Outlaw Rogue PvP Guide (Shadowlands 9.2.5)

Outlaw Rogues have very high sustained damage, excellent crowd control tools, and multiple ways to reduce the cooldown of key abilities such as Blind or Vanish, allowing them to desync their offensive abilities from the enemy defensive toolkit and trinkets. It will be almost impossible for the enemy team to know when the Outlaw Rogue will next have their powerful cooldowns available, making it very hard to counter them and allowing the Outlaw Rogue to land a kill. Patch 9.1 also made Outlaw Rogues a lot more tanky especially versus other melees, giving them more time to find a kill. With their new abilities Outlaw Rogues are among the best melees and shine particularly bright in 2v2.

• The Legendary Invigorating Shadowdust now reduces the cooldown of your other abilities by 10s in PvP combat (was 20s).

• The Honor Talent Enduring Brawler stacks up to 15 times (was 20).
• The Honor Talent Float Like a Butterfly reduces the remaining cooldown of Evasion and Feint by 0.5s by Combo Point spent (was 1s).

• The PvP trinket set bonus has been changed and now increases Agility by 175 and Stamina by 300 (was 40% increase to the Versatility stat's bonus damage and healing).
• Five new PvP trinkets have been added:
  • Cosmic Gladiator's Devouring Malediction;
  • Cosmic Gladiator's Eternal Aegis;
  • Cosmic Gladiator's Resonator;
  • Cosmic Gladiator's Echoing Resolve;
  • Cosmic Gladiator's Fastidious Resolve.
• The Outlaw Rogue set bonus has been added. The Outlaw Rogue 2-Piece bonus increases your sustained damage and Combo Point generation. The Outlaw Rogue 4-Piece bonus greatly increases your sustained damage as your Between the Eyes uptime on your targets will be very high, and it also increases your burst damage if you play with the Greenskin's Wickers Legendary.
• Two Legendaries can be equipped. One has to be a Covenant one and be equipped through Unity.

• Dreadblades now fills your Combo Points upon use, and deals slightly more damage.

• Sinister Strike now deals 20% more damage in PvP (was 10%).
• The Honor Talent Enduring Brawler has been added.
• The Honor Talent Float Like a Butterfly has been added.
• The Honor Talent Control is King has been redesigned and now allows Cheap Shot to grant 15s of Slice and Dice and Kidney Shot to refund 10 Energy per Combo Point.
• The Honor Talent Thick as Thieves has been redesigned and now only increases the ally's damage by 15% (was 10% and 10% for the Rogue).
• The Honor Talent Maneuverability has been slightly buffed and now removes roots upon use.
• The Honor Talent Plunder Armor has been removed.
• The Cloaked in Shadows Conduit has been nerfed and now lasts up to 4s (was permanent).
• The Mark of the Master Assassin Legendary has been nerfed and now lasts 2.4 seconds in PvP combat (was 4 seconds).

• Great control
• Great sustained damage
• Great mobility
• Excellent utility

• No defensive abilities when stunned
• Average burst damage in a very high burst-oriented meta
• Reliant on luck regarding Roll the Bones
• Suffers greatly from loss of uptime because of Restless Blades

This guide ended up being very long, so we decided to split it in different pages.

• On the Outlaw Rogue PvP Talents page, you will find an analysis of each PvE talent row to help you decide which talent to pick on each row, as well as an overview of the PvP talents, which advice on which ones to take and under which conditions.
• On the Outlaw Rogue PvP Rotation and Playstyle page, you will learn how to use your spells, depending on the situation (dealing damage, surviving, controlling enemy players, etc.), and what is generally expected of your class and spec in PvP.
• On the Outlaw Rogue PvP Covenants and Legendary Powers page, you will find advice on choosing the best Covenant, Soulbind, and Conduits as well as the best PvP Legendary Powers.
• On the Outlaw Rogue PvP Stat Priority and Gear page, you will find the stat priority to follow in PvP, as well as advice for choosing your gear, particularly trinkets.
• On the Outlaw Rogue PvP Best Races page, you will find lists of the Alliance and Horde races, ranked by how good they are for Outlaw Rogues in PvP, as well as explanations regarding why and how their racials benefit you.
• On the Outlaw Rogue PvP Useful Macros page, you will find a collection of useful macros for PvP for Outlaw Rogues.
• On the Outlaw Rogue Arena Composition page, you will find the list of the most powerful Arena compositions featuring Outlaw Rogues, in both 2v2 and 3v3 modes.