Combat Rogue
DPS Restless Blades cuts cooldowns; Hack and Slash replaces the old weapon specialisations.
Best in slot
Head Brawler's Leather Helm Leatherworking · Crafted 9
- 2 Spirit Hunter Headdress Frostmaw · Quest (Horde)
- 3 Gnomish Goggles Engineering · Crafted
- 4 Solomon's Comfortable Hat Source not listed
- 5 Brawler's Leather Hood Leatherworking · Crafted
- 6 Tribal Worg Helm Fenros · Duskwood
- 7 Humbert's Helm Dun Garok Rifleman · Hillsbrad Foothills
- 8 Defender's Leather Helm Leatherworking · Crafted
- 9 Cloudy Gustwoven Hood Leatherworking · Crafted
- 10 Azure Gustwoven Hood Leatherworking · Crafted
Neck Mark of the Marsh Source not listed 9
- 2 Ghostshard Talisman Azshir the Sleepless · Scarlet Monastery
- 3 Kaleidoscope Chain World drop
- 4 Dissolved Locket Source not listed
- 5 Archmagister's Faceted Pendant Shade of the Archmage · City of Dalaran
- 6 Thermaplugg Medal of Honor Source not listed
- 7 Wolfpack Medallion Terrowulf Packlord · Ashenvale
- 8 Clobrok's Block Rock Source not listed
- 9 Replica Crescent Necklace Source not listed
- 10 Mark of the Pack Leader Source not listed
Shoulder Forest Tracker Epaulets World drop 9
- 2 Mantle of Thieves Trash drop · Razorfen Kraul
- 3 Unstable Crystalline Shoulderpads Unstable Sentinel · City of Dalaran
- 4 Barbaric Shoulders Leatherworking · Crafted
- 5 Bristlebark Amice World drop
- 6 Cloudy Gustwoven Spaulders Leatherworking · Crafted
- 7 Azure Gustwoven Spaulders Leatherworking · Crafted
- 8 Dark Leather Shoulders Leatherworking · Crafted
- 9 Insignia Mantle World drop
- 10 Serpent's Shoulders Lady Anacondra · Wailing Caverns
Back Hawkeye's Cloak World drop 9
- 2 Tigerstrike Mantle World drop
- 3 Yeti Fur Cloak Bartolo's Yeti Fur Cloak · Quest (Alliance)
- 4 Crocolisk Skin Gaiter Source not listed
- 5 Sergeant Major's Cape Rank 9 · PvP Rank
- 6 Swiftrunner Cape Alliance Relations · Quest (Horde)
- 7 Glowing Lizardscale Cloak Skum · Wailing Caverns
- 8 Cloak of Night Rohh the Silent · Redridge Mountains
- 9 Cape of the Brotherhood Edwin VanCleef · The Deadmines
- 10 Wolfmaster Cape Wolf Master Nandos · Shadowfang Keep
Chest Dusky Leather Armor Leatherworking · Crafted 9
- 2 Brawler's Leather Tunic Leatherworking · Crafted
- 3 Tunic of Westfall The Defias Brotherhood · Quest (Alliance)
- 4 Gnollhide Tunic Source not listed
- 5 Panther Armor The Den · Quest (Horde)
- 6 Brawler's Leather Armor Leatherworking · Crafted
- 7 Defender's Leather Tunic Leatherworking · Crafted
- 8 Garb of Fallen Felbark Fel Ancient · City of Dalaran
- 9 Garb of Florid Feathers Shadetooth · Excavation Site: Wetlands
- 10 Bristlepelt Vest Source not listed
Wrist Arathi Armbands Source not listed 9
- 2 Hawkeye's Bracers World drop
- 3 Tidal Bracers Source not listed
- 4 Jurassic Wristguards Razormaw Matriarch · Wetlands
- 5 Barbaric Bracers Leatherworking · Crafted
- 6 Insignia Bracers World drop
- 7 Demonhide Bracers Source not listed
- 8 Thicket Bindings Source not listed
- 9 Cultist's Armguards Source not listed
- 10 Madwolf Bracers Nightbane Vile Fang · Duskwood
Hands Alterac Assassin's Gloves Source not listed 9
- 2 Tiger Hunter Gloves Tiger Mastery · Quest
- 3 Violet Sorcerer's Wraps Source not listed
- 4 Shepherd's Gloves Costly Menace · Quest
- 5 Insignia Gloves World drop
- 6 Toughened Leather Gloves Leatherworking · Crafted
- 7 Cartilage Shapers Lyn the Ignored · City of Dalaran
- 8 Thorncursed Grips Source not listed
- 9 Wolfclaw Gloves Trash drop · Razorfen Kraul
- 10 Razzeric's Racing Grips Safety First · Quest
Waist Skulker's Leather Belt Leatherworking · Crafted 9
- 2 Highlander's Chain Girdle The League of Arathor - Honored · Reputation
- 3 Defiler's Chain Girdle The Defilers - Honored · Reputation
- 4 Highlander's Leather Girdle The League of Arathor - Honored · Reputation
- 5 Defiler's Leather Girdle The Defilers - Honored · Reputation
- 6 Prowler's Leather Belt Leatherworking · Crafted
- 7 Deftkin Belt Je'neu of the Earthen Ring · Quest (Horde)
- 8 Warden's Leather Belt Leatherworking · Crafted
- 9 Slitherwrap Girdle Mana Devourer · City of Dalaran
- 10 Stalker's Leather Belt Leatherworking · Crafted
Legs Triprunner Dungarees Rig Wars · Quest 9
- 2 Petrolspill Leggings Trash drop · Gnomeregan
- 3 Troll's Bane Leggings World drop
- 4 Blooded Pants Source not listed
- 5 Stromgarde Operative Pants Source not listed
- 6 Lightstep Leggings Hints of a New Plague? · Quest (Alliance)
- 7 Dusky Leather Leggings Leatherworking · Crafted
- 8 Ferine Leggings Agathelos the Raging · Razorfen Kraul
- 9 Brawler's Leather Legguards Leatherworking · Crafted
- 10 Worgpelt Leggings Wolf Master Nandos · Shadowfang Keep
Feet Shapeshifting Sentinel's Strides Source not listed 9
- 2 Feet of the Lynx World drop
- 3 Highlander's Chain Greaves The League of Arathor - Revered · Reputation
- 4 Highlander's Mail Greaves The League of Arathor - Revered · Reputation
- 5 Defiler's Chain Greaves The Defilers - Revered · Reputation
- 6 Defiler's Mail Greaves The Defilers - Revered · Reputation
- 7 Insignia Boots World drop
- 8 Brawler's Leather Boots Leatherworking · Crafted
- 9 Highlander's Leather Boots The League of Arathor - Revered · Reputation
- 10 Defiler's Leather Boots The Defilers - Revered · Reputation
Finger 1 Wyvern Heart Band Source not listed 9
- 2 Ironspine's Eye Ironspine · Scarlet Monastery
- 3 Swamp Ring Source not listed
- 4 Pyrewood Signet Ring Source not listed
- 5 Ring of Ruin Source not listed
- 6 Field Researcher's Loop Greater Friend of the Library · Quest
- 7 Thunderbrow Ring World drop
- 8 Signet of the Zhevra Source not listed
- 9 Ring of Precision Trash drop · Blackfathom Deeps
- 10 Band of the Fist Allegiance to the Old Gods · Quest (Horde)
Finger 2 Ironspine's Eye Ironspine · Scarlet Monastery 9
- 1 Wyvern Heart Band Source not listed
- 3 Swamp Ring Source not listed
- 4 Pyrewood Signet Ring Source not listed
- 5 Ring of Ruin Source not listed
- 6 Field Researcher's Loop Greater Friend of the Library · Quest
- 7 Thunderbrow Ring World drop
- 8 Signet of the Zhevra Source not listed
- 9 Ring of Precision Trash drop · Blackfathom Deeps
- 10 Band of the Fist Allegiance to the Old Gods · Quest (Horde)
Trinket 1 Cursed Murloc Eye Gelihast · Blackfathom Deeps 10
- 2 Defiler's Talisman The Defilers - Friendly · Reputation
- 3 Talisman of Arathor The League of Arathor - Friendly · Reputation
- 4 Satchel of Potions Changing Tastes · Quest (Horde)
- 5 Dog Whistle Houndmaster Loksey · Scarlet Monastery
- 6 Roogug's Severed Head Roogug · Razorfen Kraul
- 7 Transformative Cocoon Source not listed
- 8 Minor Recombobulator Engineering · Crafted
- 9 Worgenbane Talisman Commander Springvale · Shadowfang Keep
- 10 Gnomish Universal Remote Engineering · Crafted
- 11 Lookie's Spyglass Cookie · The Deadmines
Trinket 2 Defiler's Talisman The Defilers - Friendly · Reputation 10
- 1 Cursed Murloc Eye Gelihast · Blackfathom Deeps
- 3 Talisman of Arathor The League of Arathor - Friendly · Reputation
- 4 Satchel of Potions Changing Tastes · Quest (Horde)
- 5 Dog Whistle Houndmaster Loksey · Scarlet Monastery
- 6 Roogug's Severed Head Roogug · Razorfen Kraul
- 7 Transformative Cocoon Source not listed
- 8 Minor Recombobulator Engineering · Crafted
- 9 Worgenbane Talisman Commander Springvale · Shadowfang Keep
- 10 Gnomish Universal Remote Engineering · Crafted
- 11 Lookie's Spyglass Cookie · The Deadmines
Main Hand Ruby-Adorned Blade Source not listed 9
- 2 Ironspine's Fist Ironspine · Scarlet Monastery
- 3 Twilight Carver Source not listed
- 4 Pronged Reaver Charlga Razorflank · Razorfen Kraul
- 5 Sword of Hammerfall The Real Threat · Quest (Horde)
- 6 Silent Hunter Call to Arms · Quest (Horde)
- 7 Zealot Blade World drop
- 8 City Guard's Tarnished Blade Source not listed
- 9 Guerrilla's Jagged Mace Theramore Expeditionary Force - Revered · Reputation
- 10 Darkspear Skirmisher's Bludgeon Darkspear Raiders - Revered · Reputation
Off Hand Silent Hunter Call to Arms · Quest (Horde) 9
- 2 Bloody Brass Knuckles Interrogator Vishas · Scarlet Monastery
- 3 Ruby-Adorned Blade Source not listed
- 4 Subdued Dragon's Fang Source not listed
- 5 Torturing Poker Interrogator Vishas · Scarlet Monastery
- 6 Vendetta Trash drop · Razorfen Kraul
- 7 Ironspine's Fist Ironspine · Scarlet Monastery
- 8 Pronged Reaver Charlga Razorflank · Razorfen Kraul
- 9 Twilight Carver Source not listed
- 10 Curly's Chopper Source not listed
Ranged Golemsight Long Gun Source not listed 9
- 2 Excavated Dagger Source not listed
- 3 Glass Shooter Dark Iron Ambassador · Gnomeregan
- 4 Booty Bay Bruiser's Buckshot Booty Bay - Honored · Reputation
- 5 Double-barreled Shotgun World drop
- 6 Lil Timmy's Peashooter World drop
- 7 Alliance Outrunner Bow Aean Swiftriver · Rare Spawn (Horde)
- 8 "Mage-Eye" Blunderbuss World drop
- 9 Crystalpine Stinger World drop
- 10 BKP "Sparrow" Smallbore World drop
Where the list sends you
- 3 Crafted of 27 on the list
- 2 World drop of 20 on the list
- 1 Reputation of 17 on the list
- 1 Quest (Horde) of 11 on the list
- 1 Scarlet Monastery of 9 on the list · 7 quests
- 1 Quest of 6 on the list
- 1 Blackfathom Deeps of 4 on the list · 15 quests
Alternatives only: Razorfen Kraul, City of Dalaran, Shadowfang Keep, Quest (Alliance), The Deadmines, Duskwood, Wailing Caverns, Gnomeregan, Hillsbrad Foothills, Ashenvale, PvP Rank, Redridge Mountains, Excavation Site: Wetlands, Wetlands, Rare Spawn (Horde).
Talents
42 points, all of them spent by level 51.
Assassination
16Combat
26Subtlety
042 points, which is everything the beta's level 30 cap allows.
Assassination
12Combat
28Subtlety
2Rotation
In priority order: the first line that applies is the one you press. Hover a spell for what it does.
- Use Instant Poison on main-hand and Deadly Poison on off-hand.
- Maintain Slice and Dice .
- Maintain Rupture .
- Cast
Blade Flurry ,
Adrenaline Rush , and any on-use effects. - Cast Shank , ideally below 55 energy.
- Cast Eviscerate if it won't delay Slice and Dice or Rupture .
- Cast Sinister Strike to generate Combo Points.
Races
Ranked by how many of a race's racials touch what this spec does, read out of the game's own wording and out of the weapon its gear list aims for. Those are lit; the number on the right is the count. It is a measure, not a verdict: nothing in the beta has been parsed yet, so anything stronger would be a guess.
Alliance
- 1 Dwarf Big Game Hunter Stoneform Find Treasure Earth Fury 2
- 2 Skyborne Elemental Insight Walk on Air Wind Blessed Read Leyline 2
- 3 Human Will to Survive Perception The Human Spirit Ruthless 1
- 4 Night Elf Elune's Light Quickness Shadowmeld Wisp Spirit 1
- 5 Gnome Eureka! Engineering Specialization Escape Artist Expansive Mind 0
Horde
- 1 Orc Shatter Curse Blood Fury Hardiness Savage 2
- 2 Skyborne Elemental Insight Skysight Walk on Air Wind Blessed 2
- 3 Troll Rapid Regeneration Berserking Regeneration Beast Slaying 1
- 4 Undead Touch of the Grave Cannibalize Will of the Forsaken Underwater Breathing 0
What Forever changed
6 new, 11 rewritten, 1 no longer taught, across the whole class. Every ability, rank by rank.
In the Combat tree
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Hack and SlashThe separate Sword, Dagger, Mace and Fist specialisation talents are condensed into one, freeing several points. - Restless BladesFinishers reduce the cooldown of Combat's long cooldowns, so they come up more than once a fight.
Elsewhere in Rogue
- MutilateA two-weapon strike that gives Assassination a builder worth the tree, rather than spamming Sinister Strike.
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VenomPoisons scale with attack power instead of being flat, which is why Classic poisons fell off so hard. -
CutthroatAmbush can proc outside of stealth, which finally gives Subtlety a sustained rotation.
New abilities
- RedirectRemoves all your existing combo points from your target and stores them for up to 15 sec. These stored combat points will be transferred to the next non-player enemy you hit with a melee or ranged ability.
- Occult PoisonCoats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 30% chance of poisoning the enemy for 108 Nature damage over 12 sec and causing the enemy to take 4% increased Arcane, Fire, Frost, Nature, and Shadow damage. Stacks up to 5 times on a single target. Occult Poison counts as Deadly Poison and benefits from all talents and effects that trigger from or modify Deadly Poison.
- Atrophic PoisonCoats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 30% chance of poisoning the enemy, reducing the enemy's melee attack power by 205 for 15 sec. 105 charges.
- Numbing PoisonCoats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 30% chance of poisoning the enemy, increasing the time between the enemy's melee attacks by 20% for 15 sec. 105 charges.
- Sebacious PoisonCoats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 30% chance of poisoning the enemy, reducing the enemy's armor by 1700 for 15 sec. 105 charges. Sebacious Poison benefits from the Improved Expose Armor talent.
- MutilateInstantly attacks with both weapons for 75% weapon damage plus an additional 24.75 with each weapon. Damage increased by 20% against Poisoned targets. Awards 2 Combo Points.
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