Outlaw Rogue DPS Spec, Builds, and Talents — The War Within (Season 1)

Last updated on Sep 09, 2024 at 18:00 by Seliathan 98 comments
General Information

On this page, you will find out the best talents for each tier for your Outlaw Rogue in World of Warcraft — The War Within (Season 1). We also have default talent lists for various types of content, such as raiding or Mythic+. If you play with Warmode on, we have your PvP talents covered as well.

If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Combat Rogue talents.

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Best The War WithinTalents for Outlaw Rogue

These builds are very generic recommendations for different types of content. We have more specific recommendations for Raid and Mythic+ available in our dedicated sections:

2.

Best Talents for Outlaw Rogue

TWW Delve Build Fatebound Hidden Opportunity Icon Hidden Opportunity Raid Talents Fatebound Hidden Opportunity Icon Hidden Opportunity Mythic+ Talents Fatebound Keep It Rolling Icon Keep It Rolling Mythic+ Talents Trickster Hidden Opportunity Icon Hidden Opportunity Raid Talents
3.

Best TWW Delve Talents for Outlaw Rogue

Delves are new content in TWW that you can engage with solo or with up to three friends (and the help of a follower!). They are short ~10-15 minute scenarios, and as a Rogue, you'll be able to bypass some of the stages almost entirely thanks to being able to Stealth Icon Stealth to objectives instead of having to fight.

Surviving can be tough in these, as the enemies hit hard, especially when you are undergeared, and your follower's heals aren't that strong just yet. That's why this talent build takes all the defensive and CC talents, so you can take on enemies methodically. Remember that there is no time limit, so you are free to wait for cooldowns or heal up to full HP, and most enemies are kitable with Crippling Poison Icon Crippling Poison as well.

Assassination Delve Build
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3.

Best Fatebound Hidden Opportunity Icon Hidden Opportunity Raid Talents

This build is optimal for pure single-target situations.

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

Outlaw Fatebound Raid Talents
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3.

Best Fatebound Hidden Opportunity Icon Hidden Opportunity Mythic+ Talents

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

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

Outlaw Fatebound HO M+ Talents
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3.

Best Fatebound Keep It Rolling Icon Keep It Rolling Mythic+ Talents

An alternative version, this build plays Keep It Rolling Icon Keep It Rolling and sports a higher ceiling in Mythic+, but is also quite a bit harder to execute and play correctly, with downtime being punished much more severely.

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

Outlaw Fatebound KIR M+ Talents
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3.

Best Trickster Hidden Opportunity Icon Hidden Opportunity Raid Talents

If you are dead-set on playing Trickster, this is the recommended single-target build. You can play this in Mythic+ as well by simply using the Class and Spec Trees from the HO Fatebound tree.

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

Outlaw Trickster HO Raid Talents
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PvP Talents (War Mode)

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.

4.1.

Outlaw Rogue War Mode Talents

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.

4.1.1.

Outlaw Rogue PvP Talents

  1. Take Your Cut Icon Take Your Cut causes you and allies within 15 yards to gain 15% Haste for 8 seconds after you use Roll the Bones Icon Roll the Bones. It is fairly good since it acts as a mini-Adrenaline Rush Icon Adrenaline Rush and has decent uptime when you are questing in the open-world.
  2. Boarding Party Icon Boarding Party makes Between the Eyes Icon 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 Icon Enduring Brawler increases the chance for your Sinister Strike Icon 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.
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Changelog

  • 09 Sep. 2024: Updated for Season 1, removed pre-season build.
  • 24 Aug. 2024: Added Delve Talent Build.
  • 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within.
  • 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.
  • 06 Nov. 2023: Page updated for the Patch 10.2 Rogue rework.
  • 04 Sep. 2023: New layout for talents, added KIR M+ build.
  • 16 Jul. 2023: Updated for KiR being the stronger ST build now.
  • 10 Jul. 2023: Page was reviewed for Patch 10.1.5 and no changes were necessary.
  • 06 Jun. 2023: Updated KIR recommendation as viable alternative to HO builds.
  • 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1. The recommended build and talent tree remain the same, and the page required no updates.
  • 26 Mar. 2023: Added Talent calculator link for KIR build.
  • 20 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
  • 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 04 Jan. 2023: Updated HO build pathing/suggestions and added KiR build alternatives.
  • 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
  • 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
  • 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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