Post by Mikhael
Combat swords is good, yes. However, I have also been having good results from Hemo in 2.3. Here is my
spec and
gear (btw, if you see the riding crop, it's really Romulo's Poison Vial) :D
The benefits of Hemo - pretty much equivalent dps to combat swords, and pvp goodness too :)
Post by Spartonian
I've heard good things about the Hemo change, but I'd be hesitant to drop Combat Potency and Surprise Attacks for raiding, not to mention all the helpful talents in the Assassination Tree.
Combat swords is good, yes. However, I have also been having good results from Hemo in 2.3. Here is my
spec and
gear (btw, if you see the riding crop, it's really Romulo's Poison Vial) :D
The benefits of Hemo - pretty much equivalent dps to combat swords, and pvp goodness too :)
Post by cangiz
Did 1200 dps on morogrim yesterday as combat swords. Hemo rogue did 900. We are both in similar gear, however he can't touch me. Stick to combat swords.
MY Build:
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=f0eboeZGcV0bVzxMGRt
Post by elven
I agree, i used to be a combat dagger rogue for raids, but after making the switch to combat swords, combat daggers doesn't even hold a candle to the DPS combat swords can put out, especially with S2 and S3 swords available, even s1 swords are great. pick yourself up some of these badboys for your main hand and off hand, along with this spec...
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=f0ebovZGcV0bVzxMGktand you will easily top the dps charts once you learn how to rotate your abilities correctly.
Becuase Sinister strike is the bread and butter of any sword spec, it will do alot of high constant damage, that along with using envenom instead of eviscerate. I see my 5cb envenoms crit for over 2200 all the time (something I never see eviscerate do), and my SS crits are above 1650 when raid buffed. If mob's or boss's happen to be poison immune just slap on some adamantite sharpening stones instead of deadly poison and SS away, always keep SnD up, and your golden.
I see some builds people have linked with no talent points in Relentless strikes. This has to be a huge nerf to a rogue dps and if you ever plan on running the DPS train i believe its very necessary to talent into this. 25 energy return everytime you use a 5cb finisher bassicly makes all your finishers cost next to no energy and allows you to blow that much more energy on Sinister strikes. More energy = more dps you really cant go wrong with this talent, and the sword specialization talent with a chance for extra attacks is just free dps by itself especially since the buff a few patches ago, /win IMO.
I've been raiding for awhile now and i hardly ever have any competition, the closest class to me are hunters and warlocks and they usually trail 4-5% behind me once we get good and heavy into clearing trash and onto bosses etc. I can only see my dps getting better as group composition is improved in my guild and we get an enhancement shammy to drop some windfury totems, this coupled with a feral druid, fury warrior, and a hemo rogue we'll make heads roll.
