Level 85 Cataclysm Combat Talent Build

No one knows just yet what the top talent builds are going to be for Cataclysm but after some musing and a little short discussion on the PVE Rogue Forums we've decided to go for it and give you what's thought to be a good estimate of the Level 85 top talent build in Cataclysm.

Combat Talent Build 7/31/3

This build stays essentially the same as we had it at level 80. We have 4 flexible talent points in the combat tree which can be placed into either [Reinforced Leather], [Improved Recuperate], [Improved Gouge], [Improved Sprint] or [Improved Kick]. None of these talents directly affect damage so it's up to you where exactly you place them.

We don't want to lose any of our talents in [Relentless Strikes] as they are far too beneficial for us but the Subtlety Tree doesn't yield anything else that could be of benefit to us. That makes Talent Point assignment relatively easy as we are forced to move on to the Assassination tree.

So first of all we have to have at least 2/3 [Coup de Grace] and 3/3 [Lethality] before we can consider any other useful talents in this tree. We already know from our Level 80 build that Lethality is more beneficial to us than Coup de Grace which is why we need to fill this one up first and then consider Coup de Grace second.

So the question becomes which is more beneficial to us? 3/3 [Coup de Grace] or 2/3 [Ruthlessness]?Well according to rogue specialist Aldriana over at Elitist Jerks it's 2/3 Coup de Grace and 2/3 Ruthlessness that will yield the biggest DPS improvements.

For those who are wondering the Combat Glyphs we were using at Level 80 are still the best Glyphs for rogues at Level 85 as far as we know at the moment.