Rogue Class Overview
At home in the shadows and skilled at disappearing from sight, the Rogues of Azeroth are most comfortable when acting in the background. Twisting events to their favor, striking only when advantage is greatest: this is where a Rogue excels. With their cunning tricks, physical abilities, and mastery of concealment and disguise, Rogues have no trouble finding employment as thieves, cutthroats, spies, and assassins.
Introduction to Rogue in Vanilla World of Warcraft
Masters of stealth and adept users of all types of poison, the Rogue is a melee-based DPS class in World of Warcraft. Depending on how you prefer to play the game or the class fantasy you're looking for, Rogue comes with three Specializations: Assassination, Combat, and Subtlety. Regardless of Specialization or playstyle, all Rogues use Energy and Combo Points as a resource.
Looking to dive right into the content? Head over to the Rogue Leveling Guide to start your adventure in Azeroth!
- Assassination — This specialization focuses on increasing the burst damage of the Rogue, ensuring that defeating their foes requires as little time as possible.
- Combat — This specialization focuses on enhancing a Rogue's capabilities in extended fights. While they normally fight from the shadows, Combat Rogues are equipped to fight just as proficiently outside of stealth.
- Subtlety — This specialization enhances a Rogue's abilities within stealth, avoiding direct combat when possible.
Due to the differences between Classic and modern World of Warcraft, players won't spec completely into a specific Specialization. For Rogue, playstyle will be dependent on your weapon of choice, either Swords or Daggers. For a more in depth look at what this looks like, head over to our detailed Rogue Guide linked below.
If you are still deciding if the Rogue class is the proper choice for you, feel free to check out the video below from WillE, an avid player and long time content creator for World of Warcraft! This video will give you a solid overview of what Rogue is like to level and what it excels at in endgame content and PvP.
Races for Rogues
Rogues can be played as Humans, Dwarves, Night Elves, and Gnomes for the Alliance and Undead, Orcs, and Trolls for the Horde in Classic.
Gearing a Rogue
Rogues can wear Cloth and Leather armour and are able to use Bows, Crossbows, Daggers, Fist Weapons, Guns, Maces, Swords, and Thrown Weapons. For best-in-slot lists, please head over to our Rogue Gearing Page, linked below.
Rogue Trainer Locations
In order to learn skills and skill ranks, you will need to go to a Rogue trainer. Below is a list of all the trainers available to the Alliance.
Alliance Rogue Trainers
- Anishar — Darnassus
- Erion Shadewhisper — Darnassus
- Fenthwick — Ironforge
- Frahun Shadewhisper — Teldrassil
- Hogral Bakkan — Dun Morogh
- Hulfdan Blackbeard — Ironforge
- Ian Strom — Stranglethorn Vale
- Jannok Breezesong — Teldrassil
- Jorik Kerridan — Elwynn Forest
- Keryn Sylvius — Elwynn Forest
- Lord Tony Romano — Stormwind City
- Ormyr Flinteye — Ironforge
- Osborne the Night Man — Stormwind City
- Solm Hargrin — Dun Morogh
- Syurna — Darnassus
In order to learn skills and skill ranks, you will need to go to a Rogue trainer. Below is a list of all the trainers available to the Horde.
Horde Rogue Trainers
- Carolyn Ward — Undercity
- David Trias — Tirisfal Glades
- Gest — Orgrimmar
- Gregory Charles — Undercity
- Ian Strom — Stranglethorn Vale
- Kaplak — Durotar
- Marion Call — Tirisfal Glades
- Miles Dexter — Undercity
- Ormok — Orgrimmar
- Rwag — Durotar
- Shenthul — Orgrimmar
Rogue Guides for World of Warcraft: Classic
A list of our remaining Rogue guides can be found below.
Rogue in Season of Discovery
Find our new guides for Rogue in WoW Classic Season of Discovery below! The new game mode will have players find and utilize Runes that can then be engraved onto their gear to provide them special bonuses that augment already existing abilities or allow the class to use entirely new spells.
With the introduction of new Runes in Season of Discovery, not only will old builds be increased in power, but Rogue now has the option of being played as a Tank.
Changelog
- 04 Nov. 2024: Updated page with additional information and video guide.
- 19 Nov. 2023: Updated for Season of Discovery.
- 29 Sep. 2019: Updated locations of trainers.
- 17 Sep. 2019: Fixed location of trainers.
- 25 Aug. 2019: Guide added.
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