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Assassination Rogue

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  • 60 players
  • Last Updated: 1 hour ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Assassination Rogue on the Blitz leaderboard. The data on this page is updated every 24 hours in order for the data to be as relevant as possible.

This page only shows what the best players in the world are using. This might not apply to every skill bracket in Mythic+. Use this page as the starting point of your journey, and don’t be afraid to stray away from what is presented on this page!

Players

Shugen

Shugen

<Bofurin>Black Dragonflight (us)

Talents (class)

Gouge
Cheat Death
Blackjack
Tight Spender

Talents (spec)

Internal Bleeding
Iron Wire
Flying Daggers

Talents (hero)

Chosen's Revelry
Inexorable March
Overflowing Purse

Talents (pvp)

Hemotoxin
Smoke Bomb
Dismantle
Fiercedeity

Fiercedeity

<Better Safe Then Sorry>Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (class)

Gouge
Elusiveness
Blackjack
Numbing Poison
Tight Spender

Talents (spec)

Internal Bleeding
Iron Wire
Flying Daggers
Inspiring Strike

Talents (hero)

Tempted Fate
Death's Arrival
Overflowing Purse

Talents (pvp)

Smoke Bomb
Dismantle
Preemptive Maneuver
Gøblìn

Gøblìn

<Smokin Bomb>Tichondrius (us)

Talents (class)

Gouge
Elusiveness
Blackjack
Tight Spender

Talents (spec)

Internal Bleeding
Iron Wire
Flying Daggers
Inspiring Strike

Talents (hero)

Lingering Darkness
Bait and Switch
Follow the Blood
Shadewalker

Talents (pvp)

Hemotoxin
Smoke Bomb
Preemptive Maneuver

Stat Priority

Values are relative to the highest stat. The stat priority for a Assassination Rogue is
Versatility > Mastery > Haste > Critical Strike

Best Races

The best race for a Assassination Rogue for the Alliance is Night Elf and for the Horde is Orc

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

33% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

Galactic Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Galactic Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 159 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

32% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 134 primary stat for 20 sec.

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

3% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 176 primary stat for 20 sec.

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

Best Sockets

Values are based on the total amount of sockets of all players. The most popular socket for a Assassination Rogue is Flawless Versatile Amethyst
Flawless Versatile Amethyst

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

25%

+16 Mastery & +7 Versatility

Enduring Heliotrope

Enduring Heliotrope

16%

+23 Primary Stat and +5% Damage Reduction when affected by Crowd Control

Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

12%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Best Embellishments

Embellishments are specific abilities that can be added onto a piece of gear or weapons to add an equip bonus. The most popular embellishment for a Assassination Rogue is Prismatic Focusing Iris on a Ring 2 item
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

53%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 1,165 Arcane damage every second for 4 sec. Each unique gem color you have socketed empowers the Iris, causing it to deal 1% additional damage per.

  • Ring 247%
  • Ring 134%
  • Neck19%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

42%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,492 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Wrist32%
  • Back24%
  • Main Hand12%
  • Chest8%
  • Feet8%
  • Waist8%
  • Off Hand4%
  • Legs4%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

27%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to draw in a mana wyrm that will empower you and an ally with Arcanoweave Insight, increasing your Agility by 28 and your ally's Primary Stat by 7.

  • Wrist38%
  • Feet19%
  • Waist19%
  • Back13%
  • Hands6%
  • Chest6%

Best Enchants

Percentages are calculated in relation to 50 players. If an enchant has a value of more than 100%, it means the enchant is found more than 50 times. This usually happens when the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

8%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Rootwarden

23%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Rootwarden

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

18%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

30%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

5%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

47%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Thalassian Scout Armor Kit

5%

+24 Agility/Strength

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

47%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Tenacity

8%

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Tenacity

Off Hand icon

Off Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

38%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Tenacity

8%

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Tenacity

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

50%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

Enchant Ring - Amani Mastery

27%

Enchant Ring - Amani Mastery

Talents

The new talent system is not as straight-forward as the talent systems from previous expansions. Many talents are situational, and choosing your talents should be done based on the content you are doing. This heat map will show what talents are must-picks, which ones are situational, and which ones are rarely chosen.

Colors

The colors indicate the popularity of the talent. The numbers below indicate the percentage of the top 50 players that have chosen this talent.

  • 90% - 100% (best)
  • 50% - 89% (good)
  • 20% - 49% (situational)
  • 0% - 19% (unpopular)

Talent Tree

Talent Tree Background
Shiv
100%
Blind
100%
Cloak of Shadows
100%
Toxic Stiletto
66.7%
Fleet Footed
100%
Gouge
83.3%
Thrill Seeking
100%
Shadowrunner
56.7%
Master Poisoner
100%
Elusiveness
100%
Blackjack
100%
Improved Wound Poison
78.3%
Nimble Fingers
58.3%
Deadened Nerves
90%
Quick Fingers
100%
Improved Sprint
98.3%
Superior Mixture
41.7%
Evasion
100%
Iron Stomach
31.7%
Virulent Poisons
58.3%
Stillshroud
3.3%
Graceful Guile
90%
Featherfoot
86.7%
Atrophic Poison
48.3%
Deadly Precision
98.3%
Deep Cuts
100%
Unbreakable Stride
26.7%
Danger Sense
100%
Swift Slasher
90%
Tight Spender
98.3%
Leeching Poison
100%
Lethality
33.3%
2 / 2
Recuperator
21.7%
Alacrity
86.7%
2 / 2
Soothing Darkness
81.7%
Vigor
100%
2 / 2
Supercharger
3.3%
2 / 2
Subterfuge
80%
2 / 2
Thistle Tea
98.3%
Cold Blooded Killer
28.3%
Forced Induction
1.7%
Deeper Stratagem
80%
Without a Trace
80%

Fatebound

Hero class image
Deal Fate
100%
Overflowing Purse
100%
Delivered Doom
100%
Edge Case
100%
Mean Streak
100%
Hand of Fate
100%
Lucky Coin
100%
Rush to the Inevitable
100%
Inexorable March
100%
Tempted Fate
100%
Fate Intertwined
100%
Ravenholdt Mint
100%
Sometimes Lucky
100%
Controlled Chaos
100%
Deadly Poison
100%
Motivated Murderer
100%
Improved Poisons
15%
Path of Blood
100%
Crimson Tempest
93.3%
Internal Bleeding
98.3%
Improved Garrote
100%
Thrown Precision
41.7%
Seal Fate
100%
Doomblade
35%
Razor Wire
96.7%
Bloody Mess
100%
Deathmark
100%
Caustic Spatter
81.7%
Sanguine Stratagem
100%
Iron Wire
83.3%
Fatal Concoction
30%
2 / 2
Finish the Job
98.3%
Lethal Dose
98.3%
2 / 2
Secondary Poisoning
31.7%
Poison Bomb
41.7%
Systemic Failure
60%
Venomous Wounds
100%
Amplifying Poison
96.7%
Blindside
11.7%
Kingsbane
98.3%
Rapid Injection
90%
2 / 2
Shrouded Suffocation
98.3%
Avulsion
80%
Zoldyck Recipe
63.3%
2 / 2
Regicide's Reward
8.3%
Inspiring Strike
55%
Deadly Momentum
11.7%
Scent of Blood
93.3%
2 / 2
Dashing Scoundrel
20%
Dragon-Tempered Blades
53.3%
Sudden Demise
81.7%
Implacable
300%

Best PvP Talents

Smoke Bomb

Smoke Bomb

90%

Creates a cloud of thick smoke in an 8 yard radius around the Rogue for 5 sec. Enemies are unable to target into or out of the smoke cloud.

Preemptive Maneuver

Preemptive Maneuver

80%

Feint decreases your damage taken by an additional 40% while stunned and its energy cost is reduced by 30%.

Dismantle

Dismantle

63%

Disarm the enemy, preventing the use of any weapons or shield for 5 sec.

Hemotoxin

Hemotoxin

43%

Shiv also reduces the target's healing received by 30% for 8 sec.

Control is King

Control is King

8%

Cheap Shot grants Slice and Dice for 15 sec and Kidney Shot restores 10 Energy per combo point spent.

System Shock

System Shock

7%

Casting Envenom with at least 5 combo points on a target afflicted by your Garrote, Rupture, and lethal poison deals 11 Nature damage, and reduces their movement speed by 90% for 2 sec.

Creeping Venom

Creeping Venom

5%

Your Envenom applies Creeping Venom, reducing the target's movement speed by 5% for 4 sec. Creeping Venom is reapplied when the target moves. Max 18 stacks.

Thick as Thieves

Thick as Thieves

2%

Tricks of the Trade now increases the friendly target's damage by 15% for 6 sec.

Maneuverability

Maneuverability

2%

Sprint has 50% reduced cooldown and 50% reduced duration.