Outlaw Rogue DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within Pre-Patch
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Outlaw Rogue in World of Warcraft The War Within Pre-Patch.
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Combat Rogue gear and best in slot.
Gearing your Outlaw Rogue in Season 4
With the start of Season 4, Amirdrassil, Vault of the Incarnates and Aberrus is opening up its gates, and you are once again able to acquire gear from the Raid. Mythic+ is also starting, same as the new PvP season, and this serves as a soft-reset for most of the gear you acquired during the last Season of Dragonflight.
Season 4 once again uses the Crest upgrade system that was introduced in Dragonflight. We recommend that you check out our dedicated page for more information on this gear upgrade system if you are not yet familiar with it:
BiS Gear for Outlaw Rogue
BiS List for Outlaw Rogue
This list contains the highest DPS setup from most sources, for Outlaw Rogue
In some non-Tier slots, a 525 iLvl Craft is technically optimal, since you can customize the secondary stats to your liking and to get two embellished effects. A few 528 or 535 iLvl slots from Mythic Raid are the exception.
This list is by no means a replacement for simming yourself. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available to yourself, your BiS gear might look different than this list in some spots.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
---|---|---|
Mainhand Weapon | ![]() |
Council of Dreams |
Offhand Weapon | ![]() |
Neltharus |
Helm | ![]() |
BoE from Amirdrassil |
Neck | ![]() |
Volcoross |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Broodkeeper Diurna/Echo of Neltharion/Smolderon |
Cloak | ![]() |
Sarkareth |
Chest | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Kurog Grimtotem/Zskarn/Nymue |
Bracers | ![]() |
Brackenhide Hollow |
Gloves | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Dathea/Forgotten Experiments/Igira the Cruel |
Belt | ![]() ![]() |
Crafted in Leatherworking |
Legs | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Sennarth/Rashok/Larodar |
Boots | ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Igira the Cruel |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Eranog |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Smolderon |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Broodkeeper Diurna |
Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Outlaw Rogue
This list contains the highest DPS setup with farmable gear from Mythic+ Dungeons.
This list is by no means a replacement for simming yourself. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available to yourself, your BiS gear might look different than this list in some spots.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
---|---|---|
Mainhand Weapon | ![]() |
Neltharus |
Offhand Weapon | ![]() |
Neltharus |
Helm | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst |
Neck | ![]() |
Brackenhide Hollow |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst |
Cloak | ![]() |
Algeth'ar Academy |
Chest | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst |
Bracers | ![]() |
Brackenhide Hollow |
Gloves | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst |
Belt | ![]() |
Uldaman |
Legs | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst |
Boots | ![]() |
Brackenhide Hollow |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
The Nokhud Offensive |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Uldaman |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Halls of Infusion |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Ruby Life Pools |
Raid Gear BiS List for Outlaw Rogue
This list contains the highest DPS setup, only using gear from the Amirdrassil Raid.
This list is by no means a replacement for simming yourself. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available to yourself, your BiS gear might look different than this list in some spots.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
---|---|---|
Mainhand Weapon | Your highest ilvl Axe/Sword/Mace/Fist.
Best choice: ![]() |
Council of Dreams |
Offhand Weapon | ![]() |
Council of Dreams |
Helm | ![]() |
BoE from Amirdrassil |
Neck | ![]() |
Volcoross |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Broodkeeper Diurna/Echo of Neltharion/Smolderon |
Cloak | ![]() |
Sarkareth |
Chest | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Kurog Grimtotem/Zskarn/Nymue |
Bracers | ![]() |
Magmorax |
Gloves | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Dathea/Forgotten Experiments/Igira the Cruel |
Belt | ![]() |
Igira the Cruel |
Legs | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Sennarth/Rashok/Larodar |
Boots | ![]() |
Tindral Sageswift |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Eranog |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Igira the Cruel |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Smolderon |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Broodkeeper Diurna |
The Importance of "Simming Yourself" as a Outlaw Rogue
With all the different layers of gearing currently available to players, it is impossible to cover all edge cases and individual recommendations in a guide. We therefore highly recommend simming your own character by using Raidbots. This website allows for precise and individualized recommendations that consider your exact talents, gear, trinket, and all the other layers of gearing that the game has to offer. Learning to use this tool is essential to maximizing your potential, as it is the only reliable way to get information on which piece of gear, enchant, gem, or trinket is the best for your character.
Droptimizer
The Droptimizer feature from Raidbots lets you identify which dungeons and Raid Bosses offer the highest DPS upgrades to you. It simulates all of the potential upgrades in a raid or a dungeon and lists the bosses/dungeons by rank order of how much DPS you can expect to gain from each of the items it drops. We have a guide for it that you can access using the link below.
Flightstones and Crest Upgrade Recommendations
These are some of the items you should prioritize on upgrading as high as possible early into the season:
- A Mainhand weapon, like
Thorncaller Claw or
Forgestorm.
- Powerful trinkets like
Cataclysmic Signet Brand,
Manic Grieftorch or
Coiled Serpent Idol
- Items with a high stat budget, like your Chest, Helmet or Legs.
- Embellished Items with damaging procs like
Toxic Thorn Footwraps.
These are not the only items worth upgrading, of course. They simply offer the highest DPS gain early into the tier when you are limited by the weekly cap of the Crests.
Season 4 Set - Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope Tier Set
After Blizzard allowed players to vote on which tier set would be available in
Season 4, Outlaw ended up sticking with the tier set from Season 3: Rogue Outlaw 10.2 Class Set 2pc and
Rogue Outlaw 10.2 Class Set 4pc
If given a choice, try to prioritize the Shoulder, Chest, Gloves, and Legs slots for this. However, getting the Helmet to complete one of the bonuses is still better than any other gearing choice.
Professions and Crafted Gear
Professions are a great way to gear up with your optimal secondary stats, as generating specific secondary stat combinations is now possible when adding special items to the crafting process. With the heavily reworked crafting system in Dragonflight, exploring the new professions will help you gear up throughout the expansion, as you will be able to craft some Mythic Raid item-level pieces further down the line.
If you want to find out more about professions, make sure to check out our Dragonflight Profession guide!
As your ability to craft items will be time-gated in the initial stages of Season 4, we highly recommend to get a Main Hand weapon as soon as possible, unless you can reliably get one elsewhere. Once you have a good weapon, work on Embellished Items next, and then craft whichever pieces you do not have high-item-level versions of yet.
Embellished Items
Up to two of your crafted items can be Embellished. This is a similar concept as Unique-Equipped, as you can only wear two items that have the Embellished status. Some crafted items, many of which have powerful procs or beneficial effects by default, are considered Embellished. You can also add Embellishments from a variety of professions to any crafted item, adding the effect to this item either when creating it or at a later stage.
As there is a lot of competition for Embellishments, you will have to pick and choose the two strongest ones for your overall DPS output. The two best choices for this are:
Toxic Thorn Footwraps are still very good, and you can get good value with a lower item-level
Toxified Armor Patch since all the damage comes from the boots, not the patch.
- A crafted item with
Toxified Armor Patch if you are playing the boots.
- For Mythic+: A crafted item with
Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch if you are playing
Seal of Diurna's Chosen
- For Mythic+: A crafted item with
Blue Silken Lining, provided you have over ~50% uptime on the effect.
Adding Sockets to Gear
You can add sockets to your necklace by using a
Tiered Medallion Setting
on it. Depending on the rank of the Medallion, you can add up to 3 sockets
to any necklace you own.
You can also add sockets to Helmets, Belts, Bracers, Necks and Rings with a consumable you can get if you do not select any of the choices in your Great Vault. 6 of these tokens can be traded in for an item that allows you to add a socket to any piece of gear you acquired in Season 4.
Stat Priorities
Which gems and enchants to use heavily depends on your current stat priority. As previously mentioned, this priority can shift and change whenever you acquire new gear, so simming yourself to figure out the best use of your newly acquired socket is highly recommended. The general rule is to prioritize Versatility and Critical Strike on as many pieces of gear as possible, and prioritizing those stats for any consumables as well.
Best Trinkets for Outlaw Rogue in Season 4
There are a number of good trinkets available for Outlaw Rogue in Season 4, from a variety of different sources. Some relevant ones to look for are:
Manic Grieftorch - The strongest trinket for Outlaw, which can ease progression on certain encounters with its burst damage as well.
Cataclysmic Signet Brand - A very strong passive trinket that also procs
Seal of Diurna's Chosen. Best option on fights lasting 5+ minutes.
Controlled Current Technique - A strong passive trinket choice, especially for Mythic+.
Dragonfire Bomb Dispenser - A good choice to increase the proc rate of
Seal of Diurna's Chosen a bit, but worse than some other passive options in Mythic+.
Bandolier of Twisted Blades - A good option for Mythic+ as it scales better in multi-target situations.
Neltharion's Call to Suffering - Another good passive option for Mythic+, as the proc is very powerful.
Globe of Jagged Ice - A decent alternative from Mythic+, but all the previously mentioned trinkets from raid are as a good or better.
Changelog
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Page has been reviewed and updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 21 Mar. 2024: Page has been reviewed for Patch 10.2.6, no changes were necessary.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Page has been reviewed and updated for Patch 10.2.5.
- 14 Dec. 2023: Fixed BiS list for M+ gear.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Page updated for the Patch 10.2 Rogue rework.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Added BiS Lists for 10.1.7.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Added Dawn of the Infinite section, removed Cataclysm Timewalking section, updated Annulet section for Patch 10.1.5.
- 06 Jun. 2023: Updated Embellishment info.
- 24 May 2023: Added Timewalking info.
- 14 May 2023: Updated trinket recommendations.
- 07 May 2023: Updated Embellishment recommendations for recent hotfixes.
- 01 May 2023: Page fully updated for Patch 10.1. Added Flightstone and Crest information, added Season 2 BiS items and recommendations, BiS embellishments and more.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 04 Jan. 2023: Updated with raid trinkets and BiS list disclaimer.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight 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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