10/15/2012

(Wrath of the Lich King)


Whereas the other two trees tend to focus on openers and high burst damage, the combat tree focuses on consistent white (auto-attack) damage to provide sustained DPS. Rather than requiring stealth and relying on powerful openers, you can simply run up to most targets and quickly hack away at them. As such, combat tends to be the best tree for fast leveling, since you can move quickly from one enemy to the next with very little downtime instead of trying to sneak up on enemies.

It also features a great number of early skills such as Riposte, Deflection, and Lightning Reflexes that can complement other builds. No rogue should go without 5 points in the first-tier Dual Wield Specialization in order to increase their DPS. In addition, while the two other trees are often limited to use daggers because of their dagger-requiring abilities, combat rogues may also utilize axes, maces and swords in good favor. Finally, because of the abilities Adrenaline Rush, Blade Flurry and Killing Spree, Combat is the best tree for producing AoE-damage and attacking multiple enemies at the same time. Source: http://www.wowwiki.com/Rogue_talents#Combat