TBC Classic Rogue Weapons Guide

Rogues can use Daggers, Fist Weapons, Swords, and Maces with Crossbows, Bows, Guns, and Throwing Weapons for their ranged slots. Choosing the correct weapons are an incredibly important part of playing Rogue in both PvP and PvE. Abilities such as Sinister Strike and Hemorrhage are instant strikes that deal damage based off of your weapon's base damage plus bonus damage from Attack Power, which is normalized. Your offhand weapon generally wants to be as fast as possible due to Shiv, Combat Potency, and any poisons.

There are many great main-hand weapon options for Rogues in TBC Classic. Below are a variety of mainhands ranked for each Phase. It should be noted that for Phase 1 the difference in DPS between Dragonmaw and Gladiator's Slicer is less than 2 DPS apart, assuming you can utilize 100% uptime on Dragonmaw's proc; otherwise, Gladiator's Slicer will beat it out. Also, note that for Phase 1, all 5 options listed below are within 9 DPS of eachother, so it is not recommended for you to pick up Blacksmithing just for Dragonmaw as it will be a huge gold and time sink.

Weapon Name	Location
Dragonmaw	Crafted; Blacksmithing
Blinkstrike	World Drop
Vindicator's Brand	The Aldor; Exalted
The Bladefist	Warchief Kargath Bladefist; Heroic The Shattered Halls

Weapon Name	Location
Dragonmaw	Crafted; Blacksmithing
Gladiator's Slicer	Arena Points
Blinkstrike	World Drop
Spiteblade	Netherspite; Karazhan
Hope Ender	World Boss; Doom Lord Kazzak

Offhand selection is much smaller for each Phase. Here we will go over a couple of options for offhands in each phase.

Weapon Name	Location
Latro's Shifting Sword	Aeonus; The Black Morass
Blazeguard	Crafted; Blacksmithing

Latro's Shifting Sword is an amazing offhand and can easily last you until Black Temple. This weapon is so perfectly itemized that it is only few DPS worse than Merciless Gladiator's Slicer.

Weapon Name	Location
Gladiator's Quickblade	Arena Points
Latro's Shifting Sword	Aeonus; The Black Morass

Below we will go over a few of the most notable weapons you can get while leveling.

Cruel Barb is from Deadmines and can be used for a very long time. With a slow weapon speed and high damage, this is a very strong leveling weapon. Other notable items you can obtain while leveling up are Vanquisher's Sword from quests avaiable to both Horde and Alliance players within Razorfen Downs. After that, Thrash Blade from the Maraudon quest Corruption of Earth and Seed is a great option to last you until Outland. In Outland there are many different weapon options you can obtain while leveling. You will likely be changing them out every zone you go into.

For more leveling information, please refer to our leveling guides for Rogues: