Rogue One-on-One PVP Technique

One-on-One PVP Technique

In most cases, you’ll want to begin a PVP attack by stealthing, then sneaking up behind your enemy for a high-damage opening attack. If you have the Cold Blood talent, you can use it before your opener to get a guaranteed critical hit to start out with; against weaker enemies, you can sometimes finish them off with a single blow if you’re attacking after they’re coming out of combat with a mob or another player. Alternately, you can use Cheap Shot to get a couple of quick combo points followed by

Most rogues will be best off sticking with Sinister. It might not be as sexy as some of the other combo skills, but it’s extra damage on top of your normal attack and can help you build up your combo points quickly. If you’re a pure dagger rogue, you may prefer sticking with the Gouge/Backstab combo. So far as finishers go, you can use Eviscerate for a big burst of damage or Kidney Shot to get more free attacks in. Feel free to try different approaches to PVP combat and see which one works best for you.

There are many different kinds of poisons that can come in handy during a PVP fight. Crippling Poison is often used to prevent your opponents from escaping, or to give yourself time to escape from a fight that you don’t believe you’ll win. Instant or Deadly Poisons can also be used for extra damage.

Tips

When going up against melee opponents, don’t neglect to activate your Evasion skill to take almost half damage from their attacks, but be careful of warriors, who can use Overpower to pretty much own you while you have this ability activated.
Vanish is useful in PVP, both for running away when someone attempts to gank you or to break out of any snares or roots that have been cast on you.
Don’t forget to check your talents and use them as needed to increase your DPS, especially when facing off against higher-level opponents.

Group PVP

Group PVP can be where rogues really start to come into their own. You obviously have the damage-dealing capabilities to help out your primary damage dealers, but you can also use your control abilities to confuse enemy spellcasters, Sap and stun threats, and so forth. In large-scale combat, such as town raids, you can use your stealth abilities to sneak behind enemy lines and Sap take down the physically weak rear guard players, such as hunters and mages, who won’t be well-guarded by warriors. You have a lot of opportunities to be tricky here, so take full advantage of them.

Equipment

Equipment wise, rogues are restricted to cloth and leather armor - you can’t upgrade to mail at level 40 like hunters and shamen. So far as stats go, the usual choice is to go for huge Agility bonuses, which will help you increase your dodge ability, and will greatly increase your chance to get critical hits. Stamina is also important to make up for your lack of armor, while Strength can add to your damage.

So far as weapons go, most rogues will choose to dual-wield daggers, as many attack skills will require you to have daggers in your main-hand slot for them to be usable. Rogues that prefer to concentrate on Sinister Strike may wish to use a sword in their main hand for added damage, but this will make dagger-only skills like Ambush and Backstab unusable. Maces are a less popular choice, but if you load up on the Mace Specialization talent, you’ll have a good chance to land random stuns on your opponent, drastically cutting the amount of damage that you’ll be taking.