Rogue Guide- part 1
First of all, we are most probably the most distrustet and despised class of the game, one reason is that some rogue guys do act like thieves (we’re not!!!!) you can hear the complaints all over the place. Another constant problem is PvP and the effectiveness of the class… Yeah we can dish out huge chunks of damage and we can defeat most classes in PvP (as most classes if played right can defeat us in PvP, so it realy comes down to luck and skill), and we can kill monsters in 15 secs… but guys for that we have no armor (I wear some of the best stuff available and still I only have 1.8K armor…), we have significantly less health than a warrior and if we take damage then we take a lot, we cannot solo elite mobs of the same or 1 lvl higher than us(or we can but its a flustrating struggle), and after lvl 45 you realy start to have problems with instances too… but I’ll get back to that later.
When you make your char keep in mind that some people will distrust you so much that they’ll kick you out of parties when they realise you’re a rogue (it happened to me even though I play as friendly and as politely as possible. But most of the time after I’ve gone into an instance or some heavy questing with an unknown group at least 2-3 people from the party wants to add me as a friend).
So lets get down to business.
Thx to stealth and some mob controll skills (sap, blade flurry etc.) you can solo well(take a priest with you even one 10 lvls lower then you and you’re invincible), until it comes to fighting high health elites, but with cheap shot, kidney shot and ripose you can manage. Use your abilities well, and acording to the situation, stun is always welcome, against casters kick is neat and handy. Using only evis and ss is not going to cut it… maybe if you’re soling it’s ok, but when in a party… use all your skills, help the casters, and I know its hard but try not to start every fight ‘ (if you do you’ll get significantly more aggro). Yeah aggro management… faint is a must use skill, you just won’t be able to take the damage coming from 2-3 elites and because of your relatively low healt, the healer will have a hard time with you.
Pick the pocket of every possible creature… don’t leave one out… and then kill them! DO NOT LEAVE A PICKPOCKETED CREATURE ALIVE IT’S RUDE, UNETHICAL AND VERY UNPLEASANT!!!!!!!! After lvl 35 creatures tend to have sturdy and whatever lockboxes as loot, they can contain some sweet jewels, amulets and rings.
Help your team in thight places, for exmaple you have a mob of 3 elites headed your way… sap one and lure the other two out to your team… its a significantly easyer fight.
Use your poisons… always… cripling is a must it makes life much easier since those bastartd mobs that tend to run away in fear and pull 10 others your way will be out of luck. Instant poison gives you a nice dam bonus…
Related Topics:
- Rogue Guide- part 1
- Rogue Guide- part 1
- World of Warcraft Stories Wanted
- Rogue Guide- part 3 (The End)
- The Rogue in PVP Combat