[Rogue/Druid] Managing Your Energy

[Yamaki]

Alright so I've been seeing lots of fellow rogues create PvP videos where they spam skills until they're out of energy. I know it's great to show off burst skills, but I'm going to give you a few reasons why spending your energy as soon as you can is a BAD idea:

- No room for emergency interrupts (Kick/Gouge)
- Cripples your burst if you switch targets
- Makes you wait up to 4 seconds for Blind when you may need it NOW.

So how do you fix this?

Well, what I (combat mace rogue) generally do is keep at least 70 energy on hand before I use Sinister Strike (keep in mind, this is only really essential in 2v2 arenas where you need to micromanage your opponents). Why 70? Well, this keeps lots of options open:

- SS + Kick
- SS + KS
- SS + Blind
- Kick + Gouge
- etc.

As opposed to waiting until you have 40 or 45 energy and then using SS or gouge immediately. It gives you much more utility than a rogue who just spams SS.

Of course you're not going to be using this ALL the time. If you know your enemy is going to die if you SS and then KS and wait for white damage, go for it. But this is just a general guide for managing your energy so you're always one step ahead of your opponents.

Hope this little guide helped!

-Yamaki

[Appelmoes]

That's pretty use full. I have a rogue myself and never really thought it keeping some energy behind in PVP. Nice guide +rep for you

[darbdavys]

Kinda nice, but if you didn't know - arena = suspended damage. And you could add some addon links to the guide for energy ticks, so it would be easier to keep high energy

[Phase228]

well if you where smart thistle tea
then adrenaline rush=pawn =P
but good guide tho efficient for rouges that are new nubbish and can't afford thistle tea or get adrenaline rush
^_^ +rep

[wowpwn]

i think it best to watch how much energy is use not good to spam energy never know when you might need the extra energy

[justincredibal]

not useful for a druid.....

any semi-inteligent druid has shapeshifting macros to shift in and out of cat, generating an instant 60 energy if spec'd correctly.

[Yamaki]

not useful for a druid.....

any semi-inteligent druid has shapeshifting macros to shift in and out of cat, generating an instant 60 energy if spec'd correctly.

This is about being able to survive for a long time and have utility available in case of emergency.

You are not taking into account global cooldowns and the fact that you're going to run out of mana.

I'm sure it's at least somehow useful for a druid. I am not familiar with cat form abilities but as a rule of thumb it's useful to have energy on hand as often as possible.

Nobody's telling you to follow the guide, but please don't discourage druids from reading it. I titled it [Rogue/Druid] for a reason. :P

[oswaldcobblepot]

Nice strat. It's so simple and yet... i so rarely have energy to spare lol

[Grass]

Some good players do carefully watch your energy (and sometimes your GCD). They wont try to do anything hasty either.

[Macbeth1089]

Great idea...i always hate when i need to kick and i cant cause im out of energy lol

[xXMavrickXx]

thanks mate, this helps. XD