Assassination Rogue DPS Spell Summary (Legion 7.3.5)

Table of Contents

• +Introduction
  • 1. Class Overview
  • 2. Patch 7.3 Changes for Assassination Rogue
  • 3. Patch 7.2.5 Changes for Assassination Rogue
  • 4. Patch 7.2 Changes for Assassination Rogue
  • 5. Assassination Rogue Strengths
  • 6. Assassination Rogue Weaknesses
  • 7. Assassination Rogue Viability in the Current Patch
  • 8. Contents
  • 9. ChangeLog
• +Easy Mode
  • 1. The Basics for Assassination Rogue
  • 2. Talent Choice for Assassination Rogue
  • 3. Stat Choice for Assassination Rogue
  • 4. Basic Rotational Priority for Assassination Rogue
    • 4.1. Tips and Tricks
    • 4.2. Basic Opener
  • 5. ChangeLog
• ×Spell Summary
  • 1. Assassination Rogue Spell Summary
  • 2. Main Resources for Assassination Rogue
  • 3. Basic Abilities for Assassination Rogue
  • 4. Important Procs for Assassination Rogue
  • 5. DPS Cooldowns for Assassination Rogue
  • 6. ChangeLog
• +Builds and Talents
  • 1. Talent Choices
  • 2. Talent Cheat Sheets for Assassination Rogue
    • 2.1. Poison Build
    • 2.2. Bleed Build
  • 3. Tier 1 (Level 15) Talents for Assassination Rogue
  • 4. Tier 2 (Level 30) Talents for Assassination Rogue
  • 5. Tier 3 (Level 45) Talents for Assassination Rogue
  • 6. Tier 4 (Level 60) Talents for Assassination Rogue
  • 7. Tier 5 (Level 75) Talents for Assassination Rogue
  • 8. Tier 6 (Level 90) Talents for Assassination Rogue
  • 9. Tier 7 (Level 100) Talents for Assassination Rogue
  • 10. ChangeLog
• +Artifact Traits and Relics
  • 1. Artifact Progression for Assassination Rogue — First 35 Points
  • 2. Patch 7.2: 35+ Trait Path for Assassination Rogue
  • 3. Relic Priority for Assassination Rogue
  • 4. ChangeLog
• +Netherlight Crucible Relic Paths
  • 1. General Optimization Advice for Assassination Rogue
  • 2. Crucible Priority for Assassination Rogue
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
  • 1. Ability Priority List for Assassination Rogue
    • 1.1. Poison Build
      • 1.1.1. Important Notes
    • 1.2. Bleed Build
  • 2. Poisons
  • 3. Notable Mechanics for Assassination Rogue
    • 3.1. Surge of Toxins
    • 3.2. Kingsbane
    • 3.3. Nightstalker
    • 3.4. Pandemic and Rupture Refresh
  • 4. Academic Information for Assassination Rogue
    • 4.1. The Interaction Between Combo Points and Energy
    • 4.2. Pooling Energy and Combo Points
    • 4.3. Defensive Utility
  • 5. Opening Sequences for Assassination Rogue
    • 5.1. Poison Build
    • 5.2. Bleed Build
  • 6. ChangeLog
• +Boss by Boss Strategies
  • 1. Assassination Rogue Boss Advice: Antorus, the Burning Throne
    • 1.1. Garothi Worldbreaker
      • 1.1.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 1.2. Felhounds of Sargeras
      • 1.2.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 1.3. Antoran High Command
      • 1.3.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 1.4. Eonar the Life-Binder
      • 1.4.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 1.5. Portal Keeper Hasabel
      • 1.5.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 1.6. Imonar the Soulhunter
      • 1.6.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 1.7. Kin'garoth
      • 1.7.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 1.8. Varimathras
      • 1.8.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 1.9. The Coven of Shivarra
      • 1.9.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 1.10. Aggramar
      • 1.10.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 1.11. Argus the Unmaker
      • 1.11.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
  • 2. Tomb of Sargeras
    • 2.1. Goroth
      • 2.1.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 2.2. The Demonic Inquisition
      • 2.2.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 2.3. Harjatan
      • 2.3.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 2.4. Sisters of the Moon
      • 2.4.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 2.5. Mistress Sassz'ine
      • 2.5.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 2.6. The Desolate Host
      • 2.6.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 2.7. Maiden of Vigilance
      • 2.7.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 2.8. Fallen Avatar
      • 2.8.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 2.9. Kil'jaeden
      • 2.9.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
  • 3. The Nighthold
    • 3.1. Skorpyron
      • 3.1.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 3.2. Chronomatic Anomaly
      • 3.2.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 3.3. Trilliax
      • 3.3.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 3.4. Spellblade Aluriel
      • 3.4.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 3.5. Tichondrius
      • 3.5.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 3.6. Star Augur Etraeus
      • 3.6.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 3.7. Krosus
      • 3.7.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 3.8. High Botanist Tel'arn
      • 3.8.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 3.9. Grand Magistrix Elisande
      • 3.9.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
    • 3.10. Gul'dan
      • 3.10.1. Talents, Trinkets, and Legendaries
  • 4. ChangeLog
• +Stat Priority
  • 1. Stat Priority for Assassination Rogue
    • 1.1. Master Poisoner/Toxic Blade
    • 1.2. Elaborate Planning/Alacrity
    • 1.3. Elaborate Planning/Exsanguinate
  • 2. Assassination Rogue: Getting a Better Understanding
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Gems, Enchants, and Consumables
  • 1. Gems for Assassination Rogue
    • 1.1. Master Poisoner/Toxic Blade or Elaborate Planning/Alacrity
    • 1.2. Elaborate Planning/Exsanguinate
  • 2. Enchants for Assassination Rogue
    • 2.1. Master Poisoner/Toxic Blade or Elaborate Planning/Alacrity
    • 2.2. Elaborate Planning/Exsanguinate
  • 3. Consumables for Assassination Rogue
  • 4. ChangeLog
• +Macros and Addons
  • 1. AddOns for Assassination Rogue
    • 1.1. ElvUI
    • 1.2. Weak Auras
    • 1.3. Boss Mods
      • 1.3.1. BigWigs Bossmods
      • 1.3.2. Deadly Boss Mods
    • 1.4. Name Plates
      • 1.4.1. KUI Nameplates
      • 1.4.2. TidyPlates
    • 1.5. Damage Meters
      • 1.5.1. Skada
      • 1.5.2. Details
    • 1.6. Extra AddOns
      • 1.6.1. Mik's Scrolling Battle Text
      • 1.6.2. Death Note
      • 1.6.3. Doom CooldownPulse
      • 1.6.4. Angry Assignments
  • 2. Macros for Assassination Rogue
    • 2.1. Startattack Macros
    • 2.2. Tricks of the Trade
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Gear, Legendaries, and Best in Slot
  • 1. Tier 21 Set Bonuses for Assassination Rogue
  • 2. Tier 20 Set Bonuses for Assassination Rogue
  • 3. Best in Slot List for Assassination Rogue
  • 4. Trinket List for Assassination Rogue
    • 4.1. Poison Build
    • 4.2. Bleed Build
  • 5. Legendaries for Assassination Rogue
    • 5.1. Antorus Recommendations
  • 6. Legendary Tier List for Assassination Rogue
    • 6.1. Top Tier
    • 6.2. Mid Tier
    • 6.3. Bottom Tier
    • 6.4. Extra Information
  • 7. Loot Competition
  • 8. ChangeLog

General Information

On this page, we list the spells that you will often use as an Assassination Rogue.

The other pages of our Assassination Rogue guide can be accessed from the table of contents on the right.

About Our Author and Reviewer

This guide has been written by Furty, who has an illustrious history in the World of Warcraft raiding scene and race for World First. He has been a member of guilds such as Serenity, Midwinter, and many more, and is currently raiding in Future. He plays most classes at the highest level. You can follow him on Twitter and watch him play on Twitch.

This guide has been reviewed and approved by Perfecto, an Outlaw/Assassination Rogue who raids in Method.

1. Assassination Rogue Spell Summary

If you are new to Assassination, it is recommended you read this before proceeding! In this section we will discuss what abilities you have, what they are used for within the specialization, and how they interact with important cooldowns. If you have played this spec before or have already achieved a level of comfort playing this spec in a practical environment, it is recommended you skip this section and move on to the rest of the guide.

2. Main Resources for Assassination Rogue

Energy is the main resource of Assassination Rogues. Energy is generated passively, the rate of which can be increased by Haste and talents. Venomous Wounds also provides some bonus Energy. Keeping track of your Energy and pooling for windows of increased burst is extremely important to playing Assassination properly.

Combo Points are another primary resource utilized by Assassination Rogues. Some of your abilities generate Combo Points, while finishing moves spend them, dealing increased damage per Combo Point. You can generate additional Combo Points by critically striking due to the Seal Fate passive. Combo Point management is very important to maintaining your abilities and maximizing burst.

3. Basic Abilities for Assassination Rogue

These abilities are available no matter what talents you choose, and form the bread and butter of this specialization.

Mutilate costs 55 Energy and deals moderate damage, generating 2 Combo Points. This is your main Combo Point generator and requires daggers to be used.

Rupture is a finishing move that applies a bleed to the target that deals damage over time, lasting longer per combo point. Rupture returns Energy via Venomous Wounds. This is a very important finisher and should be maintained at all times on primary and secondary targets.

Envenom is a finishing move that deals Nature damage and increases your poison application chance by 30%. The damage and duration of Envenom are increased per Combo Point. This is our primary combo point dump when Rupture does not need a refresh.

Fan of Knives deals AoE damage and can apply poisons. This generates one Combo Point. It is usually better to focus on single target, but this can be useful for applying poisons to a stacked group of targets quickly.

Garrote is a bleed effect that lasts 18 seconds and generates 1 Combo Point. It also silences the target by 3-seconds when used from Stealth.

4. Important Procs for Assassination Rogue

Seal Fate generates an extra Combo Point per critical strike when your abilities critically strike.

Venomous Wounds generates 10 Energy when your abilities deal bleed damage to a target.

Stealth lets you move around the battlefield unseen. You will start every fight from Stealth as your Tier 2 talent provides a damage benefit to using your abilities while Stealth is active.

5. DPS Cooldowns for Assassination Rogue

Vendetta is your main DPS cooldown, which marks an enemy for 20 seconds. During this time, you deal 30% increased damage to the target and are granted true sight of the target. Vendetta is a strong cooldown, but you should be careful using it on targets that are short lived, as it is a debuff on the target rather than a personal buff.

Vanish breaks movement impairing effects and instantly shifts you into Stealth. This should be used on cooldown to get cheaper Mutilates using the Shadow Focus talent.

6. ChangeLog

• 12 Jun. 2017: Page reviewed and deemed updated for 7.2.5.
• 29 Aug. 2016: Updated for Legion's launch.
• 18 Jul. 2016: Updated for the Legion pre-patch.

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