec, Blade Flurry, Adrenaline RushGood Inclusions: Lightning Reflexes, Precision, Deflection, Dual Wield Spec, Aggression, Malice,Lethality, Ruthlessness, Relentless Strikes, Master of Deception, CamouflageDescription: This build tends to have much more "even" damage than an Assassination build.Your individual hits are not as high as an Assassination dagger build, but the DPS still can beroughly the same. A distinct advantage of this build is that Sinister Strike does not require you tobe behind an enemy, so you can spam it all the time. Also, because of the lower energy cost ofSinister Strike, you can generate Combo Points at a fairly effective rate.

Subtlety/DoT Build

Breakdown: 31+ Subtlety, rest in a combination of Combat/AssassinationKey Talents: Premeditation, Preparation, Hemmorhage, Imp. Rupture, OpportunityGood Inclusions: Master of Deception, Camouflage, Imp. Sap, Imp. Cheap Shot, Ghostly Strike,Setup, Imp. Slice and Dice, Imp. Garrote, Imp. Sinister StrikeDescription: This is probably the least common of the builds listed. It involves using Garrote,Rupture, and Hemmorhage to literally bleed your target to death. This can work well if playedproperly, but is a difficult style to figure, and in some cases lags a little behind a build whichconcentrates more on Assassination or Combat. Also, Setup is not really that great of a combopoint generator.

Q: What does the Master of Deception do?

A: It adds 3 points to your subtlety skill per point spent in the talent. So, at 5/5, you are effectivelyconsidered 3 levels higher for stealth checks.

Q: Is Imp. Sap required to be viable in high-end instances?

A: No. There are no talents we have that are absolute requirements for you to be an effectiveRogue in high-end instances. While yes, Imp. Sap is a nice talent, you still are desired as DPS ina group if you don't have it. Plus, not having the talent does not mean you can't sap in aninstance...it is very possible to work out a system with your group so you can sap pull withoutdying. If the talent fits into your build, then by all means pick it up. But, you don't need to makeyour build around it.

Q: Is the Camouflage 15% added onto your stealth speed, or just 15% faster?

A: It is 15% faster. So, level 60 stealth is 70% of normal speed, with no points in Camouflage. At5/5 Camouflage, your stealth is roughly 80% of normal speed...not 85%. The reason for this isotherwise, at level 15 you would have stealth which is as fast as soemone who is level 59.Q: Does Precision affect special attacks?

A: Honestly, I don't know. It hasn't been proven one way or another. If you want to run sometests, go out there and tell me what happens! Smile

Q: Are the crit/dodge/parry percents from talents added, or multiplied on?

A: They are added. So, say you have a 15% chance to crit. If you get Malice 5/5, you now have a20% chance to crit. This also means that the 100% crit increase from Cold Blood gives you aguaranteed crit.

Q: Does Hemmorhage stack? How does it work exactly?

A: No, it does not stack. If it did, it would be insanely powerful Smile. As for how it works,bascially think of it as a temporary weapon damage enchantment.

Q: Is Cold Blood a "guaranteed" crit?

A: Yes.

Q: Can your special attack miss when you have Cold Blood active?

A: Yes, it can. In that case the Cold Blood will still get used up Sad.

Q: When you have Blade Flurry up, will your Sinister Strikes hit another target?

A: Yes.

Q: Do Initiative and Seal Fate stack? Meaning, is it possible to get a 3 combo point Ambush?A: Yes.

Q: What stats should I concentrate on raising through my equipment?

A: As a rogue, your most important stat is agility. Agility affects yout chance to crit and yourchance to dodge. It also adds directly to your Attack Power and Armor Class.

As for your second most important stat, there are two schools of thought. The first is that yourStamina should be considered second, as each point in Stamina gives you 10 health points. Theidea here is that more health means you will survive longer.

The other school of thought is that Strength is the second most important stat. Strength directlyadds to your Attack Power. The idea here is that more Strength means you will kill faster.Personally, I follow the Stamina school, but there are some compelling arguments from theStrength school.

As for Spirit and Intelligence, you can basically ignore them entirely.

Q: Where can I get (insert item)?

There are a lot of items in the game, the best way to find where to get them is to ask a fellowplayer who has it, or to run a search on http://www.thottbot.com, which is a fairly large andaccurate database of items, questions, professions, etc. Some folks may feel going on theaforementioned site is a spoiler, so use it at your own discretion.

Q: What daggers can I get from quests?

Though the number of good questable daggers are limited, there are a couple of very nice ones.Alliance players in their mid-30s can get the Black Menace for completing the Scarlet Monestaryquest, which requires you to kill 4 of the bosses there. Horde players in their late 40s can get theHunt Tracker Blade from a quest in Badlands.

Both Horde and Alliance players can quest for the Lifeforce Dirk (early 50s, requires you to go tothe Temple of Atal'Hakkar), and Darrowspike (60, requires you to go to Scholomance).
Q: What is your dream item?

A: I figured I'd have at least one "fun" question Wink.I have two dream items. The first is this epic (purple) dagger:Deathstriker

55 - 101 Damage, Speed 1.70

(45.6 DPS)

Chance on hit: All attacks are guaranteed to land, and will be critical strikes for the next 3seconds.

As if the DPS and damage range wasn't good enough, the proc is just amazing. This is a raredrop from Rend Blackhand in the upper part of the Blackrock Spire instance. But killing him many,many times would definitely be worth it if you got it Razz.

My other dream item is an epic leather chest armor:

Breastplate of Bloodthirst

190 Armor+13 Strength+20 StaminaEquip: Improves your chance to get a critical strike by 2%.

Equip: Improves your chance to dodge an attack by 1%.

Yes, it's something to drool over Smile. It is extremely costly and difficult to get...but if you canacquire the components, it's definitely worth it.

"It is said that only one Breastplate of Bloodthirst has ever been created and that it was made forthe legendary assassin, Garona. Whether this world will ever see another is doubtful."

Q: How do I train poisons?

A: At level 20, Alliance characters train poisons with a quest from the SI-7 operatives in theStormwind Barracks. Horde characters can get this quest by speaking with the rogue trainer inthe Cleft of Shadows in Orgrimmar. Note that in order to complete the quest, you need to havearound 85-90 skill in lockpicking. I would suggest getting it up to 100 before giving the quest awhirl.

Q: Where do I get poison reagents?

A: Almost all of them can be purchased from a Poisons Vendor or "Shady Dealer." However, forblinding powder (which is not really a poison, but requires poison skill to make), you will need theherb fadeleaf.

Q: What are fadeleaf and swiftthistle, and where do I get them?

A: These are both herbs. If you have herbalism, you can gather them in the world. Gatheringfadeleaf requires 160 skill in herbalism, and swiftthisle can be acquired from Mageroyal andBriarthorn, which require 50 and 70 herbalism, respectively.

If you don't have herbalism, you will have to get them from another player. Although, there aresome enemies which will randomly drop herbs, but not with enough frequency to really make it alegitimate way to gather them. Note that swiftthistle is used for Thistle Tea, which is an energydrink, not a poison.

Q: What do the various poisons do?

A: Instant Poison - Chance on hit that you deal a certain amount of damage instantly.Crippling Poison - Chance on hit that you reduce your targets movement speed by X amount.Deadly Poison - Chance on hit that you land a DoT(Damage over time) poison on your target.The effect can be stacked up to 5 times.

Mind-Numbing Poison - Chance on hit to poison the target increasing its spell casting timer.Wounding Poison - Chance on hit to reduces all healing effects on target by X amount.

Q: What poisons should I use in PvE/PvP?

A: For solo PvE, I generally like to put Instant Poison on both daggers, as it can provide anoticable boost to your damage (roughly 15% of the total damage you deal to an enemy). When Iam in instances, I will generally put Crippling Poison on both daggers, as enemies running awaycan lead to instant death for you and your group. Sometimes, if I am confident enough in mygroup being able to catch runners, I will put Crippling on one and Instant on the other.For PvP, crippling poison is probably the most popular, as it can be a very useful snare.Depending on your weapons, you may be able to get away with putting it only on one, and puttingeither Instant or Mind-Numbing on the other, depending on the enemy.

I generally do not overwrite poisons I've already applied on a dagger, as the high-level posionscan cost over one gold per stack of 10.

Q: Where do I get the Lockpicking quest?

A: Once you train the ability Lockpicking at level 16, you can get the quest. Alliance characterswill first talk to the SI-7 operatives in the Stormwind Barracks before going to Lakeshire. Hordeplayers can get their quest in the Cleft of Shadows in Orgrimmar. For both of these quests, nearthe chest you need to pick there are practice chests which respawn quickly.

Q: Where do I get the "Thieves' Tools" required for lockpicking?

A: Your local "Shady Dealer" should have them in stock.

Q: Do the Thieves' Tools ever get used up?

A: No. You can pick locks with em for the life of your character Smile.

Q: What are things I can lockpick to gain skill?

A: You can pick practice locks from Engineers, lockboxes, junkboxes, certain chests, and doors inand around certain instances. Note that currently there appears to be a bug where you will neverskillup from picking a lockbox in the "will not be traded" slot of the trade box.

Q: What targets can I pickpocket?

A: Almost all targets which are classifed by the game as "Humanoid" can be pickpocketed. SomeUndead and Dragonkin targets can be pickpocketed, as well, and it is likely there are someexceptions. If the target is invalid, you will be told that the target has no pockets to pick.

Q: What kind of items can I get from pickpocketing?

A: Usually, you'll just get coins, though junkboxes, food, and potions are fairly common, also.Sometimes, you'll get items which can only be pickpocketed, such as junk pocket watches, or the"How to Eat Man" cookbook. And if you're lucky, you might even get a gemstone or jewelry.

Q: Does pickpocketing an enemy take stuff that you would normally loot from the enemy when itis killed?

A: No. The pickpocket loot table is separate from the regular loot table.

Q: Do you have any tips for getting into position for pickpocketing?

A: The most important thing is to approach the target from behind. This will become much easieronce you get the Distract ability.

Q: Can a pickpocket fail?

A: Yes, there is a chance that the pickpocket will be resisted. This chance is based on your levelvs. the level of the enemy. If a pickpocket is resisted, the enemy will aggro you.Q: Can I pickpocket other players?

A: No.

IX. Glossary

Here's a quick breakdown of various terms used in this FAQ, and their definitions.CP - Combo Point

Crit - Critical Hit. These are attacks that do roughly 2x more damage than normal ones

DoT - Damage over Time. These are things like bleeds, which do their damage over a duration

DPS - Damage per Second. For a weapon, this is the average damage of your weapon, dividedby the speed. For a characer talking about their overall DPS, this is how much damage they candeal.

Proc - Process. These are listed on weapons as a "Chance on Hit"

PvE - Player versus Enemy

PvP - Player versus Player

Spec - Specialization

SS - Sinister Strike

Twinking Guide for Rogues

2007-06-12T10:18:00.000-07:00

Best race: Gnome, Undead
GEAR
Head: Lucky Fishing Hat (+100hp/+8agil/+12dodge)
Neck: Honored wsg neck
Shoulders: Talbar Mantle
Back: Sentry Cloak (+3agil/+12dodge)
Chest: Blackened Defias Armor (+100hp/+4all stats)/Tunic of Westfall (+100hp/+4all stats)
Wrist: Forest Leather Bracers (+9stam)/Wrangler's Wristbands of the Monkey(+9stam)
Hands: Scouting Gloves of the Monkey (+15agil)/Red Whelp Gloves (+15agil)
Waist: Deviate Scale Belt
Legs: Leggings of the Fang (+100hp/+8agil/+12dodge)
Feet: Feet of the Lynx (Minor Speed Increase)/Trailblazer Boots (Minor Speed Increase)/Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots (Boar's Speed/Cat's Swiftness) <-----Both of those are new enchants. Check Thottbot if you do not know what they do!
Ring #1: Seal of Wrynn/Seal of Sylvanas
Ring #2:Meadow Ring of Eluding(recently upgraded)/wsg ring/meadow ring of agility/blood ring
Trinket #1: Insignia of the Horde/Insignia of the Alliance/Minor Recombobulator
Trinket #2: Arena Grand Master/Minor Recombobulator
Main Hand: Shadowfang (Lifestealing/Crusader/+15agil)/AssassinÂ’s Blade (Lifestealing/Crusader/+15agil)
Off Hand: AssassinÂ’s Blade (Lifestealing/Crusader/+15agil)/Cruel Barb (Lifestealing/Crusader/+15agil)
Ranged: Venomstrike/Hand of Argus Crossfire

Rogue Leveling 1-20

2007-06-12T10:17:00.000-07:00

Race played = Troll
Level obtained = 20
Armor = cloth, leather(use leather when you have a choice)
Weapon of choice = Dagger until lvl 10, then Duel Wield Daggers
Leveling Difficulty = Medium
NOTE: the cost to buy each skill is listed next to its name. The Rouge Leveling 1-15

So you heed the calling of playing the Rogue class. For you DAOC vets this rogue is quite a bit different from the ones used in that MMORPG. The first thing you want to do is open your inventory and right click on the scroll, or other object that will open the quest window on the left side of the screen and give you your first quest, accept the quest and if you look on your minimap you should see a little yellow dot this dot represents the NPC that you talk too to complete your first quest.(You may have to walk a little ways, but just starting off the quest NPC is usually very close to your starting location) For future reference anytime you see a little yellow dot on your minimap this is the location of an NPC that you have completed a quest for. When you get to level 5 you may take a trade skill, which may also show you little yellow dots on the minimap, these will either represent a 'mine node' (if you have the skill 'mining')that can be mined or a 'herb plant'(if you have the skill 'herbalism') that can be harvested. Some notes of interest on playing as a Rouge: You have an 'energy bar' this starts at a value of '100 energy' when you use a 'combat move' this reduces your energy by the amount mentioned in the skill description, if you do not have enough energy to perform the 'combat move' then you will not be able to execute that 'combat move', however you will always be able to do your normal combat melee swings. Certain combat moves 'award combo points' the most combo points you may save up is 5, when doing a 'finishing move' this uses all of your combo points to execute the finishing combat move, obviously the more points you have saved up the more powerful the finishing combat move will be. If you switch targets in mid-combat you will LOSE all the combo points saved up. There is an assassination talent that will permanently raise your cap of 100 energy to a cap of 110 energy.(This might not sound like a big deal now, but trust me it is) Energy is replenished automatically in mid combat at a half decent pace. As a Rouge you should NEVER buy anything to drink, and sell all the drinkable items you find.(Unless the drinkable item has a status effect(s) that your Rogue desires) Rouges do not need drinks as they have no mana...

Leveling 1-4

The skills available to you from 1-4 are:

Eviscerate Level 1(free)
Cost = 35 Energy ----- Range = Melee ----- Must have melee wep equipped
Finishing Move
Finishing move that causes damage per combo point:
1 point: 8-12 damage.
2 points: 14-18 damage.
3 points: 20-24 damage.
4 points: 26-30 damage.
5 points: 32-36 damage.

Stealth Level 1(10 copper)
Cost = 0 ----- Casting time = Instant ----- Cooldown = 10 secs.
Stealth's the Rouge, reduces movement speed to 50% of normal, lasts until canceled by clicking on the 'Stealth button' or Rouge attacks.(With the use of talents, a few skills will instantly restealth the rogue after using specific combat moves)

Sinister Strike Level 1(free)
Cost = 45 Energy ----- Range = melee ----- Must have melee wep equipped.
A melee attack that adds 3 damage points to your normal weapon damage. Awards 1 combo point.

The rogue class does not use any magic and has no 'buffs'(but will be able to use poisons at higher levels) The Rogue is kind of like a warrior in the aspect of it being a pure melee class.(The Rouge and Warrior are the only 2 classes in WOW that are melee only, although both the Rogue and Warrior can used ranged weps such as bows, guns, and throwing knives, these items are for pulling only and will result in VERY small damage to the target) A little know fact about Rogues is that you may start using thrown weps at level 1, although they are too expensive to buy at level 1, they should be bought as soon as possible as you don't want to run up to an aggressive mob in the middle of other aggressive mobs and 'body pull' it, instead you would wait for one of the mobs to wander away from the rest and chuck a knife at him. As a personal note you may use bows and guns as a Rouge(with training) but to me this is silly as the damage you would cause would be meaningless, although you may want one later for the eye candy of carrying one around or for some other amusing reason. I am strictly a 'play for blood' peep, another words you give me a dress and high heels and if they are better then the equipment I am wearing I will wear them, to me it only matters who is laying dead on the ground, and if it means I wear a dress for teh win then so be it. Also knives fit into your ranged attack ammo slot very nicely even if you are carrying 200 of them :)
For combat at these low levels simply target a mob by left clicking it and click on your weapon in the far left slot of your hotbar, or if you want to do things the easy way just right click a mob to enter combat mode with it. For these levels you would use the combat move 'Sinister Strike', Keep using this move as often as you have enough energy for, if you look at the top of your screen you will see 'combo' points being built up on your target when you get the mob to about 30-40% of its hit points wait until you have enough energy then click on the 'Eviscerate' skill to finish the mob off. If the Eviscerate skill is not on your hotbar open up your abilities window and left click it, and drag it to your hotbar. By the way stealth is not free as you must pay your trainer 10 copper to obtain that skill. You may watch your hotbar and can tell when you are in range of one of your skills when the color of the number in your hotbar turns from red to white, although melee range is pretty obvious as the mob will be right in front of you, when you get your first set of throwing knives this will help you out greatly by letting you know you are in range to throw a knife. Also, later on when you start to face 'caster' mobs or 'bow mobs' remember they will easily out-damage and kill you before your daggers kill them, so for 'casters' and 'bow peeps' you must close the distance to melee before beginning combat.(That is what stealth and backstab are for:)

Leveling 4-6

At level 4 you may buy the following skills:

Backstab Level 1(50 copper)
Cost = 60 Energy - Range = melee - Must have Dagger in main hand equipped.
Backstab the target, hitting for 150% weapon damage plus 15. Must be behind the target.(DOES NOT require Stealth) Awards 1 combo point.

Pick Pocket Level 1(50 copper)
Cost = 0 ----- Range = melee
Attempt to steal from the target, must be stealthed.

Now we have a new skill here 'Backstab' In my opinion you should still body pull or pull with a thrown knife as a mob is never going to let you walk right up to it and backstab it, yes you can stealth and do this, but at this low of a level it is far better to wait until you get 'Gouge' at level 6 to use this effectively. As far as pick pocket goes I only used this once or twice as I would rather spend my time leveling here so I can steal from the much higher level mobs that have much more loot to take :) Continue on to level 6, at level 6 you will most likely leave the 'noob' town and make your way to another town to get new quests and higher level mobs. Up to now when you see a mob it was most likely yellow which means that these will not attack you if you get too close, however if see a mob that is red then this mob will attack you if you get to close, this is commonly called 'agro'. At this level it is probably a good idea to keep an eye open for a second dagger because at level 10 you will get the skill 'Duel Wield' so always keep 1 extra melee dagger in your inventory. When choosing what wep to keep and which wep to sell always judge a wep by its D.P.S.(Damage Per Second), however keep in mind that you do not want a dagger that is 'slow' although I have not seen a 'slow' dagger from lvls1-20. Another thing about pick pocket, no you cannot use it to steal from player characters and the 'pool' that you steal from is separate form the 'pool' that the mob drops when it is killed, so feel free to pick pocket and a mob and then kill it and get even more loot.

Leveling 6-8

At level 6 you may buy the following skills:

Gouge Level 1(1 silver)
Cost = 45 Energy ----- Cooldown = 10 secs. ----- Range = melee ----- Must have melee wep equipped.
Deals 10 damage to the target, stuns the target for 4 seconds and exits you from combat mode. Target must be facing you. If the target takes any damage, it will be pulled out of the 'stunned status' Awards 1 combo point.

Sinister Strike Level 2(1 silver)
Cost = 45 Energy ----- Range = Melee ----- Must have melee wep equipped.
A melee attack that adds 6 damage points to your normal weapon damage. Awards 1 combo point.

The Gouge skill and how it works: You may use this skill anytime you are face to face with a mob(cannot do it from the back or side) and you have enough energy to use it. After it hits you will see the little 'stunned effect' above the mobs head, also notice that you are not attacking the mob as this would pull it out of the stunned state. As soon as it is stunned, walk straight through the mob and turn around and click on the backstab skill, after you do this, normal melee combat will continue. You can use this skill as a 'run away' skill simply Gouge it and run, you have 4 seconds before the mob will chase you. Also notice that this skill does not say 'stuns the target for UP TO 4 secs', anotherwords the stunned mob will not become unstunned in less then 4 secs unless damage is caused to the mob. The only problem with this skill is, there are plenty of times I whacked on a mob maybe using a Sinister Strike or 2 and then Gouged it, walked straight through it, turned around and waited... I did not have enough energy to execute the backstab, the 4 secs ran out and the mob started whacking on me again. Notice that the Gouge skill has a 10 sec cooldown this is so you do not endlessly gouge the target, waiting for your energy to build up, remember earlier I said how important that extra 10 energy is, that the talent grants you if you take it? At this level a typical combat would be: Gouge, walk behind, turn around and backstab, Sinister strike, wait for gouge timer to cooldown, gouge, walk behind, turn around and backstab, eviscerate for the kill(if the mob is still alive at this point you are in trouble...) If your dagger is not at your level or the mob is a level or 2 above you, pull it with a thrown knife.(I can usually throw 2 knives at a mob before it can get close enough to me that I must melee it, although to accomplish this you must pull at the max range of your thrown knives) By now you should be pretty familiar with the quest system as well as knowing what level mobs you can handle. It has been my playing experience that you should only kill mobs your level or 1-2 levels higher as anything else is going to cause a you either allot of down time or a possible death, and you will find that the exp is not worth it at all, after you figure in the risk and the downtime needed to recover from the health lost. Also if you are going to take any trade skills get them now, even if you have to take some time to walk to your nearest capitol,(which is pretty close to you now, regardless which race you have chosen) You can get your 2 main tradeskills at lvl 5.

Leveling 8-10

At level 8 you may buy the following skills:

Eviscerate Level 2(2 silver)
Cost = 35 Energy ----- Range = melee ----- Must have melee wep equipped.
Finishing Move
Finishing move that causes damage per combo point:
1 point: 16-24 damage.
2 points: 29-37 damage.
3 points: 42-50 damage.
4 points: 53-63 damage.
5 points: 68-76 damage.

Evasion Level 1(2 silver)
Cost = 0 ----- Cooldown = 5 min.
Increases dodge chance by 50%, lasts 15 secs.

The new skill here 'Evasion Level 1' is an emergency skill that dramatically raises your dodge chance for 15 seconds. Level 9 will be your most difficult level yet as you get your 'Duel Wield' skill at 10, although not actually doubling your damage it does help greatly. By now you should have visited your capitol or have a quest that leads you to your capitol for your race. As a side note you cannot sell conjured food or water, yes I already tried... At level 10-11 you will most likely leave the level 5-10 'area' and be sent on a quest to visit a new location, this is also the level at which you may be introduced to your first 'elite' quest. Elite quests are not meant to be done solo and no you cannot solo an 'elite' mob that is your same level in most cases. I believe Bliz did this to encourage 'grouping' after level 10 if you so desire. You can easily tell an 'elite' mob from a normal mob by the word 'elite' in the mobs name or the wreath around the mobs pic when you left click it. You can safely left click a mob to get info however if you right click it then you enter combat mode with that mob.

Leveling 10-12

At level 10 you may buy the following skills:

Sprint Level 1(3 silver)
Cost = 0 ----- Cooldown = 5 min.
Raises movement speed for 15 seconds.

Sap Level 1(3 silver)
Cost = 65 Energy ----- Range = melee - Must have melee wep equipped ----- Must be Stealthed.
Stuns the target for 25 seconds. Only works on Humanoids that are not in combat. If target takes any damage it will come out of the stunned status. You may only 'Sap' 1 target at a time.

Slice And Dice Level 1(3 silver)
Cost = 25 Energy
Finishing Move
Finishing move, Raises melee attack speed by 20%. Time 'hastened' depends on amount of combo points used.
1 point: 9 seconds
2 points: 12 seconds
3 points: 15 seconds
4 points: 18 seconds
5 points: 21 seconds

Duel Wield(3 silver)
Cost = 0 ----- This is a passive skill
Allows the Rouge to equip 2 weapons(see my descript below)

At level 10 its a whole new ball game for the Rouge class. The new Sprint skill lets you quickly run away when things turn ugly, in Open Beta though, I did notice that if you use the sprint skill and have a stun or slow effect put on you, the effect overrides the Sprint ability, I disagree with this, but I am not a Bliz Dev. The Dual Wield skill allows you to wield a '1 handed wep' in your main hand and an 'Off hand ' wep in your off hand, you CANNOT wield a 'main hand' wep in your off hand, even if it is a '1 Handed' wep.(The item will say in the descript if it is a 'Main Hand' or 'Off Hand' wep, if for some reason it does not, simply try to put it in your off hand, if it wont go, then it is not an 'Off Hand' wep. The Dual Wield skill DOES NOT give you full damage from the wep in your off hand, however it does give you considerable additional damage. The Slice and Dice skill increases your combat speed(not running or movement speed), I did use this once or twice but my playing style prefers the Eviscerate as a far better skill to spend my built up combo points on. And I saved the best for last... the Sap skill, although this has limited uses in PvE,(are you really going to come upon 2 mobs and Sap one while you combat the other knowing that in 25 seconds you will be forced to fight the second mob with less hit points and energy? - I solo mostly, so in a group, I guess this skill would be invaluable) but in PvP this skill is deadly, no it does not cause any damage, but how would you like it if you got hit with Sap, which is basically giving you a 'time-out' in the corner, while your friends and buddies are getting whacked on? The only thing worse then dieing in PvP is to be forced to sit there and watch your friends dieing, while you are helpless.(In PvP always Sap or kill the Priest first, but of course you already knew this...) By now you should understand the basics of playing a Rouge, and at the capitol city you should also find your 'bank' as this has numerous 'slots' to store your items, before storing items see if you can 'stack' them by dragging one item over the top of another items of the same type. Stackable items include: potions, food, water, crafting materials, and crafting supplies. Also depending on which type of server you are playing on PvP or PvE you may start to see enemies from the other 'realm.' From level 10-20 the basics of the game and the mobs start to take you out of the 'noobness' and into the full game, expect to fight 'caster' mobs, 'bow and arrow' mobs and mobs that will give you poison, stuns, or other negative status effects. You may also want to open your 'social' window and flag yourself as 'looking for a group' if that is a style of play that you desire.(You also may choose to pick a talent here, see the bottom of this post for a link to a list of the talents available.)

Leveling 12-14

At level 12 you may buy the following skills:

Backstab Level 2(8 silver)
Cost = 60 Energy ----- Range = melee ----- Must have a Dagger in main hand equipped.
Backstab the target, hitting for 150% weapon damage plus 30. Must be behind the target.(DOES NOT require Stealth) Awards 1 combo point.

Kick Level 1(8 silver)
Cost = 25 Energy ----- Cooldown = 10 secs ----- Range = melee ----- NOTE: this is an INSTANT ability.
Kick for 15 damage and interrupt a spell being cast for 6 secs.

I forgot to mention this earlier but unlike the 'caster' skills, the Rogue does not have to replace most skills as this is done automatically since the said skills always cost the same amount of energy to use. The new 'Kick' skill is totally awesome against casters, whenever you are fighting casters NEVER(regardless of the circumstances) let your energy fall below 25.(Unless Kick is in a cooldown mode, which kind of ruins NEVER I guess) In Open Beta you would not believe how many times I almost had the mob dead and !WHAM! it casts heal on itself... Kick will interrupt ANY spell currently being cast. So you are here now, if you are on the horde side and you are a Tauren, Orc or troll you should be at the crossroads(that's a town), if you are Undead then you should be at the sepulcher. Here you will start to find that you are not in the lobie noob zones anymore. The majority of the mobs are aggressive(red con) and if you pull them and they have buddies nearby they will come also. You will also find mobs that 'call' other mobs if they get hurt and are close to death, so if there are other mobs close by that are of the same type do not be surprised if they agro you when you have the mob you are working on almost dead. The best way to see this is to mouse over your chat window, go to the tab that says 'combat' left click and hold and drag it to the right side of your screen to separate it from the chat window, now you can review all the damage and other combat related actions taken by you and the mob you were in combat with, as well as seeing any new chat messages in the chat window. At this level you really need to be paying full attention to your surroundings. If you are Undead and hanging around the sepulcher. Doing quests you may run into a unique mob named 'son of aragul' this mob will agro you from far away, and will kill you in one to 2 hits, if you see him run, do not investigate unless you need a free trip to the graveyard... If you are Orc, troll or Tauren stay away from the 'dinosaur looking' lizards south of the crossroads as they are melee and casters, and will zap you with lightning damage. Needless to say, now is a good time to get in a group. Also at the crossroads I am 99.9% sure you will experience your first PvP encounter... If you are Undead and want to go to the crossroads simply go to the 'airport' a little north of the Undercity, look up and you might see one of the airships flying in to dock. Climb the stairs to the tower and take the 'west' airship this will take you right outside of Orgrimar the Orc main city, after you get off the city id to the west about a 1 minute run. The trip in Open Beta was free, as you just walk onto the airship. Do not take the 'east' airship as this takes you down close to Booty Bay and trust me you are not ready for that yet...

Leveling 14-15

At level 14 you may buy the following skills:

Expose Armor Level 1(12 silver)
Cost = 25 Energy ----- Range = melee ----- Must have melee wep equipped.
Finishing Move.
Finishing move that removes a chunk of armor from the target for 30 secs. Removes more armor for each point built up.
1 Point : 25 Armor
2 points: 50 Armor
3 points: 75 Armor
4 points: 100 Armor
5 points: 125 Armor

Garrote Level 1(12 silver)
Cost = 50 Energy ----- Range = melee ----- Must be Stealthed ----- Must be behind target.
Garrotes the target for 108 damage over 18 secs.(DOT Damage Over Time) Adds 1 combo point.

Sinister Strike Level 3(12 silver)
Cost = 45 Energy ----- Range = melee ----- Must have Melee wep equipped.
A melee attack that adds 10 damage points to your normal wep damage. Award 1 combo point.

Up until now you will notice that I have always said, 'Must have melee wep equipped' and 'Must have Dagger equipped' This is because a Rogue may use other weps to Dual Wield such as swords, you may notice that the skill 'Backstab' says 'Must have Dagger equipped' This was, as I understand it, subject to change as in the Open Beta I do not remember the actual skill saying this, however this was still the 'official' description from Bliz.(maybe this was changed in the last 2 patches in the last week of the Open Beta) So when you first get the skill 'Backstab' check the actual in game descript, and if it does not say 'Must have Dagger equipped' then you can use this skill with other weps, such as swords. At level 18 you will be able to buy a skill called 'Ambush' which does 250% wep damage plus 50 and awards a combo point!!! I am 100% sure that you must have Daggers equipped for this skill, as well as being stealthed and behind a target mob. Pretty soon you will be heading to your second set of 'elite quests', so hopefully by now you have met quite a few players and already have some friends you can do the quests with. As you do your quests remember that the top most quest in your quest list under an area is the easiest one to complete, so in most cases you should do these quests first. As a general side note, the 'Rogue' class is a difficult one to play and you may be better off playing a less difficult character class before attempting to master this end game awesome PvP class...

Level 19 Rogue Twink Guide

2007-06-12T10:06:00.000-07:00

I now own a 100% officialy completed twink rogue on Tarren Mill. I thought id make a rogue twink guide to see what everyone thinks of it.

The equipment and tactics that i use with my character may not adhere to what you think is the best but basically you are wrong lol.

My latest twink is the 3rd rogue twink that i have made, i have perfected his equipment (no expense spared) and have gained approximately 6 months of BG experience with it.

Equipment:

Head - Lucky Fishing Hat (with +100hp libram enchant)
To get this headpiece you must have 125 fishing skill, and 150 engineering if you want to make your own Aquadynamic Fish Attractor to increase your fishing by 100. Every sunday from 14:00-16:00 game time there is a fishing tournament in stranglethorn vale, during this time you can fish in sparkling pools all accross the coast of STV. You are trying to catch a lucky fish called Keefer's Angelfish, hand this in to Fishbot 5000 to receive a the hat.

Neck - Sentinal's Medallion
To get this item you must be honoured with Silverwing Sentinals, you do this by getting flag captures and winning WSG. When you are honoured travel to the alliance entrance to WSG in ashenvale. You can buy this item there.

Shoulders - Talbar Mantle
This is most probably one of the lesser know twink items, you get it by killing all bosses in Wailing Caverns and then doing the quest line the druid gives you at the entrance. I recomend the extra 30 health over the extra 40 armor.

Back - Sentry Cloak (with +70 armor)
This item is a world drop and can be bought from the Auction House.

Chest - Blackened Defias Armor (with +100hp enchant)
This is a rare drop from Van Cleef , the last boss in Deadmines.

Shirt - ???
Any shirt can be worn if you desire, there are no stats it is only for decoration, i advise a black shirt to go with the chest armor.

Tabard - ???
Any tabard is worthy, i personaly use my guild tabarb but privates tabard is just as good. Again, there are no stats.

Wrist - Forest Leather Bracers (with +9 stamina enchant)
This is a drop from low lvl areas and is the most widely used twink bracers, do not be put of because they are green, with the enchant they are the best you can get.

Hands - Scouting Gloves of the Monkey (with +15 agi enchant)
These are the best twink gloves bacuse of the 4/4 stats on them, some may argue that the 'Red Whelp Gloves' are better because they have a 20 dmg procc on them, hey are wrong because they have no stats and are therefore a risky item.

Legs: Leggings of the Fang (with +100hp libram enchant)
These legs are a rare drop from a boss in Wailing Caverns called Lord Cobrahn.

Feet: Feet of the Lynx (with +7 stamina enchant/speed enchant)
This item is a world drop and can be bought from the auction house.

Finger: Seal of Wrynn
This ring is a reward from a long quest line starting with 'The People's Malitia' in westfall keep.

Finger: Protectors Band
To get this item you must be honoured with Silverwing Sentinals, you do this by getting flag captures and winning WSG. When you are honoured travel to the alliance entrance to WSG in ashenvale. You can buy this item there.

Trinket: Insignia of the Alliance
This can be bought from SI7 in stormwind when you are ranked corporal, you get this rank by getting honor from WSG.

Trinket: Arena Grand Master
This is by far the least known and the most difficult twink item to get, you must get 12 'Arena Master' trinkets from the chest in the gurubashi arena. These chests only drop every 3 hours at 00:00, 03:00, 06:00, 09:00, 12:00, 15:00, 18:00, 21:00. There will be ther loot within these chest aswell to boost money. When you have all 12 of these talk to the goblin in the arena and hand in the quest. If you are going to get these chests solo the best times are at 06:00 and 09:00 in the morning. If you cannot get there at these time i would greately advise getting a few lvl 60's to help you.

Main Hand: Shadowfang (with Crusader enchant)
This weapon is by far the best twink weapon, do not listen to people that say that the Cruel Barbs attack power is better than shadowfangs extra 2 dps and 30 dmg procc. This is a drop from SFK from a guard with a rare spawn chance and an even rarer chance of it dropping. I think the drop rate is around 0.01%. It is alot easier to buy from AH or spam the trade channel.

Off Hand: Cruel Barb (with +15 agi enchant)
This is a rare drop from Van Cleef the last boss in Deadmines.

Stealthed Main Hand: Assasin's Blade (with +15 strength)
If you can, i advise downloading the Item Rack addon or creating a macro to equip this weapon when yu are stealthed so that you can ambush players. After you use the attack the addon will change your main hand weapon back to shadowfang. This weapon is a world drop and has an extremely low drop rate, you should therefore keep an eye out in AH and spam the trade channels.

Ranged: Venomstrike / Little Timmy'sl Peashooter (with +3 scope)
Venomstrike is a bow with 9dps and a 30+ dmg procc, it used to be 11dps with no procc but it got nerfed in patch 1.12. Little timmy's peashooter still has the 11dp with no procc, either of these weapons is a good choice, i use the venomstrik out of habbit which crits at around 180 dmg and can do 80 dmg with procc crit. This is an extremely usefull tool for if you are too far behind a runner or if you have been stunned to one place. It is a good feeling when you fight another rogue twink and they sprint off because they know they will lose, then you crit hit them with your bow and they die.

Ammo: Feathered Arrows / Sharp Arrows
Sharp arrows are a simple ammo for your lvl and add an extra 2dps to your weapon. They can be bought from any bowyer vendor. Feathered arrows however are not so simple, they are a reward from a quest in desolace. From this reward you can receive either feathered arrows for your bow or exploding shots for a gun like lil timmy's peashooter. Both of these sets of ammo add 9 dps to your weapon. The quest is lvl 30 and will not be able to be done by your twink, luckily these have no required lvl and are not BOP, they can be sent to your twink by mail or over the trade channel. They can also be sold in AH. The problem with these 2 set of ammo is the reward only gives out 200 and the quest in unique. Therefore you can only do it once with your main, if you want more arrows you will have to get help.

Equipment Enchants:
I will take a brief moment to explain my choices of enchant on both equipment and weapons. As you can see i have many stamina enchants and only a few agility. This is because my way of fighting in BG is to attack groups of 2-5 MOB's at once, therefore needing alot of hp to outlast them. If a rogue is primarily agility based then he will hit larger damage but will die extremely fast and may only be able to take on 3 MOB's. Saying this, you must even them out a reasonable bit that is why you should use agility on offhand weapon and gloves. The ibram enchants are quite hard to come by and both +100hp and +8 agility are reasonable.

Now for my favorite bit.....

Weapon Enchants!
Many would say that duel agility is the better setup for max dmg, this is perfect for when fighting fewer mobs, not great for fighting many. Using duel lifestealing is reasonable aswell but you will lack high end damage and the procc on lifestealing is only 30 hp, when your twink has over 1300 like mine does, 30hp is measley. Lifestealing and agility is a reasonable setup aswell and is very popular, however it still has lesser damage and a measley procc, but it is better than duel lifestealing or duel agility.
+5 damage is a waste of matts, ill leave it at that. Fiery weapon and icy chill are enchants for poor twinks that cant afford the higher end enchants. Now we come to a part which confuses most people. I have always argued that crusader on main hand is useless, mainly because the 15 sec +100 strength procc is wasted because a twinks fight only usualy lasts 2 seconds. However because of the setup of my twink and the fact that i do always fight approx 4 MOB's at a time, the 15 sec procc comes in usefull. This enchant is better than lifestealing because it heals 75-125 instead of 30, and the 100 strength far outweighs the +15 agility extra damage. However, you must take into account the times when crusader does not procc and the loss of damage done if you used duel crusader with no procc. I have come to the conclusion that crusader on main hand (proccs alot when used with sinister strike) and agility off hand is the way to go. Alot of high end twinks at lvl 60 use this setup and it has prooven extremely effective.

Talent Setup:
As you know at lvl 19 you only get 10 talent points to play with, i will say a little about each type of setup you might like.

Max Combat dps:
2/2 Improved Sinister Strike
3/3 Improved Backstab
5/5 Malice (Crit chance)

Multiple MOB's:
2/2 Improved Sinister Strike
3/3 Improved Gauge
5/5 Lightning Reflexes

Instant Max Damage:
3/3 Improved Backstab
2/2 Malice (Crit chance)
5/5 Opportunity

My Personal Hybrid:
2/2 Improved Sinister Strike
3/3 Improved Gauge
5/5 Opportunity

Extra Items:

Dynamite: Can be used as an initial attack if you are a sword rogue and have no stealth specific attacks.

Bombs: Used specificaly to stop flag runners or in the case of a rogue if they are rooted or frozen to the spot and cannot move, it is usefull so that u can stun the enemy for a few seconds while the stun used on you wears off.

Bandages: All good twinks will have a huge supply of heavy runecloth bandages because they can heal evern the best twinks hp in around 5-6 seconds. You should also consider having these set up with a macro so that with a press of a button you are automaticaly being healed.

Healing Potions: The best potions for our lvl will heal around 300 hp, they are quite helpful when you have only 1-2 MOB's left to kill and you are running low on hp.

Minor Recombobulator: Used to remove a polymorph effect from a friendly target, i.e if you see another twink that is sheeped and they cannot use thier insignia you use this item to help them out.

Swiftness Potions: By far the most usefull potion for twinks, it takes a bit of experience to know when to use them. Do not use them lightly because they cost a good 50s to make. If you are being attacked by hunters / warriors / shamans who of which all have slowing abilities, i personaly think that if they have a good hold on you and that they are any good that you will most probably just need to die. However if you feel you need to escape (you are carrying the flag) or you realy dont want to die, use the pot just before the stuns wear off so that u get a good few yards away before they have a chance to slow you again. I would also advise puting evasion on for this aswell because with the new patch with evasion you gain 50% dodge chance against ranged atacks aswell.

Thistle Tea: This item isn't that important at lvl 19 but has its uses, some of which i will go into detail about later in the tactics and combos section.

Sharpening Stones: At lvl 140 blacksmithing you can make Heavy Sharpening Stones extremely easily, when used on your weapons they add +4 dmg to every hit you do. They can be used on all of your weapons and lasts 30 mins.

Insignia of the Alliance: You must have a quick link to this on your screen, used mostly to rid yourself of fear, should not be used to get out of sheep if possible because sheepactualy heals you and can be ironicaly useful sometimes

Magic Dust: Use on an enemy to send to sleep for 30 sec...dmg breaks this effect.

Potions and elixir: These include elixir of minor fortitude, agility, strength and maybe a trolls blood potion.

Food: Food that adds 6 stamina and spirit when well fed should be used such as curiously tasty omelete.

Rumsey Rum Black Label: My favorite pot, its a drink that increases your stamina by 15 (150 hp), it can be stacked with minor fortitude and the food.

Buffs
After you queue up for a BG it's a good idea to go to the trade part of the city that you are in, try to search for a high lvl priest and ask for +20 stamina....if they are good they will have the improved spell which gives 26 stamina instead. Also search for a lvl 30ish+ druid to give you MOTW rank 3 which has +4 to all attributes and some +armor. When you enter the BG look for palas and locks, from palas you want an armor buff, blessing of might (attack power) and from locks you want to be in thier group so that you receive the blood pact buff. You may want some magic resistance buffs but that is a judgement call for you. These buffs are lost after death so make sure you arent the main target of fire.

Macros and Addons:

Item Rack: This programme allows you to create item sets and equip them at a touch of a button. I personally use this to change my main hand weapon (Shadowfang) to (assasin's blade dagger) when i stealth, this allows me to do an ambush. This programme will re-equip shadowfang after you break stalth. I also use this programme to change my boots from feet of the lynx with a +7 stamina enchant, to my fet of the lynx with a minor speed increase. I use 2 seperate keys to do this.

BGSwitch: This addon when activated allows you to roam other screens on your computer while you are queued for a BG. When you are called up for a BG the addon switches your screen to WoW for you to accept the invite.

EnergyWatch: This has contantly repeating ar that shows you when your energy bar is going to tick over.

StunWatch: This programme shows the duration of all stuns on you or your targeted enemy, including previously targeted enemies i.e (when you sap someone a bar comes up to show duration while you kill other mobs).

SpellAlert: This programme gives a warning in the middle of the screen when spells are being cast against you.

Tactics
Depending on what attitude you have toward BG you will play different ways. If you want a quick win then i would advise leaving the main group at mid-field and you stealthing up to thier flag, hopefully there will be no MOB's there. Firstly let your team know which way you will be taking the flag so that they can support you while you are running. If you want to farm honor kills i advise keeping all your best players under thier GY and keeping the healers a few paces behind. If the horde stand off and stay at thier GY, send 2 good players to sneak up them from behind. This will force most of them to jump down where you can begin to farm.

FYI a rogue is primarily a malee class, so you must try to be as close to your enemy as possible. In the case of a hunter getting a shot off first and slowing you, your best bet is to kill his pet ASAP, this will usualy distract him and cause him to stop attacking and run, which is where you own him. If however the hunter knows what he is doing and continues to shoot at you, try to use a sprint inbetween his stuns to reach him and kill him quick. Evasion is also useful here. Only use your bow as a last resort because the time it takes for you to get off a shaot, you leave yourself open for atack, and greately reduces the chance of you ever catching up with him.

In the case of being attacked by a mage, you should run asap to them and attack, firstly you should gauge them bacause it will be a mages automatic reaction to freeze you to the floor and get range from you. Kill these as soon as you can. If sheeped, enjoy it, whatch as your hp bar sails up and then when it wears off....see his sail in the opposite direction

Druids are reasonably easy to kill, just kick or gauge them if they look they are casting a heal or roots. If you become rooted before getting into melee combat there isnt alot you can do apart from attacking a different MOB that is in the area. You could try shooting the druid with arrows but he will probably just change to bear form anyway.

Warlocks can be very tiresome when they fear you, forget the pet, go straight for the enemy and gauge them to stop them casting. If you see them casting a shadow speel that required a charge, kick/gauge your !@#$%^&* off. They can make life very difficult for you if you are feared and your insignia is on cooldown.

Priests are a main prority when fighting multiple MOB's, same strategy as with a lock, gauge/kick to stop casting and just get them down. Keep attacking through the shields because they will break easily under a rogue twinks attacks.

Shamans are very annoying, they will set an earthbind totem and run from you mostly...just try to escape totem range before it proccs and kill that annoying sodd!

Warriors can be a problem because they do not die as quickly as other classes. I advise killing a healer if they have one then killing the warrior obviously. They will hamstring you if they know what they are doing so just keep jumping around them so that they dont get a big direct hit on you. A good fury (2X 1 handed sword) warrior can be just as good as a rogue and a hell of alot stronger. So your best bet is to not get hit.

When fighting a rogue, your attacks will miss alot more so you must just keep digging away at it, if you are up against another rogue twink you should not use eviscerate, mostly sinister strikes and a gauge if you can get one off. A good tactic is to sprint and evasion and just keep running in circles arround them getting hits as you go.

As a last resort when losing disastrously to only one MOB (very unlikely) you can sprint away or chuck on the arena grand master shield which absorbs 750-1250 dmg. With all my buffs i can get up to 1900hp and with this trinket it gives me 3000hp survivability. This should be more than enough to take on 1 twink and should be enough to take on 2. During a fight you can gauge and heal with a bandage also and use a healing pot aswell.

When fighting multiple MOB's always attack the healers first, then hunters,mages and locks. Leave the malee classes till last because they can be less annoying that the casters, plus if you are going to die you will already have 2-4 kills under your belt.

When running out of the tunnel at th beggining, stealth a little earlier that the others so that you get a look at how the first battle will pan out. Unless you have a healer with you i would advise taking out one of the back casters before even thinking about fighting in the full group, lett the noobs deal with the noobs

OK, say you run into the flag room to pick up the flag and there are MOB's in there. For exaple a warrior, priest and rogue, firstly you use magic dust on the warrior and set evasion and sprint on....gauge the rogue and try to take down the priest ASAP, if the rogue breaks gauge before u kill priest, do....not....swicth you must stay attacking the priest. hen the priest is down kill the rogue and then the warrior.....you may get a chance to heal when the warrior is asleep and all there is is the rogue. However if for some reason all doesnt go to plan and you are left with a rogue and warrior attacking you and you about to die. Chuck on your arena grand master shield and kill them both. This example is one of the harder because you have a range of classes to kill, when the classes are more of the same then this becomes easier.

When you must fight a twink and a noob at once you should gauge or incapacitate the twink ASAP and kill the noob, then kill the twink while healing if needs be.

When fighting 2 twinks always incapacitate one of them, do not try atacking both at once.

In all honesty there could be 4 defenders of the flag and you should still win, sap one, magic dust the other, evasion and sprint kill the others and then take out the incapacitaed using shield if needed.

If you pick up the flag aways talk to your team telling them where to meet you, you should check the map and see where abouts all of you ppl are. If they are near the east side you head for them down the slope, if they are middle you head for the tunnel. However if they are west, the same side as the horde GY, you do not go over thier GY but go down the slope away from your team. This is because the horde will probably be congregating near your team attacking them near thier own GY.

A paladin is very usefull to have protecting a flag runner because of blessing of freedom and heals.

Hiding with Flag:
Horde usualy hide in the same places but i will list them all here:
* Thier roof either behind the obstruction or ontop of th loggs (which still cant reach). On the loggs is anoying because you cant atack, with either melee or range.
* Balcony behind a pillar
* In small room in flag room
* Tucked in wall near the flag post
* Behind a tree on path leading to roof
* On the slope behind a mound or tree
* In thier GY on the sunken part of ground
* Behind the saw
* Behinf the machine looking thing
* Behind the wsg portal
* Behind a box near the wsg portal
* Peak above tunnel

Alli hiding places are limited:
* Roof
* Balcony
* Small room in flag room
* Near flag post by wall
* Gy behind a tent
* Gy under the wsg portal behind a pillar
* Behind bush on way to roof
* Behind the pedestal pillars on way to roof (my fav because it hides the red smoke by the bright light of the shrine).
* Peak above tunnel

Extra Tricks:

When the horde is hiding the flag and u cant find and a team mate has thier flag in your base.....go to the horde flag room and tell your m8 to drop the flag, the horde flag returns leaving the horde open to score. When you see the horde coming to score, you pick up the flag and kil thier carrier....this saves time looking for the carrier, but do not get cocky or they will score before you pick up.

When each faction has each others flag at thier desired base, send a rogue or yourself over to thier base and camp near the flag carrier. Then tell your carrier to spam dropping and picking up flag. This might eventualy bore the horde who will begin to do the same, 'Horde: OH NO THERE WAS AN ALLI ROGUE BY ME WHEN I DROPPED OUR FLAG ' hehe The rogue quickly returns the flag and your team mate scores.

One thing that has hapened to me was the horde had the alli flag and were running into the flag room ready to score, i was stealthed ready to pick up flag befor they score, the horde runs through me, i ambsuh crit him for 547 dmg ( my crit record ) and return the flag You can then pick up thier flag and the tables have turned completely

When running with the flag and a horde s running dirctly for you, head towards him and jump straight through him, as you do this hit the gauge button, this leave the horde incapacitated for a few second and you free to run with one less horde chassing you.

Try to make pre-made raid before you queue for BG, this will make farming rep and HK alot easier and can be fun for a guild event. A rogue and priest make a good team as do,druid and rogue and rogue and rogue.

Proper Leveling-Specced Rogue

2007-06-12T09:31:00.000-07:00

Guide to Rogue-ing Successfully

So you think you can be a rogue?
The first thing to know about a rogue is why they exist. The most important reason is crowd control, and of course, DPS. Rogues can dole out some massive DPS, especially with new rogue talents brought about by the expansion such as Mutilate. At MMOEdge, we will be speccing Mutilate (currently 41/0/10) when we reach 60 because of its grinding/PvE utility and potential for damage, and its more recently discovered ability to dominate in PvP. We can't tell you exactly what or how to build your rogue, but we can inform you of certain builds and their proficiencies, as well as how to play a rogue.

Basics
First, we'll cover the basics of being a rogue even before even discussing race choices so you will know whether you truly want to be a rogue or not. Being a rogue, your most valuable tool is and always will be stealth. Not Sinister Strike, not Backstab, and certainly not Expose Armor (expose armor is not actually a candidate for most valuable, it is an example of the worst of a rogue's skills). The simple truth of being invisible is that, as long as you're invisible, you are essentially invincible. You can still take AoE damage and any damage including DoTs but if nobody has seen you yet, they cannot harm you (with the exception of AoE which will affect you if you are within the range of the character that conjures it). Hunters will only lay a trap after they have seen you (this excludes a hunter who has placed a freezing trap anywhere near a flag or base to protect it). The second most valuable tool a rogue can use is his/her stuns. A stun, by definition, is to deprive of consciousness or strength by or as if by a blow, fall, etc. This means that a stun will knock your opponent 'unconscious' for a short period of time. Some stuns last longer than others. To wit, Gouge lasts 4 sec and 5.5 sec with the Improved Gouge talent; whereas Sap lasts 10 sec on players and 30+ sec on NPCs. Similarly, stuns work differently too. For example, cheap shot and kidney shot can stun a player and still allow that player to take damage, but when a player is stunned with gouge, blind, or sap, any damage applied to that target will break the stun. Using stuns and stealth, a rogue is a potent assassin on and off the battlefield.

Being a rogue is not all sneaking through the night stalking your prey. Rogues do die and not all of them die in the spectacular take-everyone-with-you way they might have tried for. Rogues will also die more often if they are not careful, because rogues can wear only leather armor, which is just a small step up from cloth armor. Finally, rogues can be kited like most other characters so it is of the utmost to keep on your guard more than anyone else you may be facing.

Talent Builds
There are a few talent builds out there for a rogue and all of them have their unique uses on the battlefield. The best for PvE is probably Combat; although, Mutilate has shown quite a bit of promise in this area. The Combat build is oriented to sustainable damage with minor bursts in between (eviscerate). The Combat build is centered around Adrenaline Rush and looks something like 20/31/0. There is also the Preparation build which involves whole stun locks and insane burst damage. It is known as 21/8/22. And finally the Seal Fate build which also involves stun locking is 31/8/12. We recommend daggers for the burst damage specs and swords for the combat one. The Mutilate build is unique so far because of its high concentration of talent points in the assassination tree. It is known as 41/0/10. We recommend dual-wielding high-max-damage daggers for this build.