Rogue PvP Build

When creating a solid rogue pvp build you want to focus on stealth and trickery.  Keep in mind that your goal should be to inflict as much damage to your opponent as possible.  You want to maximize your stealth and trickery talents to surprise your opponents and do maximum initial damage.  Therefore your rogue pvp tactics will depend on the talent tree.

You will have the biggest advantage with an assassination rogue versus the other two branches in the talent tree. Assassination talents will allow you to sneak up behind your opponent undetected and quickly use sap to build up combo points. When using this strategy however you need to be cautious of other classes who can see through stealth.  Hunters and some potions will other players to detect invisible opponents therefore stealth is not foolproof. Concentrating your talent points in this branch will however allow for one shot kills and overall is considered the superior branch of the rogue talent tree.

A subtlety rogue can be used to kill another team’s healer undetected.  Subtlety rogues should look out for priests and other healers when playing in battlegrounds or arenas.

If your rogue pvp specs create a combat rogue then you must use an entirely different strategy.  Combat talents will allow you to hit as often as possible with very fast weapons.  Most of the other classes will go for bigger attacks that can easily slice through your leather armor or other rogue defenses. Remaining undetected is still the key and a great strategy for a combat rogue is to enter into battlegrounds or arenas as a group and use your spring and speed boosts to lure the enemy away from the group. Also you want to try to get behind any major threat which is usually a healer.

I have found the assassination rogue talent build to be the most fun and effective way to build a dominating pvp rogue character.  Try this rogue pvp build I found at wowhead for yourself.