Assassination Rogue DPS Mythic+ Tips — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.1.5

1. Assassination Rogue in Mythic+

The playstyle of Assassination in Mythic+ stays almost the same in Battle for Azeroth. It revolves around setting up your bleeds on multiple targets, ramping up your Energy regeneration until you become global cooldown locked, and then continuing to cycle bleeds between targets. A key feature of Assassination AoE is that while it is most optimal in evenly multi-dotting across a number of targets, you can still channel it more into single target damage, at the cost of efficiency.

2. Rogue Shroud Skips

While at this stage many groups do different pulls, due to different composition or preferences, some of the shroud skips in dungeons are still more common than others. As such, the most popular skips have been compiled in a Shroud of Concealment Mythic+ guide for Rogues with diagrams showing each of the skips.

3. Assassination Rogue Mythic+ Rotation

For the most part, Assassination Rogue's rotation is the same as referred in the Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities page.

3.1. Assassination Rogue Utility

• Pick Lock allows you to skip a few pulls in Tol Dagor, and unlock cells granting damage and survival boost.
• Sap and Blind can be great for crowd controlling two targets during one pull.
• Shroud of Concealment projects AoE Stealth around you. It is important to note, however, that in the current expansion there is a much greater number of enemies who can detect through Stealth or Invisibility, whom you will need to be on the lookout for.
• Feint, Cloak of Shadows, Evasion, and Cheat Death form a very powerful set of defensive cooldowns, and are one of the biggest reasons for Rogue's strength in Mythic+.
• Tricks of the Trade is not exceptionally great normally, however it is extremely useful during Skittish weeks, helping the tank maintain threat.

4. Mythic+ Talents for Assassination Rogues

Below are the suggested talents for Mythic+. These talents are recommended for all groups and keys at the current time.

Level	Choices
15	✗ Master Poisoner	✓ Elaborate Planning	✗ Blindside
30	✗ Nightstalker	✓ Subterfuge	✗ Master Assassin
45	✓ Vigor	✓ Deeper Stratagem	✓ Marked for Death
60	✗ Leeching Poison	✓ Cheat Death	✗ Elusiveness
75	✗ Internal Bleeding	✓ Iron Wire	✓ Prey on the Weak
90	✗ Venom Rush	✓ Toxic Blade	✗ Exsanguinate
100	✓ Poison Bomb	✗ Hidden Blades	✓ Crimson Tempest

5. Mythic+ Affixes

The way Mythic+ affixes are tiered in Battle for Azeroth has changed quite a bit since their launch in Legion.

There are now three weekly affixes and one seasonal affix. The first affix is available instantly at level two and three, the second affix starts at level four, the third affix is enabled at level seven, and finally the seasonal affix is at level ten.

5.1. Tier One Affixes

On Fortified weeks, Assassination Rogues might favor Crimson Tempest over Poison Bomb and vice versa on Tyrannical weeks, however it will still depend on your group composition, and your expected pulls.

5.2. Tier Two Affixes

• Bolstering is a good affix for Assassination, since you do not have AoE burst and you are able to meticulously DoT them up, and dump excess Combo Points into high health targets.
• Sanguine can cause a lot of movement from the group, and might make your Poison Bomb miss some of the ticks.
• Bursting debuff can be removed with Cloak of Shadows which also negates new applications until it expires. This means that you generally want to delay Cloak of Shadows until the first few debuffs go out.

5.3. Tier Three Affixes

• Quaking damage can be decreased by Feint, helping the healer.
• Fan of Knives does not hit the Explosive Orbs from Explosive, requiring them to be targeted directly.
• During Skittish weeks your Tricks of the Trade is extremely helpful in helping tanks manage aggro in AoE situations. Due to Assassination damage patterns, it is also very powerful later into the fight, once you have your DoTs ticking on most enemies.

5.4. Seasonal Affix

Reaping is the seasonal affix for Season 2 of Battle for Azeroth. Reaping causes Souls to rise from the dead and attack the party at intervals of 20% completion on the Enemy Forces count. There are three different enemy types to be aware of.

• Risen Soul — They will apply Reap Soul to their current target, dealing 2% maximum health in damage every 3 seconds, per stack. This can be dispelled.
• Tormented Soul — They will cast Grave Bolt, which deals 25% maximum health in damage to the cast target. This cast can be interrupted.
• Lost Soul — They will cast Shadow Smash at their current target, a frontal cone ability that can be sidestepped. If you are hit by this, your maximum health will be reduced by 20% for 1 minute. Additionally, when Lost Souls die they will cast Expel Soul, spawning swirls on the ground that must be dodged. If you are hit by this, your damage and healing done will be reduced by 10% for 30 seconds.

This leads to a much more AoE friendly environment and arguably more exciting. This means that every 20% Enemy Force competion you are going to get a big AoE pack coming in, which will force your group to work around pulls, and cooldown usage.

6. Mythic+ Azerite Traits

To learn how different Azerite traits perform on single-target and multi-target situations, refer to the Simulations page.

7. Changelog