Rogue "revamp". New TBC Changes

Rogues

• Improved Backstab moved to tier 2 Assassination.
• Improved Slice and Dice moved to tier 2 Combat.
• Surprise Attacks changed to “Your finishing moves can no longer be dodged, and the damage dealt by your Backstab, Gouge, Shiv, and Sinister Strike abilities is increased by 8%”.
• Improved Sap and Elusiveness have swapped tiers.
• Improved Sap now 2 ranks, 50%/100%.
• Preparation changed to “When activated, this ability instantly refreshes the cooldown on your Evasion, Sprint, Vanish, Cold Blood, Adrenaline Rush, and Premeditation abilities.” Goodbye double Cloak of Shadows/Blind in arenas.
• Cloak of Shadows is now 1 minute cooldown instead of 2.
• Evasion ranged attack avoidance reduced from 50% to 25%.
• Blind changed to 3 minute cooldown from 5 minutes(is this new? never noticed it before).
• Wound Poison(all ranks) has been changed. Now has a 30% chance to instantly deal damage(increases with poison rank), and reduce healing effects used on target by 10% for 15 seconds. Stacks up to 5 times.
• Combo points are not lost when you change targets. However, you can only have combo points on 1 target at a time.
  
  Video showing CP not disappearing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qDI9qEXb8g

This opens up for the two ultimate dagger builds I will personaly try and abuse ;D.
There will be the most obvious dagger build of death. 30/0/31. I chose premed over vigor anyday. :)
However there's also the infamous shadowstep build 20/0/41. I'm going to try both to see what fits me the best.

This change was a change we really needed. With our new mortal strike (5stack wound) and Quick Recovery (+20% heal) we will be a really great asset in 2v2 arena's.
And yes. It is confirmed. Wound poison will stack with Mortal strike for a total of 75% less healing effect.

To bad Thistle tea is somewhat nerfed. At lvl 60 it will restore 60 energy and 40 energy at lvl 70. Renataki's charm of Trickery will be invaluable since you cant use potions of any kind inside arenas.

Shadowstep is according to blue's going to be buffed and we will recieve a replacement for weapon expertise. Let's just wait and see what this will be.

Lvl 70 - 30/0/31 Build:
Talents
Pro's: Cookie cutter combopoint builder with preparation and 10% attackpower.
Quick recovery which is great in 2on2 arena with a pvp healer.
Improved Expose armor for Premed-Ambush-EA on clothies ;D.

Lvl 70 - 20/0/41 Build:
Talents
Pro's: 10% AP and 15% Agility. Shadowstep for imba ambush dmg. And another +10% dmg from Master of Subtlety.

Lvl 60 - 30/0/21 Build:
Talents
Pro's: Same as lvl 70 just without premed and 10% AP for now.