Assassination Rogue DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Dragonflight 10.2
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Assassination Rogue in World of Warcraft Dragonflight 10.2.
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Assassination Rogue gear and best in slot.
Disclaimer: With the vast amount of changes to Rogue and Assassination talents and abilities in Patch 10.2, we expect more findings and optimizations to surface as the Theorycrafting community continues their efforts to find the best possible way to play the spec. As a result, information on this page might receive frequent updates after Patch 10.2 hits live servers.
Gearing your Assassination Rogue in Season 3
With the start of Season 3, Amirdrassil is opening up its gates, and you are once again able to acquire gear from the Raid. Mythic+ is also starting, same as the new PvP season, and this serves as a soft-reset for most of the gear you acquired during the last Season of Dragonflight.
Season 3 once again uses the Crest upgrade system that was introduced in the previous season. We recommend that you check out our dedicated page for more information on this gear upgrade system if you are not yet familiar with it:
BiS Gear Guide for Assassination Rogue
BiS Gear for Assassination Rogue
BiS List for Assassination Rogue
This list contains the highest DPS setup from all sources for Assassination Rogue
In most non-Tier slots, a 486 iLvl Craft is technically optimal, since you can customize the secondary stats to your liking. A few 489 iLvl slots from Mythic Raid are the exception.
This list is by no means a replacement for simming yourself. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available to yourself, your BiS gear might look different than this list in some spots.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
---|---|---|
Mainhand Weapon | ![]() |
Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall |
Offhand Weapon | ![]() |
Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall |
Helm | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil |
Neck | ![]() |
Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Smolderon in Amirdrassil |
Cloak | ![]() |
Throne of the Tides |
Chest | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle in Amirdrassil |
Bracers | ![]() ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking |
Gloves | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Igira the Cruel in Amirdrassil |
Belt | ![]() |
Igira the Cruel in Amirdrassil |
Legs | ![]() |
Atal'Dazar |
Boots | ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Black Rook Hold |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Black Rook Hold |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
The Everbloom |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Council of Dreams in Amirdrassil |
Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Assassination Rogue
This list contains the highest DPS setup, with farmable gear from Mythic+ Dungeons.
This list is by no means a replacement for simming yourself. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available to yourself, your BiS gear might look different than this list in some spots.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
---|---|---|
Mainhand Weapon | ![]() |
Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall |
Offhand Weapon | ![]() |
Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall |
Helm | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst |
Neck | ![]() |
Darkheart Thicket |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst |
Cloak | ![]() |
Throne of the Tides |
Chest | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst |
Bracers | ![]() ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking |
Gloves | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst |
Belt | ![]() |
Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise |
Legs | ![]() |
Atal'Dazar |
Boots | ![]() |
Throne of the Tides |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Black Rook Hold |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Black Rook Hold |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
The Everbloom |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall |
Raid Gear BiS List for Assassination Rogue
This list contains the highest DPS setup, only using gear from the Amirdrassil Raid.
This list is by no means a replacement for simming yourself. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available to yourself, your BiS gear might look different than this list in some spots.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
---|---|---|
Mainhand Weapon | Your highest ilvl dagger.
Best choice: ![]() |
Igira the Cruel |
Offhand Weapon | ![]() |
Tindral Sageswift |
Helm | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil |
Neck | ![]() |
Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Smolderon in Amirdrassil |
Cloak | ![]() |
Smolderon in Amirdrassil |
Chest | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle in Amirdrassil |
Bracers | ![]() ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking |
Gloves | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Igira the Cruel in Amirdrassil |
Belt | ![]() |
Igira the Cruel in Amirdrassil |
Legs | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Larodar, Keeper of the Flame in Amirdrassil |
Boots | ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Larodar, Keeper of the Flame |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Crafted by Jewelcrafting |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Smolderon in Amirdrassil |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Council of Dreams in Amirdrassil |
The Importance of "Simming Yourself" as a Assassination Rogue
With all the different layers of gearing currently available to players, it is impossible to cover all edge cases and individual recommendations in a guide. We therefore highly recommend simming your own character by using Raidbots. This website allows for precise and individualized recommendations that consider your exact talents, gear, trinket, and all the other layers of gearing that the game has to offer. Learning to use this tool is essential to maximizing your potential, as it is the only reliable way to get information on which piece of gear, enchant, gem, or trinket is the best for your character.
Droptimizer
The Droptimizer feature from Raidbots lets you identify which dungeons and Raid Bosses offer the highest DPS upgrades to you. It simulates all of the potential upgrades in a raid or a dungeon and lists the bosses/dungeons by rank order of how much DPS you can expect to gain from each of the items it drops. We have a guide for it that you can access using the link below.
Flightstones and Crest Upgrade Recommendations
These are some of the items you should prioritize on upgrading as high as possible early into the season:
- The
Nick of Time dagger. Alternatively, any other dagger will do.
- A powerful trinket like
Witherbark's Branch or
Cataclysmic Signet Brand
- Embellished Items like
Toxic Thorn Footwraps.
These are not the only items worth upgrading, of course. They simply offer the highest DPS gain early into the tier when you are limited by the weekly cap of the Crests.
Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope Tier Set
Amirdrassil once again offers us the choice of 5 tier-set
items that grant powerful bonuses: Rogue Assassination 10.2 Class Set 2pc and
Rogue Assassination 10.2 Class Set 4pc
If given a choice, try to prioritize the Shoulder, Chest, Gloves, and Helmet slots for this. However, getting the Legs to complete one of the bonuses is still better than any other gearing choice.
Professions and Crafted Gear
Professions are a great way to gear up with your optimal secondary stats, as generating specific secondary stat combinations is now possible when adding special items to the crafting process. With the heavily reworked crafting system in Dragonflight, exploring the new professions will help you gear up throughout the expansion, as you will be able to craft some Mythic Raid item-level pieces further down the line.
If you want to find out more about professions, make sure to check out our Dragonflight Profession guide!
As your ability to craft items will be time-gated in the initial stages of
Patch 10.2, we highly recommend to get a Main Hand weapon as soon as possible.
However, the Nick of Time dagger is so powerful, that you will eventually
replace your weapon with it, so be careful to not waste your limited opportunity
to craft an item unless absolutely necessarily.
Embellished Items
Up to two of your crafted items can be Embellished. This is a similar concept as Unique-Equipped, as you can only wear two items that have the Embellished status. Some crafted items, many of which have powerful procs or beneficial effects by default, are considered Embellished. You can also add Embellishments from a variety of professions to any crafted item, adding the effect to this item either when creating it or at a later stage.
As there is a lot of competition for Embellishments, you will have to pick and choose the two strongest ones for your overall DPS output. The two best choices for this are:
Toxic Thorn Footwraps
- A Leatherworking Armor item, like
Life-Bound Bindings with
Toxified Armor Patch.
- For Mythic+, you can wear two crafted items with
Blue Silken Lining instead, but the benefit of this item drops significantly if you do not stay at high health for most of the dungeon
Adding Sockets to Gear
You can add sockets to your necklace by using a
Tiered Medallion Setting
on it. Depending on the rank of the Medallion, you can add up to 3 sockets
to any necklace you own.
You can also add sockets to Helmets, Belts, Bracers, Necks and Rings with Tokens of Merit, which are granted if you do not select any of the choices in your Great Vault. 6 of these tokens can be traded in for an item that allows you to add a socket to any piece of gear you acquired in Season 3.
Stat Priorities
Which gems and enchants to use heavily depends on your current stat priority. As previously mentioned, this priority can shift and change whenever you acquire new gear, so simming yourself to figure out the best use of your newly acquired socket is highly recommended. The general rule is to prioritize Critical Strike and Mastery on as many pieces of gear as possible, and prioritizing those stats for any consumables as well.
Changelog
- 07 Nov. 2023: Updated for Sporecloak nerf.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Page updated for the Patch 10.2 Rogue rework.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.7, added multiple BiS lists.
- 16 Jul. 2023: Updated Dawn of the Intinite section, Nick of Time BiS.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Added Dawn of the Infinite section, removed Cataclysm Timewalking section, updated Annulet section for Patch 10.1.5.
- 06 Jun. 2023: Updated Embellishment recommendation.
- 24 May 2023: Added Timewalking info.
- 14 May 2023: Updated trinket recommendations.
- 07 May 2023: Updated Embellishment recommendations for recent hotfixes.
- 01 May 2023: Page fully updated for Patch 10.1. Added Flightstone and Crest information, added Season 2 BiS items and recommendations, BiS embellishments and more.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 04 Jan. 2023: Updated Dungeon Gear list, added BiS List disclaimer and Raid trinkets.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated 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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