Combat Rogue PvP build (16/35/0)

How to play it

• Improved Kick is a 2-second silence on a 10-second cooldown; Improved Sprint breaks snares. Riposte disarms.
• Adrenaline Rush plus Blade Flurry is the burst window; Cold Blood guarantees the Eviscerate crit.

Talents taken

Assassination (16)

• Improved Gouge 2/3: Increases the duration of your Gouge ability by 1 sec.
• 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 1/3: Increases the duration of your Slice and Dice ability by 15%.
• Vigor 2/2: Increases your maximum Energy by 10.
• Lethality 2/2: Grants 20% increased Critical Strike damage to your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities.
• Cold Blood 1/1: When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Eviscerate, or Mutilate by 100%.

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.
• Deflection 3/3: Increases your Parry chance by 6%.
• Precision 3/3: Improves your chance to hit by 3%.
• Improved Sprint 2/2: Gives a 100% chance to remove all movement impairing effects when you activate your Sprint ability.
• Endurance 2/2: Reduces the cooldown of your Sprint and Evasion abilities by 60%.
• 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.
• Improved Kick 2/2: Gives your Kick ability a 100% chance to Silence the target for 2 sec.
• Flawless Execution 1/1: Reduces the Energy cost of your Eviscerate ability by 15.
• 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 2/5: Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 2% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Dagger/Fist: Increases your critical strike chance by 2%. Mace: Your attacks ignore 6% 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).