Assassination Rogue – The War Within Season 1

Our Assassination Rogue – The War Within Season 1 Guide prepares you for all the adventures in World of Warcraft’s first Season of The War Within! Check out our War Within S1 Assa Rogue Guide here on Your-MMO.com

Assassination Rogue – The War Within Season 1

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Best Embellishments for Assassination Rogue in The War Within Season 1

Players can wear two Items with the “Embellishment” tag. These Items grant additional power which should be used in all scenarios. These items are crafted by players with the respective crafting profession. The current most popular Embellishments are:

Stat Priority for Assassination Rogue in The War Within Season 1 (Mythic Dungeons)

Agility
Critical Strike
Mastery
Haste
Versatility

Stat Priority for Assassination Rogue in The War Within Season 1 (Raid Content)

Agility
Critical Strike
Mastery
Haste
Versatility

Most used Trinkets for Assassination Rogue in The War Within Season 1

Both lists show the currently best Trinkets in either a Single Target situation or Multi Target combat. This list might not reflect the perfect choice for your unique situation. Trinkets can differ at any boss or in different dungeons. The see a full overview of Trinkets – visit Bloodmallet.

Beware that Healer trinkets are not included in this list.

Changes to Assassination Rogue in The War Within

In The War Within, many classes have received significant changes to their talent trees and tuning. One of the new features in The War Within are the Hero Talents, unlocked at Level 71 and allowing players to choose between two spec-altering Hero Classes.

All Changes in Patch 11.0.0

ROGUE

Cloaked in Shadows now creates an absorb for 18% of maximum health (was 30%).
Soothing Darkness now heals for 15% maximum health over its duration (was 24%).
Recuperator now triggers every 3 seconds (was 2 seconds).
Gouge cooldown has been increased to 25 seconds (was 20 seconds).
Kidney Shot cooldown has been increased to 30 seconds (was 20 seconds).
Kidney Shot duration has been increased to a maximum of 8 seconds (was 6 seconds maximum). Does not affect PvP combat.
- Developer’s note: We’re intending to increase the impact of Kidney Shot in solo and dungeon content as its opportunity cost is higher than similar stuns due to costing combo points. In PvP, we feel the control Rogues bring relative to others has become problematic alongside new tools gained in Dragonflight and The War Within, so we’re increasing its cooldown to bring it in line with similar abilities.
Assassination
- All ability damage increased by 14%.
- Auto-attack damage increased by 20%.
- Envenom damage increased by 10%.
- Crimson Tempest damage increased by 19%.
- Venomous Wounds energy restored increased to 8 (was 7).
- Poison Bomb’s visual will begin to dissipate much faster to prevent covering up other important ground visuals.

Gems, Enchants and Consumables

Best Gems in Season 1

Regarding the Stat Priority listed below, we currently suggest using the following Sockets in your Gear. Some classes want to maximize the gain received from their Blasphemite Gems by socketing all possible different colors of Gems.

xxxxx (Maximum 1)

xxxxx (Green)
xxxxx (Purple)
xxxxx (Red)
xxxxx (Blue)
xxxxx (Orange)

Best Enchants in Season 1

Enchants with Tertiary Stats (Avoidance, Speed or Leech) can vary by player preference.

Cloak: Avoidance/Leech/Speed	XXX
Chest: Primary Stats	XXX
Bracers: Avoidance/Leech/Speed	XXX
Boots: Stamina	XXX
Pants: Primary Stat / Stamina	XXX
Rings: Secondary Stat before Diminishing Returns (30%)	XXX
Weapon: Primary Stats	XXX

Best Consumables in Season 1

This following list is an overview of all items that players should have in their inventory at all times. These consumables are often a necessity for Mythic dungeons or Raid content and provide a large boost in players performance.

Flask	xxxxx
Potion	xxxxx or xxxxx
Food	xxxxx
Oil	xxxxx
Healing Potion	xxxxx
Invisibility Potion	xxxxx
Drums	xxxxx
Repair Hammer	xxxxx
Combat Rezz	xxxxx

Builds and Talents

Our Talent Trees are updated every day, reflecting all current Mythic+ Affixes, aswell as the most popular Talent Builds for Raid. We gathered all information about our Talent Builds from publicly available data of the best players worldwide.

Last Update: 14.12.2024 2:00pm PDT

Mythic Dungeons

Raid Single Target

Raid Multi Target

Mythic Dungeons

Raid Single Target

Raid Multi Target

Gear and Trinkets in The War Within Season 1

Best Embellishments for Assassination Rogue in The War Within Season 1

Most used Trinkets for Assassination Rogue in The War Within Season 1

Beware that Healer trinkets are not included in this list.

Best in Slot Gear for Assassination Rogue in The War Within Season 1

The following list contains various items from either Dungeons or Raid which benefit a generic Assassination Rogue the most. You should always make sure to follow your stat priority and equip gear that has either higher itemlevel, or ensure that it is an upgrade by checking Raidbots.

Dungeon Gear in The War Within Season 1

Helmet	XX
Necklace	XX
Shoulders	XX
Cloak	XX
Chest	XX
Wrists	XX
Gloves	XX
Belt	XX
Pants	XX
Boots	XX
Rings	XX XX
Weapons	XX XX

Raid Gear in The War Within Season 1

Helmet	XX
Necklace	XX
Shoulders	XX
Cloak	XX
Chest	XX
Wrists	XX
Gloves	XX
Belt	XX
Pants	XX
Boots	XX
Rings	XX XX
Weapons	XX XX

Stat Priority for Assassination Rogue in The War Within Season 1

The further we will get into the current expansion, the effects of diminishing returns start to limit the effectiveness of your secondary stats. After reaching 30% through secondary stats (eg. ~19800 Haste) on your gear, you will start receiving a penalty for each further point on your gear. This penalty reduces the gain from more of the same stat over this threshold.

Stat Priority can differ on every player due to the different gear being used. Make sure to check your own character on Raidbots to get the perfect results for you! A general overview for secondary stats is as follows.

Stat Priority for Assassination Rogue in The War Within Season 1 (Mythic Dungeons)

Agility
Critical Strike
Mastery
Haste
Versatility

Stat Priority for Assassination Rogue in The War Within Season 1 (Raid Content)

Agility
Critical Strike
Mastery
Haste
Versatility

General Rotation for Assassination Rogue in The War Within Season 1

For both Hero Classes we offer a general rotation overview. Beware that this is not an in-depth guide how to play your favorite class in each situation, but instead grant newer players insight about how to play and master the basics of their class.

Rotation Example for Assassination Rogue

Cast Garrote
Cast Garrote in AoE until 6+ Combo Points
Cast Rupture. With Serrated Bone Spike talented, you will receive Combo Points instantly and should follow it up with another Rupture in AoE with more than 3 Targets
Cast Garrote during Indiscriminate Carnage in AoE if targets do not have Garrote
Cast Crimson Tempest in AoE
Cast Echoing Reprimand to quickly generate Combo Points
Cast Rupture. With Serrated Bone Spike talented, you will receive Combo Points instantly if you have charges remaining. Cast a generator afterwards if you do not.
Cast Rupture
Cast Mutilate in single target for any amount of Combo Points
Cast Fan of Knives in AoE for any amount of Combo Points
Cast Slice and Dice
Cast Mutilate in single target until reaching 5+ Combo Points
Cast Envenom in single target before your cooldowns
Cast Deathmark and any Trinket with on-use stat gains
Cast Shiv and Thistle Tea
Cast Kingsbane
Cast Mutilate to apply Caustic Spatter
Cast Mutilate in single target until reaching 5+ Combo Points
Cast Fan of Knives in AoE until reaching 5+ Combo Points
Cast Envenom
Cast the second charge of Shiv as the first is expiring to cover the end of Kingsbane
Cast Vanish in single target during the final 6 seconds of the Garrote from step 1, and reapply Garrote to benefit from Improved Garrote

Best Race for Assassination Rogue in The War Within Season 1

Each race in World of Warcraft offers their unique combat benefits which provide different powers to a specific class. We would suggest that players choose the race of their choice, regardless of the power gained. Anyways, here is a list of the different Races and their performance.