pre-raiding

[yaZuo]

ter all the questing and grinding up that exp, you finally hit 70 and want to start up some raiding...but your gear is not up for it.

SO first you will think battleground.

I myself am not one who likes the whole bg way, however it will give you really good gear, and save you alot of grinding and heartache when ppl tell you that your not geared to do certain things. Battleground gear is a way around this, and can be very helpful.

If your not into the whole BG thing, then u might want to buy some good armor on the AH to start you off, or have a good friend make you some good epics before you will be able to raid.

As a rogue, you must first focus on weapons. Yes armor is important, but a good rogue wont get hit in battle, and need to do major dps, so first and foremost weapons should be your #1 priority for raiding. Inthis section I will list some good items to start with, then what epics you should try for next, or skip all the hassle and jump to the BG epics.

I will say that this is PRE kara gear eventhough technically kara is supposed to be easy compared to heroics....which i dont understand

SWORDS
Start: Millennium Blade and Latro's Shifting Sword Both from black morass
Epic: The Sun Eater from Heroic Mech and Felsteel Longblade crafted from a blacksmith
BG: Gladiator's Slicer and Gladiator's Quickblade

DAGGERS
Start: Warp Splinter's Thorn from bot and Hungering Spineripper from arc
Epic: Vileblade of the Betrayer from heroic arc and Feltooth Eviscerator from heroic ramps
BG: Gladiator's Shanker and Gladiator's Shiv

FISTS
Start: Stormreaver Warblades from bot and Reflex Blades from arc
Epic: The Bladefist from heroic Shattered Halls as for offhand idk
BG: Gladiator's Right Ripper and Gladiator's Left Ripper

MACES
Start: Blackout Truncheon from slabs x2
Epic: Truthfully I dont know about a good epic mace for a rogue...
BG: Gladiator's Pummeler and Gladiator's Bonecracker

all of these are examples! These are not the only good weapons there are before kara, but what I would recomend as a rogue.

[yaZuo]

So, you have good weapons but your still not geared to go into the fabled Karazhan. So what next?

Well speaking as a rogue who looks back at all the failures he has done, the hardest part about going to kara is NOT the key frag. It is deffinatly gear dependent, and the key is a minor thing.

First of all, you will want to go out and get the assassination armor

[Helm of Assassination] from Arcatraz
[Tunic of Assassination] from Mechanar
[Leggings of Assassination] from Shadow Labyrinth
[Shoulderpads of Assassination] from Sethekk Halls
and
[Handgrips of Assassination] from Black Morass

this will be a very good start, and better then most. Once you have the assassination set, you are well on your way to kara!

Studying gear that drops in kara and out, I have noticed that the hardest epic piece to acquire as a rogue, and possibly anything else, is the Leggings. Yes there are some legging in heroics, but despite there said droprate, there not easy to aquire.

But since all you have is your weapon of choice, we shall move to an easier target. trinkets. Most classes can go without really good trinkets at first, but i have found that when looked for in the right place, there are alot of good trinkets out there


A FEW TRINKETS
[Darkmoon Card: Wrath] get from [Storms Deck] off the darkmoon fair
[Darkmoon Card: Crusade] get from [Blessings Deck] off the darkmoon fair
[Skyguard Silver Cross] rep with skyguard
there are MNAY MANY others but these will give you a boost