Assassination Rogue DPS Best Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — Midnight Season 1

This section specifically covers the optimal gems, enchants, food, and flasks to use for your character. To get a more detailed rundown of the different stats for Assassination Rogue, please visit our dedicated Stats page.

When shopping for enchants, gems, or potions, make sure to buy the highest rank only if you can afford it. The below listed information refers to their names, but higher ranks of the same enhancement provide better benefits.

The choice of gems is highly dependent on your gear. Each of the four secondary stats can easily be your most worthwhile stat for gems, depending on the current gear you are wearing, and as a result, the choice of gems and ring enchants can vary a lot. We highly recommend simming yourself to find out the best set of gems for your character specifically via Raidbots.

You should use Powerful Eversong Diamond in one socket. Alternatively you can choose to not play a Prismatic gem, which will allow you to stack more of the same-colored secondary stat gems instead. The difference here is very minor, so you can go with the choice that best suits your money-bag.

For your secondary stat gems, pick Crit or Haste gems, like Flawless Deadly Peridot or Flawless Quick Garnet. If you plan on playing a Prismatic gem for the minor crit-damage bonus, make sure to grab at least one of each gem type, like Flawless Deadly Lapis and Flawless Deadly Amethyst, and then fill the remaining slows with the higher-value gems that we listed first.

You will want to run Critical Strike enchants on your rings and weapon. Make sure to sim yourself as there is still a point where Crit might no longer be your best stat. Some of your enchant options, like weapon and rings, may change depending on how much Crit and Haste you already have.

Whether you choose to enchant your gear with Avoidance, Leech, or Speed is up to you. Leech will allow you to gain some additional passive healing while you do damage, Avoidance reduces the damage taken by Area-of-Effect spells, similar to Feint, and Speed simply increases your movement speed. For Raid progression movement speed is often underrated and can be a minor DPS increase if it allows you to reach your target faster.

It is always recommended to sim yourself to find out what enchants provide the best benefit to you individually.

In addition to enchants and improvements to your gear, making sure you come prepared with the right consumables to endgame content has a big impact on your performance.

You will want to grab Flask of the Shattered Sun as your go-to Flask for the Crit bonus. You can also obtain a flask of your choice from Cauldron of Sin'dorei Flaskss provided by Alchemists.

Potion of Recklessness is your best option, and should be paired with major cooldowns and Bloodlust / Heroism. You can also obtain temporary versions of the potion from Voidlight Potion Cauldron provided by Alchemists.

Silvermoon Health Potion is the current best healing potion. Using this has a 5-minute cooldown, but multiple can be consumed in an extended boss fight should it go on long enough. Additionally, Warlock's Healthstone does not share a cooldown with other healing consumables. Remember to use it as well if you are holding one!

Try to chomp down on Silvermoon Parade or another primary stat feast if possible. If this isn't provided by your group, stick to Royal Roast as your personal food instead.

In addition, if you can afford it, you should use Void-Touched Augment Runes to increase your primary stat. Augment Runes are expensive and disappear on death, so use them wisely and sparingly!