Main Hand Weapons for Rogue DPS in Pre-Patch
Gressil, Vorbote des Untergangs is absolutely the best, and it is much better than the next best option,
Langschwert des Großmarschalls /
Schwert des Obersten Kriegsfürsten . Lucky for rogues without
Gressil, Vorbote des Untergangs, the Grand Marshal and High Warlord weapons will be available during the prepatch in exchange for a simple honor currency. Gone is the ranking system from classic, and now you simply accumulate honor points from doing PvP to spend on items. This makes these very powerful weapons relatively easy to attain for all players. Each weapon on this list is a good deal worse than the item above it - each of these are substantial differences in power.
With the best weapons possible, swords are very far ahead of daggers in the Burning Crusade Pre-Patch. The best setup for a Combat dagger talent specialization would be
Königsmörder and
Die zehrende Kälte, with
Klaue des Frostwyrms as a close second for best off hand. If you can get your hands on one sword from
Naxxramas and one of the epic PvP reward swords, it will be a damage upgrade to swap from the best possible dagger setup to swords.
Recommended BiS Main Hand Weapon Enchant:
Waffe - KreuzfahrerOff Hand Weapons for Rogue DPS in Pre-Patch
Die zehrende Kälte becomes substantially better with the change from weapon skill to expertise. Unsurprisingly, the weapon from the last boss of the game is the best. For off hand weapons downgrading to one of the alternative options is not as significant as for the main hand weapons. The Grand Marshal and High Warlord weapons are not very desirable as off hand weapons because the relatively slow weapon speed of 1.8 interacts very poorly with
Kampfkraft.
Recommended BiS Off Hand Weapon Enchant:
Waffe - Kreuzfahrer