Ok so I’m level 80, now what…
Now that you’re 80 you can begin theory crafting away at what builds and gear you’d like to get. Personally when I got to 80 the first on my mind was to start leveling my professions. This will with very little bit of effort, generate you a nice source of income quickly. That is of course if you have the extra gold to do so without farming/dailies. Almost every profession has something to offer other players and the rarer the service you’re selling them, the more gold you will be able to make. So just keep that in mind. All the new profession masters can be found in Dalaran
The next thing I’d like to suggest for you to do is level certain reputations. The best way to do this now is wear the appropriate actions Tabard (Ex. Tabard of the Ebon Blade) when you do Heroics, generally as a rogue you are going to want to start off with wearing the Knights of the Ebon Blade tabard for your helm enchant. Interestingly, the Sons of Hodir faction do not have a tabard and therefore the only way to level up your faction with them is to do the dailies at Dun Niffelem in The Storm Peaks. I mention this because this faction sells the best Shoulder enchants and even if you don’t have a new pair of shoulders yet, it’s a good idea to start now since there is no “fast” way to level this faction.
I will not be going into rotations as I think the Rogue community should be trying many different variations to truly find the best ones.
***Please Note- Items listed as (PvP only) are going to be used almost exclusively for PvP while everything else can be used for BOTH PvE and PvP depending on situation. Please don’t mistake this as a recommendation to use for PvP over any other item listed, it’s entirely up to you.
LOCKPICKING
Another thing you might want to do is level up your Lockpicking so you can feel like a real Rogue again. Assuming you are BC capped at 350 you will still want to head back to the Southeast corner of Nagrand and pickpocket the humanoids there for Dented Footlocker’s. Do this until 375 then head to Northrend. Pickpocket any Humanoid mob there to get Reinforced Junkbox’s until you reach 400.
GEAR
***(Don’t need to achieve these just don’t exceed.)
Expertise Rating***
To cap: 214
To cap with 2/2 Weapon Expertise: 132
To cap with Human Rogue wielding a mace/sword:107
Hit Rating***
This is something that has a less exact number. With tons of things such as Misery and Imp FF affecting the number. However assuming that you have 5/5 Precision in your raid spec, you will need 132 for specials and 755 for white damage to cap. Your poison hit will cap at 315 unbuffed.
Agi and Expertise are your most Valuable stats with Armor pen being the least valuable.
POISON
Mutilate observations IN PVE:
With two weapons of nearly the same DPS go with the faster ones. This applies to your MH as well. Right now I am using [item]Webbed Death[/item] (MH, 1.4 speed) with Instant Poison and [item]Twilight Mist[/item] (OH, 1.8 speed) Deadly Poison and am netting the highest DPS so far over every other combination of the 2 weapons and poisons. You will find that you are still able to 5 stack deadly poison very easily as long as you have the poison talents.
I would like other rogues to try this please and post your feedback in the comments section.
You can expect a full post on Viable specs in WoTLK withing the next couple of days including raiding Mutilate builds.
GEMS This list will only include Rare quality gems.
Meta:
Relentless Earthsiege Diamond- Highest DPS Meta available.
Persistent Earthsiege Diamond- The meta Gem I will be starting out with once the arena season starts. (PvP only)
Swift Skyflare Diamond (PvP only)
Powerful Earthsiege Diamond (PvP only)
Red
Bright Scarlet Ruby/Delicate Scarlet Ruby
Pristine Monarch Topaz/Glinting Monarch Topaz
Empowered Monarch Topaz (PvP only)
Yellow
Rigid Autumn’s Glow – Use Deadly/Wicked/Pristine/Glinting Monarch Topaz unless you are really low on hit for PvE.
Steady Forest Emerald – (PvP only)
Deadly Monarch Topaz / Wicked Monarch Topaz
Empowered Monarch Topaz
Pristine Monarch Topaz/Glinting Monarch Topaz
Blue
Enchanted Tear Best choice for a Blue gem but limited to being able to wear only 1 at a time.
Balanced Twilight Opal / Shifting Twilight Opal
Solid Sky Sapphire (PvP only)
Steady Forest Emerald (PvP only)
ENCHANTS:
