Raiding

My rogue’s preparation for patch 3.1

Patch 3.1 is coming out in a couple of weeks. Ulduar, tier 8, new enchants, recipes, glyphs, a lot of new things to take in. A short checklist of gear besides Tier 8 gear from Ulduar.

Emblems of Conquest

Broach of the Wailing Night
16 emblems, (If you got the Favor of the Dragon Queen, you can skip this one)
Belt of the Twilight Assassin
22 emblems, pretty much best in slot, if you’re maxed in experise you might wanna go for the leatherworking Death-warmed Belt
Leggings of Wavering Shadow
32 emblems, there are better legs in Ulduar, and be careful with loosing your T7-bonus, personally, only buy when you’re really unlucky with drops
Gloves of the Blind Stalker
23 emblems, the Frosted Adroit Gauntlets are better, and there is that bonus again. Think carefully!

Leatherworking

Death-warmed Belt
A bind on equip (boe) recipe and belt, so with luck its available quite soon. Drops from Kologarn in Ulduar, could be it drops from more bosses. The not soulbound 6 Runed Orbs will be expensive! You can get a Runed Orb for 15 Emblems of Conquest, but it’s gonna be a while before you get those together. If you’re expertise capped, this belt is better than Belt of the Twilight Assassin
Footpads of Silence
Best in slot and boe. Just gotta wait for the recipe to drop on the server. And those Runed Orbs of course.

Ring

You can buy the Inscribed Band of the Kirin Tor on patch day. It is better than the Ring of Invincibility. Stil, the Surge Needle Ring and Strong-handed Ring are better than this one.

Gems

If you haven’t maxed fishing yet, you better start now. Delicate Stormjewel and Rigid Stormjewel is a reward for the new fishing dailies in Dalaran. The gem is unique equipped and bind on pickup (bop), so you gotta do the fishing yourself. The new dailies seem like fun though and there are plenty more rewards. Not to mention fishing your own food saves a lot of money! More information on El’s Professions.

Enchantment

No new enchantments, but Unholy Aura is changed to a personal buff. The 15% movement speed will be missed. It might be better to use the Cat’s Swiftness enchant instead of Icewalker.

Glyphs for mutilate spec

For mutilate there some good new glyphs, Glyph of Hunger for Blood and Glyph of Mutilate. Sofar it seems these two glyphs together with Glyph of Rupture are the best. Optionally a talent point can go from Precision the Improved Slice and Dice, to keep snd from dropping.

Talent spec for mutilate

Master of Poisoner is reworked, making it an interesting option for mutilate: increases the bonus chance to apply Deadly Poison when Envenom is used by an additional 45%. It’s a replacement of sorts for the short lived Glyph of Envenom. Optimum muti build seems to be 51/13/7, moving from Turn the Tables t Master Poisoner and 1 point from Precision to Improved Slice and Dice.

Assassination (51 points)
5/5 Malice
3/3 Ruthlessness
2/2 Blood Spatter
3/3 Puncturing Wounds
5/5 Lethality
3/3 Vile Poisons
5/5 Improved Poisons
1/1 Cold Blood
5/5 Seal Fate
2/2 Murder
1/1 Overkill
3/3 Focused Attacks
3/3 Find Weakness
3/3 Master Poisoner
1/1 Mutilate
5/5 Cut to the Chase
1/1 Hunger For Blood

Combat (13 points)
5/5 Dual Wield Specialization
1/2 Improved Slice and Dice
4/5 Precision
3/5 Close Quarters Combat

Subtlety (7 points)
5/5 Relentless Strikes
2/2 Opportunity

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