Assassination Rogue Guide WoW: Midnight

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About the Class

Assassination Rogue is a melee fighter who wields a pair of daggers as weapons. The class has excellent mobility, solid damage, as well as stealth and the ability to conceal all party/raid members from enemies. The class's unique feature is enhancing abilities with combo points. By dealing damage with certain abilities you accumulate combo points, while other abilities spend these points, gaining additional bonuses based on the number of accumulated points.

Class Pros and Cons

Pros	Cons
🟩 Stealth and the ability to conceal all party/raid members, allowing you to bypass difficult packs of mobs without fighting them.	🟥 Heavy reliance on burst abilities. Without them, the class's damage is mediocre.
🟩 Excellent mobility.	🟥 Long preparation before dealing AoE damage, as well as complex rotation maintenance for sustained AoE.
🟩 When the target drops below 35% health, starts dealing significant additional damage.	🟥 Requires good class knowledge for proper ability priority management.

Stat Priority

For Raids

Agility -> Critical Strike -> Haste -> Mastery -> Versatility

For Mythic+ Keys

Agility -> Critical Strike -> Haste -> Mastery -> Versatility

For Delves

Agility -> Critical Strike -> Haste -> Mastery -> Versatility

Talents

Here you can see the talent heatmap for the character. We collect data from the top 100 Assassination Rogue players and show how many of them choose each talent.

Deathstalker

Class Talents

Specialization

Fatebound

Class Talents

Specialization

You can always see the current talent tree for each hero spec in the dedicated section for Assassination Rogues.

Rotation (Ability Priority)

Single Target

Garrote
Mutilate when you have 5 or more combo points.
Envenom when you have maximum combo points and Darkest Night is active.
Rupture when you have 5 or more combo points.
Vanish together with Garrote to apply Improved Garrote
Deathmark
Kingsbane
Envenom when you have 5 or more combo points.

AoE

Maintain Garrote on the primary target.
Maintain Rupture on the primary target. Use when you have 5 or more combo points.
Crimson Tempest on the primary target that is affected by your Garrote and Rupture
Fan of Knives when you have 5 or more combo points.
Vanish together with Garrote to apply Improved Garrote
Deathmark
Kingsbane
Envenom when you have 5 or more combo points.

Best in Slot Gear (BiS)

Slot	Item
Main Hand	Thirst for Victory
Off Hand	Wanderer's Mercy
Head	Dark Wit Masquerade
Neck	Ring of Spite
Shoulders	Dark Wit Venom Vials
Cloak	Defiant Defender's Pelerine
Chest	Dark Wit Fantastic Garb
Wrists	Silvermoon Agent's Deflectors
Hands	Dark Wit Sleight of Hand
Belt	Fel-Tainted Shul'ka Belt
Legs	Breeches of Enduring Tenets
Boots	Canopy Walker's Wraps
Ring	Sin'dorei Hope Ring
Ring	Eye of Midnight
Trinket	Algeth'ar Puzzle Box
Trinket	Aln's Clairvoyant Gaze

You can always see the current talent tree for each hero spec in the dedicated section for Assassination Rogues.

Enchants, Gems, Consumables

Enchants

Item	Name
Weapon	Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Fury
Head	Enchant Helm - Reinforced Self-Healing Hex
Shoulders	Enchant Shoulders - Silvermoon Remedy
Chest	Enchant Chest - Soul Mark of the World
Legs	Forest Stalker's Armor Kit
Boots	Enchant Boots - Roots of Shaladrassil
Rings	Enchant Ring - Silvermoon Resourcefulness

Gems

Meta gem Inscrutable Eversong Diamond
Remaining sockets Flawless Garnet of Haste

Consumables

Type	Name
Flask	Flask of the Shattered Sun
Combat Potion (pre-pot)	Potential of Light
Healing Potion	Silvermoon Healing Potion
Weapon Buff	Thalassian Phoenix Oil
Augment Rune	Void-Marked Augment Rune
Food	Silvermoon Parade

Leveling Process

From the very first level you will already have damage-dealing abilities. The main abilities at early levels will be Ambush and Poisoned Knife.

As you level up, you will gain new abilities, getting closer to the main rotation. We recommend following this ability priority as they become available:

Single Target

Garrote
Mutilate when you have 5 or more combo points.
Envenom when you have maximum combo points and Darkest Night is active.
Rupture when you have 5 or more combo points.
Vanish together with Garrote to apply Improved Garrote
Deathmark
Kingsbane
Envenom when you have 5 or more combo points.

AoE

Maintain Garrote on the primary target.
Maintain Rupture on the primary target. Use when you have 5 or more combo points.
Crimson Tempest on the primary target that is affected by your Garrote and Rupture
Fan of Knives when you have 5 or more combo points.
Vanish together with Garrote to apply Improved Garrote
Deathmark
Kingsbane
Envenom when you have 5 or more combo points.

Mythic+ Tips

Tip #1

The ability Shroud of Concealment allows you to conceal all allies from enemies. Use this ability to pass by strong packs of mobs that you would like to avoid fighting.

Tip #2

You can use Sap to incapacitate an enemy if you or your group needs to pass by without engaging in combat.

Tip #3

The ability Distraction can allow you to redirect enemies' attention and pass by them unnoticed.

Tip #4

Thanks to Kidney Shot you can stun an enemy for a very long time (8 seconds). Use this ability on enemies that cast powerful spells against you or party members. The longer the enemy is stunned, the less damage they can deal.

Macros

Cast Distraction at cursor.

#showtooltip Distraction
/cast [@cursor] Distraction

Cast Kick on focus target.

#showtooltip
/cast [@focus,exists][] Kick

Cast Kidney Shot on mouseover target.

#showtooltip Kidney Shot
/cast [@mouseover][] Kidney Shot

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