Rogue Question?Follow

Hey everyone. Been working on rogue really hard and got level 40 in a few days. Just want know if my weapons and build are good so far. Only thing is I don't use reposte very much...if at all. I know after reading its good for leveling but for some reason I kill them before I get to use it or use it to finish them off as an extra attack but very very few times. Here's my armory. I've read the sticky and says to try Mut once you get to outlands. What about sub. What is its usefullness while leveling. I see very few sub rogues. Lots and lots of Assasination rogues and some combat rogues. I'll be hitting 50 in a few days and I'm running instances. What are the best instances for a 40 rogue?
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Moonrunner&n=Rioken

Last question. Is the speed of my offhand to slow. I'm a solo rogue just questing on a normal server right now. Wanting to get the best out of my rogue. So if I've annoyed any of you to the point of kicking me down a hill laughing I appolagize. Just do not want to mess up. Right now there aren't any really good weapons on the AH so I've had myself in lfg for a few dungeons hoping to score a decent main or offhand that will increase my total dps. Thanks to those who reply.

Not to familair with stun locking. Only tree I've ever played is combat. Do I just go to Mut then move to another tree or go with 51 in Assasination?

So basicly put first 5 into DW spec. What should my Assassination tree look like at my current level of 40. I know combat not Assassination. :D

This is accurate. I would also note that mutilate is better for leveling in Northrend than combat is. Combat and Mutilate differ in that combat requires a big "wind-up" before it starts doing serious damage, which can then be sustained. Mutilate, on the other hand, unloads a massive amount of damage up front, but then there is downtime between bursts of damage. While questing, you should be able to kill most mobs before this downtime is prohibitive.


Questing using subtelty is fine, in my opinion - once you're able to invest enough points in it and have become skilled in picking apart multiple mobs. I ran all my island dailies as Shadowstep and never had a problem. The advantages are speed and mobility, as well as being able to reset all major cooldowns when necessary. You can use two-evasion to tank some weaker elite mobs as well.

Use Sap and Blind religiously. Learn to break apart patrols by using Distract.

And focusing on gear while leveling is an investment in time that I think could better be spent maximizing experience per hour. Most things will quickly be replaced.

I suggest two different builds for questing/grinding and instancing. While in dungeons, your job is to push for as much damage as possible, but while questing/leveling, you benefit from talents that are built purely for convenience. For questing, I like this:

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=f0ecoexoi0sczZ0xV0xZebf

It is not optimal for DPS, but I feel more comfortable with the increase to stealth level and stealth speed, and the long range sap.

For dungeons, the cookie-cutter mutilate spec is:

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=f0ef0exoVboIzAo0xV0hZxb

edit: I'd like to mention that it's imperative to limit your grinding to one mob at a time while specced for mutilate. Anything beyond that will likely force you to take some noteable damage.

Edited, Jan 21st 2009 10:36pm by EonSprinter

Not really they're about the same. If you're going dagger/dagger combat you'll be lower. I base on what weapons a player wants to use and has access to. dagger/dagger? Go mut. Fist/dagger? Go combat. Sword/sword? Go combat.

I have no problem leveling with combat. Little to no down time and I have some nice aoe abilities that drops groups of mobs like flies at a zapper convention.

If you're getting hit then you're not stunning enough.