Assassination Rogue DPS Gear and Best in Slot — 12.0.5

With the release of Midnight, all items have been squished to a much more reasonable level.

The Crest upgrade system that was introduced in Dragonflight remains, and is a useful way to upgrade even lower-item level gear to higher versions that can be quite useful in your journey. 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:

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BiS Gear for Assassination Rogue

Overall BiS List Mythic+ Gear BiS List Raid Gear BiS List

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BiS List for Assassination Rogue

This list contains the highest DPS setup from all sources for Assassination Rogue. Keep in mind that there are many other setups that perform within the margin of error. This list is not the end-all-be-all list where any item that is not listed is far behind this specific selection.

This list is by no means a replacement for simming yourself. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available, your BiS gear might look different in some spots than the below list.

In some non-Tier slots, a max ilvl Craft will technically be optimal since you can customize the secondary stats to your liking. Your mileage here may vary.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Mainhand Weapon	Your highest ilvl dagger. Best choice: Hungering Victory	Vorasius in The Voidspire
Offhand Weapon	Farstrider's Mercy (Crit/Haste) with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt	Crafted by Blacksmithing
Helm	Masquerade of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst, or Lightblinded Vanguard in The Voidspire
Neck	Ribbon of Coiled Malice	Fallen-King Salhadaar in The Voidspire
Shoulder	Venom Casks of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst, or Fallen-King Salhadaar in The Voidspire
Cloak	Defiant Defender's Drape	Magister's Terrace
Chest	Fantastic Finery of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst, or Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Bracers	Silvermoon Agent's Deflectors (Crit/Haste) with Arcanoweave Lining	Crafted by Leatherworking
Gloves	Sleight of Hand of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst, or Vorasius in The Voidspire
Belt	Scorn-Scarred Shul'ka's Belt	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Legs	Legwraps of Lingering Legacies	Windrunner Spire
Boots	Canopy Walker's Footwraps	Crown of the Cosmos in The Voidspire
Ring #1	Sin'dorei Band of Hope	Belo'ren in March on Quel'Danas
Ring #2	Eye of Midnight	Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas
Trinket #1	Algeth'ar Puzzle Box	Algeth'ar Academy
Trinket #2	Gaze of the Alnseer	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift

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Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Assassination Rogue

This list contains the highest DPS setup with farmable gear from Season 1 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.

TipsWhich Dungeons Should I Farm?

If you have limited time to play the game, we recommend to farm the following dungeons:

• Algeth'ar Academy: Your best on-use trinket drops here: Algeth'ar Puzzle Box.
• Skyreach: 2 Crit+Mastery Items, as well as a useful trinket: Solarflare Prism.
• Windrunner Spire: Drops multiple high-value items, as well as good legs, which we do not want from the Tier-Set.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Mainhand Weapon	Your highest ilvl dagger. Best choice: Edge of the Burning Sun	Skyreach
Offhand Weapon	Farstrider's Mercy (Crit/Haste) with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt	Crafted by Blacksmithing
Helm	Masquerade of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst
Neck	Necklace of the Twisting Void	Seat of the Triumvirate
Shoulder	Venom Casks of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst
Cloak	Defiant Defender's Drape	Magister's Terrace
Chest	Fantastic Finery of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst
Bracers	Silvermoon Agent's Deflectors (Crit/Haste) with Arcanoweave Lining	Crafted by Leatherworking
Gloves	Sleight of Hand of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst
Belt	Snapvine Cinch	Windrunner Spire
Legs	Legwraps of Lingering Legacies	Windrunner Spire
Boots	Boots of Burning Focus	Skyreach
Ring #1	Occlusion of Void	Nexus-Point Xenas
Ring #2	Omission of Light	Nexus-Point Xenas
Trinket #1	Algeth'ar Puzzle Box	Algeth'ar Academy
Trinket #2	Solarflare Prism	Skyreach

2.3.

Raid Gear BiS List for Assassination Rogue

This list contains the highest DPS setup, only using gear from the Dreamrift, Voidspire, and March on Quel'Danas 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.

TipsWhich Raid-Items Do I Want Most?

If you need to submit a list of highly-important items to your raidleader, or simply want to focus on the most important bosses and items, we got you covered!

• Gaze of the Alnseer: Our best passive trinket. Drops from Chimaerus, who also drops our Tier-Set chest and our BiS Boots.
• Hungering Victory: Our BiS Mainhand, if you can get it on Myth track. Drops from Vorasius.
• Umbral Plume: Another good passive Trinket option (play the crit version). If you know you won't be getting Gaze, this is a good alternative. Drops from Belo'ren.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Mainhand Weapon	Your highest ilvl dagger. Best choice: Hungering Victory	Vorasius in The Voidspire
Offhand Weapon	Farstrider's Mercy (Crit/Haste) with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt	Crafted by Blacksmithing
Helm	Masquerade of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst, or Lightblinded Vanguard in The Voidspire
Neck	Ribbon of Coiled Malice	Fallen-King Salhadaar in The Voidspire
Shoulder	Venom Casks of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst, or Fallen-King Salhadaar in The Voidspire
Cloak	Draconic Nullcape	Vaelgor and Ezzorak in The Voidspire
Chest	Fantastic Finery of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst, or Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Bracers	Silvermoon Agent's Deflectors (Crit/Haste) with Arcanoweave Lining	Crafted by Leatherworking
Gloves	Sleight of Hand of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst, or Vorasius in The Voidspire
Belt	Scorn-Scarred Shul'ka's Belt	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Legs	Nightblade's Pantaloons	Crown of the Cosmos in The Voidspire
Boots	Canopy Walker's Footwraps	Crown of the Cosmos in The Voidspire
Ring #1	Sin'dorei Band of Hope	Belo'ren in March on Quel'Danas
Ring #2	Eye of Midnight	Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas
Trinket #1	Radiant Plume	Belo'ren in March on Quel'Danas
Trinket #2	Gaze of the Alnseer	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift

There are a great number of Trinkets available for Assassination, and we will always want to play a combination of a powerful on-use trinket like Algeth'ar Puzzle Box or Emberwing Feather, and a passive trinket providing potent secondary stat buffs or raw damage procs. Make sure to macro your on-use trinket to your Deathmark cast!

Aim to pick up one trinket from each of these categories as a pair:

Assassination Rogue Trinkets

On-Use - Algeth'ar Puzzle Box or, alternatively, Emberwing Feather
Passive - Gaze of the Alnseer or, alternatively, Solarflare Prism

There are quite a few other valuable trinkets out there, so make sure to click on our ranking chart to see if they are worth equipping.

Click for Assassination Rogue Trinket Rankings

Ranking	Trinket
S Tier	Algeth'ar Puzzle Box Gaze of the Alnseer
A Tier	Emberwing Feather - Click for Details A viable alternative to Algeth'ar Puzzle Box if you do not like the cast-time, or haven't gotten one yet. Solarflare Prism Umbral Plume or Radiant Plume Kroluk's Warbanner Undreamt God's Oozing Vestige Ranger-Captain's Iridescent Insignia Crucible of Erratic Energies - Click for Details This trinket is viable at Champion track, and outperforms most trinkets on the same ilvl, and even up to 10 ilvl higher. It quickly falls off once you gain access to Myth track trinkets, but until then, we recommend simming to find out if this trinket might be worth grabbing. Keep in mind that you need to unlock all 3 bonuses to gain the full benefit out of it.
B Tier	Light Company Guidon Eye of the Drowning Void Heart of Wind Lost Idol of the Hash'ey
C Tier	Darkmoon Dominion: Hunt Withered Saptor's Paw Holy Retributor's Order
D Tier	Delve Trinkets Vessel of Tortured Souls Other Crafted Trinkets Void Stalker's Contract Latch's Crooked Hook

Midnight's patch 12.0.5 introduces two new yet familiar systems:

• Nebulous Voidcore can be used to acquire specific items from raid bosses or dungeons, by letting you gain a guaranteed piece of loot from a specific drop-location. Which item you will receive from any given loot-pool, which is based on the boss/dungeon, is random, but once an item has been acquired in this way, your next use of a Voidcore on the same boss or dungeon will grant one of the remaining items you haven't yet acquired.
• Ascendant Voidcore can be used to further increase the itemlevel of Hero or Myth track weapon or trinket if they have reached the highest possible itemlevel already, as well as Radiance-Crafted items at max quality. This will further boost their power, similar to the additional upgrade from previous Turbo Boost events.

For more information on how to acquire these items, make sure to check out our dedicated guide below.

Which item you want to chase after depends heavily on the items you have already acquired through i.e. the Great Vault, or whether you expect to down certain bosses on Mythic difficulty, as you do not want to waste your Voidcores on items you may be able to get on a higher difficulty track in a few weeks. The priority is as follows:

Voidcore (Bonus Roll) Priority

1. Myth Track Mainhand
2. Algeth'ar Puzzle Box
3. Mythic Gaze of the Alnseer OR Mythic Umbral Plume
4. Remaining BiS List items

On a new character, we recommend doing dungeons that drop a large amount of tier-slots like chest+legs+shoulders from Windrunner Spire, where you can also pick up some good trinkets even if your roll "fails". The tier-slot items you can catalyze to quickly get multiple Myth Track tier items, without having to rely on the Great Vault.

Using your Ascendant Voidcores follows a similar priority list as using your Crests:

1. Your Mainhand Weapon is the highest priority
2. Your on-use trinket
3. Your passive trinket
4. Your Offhand weapon

You will also want to prioritize Myth track items over Hero track ones, unless you do not expect to get a Myth track variant of said item. I.e. it is fine to upgrade a Hero track Umbral Plume or Gaze of the Alnseer if you do not expect to kill Mythic Belo'ren or Chimaerus anytime soon.

Professions are a great way to gear up with your optimal secondary stats, as adding special items to the crafting process lets you pick and choose the exact secondary stats you want.

If you want to find out more about professions, i.e. to learn how to craft your own Mythic itemlevel equipment, make sure to check out our Midnight Profession guide!

As your ability to craft items will be time-gated in the initial stages of Midnight, we highly recommend getting a Mainhand weapon as soon as possible, unless you can reliably get one elsewhere. Once you have a good weapon, work on your other Embellished Item next, and then craft whichever pieces you do not have high-item-level versions of yet.

Assassination Crafted Gear Priority

• Farstrider's Mercy with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt
• Silvermoon Agent's Deflectors with Arcanoweave Lining
• Any item you do not have on Myth track yet.

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. Most of them provide very similar DPS benefits, even if the effects are entirely different. The two best choices for this are:

• For Raid: Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt on a weapon and Arcanoweave Lining on another crafted item like Wrists.
• For Mythic+: Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt on a weapon and Arcanoweave Lining on another crafted item like Wrists.

It is recommended to sim yourself to find out what works best, and if you also play the other 2 Rogue specs, you might want to pick Embellishments that work well for all of them.

You can add sockets to Helmets, Belts, and Bracers with the Radiant Jewelbinder consumable that you can get if you do not select any of the choices in your Great Vault. Not picking a choice will grant you tokens, six of which can be traded in for the Radiant Jewelbinder item that allows you to add a socket to the above piece of gear, if you acquired them in Season 1.

Early into the season, or if you have just started playing an alt, you will have limited access to upgrading-crests such as Myth Dawncrest. These can be used to upgrade gear to higher itemlevels. Since crests are limited each week and upgrading different items costs the same amount of crests regardless, you will want to prioritize your usage of them on items you plan on not replacing anytime soon, or that offer the biggest benefits.

Assassination Rogue Crest Upgrade Priority

Weapon (Mainhand) ➜ Trinkets ➜ Helmet/Chest/Legs ➜ Shoulders/Gloves/Belt/Boots

These are not the only items worth upgrading, of course. They simply offer the highest DPS gain early into the tier when your upgrade currency is limited. Note that exceptions are possible, such as special items that have additional procs attached to them.

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.

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.