Assassination Rogue PvP Stat Priority, Gear, and Trinkets — The War Within (11.2)
Choosing your gear carefully is important for your Assassination Rogue in PvP. We give you a stat priority to help you choose items with the right stats, followed by advice on how to choose your gear and your trinkets.
This page is part of our Assassination Rogue PvP Guide.
Stat Priority for Assassination Rogues in PvP
The stat priority for Assassination Rogues in PvP is as follows:
- Agility;
- Versatility;
- Mastery;
- Critical Strike.
- Haste;
Agility is the best stat in all situations. Versatility is the most vital
secondary stat because it increases your damage and reduces the
damage you take. Mastery is the second-best stat. It is a flat damage increase
to Bleeds and Poisons. Mastery is the highest damage increase per
stat point you can have. However, it still comes behind Versatility because
Versatility also helps you survive. Critical Strike increases your damage
and your Combo Point generation through the passive Seal Fate. Haste
increases the tick rate of your bleeds, giving you more damage but also more
Energy through the passive
Venomous Wounds. However, since the current
gameplay of Assassination revolves around bleeding as many targets as possible
energy should never be an issue, so Haste is the least desirable stat.
Gear Recommendations
You want to use PvP items as much as possible since they have increased item level in PvP combat. This is what your gear should look like:
- Head:
Hood of the Sudden Eclipse
- Neck:
Astral Gladiator's Amulet
- Shoulders:
Astral Gladiator's Leather Shoulderpads
- Cloak:
Astral Gladiator's Shawl
- Chest:
Tactical Vest of the Sudden Eclipse
- Wrists:
Astral Gladiator's Leather Wristguards
- Hands:
Deathgrips of the Sudden Eclipse
- Waist:
Astral Gladiator's Leather Belt
- Legs:
Pants of the Sudden Eclipse
- Feet:
Astral Gladiator's Leather Boots
- Ring 1:
Astral Gladiator's Band
- Ring 2:
Astral Gladiator's Signet
- Weapon 1:
Astral Gladiator's Dagger
- Weapon 2:
Astral Gladiator's Dagger
Crafted Gear and Embellishments
In The War Within, you can craft PvP items without a spark. All that is required are components that cost Conquest Points or Honor Points depending on the item level you desire. This makes it easy to improve the gear list displayed above with targeted crafts.
Eventually, you want to replace every item that is not
Mastery/Versatility with a crafted item with those stats. Then you
may even replace the Conquest Mastery/Versatility items with crafted
one, to shift more points towards Mastery. But what you should craft
first are two items with Embellishments. The best Embellishment available
is Elemental Focusing Lens, for increased damage.
Recommended Trinkets
Note: it is essential to be wearing 2 PvP trinkets. This will increase your Agility and Stamina by a significant amount.
Astral Gladiator's Medallion is a mandatory trinket to have
equipped at all times. This allows you to remove any crowd control on yourself.
You will use this trinket if you are stunned and will die in this stun, or on
any form of CC if one of your teammates will die and you can save them.
Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity is a good sustained damage
trinket. It will randomly give you a main stat buff. It will be your default
second trinket.
Astral Gladiator's Emblem increases your maximum health when used.
This gives you an additional defensive when you are the target. The health
increase is significant and will very often save your life if you use it when
the enemy team is using cooldowns on you and your healer is in crowd control.
Gems and Enchants
Here are the best enchants and gems for an Assassination Rogue:
- Cloak:
Enchant Cloak - Chant of Burrowing Rapidity
- Chest:
Enchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance
- Wrists:
Enchant Bracer - Chant of Armored Speed
- Legs:
Stormbound Armor Kit
- Boots:
Enchant Boots - Scout's March
- Rings:
Enchant Ring - Radiant Mastery
- Main Hand Weapon:
Enchant Weapon - Authority of Radiant Power
- Off Hand Weapon:
Enchant Weapon - Authority of Radiant Power
One of your gems should be Enduring Bloodstone, and all your
remaining gems should be
Versatile Onyx.
Changelog
- 04 Aug. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.2.
- 15 Jun. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
- 21 Apr. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
- 24 Feb. 2025: Updated for The War Within Season 2.
- 15 Dec. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
- 21 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Updated Embellishments.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within Season 1.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Prepatch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updqted for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 18 Mar. 2024: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5.
- 30 Apr. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7.
- 25 Jan. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.0.5.
- 04 Jan. 2022: Updated Enchants.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 22 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 28 Jul. 2022: Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 10 Apr. 2022: Updated BiS gear list.
- 21 Feb. 2022: Updated for Patch 9.2.
- 10 Nov. 2021: Already up to date with Patch 9.1.5.
- 30 Jul. 2021: Updated the Shackle trinket due to a recent hotfix.
- 14 Jul. 2021: Updated the trinket section.
- 03 Jul. 2021: Updated for Patch 9.1.
- 06 Apr. 2021: Rewritten by Shadenox and further updated for Patch 9.0.5.
- 12 Mar. 2021: Updated Gearing section.
- Updated Best Trinkets.
- 29 Nov. 2020: Removed outdated Traits and Essences.
- Removed outdated gear.
- Added gems section.
- 14 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Shadenox, an experienced Gladiator player who has achieved over 3,000 rating on Rogue. You can find him on his YouTube channel, where he creates guides and other informational content regarding Arenas.
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