Three tree rogue build

[vor_lord]

I like Improved Eviscerate and Cold Blood very much. These 2 skills are the Boss killers for me at the end game. My eviserates crit for about twice what my ambushes do.

Broadly speaking, rogues can either go the damage route or the stunlock route.  Rogoll's build was initially all about damage from ambush and backstab, but increasingly I find the utility of stun more desirable and I am considering respeccing to try out Improved Kidney Shot--hopefully it shortens the timer on Kidney Shot enough so that I can use it twice in a row if needed to keep mobs stunned in an instance.

I have some mixed feelings about backstab in an instance, and therefore about Improved Backstab which seems to me to be more of a party talent rather than a talent for going solo.

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So my baby rogue is occupying my alt time right now, and I'm having a lot of fun with her. I die a lot because I don't have the sense to run.

As far as spec, I have been wanting to pick people's brains about it.

First, Aah is going to do WSG. PvP is a consideration. I also want to make a party-friendly rogue. I'm going to be an engineer (yes, I will have a character that is not a gatherer) so I can make lots of bombs. I have been planning on avoiding backstab and ambush (not sure about that now). I am not at all averse to weapon switching either (with stuns and gouges and energy recovery the rogue wasn't hurt as badly as the warrior with the new cooldown, at least so it seems to my n00b ways).

Since I want a party-friendly rogue, that means I'll be getting pretty deep into subtlety. I like Cold Blood and Preparation (I saw you single-handedly save the day vs. Ras Friday with it) for their utility.

I've been heavily considering a hemo sword build. With enough attack power it can be as good as improved sinister strike. One variant would be to pick up Opportunity and Improved Ambush (for another opener), another would be to avoid them. 3 points into combat for improved gouge, and get improved cheapshot.

Something like this

My hope is this build will be a good stunning build for WSG, and have good party utility.

Recommendations? I have no rogue experience to speak of. If Hemo seems silly to people, then the 3 tree build is probably what I'll end up with, along with a weapon swap macro for SS potentially. Another build that appeals to me is a seal fate build, but not sure if that synergizes well with improved sap and preparation.