Best Rogue Leveling Spec
Hey guys, I keep getting this question: What’s the best rogue leveling spec?
I wanted to break it down and tell you exactly where to put your talent points:
10-19
- 2/2 Improved Sinister Strike
- 5/5 Dual Wield Specialization
- 3/3 Deflection
20-29
- 2/2 Improved Slice and Dice
- 1/1 Riposte
- 2/5 Precision
- 5/5 Aggression
30-39
- 3/3 Lightning Reflexes
- 1/1 Blade Flurry
- 5/5 Choose a Weapon Spec of Your Choice (Swords/Axes, Maces, or Fist)
- 3/5 Precision
40-49
- 1/1 Adrenaline Rush
- 3/3 Vitality
- 2/2 Blade Twisting
- 4/5 Combat Potency
50-59
- 5/5 Combat Potency
- 1/1 Surprise Attacks
- 2/2 Unfair Advantage
- 5/5 Precision
- 4/5 Prey on the Weak
60-69
- 5/5 Prey on the Weak
- 1/1 Killing Spree
- (Assassination) 5/5 Malice
- 2/2 Remorseless Attacks
- 1/3 Ruthlessness
70-80
- 2/3 Ruthlessness
- (Subtlety) 5/5Remorsless Attacks
- (Combat) 2/2 Savage Combat
- 2/2 Weapon Expertise
As you can see, combat is the best choice for leveling since you have faster energy regeneration and have cooldowns that you can use for better survivability and more damage. A 10 minute corpse run is no fun, after all.
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hi there kibby Aaron here do u have a wow armory account or something? because i would love to check Ur character out…. and BTW do i need riposte?
Here is my armory profile: http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Hellscream&cn=Kibby
Yes, definitely get riposte for leveling. Once you get 80, you won’t need it anymore (unless you play combat PVP). But it’s so helpful when leveling since it does a ton of damage and costs very little energy.
hey kibby i was wondering if u could tell me some of the glyphs u use for this lvling spec?
What poisons should i be using while leveling and what poisons should i be using in BGs and PvP?