Outlaw Rogue DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.1.5)

With the release of Season 2 of The War Within, the gear treadmill begins anew once more.

The War Within 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:

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BiS Gear for Outlaw Rogue

Overall BiS List Mythic+ Gear BiS List Raid Gear BiS List

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BiS List for Outlaw Rogue

This list contains the highest DPS setup from all sources for Outlaw Rogue

In some non-Tier slots, a 675 iLvl Craft is technically optimal since you can customize the secondary stats to your liking and get two embellished effects. A few 678 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	Your highest ilvl axe, first or sword. Best choice: Capo's Molten Knuckles (678)	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Offhand Weapon	Gallywix's Iron Thumb (678)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Helm	Spectral Gambler's Damned Visage (678)	Revival Catalyst, or One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine
Neck	Semi-Charmed Amulet (678)	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine
Shoulder	Spectral Gambler's Bladed Mantle (678)	Revival Catalyst, or Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine
Cloak	Trashmaster's Mantle (678)	Operation: Mechagon
Chest	Seraphic Wraps of the Ordained (678)	Priory of the Sacred Flame
Bracers	Rune-Branded Armbands with Crit/Vers (675) and Duskthread Lining	Crafted by Leatherworking
Gloves	Spectral Gambler's Gloves (678)	Revival Catalyst, or Cauldron of Carnage in Liberation of Undermine
Belt	Competitor's Battle Cord (678)	Cauldron of Carnage in Liberation of Undermine
Legs	Spectral Gambler's Pantaloons (678)	Revival Catalyst, or Stix Bunkjunker in Liberation of Undermine
Boots	Dragster's Last Stride (678)	Vexie Fullthrottle in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #1	Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship (675) with Vers and Crit or Haste (if you still need Haste) and Elemental Focusing Lens	Crafted with Jewelcrafting
Ring #2	Cyrce's Circlet (658)	Siren Isle
Trinket #1	Junkmaestro's Mega Magnet (678)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #2	Zee's Thug Hotline (678)	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine

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Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Outlaw Rogue

This list contains the highest DPS setup with farmable gear from Season 2 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	Your highest ilvl axe, first or sword. Best choice: Starforged Seraph's Mace (665)	Priory of the Sacred Flame
Offhand Weapon	Starforged Seraph's Mace (665)	Priory of the Sacred Flame
Helm	Spectral Gambler's Damned Visage (665)	Revival Catalyst
Neck	Flickering Glowtorc (665)	Darkflame Cleft
Shoulder	Spectral Gambler's Bladed Mantle (665)	Revival Catalyst
Cloak	Trashmaster's Mantle (665)	Operation: Mechagon
Chest	Seraphic Wraps of the Ordained (665)	Priory of the Sacred Flame
Bracers	Servo-Arm Bindings (665)	The MOTHERLODE!!
Gloves	Spectral Gambler's Gloves (665)	Revival Catalyst
Belt	Girdle of Shattered Dreams (665)	Theater of Pain
Legs	Spectral Gambler's Pantaloons (665)	Revival Catalyst
Boots	Machinist's Treasured Treads (665)	Operation: Mechagon
Ring #1	Ritual Bone Band (665)	Theater of Pain
Ring #2	Cyrce's Circlet (658)	Siren Isle
Trinket #1	Conductor's Wax Whistle (665)	Darkflame Cleft
Trinket #2	Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker (665)	Operation: Floodgate

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Raid Gear BiS List for Outlaw Rogue

This list contains the highest DPS setup, only using gear from the Liberation of Undermine 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, first or sword. Best choice: Capo's Molten Knuckles (678)	Mug'Zee
Offhand Weapon	Gallywix's Iron Thumb (678)	Chrome King Gallywix
Helm	Spectral Gambler's Damned Visage (678)	Revival Catalyst, or One-Armed Bandit
Neck	Semi-Charmed Amulet (678)	Rik Reverb
Shoulder	Spectral Gambler's Bladed Mantle (678)	Revival Catalyst, or Rik Reverb
Cloak	Undercircuit Racing Flag (678)	Vexie Fullthrottle
Chest	Spectral Gambler's Vest (678)	Revival Catalyst, or Sprocketmonger Lockenstock
Bracers	Killer Queen's Wristflickers (678)	Rik Reverb
Gloves	Spectral Gambler's Gloves (678)	Revival Catalyst, or Cauldron of Carnage
Belt	Competitor's Battle Cord (678)	Cauldron of Carnage
Legs	Spectral Gambler's Pantaloons (678)	Stix Bunkjunker
Boots	Dragster's Last Stride (678)	Vexie Fullthrottle
Ring #1	Faded Championship Ring (678)	Cauldron of Carnage
Ring #2	Cyrce's Circlet (658)	Siren Isle
Trinket #1	Junkmaestro's Mega Magnet (678)	Stix Bunkjunker
Trinket #2	Zee's Thug Hotline (678)	Mug'Zee

The War Within Season 2 offers a way to acquire specific items from Liberation of Undermine through the new Puzzling Cartel Chip. You will be able to buy a total of three items with Cartel Chips, but you can only buy items from bosses that you already killed, i.e. in order to buy a Mythic House of Cards, you would have to have killed Mythic One-Armed Bandit at least once. For more information on how this system works and where to buy your items, check out our dedicated Puzzling Cartel Chip section!

We have compiled a list of high-value items that you should prioritize with your Cartel Chips in The War Within Season 2 as Outlaw Rogue. This list is not exhaustive or in order of priority, and you are best served simming yourself for optimal results as the best pick will depend on the gear you already have available.

• Capo's Molten Knuckles – Our best Mainhand weapon. Very high priority.
• Zee's Thug Hotline – One of our top trinkets. High priority unless you already have two Mythic ilvl trinkets.
• Junkmaestro's Mega Magnet – One of our top trinkets. High priority unless you already have two Mythic ilvl trinkets.
• Geargrinder's Spare Keys – One of our top trinkets. High priority unless you already have two Mythic ilvl trinkets.
• Faded Championship Ring – The only ring that can have both Crit and Vers. Medium priority.
• Eye of Kezan – A decent trinket that is only worth it when fights extend for a very long time, i.e. 7+ minute long raid fights or when chain-pulling heavily in Mythic+. Low priority.

Cyrce's Circlet is a ring that was introduced in Patch 11.0.7 that you can acquire by completing several activities on Siren Isle. The ring has 3 sockets, which can fit a different kind of gem each. There are four different gems available for each of the three sockets, for a total of 12 gems, so there is quite a bit of choice on what to socket. As it stands, this ring will continue being BiS for all of Season 2, although we expect some tuning to happen to change this sometime during Season 2.

These are generally considered to be the best gems, but it is highly recommended to sim yourself to figure out the best choices and combinations for your specific gear and the specific gems and other rings you already own:

• You will want to play this combination of gems in both Raid and Mythic+: Thunderlord's Crackling Citrine, Undersea Overseer's Citrine, and Legendary Skipper's Citrine.

For more information on how to get the ring, as well as acquiring all of the different gems that you can possibly socket into it, check out our Cyrce's Circlet guide below!

There are a number of good trinkets available for Outlaw Rogue in Season 2, from a variety of different sources. Some relevant ones to look for are:

• Zee's Thug Hotline - A very strong passive trinket that provides regular damage every time it procs.
• Junkmaestro's Mega Magnet - A solid DPS trinket with an on-use burst damage effect.
• Geargrinder's Spare Keys - A solid DPS trinket with an on-use burst damage effect.

The above three trinkets are all pretty equal in value, and the best choice for you will likely be whatever you have available at a higher item-level.

• Eye of Kezan - Can be useful in very long encounters, like raid fights that last 7+ minutes or when chain-pulling heavily in Mythic+.
• Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker - A less strong yet still good option from Mythic+.

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.

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.

These are some of the items you should prioritize on upgrading as high as possible early into the season:

• Your Mainhand weapon.
• Powerful trinkets like Eye of Kezan or Zee's Thug Hotline
• Items with a high stat budget (Helmet, Chest, Legs) and two good secondary stats.
• Embellished or other items with damaging procs.

These are not the only items worth upgrading, of course. They simply offer the highest DPS gain early into the tier when your upgrade currency is limited.

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 The War Within, 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.

This tier in particular does not have many Crit+Vers items available. Instead many of the items you have to wear will either give you too much Haste or even have Mastery, by far our worst secondary stat. Crafting items is a good alternative to get the best secondary stats, even if it comes at a slight itemlevel loss.

If you want to find out more about professions, make sure to check out our The War Within Profession guide!

As your ability to craft items will be time-gated in the initial stages of The War Within, we highly recommend getting 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.

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. Most of them provide very similar DPS benefits, even if the effects are entirely different. The two best choices for this are:

• Two Duskthread Lining items. Versatility gives extra survivability and is our best secondary stat.
• Elemental Focusing Lens can be a decent alternative but generally performs worse in DPS while not providing any additional survivability.

It is recommended to sim yourself to find out what works best, and if you also play the other 2 Rogue specs, you might want to pick Embellishments that work well for all of them.

You can add sockets to your necklace and rings by using a Magnificent Jeweler's Setting on them. This will allow you to get up to six sockets on your gear.

You can also add sockets to Helmets, Belts, Bracers, Necks and Rings with the S.A.D. consumable that you can get if you do not select any of the choices in your Great Vault. 6 of these Great Vault tokens can be traded in for a S.A.D. that allows you to add a socket to any piece of gear you acquired in Season 2.

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.

If given a choice, try to prioritize the Helmet, Shoulder, Gloves, and Legs slots for this. However, getting the Chest to complete one of the bonuses is still better than any other gearing choice.