Combat Rogue

Melee DPS (swords/maces)Race: HumanBuild 1.60.1.70753

Combat is the stand-and-swing Rogue. Sinister Strike builds, Blade Flurry hits two targets, Adrenaline Rush doubles your energy, and Weapon Expertise plus Hack and Slash make every auto-attack count. Assassination points add Malice crit, Lethality and longer bleeds.

Starter build and talent order Talent calculator Pre-raid BiS Leveling route Spellbook Enchants & consumables

Rotation

Opener: Cheap Shot from stealth, Sinister Strike ×5, Slice and Dice, back to builders.

Priority: Slice and Dice always up, Eviscerate at 5 points, Sinister Strike filler; Blade Flurry on packs, Kick for interrupts, Feint if threat creeps.

Cooldowns: Adrenaline Rush with Blade Flurry; Sprint to reposition; Evasion for an emergency tank.

Forever notes: Combat with a slow main-hand (2.6+) and a fast dagger off-hand is still the raid DPS spec in Forever; the Nov 2 damage pass helps every rogue.

Stats

Hit to 9%, then Agility, then Crit, then attack power. Slow main hand (sword or mace), fast off-hand. Haste is strong with Blade Flurry.

Hack and Slash is weapon-type specific, so match your talents to the weapons you actually own.

Numbers for every spec and a gear comparer: stat weights.

Where it ranks

See the tier lists for PvE and PvP placement, and Classic vs Forever changes for what Blizzard altered in this class.

Wowhead and Icy Veins keep spec guides of their own: Icy Veins Combat Rogue, Wowhead class guides. Our rotation notes are editorial, written for the Nov 2 tuning.

Editorial, 2026-11-04; sources linked in the text. Wowhead and Icy Veins guides are referenced, not copied. Data from talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0), read from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70753. Updated 2026-11-04. World of Warcraft is a trademark of Blizzard Entertainment; this is a fan site.