Rogue / Mage
The classic double-DPS control comp. Rogue and Mage chain more crowd control than any other pair and win by killing a target inside one extended CC window before sustained healing can matter.
Specs
- Subtlety Rogue Melee DPS
- Frost Mage Caster DPS
Game plan
Open with Sap on the healer or Cheap Shot on the kill target, layer Polymorph, Blind, Kidney Shot and Counterspell so the enemy healer never gets a full cast, and burst inside the stun window. If the first swap fails, reset with Vanish and Invisibility and go again.
Why it works: synergy
- Polymorph, Sap, Blind, Gouge and Kidney Shot cover both enemies with almost no diminishing-returns overlap when sequenced correctly.
- Counterspell and Kick lock casters out of two schools while CC rotates on the other target.
- Vanish plus Invisibility gives the comp a full reset button no healer comp can match.
- Frost Nova and Crippling Poison mean nothing melee ever reaches the Mage for free.
Counters
The Druid shrugs off Polymorph in forms, and a farmed Warrior hits harder than RM can reset.
DoT pressure breaks CC early, Tremor and Grounding Totem blunt the control game, and RM has no sustain in a long fight.
Dangers: how this comp loses
- No healer: one failed swap with trinkets down usually means the game is over.
- DoT classes break Polymorph, Sap and Blind, turning your win condition off.
- Mana is the clock. If the Mage is drained or forced to kite for a full minute, pressure evaporates.
What Forever changes
- Merged hit and crit rating (confirmed from footage) makes low-gear burst windows more reliable, which favors double-DPS comps early in a season.
- Revamped racials with two actives per race may add extra CC breaks; every extra break is worth more against RM than against any other comp.
Keep going
Read the Forever PvP primer, classes and races in PvP and the talent calculator to build these specs yourself.