Welcome to the Combat Rogue DPS guide for World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King 3.3.5a. In this guide, you will learn about playing a Combat Rogue in a raid. The guide includes Talents, Glyphs, Gems, Enchantments, Add-ons, Gameplay & Skill rotation tips.
Talent Tree
The first one is more effective when you don’t have your Armor Penetration capped because Rupture ignores armor. Second is for fights where you constantly change your target. The damage is more or less the same. Don’t forget that you can spend 1 point from Ruthlessness or Poisons [Tier 4] into Vigor to have an extra 10 energy.
Rupture build
Eviscerate build
Glyphs
Major Glyphs
Minor Glyphs
Gems
Gems are situational and depend on the build and equipment. They are used to reach the required stat caps.
- Meta: Relentless Earthsiege Diamond
- Red: Fractured Cardinal Ruby, Precise Cardinal Ruby
- Yellow: Quick King’s Amber, Rigid King’s Amber, Stark Ametrine
- Blue: Nightmare Tear x1
Enchants
- Head – Arcanum of Torment
- Shoulder – Greater Inscription of the Axe
- Cloak – Greater Speed
- Chest – Powerful Stats
- Bracers – Greater Assault
- Gloves – Crusher
- Waist – Eternal Belt Buckle
- Legs – Icescale Leg Armor
- Boots – Icewalker
- Weapon – Berserking for both weapons
Gameplay & Rotations
Use a slow main-hand (2.5 to 2.8) and a swift offhand weapon (1.4 to 1.5). Use Instant Poison IX on your main-hand weapon and Deadly Poison IX on your offhand.
Opening up with a Sinister Strike, which can proc a glyph. Doing another one or two Sinister Strike to drain all the energy. Finishing move: Slice and Dice followed up with a Killing Spree. This start will give us a burst of damage.
Afterwards, we are gaining Combo Points with our Sinister Strike while using our Finisher move depending on the priorities below:
- Slice and Dice is always up. Use at any amount of CP if it’s going to wear off in 2 secs
- Rupture is always on the target. Use Rupture only if you have 1st build and at 5 Combo Points
- Use Eviscerate on cooldown.