A question from a sub-20 rogue.Follow

I have a question.

Am I better off putting a poison on my off-hand and sharpening my main hand? I would think that this would help increase my SS and overall damage more than poisons would.

Let me know if I'm right/wrong about this pls. Would be nice to know for when I hit 20.

Keep the sharpening stones for when you run out of poisons. Which shouldn't ever happen.
But just in case, anyway.

Or you could try two sharpened, one poison/one sharpened, and two poisons and see which combo has the highest dps.

Edited, Apr 3rd 2008 7:52pm by CactusPlant

only use grinding stones if the mobs resist poisons. this is pretty rare now a days, but it can happen. i remember gnomergan used to be poison resistant, might still be now. some elementals say immune still too.

So the extra damage from instant poison is better than +damage for the mainhand?

I respect what theo says, but anyone have numbers to prove it? I love reading them, I'm just the suxs at putting them together.

Solid, solid advice. I don't have specific numbers but I do recall being a little surprised at how much better IP was at 20 than the stones I was using up to then. It was a great boon to xp/hour.

And I still keep a adamantite stone in my bag for heroics/raiding. There are a few times when it's a good idea to switch over even with the 2.4 changes.