Assassination Rogue DPS Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — Shadowlands 9.2.5
On this page, we list the best gems, enchants, flasks, potions, and food you can get for your Assassination Rogue, based on your stat priority. We also give budget alternatives. This page is updated for World of Warcraft — Shadowlands 9.2.5.
If you were looking for TBC Classic content, please refer to our TBC Classic DPS Rogue gems and enchants.
Enchants, Gems and Consumables for Assassination Rogue
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.
Best Gems for Assassination Rogue
You should use Leviathan's Eye of Agility in one of your sockets and
either
Quick Jewel Cluster or
Deadly Jewel Cluster in your
other sockets, depending on whether you want to focus on raiding or Mythic+.
Best Enchants for Assassination Rogue
Slot | Enchantment |
---|---|
Rings |
|
Main Hand | |
Off Hand | |
Boots | |
Chest | |
Cloak |
You will want to run Enchant Weapon - Lightless Force on both of your
weapons for Mythic+ for AoE damage. You can also continue using the enchants
listed above to keep prioritizing your single-target and priority-target damage.
It is always recommended to sim yourself to find out what enchants provide the best benefit to you individually.
Consumables for Assassination Rogue
Best Flasks and Potions for Assassination
Spectral Flask of Power is our flask of choice.
Potion of Phantom Fire is the best pick for pure single-target. Use
Potion of Spectral Agility for when you have 2 or more targets.
You will always want to have two Shaded Sharpening Stone or
Shaded Weightstone applied to your weapons. Apply a
Heavy Desolate Armor Kit to your chest armor.
Healthstones do not share a cooldown with health potions. This means that
players should always use Cosmic Healing Potions and Healthstones
whenever available. The Potion provides much better Healing than a Healthstone.
Best Food for Assassination
The best food buff is provided by the Feast of Gluttonous Hedonism but
it is quite costly; alternatives are
Tenebrous Crown Roast Aspic
or the cheaper
Cinnamon Bonefish Stew. For Mythic+, you will want to use
Spinefin Souffle and Fries or the cheaper
Butterscotch Marinated Ribs
instead.
Augment Runes for Assassination
If you can afford it, you should use Veiled Augment Runes to
increase your primary stat. These will be very rare and scarcely available
at the beginning of the expansion, so it is best to stock up for when you
really need them.
Once you have sufficiently progressed in the new Questing area,
Zereth Mortis, you will be able to buy the Eternal Augment Rune.
This will not be available until you hit Exalted with the new faction
The Enlightened, so make sure to hold onto a bunch of Augment Runes for
progression.
Shards of Domination for Assassination Rogue
You will want to get 3 Frost shards and a pair of shoulders or legs for the
Winds of Winter set bonus. These will not work in any content outside
of the Maw, Korthia and Torghast. Neither the Shards nor the bonuses will be
active in Raids, Mythic+ or PvP.
For more detailed information on what Shards to play, check out our detailed Shards of Domination section on our Gearing Page.
Changelog
- 31 May 2022: Page reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 22 Feb. 2022: Updated for Patch 9.2.
- 02 Nov. 2021: Updated Domination Shard recommendation.
- 06 Aug. 2021: Added Shards of Domination information and link.
- 28 Jun. 2021: Updated for Patch 9.1.
- 09 Mar. 2021: Updated chest enchant.
- 25 Nov. 2020: Updated with new Augment Runes.
- 23 Nov. 2020: Updated gem, enchant and consumable recommendations for the Shadowlands release.
- 28 Oct. 2020: Updated gem and enchant recommendations.
- 12 Oct. 2020: Page updated for the Shadowlands 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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