Outlaw Rogue DPS Spec, Builds, and Talents — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0)

The below builds each come with their own caveats, i.e. playing Trickster in raid might be slightly higher DPS performance, but is more difficult to play. As such, you might end up performing worse than with a build that has a lower theoretical DPS ceiling, but is easier to execute. We recommend reading each of the build's descriptions, so you can find one that best suits your experience and gameplay preferences!

Important Note

Fatebound currently suffers from a bug that sees the damage of its Fatebound Coins reduce the auto-attack damage as you keep playing, due to a combination of bugs with Ravenholdt Mint and Lucky Coin. The auto-attack damage reduction keeps stacking up until you no longer do any melee-attack damage, unless you relog or restart the game. Ravenholdt Mint also does not seem to work for any stack-count beyond 1, and as a result we have ommitted any and all Fatebound recommendations until the bugs are fixed.

Unfortunately Trickster is lacking too far behind Fatebound at the moment, as such we have no recommended Trickster builds.

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Best Talents for Outlaw Rogue

Trickster Raid Talents Trickster Mythic+ Talents

2.3.

Best Trickster Keep It Rolling Raid Talents

This is our Trickster build for Raid scenarios. It is noticeably worse on single-target, but offers better cleave, especially if you choose to drop Heavy Hitter and Blinding Powder to pick up Dancing Steel and Swift Slasher.

Be sure to use the 'Export Talents' button to import our build ingame!

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2.4.

Best Trickster Hidden Opportunity Mythic+ Talents

This is the Mythic+ build you can play when you still do not yet have the Season 3 Tier set. Without it, the old Trickster HO build still holds up quite well, but we recommend already familiarizing yourself with the other builds, as you will inevitably switch to one of the other suggestion. But, if you just want to grind some Mythic+ at the start of the season, this is the build to play!

Be sure to use the 'Export Talents' button to import our build ingame!

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Outlaw gets to pick between two distinct Hero Talent choices: Fatebound and Trickster.

Fatebound is the higher performing option in all environments, and sports some heavy boss damage in Mythic+ as well. Fatebound also adds some additional consistency to our rotation as it improves the chance of getting Sinister Strike and Opportunity procs. This alone makes it a very solid choice for a spec that already boasts incredible high sustained DPS, and due to it being a little easier to play, many Outlaw players should consider Fatebound as their first choice before delving deeper into the spec.

Trickster, theoretically, is currently traling behind Fatebound in DPS by over 10%, making it an option you should not play under any circumstances. However, due to the ongoing bugs with Fatebound, Trickster is the go-to choice during Pre-Patch.

Historically Trickster needed to outperform Fatebound on raw numbers by quite a bit to be worth recommending, due to the additional rotational fluidity that Fatebound provides. Trickster does have one upside though, which is that it scales very well into AoE thanks to Nimble Flurry. Its capstone also provides additional damage and automatically spends Combo Points by casting Dispatch as if it had consumed 5 additional CP. This adds a lot of extra cooldown reduction, which can help smooth out the rotation a bit, while adding an extra layer of complexity and skill expression to the rotation.

In Dragonflight, there will be the option to go into "War Mode." Enabling War Mode provides the following benefits:

• PvP talents enabled in the outdoor world.
• 10% increase in World Quest rewards at maximum level.
• 10% more experience gained while leveling.
• Earn Conquest Points, which can reward gear every week.

With the benefits of enabling War Mode for leveling and PvE content, it is recommended enabling the feature to maximize your leveling and rewards at maximum level. However, you will make yourself available for open-world PvP, and the possibility of being "ganked" while leveling or doing World Quests exists.

In this section, we will rank the PvP talents best for leveling and doing solo / small group PvE content. Below is a ranking of both General PvP Talents and Outlaw Rogue-specific PvE talents.

1. Take Your Cut causes you and allies within 15 yards to gain 15% Haste for 8 seconds after you use Roll the Bones. It is fairly good since it acts as a mini- Adrenaline Rush and has decent uptime when you are questing in the open-world.
2. Boarding Party makes Between the Eyes increase the movement speed of all friendly players within 15 yards by 30% for 5 seconds. Movement speed is always nice while world-questing, so this is highly recommended.
3. Enduring Brawler increases the chance for your Sinister Strike to hit an additional time the longer you remain in combat. While this will be only a small gain in most engagements with enemies in the open-world, it is very potent when trying to kill Elites, chain-pulling, or fighting World Bosses.