Assassination Rogue DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Dragonflight 10.2.6

Last updated on Mar 21, 2024 at 08:17 by Seliathan 65 comments
General Information

On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Assassination Rogue in World of Warcraft Dragonflight 10.2.6.

If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Assassination Rogue gear and best in slot.

1.

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:

2.

BiS Gear Guide for Assassination Rogue

3.

BiS Gear for Assassination Rogue

Overall BiS List Mythic+ Gear BiS List Raid Gear BiS List
4.

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 Nick of Time Icon Nick of Time Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall
Offhand Weapon Nick of Time Icon Nick of Time Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall
Helm Lucid Shadewalker's Deathmask Icon Lucid Shadewalker's Deathmask Revival Catalyst, or Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil
Neck Eye of the Rising Flame Icon Eye of the Rising Flame Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil
Shoulder Lucid Shadewalker's Bladed Spaulders Icon Lucid Shadewalker's Bladed Spaulders Revival Catalyst, or Smolderon in Amirdrassil
Cloak Periwinkle Cloak Icon Periwinkle Cloak Throne of the Tides
Chest Lucid Shadewalker's Cuirass Icon Lucid Shadewalker's Cuirass Revival Catalyst, or Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle in Amirdrassil
Bracers Life-Bound Bindings Icon Life-Bound Bindings with Crit/Mastery and Toxified Armor Patch Icon Toxified Armor Patch Crafted by Leatherworking
Gloves Lucid Shadewalker's Clawgrips Icon Lucid Shadewalker's Clawgrips Revival Catalyst, or Igira the Cruel in Amirdrassil
Belt Bloody Dragonhide Belt Icon Bloody Dragonhide Belt Igira the Cruel in Amirdrassil
Legs Shambling Berserker's Leggings Icon Shambling Berserker's Leggings Atal'Dazar
Boots Toxic Thorn Footwraps Icon Toxic Thorn Footwraps Crafted by Leatherworking
Ring #1 Ring of Contempt Icon Ring of Contempt Black Rook Hold
Ring #2 Band of Callous Dominance Icon Band of Callous Dominance Black Rook Hold
Trinket #1 Witherbark's Branch Icon Witherbark's Branch The Everbloom
Trinket #2 Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge Icon Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge Council of Dreams in Amirdrassil
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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 Nick of Time Icon Nick of Time Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall
Offhand Weapon Nick of Time Icon Nick of Time Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall
Helm Lucid Shadewalker's Deathmask Icon Lucid Shadewalker's Deathmask Revival Catalyst
Neck Chain of the Green Flight Icon Chain of the Green Flight Darkheart Thicket
Shoulder Lucid Shadewalker's Bladed Spaulders Icon Lucid Shadewalker's Bladed Spaulders Revival Catalyst
Cloak Periwinkle Cloak Icon Periwinkle Cloak Throne of the Tides
Chest Lucid Shadewalker's Cuirass Icon Lucid Shadewalker's Cuirass Revival Catalyst
Bracers Venerated Raptorhide Bindings Icon Venerated Raptorhide Bindings Atal'Dazar
Gloves Lucid Shadewalker's Clawgrips Icon Lucid Shadewalker's Clawgrips Revival Catalyst
Belt Belt of the Eternal Struggle Icon Belt of the Eternal Struggle Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise
Legs Shambling Berserker's Leggings Icon Shambling Berserker's Leggings Atal'Dazar
Boots Decapod Slippers Icon Decapod Slippers Throne of the Tides
Ring #1 Ring of Contempt Icon Ring of Contempt Black Rook Hold
Ring #2 Band of Callous Dominance Icon Band of Callous Dominance Black Rook Hold
Trinket #1 Witherbark's Branch Icon Witherbark's Branch The Everbloom
Trinket #2 Accelerating Sandglass Icon Accelerating Sandglass Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall
4.

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: Cruel Dreamcarver Icon Cruel Dreamcarver Igira the Cruel
Offhand Weapon Betrayer's Cinderblade Icon Betrayer's Cinderblade Tindral Sageswift
Helm Lucid Shadewalker's Deathmask Icon Lucid Shadewalker's Deathmask Revival Catalyst, or Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil
Neck Eye of the Rising Flame Icon Eye of the Rising Flame Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil
Shoulder Lucid Shadewalker's Bladed Spaulders Icon Lucid Shadewalker's Bladed Spaulders Revival Catalyst, or Smolderon in Amirdrassil
Cloak Mantle of Blazing Sacrifice Icon Mantle of Blazing Sacrifice Smolderon in Amirdrassil
Chest Lucid Shadewalker's Cuirass Icon Lucid Shadewalker's Cuirass Revival Catalyst, or Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle in Amirdrassil
Bracers Primordial Serpent's Bindings Icon Primordial Serpent's Bindings Volcoross
Gloves Lucid Shadewalker's Clawgrips Icon Lucid Shadewalker's Clawgrips Revival Catalyst, or Igira the Cruel in Amirdrassil
Belt Bloody Dragonhide Belt Icon Bloody Dragonhide Belt Igira the Cruel in Amirdrassil
Legs Lucid Shadewalker's Chausses Icon Lucid Shadewalker's Chausses Revival Catalyst, or Larodar, Keeper of the Flame in Amirdrassil
Boots Lucid Shadewalker's Sollerets Icon Lucid Shadewalker's Sollerets Revival Catalyst on any boots from the Raid.
Ring #1 Band of Burning Thorns Icon Band of Burning Thorns Larodar, Keeper of the Flame
Ring #2 Signet of the Last Elder Icon Signet of the Last Elder Igira the Cruel
Trinket #1 Cataclysmic Signet Brand Icon Cataclysmic Signet Brand Smolderon in Amirdrassil
Trinket #2 Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge Icon Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge Council of Dreams in Amirdrassil
4.

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.

4.1.

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.

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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 Icon Nick of Time dagger. Alternatively, any other dagger will do.
  • A powerful trinket like Witherbark's Branch Icon Witherbark's Branch or Cataclysmic Signet Brand Icon Cataclysmic Signet Brand
  • Embellished Items like Toxic Thorn Footwraps Icon 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.

6.

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 Icon Rogue Assassination 10.2 Class Set 2pc and Rogue Assassination 10.2 Class Set 4pc Icon 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.

7.

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 Icon 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.

7.1.

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 Icon Toxic Thorn Footwraps
  • A Leatherworking Armor item, like Life-Bound Bindings Icon Life-Bound Bindings with Toxified Armor Patch Icon Toxified Armor Patch.
  • For Mythic+, you can wear two crafted items with Blue Silken Lining Icon 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
7.2.

Adding Sockets to Gear

You can add sockets to your necklace by using a Tiered Medallion Setting Icon 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.

8.

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.

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Changelog

  • 21 Mar. 2024: Page has been reviewed for Patch 10.2.6, no changes were necessary.
  • 15 Jan. 2024: Page has been reviewed and updated for Patch 10.2.5.
  • 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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