Assassination Rogue Leveling Guide From 1 to 80 for WotLK Classic
On this page, you will find our Level by Level Assassination Rogue leveling guide for Wrath Classic. Make sure to use the slider to make the guide adapt to your level.
For more general leveling information, please refer to our Rogue leveling guide. We also have a Combat Rogue leveling guide and a Subtlety Rogue leveling guide.
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Leveling Talent Tree and Build for Assassination Rogue
The information on this page is only for Level 50 and above. We have opted not
to include information for below Level 50, as Assassination struggles massively
compared to the other specializations until it obtains its signature generator,
Mutilate.
Up to Level 59, you should assign your points in the following order:
- — 2 points in
Opportunity - — 2 points in
Remorseless Attacks - — 3 points in
Malice - — 3 points in
Puncturing Wounds - — 2 points in Malice
- — 5 points in
Lethality - — 4 points in
Improved Poisons - — 1 point in
Vile Poisons - — 2 points in
Fleet Footed - — 1 points in
Cold Blood - — 2 points in
Quick Recovery - — 2 points in
Murder - — 3 points in
Seal Fate - — 1 point in
Overkill - — 2 points in Seal Fate
- — 2 points in Vile Poisons
- — 3 points in
Focused Attacks - — Respec and follow the priority above without Opportunity
- — 2 points in
Find Weakness - — 1 point in
Mutilate - — 2 points in Opportunity
- — 1 points in Find Weakness
- — 3 points in
Master Poisoner - — 3 points in
Cut to the Chase
By respeccing at Level 50, you will immediately have access to Mutilate,
which makes the leveling process far smoother for Assassination. If you do not wish
to respec, you can grab it at Level 52, after putting 2 points in 
Find Weakness,
but those 2 extra levels will be noticeably slower.
- Level 60 to 61 — 2 points in Cut to the Chase
- Level 62 to 63 — 1 point in
Hunger For Blood - Levels 63 to 67 — 5 points in
Dual Wield Specialization - Level 68 to 69 — 2 points in
Precision
Once you reach Level 62, you will have access to all of
your major kit, making the leveling process far, far smoother. With 
Envenom,
Hunger For Blood, and Mutilate, as well as the 
Master Poisoner
buff to Envenom, you will find it much easier to maintain your damage.
- Levels 70 to 72 — 3 points in Precision
- Levels 73 to 77 — 5 points in
Close Quarters Combat/ - Levels 78 to 80 — 3 points in
Lightning Reflexes
Leveling Rotation
If you choose to level as Assassination before Level
50, you will use 
Backstab as your main damage dealer, but it can only
be used if you are behind the target. Use your CC, such as 
Kidney Shot to
stun enemies and get behind them or 
Gouge.
Once you have Mutilate, your rotation is fairly
simple. Maintain your 
Slice and Dice buff while using Mutilate and 
Eviscerate
to generate and spend your Combo Points.
Envenom simplifies your rotation even further,
especially when coupled with the fully talented 
Cut to the Chase. Your Envenom
will now refresh your Slice and Dice, meaning all you now have to do is use
your Mutilate and Envenom spells.
You can use 
Garrote as an opener to allow you
to use Hunger For Blood for additional damage.
List of Trainer Skills to Buy
It is important to buy all abilities as you level as they are cheap and Rogues have quite a few abilities that are extremely powerful in certain situations.
The most important ability to buy is Envenom at Level 62.
Rogue Macros and Addons
Setting up an user interface and macros early on you will greatly improve the quality of your leveling experience. Check out the Rogue Macros and Addons guides in the links below for the full list.
How to Continue to Improve Your Assassination Rogue at Level 80
Once you achieve Level 80, we suggest checking out our Assassination Rogue Guide, which goes more in detail of how to play your Level 80 Rogue.
Changelog
- 25 Sep. 2022: Corrected talent tree point allocation.
- 23 Sep. 2022: Page added.
This guide was written by Sellin and reviewed by Simonize.
This guide has been written by Sellin, a former top 10 US raider and several time Gladiator, long time WoW Player and passionate about all things Warcraft and Theorycrafting. You can follow him on Twitter and watch him on Twitch.
Simonize is a long time rogue player and WoW Classic enjoyer focused on PvE content. He has developed spreadsheets and gear analysis tools for Vanilla, Burning Crusade, and Wrath of the Lich King PvE rogues.
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