Assassination Rogue Frequently Asked Questions — Shadowlands 9.2.5

In Shadowlands, your bleeds scale with Haste. This lets you generate more Energy through Venomous Wounds. As such it has become a very strong stat for Assassination Rogue for single-target DPS.

There is currently no breakpoint which is required for Assassination, nor is there a realistic value which causes Haste to become useless on single target.

Critical Strike and Mastery. Mastery improves our cleave and AoE damage the best, while Critical Strike drastically improves our ability to generate additional Combo Points thanks to Seal Fate.

Duskwalker's Patch and Unity. In order to use two legendaries you will always have to use Unity. Duskwalker is best in slot once you have acquired your 4-piece set bonus, until then you play either Dashing Scoundrel or Doomblade.

The DPS differences between the races are fairly minimal. The best races for DPS on Horde are Vulpera, Orc and Blood Elf. For Alliance, Mechagnome, Dark Iron Dwarf and Gnome are the best.

All Covenants are viable choices. Venthyr currently sims best for single-target and Necrolord for AoE/Mythic+.

Well-Placed Steel followed by your Covenant ability Conduit. Lethal Poisons is your third best Potency Conduit and should be slotted when playing with three Potency Conduits.

Edge of Night is the most powerful weapon and you will want to get two of them as soon as possible. You can further upgrade their item-level with the new upgrade mechanic in Season 4. If you already have two of them, you can get any of the powerful trinkets from the raid instead.