Greetings! This guide will cover the 19, 29, and the 39 bracket for rogues, and dont worry hasty people, this chunk of text IS devided into chapters which you will se at the bottom of this paragraph, just go down a bit with your eyes...
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------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------- Chapters. 1.1. 19 Rogue. 1.2. Your role in WSG. 1.3. Your Gear. 1.3.1. Dodge Gear. 1.3.2. Balanced Gear. 1.3.3. Daggers. 1.3.4. Others. 1.4. Races. 1.5. Talent Tree.
2.1. 29 Rogue. 2.2. Your role in WSG. 2.3. Your role in AB. 2.4. Your Gear. 2.4.1. Daggers. 2.4.2. Others. 2.5. Races. 2.6. Talent Tree.
3.1. 39 Rogue. 3.2. Your role in WSG. 3.3. Your role in AB. 3.4. Your Gear. 3.4.1. Daggers. 3.4.2. Others. 3.5. Races. 3.6. Talent Tree.
So, you wanna be a 19 Rogue do you? Well come on down Stereo-type lane! You want to be a Gnome or an Undead yeah? Great! You will fit right in!
1.2. Your role in WSG.
Well, at first i wouldnt even bother telling you what your role is. As you probably wont follow it. But heck-- ill do it anyway because im bored. Rogues can carry a heavy dps at the enemy flag-carrier, as well as bursting down enemies quickly. And of course, Rogues has always have the greatest advantage of them all in BG's. The power of Surprise (insert gasp).
1.3. Your Gear.
This is where you decide what twink you wanna be, you wanna be that bad-ass wearing the Shadowfang? Or the slick ambushing guy doing the Assassin's Blade?
1.3.1. Dodge Gear.
Welcome to the Dodge-Gear center! Here i will put a list containing enchants for YOU to maximize your Dodge-gear, you WILL get gimped against Hunters if they get off a shot at you, but hey.. its fun having 65% Dodge, aint it?
Head. Lucky Fishing Hat / 8 Agility.
Neck. WSG Neck.
Shoulders. Serpent's Shoulders (as of 2.3 theese shoulders give you 9 Agility).
Back. Glowing Lizardscale Cloak / 12 Dodge Rating (Some people use the Sentry Cloak, i do. Because i dont want to switch out that pathetic little agility for the high stamina it offers.)
Chest. Blackened Defias Chest / 8 Agility. (If you are Alliance, get the Tunic of Westfall. Hook it up at thottbot.)
Wrist. Forest Leather Bracers / 9 Stamina (I recommend this over Defense rating.)
Gloves. Gloves of the Fang / 15 Agility (As of patch 2.3 These gloves give an astonoshing 5 Strength and 6 Agility!).
Belt. Deviate Scale Belt.
Legs. Dark Leather Pants / 40 Stamina 12 Agility. (Yes, it DOES cost alot of money.)
Boots. Feet of the Lynx / 7 Agility (People preferring Nat Pagle's Boots, do the maths, Feet of the Lynx maximize the amount of Agility for you, this is the dodge-gear section.)
Ring 1. Meadow Ring of Eluding / Seal of Sylvanas ( The Eluding ring is VERY Rare, i suggest you farm WC with an AOE class.)
Ring 2. Meadow Ring of Eluding / WSG Ring. (The Eluding ring is not unique.)
Trinket 1. Arena Grandmaster (You get this trinket from obtaining 12 Arena Master trinkets from the chest in STV every 3rd hour. 12, 15, etc.)
Trinket 2. Arena Grandmaster
1.3.2. Balanced Gear.
Head. Lucky Fishing Hat / 100 Hp.
Neck. WSG Neck.
Shoulders. Serpent's Shoulders
Back. Sentry Cloak / 12 Dodge Rating
Chest. Blackened Defias Chest / 100 Hp.
Wrist. Wrangler's Wristbands of the Monkey / 9 Stamina.
Gloves. Scouting Gloves of the Monkey / 15 Agility.
Belt. Deviate Scale Belt.
Legs. Scouting Trousers of the Monkey / 40 Stamina 12 Agility.
Personally i would suggest you NOT to use Daggers, because after the ambush/backstab, your dps is gimped beyond the maximum. But if you indeed want "zomgcrits", this is the weapons you should use.
So you wanna go with the better option? Good for you!
Mainhand: Shadowfang / 15 Agility / Lifestealing (For Dodge-rogues, go with 15 Agility, all others go Lifestealing.) Offhand: WSG Daggers / Cruel Barb (Damage Rogues go Cruel Barb, balanced go Daggers, as they offer quite nice side-stats.)
1.4. Races.
Horde:
Undead: Good race, WoTF offers an fear-break/immune to fear in 3 seconds. Only negative thing about it would be you looking like everyone else.
Tauren: ... Dont even ask.
Orc: Good for Zomg-crits rogues, with Blood Fury you get alot of Extra AP.
Blood Elf: Sure.. its DECENT, it got an interrupt which can be used for killing an heal when your kick cooldown is up.
Troll: Not alot of theese around, and i dont suggest you making one, their racial isnt just viable enough to match the others.
Alliance:
Human: Nice racial for rep-grinding, and for dueling against other rogues, otherwise it's pretty useless.
Gnome: Hey there, Mr.Stereotype! I wont argue with you, its an awesome race, Escape Artist is great.
Dwarf: Bad.. just bad, you wont find any treasuers in WSG, and stoneform doesnt offer enough armor to be a viable racial.
1.5. Talent Tree.
Balanced: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] - I guess this build is pretty good if you want to be balanced, a gouge-runecloth bandage offers you around 1800 hp gain.
Dodge: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] - I suggest you putting points in precision, as your HP being limited we cant afford you to miss alot, and believe me, you do miss alot. _____________________________________________/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
2.1. 29 Rogue.
There's really nothing special about 29 Rogues, i suggest you making a hunter, which i will be making a nice guide about soon. But sure.. they are good, if played right.
2.2. Your role in WSG.
Same as 19, keeping strong DPS at enemy flagcarriers and bursting down important people.
2.3. Your role in AB.
Well, i guess you could sneak around and tag bases. Most of the randoms in the 29 bracket dont really care about their bases and they decide to go all WSG on it.
2.4. Your Gear.
I'm not going to bother posting dagger oppinions, as i just dont plain like them, because im not about 1-shoting people in the BG and then feeling good about myself.
Helm. Pathfinder's Helm of the Monkey / 8 Agility.
Neck. WSG Neck.
Shoulder. Forest Tracker's Epaulets
Cloak. Parachute Cloak / 12 Agility.
Chest. Raptor Hunter's Tunic.
Wrists. Barbaric Bracers / 9 Stamina (Yes these are the best... i've done the maths)
Gloves. Razzeric's Racing Grips / 15 Agility (Do NOT go for 26 AP.)
Belt. Defiler's Leather Girdle. (Alliance one is called Highlander's if im not mistaken.)
Trinket 1. Arena Grandmaster (Yes, this one is still great, there are some nets you can make with Engineering, but they CAN backfire, so i dont suggest you using them.)
Orc: Offers very nice AP at this level. But remember the healing reduce.
Troll: Same as 19, just not as good as the big guys.
Blood Elf: Nice Silence against casters, because there are alot of casters in the 29 bracket.
2.6. Talent Tree. [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] - This is the spec i would recommend, great damage, and removing armor from the Warriors, which is quite a dominating class at this bracket.
Cool, you're moving up to the big boys are you? Yeah i agree with you, low-level PvP can be one-sided. Well come on in to the ownage-land! Here the rogues are in command!
3.2. Your role in WSG.
Kicking ass, taking names. You have an incredible burst, and you are very hard to take down. Go for healers and flagcarriers.
3.3. Your role in AB.
Completely mash up peoples defense by taking down 3 people at the same time easily. Sneaky tagging is always nice aswell.
3.4. Your Gear.
Same here, not going to bother with daggers since they just plain stink at this bracket.
Head. Nocturnal Cap of the Monkey / 8 Agility
Neck. WSG Neck.
Shoulders. Flintrock Shoulders (These are BOE and until you can get them i suggest you getting Fleshhide Shoulders from RFK.)
Undead: Still a strong class, priests got a hefty psychic scream, LOTS of warlock twinks in the 39 bracket. Keep your WoTF armed and ready!
Orc: Very big and nice AP boost.
Blood Elf: Puny mana-tap, nice silence effect. But too much of a cooldown.
Troll: Not as good as the big guys.
3.6. Talent Tree. [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] - This is the build i would recommend you now in 2.3 that Hemorrhage has gotten a huge buff. And not to mention Dirty Deeds after 2.3. Yummy! _____________________________________________/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
Conclusion:
I hope you like this guide, and that it will help you in the making of your new twink. For those of you who want a 49 rogue profile, send me a PM. The demand of theese arent huge so i wont be as articulate for you to understand me. I will just haul you a profile of the best 49 Rogue i know, together with a 49 talent spec.
The Ultimate Rogue Twink Guide.
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