ive geared up my rogue a lot since I started this thread, and ive tried all sorts of combinations to try to find what works best for me as far as gear goes, and I am convinced so far that a mixture of ap gear and crit gear with crit enchants instead of versitility is the way to go.
Im still in the process of switching out a few items for others, but heres my character so far:
Chickenwings @ Anvilmar - Community - World of Warcraft
the changes I intend to try are: I want to get eng up and get that eng cloak, and then take the boots away and put in
Boots of the Foolhardy - Game Guide - World of Warcraft. This switch will add crit and some more AP, as my main goal is to obtain 40 crit and 300 ap unbuffed. I also need another stendals ring. Next I might obtain some blackwolf bracers from sfk if i am still lacking some crit, as i think those might provide more crit when scaled in a bg, at the cost of some stam and some haste.
end result: 40 percent crit, 300 ap, and 3.4k or so HP. This result means that I have enough crit to actually crit often, and 300 ap is a decent enough amount to hit hard, and the 3.4k hp is a lot more than a pure ap rogue build i see people running with lately, meaning u live long enough to actually follow through with a fc gank instead of getting 2 shot by the 2 people guarding him, thus pulling off a kamakazi attack and returning the flag. Most bg's ive played with this setup I usually am the only one returning flags, and i almost always return them. I'm the highest rogue on the damage charts too with the best klll death ratio.
I was trying out duel landslide, and the procs are pretty awesome when they do proc....but considering that this build focuses on crit and ap mixed, elemental force works best for me because elemental force is affected by crit. Meaning those deadly poison dots are very strong compared to the weak ones you get when using landslide.
My gearset also happens to provide a slight amount of haste, which is also useful for faster dots and faster weapon swings/proc chances. I dont focus on haste, but my gear just so happens to have some so its a plus.
Versitality is great, both offensively and defencevily, but 10 percent extra damage dont mean anything if ur sitting at 19 percent crit. The damage that 40 percent crit offers far outperforms versitality bonuses.
I am loving my setup so far, and the best part is I dont have to run gnomer 1000 times for those agility rings and bracer, and tbh I think this setup is better. The only item I might end up having to go out of my way and buy like i did my sf's and gloom shroud is a ring of precision, and in the future, I might try out a blackvenom blade for offhand.
but ill try out nightstalker and see how it suits me
