Classic Rogue DPS Guide

Rogues have a lot of CC abilities such as Gouge, Sap, Kidney Shot, and Blind, as well as Crippling Poison and Mind-numbing Poison, which makes them incredibly useful in groups, especially dungeons. Rogues also have an ability called Expose Armor, which is very useful in a group where either your Warrior tank is not using Sunder Armor or your group does not have a Warrior tank at all. If you are talented into Improved Expose Armor, then Expose Armor will reduce more armor than Sunder Armor.

• Has Lockpicking, which is a fantastic way to make gold without worrying about combat or survivability.
• Very powerful burst in PvP, thanks to Stealth allowing you to open on a target at your own discretion.
• Amazing CC abilities ( Blind, Sap, Kidney Shot).
• High base damage on moves such as Eviscerate makes them strong even when undergeared.
• Stealth allows safer exploration of areas.

• Can be very difficult to level due to lack of self healing.
• Rogues are not able to do much AoE damage beyond Blade Flurry's cleave effect.
• Rogue abilities have long cooldowns that are very impactful, such as Vanish, Evasion, and Sprint.
• Some abilities require reagents, which also take up inventory slots, such as Blind, Vanish and poisons.

To find out which races are the best for DPS Rogues in WoW Classic, please refer to the dedicated pages we wrote for Alliance and Horde.

For more information about Rogue poisons, please refer to our guide.