In-Depth Rogue Guide

[rmp]

Table of Contents
1) Gearing
2) Talents & Glyphs
3) Enchans, Gems & Reforging
4) Stat Priority
5) Macros

Gearing
So you will start with 5/5 Cataclysmic set. Then get the following :
Neck : Cataclysmic Gladiator's Necklace of Proficiency (Expertise agility neck)
Cloak : Cataclysmic Gladiator's Cape of Cruelty (Crit agility cloak)
Bracers :Cataclysmic Gladiator's Armwraps of Accuracy (Hit agility bracers)
Belt : Cataclysmic Gladiator's Waistband of Cruelty (Crit agility belt)
Boots : Cataclysmic Gladiator's Boots of Cruelty (Crit agility boots)
Ring 1 :Cataclysmic Gladiator's Ring of Cruelty (Crit agility ring)
Ring 2 :Cataclysmic Gladiator's Ring of ACcuracy (Hit agility ring)
Trinket 1 :Cataclysmic Gladiator's Badge of Conquest (Agility use trinket)
Trinket 2 : Cataclysmic Gladiator's Medallion of Tenacity or the Horde version of it. In case you play human the option atm on the 4.3.4
is Cataclysmic Gladiator's Insignia of Conquest which u can swap out for a PvE later when they add them if you feel like. Although this is
awesome atm since there is no ICD on procc trinkets so you have 1.4+ agility at all times.

Weapons : Main Hand-Cataclysmic Gladiator's Shanker
Off Hand-Cataclysmic Gladiator's Shiv/Cataclysmic Gladiator's Quickblade
Throw-Cataclysmic Gladiator's Hatchet
(The 2nd Off Hand weapon doesn't have to be a sword , it can be a mace or an axe just make sure you get the 1 with agility).

Talents
There are a lot of speccs you can come up with. My usual specc outside arenas is something like this ( I wanna apologize at this point butI cannot upload specc pictures because im terrible at using forums) Note : The ones in bold can be changed as its my own way of using
them.
1v1/World PvP Specc
Sublety Tree
3/3 [Improved Ambush] 3/3 [Relentless Strikes]
2/2 [Elusiveness] 2/2 [Walylay] 3/3 [Opportunity]
3/3 [Energetic Recovery] 2/2 [Find Weakness] 1/1 [Hemorrhage]
1/3 [Honor Among Thieves] 1/1 [Premeditation]
3/3 [Cheat Death] 1/1 [Preparation] 2/2 [Sanguinary Vein]
3/3 [Slaughter from the Shadows]
1/1 [Shadow Dance]

Combat Tree
2/2 [Improved Recuperate]

Assassination Tree
2/3 [Coup de Grace] 3/3 [Lethality]
2/2 [Quickening] 1/3 [Puncturing Wounds]

Battleground Specc
Same tree , i would drop Waylay for 3/3 Honor Among Thieves , that way ull be fed from combo points.

2v2 Double DPS specc
For combos such as double rogue / feral rogue / mage rogue / hunter rogue / sp rogue / ret rogue / dk rogue (dont mind me if i forget something) drop waylay and go 3/3 Honor Among Thieves , you will have a lot of combos to cover all the things you need and spare to do
eviscerates very often.

2v2 Healer DPS specc
I never really played that combo but you will drop improved recuperate and go 3/3 puncturing wounds.

3v3 speccs
Here i can't really give you a "ready" specc , it has to do with the combo that you run , your rogue playing and even with the enemies
aswell.
If you see that you're the target of choice keep improved recup , swap waylay for puncturing wounds or HAM if you play with
a class that tends to crit.
If you play an extremely offensive combo such as RMP (rogue mage priest) , Thug cleave [hunter rogue disc (usually) ] and stealthcleave
[feral rogue disc (usually)] since u're gonna have a lot of peels u can go 3/3 HAT and 3/3 puncturing wounds (this specc kicks ^@#)
Ofcourse you can come up with any combination you like.

Glyphs
Prime : Glyph of Shadow Dance , Backstab , Hemorrhage
Major : Glyph of Garrote , Preparation , Blind
Minor : Glyph of Safe Fall , Poisons ,Distraction

Enchants
Head : Arcanum of Vicious Agility
Shoulders : Greater Inscription of Vicious Agility
Cloak : Enchant Cloak - Major Agility
Chest : Enchant Chest - Mighty Resilience
Bracers : Enchant Bracer - Agility
Gloves : Enchant Gloves - Major Agility
Belt : Ebonsteel Belt Buckle
Legs : Charscale Leg Armor
Boots : Enchant Boots - Major Agility
Main Hand : Enchant Weapon - Landslide
Off Hand (both of them) : Pyrium Weapon Chain

Gems
Head : Meta-Agile Shadowspirit Diamond Red-Delicate Queen's Garnet
Shoulders : Yellow-Lucent Lava Coral
Chest : Red-Delicate Queen's Garnet Yellow-Lucent Lava Coral
Gloves : Blue-Glinting Shadow Spinel
Belt : Blue-Glinting Shadow Spinel Extra Slot-Delicate Queen's Garnet
Legs : Red-Delicate Queen's Garnet Blue-Glinting Shadow Spinel
Boots : Yellow-Lucent Lava Coral

Reforging
Head - Mastery -> Critical
Neck - Expertise -> Hit
Shoulders - Expertise -> Critical
Bracers - Hit -> Critical
Gloves - Hit -> Critical
Legs - Haste -> Critical
Ring - Hit -> Critical
Thrown -> Critical -> Hit

Stat Priority
So as a rogue your main stat is Agility.
Stat Priority would look something like this Agility>crit>rest , 5% hit is always a must.
So if you do all the things mentioned above you should end up with :

7785 Agility
7979 Stamina
15662 Melee Attack Power
40.46% Critical
5.06% Hit Rating (closest you can get)
8 Expertise
5056 Resilience

Now you might ask, what's the point of capping hit when not capping Expertise.
Well as a rogue most of your attacks are supposed to be from behind. although against melees you are forced to fight face to face
most of the time, parrying or dodging a hit is very rare , but you can't aford missing on a 5 combo kidney shot , a disarm ,
a gouge or something else.
Also you will notice that i gem agility/res and you might ask why not agility/crit.
The answer is simple , with improved vanish you have 100% crit chance on your ambush and you have 50% backstab
critical strike chance (70% if you play a more offensive specc) which is far from enough , also resilience is an awesome stat.

Macros
I will start with simple macros and then move to quiet more advanced ones.

Spammable Stealth Macro
/cast !Stealth

Tricks of the Trade to a friendly target
/cast [target=name] Tricks of the Trade

Spammable Sap Macro (used when you try to find a stealthie)
#showtooltip sap
/cleartarget
/targetenemyplayer
/cast sap

Focus Macros

Focus
/focus
(Here I wanna take a moment to point out some stuff, players choose the way of using focus macros, some might use razer naga
or somehing and are able to use all those skills for [target=arena 123] some others tend to use /focus arena 123 and just use
normal focus macros , when some others use both It's trully your own choice/wether u're using a mouse with a lot of extra buttons).

Shadowstep
/cast [target=focus] Shadowstep

Kick
/cast [target=focus] Kick

Kidney Shot (requiers redirect)
#showtooltip Kidney Shot
/cast [target=focus] Redirect
/cast [target=focus] Kidney Shot

Blind
/cast [target=focus] Blind

Sap
/cast [target=focus] Sap

Garrote
/cast [target=focus] Garrote

Shiv
/cast [target=focus] Shiv

Dismantle
/cast [target=focus] Dismantle

Gouge
/cast [target=focus] Gouge

Cheap Shot
/cast [target=focus] Cheap Shot

Deadly Throw
#showtooltip Deadly Throw
/cast [target=focus] Redirect
/cast [target=focus] Deadly Throw

Other Macros

Wound on Main Hand
/use Wound Poison
/use Cataclysmic Gladiator's Shanker

Crippling on dagger Off Hand
/use Crippling Poison
/use Cataclysmic Gladiator's Shiv

Crippling on sword Off Hand
/use Crippling Poison
/use Cataclysmic Gladiator's Quickblade

Crippling on thrown
/use Crippling Poison
/use Cataclysmic Gladiator's Hatchet

Mind-Numbing on Main Hand
/use Mind-Numbing Poison
/use Cataclysmic Gladiator's Shanker

Deadly on thrown
/use Deadly Poison
/use Cataclysmic Gladiator's Hatchet

I hope you enjoyed this guide and found useful.Looking forward for you're feedback ,
if its positive i will make another rogue guides showcasing 1v1 arenas or maybe some bg role guide.
Thank you for your time checking this out, Rmp.

[Kaylee / Faetal]

Great guide rmp! really as for all the rogues that have not seen this it is a must even if ur very skilled and think u might not need it theres alot of usefull things in this guide

[gaminggarrett182]

Thanks for the guide! It really helped me as I am not skilled at the rogue, usually play some type of caster.