Equipment will be the main source of your character’s power, contributing the biggest bulk of your stats. It is therefore very important that you choose the correct equipment for each slot — commonly referred to as “best in slot” equipment – to maximize your power. This guide will cover a few of the best items for each slot for Combat Rogue in the current phase of Cataclysm Classic.
Phase 4
- Head:
- Neck:
- Shoulder:
- Back:
- Dreadfire Drape – Lord Rhyolith in Firelands
- Batwing Cloak – 1250 Valor Points
- Chest:
- Wrist:
- Hands:
- Waist:
- Belt of Flayed Skin – Warlord Zon’ozz in Dragon Soul
- Nightblind Cinch – Trash Drop in Dragon Soul
- Belt of Hidden Keys – 1650 Valor Points
- Legs:
- Feet:
- Fingers:
- Valor Points – Any of the first six bosses in Dragon Soul
- Valor Points – Hagara the Stormbinder in Dragon Soul
- Valor Points – Any of the first six bosses in Dragon Soul
- Valor Points – Hagara the Stormbinder in Dragon Soul
- Valor Points – 1250 Valor Points
- Valor Points – Valor Points (Valor Points Quartermaster)
- Valor Points – Beth’tilac in Firelands
- Trinkets:
- Valor Points – Warmaster Blackhorn in Dragon Soul
- Valor Points – Any of the first six bosses in Dragon Soul
- Valor Points – Any of the first six bosses in Dragon Soul
- Valor Points – Spine of Deathwing in Dragon Soul
- Valor Points – Spine of Deathwing in Dragon Soul
- Valor Points – 1650 Valor Points
- Main-Hand Weapons:
- Valor Points – Legendary Quest
- Valor Points – Madness of Deathwing in Dragon Soul
- Valor Points – Legendary Quest
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders – Ultraxion in Dragon Soul
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders – Morchok in Dragon Soul
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders – Madness of Deathwing in Dragon Soul
- Off-Hand Weapons:
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders – Legendary Quest
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders – Hagara the Stormbinder in Dragon Soul
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders – Legendary Quest
- Ranged:
Phase 3
- Head:
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders – Ragnaros in Firelands
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders – Lord Rhyolith in Firelands
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders – Ragnaros in Firelands
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders – Lord Rhyolith in Firelands
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders – Nefarian in Blackwing Descent/Al’Akir in Throne of the Four Winds
- Neck:
- Shoulder:
- Enchant Ring - Greater Stamina – Majordomo Staghelm in Firelands
- Enchant Ring - Greater Stamina – Baleroc, the Gatekeeper in Firelands
- Draconic Embossment - Stamina – Majordomo Staghelm in Firelands
- Draconic Embossment - Stamina – Baleroc, the Gatekeeper in Firelands
- Draconic Embossment - Stamina – Al’Akir in Throne of the Four Winds/Cho’gall in The Bastion of Twilight
- Back:
- Dreadfire Drape – Lord Rhyolith in Firelands
- Blackfang Battleweave Tunic – Lord Rhyolith in Firelands
- Blackfang Battleweave Tunic – Valor Points (Valor Points Quartermaster)
- Blackfang Battleweave Tunic of the Zephyr – Al’Akir in Throne of the Four Winds
- Chest:
- Blackfang Battleweave Tunic – Baleroc, the Gatekeeper in Firelands
- Blackfang Battleweave Tunic – Alysrazor in Firelands
- Blackfang Battleweave Tunic – Baleroc, the Gatekeeper in Firelands
- Blackfang Battleweave Tunic – 2200 Valor Points
- Shadow Wing Armbands – Halfus Wyrmbreaker in The Bastion of Twilight
- Wrist:
- Shadow Wing Armbands of the Zephyr – Alysrazor in Firelands
- Shadow Wing Armbands of the Windflurry – Alysrazor in Firelands
- Shadow Wing Armbands of the Zephyr – Alysrazor in Firelands
- Shadow Wing Armbands of the Windflurry – Alysrazor in Firelands
- Swordguard Embroidery – Magmaw in Blackwing Descent
- Hands:
- Waist:
- Quickflip Deflection Plates – Mixology (Valor Points Quartermaster)
- Mixology – Trash Mobs in Firelands
- Mixology – Sinestra in The Bastion of Twilight
- Mixology – Valor Points (Valor Points Quartermaster)
- Legs:
- Mixology – Shannox in Firelands
- Mixology – 2200 Valor Points
- Master of Anatomy – Beth’tilac in Firelands
- Blackfang Battleweave Gloves – Beth’tilac in Firelands
- Valor Points of the Zephyr – Al’Akir in Throne of the Four Winds
- Feet:
- Finger:
- Valor Points – Valor Points (Valor Points Quartermaster)
- Valor Points – Beth’tilac in Firelands
- Choker of the Vanquished Lord – Beth’tilac in Firelands
- Choker of the Vanquished Lord – Omnotron Defense System in Blackwing Descent
- Choker of the Vanquished Lord of the Windflurry – The Conclave of Wind in Throne of the Four Winds
- Trinket:
- Choker of the Vanquished Lord – Ragnaros in Firelands
- Choker of the Vanquished Lord – Majordomo Staghelm in Firelands
- Valor Points – Ragnaros in Firelands
- Valor Points – Majordomo Staghelm in Firelands
- Valor Points – Nefarian in Blackwing Descent
- Valor Points – 1650 Valor Points
- Valor Points – Halfus Wyrmbreaker in The Bastion of Twilight
- Main-Hand Weapon:
- Valor Points – Baleroc, the Gatekeeper in Firelands
- Chimera's Eye – Beth’tilac in Firelands
- Blackfang Battleweave Helmet – Baleroc, the Gatekeeper in Firelands
- Valor Points – Beth’tilac in Firelands
- Valor Points of the Zephyr – Al’Akir in Throne of the Four Winds
- Off-Hand Weapon:
- Valor Points – Alysrazor in Firelands
- Valor Points – Beth’tilac in Firelands
- Valor Points – Beth’tilac in Firelands
- Valor Points –
- Socket Gloves – Alysrazor in Firelands
- Inscription of the Earth Prince – Beth’tilac in Firelands
- Socket Bracer – Beth’tilac in Firelands
- Valor Points – Shannox in Firelands
- Valor Points – Cho’gall in The Bastion of Twilight
- Ranged:
- Valor Points – Ragnaros in Firelands
- Valor Points – Mixology (Valor Points Quartermaster)
- Valor Points – Mixology (Valor Points Quartermaster)
- Valor Points – Lord Rhyolith in Firelands
- Valor Points – Ragnaros in Firelands
- Valor Points – Valor Points
- Valor Points – Trash Mobs in Firelands
- Valor Points – Lord Rhyolith in Firelands
- Valor Points – Theralion and Valiona in The Bastion of Twilight
Phase 1 & 2
- Head :
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders – Nefarian in Blackwing Descent/Al’Akir in Throne of the Four Winds
- Valor Points – Cho’gall in The Bastion of Twilight
- Valor Points – Nefarian in Blackwing Descent/Al’Akir in Throne of the Four Winds
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders – Cho’gall in The Bastion of Twilight
- Necklace:
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders – Theralion and Valiona in The Bastion of Twilight
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders of the Zephyr – Al’Akir in Throne of the Four Winds
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders of the Zephyr – Al’Akir in Throne of the Four Winds
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders – Theralion and Valiona in The Bastion of Twilight
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders of the Zephyr – Al’Akir in Throne of the Four Winds
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders of the Zephyr – Al’Akir in Throne of the Four Winds
- Shoulders:
- Draconic Embossment - Stamina – Al’Akir in Throne of the Four Winds/Cho’gall in The Bastion of Twilight
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders – Al’Akir in Throne of the Four Winds/Cho’gall in The Bastion of Twilight
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders – Omnotron Defense System in Blackwing Descent
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders – Omnotron Defense System in Blackwing Descent
- Cloak:
- Blackfang Battleweave Tunic of the Zephyr – Al’Akir in Throne of the Four Winds
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders – Maloriak in Blackwing Descent
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders of the Zephyr – Al’Akir in Throne of the Four Winds
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders – Maloriak in Blackwing Descent
- Chest:
- Bracers:
- Gloves:
- Waist:
- Mixology – Sinestra in The Bastion of Twilight
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders of the Zephyr – The Conclave of Wind in Throne of the Four Winds
- Blackfang Battleweave Spaulders of the Windflurry – The Conclave of Wind in Throne of the Four Winds
- Draconic Embossment - Stamina – Ascendant Council in The Bastion of Twilight
- Legs:
- Valor Points of the Zephyr – Al’Akir in Throne of the Four Winds
- Valor Points of the Windflurry – Al’Akir in Throne of the Four Winds
- Draconic Embossment - Stamina – Maloriak in Blackwing Descent
- Blackfang Battleweave Tunic – Maloriak in Blackwing Descent
- Feet:
- Rings:
- Choker of the Vanquished Lord – Omnotron Defense System in Blackwing Descent
- Choker of the Vanquished Lord of the Zephyr – The Conclave of Wind in Throne of the Four Winds
- Choker of the Vanquished Lord of the Windflurry – The Conclave of Wind in Throne of the Four Winds
- Blackfang Battleweave Tunic – Blackfang Battleweave Tunic Exalted Reputation
- Blackfang Battleweave Tunic – 1250 Valor Points
- Blackfang Battleweave Tunic of the Zephyr – The Conclave of Wind in Throne of the Four Winds
- Blackfang Battleweave Tunic of the Windflurry – The Conclave of Wind in Throne of the Four Winds
- Blackfang Battleweave Tunic – Omnotron Defense System in Blackwing Descent
- Trinkets:
- Valor Points – Nefarian in Blackwing Descent
- Valor Points – 1650 Valor Points
- Blackfang Battleweave Tunic – Nefarian in Blackwing Descent
- Valor Points – Halfus Wyrmbreaker in The Bastion of Twilight
- Blackfang Battleweave Tunic – Halfus Wyrmbreaker in The Bastion of Twilight
- Blackfang Battleweave Tunic – Heroic Lost City of the Tol’Vir
- Blackfang Battleweave Tunic – Heroic Halls of Origination
- Weapons – Main-Hand:
- Valor Points of the Zephyr – Al’Akir in Throne of the Four Winds
- Valor Points of the Windflurry – Al’Akir in Throne of the Four Winds
- Valor Points of the Windstorm – Al’Akir in Throne of the Four Winds
- Shadow Wing Armbands – Nefarian in Blackwing Descent
- Shadow Wing Armbands – Theralion and Valiona in The Bastion of Twilight
- Weapons – Off-Hand:
- Ranged:
- Valor Points – Theralion and Valiona in The Bastion of Twilight
- Swordguard Embroidery – Atramedes in Blackwing Descent
- Belt of Flayed Skin – Theralion and Valiona in The Bastion of Twilight
- Belt of Flayed Skin – Atramedes in Blackwing Descent
- Belt of Flayed Skin – Heroic The Vortex Pinnacle
- Belt of Flayed Skin – Engineering
- Mixology – BoE
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