It used to be that no one had stuns except rogues, warriors, paladins and druids in bear form. And tauren. Maybe warlocks had sfury, I don’t remember (thad coil and fear though). And those stuns were significantly weaker than the ones rogue had.
Nobody else had blind or gouge, nobody else even had sprint if I remember correctly. Well, druids probably had dash, but only in cat form.
Then warlocks definitely got sfury (in destruction), mages got deepfreeze. Then dk came with chains that basically rooted with talents and they had pet stun.
In cata rogue got recuperate, smoke bomb and I think they had 1 min cloak? not sure. DK got asphyxiate, paladins got blind, probably forgot a lot of stuff about other classes here.
Then in MoP monks came who had ridiculous fists that did a lot of damage and stunned. And they had a separate AoE stun and a ranged gouge. They also had insane mobility (still do but not sure which version is stronger). Warriors got bolt and wave in every spec, as well as second charge or charge that stunned (now it’s only a root IIRC). Warlocks got sfury in every spec if memory serves. Something else I probably forgot. Almost every class got a strong CC and sprint (s) and / or blink(s) by that point. Rogue only got burst of speed.
Burst of speed got deleted entirely in WoD, along with 40-50% passive dodge (nothing was given back). Maybe sprint became 1 min cd here? don’t remember when that happened.
Then dh came with mass stun, ranged gouge and the best mobility in the game.
Then evoker with yet again the best mobility, stuns, anti-CC and whatever else CC it has. And it’s pumping insane damage as devastation / almost immortal as pres.
Now rogue can have two vanishes, which are weaker than before (3 sec improved stealth, was 5 or 6 before) and cloak is back to 2 min cd (don’t remember since when). Stuns are nerfed to the ground (kidney cooldown increased and it has the same DR with cheap shot now). Damage is only during cooldowns now. Preparation got deleted long time ago. Blind is 5 second duration, so you can’t even vanish sap after blind. Gouge is still melee and to the face when monk and dh do it from 20yds.
And I didn’t even mention fear, sleep, charm and root effects. There’s much more of this crap now than ever before. Earlier you could vanish roots and it was meaningful, it could win you a game. Now you will immediately eat another CC and just possibly wasted vanish for nothing.
But if you care only about vanish, then rogue is for you. Or druid night elf. Or a hunter) Ok those are a bit weaker than vanish I guess. Maybe that’s why I play rogue, cause I like vanish) Currently, rogue is still weak as hell compared to what it was even in MoP, when it was pretty bad (nerfed to hell after being OP in cata, was one of the weakest). The damage might be better compared to MoP, if you can burst freely, but in terms of everything else it’s much weaker.