Combat Rogue leveling build (10–60)

How to play it

• Sinister Strike to 5 combo points, Slice and Dice up, Eviscerate. Shank (level 24) is a free 15 Energy every 10 seconds; press it on cooldown, and Flash of Steel later makes it 30 Energy every 8.
• Riposte after a parry is 150% weapon damage and a disarm; Deflection 3/3 makes parries happen.
• Blade Flurry at 30 doubles your damage on two mobs; Adrenaline Rush at 40 for elites. Poised (level 18) makes your opener cheaper when you start at full Energy.
• After 44: Malice, Ruthlessness and Relentless Strikes keep combo points and Energy flowing.

Talents taken

Assassination (16)

• Malice 5/5: Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 5%.
• Ruthlessness 3/3: Gives your finishing moves a 60% chance to add a Combo Point to your target.
• Improved Slice and Dice 2/3: Increases the duration of your Slice and Dice ability by 30%.
• Vigor 2/2: Increases your maximum Energy by 10.
• Blood Splatter 1/1: Increases the duration of your Rupture ability by 6 seconds and your Garrote ability by 9 seconds.
• Lethality 2/2: Grants 20% increased Critical Strike damage to your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities.
• Vile Poisons 1/5: Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by 4% and gives your poisons an additional 8% chance to resist dispel effects.

Combat (35)

• Coup de Grace 3/3: Increases the damage done by your Eviscerate ability by 20%, and the damage and storage rate of your Death Mark ability by 20%.
• Efficient Strikes 2/2: Reduces the Energy costs of Sinister Strike and Hemorrhage by 5.
• Lightning Reflexes 1/5: Increases your Dodge chance by 1%.
• Deflection 3/3: Increases your Parry chance by 6%.
• Precision 3/3: Improves your chance to hit by 3%.
• Improved Sprint 1/2: Gives a 50% chance to remove all movement impairing effects when you activate your Sprint ability.
• Riposte 1/1: A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 150% weapon damage and disarms the target for 6 sec.
• Composure 2/2: Increases the Energy cost reduction of your Poised ability by 10.
• Aggression 3/3: Increases the damage of Sinister Strike and Eviscerate by 15%.
• Weapon Expertise 2/2: Reduces the chance for your attacks to be Dodged or Parried by 2%.
• Blade Flurry 1/1: Increases your melee attack speed by 20% and your melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent. Lasts 15 sec.
• Hack and Slash 5/5: Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 5% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Dagger/Fist: Increases your critical strike chance by 5%. Mace: Your attacks ignore 15% of your target's armor.
• Dual Wield Specialization 2/2: Increases the damage done by your off-hand weapon by 50%.
• Flash of Steel 5/5: Increases the energy generated by your Shank ability by 15 and reduces its cooldown by 2.0 seconds.
• Adrenaline Rush 1/1: Increases your Energy regeneration rate by 100% for 15 sec.

Point order by level

First point at level 10 (set the Talented perk in the calculator if you start earlier).