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Building combo points as a dagger rogue
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Covert7
Right so I'm leveling as daggers (not the most effecient I know) and I wanted to ask some of you experts out here how you build up your combo points after that intial ambush/cheap shot. I've heard folks say that Sinister Strike is terrible for daggers (and I understand why) but other than that strike, I'm not sure what others use to generate combo points.
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!
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Winn
for me I usually just ss it, or gouge, circle, and backstab.
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Remx
Don't ever use shiv as your primary attack.
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Remx
Don't ever use shiv as your primary attack.
When you cant get behind your opponent there isnt much other choice. I'll take shiv over sinister strike any day for a dagger build.
Well that's a shame, because sinister strike offers better DPE than shiv, even with a dagger.
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Remx
Yes... shiv is a minimum of 33 energy, with sinister strike being 40. A main-hand attack (also with the possibility to proc a poison) is much more damaging.
Sinister strike rank 9 deals main-hand weapon damage + 80 (with rank 10 being + 98) for 40 energy when talented. Shiv rank one deals off-hand weapon damage and applies a poison for 20+(10*weapon speed) energy. Sinister strike is far superior.
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Remx
poisons dont cryt rofl rofl>_>
Who said they did?
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Remx
So can shiv.
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Covert7
So the point being, if you can't get behind your enemy for a Backstab you might as well go ahead and use Sinister Strike (or Shiv once you get it) if you need to generate some points. Right?
Kinda what I figured but just wanted some input from those more experienced. Well hopefully Blizz will give some love to dagger rogues soon and help bring them closer to par with sword/mace builds.
Thanks for the input guys!
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Remx
poisons dont cryt rofl rofl>_>
Funny, I see instant poison crit all the time while leveling.
If I recall correctly, poisons use our spell critical strike chance. So given the fact that rogues don't wear +spell critical gear, I think the chance to crit with instant poison is ~5%.
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