Assassination Rogue DPS Guide & Best Runes – Phase 4 Season of Discovery (SoD)

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Welcome to the SoD Phase 4 Assassination Rogue DPS Guide!

This guide focuses exclusively on the Assassination specialization, exploring key components such as Runes, Talent Trees, Stat Priorities, Rotations & Abilities, Best Professions, BiS (Best in Slot) items, and Race Choices. The new Rune System introduced in the Season of Discovery has granted Assassination Rogues multiple new tools to dispose of their enemies, now having access to multiple new AoE abilities, Single-Target Direct Damage abilities, and passive effects. Season of Discovery has also brought many utility tools to Assassination Rogues, among which, is a plethora of new poisons for varied situations.

Talents

Runes

Stat Priority

  1. Hit Chance
  2. Agility
  3. Attack Power
  4. Critical Strike Chance
  5. Strength
  6. Stamina

Rotations & Abilities

Assassination Rogues in Phase 4 of the Season of Discovery have two main builds that they can utilize, the Mutilate build and the Saber Slash build. Both builds have a similar rotation, yet, the main difference between the two is the main combo points generator ability. Since each build generates a different amount of combo points based on the main ability, the play style feels unique for each of them, even if most of their abilities are similar.

Mutilate Single-Target Rotation

  1. Start combat from Stealth to benefit from Master of Subtlety
  2. Cast Vanish to trigger Master of Subtlety and receive 6 seconds of increased damage for Burst Phases
  3. Cast Slice and Dice and upkeep it 100% of the time
  4. Cast Expose Armor and upkeep it 100% of the time if nobody else can provide a similar effect
  5. Prioritize casting Cold Blood followed up by Mutilate on cooldown
  6. Cast Blade Flurry on cooldown to gain increased Attack Speed
  7. Cast Rupture and prioritize upkeeping it 100% of the time
  8. Cast Poisoned Knife on cooldown after stacking 5 x stacks of Occult Poison/Deadly Poison
  9. Cast Envenom whenever you have 5 x Combo Points (Main Finishing Move)
  10. Cast Mutilate (Main Combo Points Generator)

Saber Slash Single-Target Rotation

  1. Start combat from Stealth to benefit from Master of Subtlety
  2. Cast Vanish to trigger Master of Subtlety and receive 6 seconds of increased damage for Burst Phases
  3. Cast Slice and Dice and upkeep it 100% of the time
  4. Cast Expose Armor and upkeep it 100% of the time if nobody else can provide a similar effect
  5. Prioritize casting Cold Blood followed up by Saber Slash on cooldown
  6. Cast Blade Flurry on cooldown to gain increased Attack Speed
  7. Cast Poisoned Knife on cooldown after stacking 5 x stacks of Occult Poison/Deadly Poison
  8. Cast Envenom whenever you have 5 x Combo Points (Main Finishing Move)
  9. Cast Saber Slash (Main Combo Points Generator)

AoE Rotation

  1. If you pick the Fan of Knives rune
    • Spam Fan of Knives as much as possible in the initial moments of the encounter and throughout it
  2. If you pick the Crimson Tempest + Carnage runes
  3. Cast Blade Flurry on cooldown for Cleave and AoE Scenarios

Best Professions

Leatherworking

Leatherworking is among the top professions for a class such as Rogue, providing the ability to craft Leather Armor. Moreover, Leatherworking provides access to special epic recipes in the Season of Discovery, granting Assassination Rogue powerful equipment that will increase its overall performance.

Engineering

Being known as one of the top professions in both PvE and PvP in the Classic Era, Engineering’s reputation remains true in the Season of Discovery as well. It grants access to powerful bombs, various gadgets, and even specially crafted equipment that can be used to enhance your overall performance.

Skinning

Skinning is a viable alternative for gold and material generation in case you pick Leatherworking. This profession is one of the easiest to grind as all you have to do is kill mobs in the world and skin their pelts.

Best Races

For the Alliance, the best race for Assassination Rogue is a choice between Human and Gnome, with Human providing  Sword Specialization and Mace Specialization while Gnome provides Escape Artist. Meanwhile, for the Horde, the best race is a choice between Troll and Orc, with Orcs having a slight advantage thanks to Blood Fury. Trolls are also very strong, however, they need to be injured to fully benefit from Berserking.

Human

Dwarf

Night Elf

Gnome

Orc

Undead

Troll

 

About the Author

Nevermore

Hey there folks, I am Nevermore and have been deeply passionate about WoW for more than a decade. Whether we talk about the hidden mysteries of Azeroth or the otherworldly Outland, my journey brought me here to share the things that I have experienced with you all.
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vaayne
vaayne
1 year ago

i thought you couldnt get the parachute cloak because professions where capped at 150

classicrog
classicrog
11 months ago

Night Elfs have highest base agility , if going dagger rogue its better than human

DaCrunch
DaCrunch
11 months ago

Sorry but Cruel Barb isn’t even remotely a good off-hand for rogues.. It’s a 2.8 swing. Whom ever thought that was good isn’t a good rogue player at all

tae
tae
1 year ago

taurens will come soon on tbc sod

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