Newb Rouge Tutorial

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Here is a somewhat detailed guide of starting and playing a rogue. You will learn very quickly that rogues are a very fun and powerful class.

First off you need to select a race, if you are alliance I recommend Dwarfs are you will be killing fast and Dwarfs get increased chance to find magic items. This is nice because you can go into sneak mode and walk around pick pocketing every creature around and this opens a separate loot table. This means you get to steal from the creature, kill it, and then get more loot, very nice!

The Night Elf and Gnome are also nice for the rogue seeing as the Night Elf gets a +1 evade to being with and Gnomes get higher agility which give more evades and armor. In any case, which ever side you go with, make sure to read the racial benefits of each race before deciding, you may find one more appealing.

Now that you have created your character and look all sexy and what not it?s time to look around the new world you are in and get familiar. On the top left you will see your picture and a green and yellow bar next to them, health and energy respectively. On the top right is you map, this is a nifty tool allowing you to see which direction the nearest towns are and which direction you are headed.

The grey arrows, you may not see them yet but you will as you travel, are pointing to the nearest towns, just place your mouse over the arrow and left click to see the town?s name. If you die an orange arrow will appear on the map pointing to your corpse. Fellow team mates are a light yellow color and always point in the direction of them. If they are close they are yellow ringed circles.

Now, to the bottom left you will see a bar with four icons on it, one is your normal attack, the second is Sinister Strike, the third eviscerate, and the four is throw, which you should just ignore. These icons are linked to your number keys 1-0 and ? and+ as well for a total of twelve hotkeys, just push the corresponding key to use the skill.

To your right you will see some more icons, take your time and poke through them, one is your character information and one your world map and yet another, the golden cup, your quests, a little more about them later.

Done poking around? Cool, to your further right you will see an icon on the far bottom right, which is your backpack, right click to open it. In here you will see some heal items and a stone called a hearthstone. Now the hearthstone is super nifty, just talk to your local Inn keeper and tell him you want to rest. Doing this makes it so that when you right-click the stone you are teleported straight to the last Inn you rested at. This is really nice when you want to return from a quest quickly or just want to skip on the long run from the middle of no where. You can only use it once per hour though so use wisely. There are also four other slots next to the backpack for further bags that you can find or buy later on.

Now, it?s time to start killing some stuff, well, not just yet. I?m going to have to put on my teaching face, which sucks, but get ready to learn all about rogue?s damage style, soak this up, it?s what will make you a better rogue then the rest.

Rogues are all about Damage Per Second, also called DPS for short. In addition to normal weapon strikes you get several special attacks and abilities to enhance your damage. The special attacks and abilities fall into three basic categories, combo moves, finishing moves, and neither.

Some attacks can be used only in stealth, some only while behind the target, or anytime. Combo moves such as sinister strike, gouge, and backstab add 1 combo point to a rogue, up to a maximum of 5. If a rogue has 1-5 combo points they can then use a finishing move such as eviscerate or kidney shot or slice and dice. The effectiveness of the finishing move will depend on the number of combo points the rogue has at that point, you can tell how many you have by looking at the monsters picture and looking at how many of the bubbles next to it are red.

Once a finishing move is executed the rogue goes back to 0 combo points. Switching targets will also cancel all combo points. Some attacks which fall into the 'neither' category include Kick (interrupts spells) and Sap and they do not add any combo points. A rogue has 100 energy and each of these special abilities uses up a certain amount of energy, which replenishes at a constant rate.

Typically, a rogue will use a combo special attack from stealth to begin combat, then use other combo attacks to build up points and finish the mob with a finishing move. An example of a sequence would be: Ambush, Sinister Strike, and Eviscerate. The first two attacks are combo attacks and the last is a finishing move. Combo attack damage is heavily dependent on the rogue's main hand weapon so keeping weapons up to date is essential. Most rogues use talents, which you will hear more about soon, from either the combat or assassination trees to enhance their special attacks.

Rogues have enough DPS to solo pretty effectively, simply killing the mob fast enough to minimize damage to the rogue. Instead of heavy armor rogue's have reasonably high evades and a short term special ability to boost evades even further in emergencies. Stealth is an important tool to get the first blow in on enemies and also to help travel in dangerous areas and complete quests by pick pocketing what you need for the quest.

Now, that may have been a little overwhelming but needed to be done, go kill something to relax a bit, but before you do, a little something to get you started. Look around at the people near you, you should see a guy around you with an exclamation point above his head, talk to him, he has a quest for you.

Anyone you see with exclamation points above their heads has quests for you. After you complete the quest an orange question mark will appear over the NPC?s head showing that they are ready to give you a reward. Now, get your first quest and head out to start killing.

After you complete a quest or two you should been two or three and get a quest to see your trainer, lets go seem him. If you don?t have the quest look around for someone offering a quest, it should be there. After you have reached your trainer take a look at your skills, pretty straight forward. Here is some of what you should see.

Backstab- This is an awesome skill since it does 150% of your weapon damage plus and extra 15 points every time and it gains you one combo point which is nice. I recommend you level this skill are you level.

Pick Pocket- Need I say more? No, but I will. This skill allows you to steal from monsters before you enter combat with them. The loot you get from stealing from them is totally different from what you get after you kill the monster so pick pocket when you can.

Stealth- This allows you to sneak around undetected by monsters and lets you use later skills like Ambush but is also needed for Pick Pocket so you will definitely want this.

Gouge- This skill confuses the monster and stops your attack. What it basically does is gives you time to get behind the monster and Backstab it.

Evasion- This skill is going to become your best friend! It increases your chance to dodge by 50% for 15 seconds!

Duel Wield- As it says, you can wield two weapons at once, a great skill for the rogue.

Slice and Dice- This is better for longer battles as you will want to charge it to full to get the real benefits. This skill increases your attack speed for a short time, longer the more you charge it up. It could be effective at lower levels if you charge it once or twice.

Kick- This skill is great to use against any spell casting class. It causes damage and stops them from casting and also makes it so they cannot cast a spell from that spell class for five seconds.

Last but not least we have talents. These are something you gain access at level ten and the button will appear near you world quest box. Open it up and take a look around when you can you will see that these basically just increase your skills effectiveness. Most rogues use talents from either the combat or assassination trees to enhance their special attacks.


Now, the basics have been laid out. What you do from here is very simple. Just head out and do your quests, you will have no trouble laying out the monsters and gaining money through pick pocketing. As you move out farther you may want to look around more thoroughly in the hills and back alleys of cities for quests as some are hidden in strange places.

I wish you best luck in your travels and adventures and make sure to visit Iron Forge and check out the Auction House to gain yourself some nice gear.