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Zyzyx's Rogue Bible
This thread is for all things ROGUE.
Link to old thread: http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-gene...gue-bible.html
Table of Contents
1.0 - Intro
1.0.1 - Crit cap information
1.0.2 - What is a Synergy crystal?
1.0.3 - What is a Planar Attunement?
1.1 - Helpful Links
1.2 - Solo / farming / aoe grinding spec
1.3 - Melee DPS builds
1.3.1 - No synergy crystal melee builds
1.3.2 - 2 piece hk(4 piece tier 1) synergy crystal melee builds
1.3.3 - 4 piece hk synergy crystal melee builds
1.4 - Range dps builds
1.4.1 - No synergy crystal ranged builds
1.4.2 - 2 piece hk(4 piece tier 1) synergy crystal ranged builds
1.4.3 - 4 piece hk synergy crystal ranged builds
1.5 - Bard
1.6 - Rogue Tank
1.7 - Rogue PVP builds
1.8 - Suggested Leveling Path/LEVELING GUIDE
1.9 - Assorted rogue dps builds
2.0 - ZYZYX PVP Videos as mm/sin
2.1 - Thanks/Congrats
1.0 - Intro
In Rift, rogue utility is the cornerstone of the Archetype. There is plenty to do as a Rift Rogue between stabbing people in the anus.
Souls(rogue classes) (click on the class name to go to the official Rift Class page)
Assassin: Your typical stealth and stab rogue class. This is similar to rogues in WoW and Witch Elves in WAR.
Bard: Guitar playing, flute blowing group healer & support class. I think DAOC had this class.
Blade Dancer: Similar to a combat rogue in WoW with reactive abilities similar to Swordmaster in WAR.
Marksman: A high damage ranged weapons class with speed boost abilities. Similar to every game where you use a Bow to kill things at range.
Nightblade: Similar to Witch Hunters in WAR without the badass cowboy outfit and gun but you still get moderately ranged abilities and it's own version of stealth.
Ranger: A ranged combat class with a pet. You get multiple kinds of preset types pets to furry around with. Similar to hunters in WoW.
Riftstalker: The rogue tank class. A high mitigation class with special abilities that allow you to blink to and away from enemies. I would say this is a fairly unique class.
Saboteur: The blow stuff up & cc class. If things in PVP are seemingly going well when you suddenly just die, this is usually the class responsible. I would also say this class is fairly unique.
1.0.1 - Crit cap information
CRIT CAP
1187 crit rating = crit cap, this number is not affected by % increases, only crit rating from dex, gear, and dex buffs. In a raid you get 40+52+52 crit rating from dex buffs +5% of your unbuffed dex. This puts the crit cap at 1043 - 0.05*dex. After you hit the crit cap of 1187, it takes 5x as much crit rating to get 1% crit, which makes crit almost worthless, and decreases the value of dex, however, dex is still better than str even after the crit cap.
52- Archon dex buff
52- Anthem of Power
40- Mighty Powersurge Vial (some people don't use the blue ones, in that case it's only 35)
5% dex from bard Resonance.
1.0.2 - What is a Synergy crystal?
Synergy Crystals
Synergy crystals are trion's clever implementation of set bonuses for gear. There are 8 for each calling. The rogue calling's souls are listed above. You can purchase the raid tier 1 synergy crystals for 60 inscribed sourcestone each in the planar college in meridian(defiant) or some place in sanctum(guardians). Hammerknell synergy crystals may be purchased for 100 inscribed sourcestone in Moonshade. Raid tier 1 synergy crystals provide some stats at two pieces ,and unique bonuses to the soul and its abilities when you have four pieces of raid tier 1 gear. This raid tier 1 four piece bonus is equivalent to the
Hammerknell two piece bonus. Having 3 pieces of hammerknell gear provides some bonus stats again, and then another unique bonus to the soul and its abilities at four pieces of hammerknell gear.
This means:
Raid tier 1 (4 piece) = Hammerknell/Infernal Dawn (2 piece)
Hammerknell (4 piece) > Hammerknell/Infernal Dawn (2 piece)
These set bonuses should encourage you to buy the cheapest pieces of gear when spending your marks of acension or greater marks of ascention. Those pieces are; gloves, belt, boots, and helm. Set bonuses will provide you between 100-800 more dps than you would using the spec without the synergy crystal. This is a significant amount of damage. The specs are now listed in order from no set bonus, 2 piece hammerknell/raid tier 1 four piece, and hammerknell 4 piece.
Please feel free to try them all. If you find a spec does better than a reccommended spec please send me a PM so I may update this guide.
1.0.3 - What is a Planar Attunemnt?
Planar Attunement
Planar attunement is a way to advance your charachter further with experience once you are level 50.
First, hit the "u" button on your keyboard. This is your Planar attunement UI. Next hit the "j" button on your keyboard. In this you will see Meridian/Sanctum: Ceremony of Attunement. Click enter and this will take you on an enjoyable solo instance that will teach you more about Planar attunement and give you your first free Planar Attunement "levels". Every time you level up you will receive 100 planar attunement points. You can spend these points in whatever of the 7 Planar attunement trees you want. You are not limited to any one specific tree. Once you get enough planar attunement levels you may choose to fill out all of the possible trees!
Let's look at what each individual tree gives you.
Earth - Mace and Sword specialization. Endurance.
Air - Dagger and Bow specialization. Dexterety.
Fire - Sword and Gun specialization. Strength.
Water - Axe and Mace specialization. Dexterety.
Earth - Bow and Gun specialization. Endurance.
Death - Axe and Dagger specialization. Strength.
War - Various pvp abilities. Valor and vengeance.
Obviously if you are focusing on PVP you want to look into the "War" path immediately. The tricky questions come when focusing on PVE content as there are many more options. The weapon specialization hexes are where a majority of your stat bonuses from planar attunement will come from. Therefore, you want to max out any trees with weapon specializations for the weapons you have.
Examples:
If you have daggers and bows I recommend Air > Death > Life.
For Swords and Guns I recommend going Fire > Earth > Life.
As a dps rogue, once you get all the AP you can from your weapon specialization hexes you want to max out dex and then strength. Finally grab the endurance hexes as they will help you take more damage in raids and help in pvp.
As a tank grab the air path first and go straight for the "Lightning Glyph" t2 planar attunement ability. Once you get that finish grabbing the dex in water and then go for endurance from earth and life.
1.1 - Helpful Links
Rift Soul Calculator
http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html
Rogue DPS BiS item tool
http://riftupgrade.mathijs.info/roguedps/
Qan's BiS Item spreadsheet for you excel lovers
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...Pjn98kF#gid=14
Raid Strategies
http://www.riftstrats.com/
Addons:
http://www.curse.com/addons/rift/nkrebuff - Everyone needs this!!! Helps keep buffs / debuffs up
http://www.riftui.com/downloads/info80-0.3.html - Get this if you raid
http://www.riftui.com/downloads/info84-KaruulAlert.html - Karuul alert similar to nkrebuff
Gyle's guide
http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-gene...gue-guide.html
1.2 - Solo / farming / aoe grinding spec
Solo/PA/AoE grinding spec Inspired by "dunsparrow"
http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0M...IzR0zz.xVdhzzM
blade dancer synergy crystal
Macros:
CP Builder:
#show Puncture
suppressmacrofailures
cast Puncture
cast Precision Strike
cast Quick Strike
cast Keen Strike
cast expose weakness
cast reprisal
cast poison malice
AoE:
#show rift disturbance
suppressmacrofailures
cast phantom blow
cast rift disturbance
cast twin strike
cast expose weakness
cast reprisal
cast poison malice
Blinks:
#show Shadow Assault
suppressmacrofailures
cast Shadow Assault
cast Shadow Blitz
cast Shadow Stalk
Be sure to blink when you can for more damage ,or just use it as a convenient way to move to mobs faster as you kill them. Don't forget about flash of steel. Make sure they have 5 combo points on mobs when they die for the most healing. Use compound attack for everything. You can do more dps single target with deadly strike ,but decide for yourself if it is worth the extra hotkey. If a caster mob is far away from you when you are aoe'ing down a pack of mobs use weapon barrage to silence it and it will come into your aoe.
Buffs include:
combat preparation
Planebound resiliance
baneful touch
lethal poison
leeching poisons
stalker phase
DPS SPECS:
1.3 - Melee DPS builds
1.3.1 - No synergy crystal melee builds
Mandancer (2 button no pet melee build)
spec: 29sin/22bd/15mm
Blade dancer synergy crystal
Macros:
Cp builder:
#show Precision strike
suppressmacrofailures
cast backstab
cast Puncture
cast Precision Strike
cast quick strike
cast keen strike
cast swift shot
cast expose weakness
cast Poison Malice
cast Blade Tempo
cast Cut and Run
Finisher:
#show Compound Attack
suppressmacrofailures
cast Compound Attack
cast rapid fire shot
cast Hasted shot
AOE:
#show Twin Strike
suppressmacrofailures
cast Twin strike
cast fan out
Keep weapon barrage on your hotbar for boss mechanics and flash of steel will charge you to the boss.
1.3.2 - 2 piece hk(4 piece tier 1) synergy crystal melee builds
Blinkblade(rs/sin/bd) Guide
Spec: 27sin/20rs/19bd Defaults at 2/3 combat efficiency, can drop to 1/3 if you like to spam tablets, but imo 3% dex is worth the money you save by not using tablets.
Macros:
Hoko Button™
#show Backstab
cast Backstab
cast Puncture
cast Precision Strike
cast Quick Strike
cast Keen Strike
cast Expose Weakness
cast Blade Tempo
cast Poison Malice
Blink Macro (note it changed due to the first 2 blinks giving 2cps)
#show Shadow Assault
cast Shadow Assault
cast Shadow Blitz
cast Shadow Stalk
AoE Macro
#show Rift Disturbance
cast Shadow Blitz
cast Rift Disturbance
cast Twin Strike
(rift disturbance may be a dps loss now that it does not add a cp, but it by itself hits harder than twin strike so I left it in macro for now, take it off if it becomes a dps loss, also it hits more targets than twin strike, so up to your personal preference here)
Hotkeys: Deadly Strike, Flash of Steel, Shadow Shift, Weapon Barrage
Rotation: keep shadow buffs up, spam hoko button to deadly dance as usual, getting 2cps will be confusing, but im sure a new optimum rotation will arise, if not, who cares, ignore the extra cp and play as normal (what i do anyways as going from 4-6cps is rarely a dps loss). May keep keen strike on bar to use at 4cps tho, probably a dps gain in most situations. I like to start fight with shadow shift>flash of steel, jumping forward 35m in 1 second is very cool! AoE rotation is simple, spam aoe button and deadly strike, keep up shadow assault but ignore shadow stalk, having 5 seconds of no buff is fine, since you want to shadow blitz off cooldown anyways.
1.3.3 - 4 piece hk synergy crystal melee builds
Nightblade Guide - Really close in performance to the assasin/rs ,but much easier for the average player.
Build : - 49nb/17sin
HK Nightblade Crystal
Macro 1:
#show Puncture
cast Dusk to Dawn
cast Puncture
cast Dusk Strike
cast Twilight Force
cast Fiery Chains
cast Primal Strike
cast Fiery Spike
cast expose weakness
Ebon Fury Button
#show Ebon Fury
cast Puncture
cast Dusk Strike
cast Ebon Fury
cast Twilight Force
NB Finisher
#show Scourge of Darkness
cast Scourge of Darkness
cast Blazing Strike
cast flame thrust
AoE madness
#show Fiery Chains
cast Fiery Chains
cast Weapon Flare
cast Fiery Spike
*note only add expose weakness if you are actively using a tablet, otherwise leave it out as it will be a dps loss since you will get less blazing strikes off which is most of your dps. Notable Binds: Fiery Spike, Twilight Shelter, Twilight Transcendence. Buffs: Hellfire Blades, Smoldering/virulent (virulent will only be a dps gain with poison malice and short fights, long fights and aoe you want smoldering), use lethal if no other rogue is providing it. Rotation is the normal NB rotation with the addition of Dusk to Dawn and some simplifications to help keep fiery spike up. opener is easy: Dark Malady>Macro 1>Scourge of Darkness>Fiery Spike>Ebon Fury macro spam.
maintain: Spam button and finisher> with fervor and 0 lag it is possible to get off a blazing strike after a scourge and not lose fiery spike, if lagging a little, simply use your next blazing strike at 4cps instead of 5 to keep fiery spike up. aoe is even easier: spam aoe button, spam finisher button, toss a fiery spike while running in so main target has it running. fiery chains makes it easier to keep fiery spike up with a 5cp blazing since it has 50% chance to add a cp to every target it hits.
Too fully maximize your dps read these tips from knightcrawler:
Starting rotation:
Stealth > Expose Weakness > Dark Malady > Dusk to Dawn > Fiery Spike > Blazing Strike
(auto Fiery Spike)> Puncture > Dusk Strike > Scourge of Darkness (5 stacks of heat retention)
Ebon Fury > Dusk x2(expose weakness) > finish for the duration.
Rest of the time is spam to 5cp > Blazing Strike or Scourge of Darkness*
*Scourge of Darkness must at all times be used with 5 stacks of heat retention, if you have to go through 1 rotation before using it or go to 6 combo points you are doing it right, don't let fiery fall during scourge of darkness by finishing early or manually casting if NEEDED.
Do not macro Dusk to dawn or expose weakness, nightblade is very spikey in energy use. I only use expose weakness if I have 75+ energy after a finisher, also during ebon fury and VoJ.
Keep fiery spike on its own button and apply it at the start of every fight. You can macro Dusk2Dawn at the top if you want but I don't like it.
Assasin/RS (Bloodstalker) - Top melee dps spec for the rogue calling
32sin/20rs/14mm
HK assasin synergy crystal
Opener(from stealth)
#show shadow stalk
cast shadow stalk
cast jagged strike
cast expose weakness
AoE = spam fan out because lol you are a gimp sin spec now!
Spam macro:
#show Backstab
cast Puncture
cast Backstab
cast Savage Strike
cast Swift Shot
cast Poison Malice
cast Cut and Run
Blink macro:
#show Shadow Assault
cast Shadow Assault
cast Shadow Blitz
cast Shadow Stalk
Annihilate/EW macro:
#show Annihilate
cast Annihilate
cast Expose Weakness
Rotations: same as any blink spec(keep blink buffs up use nkrebuff if you have problems doing this),but finisher rotations go annihilate (once min)>impale>FBx3. so it's more a priority, if impale up and annihilate up, final blow, otherwise impale or annihilate depending on situation. Do not clip impaple. If impale is still on the mob use a final blow. Use final blow at 5 combo points if possible.
1.4 - Ranged DPS builds
Range Specs
*Be sure to use whetstones when using range specs as they inexplicably give a dps boost from range*
Also take out empowered shot from your macros/rotations if you don't have the synergy crystal to make it instant cast!!!!
Saboteur Guide
Use the saboteur synergy crystal
http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0M...Rsqqrqkkk.V.-6
Macros:
BOMB MACRO
#show Chemical Bomb
suppressmacrofailures
cast Time Bomb
cast Fragmentation Bomb
cast Chemical Bomb
Incrim macro(focus the boss):
#show incriminate
suppressmacrofailures
target (tanks name)
cast incriminate
target @focus
Hotkeys:
Spike charge
caltrops charge
detonate
shrapnel charge
blast charge
Frag bomb
carpet bombing
rapid setup
incriminate
anihilation bomb
Single Target Rotation:
Spike x5 > Detonate(use anihilation bomb instead of detonate if it is up)> (carpet bomb > anihilation bombx4 if it is up)> Caltrops charge x1 > BOMB Macro x3 *repeat*
AoE Rotation:
Caltrop x5 > Detonate(use anihilation bomb instead of detonate if it is up)> (carpet bomb > anihilation bombx4 if it is up)> shrapnel charge x1 > BOMB Macro x3 *repeat*
1.4.1 - No synergy crystal ranged builds
Ranger Guide
Spec: 34rng/17sin/15mm
If you already know how to play the sozu spec, stop reading here and have fun, otherwise continue reading for guide.
Macros:
Sozu Button
#show Crippling Shot
petattack
petcast Rend
petcast Bloodied Blow
petcast Razor Lash
cast Crippling Shot
cast Quick Shot
cast Expose Weakness
AoE
#show Rain of Arrows
petattack
petcast Rend
petcast Razor Lash
petcast Bloodied Blow
cast Rain of Arrows
(it is spammable now, no reason to even get trick shot, use fan out for when stuff dies too fast)
Starter
#show Shadow Fire
petattack
petcast Rend
petcast Bloodied Blow
petcast Razor lash
cast Expose Weakness
cast Shadow Fire
Finisher
#show Rapid Fire Shot
petattack
petcast Rend
petcast Bloodied Blow
petcast Razor lash
cast Rapid Fire Shot
cast Head Shot
cast Expose Weakness
Pet Control
#show Quick Shot
petpassive
cast Crippling Shot
cast Quick Shot
cast Expose Weakness
(I show quick shot here so I can tell which buttons are which, i dont name my macros in game)
Rotation: Sozu rotation. SF>spam>finisher till SF bout to fade, then repeat. at the start with fervor you can get off 2 RFS before you need to SF again, rotation starts and ends on a RFS so keep that in mind, a full cycle back to 2 RFS takes 2min 14seconds without the ranger synergy crystal, so once you master those 2min 14seconds of rotation, you can close your eyes as the rotation stays the same and is super duper easy.
Marksman/ranger
51marksman/10ranger/5rs - This is a ranged marksman build that does similar damage to mm/ranger ,but only needs two fingers.
51mm/10ranger/5rs
Macros:
Builder
#show Crippling Shot
suppressmacrofailures
cast Crippling shot
cast quick shot
Finisher
#show Rapid Fire Shot
suppressmacrofailures
cast Rapid Fire Shot
cast Hasted Shot
cast empoweredshot
AOE
#show Lightning Fury
suppressmacrofailures
cast Lightning Fury
cast Fan Out
Marksman/Nightblade
51 marksman/13nb/2rs - This is a ranged marksman build that does similar damage to mm/ranger ,but only needs two fingers.
51mm/13nb/2rs
Marksman synergy crystal
combo point builder:
swift shot
(feel free to macro empowered shot and swift shot together.)
Macros:
Finisher
#show Rapid Fire Shot
suppressmacrofailures
cast Rapid Fire Shot
cast Hasted Shot
cast empowered shot
AOE
#show Lightning Fury
suppressmacrofailures
cast Lightning Fury
cast Fan Out
Note: Use this rotation with this spec only after you get the MM 4pc HK crystal
Opener
(from stealth Dark malady + swiftshot x3 > finisher macro)
Swift Shot x 5 -> RFS (finisher macro)
ES -> Strafe (5 ticks) -> Bulls Eye -> Deadeye Shot
ES -> Quick Reload -> Strafe (5 ticks) -> RFS (finisher macro)
ES -> Swift Shot x 3 -> Bulls Eye -> Deadeye Shot
Rotation
ES -> Swift Shot x 3 -> Hasted Shot / RFS (finisher macro)
using Strafe after ES when available, same with Quick Reload.
1.4.2 - 2 piece hk(4 piece tier 1) synergy crystal ranged builds
51 ranger/15marksman - This is a full ranger spec. As of 1.8 this is our highest ranged rogue dps spec.
Ranger Synergy crystal
Spec: 51ranger/15marksman/0sin
Builder
#show shadow fire
cast feral aggression
cast shadow fire
cast Splinter shot
cast crippling shot
cast piercing shot
cast quick shot
petcast rend
petcast Bloodied Blow
petcast Razor Lash
petattack
Finisher:
#show Rapid Fire Shot
suppressmacrofailures
cast Rapid Fire Shot
cast Head Shot
petcast Rend
petcast Bloodied Blow
petcast Razor lash
AOE
#show Trick Shot
suppressmacrofailures
cast shadow fire
cast Trick shot
petcast Rend
petcast Bloodied Blow
petcast Razor lash
Buffs:
Virulent Poison
Electrified Munitions
Feral Instincts
Raptor Pet
This is the basic guide for beginners. If you are a new player or only playing your rogue as an alt the 2 button ranger should be more than enough. If you want to really maximize your dps from the spec follow some helpful tips from Haipaa:
Originally Posted by Haipaa
51marksman/15ranger - This spec does less damage that the 51marksman/14 ranger variant ,but is significantly easier to use and provides the raid with an armor debuff.
Ranger Synergy crystal
51mm/15ranger
Marcos:
Builder
#show shadow fire
suppressmacrofailures
cast piercing shot
cast shadow fire
cast splinter shot
cast crippling shot
cast quick shot
Finisher
#show Rapid Fire Shot
suppressmacrofailures
cast Rapid Fire Shot
cast Head Shot
AOE
#show Lightning Fury
suppressmacrofailures
cast shadow fire
cast Lightning Fury
cast Fan Out
1.4.3 - 4 piece hk synergy crystal ranged builds
Marksman/ranger
51marksman / 14 ranger guide / 1 riftstalker - This the best marksman dps spec.
51mm/14ranger/1rs
4 piece blighted ranger crystal -> HK 2 piece ranger crystal -> 4 piece HK marksman crystal
Builder Macro -
#show swift shot
suppressmacrofailures
cast empowered shot
cast Crippling Shot
cast piercing shot
cast swift shot
Finisher Macro -
#show rapid fire shot
cast Rapid Fire Shot
cast hasted shot
cast empowered shot
#show Lightning Fury
cast shadow fire
cast Lightning Fury
cast Fan Out
The rotation -
ShadowFire > Quick Shot > Builder Macro > Head Shot
Quick Shot > Strafe > Finisher Macro
Quick Shot > Builder Macro > Builder Macro > Builder Macro > Finisher
Pro tips -
1. Shadow Fire last 25 seconds, has a 20 sec CD. Using it on CD is a DPS loss. Don't be lazy and do it manually!
2. Quick Shot at the beginning of every cycle to add the bleed dot, i also use it before ever strafe to ensure 100% up time. Quick shot also has a delayed bleeding tick, hence the reason i don't spam it.
3. If your standing still, and need to move, cast strafe... it will lock in your "standing still" damage buff until you get into position, or until strafe ends.
4. If you are fighting a boss that moves, use barbed shot... If you don't know what barbed shot is, you don't pvp!
Ranger crystal doesn't compare, it will have you energy starved w/o a tablet, and the same build and concept of the rotation runs 200-300dps lower.
1.5 - Bard
BARDING
You might enjoy barding ,or you might be forced to bard because you have the worst gear out of the rogues in your guild. Bard is the rogue's support soul.
Fanfares: We have 3 fanfares which are stat buffs for the raid. Cast these before a pull and after anyone is battle rezed.
Motifs: We have 5 motifs However 2-3 of them will be overwritten by your guildmates. Try to keep them all up.
Cadence: This is your main combo builder as it heals your raid for whatever damage it does. Use it to build up 5 cp's and leave them there for when you need to use your coda of restoration for some spike healing.
Codas:
Jeopardy = This is your spotter's orders equivalent. This is the most important debuff you have. Make sure it is up at all times. Wild growth, illuminate, and spotter's orders will overwrite it. Be sure to coordinate with your guildmates and keep it up at all times if you are assigned to keep this ability up. Make sure to reapply after Wild growth. Wild growth is a dps increase from cloromancers and typically lasts 10 seconds.
Restoration = heals 5 raid/party members for around 1000-2000 hp.
Distress/Cowardice = These are AoE damage received debuffs. The archon in your raid has equivalents to these that last longer and are instant casts. So on bosses that are mainly single target encounters let him do these. However on bosses with lots of adds like akylios and matron you need to get these debuffs on as many adds as possible in a timely manner. You might want to use riff and virtuoso to do this when the adds arrive to apply the debuffs quickly.
BARD BUILDS:
standard nb/rs build:
http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=1M....EIdqiqskqz.Vh
This is the standard raid bard build designed to maximize cadence damage / healing output.
new 10mm/5rs build
http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=1M...EIdqiqskqz.x0x
This is the newer post 1.5 bard. This build relies on increased fire power to squeeze out a little more healing than the previous build. I do not like this as much as the nightblade version because it relies on crit procs which only occur from the first tick of cadence. However many bards currently use it and tout it as the "main" bard spec of todays post 1.6 world.
15bd build
http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0M...dqiqskqz.VV0uzThis bard has an interrupt from blade dancer tree which is useful to allow your dps to focus on their job since as a bard you are really only there for motifs. It has a limited range though so make sure you don't get too far away from apostles.
15ranger build
http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0M...dqiqskqz.VMRou
This flavor bard is used for the piercing shot which is the best armor debuff in the game. Typically he will use the ranger synergy crystal and dps normally with a marcro like:
#show crippling shot
cast piercing shot
cast shadow fire
cast Splinter shot
cast crippling shot
cast quick shot
Using headshot as a finisher to keep up bestial fury. The bard is more of a dps / support rather than the typical support / heals. Obviously fanfare people before pull and after rezes and keep motifs and debuffs up while you dps.
1.6 - Rogue Tank
Tanking information: I don't really know much about this so I'm just going to provide links to the quality guides about rogue tanking.
New! rogue tanking guide!
http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-gene...nks-1-8-a.html
HK rogue tanking guide!
http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-gene...rspective.html
Muffin911's Rogue Tanking Compendium:
http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-gene...ion-1-0-a.html
Devious' 1.5 Rogue Tanking Guide:
http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-gene...ing-guide.html
1.7 - Rogue PVP builds
NB/RS builds:
There are 3 variations for the NB/RS that are all completely viable and work well in any pvp situation, which one you want to use is really just a matter of preference.
46nb/20rs/0BD - http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0M...g0ss.V0pIzR.-7 - this spec is the highest dps version of the NB/RS, if you want a high dps spec that also can take some hits, this is what you are looking for.
44nb/22rs/0BD - there are two options for this variation, the first is more mitigation/hp and the second is the movement speed from porting - http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0M...0ss.V0tIzRz.-7 - or
- http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0M...0ss.V0pIzRb.-7 - these variations do a little less dps sustained but about the same burst potential and has the interupt from RS as well.
40nb/26rs/0BD - http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0M....V0tIzRdo0z.-7 - this version gives you even more tankiness and the movement from ports and still puts out respectable damage. along with that, it also gets the 30% mitigation CD from RS, rift prison for CC, and the 25m port, best used for movement to counter being kited or to just be a distraction.
all 3 specs will use the same macros, the higher RS builds will have additional abilities from the RS tree but use the same attacks.
builder-
#show primal strike
suppressmacrofailures
cast phantom blow
cast dusk strike
cast twilight force
cast fiery chains
cast primal strike
cast fiery spike
finisher(optional to have another finisher without SoD incase you need the straight dmg to finish somebody off instead of SoD procs)
#show scourge of darkness
suppressmacrofailures
cast scourge of darkness
cast blazing strike
cast flame thrust
shifts(make sure shadow stalk is last, as it also functions as a CC breaker if needed)
#show shadow assault
suppressmacrofailures
cast shadow assault
cast shadow blitz
cast shadow stalk
aoe -
#show weapon flare
suppressmacrofailures
cast rift disturbance
cast fiery chains
cast weapon flare
buffs-
planebound resilience
hellfire blades
fell blades
stalker phase
planar reversal
(smoldering is an option if your oponent has no heals at all)
abilities to have on your bar -
dusk to dawn(do not macro this, it functions as a root and adds great burst, not just a standard builder)
ebon fury
annihilate(use in situations where you aren't in danger of dieing or if a long fight is coming up for the AP)
side steps
twilight shelter
fiery spike (make sure you apply this manually, it procs an extra SoD hit when you use blazing or flame thrust for extra burst, as well as takes up a cleanse spot to protect fell blades)
twilight transcendence
shadow shift
planar disruption(not available in 20rs)
planar refuge(available in 26 rs)
shadow warp(avaiable in 26 rs)
rift prison(available in 26 rs)
as well as break free and cleanse soul if you have them.
standard opener will can be stealth-shadow shift for gap closer and dmg buffs-smother-fiery spike-dusk to dawn-finisher- followed by builder macro into finisher as you get 5 cp, while still using shifts as needed to keep your stalker phase up.
for burst you want to make sure you have fiery spike and SoD up, and then hit ebon fury and unload dusk strikes and blazing strikes.
against high dmg oponents, don't be afraid to open with twilight shelter, and use that period to get your SoD up, and when SoD is up shelter will be gone and you can unload at max dmg.
marksman builds - I prefer the 51mm/13nb build shown above(section 1.4.1) however some of the best rogues I've encountered in warfronts seem to run 44mm/22rs. If you want to run marksman in pvp pretty much anything with 44 points for eradicate is fine as that is one of the most powerful pvp abilities we have as rogues. 51 assasin build - This is a popular ganking build. It has a ton of burst damage with serpent strike. I used this to rank up in codex by camping the vault control point. Once I gained prestige ranks I started using builds that had more damage and
relied less on stealth.
http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0M...GARftsfqddR.-0
Use leeching poison and lethal poison as your weapon enchants. Switch to Debilitating poison mid fight if the cleric is out healing your damage.
Macros:
#show Puncture
suppressmacrofailures
cast Puncture
cast backstab
cast savage strike
cast quick shot
cast expose weakness
cast serpent strike
cast poison malice
#show Final blow
suppressmacrofailures
cast Final blow
cast Head shot
runner specs - these specs are for running the flags or crystals in whitefall and scion
http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0M...b0o.EMtRVdV0dR - mm/rs
http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0M...bkkk.VVb0h0x0o - mm/rs/inf
http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0M...kkkM.VVb0h0x0o - bd/rs/inf
1.8 - Suggested Leveling Path/LEVELING GUIDE
leveling guide: Ranger/mm for lvls 1-35: Hitting the "n" button will bring up your soul tree. There is a button called "calling purposes" in the middle on the bottom. You want to select the "Huntsman" path. Select that and follow it. If you want to seriously max out your leveling, feel free to click all these links.
the stronger pet at lvl 30.
Level 1: http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0M_N_
level 5: http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0MfN_.o.V
level 10: http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0MfN_.x.VMo
level 15: http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0MfN_.x0x0M.VMo
level 20: http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0MfN_.x0x0V.VMRo
level 25: http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0MfN_.x0x0V.VMRbuzz
level 30: http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0MfN_.x0x0V.VMRbuckc
Macros(remove the abilities that you don't have and add them when you aquire them):
Builder:
#show crippling shot
cast shadow fire
cast crippling shot
cast quick shot
Finisher:
#show Rapid Fire shot
cast Rapid Fire Shot
cast Head shot
You will need to learn how to manage your pet effectively while leveling. I suggest defensive stance and using divert rage when pulling if possible. Make sure you keep rejuvenate on him whenever possible.
At level 35 go to your trainer and buy new souls for 20g each and buy a new role or pay 50g to reset your souls
For levels 35-50 use bladedancer/riftstalker/assasin. Assasin gives leeching poison which procs heals. Riftstalker gives you rift scavenger which heals you when mobs die with combo points on them. So you want to try to make sure mobs have 5 combo points on them when they die. Blade dancer gives you both damage and defensive talents/abilities.
lvl 35: http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0M...k.xbdh.0VRcx0b
lvl 40: http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0M...bdukMM.0VRcx0b
lvl 45: http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0M...dukMM.0VRcxMbm
lvl 50: http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0M...IzR0zz.xVdhzzM
Note: at level 50 you end up with the spec in section 1.2 of this thread. There are macros and suggestions there.
1.9 - Assorted rogue dps builds
Mayi's 28/38 ranger/mm guide
http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-gene...ger-guide.html
SAB DANCER:
http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0M...0VRcxcb.VV0G0s
spikex5 (or spikex4, savage), deadly, puncture, spikex1, det
blastx5, det
#show Spike Charge
cast Spike Charge
cast expose weakness
startattack
#show blast Charge
cast blast charge
cast expose weakness
startattack
2.0 - ZYZYX PVP Videos as mm/sin
NOTE: I no longer use this spec in pvp. I feel MM/13nb is better for many reasons found in the thread.
zyzyx pvp videos
codex - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzkWsMCJKy4
codex2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39Bb-...eature=related
black garden - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgQ0i...eature=related[/u]
2.1 - Thanks/Congrats
Special thanks to Everyone in the rogue community especially: Sib, Kokie, Qan, Swiftly, nnnxia, adnoz, gyle, gery, charliekelly muffin911, koe, Petgroup, Am0n, Hoko, Dunsparrow, Mayi, Notlost, locovato/bandito, USSR, Tsu and Potis.
EDIT: 1.8 It's sad looking at this list of appreciation and seeing all the names of friends that are no longer with us. G(ame)IP: Swiftly, Adnoz, petgroup, Hoko, Notlost, locovato, and USSR. That's like half the list. I'd also like to say thanks to some of the newer faces in the rogue community, Beckman, Mirimon, Lag, Narrian, Zaros, and Am0n. Thanks for all your contributions to the game and the rogue community!
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