Outlaw Rogue PvP Talents and Builds (Dragonflight 10.2)
Choosing the right PvP and PvE talents is a prerequisite to proper performance in PvP. This guide goes through the various talent choices available to you as an Outlaw Rogue and gives you the best combinations you can take.
This page is part of our Outlaw Rogue PvP Guide.
Regular Talents for Outlaw Rogues
There is one viable talent build as Outlaw. It features Shadow Dance as well as all the Outlaw talents that revolve around Stealth.
Shadow Dance Build
Build Highlights
This build focuses on high, consistent damage. It features multiple ways to use
Ambush, which deals more damage than
Sinister Strike, as well as
several talents that aim at increasing the damage of finishing moves.
Audacity and
Hidden Opportunity are the talents that make
Ambush
the Combo Point builder to use over
Sinister Strike whenever possible. Alongside
Improved Ambush it is a great way to deal decent damage while generating many Combo
Points.
Fan the Hammer works great with
Audacity for additional Ambush procs.
And last but not least
Shadow Dance enables the use of Ambush.
Deeper Stratagem and
Devious Stratagem increase the damage of all finishing
moves. The new talent,
Crackshot, allows
Between the Eyes to also cast
Dispatch
and have no cooldown when used from Stealth or from Shadow Dance.
Improved Between the Eyes
increases the critical strike damage done by Between the Eyes, and
Greenskin's Wickers allows
Between the Eyes to buff your
Pistol Shot. The combination of all these talents make
Between the Eyes a powerful finishing move.
PvP Talents for Outlaw Rogues
You can choose three of the following PvP talents; each has uses, but some are better for certain strategies than others. The top three choices are the most useful but can be replaced with other PvP talents depending on your team's goal.
Mandatory PvP Talents
Enduring Brawler is a mighty talent. It gives you a lot more
damage by increasing the chance for
Sinister Strike to hit an additional
time by up to 15%. That means you will have a 50% chance for Sinister Strike to
hit an additional time, dealing twice the damage, giving you two Combo Points
instead of one, and giving you an
Opportunity proc. This, in turn, will
allow your next
Pistol Shot to deal double damage at half cost.
Situational PvP Talents
Dismantle is a strong PvP talent that allows you to disarm an enemy
for 6 seconds every 45 seconds. Disarming an enemy can delay their next kill
attempt or stop it entirely if they have pulled the trigger. It is a great
pick against Warrior, Rogue, and Marksmanship Hunter. It is also
helpful against other Hunter specs. However, they can still use many threatening
abilities while disarmed, and the same goes for Retribution Paladin and Death Knight.
One thing to note is that you can use Dismantle offensively against Death Knight
and Warrior, as being disarmed prevents the use of
Death Strike and
Die by the Sword.
Smoke Bomb creates a smoke cloud around you. Enemy players who are
outside the cloud will not be able to target anyone inside it. This talent
is strong for multiple reasons. Firstly, it can help you land a kill by
stunning a target when they have no trinket. By using Smoke Bomb right after
a stun, you will prevent the healer from saving their teammate. Secondly, you
can use it defensively to save yourself or an ally from a lethal cast
about to go off, such as
Greater Pyroblast. And lastly, you can use it
to prevent incoming crowd control on you or your team if such crowd control
would result in you losing a game, such as a
Polymorph or
Repentance on your healer when they have no trinket, and you are low on
health.
Veil of Midnight is a powerful defensive option. It allows Cloak of Shadows
to cleanse physical debuffs on top of magic ones and makes it grant you 100% dodge
chance for 5s. It is very useful against Feral Druid or other Assassination
Rogues.
Control is King is a talent that will make your opener, and your goes
with
Kidney Shot a bit more bursty. This would be a decent option when
playing double DPS comps, but that is not the strong point of Outlaw at the
moment.
You will always pick Enduring Brawler. The second and third slots will be
Dismantle
if you are against melee DPS that relies on a weapon and
Smoke Bomb if your comp has enough
burst damage to justify the use of this ability. In other scenarios, you may pick any other optional
talent as long as it fits your needs.
Changelog
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5.
- 30 Apr. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7.
- 25 Jan. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.0.5.
- 22 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 28 Jul. 2022: Reviewed for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 01 Jul. 2022: Changed T1 Talent.
- 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 23 Feb. 2022: Updated for Patch 9.2.
- 10 Nov. 2021: Already up to date with Patch 9.1.5.
- 25 Jul. 2021: Updated for Patch 9.1.
- 27 Mar. 2021: No updates needed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 29 Nov. 2020: Removed outdated Traits and Essences.
- 04 Nov. 2020: Updated Talent Table.
- Updated Tiers 3, 6, and 7 Regular Talents.
- Updated PvP Talents.
- 16 Feb. 2020: Updated Talent Table.
- Updated Tier 7 Regular Talent.
- Updated PvP Talents.
- 20 Jan. 2020: This page was checked for Patch 8.3 and no update was deemed necessary.
- 05 Jan. 2020: Page added.
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