Rogue Weapons

Weapons Allowed:

• Daggers
• Thrown
• Bows
• Crossbows
• Fist Weapons
• Guns
• One handed Maces
• One handed swords

These are the weapons that are usable by Rogues. Daggers, Thrown, and Unarmed combat are all usable from level one with out any extra training. If you want to use any of the others you have to be trained by a specific Weapons Master. Also the Rogue can use two weapons at once or Dual wield after learning the skill from a Trainer.

Depending on the type of play you want to do, different weapons will serve different purposes. The following differences will only truly apply if you go down the Combat Talent tree and obtain the specialization of your liking for that weapon.

Maces

Best for PvP, Maces give you the ability to stun your opponents for a second, making your stunlocks that much better and allowing you and your team to take out people faster and easier. It doesn't directly translate to best PvE spec, however, since stuns are nice but not all that needed when attempting to maximize your damage output. It may give you some control, but you will be lacking the raw DPS swords, fists and daggers are able to output.

Swords

Best for PvE, Swords are the preferred weapon of many Rogues as the specialization in Swords nets you 1 extra swing whenever it procs, giving you a great advantage when dealing damage to monsters with lots of HP that are being tanked. This, however, means that you must be infront of your enemy at all times, which rarely happens with PvP as players tend to move out of your way, so this spec's usefulness in PvP is far from optimal.

Daggers

Daggers used to be great for PvE and PvP, however, hemorrage/mutilate builds are now only used in PvP. The damage output Backstab gives you against static monsters or bosses is not enough to match up to Sword specialization, unless you crit a lot, in which case you run the high risk of pulling aggro yourself. Great for PvP when in small groups to ambush and kill people fast, but not very reliable at all until Blizzard 'fixes' Daggers once more.

Fist Weapons

Fist Weapons are often overlooked since all but the best raiders are able to obtain them, however, with Patch 2.4, a great set of Badge of Justice claws was put up in the Sunwell Vendor. The crit increase is great with this spec and it's great for overall DPS. Still lacking a bit in PvE compared to the best swords, fists are great for both PvE and PvP situations if you have a decent pair.

Thrown Weapons vs Guns/Bows/Crossbows

You should always aim at getting a thrown weapon as it enables you to use Deadly Throw, a good ability to use against runners. As of this moment, a good thrown weapon may be found from the Mechanar's Nethermancer Sepethrea, an epic upgrade may be found from Selin Fireheart in Heroic Magisters' Terrace, or better from raids. During leveling, however, equip ranged weapons for the stats and added attack power if you can find them.