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The first thing you need to know about Rogue leveling is how to pick the right stats and why. Agility is top dog, giving the best point for point benefit. Agility provides critical hit rating, raw attack power and some incidental defensive boots to dodge and armor. Next comes Stamina, even the best rogue can’t dodge every hit so you need to be able to take a few and keep on moving. Keeping your weapons and armor current is important, stopping by the local auction house is never a bad way to keep your edge keen. Look for green leather armor and weapons “of the monkey” as they balanced between your two most important stats. Make sure that you choose weapons that reflect the way you prefer to fight, if you are fighting face to face most often then slower harder hitters like swords are best, look for a weapon speed of 2.20 or slower. If you prefer to attack from behind then use daggers so that you can employ back stab.

It is possible to level as any rogue spec(ialization) but certain specs are better suited to some situations than others. Combat spec leveling is widely accepted as the fastest route because it does equally well in most situations and adds some multi target attack utility with blade flurry, multi target damage being the driving force in most leveling dungeon groups. Middle of the road is Assassination, suited to mid-high level characters & perfect for soloing this spec revolves around the use of poisons and stuns, ideal for dealing with single targets quickly, it is also a solid pvp choice. Lastly we have subtly, in terms of leveling this is best left to those who aren’t in a hurry, it revolves around getting the drop on targets with stealth, which while great in pvp is not ideal for your experience points per min.

Unfortunately the lions share of old world quest rewards quite frankly suck making buying greens every ten to fifteen levels necessary. Picking your server (medium or high population servers are the best bet) for a strong auction house and keeping a steady supply of cash is necessary. Luckily making gold in WoW as you level is easy, just pick up the skinning profession early and sell full stacks of leather acquired from animals you kill in the normal progress of your questing. A great side note too, skinning provides a passive boost to your chance to crit, making it the best Rouge leveling profession in the game. Another great tip is to sell cloth you don’t need for your first aid on the ah in full stacks, often higher level players will pay a premium for low end materials when they need it. Just make sure you price reasonably, try to take five silver off your lowest competitor to ensure fast sales.

There are many ways to gain valuable experience in WoW, and some are quicker than others. If you are able to find a leveling guild with people interested in running with you than dungeons are by far the fastest experience generators. Instance leveling can be slow though if you don’t have the right connections but don’t worry on it too much, questing can be just as effective, but you have to know how to pick your quests. Some quests send you on a wild goose chase running from zone to zone delivering things or talking to NPCs unless you are very interested in the story line of the quest then you should avoid these time wasters. Second worst are the complicated item collection quests, if you need to get more than two items then you might end up wasting time waiting for drops that could be better spend elsewhere; you don’t need to ignore these entirely just do them last. Last but not least is the best quest for speed leveling, the hunting quest, where an NPC will send you after a certain number of targets and then offer a reward on completion. Hunting quests are your best bet for gaining quick levels.

Occasional 5man instances will help you by giving you quality equipment when you join them with the new dungeon finder. An additional though minor source of experience is fighting in the various organized battlegrounds though the experience is slow PvP helps to build a solid understanding of how your class handles under pressure. Join in the later half of each level bracket so you don’t get rocked though. (Levels that end in 8/9 for example) Last thing to cover is when you should grind. When you end the quests in the area but aren’t quite the level for the next quest area. Your best bet is to find a secluded group of monsters around yellow difficulty and grind until you level them down to green difficulty

So you’ve wrapped things up in your current town and are ready to move on and it’s unclear where to go next. It’s usually fairly simple, just follow the road down into the next zone but if you can’t find your way just ask. Other players love to show off how much they know, give them the chance to do so and you’ll be surprised at what little pearls of wisdom you can pick up, just take it all with a grain of salt. Supposing you can’t find the way even after asking around in general chat then your next move is to head over to a capitol city and ask around. Hanging out in a capitol city is also a good way to find a helpful guild. Just remember when you are moving to the next zone not to get in over your head. Fighting enemies that are at red and orange difficulty levels leads to getting killed and wasting time, avoid doing it like the plague.

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