heres what i do first have a void use sacrafice dont use trinket tell kidney then pop in but cos is prob what they do next i use fel domination for a quik sucbus with cape shadow down ur sucbuc can start using its cc then pop death coil and shadow furry then fear chain with a conflag and gg also use demotic circle but make shur its close cus the roug if u go to far he will sprint and get out of combat and stealth

As an Affliction Warlock I would definitely get your pet on the Rogue as quickly as you can. Regardless of which demon you have out. I've distracted many a Rogue long enough to break his combo and gain some distance on him using this technique.

At the risk of being the broken record, the above posts are very right:

1. Distance is your ally.
2. Never use DC until you've seen his/her kidney shot.
3. Keep the DoT's ticking and CC as you can.
4. If you have time drop a circle while you're on the move too; it could save you if you get cornered.

Other than that, practice makes perfect. Rogues are a very dangerous enemy but with the right allies such as a priest or even another rogue you can survive. :)

I just got my dual-spec, and have my second spec as affliction pvp. You can get Howl of Terror to an instant, which helps immensely. I still generally die within about 1.2 seconds, but sometimes I actually stand a chance, whereas with my primary spec I just stood there and took the beating. My spec.

I personally keep my voidwalker out in PvP for 'Sacrifice'... nothing quite like a damage-absorbing bubble to keep you alive during the initial opening, and then Death Coil the moment you're out of the stun combination.

I also believe that Death Coil is a 'Horror' affect, rather than a fear, and as such cannot be countered by fear immunity effects... not sure how that affects trinkets.

Rogues usually open up with Cheap Shot and then stack combo points for a Kidney Shot. If you don't have succubus out your best bet is to wait through 4s stun from cheap shot and use trinket as soon as kidney shot lands. If you trinket out of cheap shot, you will immediatelly be put into kidney shot and most likely later followed up with vanish and cheap shot again (essentially keeping you in stun all the way to death).

So once you trinket kidney shot follow up with death coil or shadowfury and fear the rogue. From there on keep dots ticking and keep your distance from the rogue which hopefully will lead you to a victory.

That said, I find rogues to be the hardest enemy as a warlock.

It's all about layering control. I would suggest not using death coil until they burn their trinket if you can avoid it. Shadowfury, Fear, Howl of Terror, Death Coil. Just layer and chain the CD's while reapplying DPS when available. He can't kick all the spells, and he can't trinket all the fears.

This works far better in an arena, particularly paired with a priest who has fears of their own. If this is a 1v1, then you just have to hope he doesn't have all his CD's up or that you get a really clutch CC combo on him before his buddies roll up on you.

Like someone above said, using the teleport circle is another great gap creating move. He's also right, do not trinket out of sap, blind, or cheap shot. Save trinket for kidney shot and his whole chain of control is over and you're free to start having your way with him.

Your succubus is a demon if im not mistaken, so when he opens up on you, get your succubus to seduce to hold him off for a few seconds.

PvP trinket on kidney shot. and try to use the teleport to get some good distance away from the rogue. (This is hard in BGs, easy in arena)

One suggestion I'll add is make sure you can see them. I'm not sure how effective Detect Invisibility is on the rogues you're facing with the talents they can take to improve stealth. If you can see them and stop them before they're in melee range, you win.

It's the same concept as above, distance and range are your friends. So is Seduction, even if that happens after you've been stunned, if you can get out of that stun (trinkets?) while your pet has the rogue managed they've lost a lot of advantage. I suppose this doesn't even have to be seduction if one of your other pets can keep the rogue more interested in killing the pet than you.

The only way I find myself beating rogues is by creating as much distance as possible. Use death coil, seduction, fear, shadowfury, and even summon infernal to get some distance between the two of you. Then run toward your buddies. I am admittantly poor at PvP, but this is what I do to get away.

I highly suggest that you roll a rogue alt and level him to do some PvP, doesn't even need to be max level. Then you get some nice satisfaction of murdering squishies while seeing what other warlocks do that's most effective.