Sno’s Rogue Weapon DPS Cheatsheet – Phase 5

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DPS simmed as:

• Undead rogue (swords part 1) / Human rogue (swords part 2) / Undead rogue dagger
• Full p5 world buffs + consumables
• Bis gear (full T2.5 + bis enchants)
• 90 second fight time
• MH windfury (horde) or instant poison (alliance), OH +15 agi

Sword/Fist Mainhand

If you are human, please refer to part 2 for human weapon combination sims.

Note: Sword talent builds were test simmed as both imp evis and murder (both of which produced similar results in weapon rankings with just a slight difference in topend dps), and also the vile/instant poisons builds. Imp evis/murder were consistently the better specs with buffs, particularly in full tier 2.5 bis.

Due to murder not working well in AQ40, most rogues will pick the imp evis variation of the talent spec.

Part 1: Non-human race rogue (simmed as undead)

TL;DR – Sword bis for non humans is:

• If R14 + TF: R14 MH + Thunderfury OH = 1349.13 dps
• If R14 but no TF: R14 + Maladath = 1336.71 dps (note: R14 OH is only 3 dps behind maladath)
• If no R14 but you have a TF: AQR MH + Thunderfury OH = 1335.26 dps
• If no R14 or TF: AQR + Maladath = 1322.60 dps

Part 2: Human Rogue

TL;DR – Sword bis for humans is:

• If R14 + TF: R14 + Thunderfury = 1351.39 dps
• If R14 but no TF: R14 + R14 OH = 1334.45 dps
• If no R14 but you have a TF: AQR + Thunderfury = 1340.72 dps
• If no R14 or TF: AQR + Chromatically Tempered Sword = 1309.55 dps (note: Ravencrest Legacy is same-ish dps as CTS OH)

Side note: Death’s Sting actually grows an extra 2~ dps increase vs. what I have listed here if humans choose to go 2/2 expertise while using Death’s Sting, making it actually one of the best sword offhands if for some reason you don’t have a dagger rogue who it would take it first.

Side note 2: Remember these sims are done in full p5 bis. If you are still in early/mid p5 gear and using 3 piece Bloodfang then faster weapons will still have a minor advantage due to poison procs up until you swap out for full 2.5 tier.

Dagger Mainhand

TL;DR – Dagger bis combinations are:

• If you get Death’s Sting: Death’s Sting + Blessed Qiraji Pugio = 1348.49 dps
• If no Death’s Sting but you have R14: R14 + Blessed Qiraji Pugio = 1322.78 dps
• If no Death’s Sting or R14: Pugio + Blessed Qiraji Pugio = 1313.85 dps

Note on Dagger of Veiled Shadows:

I included the AQ20 Veiled Shadows dagger as a standard single dagger swap, but do note if you are actually using ‘Dagger of Veiled Shadows’ you should keep using that dagger with your 3 piece AQ20 Veiled Shadows set until you get 2 AQ40 daggers.

It’s a dps loss to swap out the 3 piece veiled shadows set until you get Death Sting + Pugio or 2x Pugio.

Note on dagger skill items:

• Sims with Death’s Sting use ‘Gloves of Enforcement’ instead of ‘Aged Core Leather Gloves’.
• Sims with Distracting Dagger use ‘Gloves of Enforcement’.
• Other sims use ‘Aged Core Leather Gloves’

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