subject: Why You Should Level a Rogue [print this page] Why You Should Level a Rogue Why You Should Level a Rogue
Rogues are easily one of the most fun classes to level in World of Warcraft. The ability to stealth will speed up those quests where most characters would have to kill their way through while poisons and stuns will help you kill more efficiently while limiting the damage you take. When combined with a solid leveling spec you will be a solid killing machine that can get out of any bad situation.
Stealth and You
Stealth is the key ability of the rogue. It allows you to walk around practically invisible which allows you to practically pick and choose your battles. Proper use of this ability will make leveling a much simpler task.
While stealth is not true invisibility you will be safe as long as you aren't around mobs that are a higher level than you or have stealth detection. You have to avoid walking in front of the creature, however, as everything has the ability to detect stealth directly in front of them. As long as you can avoid these things you will avoid any unnecessary fights.
Importance of Poisons
The other thing that makes a rogue unique is the ability to use poisons on his weapons. There are a few different types of poisons available to a rogue, though you will likely choose between two for leveling.
Instant poison simply adds a set amount of damage to every strike. While it will not proc for every swing, it kicks in enough to make the damage increase significant.
Deadly poison applies a DoT to the creature instead of the instant damage. For most mobs that you will be leveling on this is likely a poor choice, but in dungeons while fighting elite mobs this poison really shines.
Regardless of what poison you use, it is important to keep Slice and Dice active at all times. This increases the speed of your attacks for a cost in combo points which allows your poisons to hit more often. Depending on the talent spec you choose, you may be able to refresh SnD with Eviscerate which allows you to do more damage as well.
Unlike most other classes, the talent tree you choose is more related to the weaponry you wish to equip. Daggers lend themselves well to the assassination tree where you can kill quickly with skills like Mutilate, while swords and other one handed weapons do well in the combat tree. The subtlety tree is suited for extended stealth work and lends itself well to group based PvP.
Once you hit level 40 you will be able to purchase the dual spec ability which allows you to switch between talent specs with ease. This will allow you to swap how you play depending on your needs. This is important as you may simply end up with some great axes or swords that would be silly pass up. This will increase your flexibility and likely make the leveling process even more enjoyable.
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