Rogue – The Shadowy Figure
The Rogue is one of the 10 playable classes in the World of Warcraft. While wielding melee weapons a Rogue can deal massive amounts of damage with special attacks and other moves. Most of the attacks a Rogue can make consume an amount of Energy. An Energy bar which shows the available amount of Energy can be found under the hit point bar of the player. Rogues can have a maximum of 100 Energy if you do not count in the talent points and the Energy recovers in time.
A Rogue can be chosen by Dwarf, Gnome, Night Elf and Human players from the Alliance side and by Troll, Orc, Undead and Blood Elf players of the Horde side. A Rogue is commonly known for his skills to ‘gank’ other players, which basically means killing players of the other factions on either the battlegrounds or in the arena’s or in PvP areas. Because they can stealth they have an advantage over their enemies. Once in stealth a series of attacks becomes available followed by a series of attacks that become available once they are visible. Click here to watch the video: WoW Rogue Guide
The majority of the attacks the Rogues can make award them with combo points. In total you can place five combo points on a target. The combo points have use because the Rogue also has finishing moves that are stronger if more combo points are applied on the target. If in example you have five combo points on your target, your finishing moves will have a lot of effect.
There are some classes that can deal damage and heal or even tank, Rogues however, are a pure DPS class and can’t heal or tank. They are pure damage dealers that can end up high on the damage lists. If you want to be on top of the damage list you should know the class well. You will need to know the ins and outs of the class though, including the talent builds. Probably the most important aspects are the talent trees. Rogues can choose between the Assassination, Combat and Subtlety talent trees. For more information on WoW class guides, read our review: Warcraft Pros Guide
The talent tree that is best for leveling is definitely the Combat talent tree. As a combat specced Rogue you will have an easier time leveling because you will get a decent amount of survivability while you will get several strikes like Ghost Strike that will increase your damage output. You will gain a lot of avoidance which means that you will take less hits, both the hit and crit percentage will increase and your offhand will function better which will make leveling up easier.
The Assassination talent tree is usually preferred by players that have reached the level cap and start doing Dungeons and Heroics. For those of you who like to play PvE it is a great build that especially focuses on the Backstab attack. For those of you who like to play PvE it is a great build that especially focuses on the Backstab attack. In order to perform a Backstab you need to be at the back your enemy and that is why it is not that good when you are playing alone.
If you have an enemy that is turned towards the tank however, you can attack the target from behind and spam your attacks to make amazing amounts of damage. If you like to play PvP you should try out the Subtlety talent tree. With an even greater survivability and great talent trees that allow nice bursts of damage this tree is great for PvP purposes. If you play PvE you want to do more damage over time so Subtlety is less useful there.
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