Outlaw Rogue DPS Spec, Builds, and Talents — Dragonflight 10.2

This build is optimal for pure single-target situations.

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This is our recommended build for AoE scenarios. This works well for AoE and cleave fights in Raids, as well as most Mythic+.

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This section goes into detail about the possible choices you can make, that might deviate from the linked single-target and Mythic+ builds. Note that we do not explain every single talent here, but instead explain why certain talents are picked, and if there are any alternative choices you can make. For more information on all the individual talents, please consult our Spells page via the button instead.

Atrophic Poison OR Numbing Poison	The attack-speed slow can be provided by another class (Curse of Weakness from Warlocks and Insidious Chill from Death Knights), and thus, Atrophic Poison will almost always be the better choice outside of Mythic+.
Underhanded Upper Hand OR Sepsis	Sepsis grants us access to more stealth abilities, but since this does not count for the purposes of Crackshot, Underhanded Upper Hand simply provides too much uptime on Adrenaline Rush and is a mandatory pick.
Cheat Death OR Elusiveness	Cheat Death is almost always going to be the better choice for progression. Elusiveness has its strengths on encounters where there is no big burst damage that might kill you, but instead constant damage over time. Even then, Cheat Death will likely serve you better during progression.
Reverberation OR Resounding Clarity	Similar to the previous choice, there is a clear DPS winner here in all situations: Resounding Clarity.
Airborne Irritant OR Gouge	Both talents allow you to disrupt enemies in Mythic+, giving you additional control. Airborne Irritant is likely going to be the choice for Mythic+, as AoE interrupts are hard to come by, and Blackjack allows it to also serve as a defensive tool for your tank.
Blackjack OR Tricks of the Trade	In a raid environment, Tricks is likely the better choice. However, in Mythic+, the combination of Blackjack and Airborne Irritant offers incredible control and also helps the tank.
Tight Spender OR Improved Ambush	This is a another simple matter of DPS. Due to the large amount of Ambush casts in our rotation, Improved Ambush wins out in every situation.
Float Like a Butterfly OR Sting Like a Bee	This choice comes down to whether or not you and your group or raid might get value out of Sting Like a Bee. It applies to all players and can be a very powerful way to help DPS on adds that can be stunned. If there are no such adds in a fight, then the cooldown reduction on Feint is slightly better defensively.
Deadly Precision OR Virulent Poisons	This is a simple matter of DPS, and Deadly Precision offers a higher DPS increase than Virulent Poisons.

All the talents here are utility talents, offering survivability, mobility, or crowd-control abilities, with the exception of Subterfuge. All the selected talents offer the most use in a raid or Mythic+ environment, while still opening up pathing to the 3 central nodes later down the line. As we need to allocate Deadly Precision, Recuperator and Tight Spender to access all the talents in Rows 8-10, there are only a few free talent points available to us in Rows 1-7. Most of the early talents in Rows 1-4 are stronger than the later ones, so we pick up more than the required 8 talents in this part.

Shadowstep	Mandatory mobility talent. We already have Grappling Hook baseline, but more mobility options never hurt.
Subterfuge	The only DPS talent out of all the unallocated talents at this point.
Cheat Death	A must-pick for progression fights, although Elusiveness might be useful on the occasional encounter.
Improved Sprint and Featherfoot	Incredible mobility combo, giving you a 12-second 100% speed boost every minute, which is reduced further by Restless Blades, allowing for incredible mobility all throughout the fight.

Similar to the first handful of rows, you will have to allocate many points here to open up the pathing to the last section of the tree. Many of the talents here are too situational, and there are stronger talents in Rows 1-4 for survivability or utility.

Iron Stomach and Deadened Nerves are the go-to choice as some of the few flex-points, but if you run Mythic+ and use Shroud of Concealment a lot, Stillshroud can be the difference maker between wiping and having to end the run because Shroud is still on cooldown, or being able to shroud again thanks to the large cd-reduction Stillshroud provides.

Deadly Precision OR Virulent Poisons	This is a simple matter of DPS, and Deadly Precision offers a higher DPS increase than Virulent Poisons.
Atrophic Poison OR Numbing Poison	The attack-speed slow can be provided by another class (Curse of Weakness from Warlocks and Insidious Chill from Death Knights), and thus, Atrophic Poison will almost always be the better choice outside of Mythic+.
Recuperator	Strong self-sustain talent that is required to open up the middle section of the tree in the following rows, especially if you aim to get Acrobatic Strikes.
Tight Spender OR Improved Ambush	This is a another simple matter of DPS. Due to the large amount of Ambush casts in our rotation, Improved Ambush wins out in every situation.

Your choices in this part will be centered around whether or not you want to pick up Acrobatic Strikes. As all the talents in this section are active DPS increases, the choice ultimately comes down to which options end up being the best DPS increase.

Shadow Dance	Grants you access to all your stealth abilities, which will benefit from many of your stealth-only damage or stat amplifications. Synergizes incredibly well with Crackshot and allows for even more Ambush casts.
Deeper Stratagem	Adds a maximum Combo Point. Stacks with Devious Stratagem.
Echoing Reprimand and Resounding Clarity	ER empowers your 2nd, 3rd and 4th Combo Points, while RC only increases the damage of the ability itself. Casting a finisher with empowered Combo Points changes it to instead be cast as if you used 7 Combo Points on it. Make sure to use up all of them before the next ER is ready, as the unused ones will be overwritten.
Alacrity	Passive Haste buff. This might rarely run out on single-target, but there is no ways to avoid that.
Cold Blood	Cold Blood is too weak of a talent to be competitive with the other choices like Shadow Dance, Resounding Clarity or Deeper Stratagem. Do not play this.
Acrobatic Strikes	A talent that increases your melee attack range, which often allows you to stay out of trouble in Mythic+, and also means that you will be able to hit enemies sooner if you have to move to them, or even away from them. If you want to play this, drop a point in Lethality.

Most of the picks here are simply gateways to talents further down the line, with some choices based off of how strong and situational their utility is. The chosen setup allows for pathing to all parts of the tree, and the only swap you make is for AoE, picking up Deft Maneuvers.

For Mythic+, you can make a choice between Combat Stamina, which improves your own survivability, and picking up Blinding Powder, which would further reduce the cooldown on your Airborne Irritant and Blackjack combo.

In this part of the tree, you get to choose between optimizing your build for single-target or multi-target encounters, as well as picking a variety of minor DPS improving passives. After picking all the potent DPS talents for the content you engage with in these rows, you allocate one more point in Rows 1-4 to unlock the last three Rows.

For Mythic+, you can also pick up Heavy Hitter instead of Deft Maneuvers for slightly more single-target, at the cost of a bit of AoE.

Devious Stratagem	Adds another maximum Combo Point, for a total of 7. Mandatory.
Dancing Steel	Mandatory talent for AoE.
Audacity	A mandatory talent for almost all builds, as it allows you extra casts of Ambush at the same rate as your extra casts of Pistol Shot procs.
Loaded Dice	A core ability for all Outlaw builds that buffs RtB, which can provide a variety of different combat enhancements. Mandatory
Audacity	Mandatory. Allows you to weave in Ambush into your rotation, which greatly increases your ability to generate CP.
Ace Up Your Sleeve	Combined with Crackshot, this talent potentially allows you to spam Between the Eyes during Subterfuge or Shadow Dance.

You will once more allocate talents based on whether you engage in multi-target or single-target combat, and this is where you truly define your build by picking either Hidden Opportunity and Crackshot as your capstone.

Hidden Opportunity	Key talent for HO builds, which grants your Ambush casts to hit twice and grant Opportunity procs.
Count the Odds	Greatly improves the number of RtB buffs you have active on any given time.
Keep It Rolling	Key talent for KIR builds, which allows you to extend the duration of your RtB buffs.
Fan the Hammer	Greatly enhances your CP generation, thanks to all the extra procs you get from other talents.
Killing Spree	Powerful finisher that also reduces the damage you take during its duration. Sadly, it doesn't do enough damage to be worth picking up.
Precise Cuts	Mandatory Talent for Mythic+ and cleave.
Greenskin's Wickers	This changes your rotational priority slightly, making you use Between the Eyes on cooldown instead of just using it to maintain the debuff.