WoW Classic 39 Twink Rogue Guide

Rogues are one of the more popular and downright fun classes to play.  They focus on damage output, which is satisfying and for many, cathartic and their stealth role is both crucial and specialized, as Rogues are the only class, save the Druid, who can actively stealth.  In PvP, Rogues are vital damage dealers and scouts, and their abilities are almost always welcome to any battle group, or party.  They excel most at single target DPS and in this regard, they are beaten only by Warriors, and only when a given Warrior is kitted out with gear.  If you’re into ambush tactics, surprise attacks and skullduggery, the Rogue is the class for you.

Contents

• Races:  Which races can play as a Rogue and which racial traits are most beneficial to a Rogue in PvP?
• Professions:  Which professions are the best for a Rogue Twink and which are the best items to use in PvP?
• Spells and Abilities:  What abilities are available to a level 39 Rogue and how best can they be employed in PvP?
• Talents:  Which talents are the best for a PvP and which builds should a Rogue Twink use?
• Gear:  What is the Best in Slot (BiS) gear for a level 39 PvP Rogue and how can it be acquired?
• Enchantments:  Which enchantments are the best for a Rogue Twink?
• Buffs:  Which potions, scrolls, elixirs and other consumables are of use to a Rogue Twink of 39^th level?

Races

The only race that cannot play a Rogue are the poor Tauren, because they are just too big!  Because of this, the Rogue has the highest number of racial choices in World of Warcraft (WoW), save for the Warrior.  This can make choosing a race for your rogue just a touch difficult sometimes.  Many of the racial traits offered by the different races are very useful to a Rogue, especially in PvP, but some not at all of use.  To help you to figure out which is which, the following is a list of all of the races that can play as a rogue and all of the racial traits of theirs that are of use in PvP.

• Alliance
• Horde

Professions

There are a lot of professions to choose from, which can make deciding which ones to go with hard.  Fortunately, one of the coolest professions is also an absolute necessity for a Twink of any class.  Engineering.  There are a plethora of gadgets, devices and bombs that are extremely useful within Battlegrounds and you won’t want to miss out on them.

While Engineering is a necessity, you’re other Profession is also important.  Which ones you’ll be interested in will largely depend on your class.

What follows is a description of each of the Professions that should be of interest to a level 39 Twink Rogue and why.

Engineering

For Twinks of any class, this profession is an absolute must-have.  Along with all of the engineering gadgets and doodads you get before reaching 230 in engineering, there are some seriously fantastic items at this level that are of extreme use in PvP.  Make sure you get all of them.

The Major Recombobulator is especially useful for countering the Crowd Control (CC) effects of Polymorph.  Other items of note are the  Alarm-O-Bot, which can help in detecting other Rogues and Druids, and the Dark Iron Bomb, which is the absolute best bomb in early Classic WoW, with the most damage and longest Crowd Control (CC) duration.  CC can be really important to a Rogue, too.  As it allows them to stop the action and get behind their opponent, if they aren’t already. There are also three energy reflectors; Gyrofreeze Ice Reflector, Hyper-Radiant Flame Reflector and Ultra-Flash Shadow Reflector, which all reflect their type of damage for 5 seconds.  This is extremely useful and can quickly turn the tables on any caster in the game.  Finally, there is the Arcane Bomb, which absorbs mana and does half of what is absorbed as damage to anyone in range.

All of these items are incredibly useful in PvP and are the best engineering has to offer at this level.  Not to mention all of the fun fireworks and pet companions you can make.

Enchanting

Enchanting is probably the best choice for players who are not supporting their Twink with another character.  It has few expensive reagents that must be truly gathered, most being products of disenchanting items you are already likely to pick up.  It also offers lucrative selling opportunities with the many materials you will acquire from breaking down all of the Green and Blue items you do not need.  It can also offset the cost of getting your own enchantments some, as higher level enchanters are sometimes on the lookout for lower level materials.

Alchemy

If you are being supplied herbs and reagents by another character, then Alchemy can be an extremely useful Profession to endeavor upon.  The ability to simply create the many potions and elixirs that offer decided advantages in PvP at this bracket, instead of having to go shop for them, almost pays for itself.  Alchemy can also be a great way to make money, especially if the reagents and materials can be acquired cheaply.

Other Professions

Herbalism, Mining, and Skinning should be avoided entirely, unless you are hoping to compliment your Engineering with Mining and take some pressure off of the character supporting your Twink.  Tailoring and Blacksmithing are useless to a Rogue as well.  Leatherworking is only a viable option in that it allows you to craft your own Pre BiS armor and even some of the BiS gear.

Another use for for Alchemy, Leatherworking and Tailoring is to sell the various high level components and transmutes that only these Professions can craft.  Alchemists can transmute metals with recipes like Recipe: Transmute Arcanite, Leatherworkers can craft the Cured Rugged Hide and Tailors can use Pattern: Mooncloth to purify Felcloth.

Secondary Skills

• Cooking:  Cooking has but one benefit to any Twink at any level bracket.  The Well Fed Buff.  The food that offers the highest possible Well Fed bonus at this level is Spider Sausage, the recipe for which can be purchased from virtually any standard Cooking trainer.  Another fun and useful food the cooks can make at this level is Dragonbreath Chili, the recipe for which can be purchased from Helenia Olden (Alliance) or Ogg’marr (Horde) in Duskwallow Marsh.  It can also be purchased from Super-Seller 680 in Desolace.
• First Aid:  The only thing to worry about here is to get your First Aid maxed as high as it will go, so that you can use the Heavy Runecloth Bandage, which can heal you almost completely full with just one bandage.  To do this, you will need the three books Expert First Aid – Under Wraps, Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage and Manual: Mageweave Bandage.  The only trouble is that, because you still can’t get your Secondary Skills up to 300 yet, you’ll have to find someone to craft the bandages for you.  Alternatively, you could simply purchase them off of the AH.
• Fishing:  Fishing is a great way to increase your income, especially while you’re bored and waiting around near some water.  Take any opportunity you can to fish, because each time you fish is a chance to catch a rare fish that can earn you some good money.  It’s also not a bad way to get Cooking and Alchemy reagents to increase those skills.

Spells and Abilities

Rogue abilities tend to center around doing increasing amounts of damage and for this purpose, they tend to have a lot of them.  Rogue abilities break down into three basic groups, Assassination, Combat/Sword, and Subtlety.  Here’s a look at all of the Rogue abilities that are available at level 39 and a short note on each.

• Assassination
• Combat/Sword
• Subtlety

Talents

While many other classes don’t have a lot of freedom with respect to their talents, Rogues are quite different.  There are quite a few viable builds and a lot of really useful talents to be had.  The builds shown here are the most popular and straight forward, so don’t feel obligated to adhering to them completely.

As stated, there are a lot of ways to go with a Rogue, most of which involve doing a lot of damage to a single opponent.  If you’d like to try your hand at your own build, to see what the class has to offer for yourself, check out the Rogue Talent Calculator.  You can plan out how you’d like your Rogue to build and make sure you get the bonuses you want without having to constantly spend gold on respecing.

BiS Gear

Gear is important for all classes and is usually one of the most difficult aspects of building a Twink of any level.  For Rogues, whether engaging in PvP or not, your choice of gear is going to be pretty straight forward and focus mainly on increasing your Agility, Attack Power and Strength in that order of importance.  You’ll also want to try and find gear that offers Stamina when you can, as in PvP, survivability is key.

Acquiring all of this BiS gear won’t be easy and it is advised that you get financial backing from a Main to get the items from the AH, which will make the task much easier.  Listed below are all of your BiS gear slot items and how, or where to get them. Good Luck!

• Head
  • What: Nocturnal Cap ( of the Monkey) / Adventurer’s Pith Helmet / Goblin Rocket Helmet/ Gnomish Mind Control Cap
  • Where: Snarler, Feralas 1.124% / Jadespine Basilisk, Uldaman 0.1% / Goblin Rocket Helmet – Engineering / Gnomish Mind Control Cap – Engineering

• Neck
  • What: Scout’s Medallion / Sentinel’s Medallion (Best Balance) / Gazlowe’s Charm (Stamina) / Zealous Shadowshard Pendant (AP)
  • Where: Sold By – Illiyana Moonblaze/Kelm Hargunth / Burgle Eye, Duskwallow Marsh 0.0056% / Quests – Shadowshard Fragments (Horde)- and – Shadowshard Fragments (Alliance)

• Shoulders
  • What: Flintrock Shoulders (Best Balance) / Fleshhide Shoulders (Stamina Oriented)
  • Where:  Scarlet Diviner, Scarlet Monastery 0.02% / Glutton, Razorfen Downs 50%

• Cloak
  • What:  Tigerstrike Mantle (Best Balance) / Dark Hooded Cape (AP)/ Wing of the Whelpling (Stamina Oriented) / Battlehard Cape (Horde Alternative)
  • Where: Prince Raze, Ashenvale 0.005% /  Nimar the Slayer, Arathi Highlands 10%/ Broken Tooth, Badlands 0.005% / Quest – A Grim Discovery

• Chest
  • What: Quillward Harness (AP)/ Warden’s Wraps (Best Balance)
  • Where: Splinterbone Captain, Razorfen Downs 0.08% / Lord Angler, Duskwallow Marsh 0.641%

• Bracers
  • What: Unearthed Bands of the Monkey (Best Balance) -or- of Agility (AP oriented) / Branded Leather Bracers
  • Where: Earthen Sculptor, Uldaman 0.06% / High Inquisitor Fairbanks, Scarlet Monastery 33%

• Gloves
  • What:  Arachnid Gloves of the Monkey (Best Balance) / Gloves of Holy Might
  • Where: Tuten’kash, Razorfen Downs 33% / Crushridge Warmonger, Alterac Mountains 0.0013%

• Belt
  • What: Ogron’s Sash / Defiler’s Leather Girdle / Highlander’s Leather Girdle / Gnomish Harm Prevention Belt
  • Where: Narillasanz, Alterac Valley 0.0167% / Sold By – Illiyana Moonblaze/Kelm Hargunth / Gnomish Harm Prevention BeltEngineering

• Legs
  • What: Basilisk Hide Pants (Best Balance)/ Wolf Rider’s Leggings of the Monkey
  • Where: Narillasanz, Alterac Valley 0.0167% / Razortalon, The Hinterlands 0.641%

• Boots
  • What: Defiler’s Leather Boots / Highlander’s Leather Boots / Swampwalker Boots (Pre AB) /Gnomish Rocket Boots /  Goblin Rocket Boots
  • Where: Sold By – Illiyana Moonblaze/Kelm Hargunth / Broken Tooth, 0.005% /Gnomish Rocket Boots – Engineering /  Goblin Rocket Boots – Engineering

• Ring One
  • What: Legionnaire’s Band/ Protector’s Band
  • Where: Sold By – Illiyana Moonblaze/Kelm Hargunth

• Ring Two
  • What: Ring of the Underwood (Best Balance)/ Assault Band (AP oriented)
  • Where: Lost One Cook, Swamp of Sorrows 0.005% /Narillasanz, Alterac Mountains 0.0167%

• Trinket One
  • What: Arena Grand Master / Arena Master/ Mark of the Chosen
  • Where: Quest – Arena Grandmaster / Arena Treasure Chest 100% / Quest – The Pariah’s Instructions

• Trinket Two
  • What: Tidal Charm / Nifty Stopwatch
  • Where: Prince Nazjak, Arathi Highlands 45% / Quest – This Is Going to Be Hard

• Main Hand
  • What:  Hand of Righteousness (Highest Damage with Hemorrhage Build) / Legionnaire’s Sword -or- Protector’s Sword (If Sinister Strike is your main ability) / Stonevault Bonebreaker (Alt to HoR) / Fiendish Skiv (Horde only Backstab) or Sentinel’s Blade (Alliance Backstab)
  • Where: High Inquisitor Whitemane, Scarlet Monastery 33%/ Sold By – Illiyana Moonblaze/Kelm Hargunth (Requires Honored with WSG) /Shadowforge Archaeologist, Uldaman 0.04%/ Quest – Challenge Overlord Mok’Morokk -or- Sold By – Illiyana Moonblaze
• Off-Hand
  • What: Vanquisher’s Sword / Skull of Impending Doom
  • Where: Quest – Bring the End (Horde) or Bring the Light (Alliance) / Quest – Forbidden Knowledge
• Range
  • What: Outrider’s Bow -or- Outrunner’s Bow (Best Balance)/ The Silencer (AP)
  • Where:  Sold By – Illiyana Moonblaze/Kelm Hargunth (Requires Honored with WSG) / Narillasanz, Alterac Mountains 0.0167%

Enchantments

The enchantments for your gear are almost as important as the gear itself.  Make sure to get all of the best enchantments for each gear slot item that can be enchanted.  If your Main is not an enchanter, then acquiring these enchantments will be expensive, so keep that in mind.  Here are all of the best enchantments for a level 29 Twink Rogue.

• Head:  Lesser Arcanum of Constitution (First Choice)/ Lesser Arcanum of Voracity
• Shoulders: Might of the Scourge
• Cloak: Formula: Enchant Cloak – Lesser Agility / Formula: Enchant Cloak – Stealth (After AQ)
• Chest: Formula: Enchant Chest – Greater Stats / Enchant Chest – Major Health
• Bracers:  Formula: Enchant Bracer – Superior Stamina / Formula: Enchant Bracer – Superior Strength
• Gloves: Formula: Enchant Gloves – Superior Agility (After AQ) / Formula: Enchant Boots – Greater Agility
• Legs: Lesser Arcanum of Constitution (First Choice)/ Lesser Arcanum of Voracity
• Boots:  Enchant Boots – Minor Speed (Without AB Speed Boots) / Enchant Boots – Lesser Agility / Enchant Boots – Greater Stamina
• Weapons: Formula: Enchant Weapon – Crusader
• Off-hand Weapon: Formula: Enchant Weapon – Agility
• Ranged: Sniper Scope on BoE’s (Apply with main and mail to alt) -or- Deadly Scope

Buffs

There are a plethora of buffs to be had at this level and some of them are incredibly useful.  If you’ve taken Alchemy, you’ll be able to acquire most of these, fairly easily.  Otherwise, you can get them through other players who are Alchemists, or simply from the AH. Some of them are often sold by vendors in a limited quantity as well.

Elixirs

Remember that you can only have one Guardian and one Battle Elixir active at a time.

Battle

• Elixir of Greater Agility: More agility means more damage.
• Elixir of Giants: So does more Strength.

Guardian

• Elixir of Fortitude:  Not a single character in all of WoW has ever complained about having more health.  You shouldn’t either.
• Mighty Troll’s Blood Potion:  This one is great to pop right before a long fight.  It helps mitigate damage to you and let’s your Healer take it a bit easier.
• Elixir of Greater Defense:  More armor is always a good thing, especially in these quantities.
• Gift of Arthas: Hard to come by and somewhat situational with respect to the resistance, but definitely worth the defensive proc.  Being able to disease opponents is very useful in PvP.
• Elixir of Water Walking This one might only be useful when running away from something, but when you can walk on water and your opponents can’t you’ll be glad you bought this.

Potions

• Lesser Stoneshield Potion: One thousand extra armor?  Yes, you can easily find a situation where this is useful.
• Invisibility Potion: Makes you invisible.  What’s not to love?
• Swiftness Potion: No matter what bracket you’re in, no matter what class you play, this potion will never not be useful in some way in PvP and in CTF it is invaluable, as it stacks with dash.
• Restorative Potion: Expensive, but worth the price and extremely utilitarian.  You can just keep this in your back pocket just in case and rest easy, knowing you have an answer for almost every debuff.
• Jungle Remedy: You might have to spend a lot of time farming these, or a bit of gold buying them, but they are worth it.
• Magic Resistance Potion:   If 50 resistance in all schools of magic doesn’t seem like enough to you, you are wrong.  This potion is perfect for when every caster on the field is flinging different colored light at each other.
• Dreamless Sleep Potion:  Makes you vulnerable for a awhile but pretty much completely restores your health and mana.  Good to use right after a some kind of mass CC has just occurred, like Psychic Scream, or Fear.
• Wildvine Potion:  Kind of a gamble, but might be worth having for when things are really down and out.
• Superior Healing Potion:  The healing potion is a staple of adventurers everywhere.  Use it in good health.  Heheh.
• Superior Healing Draught:  Not as effective as the above, but plentiful and cheap.  You can only use them in BGs though.

Scrolls

• Scroll of Agility II:  Use this when you don’t have an Elixir of Greater Agility, because agility buffs are hard to come by.
• Scroll of Protection III: Use this when you don’t have an Elixir of Defense.
• Scroll of Stamina III: Use this when you don’t have a Priest who can give you Power Word: Fortitude.
• Scroll of Strength II:  Use this when you don’t have an Elixir of Giants.

Use all of them if you are alone, because they are cheap and why not?

Team Buffs

You’re really only going to get any real benefit from about 3 long term class buffs.  Power Word: Fortitude is the good old standby, while  Blessing of Kings is also a great buff if you are Alliance.  The real winner here is Mark of the Wild, because it buffs both Strength and Agility.

Other Consumables

• Rumsey Rum Black Label: Being a little tipsy is a small price to pay for an extra 15 Stamina.
• Dragonbreath Chili: As stated above, this is a great little added boon that you can get easily if you cooking skill is high enough.
• Spider Sausage: Again, make sure you have some of this sausage before heading out there.  The well fed buff shouldn’t be ignored.

Well, now you’ve done it.  You’ve learned all that you can about how to build the perfect level 39 Twink Rogue.  Whether you want to duel your opponents openly, stab them in the back and run, or simply disembowel them any way you can, you are now prepared.  Don’t forget the sweet spot to the left of the spine, fourth lumbar down, the abdominal aorta.  Gets ‘em every time.  Have fun!