So I have a level 62 Rogue. I would like to get it to 80 so I can try and get the Glyph from Siren Isle. However, all of my play on the Rogue to date has been entirely quest based. Despite her level I have very little experience or really understanding of the class and I know for sure I’d do badly in dungeons.
So my request is: can I get some advice as to the best way to level her up as speedily as possible, without doing dungeons.
I know I can quest (though I would like to know the current best expansion to level through for a speedy improvement). I know I can gather. Any other methods or tips would be appreciated. And no, not buying a boost of any sort.
Unfortunately questing is still the BiS for leveling speed outside of instanced/group content since you stated you are not interested in doing dungeons
Not much else to say, just pull fast and pull as many mobs as you can handle per pull. And use your CDs liberally to speed up trash packs and kill-times
Make sure you’re using the right weapons for your spec, if you’re anything but outlaw the only weapons you should be using are knives and outlaws should be swords, axes, or maces but not touching knives as they’re less damage for them. Reason you gotta make sure you use the proper weapon types is (and I don’t know if this changed at any point) certain moves won’t work or function without the right kind of weapon. Outlaw demands one hand melee weapon but the other two demand knives. About as basic a tip as it gets for rogues
I heard you can get a lot of experience just doing the introductory quests for WoD, and probably several other expansions, but I wouldn’t know for sure myself.
I would suggest just going Assassination.
Subtlety can slap, but CD management is annoying and if you fall off with it you cease to be playing a Rogue and instead become a Dumpster.
But if you insist on playing Sub go for it. Just set your Stealth bar up similarly to your regular bar so you have less of a hoop to jump through during your Shadow Dance windows.
For questing you’re better off going Outlaw. Blade Flurry and Restless Blades are way better for mowing through large groups of mobs on a consistent basis.
True, I just don’t like how many buttons it has.
All I need for Assassination outside of spreading Garrote and Rupture is Fan of Knives and Crimson Tempest.
don’t do that. go sin and things will melt. use daggers (as sin).
questing unfortunately is the best route though you could break it up with some follower dungeons. too bad your rogue missed out on the anniversary stuff— I leveled so many alts just answering a lore question a day lol
check out icy veins: [Assassination Rogue Leveling Guide from 1 to 80 - The War Within (11.0.7) - World of Warcraft - Icy Veins](https:// www. icy-veins. com/wow/assassination-rogue-leveling-guide)
I like their easy mode guides.
Sin is my fave on my rogue, and probably the easiest to execute on. Not too many keybinds, spec doesn’t get all that technical until endgame anyways so you can just slowly get into the rhythm of garrotte, mut, mut, envenom on mobs until you get a feel for energy usage etc. Very easy to play tbh.
Plus, AoE is super easy now with caustic spatter, fan of knives and crimson tempest if you pull a load of mobs.
My suggestion anyways. Then if you like the spec you can look into the real intricacies later as you’ll have a better feel for it
Where you quest also matters. I know DF quest xp is very good. I don’t know how the rest of the xpacs would compare so if in doubt go there.
Outlaw can use a dagger offhand but it hasn’t been required for a very long time. Proc rates and damage are normalized around weapon speed. Your MH however must be an agility sword/axe/mace/fist weapon.
Sin and sub use daggers exclusively. Subtlety is highly CD-dependent for damage, assassin is smoother overall while outlaw can open every pull with a lot of burst. Outlaw is also the least squishy.
Outlaw burst comes from spamming Between the Eyes finishers during the extended stealth windows from the Subterfuge talent combined with Crackshot which gives BtE no CD during stealth/subterfuge. Ace up your Sleeve can refund your CPs spent on Between the Eyes, and Improved Between the Eyes can cause huge crits. Ideally the subterfuge window can just be non-stop BtE spam but if a proc doesn’t go off you spend a GCD on an ambush or boosted pistol shot.
Spamming finishers on outlaw also feeds back into Restless Blades which reduces the CD on nearly everything in your kit that has a cooldown (Float Like a Butterfly talent adds evasion and feint to that list).
However a drawback for outlaw is it’s AoE is capped at 5 targets (8 if spec’d into Dancing Steel) and is tied to Blade Flurry which has a cooldown (reduced by restless blades). And some people dislike Roll the Bones giving you random assortment buffs during combat instead of something more consistent.
If you want smoother AoE then you want sin or sub, and if you don’t want the huge dmg drop outside CDs you want sin. Sin’s CDs pack a nice punch too for the record. But you will be squishier and defensives like evasion will be on CD longer than outlaw because of outlaw’s cooldown reduction.
Talent gouge on any spec and use it unless you’re in an M+ scenario and need the other talent that turns blind into an AoE cc. But you don’t need that questing, gouge is OP.
Also outlaw has grappling hook which is frankly addicting mobility.
Once you’ve picked a vibe there are leveling guides on wowhead or icy veins that should introduce the rest of the talents and a generic rotation pretty well.
