Rogue PVP tricks and tips.
by Lupins | 22/03/2007 19:18:43![]() Okay so i was browsing over on the American forums and came across an intresting thread. Basically it was a half guide to rogue tips and tricks for pvp. I'm currently in the Process of levling my own rogue and some of these i'd not heard off and are really helpfull, so if you know any more i'd really like to hear them. All Credit to Supertroll on the US forums for the original tips. Edit: Well first off to the flames ... please try and take a minute to understand not everyone is a PvP god, so you've been playing your rogue for what 40 odd days played? and youve adapted and learnt new tricks as you've gone on.. grats too you. This kind of thread helps people learning their rogue's and its a good way to discuss tips for pvp'ing so instead of just wrighting 'these tips are crap whine whine whine' why don't you actualy post something constructive like 'that tip doesnt work anymore but this one does' or 'you should try this'. Yes some of these tips may not work or are outdated as i said above i copied it from a thread in the US forums and some people are actualy getting use out of some of these tips. 'PvP Tricks! - For the OMGPWNT's Soul Ever find yourself in need of a new edge in PvP combat? Here are some things I have found to be very useful in the midst of battle. [66] CoS+Setup Tip 1 -If you see a mage with his Frost Armor on pop on all possible attack speed buffs like slice and dice blade fury if you have it and if your a troll, BESERKING *cough*, anyways after doing so get nice and close to the mage and pop CoS and go at him with all spammage and melee. You will 90% of the time get a resist on his Frost Armor effect and the combo points will literally pour in. In the time of auto attacking 1 mage with just slice and dice and troll beserking I was able to get off 2 5 Point eviscerates and a 3 point with only combo points from setup. Fancy that eh? Priests+Sappage -When you are up against a priest and he knows your there wait till he casts his Power Word: Shield (if he hasent already) and once you see the debuff go away count off 8 seconds and go in and sap him. Most priests will not apply their PW: Shield until it is in the last few seconds of running out or they are under attack and it is possible to reapply. After you have them sapped wait for the sheild to run out than do what you would normally do. The sheild is one of the things that lets a priest survive with plenty of health after a rogue gets the jump w/o it he will start the fight at low health and you can most likely finish him with your normal routine. Mage+Frost Nova'd+Distract -So here you are against a Mage, Frost nova'd in place Vanish is on cooldown and if you have it so is your CoS, You just need to finish off his last 20% health but he has you! Has you down to 15% and about to finish you off, or is he? Distract saves the day here! In the last couple seconds before his big ass pew pew Pyro or w/e is about to own you is finished casting you can distract him in the opposite direction and cancel his spell! Go figure! And most likely after this much time has passed your bind will break free and you can go and finish off the confused mage who is facing the opposite direction.(great if your daggers btw) Edit: Only applies if you are in the situation where a mage nova's you and starts casting there are times when you leave combat before they've finshed casting. Now you could stealth but this doesnt remove the nova so they still no exactly where you are, so instead of wasting blind use this tip :) Fleeing Mage+Distract -Many may have already accomplished this and they know what I mean when I say it is one of the best feelings in the game when you do this. So you just throwed down your uber pro rogue skills. The mage you were defeating is now running away and your sprint is on cooldown. He blinks away, !STOP! Now get ready to own this mage! Use your senses and your natural mojo to distract at the same time he is about to blink. Make sure he faces towards you when you distract him and if all goes well he will blink directly towards you! Quite oftenly right in front of you or within 5 yards. Now hes left without a blink and you can do whatever you want in the time he cannot get away, poor poor mage. Enjoy! Oh Noes Spell+Vanish -If you are seeing a giant pyro blast or somthing deadly flying towards you vanish within half a second of it hitting you and no damage will be done, however if you are too early or too late you will get hit.(this is nice if your not yet 66 with CoS) The Mage Deke - When your running at a mage with sprint and you KNOW hes going to blink, be on the ready to instantly turn around the second you see him casting blink and you will be amazingly close to throw a kidney shot and beat some clothie. [66] Only, Chicken Hunters For Supper -When dueling the classic noob Hunter strat(standing on trap and flare), be brave and unstealth near him and run at him with CoS, yes you can do it while stealthed but if he has a flare you will get unstealthed anyways. Not only do you resist the trap but it confuses the *#!# out of the hunter. Its not every day a rogue you are openly fighting just comes at you like a warrior. I often use this strategy against all classes to just unstealth and run at them from 15 yards away, it totally throws them off their game and is really fun to see them make a 2 second mental thought of fight or flight. 'Another sure fire trick is to use Barov's pesant caller trinket to set off his trap if you don't mind using up a trinket slot. (provided by Herostan)' WSG Flag Runner -When you have the flag in a WSG match and are running away from an opponent this is a nice little trick. This is usable in either factions flag complex, Find the nearest corner to hide behind and stealth. This will drop the flag, quickly go back around the corner and sap your assailant and go back grab your flag and enjoy your 10+ seconds of time to easily escape to a safe distance. [63] 3 Seconds of Mage Beating -When fighting a mage and you have 3 or more combo points gouge the target, flip behind them ASAP than vanish and garrote. Immediately kidney shot him and you get 3 seconds of free action against him. This may not be alot of time to do any damage if it were a plate or mail wearer but against a mage this could easily win you the fight. '' All of the above by Supertroll all props to him. Sneaky trinket usage Get a damage absorbing trinket like the Grandmaster Trinket or Arathi Basin shield trinket (both lvl 60, I know). Experience has told me that classes like Paladins (mostly Paladins) mash their stun buttons while stunned theirselves. Now if you have a Paladin stunned, use your Damage Absorbing trinket (or Engineering Shield) just before your stun ends so that you have a nice protection when you're stunned yourself. Ofcourse CloS will do, but I used to equip these trinkets in the old days of Reckoning Paladins. Also, the '+ dodge' trinket you get from Hellfire Peninsula, for the common eye it looks just like Evasion and you'll notice that some people will try to run away from you because they think they can't hit you. It gives you some Bandage time. I find it pretty interesting in fights against Bears. By Pokerfacee Button mashers So yeah, a lot of people mash a button while stunned. Most Rogues will probably mash Gouge or Vanish and other classes have their own form of CC. You can use this to your advantage, for example: You're attacking a Priest and you Gouge the sucker. The priest will now either mash his Shield of Fear button. You can avoid his fear by moving away from him just before your Gouge ends, making him wasting his Fear and having a cooldown on it for 30 seconds. CloS is another option here, but like the trinkets this is just an old trick back from the days Rogues didn't have the luxery of 90% resistance. by pokerfacee Stopping Blink / Mage opener You find a mage whilse stealthed, and cant ambush since you use swords, just when the energy tick is about to go off, cheap shot him from his fronst side. That's -60 Energy and let you off with 40 energy But here with the good timing, the energy tick kicks in giving you instantly another 20 Energy so your back to 60 Energy before he manages to blink away ( This is what all mages do when they are stunned doh :P ) As i said you have to cheap shot from somewhere near his front side, so you can have a chance to quicly gouge him when he blinks. As soon as he blinks away and you manage to gouge him, be appears to the other area where he blinked incappacitated with Gouge having his effect on him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wztz2z-HeEE - video By Eleonidas lupins- okay updated with everyone else's seggestions since it got stickied. [ Post edited by Lupins ] |
by Vaneras | 23/03/2007 20:09:07![]() Very nice :-) Will sticky this for now, but perhaps it would be a good idea to get this included into one of the ultimate rogue guide compilation stickies :-) |


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