Assassination Rogue Frequently Asked Questions — Shadowlands 9.1

In Shadowlands, your bleeds scale with Haste. This lets you generate more Energy through Venomous Wounds. As such it has become the strongest 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.

Unholy sockets. You will want all three Unholy sockets, as well as the Unholy bonus that you can find on Helmet that drop from Sanctum of Domination. The best choices besides the Unholy sockets, are Bek for Blood and Cor for Frost.

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+.

Zoldyck Insignia and Doomblade, followed by Mark of the Master Assassin. Obedience if you chose the Venthyr Covenant.

Well-Placed Steel followed by Lethal Poisons. Poisoned Katar is best for Mythic+. Lashing Scars and Sudden Fractures should be played as the second potency conduit if you picked the Venthyr or Necrolord Covenant.