Classic Rogue DPS Gear and Best in Slot
On this page, you will find the best PvE gear and best in slot items for your Rogue DPS in WoW Classic.
If you were looking for TBC Classic content, please refer to our TBC Classic Rogue DPS gear and best in slot.
Gearing Strategy for Rogues
While a clear best in slot list is always available in WoW Classic, the items contained might be extremely hard or expensive to get. Depending on what content you intend on doing will change your gearing strategy.
This page focuses on PvE, but you can find more information on gearing a Rogue for PvP in our other guide below.
Rogue Raid Best in Slot
Phase Best in Slot
Phase 2 Rogue Best in Slot
This is the gear we recommend for Rogue in the Molten Core
patch. If you find yourself playing Daggers make sure you use 
Aged Core Leather Gloves
for your gloves.
Phase 1 Rogue Best in Slot
This is the gear we recommend for Rogue in the Molten Core
patch. If you find yourself playing Daggers make sure you use Aged Core Leather Gloves
for your gloves.
Rogue Pre-Raid Best in Slot (BiS) List
In order to get ready for raiding, it is recommended that you follow this guide in order to learn which gear to gather for maximizing DPS before ever setting foot in raids, and probably also before getting your first epic loot.
Rogue PvP Best in Slot Gear
You can find our recommended gear for PvPing as a Rogue in the link below.
Fire Resistance Gear for Rogue
Fire Resistance can be a very helpful stat to have, especially when progressing through Molten Core
Changelog
- 11 Nov. 2024: Updated for Vanilla re-release.
- 02 Dec. 2020: Updated for Phase 6, added Naxrammas BiS Gear.
- 06 Aug. 2020: Guide updated for Phase 5.
- 21 Jul. 2020: Guide added.
- 27 Feb. 2020: Updated recommended gear.
- 11 Feb. 2020: Revamped for Phase 3.
- 10 Dec. 2019: Added link to PvP BiS page.
- 17 Nov. 2019: Fixed drop source for Hand of Justice and location for The Unforgiving.
- 15 Nov. 2019: Updated for Phase 2.
- 15 Oct. 2019: Updated for the release of Dire Maul.
- 14 Oct. 2019: Added a Raid BiS list.
- 14 Sep. 2019: Updated Ring recommendations.
- 09 Sep. 2019: Updated some choices.
- 05 Sep. 2019: Updated some choices.
- 20 Jun. 2019: Page added.
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This guide has been written by Sellin, a former top 10 US raider and current season and several time Gladiator, long time WoW Player and passionate about all things Warcraft and Theorycrafting. You can follow him on Twitter and watch him on Twitch.
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