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Recent Rogue Videos Worth Checking

Monday, April 12th, 2010

So in the past week or so two top rogues have released some arena videos, featuring some shadow step action.

Reckful 1

Woundman 1

So as I said, both of these videos show some shadow dance play. Both of them are also vary raw, with little to (in the case of woundman’s video) no editing. However, for those of us who don’t necessarily need the flash to enjoy a PvP video and can check things out simply for the game play, what can we take from these vids?

First, I’ll note that the general gameplay is strong. Both of these videos will give you a good perspective of consistent and standard top level shadow dance play. Reckful’s video was a bit more polished and had more 3s action. You get to see a lot of RLS as well as some RMP. Watching these games shows just how essential having an amazing caster dps teammate is in 3v3. You can really see the difference players like snutz or pookz make; they are the crux of a lot of the swaps. By the time reckful is shadowstep switching and dancing a lot of the times these target players are already placed in the perfect position and under pressure by the lock or mage respectively. This video also shows that although dance can be powerful, it’s still a spec that requires a lot of coordination and exceptional teammates to excel.

One notable maneuver in woundman’s video is his frequent use of shadowstep kick. This is nothing new to a lot of BC rogues as this was used frequently in the glory days of hemo/shadowstep, but since dance hasn’t been utilized until recently its nice to see again. Woundman shows how this tactic can be used reliably, and its something that a lot of healers don’t expect. It was also interesting for me to see some alternative Spriest/rogue strats, the comp seems to play a lot more fast paced as dance and hinge on early pressure.

Both videos are worth checking out for those of you looking to play more dance.

On a side note, I’ve already recieved some submissions regarding people interested in posting on the site and getting involved. I’ll be posting some soon and I’m in the preliminary phase of looking for people to help out here, so if you’re interested check out the post below for more information!

 

The Comprehensive Rogue vs. Rogue Guide

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

*disclaimer* If you don’t give a shit about rogue v rogue then this isn’t for you…hardcore theorycraft inc.

Now this is a match up that has evolved greatly throughout the history of the game. It has gone from one of the most flat and dry duels to one of the most intricate, deep, reaction based duels in the game. I can’t think of another match up for any class, especially any mirror match up, where speed, reaction time, and quick strategy and decision making come into play. A lot people would state that luck plays a huge role (and it can), and argue that openers are paramount to success (which they are when not playing a split opener), but ultimately when you really understand this match up it is still very much skill driven. Talking to Neilyo recently, he still considers it the deepest 1 v 1 match up in the game.

It’s also important to remember that rogue v rogue does have some practical application. The same concepts that you see here occur in arena at any point in 2s, 3s, or 5s when both rogues are attacking one another, trying to get the upper hand. The only difference is that in arena you will be far less aggressive with your cooldown use, unless you are playing 2s and one or more teams is without a healer.

With this guide I’ll throw out this brief video that will just show some examples of rogue v rogue duels and might give some ideas.

Gear

Considering the amount of damage one rogue can deal to another, you want to use as much stamina and resilience as you have available. Although even in full max item level resilience gear you usually can’t survive a complete stun lock from another rogue without trinketing, having the resilience gives you a cushion. It means you won’t be redlined in a cheap shot, and therefore you can delay your trinket until after kidney shot more easily. You can be less predictable with trinket than you normally would be. Since the duel is decided on whoever gets the first complete stun lock on the opposing rogue after they use trinket, and you don’t need much in the way of offensive stats to 100-0 a rogue in a full stun lock with full energy, full PvP / resilience and stamina gear is the way to go.

Spec

For the sake of this Guide, I’m going to assume both rogues are playing a standard mutilate prep spec without killing spree or shadow dance. These abilities completely change the matchup, and generally “break” it. As these are not popular arena specs, and generally aren’t PvP viable, I won’t waste time analyzing them.

Etiquette

This may sound stupid but this is pretty essential if you’re taking the duels seriously as a measure of skill or for practice. There really isn’t any point to having both rogues start in stealth. This just makes it as though the winner is determined by luck (rng), and if this is the case why not just role dice or flip coins instead of dueling?

The most common thing to do is to trade openers (ie. Rogue1 opens on Rogue2, Rogue2 opens on Rogue1, and so on. If it’s for a series or some kind of competition, the fair thing to do is give an equal amount of openers).

The other option is to start with a double sap. This involves both rogues stealthing before accepting the duel, targeting each other in stealth and spamming sap as the duel counts down. This should make you both start the duel sapped assuming you have relatively equivalent latency.

On using prep

Once you vanish, there is no reason not to prep, unless you are blinding. Hesitating on prep can often cost you the duel.

Your Opener

This is the ideal situation for winning a rogue v rogue fight. When you have the opener (meaning you start in stealth using a stealth ability and the other rogue is out of stealth), you have the absolute power to win regardless of the other rogues actions if you’re fast enough. Even if you’re not the fastest rogue, the opener gives you an extremely high win rate.

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Eviscerate X

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009


Click Above for the link to Warcraftmovies.com

for a full, HQ streaming version of the video, and links to

full download options.


Other than the opponents listed on my site, none of the PvP in this video was prearranged. Everything else was random world PvP occurrences or Battleground occurrences. Filmed between late season 5 and season 7. I started working around April and Bizzle started his editing in September to give you an idea of what went into it.

I’d like to give a big thank you to Bizzlesnaff for doing a great job with the editing and putting a huge amount of effort into the video, he is a big part of this project. I’d also like to thank the mysterious “Duke” who provided the voice acting and sound effects.

The music can be found during the credits in the video. I didn’t list the music or opponents here, they are in the credits because I’d rather people found out while watching. You can also find a detailed list of opponents, soundtrack, and a download of my current UI on roguerogue.com, but I suggest watching the vid first.

Regarding Video Size and Format:

This video is rendered in mp4 format. If you can’t view the video I’d suggest downloading and installing this codec pack which can be found here, and will let you watch most video formats. As this video is fairly long, I apologize for the size having to be so large to maintain high quality. I suggest you be patient and download or stream the HQ version despite the size, but I’ve also provided a lower quality download link if bandwidth is an issue. I’ll work on getting more format / hosting options.

Finally, I’ll leave you with a final warning comment from Bizzle:

”Watch with your diapers on. It’s going to make you sh1t bricks”

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Akrios Video Collection

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

I’ll be uploading all of these to ff or something so if the download link doesn’t work it should in a while, but everything should at least have an hq stream. This post will be updated and probably change a bit in the future.

I put together a complete list of my videos with updated streams and download links where necessary. Everything should work, if it doesn’t leave a comment and I’ll get to it. I’ve made lots of videos, I’ve changed a lot as a player and a person since I started. Some aren’t the best, I click stuff  and backpeddle in my first vids, but my first video came out years ago and this game has changed immensely, I’m still happy I made videos back then.  Thanks for the support in making these and I hope you can find some entertainment from them. If anyone has any alternative links I’d be happy to post as many as possible, just leave a comment.


Eviscerate World PvP Series

Burning Crusade

Eviscerate 4

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Music:

Dredg – Ode to the Sun

Pain – Dancing with the Dead

Silverstein – The Ides of March

Alkaline Trio – Settle for Satin

 

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Music:

Trust Company – The War is Over

AFI – Miseria Cantare

Soilwork – Stabbing the Drama

In Flames – Come Clarity

 

Eviscerate 6

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Music:

Chris Cornell – You know my name

Muse – City of Delusion

Celldweller – The Last Firstborn

AFI – Prelude 12 / 21

 

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Music:

Hirano Yoshihisa – Death Note Theme

Final Fantasy – One Winged Angel

Scary kids scaring kids – My Darkest Hour

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication

Ready Steady Go (Korean Remix) – Paul Oakenfold

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