Rogue equipment Rogue Armor Selection . Pre - 60 Rogue . Rogues can only wear leather and cloth armor , see also leather armor . 60 Rogue . When you reach 60 , a lot of people may continuously run dungeons or join in raid group . This include Stratholme , Blackrock Spire , Scholomance , Dire Maul , we categorize leather armors to some types : See also Main Resist List . But the information categorized by armor type may confuse us , because besides rogue leather , there are also many resist gear designed for caster druid . Therefore you can go to Rogue Resist Gear for further information . Tier 0 is Shadowcraft Armor , Tier 0 . 5 set is acquired through a quest series . It is said that Tier 0 . 5 is designed for casual people those who have no or few time to join raid group . There is a list of so famous + % critical strkie chance gears : We simply give the following rule to categorize the leather armor : Weapon Selection . Main Weapon . Dagger Rogue . see also dagger Notable daggers : Sword Rogue . Ideally , sword rogues should have a hard - hitting , slow weapon for their main hand , because Sinister Strike and other attacks are based on single - hit weapon damage . A faster weapon serves well in the off - hand , so that it can apply poisons more quickly , and proc combat potency more often . For the Horde , there ' s an excellent sword available as a reward for a Blackfathom Deeps quest , the . Also , rogues might try for a drop from the final boss in Deadmines , the , as there are no rare swords available from quests . At about level 36 or so there are few choices better than these swords : These can last you quite a while , so try to finish these quests as early as possible , it ' s worth it . The next good sword available as a quest reward is the , from Maraudon , around level 47 . This is a great main - hand weapon . While there are a few better swords available below level 60 , they are not much better , and can be hard ( i . e . expensive ) to obtain . You won ' t find swords much better for your off - hand than Vanquisher ' s Sword until about level 50 , when some good random drop swords are available . Look for or , but be prepared to pay a lot for them . If you love Warsong Gulch enough to get Revered , the swords you can buy from the Warsong vendor are very good for their level , you need look no further for a main - hand sword . They are slow , however , so you may want a faster weapon for your off - hand . Notable swords : Hammer Rogue . Notable maces : Fist Rogue . Fistweapons are very uncommon weapons for rogues , but not due to any particular lack for power - the simple problem is that , compared to swords and daggers , there are very , very few options for fistweapons . Also , as often as not , fistweapons are itemized for Enhancement shamans ( Matching sets being slow both main and offhand ) - which turns some off . Notable fist weapons : Bow & Gun & Thrown . Thrown weapons are excellent for high level PvP thanks to Deadly Throw . For PvE , choice of ranged item is based on attributes . Enchants . Typically , there are only four types of enchants rogues use . Those include : Rogues also may use Fiery and Lifestealing enchants but this is less common than the four listed above . For those of you looking for + Agi 70 gear here ' s your list Level 70 + Agility gear . + 33 agi 2x + 52 agi or Total : + 394 agility , or + 392 if you go with the Dagger / Sword Build