BiS Rogue Gear

[Shiifts]

Im coming out of lvl 19 bracket and wanting to make a lvl 29 Rogue twink. Cant find a BiS rogue can anyone link an armoury of one for the horde thanks

 

[youbeezy]

Two threads down from this is one dedicated to 29 armories. That might be a good place to look for for an armory of a rogue.

 

[yougotcriton]

I think you don't understand the expectations here youbeezy.

In the 19 bracket there is a strict set of BiS gear for a rogue. If you look at the top rogue in the 19 bracket they all have the exact same gear. There are no variations. Now moving up to the 29 bracket that changes. If we only look at the 4 armory links for sub rogues there are a lot of variations, and no 2 are the same.

Shifts is looking for an armory of what is the absolute best, however with no 2 armory links begin the same that is really hard to figure out.

some pieces of gear are unanimous

AGM, deadmans hand, leggings of the verdant oasis, barbaric bracers, are the only ones that are unanimous and obtainable today.

All 4 wear a rapto hunters tunic, and a skullbreaker, altough they are both grandfathered.

Plain and simple there is no BiS gear list for a rogue at 29

 

[Shiifts]

hmmm yes treats very true, in 19s you don't have the gear what the best rogue has your named as a scrub. So i just need to mix gear around with all the people in the armoury and pick out what i thinks the best?

 

[yougotcriton]

Pretty much, yea.

What you can get your hands on, and what you prefer is pretty much how to go. unfortunately a lot of the strictly BiS items are grandfathered for rogues, so you need to come up with what works better for you. After that focus more on playstyle than on gear.

 

[willix]

In the 19 bracket there is a strict set of BiS gear for a rogue. If you look at the top rogue in the 19 bracket they all have the exact same gear. There are no variations.

This is not entirely correct. Sure, there are going to be players who will criticize other players that don't gear exactly like them, but at the end of the day, you're literally talking about .02% deviation by not rolling with their choices. You end up making fair and justifiable trade offs, and when it comes down to it, there really is no absolute BiS @ 19 either.

Pretty much, yea.

What you can get your hands on, and what you prefer is pretty much how to go. unfortunately a lot of the strictly BiS items are grandfathered for rogues, so you need to come up with what works better for you. After that focus more on playstyle than on gear.

The only 'strictly bis' grandfathered item for a rogue @ 29 is Skullbreaker. It's an item you had to be horde to get, and many rogues would not have bothered to faction change horde back in the day to get it because it used to be a caster item.

 

[yougotcriton]

I might take vigorous hand guards of the bandit with a hit enchant over ebon vice with a agi enchant, but that still personal taste

 

[Yayo]

How are using daggers compared to a skullbreaker? I have alli side gfed.

 

[willix]

I might take vigorous hand guards of the bandit with a hit enchant over ebon vice with a agi enchant, but that still personal taste

You shouldn't need to. You'd be hit capped without the 15 hit enchant.

How are using daggers compared to a skullbreaker? I have alli side gfed.

There are a couple rogues that don't have Skullbreaker that still do a good job with other weapons, though they are usually using sword/mace setups, not daggers. You really don't need to use Backstab @ 29 since you have hemo and crippling poison. I really can't tell you the difference between daggers and sword/maces, though I can tell you even without Skullbreaker, rogues are still powerful.

 

[yougotcriton]

you might be hit caped for special abilities, but to reach the hard it cap as a rogue you need somewhere around 95 hit. Since the majority of rogues damage come from white hits, ever bit of extra hit rating is vital.

 

[Mendil]

you might be hit caped for special abilities, but to reach the hard it cap as a rogue you need somewhere around 95 hit. Since the majority of rogues damage come from white hits, ever bit of extra hit rating is vital.

So Pyrium Weapon Chain is the right answer ;P

 

[Medio]

Since the majority of rogues damage come from white hits

lol? say that to my 900 hemo crits

 

[yougotcriton]

run recount one game and see the diffence

 

[Mendil]

run recount one game and see the diffence

true story

 

[willix]

you might be hit caped for special abilities, but to reach the hard it cap as a rogue you need somewhere around 95 hit. Since the majority of rogues damage come from white hits, ever bit of extra hit rating is vital.

If your rotation and play style seeks to maximize damage through Ambush and Backstab (@ 19) then the majority of your damage will not be white damage, even at white hit cap. If your rotation and play style seeks to top damage meters while bastardizing core mechanics, and you're one of those rogues who has 2x shadowfangs, then of course the majority of your damage is white, and hitting the white cap is important.

When you reach higher levels, most of your damage is going to come from yellow abilities as Hemo is introduced.

So Pyrium Weapon Chain is the right answer ;P

Is that the result of an exploit? If so, I would disagree.