Assassination Rogue PvP Stat Priority, Gear, and Trinkets (Season 4)

The stat priority for Assassination Rogues in PvP is as follows:

1. Agility;
2. Versatility;
3. Mastery;
4. Haste;
5. Critical Strike.

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. Haste increases the tick rate of your bleeds, giving you more damage but also more Energy through the passive Venomous Wounds, and Critical Strike increases your damage and your Combo point generation through the passive Seal Fate. Both stats are somewhat even. Critical Strike will be better if you plan on playing a bursty single-target build, and Haste will be better if you plan on playing a cleave-heavy build. But most of your gear will be made of Mastery/Versatility gear anyway.

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, excluding most crafted items:

• Head: Life-Bound Cap with Zone of Focus
• Neck: Draconic Gladiator's Amulet
• Shoulders: Draconic Gladiator's Leather Shoulderpads
• Cloak: Draconic Warmonger's Cape
• Chest: Lurking Specter's Brigandine
• Wrists: Draconic Warmonger's Wraps
• Hands: Draconic Gladiator's Leather Gloves
• Waist: Draconic Warmonger's Belt
• Legs: Lurking Specter's Tights
• Feet: Infurious Footwraps of Indemnity
• Ring 1: Draconic Gladiator's Ring
• Ring 2: Draconic Gladiator's Signet
• Weapon 1: Draconic Gladiator's Dagger
• Weapon 2: Draconic Gladiator's Dagger

This set of gear only includes two crafted, as you need to have two embellishments. However your ideal gearset features a lot more Mastery than what the conquest vendor can offer, so you want to craft as many items as you can to have as much Mastery as possible. As the season goes on you will be able to craft more items, so you will gradually replace your PvP items with Mastery/Versatility crafted items as they grant more Mastery.

Note: it is essential to be wearing 2 PvP trinkets. This will increase your Agility and Stamina by a significant amount.

Draconic 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.

Draconic Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity is a powerful burst trinket. It gives you Agility and has a relatively short cooldown, allowing you to use it in your burst often. It can be great when used alongside Kingsbane and/or Shadow Dance. It will be your default second trinket.

Draconic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity is a good sustained damage trinket. It will randomly give you a main stat buff. It is a good pick if you are mostly focused on sustained damage.

Draconic 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.

Here are the best enchants and gems for an Assassination Rogue:

• Cloak: Enchant Cloak - Homebound Speed
• Chest: Enchant Chest - Accelerated Agility/ Enchant Chest - Waking Stats
• Wrists: Enchant Bracer - Devotion of Speed
• Waist: Shadowed Belt Clasp
• Legs: Fierce Armor Kit
• Boots: Enchant Boots - Plainsrunner's Breeze
• Rings: Enchant Ring - Devotion of Mastery
• Main Hand Weapon: Enchant Weapon - Sophic Devotion
• Off Hand Weapon: Enchant Weapon - Sophic Devotion

One of your gems should be Skillful Illimited Diamond, and all your remaining gems should be Zen Neltharite.