Outlaw Rogue DPS Spec, Builds, and Talents — The War Within (11.1.5)
On this page, you will find out the best talents for each tier for your Outlaw Rogue in World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.1.5). We also have default talent lists for various types of content, such as raiding or Mythic+. If you play with Warmode on, we have your PvP talents covered as well.
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Combat Rogue talents.
Best The War WithinTalents for Outlaw Rogue
These builds are very generic recommendations for different types of content. We have more specific recommendations for Raid and Mythic+ available in our dedicated sections.
Best Talents for Outlaw Rogue
Best
Trickster
Keep It Rolling Raid Talents
This is our highest performing single-target build, which beats out the other
options whether it is Hidden Opportunity or playing
Fatebound
instead. This build requires ~20% Haste to reach the reduced GCD cap of
Adrenaline Rush.
Be sure to use the 'Export Talents' button to import our build ingame!
Best
Trickster
Hidden Opportunity Mythic+ Talents
This is the recommended Mythic+ build. While playing a Keep It Rolling
build would be slightly higher AoE, it is more difficult to play and has slightly
worse single-target, so this build is going to be easier to pick up and play at
a high level.
Be sure to use the 'Export Talents' button to import our build ingame!
Best
Trickster
Hidden Opportunity Raid Talents
This is our Hidden Opportunity build for Raid scenarios. It is a bit simpler
to play while still sporting strong sustained damage in single-target, but it is
outperformed by some of the other options.
Be sure to use the 'Export Talents' button to import our build ingame!
Best
Fatebound
Keep It Rolling Raid Talents
This build plays Fatebound and due to not having to play
Killing Spree,
it ends up being a bit safer. It also performs 3-4% lower than the other raid builds,
so only play this if you really struggle with the Trickster builds.
Be sure to use the 'Export Talents' button to import our build ingame!
Best
Fatebound
Keep It Rolling Mythic+ Talents
An alternative version to the recommended Mythic+ build, this build plays
Fatebound, which ends up significantly weaker in AoE, but it is safer
due to not playing
Killing Spree. Only play this if you really cannot handle
Killing Spree gameplay.
Be sure to use the 'Export Talents' button to import our build ingame!
Best TWW Delve Talents for Outlaw Rogue
Delves are new content in TWW that you can engage with solo or with up to
three friends (and the help of
a follower!). They are short ~10-15 minute scenarios, and as a Rogue, you'll be
able to bypass some of the stages almost entirely thanks to being able to
Stealth to objectives instead of having to fight.
Surviving can be tough in these, as the enemies hit hard, especially when you are
undergeared, and your follower's heals aren't that strong just yet. That's why
this talent build takes all the defensive and CC talents, so you can take on
enemies methodically. Remember that there is no time limit, so you are free
to wait for cooldowns or heal up to full HP, and most enemies are kitable with
Crippling Poison as well.
Hero Talents
Outlaw gets to pick between two distinct Hero Talent choices:
Fatebound and
Trickster.
Fatebound is the higher performing option in all content,
and adds some additional consistency to our rotation as it improves the chance
of getting
Sinister Strike and
Opportunity procs. This alone
makes it a very solid choice for a spec that already boasts incredible high
sustained DPS, and all its benefits further improve on this strength of the spec.
Trickster is a significnatly worse performing option, and is not
recommended in any kind of content. It simply performs worse both in raw damage
output, as well as being somewhat awkward to play due to its capstone locking you
in place. Pick this option at your own peril.
If you want to learn more about the addition of Hero Talents and the ins and outs on both respective choices, you can find more information on our dedicated Hero Talents page.
PvP Talents (War Mode)
In Dragonflight, there will be the option to go into "War Mode." Enabling War Mode provides the following benefits:
- PvP talents enabled in the outdoor world.
- 10% increase in World Quest rewards at maximum level.
- 10% more experience gained while leveling.
- Earn Conquest Points, which can reward gear every week.
With the benefits of enabling War Mode for leveling and PvE content, it is recommended enabling the feature to maximize your leveling and rewards at maximum level. However, you will make yourself available for open-world PvP, and the possibility of being "ganked" while leveling or doing World Quests exists.
Outlaw Rogue War Mode Talents
In this section, we will rank the PvP talents best for leveling and doing solo / small group PvE content. Below is a ranking of both General PvP Talents and Outlaw Rogue-specific PvE talents.
Outlaw Rogue PvP Talents
Take Your Cut causes you and allies within 15 yards to gain 15% Haste for 8 seconds after you use
Roll the Bones. It is fairly good since it acts as a mini-
Adrenaline Rush and has decent uptime when you are questing in the open-world.
Boarding Party makes
Between the Eyes increase the movement speed of all friendly players within 15 yards by 30% for 5 seconds. Movement speed is always nice while world-questing, so this is highly recommended.
Enduring Brawler increases the chance for your
Sinister Strike to hit an additional time the longer you remain in combat. While this will be only a small gain in most engagements with enemies in the open-world, it is very potent when trying to kill Elites, chain-pulling, or fighting World Bosses.
Changelog
- 09 May 2025: Switched recommendations of Mythic+ builds.
- 21 Apr. 2025: Page was reviewed for Patch 11.1.5 and no changes were required.
- 24 Feb. 2025: Page has been reviewed and updated for TWW Patch 11.1.
- 15 Dec. 2024: Page has been reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
- 21 Oct. 2024: Talent builds updated for The War Within Patch 11.0.5.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Updated for Season 1, removed pre-season build.
- 24 Aug. 2024: Added Delve Talent Build.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Page has been reviewed and updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 21 Mar. 2024: Page has been reviewed for Patch 10.2.6, no changes were necessary.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Page has been reviewed and updated for Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Page updated for the Patch 10.2 Rogue rework.
- 04 Sep. 2023: New layout for talents, added KIR M+ build.
- 16 Jul. 2023: Updated for KiR being the stronger ST build now.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Page was reviewed for Patch 10.1.5 and no changes were necessary.
- 06 Jun. 2023: Updated KIR recommendation as viable alternative to HO builds.
- 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1. The recommended build and talent tree remain the same, and the page required no updates.
- 26 Mar. 2023: Added Talent calculator link for KIR build.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 04 Jan. 2023: Updated HO build pathing/suggestions and added KiR build alternatives.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This guide has been written and reviewed by Seliathan, who has been playing Rogue since the first day of Classic. He currently raids in Familiar with Drama, and is one of the foremost Mythic+ Rogue players. You can often find him streaming on Twitch, or follow him on his personal Discord server.
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