What are the best poisons I can use as a rogue use for raiding? For combat spec rogues Wound Poison on your main hand weapon and Deadly Poison on your offhand. Reason: Since you will always want to maintain 5 stacks of Deadly Poison on your target the offhand is best for this type of poison.
Your offhand will hit more frequently and increase the chance to apply this poison allowing you to continually have maximum stacks as opposed to your main hand with the possibility of it falling short on auto applies and forcing you to use Shiv to keep up 5 stacks. Remember you might not always be in a raid setup where other members have abilities which reduce healing done to their target.
The only time instant poison would be more viable then wound poison would be if you have Improved Poisons in the 4th tier of the Assassination tree. Due to the fact shiv deals very little damage opposed to Sinister Strike it is hardly ever used. If you find your Deadly Poison has about seconds then perform Shiv as you will gain more DPS by keeping 5 stacks of deadly poison on your target then having to rebuild those stacks while having used Sinister Strike. Expose Armor? Is this really necessary for PVE?
Expose Armor is rarely used due to the fact most raids have a protection speced warrior that will keep Sunder Armor on the target.
However, if there is not one, using a 5 point Expose Armor will increase your overall raid melee DPS. This would however lower your DPS as you could have used the combo points for something else, but the DPS gained by the raid will surpass any ability you would have used instead of Expose Armor.
Always save your Adrenaline Rush ability for when you need to produce the most DPS during that point of time in the encounter, i. If there are no times during the fight when you need to produce more DPS then another always use this ability at the beginning of the fight. Since Adrenaline Rush now only has a 3 minute cooldown there is likely a chance you will get to use it a second time if you use it quick enough the first time. When and how often should I use Tricks of the Trade?
The most aggro generating ability you have as a combat rogue is Killing Spree. As soon the boss encounter begins cast Tricks of the Trade on your tank and open up with killing spree. Not only does this give the tank a large amount of threat at the beginning of the fight but also means you start off with the least amount of threat in the raid. Remember your Tricks target must be within 20 yards, if not all the threat is going straight to you. As it only costs 15 energy and a global cooldown it will not impact your overall DPS very much throughout the encounter.
Also remember that you as a rogue have some of the best aggro reducing abilities if you begin to pull too much TPS even if Tricks is on cooldown. Vanish is best used as it resets your entire aggro and you will most likely not reach the tanks total threat level afterward for the rest of the fight. But Feint is always a last resort that reduces your TPS for a short time. Only use this on another player if your tank is pulling the most TPS and has a substantial lead in overall threat.
Even with a 6 second gain in damage done your Tricks target should not surpass the tank in total threat but might be pulling more TPS during those 6 seconds so always be sure to watch Omen before doing this. The best time to use Tricks on another DPS is when the mob has no aggro table, i.
Mimiron Phase 2 and Brain of Yogg-Saron. As a rogue how do I contribute to interrupting? Rogues used to have a raid defensive which was smoke bomb and i believe it did aoe damage reduction originally?
Is more demanding that assa which is face roll. I find it hard but appealing. Is just that ppl say is not competitive? I want to raid with him as an alt but high level. Live PTR. Classic TBC. Classic Theme Thottbot Theme. Report Links. Table of Contents Quick Facts. Comments Comment by Tontonio3 Love the guide, really complete. While the following professions in this guide are recommended based upon their benefits to your DPS, you may also wish to alter your selection based on the profession's ability to generate gold.
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Engineering is one of your strongest choices for all of TBC. Blizzard has now changed Engineering, so you will not be able to obtain Deathblow X11 Goggles until Tier 5 - but outside of that the benefits are very strong.
You can make use of bombs as well as Gnomish Battle Chicken. Once Tier 5 is released, you will be able to craft your Engineering goggles as well, which can be used until Tier 6 helm for Rogues and is also one of the strongest choices for arena. Enchanting is one of the next best professions you can use on a Rogue. Jewelcrafting is a good option as well for Rogues in TBC. Before then, you can use personal epic gems from Jewelcrafting too.
Leatherworking has always been considered one of the trademark must-have professions for TBC. Blizzard has added in a debuff called "Tinnitus", where you will not be able to have drum rotations.
One member in each party will need to be a leatherworker. Outside of drums, the benefits to Leatherworking are still very strong. Primalstrike gear is some of the strongest pre-raid BiS gear you can make as a Rogue, though you do replace it quite quickly into Tier 4. Blacksmithing is a great choice early on for Rogues.
The crafted mace does take a long time to farm, but you can reliably farm it. The main-hand is a great weapon to use in the earlier tiers before you have access to other options.
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