Best Shoulders for Rogues in WoW Forever
Highlander's Leather Shoulders / Defiler's Leather Shoulders and Theramore Pauldrons / Darkspear Pauldrons are the S tier shoulder pieces for a DPS Rogue in WoW Forever. We graded 13 shoulder pieces S to D for Assassination, Combat and Subtlety from their stats. BetaMany shoulder pieces were not revealed when we graded this list, so it grades only the shoulder pieces that were.
Epic, item level 65Highlander's Leather Shoulders / Defiler's Leather Shoulders
Epic, item level 65Theramore Pauldrons / Darkspear Pauldrons
Epic, item level 65Highlander's Lizardhide Shoulders / Defiler's Lizardhide Shoulders
Epic, item level 65Premier Marshal's Leather Epaulets / Premier General's Shadowhide Spaulders
Rare, item level 60Shadowcraft Spaulders
Rare, item level 65Darkmantle Spaulders
Rare, item level 61Spaulders of the Unseen
Rare, item level 60Premier Leather Spaulders / Premier Shadowhide Mantle
Rare, item level 61Golden Mantle of the Dawn
Rare, item level 59Stormshroud Shoulders
Rare, item level 65Feralheart Spaulders
Epic, item level 65Theramore Shoulders / Darkspear Shoulders
Rare, item level 60Wildheart SpauldersWhat each tier means
- STop Best in slot for this role right now
- AStrong Close behind the top pick
- BSolid Good shoulder pieces to use until a better one turns up
- CSituational Worth it for a specific need
- DBottom Placeholders until something better turns up
Item icons by Blizzard Entertainment, from the World of Warcraft Forever game client.
Board breakdown
Highlander's Leather Shoulders / Defiler's Leather Shoulders leads our Rogue list at 100, with the next best shoulder piece at 98.
Score out of 100 on this list
- SHighlander's Leather Shouldersilvl 65100 of 100
- STheramore Pauldronsilvl 6598 of 100
- AHighlander's Lizardhide Shouldersilvl 6584 of 100
Tradeable
Golden Mantle of the Dawn is the best crafted shoulder piece for a Rogue, a Leatherworking craft at B tier.
Shadowcraft Armor has eight pieces and pays off for a Rogue at 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 worn.
- 2+8 All Resistances.
- 3+30 Attack Power.
- 4When struck in combat, has a 5% chance to remove a Snare effect from yourself. Can only occur once every 60 sec.
- 5Chance on melee attack to restore 20 Energy.
- 6Restores 15 health per 5 sec.
Other pieces, Rogue grade
Our Rogue grade counts only the stats on each shoulder piece.
Dreamwalker Spaulders is part of a set made for another class, so a Rogue cannot wear it.
- 231 Other classes
- 46 Heavier armor
- 21 Cloth
- 3 Profession skill needed