Rogue: PvE DPS

Advanced rogue studies.
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Contents

1 Rogue Play Skills
1.1 The Seven Commandments of Rogue DPS
1.2 Avoiding Death
1.3 Cooldown Usage and Synchronization
1.4 Energy Management and Pooling
1.5 User Interface Improvements
1.6 Knowing Your Enemy

2 Weapon Selection and Talent Builds
2.1 Weapon Specialization and Dual Wield
2.2 Main Hand Weapons
2.3 Off Hand Weapons
2.4 Choosing Your Spec
2.5 Choosing Talents

3 Armor Selection
3.1 General Gear Selection Technique
3.2 Equivalence Points System
3.2.1 Pre-raid EP Weights
3.2.2 Tier 4 EP Weights
3.2.3 Tier 5 EP Weights
3.2.4 Tier 6 EP Weights
3.2.5 Sunwell EP Weights
3.2.6 Example EP Comparison
3.3 Meta Gems and Blue Sockets
3.4 Gem Selection
3.5 Hit and Expertise Caps
3.6 Trinket Selection
3.6.1 Trinkets At-a-glance
3.6.2 Dragonspine Trophy
3.6.3 Shard of Contempt
3.6.4 Ashtongue Talisman of Lethality
3.6.5 Warp-Spring Coil

4 Buffs and Enchants
4.1 Enchants
4.1.1 Enchants At-a-glance
4.1.2 Weapon Enchants
4.1.3 Boot Enchants
4.2 Buffs and Debuffs
4.2.1 Group-specific Buffs
4.2.2 Raid-wide Buffs and Boss Debuffs
4.2.3 Self Buffs
4.2.4 Buffs and DPS Output

5 Abilities and Cycles
5.1 Building Combo Points
5.2 Finishing Moves
5.3 Combo Point Cycles
5.3.1 Sinister Strike Cycles
5.3.2 Backstab Cycles
5.3.3 Hemorrhage Cycles
5.3.4 Mutilate Cycles

6 Appendix: Evaluating Rogue Performance via WWS