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Rogue

Melee DPS

Role

Melee DPS

Specializations

3

Type

Melee

PvP Rating10/10
PvE Rating8/10

Overview

Rogues are stealthy assassins who strike from the shadows with lethal precision. Assassination rogues apply deadly poisons and bleeds, Outlaw rogues fight with swashbuckling flair and pistol shots, and Subtlety rogues teleport through shadows to deliver devastating ambushes.

Specializations

Assassination
Outlaw
Subtlety

Strengths

  • +Best crowd control suite in the game with Sap, Blind, Kidney Shot, and Cheap Shot
  • +Stealth allows skipping content and choosing engagements
  • +Cloak of Shadows provides full magic immunity
  • +Shroud of Concealment can stealth the entire party
  • +Consistently strong single-target DPS across all specs

Weaknesses

  • -Pure DPS class with no tank or healer spec option
  • -Weak AoE sustained damage compared to other melee specs
  • -Low health pool and minimal self-healing
  • -High skill ceiling; performance drops significantly with poor play
  • -Roll the Bones RNG for Outlaw can cause inconsistent performance

Tips & Tricks

  • 1Always open from Stealth for bonus combo points and damage from abilities like Ambush.
  • 2Kick is your interrupt -- it has a very short cooldown and should be used on every dangerous cast.
  • 3Use Vanish offensively to re-enter stealth mid-combat for another Ambush or Cheap Shot.
  • 4Cloak of Shadows removes all magic debuffs and makes you immune to spells for 5 seconds.
  • 5Tricks of the Trade transfers threat to your tank -- use it on pull and on cooldown.