PVE Combat Rogue DPS Guide (WotLK 3.3.5a)

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 into Vigor to have an extra 10 energy.

Rupture build

Eviscerate build

Glyphs

Major Glyphs

• Glyph of Killing Spree
• Glyph of Sinister Strike
• Glyph of Rupture or Glyph of Eviscerate

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 – Scroll of Enchant Cloak – Greater Speed
• Chest – Scroll of Enchant Chest – Powerful Stats
• Bracers – Scroll of Enchant Bracers – Greater Assault
• Gloves – Scroll of Enchant Gloves – Crusher
• Waist – Eternal Belt Buckle
• Legs – Icescale Leg Armor
• Boots – Scroll of Enchant Boots – Icewalker
• Weapon – Scroll of Enchant 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.