Orcs are one of the best races to level up and play a Rogue. In this Orc Rogue guide I want to show you the advantages of Orc Rogues, the best talent spec to level 1-80 and how to get the most out of your attack rotation.
Orc Rogue Guide – Racial Abilities
Blood Fury – Increases your attack power by (Level*4)+2. Lasts 15 seconds. 2 minutes cooldown.
Blood Fury is a perfect racial for a melee DPS class such as the Rogue. It gives +322 attack and statistically increases your attack power by 40 all the time (on level 80) if properly used.
Command – Damage dealt by Death Knight, Hunter and Warlock pets increased by 5%.
Well, this racial ability is useless for Rogues.
Axe Specialization – Expertise with Axes, Two-Handed Axes and Fist Weapons increased by 5.
In the past this was totally useless until with patch 3.2 Rogues are able to wield axes. I haven’t seen a good Rogue build that relies an axes yet.
Hardiness – Duration of Stun effects reduced by an additional 15%.
Hardiness is mainly a PvP skill for the Rogue. Although 15% isn’t really much, it can help out in critical situations.
Orcs make great Rogues mainly due to Blood Fury. It’s the bread-and-butter racial that you should have activated whenever you can while leveling. In a raid group you should save it for moments when burst damage is required or keep it up all the time for consistently high damage.
Orc Rogue Guide – Combat Spec (13/53/5)
This is how I recommend you to spend your talent points:
- Improved Sinister Strike 2/2
- Dual Wield Specialization 5/5
- Precision 5/5
- Improved Slice and Dice 2/2
- Endurance 1/2
- Aggression 5/5
- Blade Flurry 1/1
- Lightning Reflexes 3/3
- Hack and Slash 1/5
- Weapon Expertise 2/2
- Blade Twisting 2/2
- Hack and Slash 2/5
- Adrenaline Rush 1/1
- Vitality 3/3
- Hack and Slash 3/5
- Combat Potency 5/5
- Surprise Attacks 1/1
- Unfair Advantage 2/2
- Savage Combat 2/2
- Prey on the Weak 5/5
- Killing Spree 1/1
- Relentless Strikes 5/5
- Malice 5/5
- Remorseless Attacks 2/2
- Improved Eviscerate 3/3
- Vigor 1/1
- Hack and Slash 5/5
- Lethality 2/5
Please note that this is the *exact* order in which I recommend you to spend your points to get the best effect.
Orc Rogue Guide – Leveling Attack Rotation
Having a proven leveling spec is good, knowing how to use the skills is better. Here are some basic attack rotations that my Orc Rogue guide highly recommends:
Fighting against 1 Mob: Sinister Strike, Slice and Dice, Sinister Strike (x5), Eviscerate.
Fighting against 2 Mobs: Garrot target(1), Slice and Dice, Switch to target(2), Blade Flurry, Sinister Strike (x5), Eviscerate.
By now the targets should both be dead, but if target(1) is still alive, just switch back and finish it off.
I hope you got lots of value from my Orc Rogue guide and have fun leveling your Rogue twink. Now go out and gather some exp or read my more detailed guide about rogue attack rotations. J