Three Point Ambush
Purpose: To make the most of the ambush ability when used to open combat. This build can generate up to 3 combo points from ambush, and use the utility skills built around it to convert these points into a Cheap-Shot like Kidney Shot with a chance to have no energy cost, or simply Eviscerate the opponent in Cold Blood immediately afterwards.
Assassination
Improved Eviscerate - rank 3/3
: Malice - rank 5/5 Ruthlessness - rank 3/3 Murder - rank 1/2 Improved Slice and Dice - rank 3/3 Relentless Strikes - rank 1/1 Lethality - rank 5/5 Improved Kidney Shot - rank 3/3 Cold Blood - rank 1/1 Seal Fate - rank 5/5
Subtlety
Master of Deception - rank 2/5 Camouflage - rank 5/5 Opportunity - rank 5/5 Initiative - rank 5/5 Improved Ambush - rank 3/3 Preparation - rank 1/1
You will need a dagger to initiate combat with this build, but can swap another weapon in immediately afterwards if you have a better one. It functions fairly well when leveling if you take the Subtlety talents first.
Like the Dagger Destroyer build, the goal here is to have a very slow dagger to initiate combat and high melee attack power to maintain the damage rate for opponents which survive the initial barrage. The purpose of Preparation is to reset Vanish and Cold Blood in a PvP or party environment. Cold Blood + Vanish + Ambush will give 2-3 combo points for a nice four-second stun, or 600 damage Eviscerate.
When playing a Three Point Ambush rogue, you should target low health and armor opponents, anything that can be killed without having time to fight back is a good target. The Barman's Shanker is again a nice dagger, as are the reputation rewards from Warsong Gultch and Alterac Valley. As this build is well-suited to PvP combat, these daggers should be sought out.
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