Rogue build

Sinister Strike plan: an opening and a route objective

The Rogue class guide and earlier public build research describe Sinister Strike/Seal Fate, with Blade Flurry for clearing groups. Keep the default Sinister Strike opening as the fresh-character reference, inspect Blade Flurry when offered, and follow the current prerequisites for the talent direction you choose.

• Improve the available opening when the intended companion spell is missing. Do not assume a random draft delivers every piece in a fixed order.
• If packs are the immediate problem, inspect the Blade Flurry tooltip and compare it with upgrading the attacks already selected. If bosses are the problem, compare the current single-target choices rather than claiming one unverified universal sequence.
• If contact repeatedly ends the run, take a defensive choice before another offensive pick. A close-range route needs an escape path; a large damage number does not establish a safe place to stand.

Subtlety alternative and trees

Assassination, Combat and Subtlety are the trees named in the public class material. The recorded Subtlety/Cheat Death direction is an alternative when your goal is to inspect survival-oriented talents. Check its current prerequisite chain; this guide does not assume a specific death-save duration or cooldown.

Each class earns up to 51 talent points. A fresh character cannot copy both a complete damage build and a complete survival tree. Seal Fate and combo-point details are not fully documented in the research, so use the current tooltip rather than borrowing ordinary WoW mechanics.

Video examples, gear, and race choices

Holdherhand — Rogue Naxxramas, 19 October 2026 and Holdherhand — Subtlety example, 27 October 2026 are distinct public recordings listed in the research. Their game versions are not established; an older run demonstrates a route idea, not current balance.

Compare defensive item properties when reaching the boss is the problem, then compare damage support for the selected route. Health, movement and progression effects on the racial reference are conditional planning options, with single-source numbers and original-picker availability kept explicit. No race or weapon is claimed as a measured best pairing.

Sources, version, and using this plan

The route names and spell pairings above are attributed to the public Rogue class guide and the class material collected on 28 October 2026. They are published planning examples, not an official ranking or a tested damage comparison.

Watch the public Rogue example — uploaded 2026-10-19; the game version is not established by the research record. A video upload date is not a patch number. The menu facts come from Aethus’s original game, a single official source; see the dated version record before applying an older talent route.

Questions

Sources and verification limits

Checked 2026-10-28. Two independent publishers are needed to call a claim confirmed. A menu, screenshot and script from Aethus count as one publisher. Exact menu HP, racial values and dated build identifiers are single-source observations. A video or a general game report does not independently verify every number. Missing values remain unreported; disagreements stay attributed.

• Aethus — original game page

  Official browser entry and Windows link. Version and menu numbers are a single-publisher snapshot dated 28 October 2026, not independently confirmed current values.

• 17173 — independent game report, 26 October 2026

  Free game, nine classes, eight races, Windows download and permanent progression. Rounded download size is not a file identity check.

• Community class build reference

  Published class route, distinct from the single-source official HP and starter-spell snapshot.

• Holdherhand — Rogue Naxxramas

  Independent public footage for the gameplay shown, not verification of every numerical claim on this page.

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