digitalcraft, Goblin in Disguise wrote:
Don't use the word 'viable'. Use 'ideal'.
Viable is originally a biology term to mean anything that will live. It has come to mean 'will it achieve the minimum goal'. People raid with all sorts of weird builds, so yes, it's 'viable'.
It may however not be ideal. As people have said, ruthlesness and relentless strikes are your friends. For how high they are in a tree they are nasty.
Viable in the context of WoW means "able to survive" meaning that it actually does what the class/spec is supposed to do.
For rogues, that's damage in PvE.