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Assassination Rogue

Damage specialisation · Tier S in PvP, 5.7% of the sample

PvE GuideRaid logs, Mythic+ players and PvE buildsPvP GuideRated ladder talents, gear stats and buildsACTIVE

Rated PvP data

A complete live guide built from rated Battle.net profiles: bracket-specific talents, PvP talents, gear, gems, enchantments, statistics and importable builds. PvE raid casts are never presented as PvP advice.

All PvPSolo2v23v3BlitzRBG

Secondary stats

Secondary stat split across the 100 best-geared synced characters. Averaged per player, so one heavily geared character cannot define the answer for everyone.

  • Versatility47.4%1,030 avg
  • Mastery37.9%830 avg
  • Haste8.9%204 avg
  • Critical Strike5.8%137 avg

150

Synced 2v2 players

1,854

Average rating sampled

2,507

Highest rating sampled

PvP talents

The three dedicated PvP slots, measured from Battle.net profiles.

Live ladder data
Smoke Bomb

Smoke Bomb

42%

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.

63 players

Preemptive Maneuver

Preemptive Maneuver

37%

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

55 players

Dismantle

Dismantle

29%

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

43 players

Hemotoxin

Hemotoxin

10%

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

15 players

Thick as Thieves

Thick as Thieves

3%

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

4 players

Control is King

Control is King

2%

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

3 players

Creeping Venom

Creeping Venom

2%

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.

3 players

Death from Above

Death from Above

1%

Finishing move that empowers your weapons with energy to perform a deadly attack. You leap into the air and Envenom your target on the way back down, with such force that it has a 15% stronger effect.

2 players

Maneuverability

Maneuverability

1%

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

2 players

Combat toolkit

Common high-rated choices grouped by purpose. This is a PvP toolkit, not a fake raid rotation.

Pressure & burst

  • Cloak of Shadows
    Cloak of Shadows100%

    Provides a moment of magic immunity, instantly removing all harmful spell effects. The cloak lingers, causing you to resist harmful spells for 5 sec.

  • Danger Sense
    Danger Sense100%

    You have a 20% chance to partially evade any damage dealt to you, reducing the damage it deals by 20%.

Most played equipment

Top two choices per slot among the highest-rated hydrated profiles.

Back

Thalassian Competitor's Cloth Cloak

43% equipped · 285 ilvl

Back

Venomous Aspirant's Cape

34% equipped · 263 ilvl

Chest

Thalassian Competitor's Leather Chestpiece

39% equipped · 263 ilvl

Assassination Rogue enchantments

  • Enchanted: +41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina81%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei79%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery76%

Talent tree choices & importable builds

Talent choices across 197 synced characters playing this specialisation. These are observed picks, not recommendations — they say what the ladder is doing, not what you should do.

Where builds differ

Taken by between 15% and 90% of players. This is where the real decisions are.

  • Crimson Tempest89%

    170 players · Specialization

  • Dragon-Tempered Blades89%

    170 players · Specialization

  • Inspiring Strike89%

    170 players · Specialization

  • Scent of Blood89%

    170 players · Specialization

  • Soothing Darkness89%

    170 players · Class

  • Subterfuge89%

    170 players · Class

  • Without a Trace89%

    170 players · Class

  • Systemic Failure87%

    165 players · Specialization

  • Sudden Demise86%

    163 players · Specialization

  • Razor Wire85%

    161 players · Specialization

  • Doomblade82%

    155 players · Specialization

  • Featherfoot76%

    144 players · Class

  • Superior Mixture66%

    125 players · Class

  • Caustic Spatter65%

    124 players · Specialization

  • Virulent Poisons63%

    120 players · Class

  • Amplifying Poison58%

    110 players · Specialization

  • Nimble Fingers52%

    98 players · Class

  • Fatal Concoction39%

    74 players · Specialization

  • Poison Bomb35%

    67 players · Specialization

  • Toxic Stiletto33%

    62 players · Class

  • Unbreakable Stride24%

    45 players · Class

  • Zoldyck Recipe19%

    37 players · Specialization

  • Improved Poisons18%

    34 players · Specialization

Near-universal picks (58)taken by 90%+ — effectively baseline
  • Blackjack100%

    190 players · Class

  • Blind100%

    190 players · Class

  • Cheat Death100%

    190 players · Class

Rarely taken (105)under 15% — situational or out of favour
  • Shadowrunner13%

    24 players · Class

  • Unstable Toxin12%

    23 players · Specialization

  • Recuperator12%

    22 players · Class

Import a real build

Loadouts from the highest-rated synced players of this specialisation. Paste straight into the game.

  • Àkròlolz

    outland · EU2,507

  • Wallbergx

    kazzak · EU2,317

  • Thompsonx

    frostmourne · US2,307

  • Апгрейдвара

    howling-fjord · EU2,200

  • Hickery

    frostmourne · US2,194

Learn the spec

This page measures what players do. For rotation, stat priority and matchup play, these are the references.

  • Skill-CappedpvpArena guides, matchup play and comp theory. Subscription, and the standard reference for PvP.
  • Murlok.iopvpTalent and gear data from the PvP ladder, broken down per bracket.

Other Rogue specs

  • Outlaw
  • Subtlety
Deep Cuts
Deep Cuts100%

Your finishing moves deal 6% increased damage.

  • Evasion
    Evasion100%

    Increases your dodge chance by 100% for 10 sec.

  • Improved Ambush
    Improved Ambush100%

    Ambush generates 1 additional combo point.

  • Survival

    • Blackjack
      Blackjack100%

      Enemies have 30% reduced damage and healing for 6 sec after Blind or Sap's effect on them ends.

    • Cheat Death
      Cheat Death100%

      Evasion also reduces damage taken by 20%, and Feint also reduces non-area-of-effect damage taken by 20%.

    • Leeching Poison
      Leeching Poison98%

      Adds a Leeching effect to your Lethal poisons, granting you 7.2% Leech.

    • Tempted Fate
      Tempted Fate91%

      You have a 30% chance to absorb 10% of any damage taken.

    • Crimson Tempest
      Crimson Tempest89%

      Slash all enemies within 10 yds dealing 6,572 damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Copy the longest Garrote and Rupture on the enemies you hit onto up to 2 other enemies. Awards 1 combo point.

    Control & mobility

    • Blind
      Blind100%

      Blinds the target, causing it to wander disoriented for 1 min. Damage may interrupt the effect. Limit 1.

    • Fleet Footed
      Fleet Footed100%

      Movement speed increased by 15%.

    • Shiv
      Shiv98%

      Attack with your off-hand, dealing 2,323 Physical damage, dispelling all enrage effects and applying a concentrated form of your Crippling Poison, reducing movement speed by 84% for 5 sec. Awards 1 combo point.

    • Intent to Kill
      Intent to Kill91%

      Garrotes applied from stealth or during the Improved Garrote window silence their target for 5 sec. Enemies silenced by Garrote deal 15% reduced damage for 5 sec.

    • Featherfoot
      Featherfoot76%

      Sprint increases movement speed by an additional 30% and has 4 sec increased duration.

    Chest

    Chosen Bloodslayer's Banded Poncho

    29% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Feet

    Thalassian Competitor's Leather Boots

    56% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Feet

    Venomous Aspirant's Leather Footpads

    16% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Hands

    Chosen Bloodslayer's Fanged Grips

    39% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Hands

    Venomous Aspirant's Leather Gloves

    29% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Head

    Venomous Aspirant's Leather Helm

    65% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Head

    Chosen Bloodslayer's Spirit Shroud

    17% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Legs

    Chosen Bloodslayer's Reinforced Pants

    45% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Legs

    Venomous Aspirant's Leather Leggings

    43% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Main Hand

    Thalassian Competitor's Knife

    68% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Main Hand

    Venomous Aspirant's Shank

    21% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Neck

    Venomous Aspirant's Pendant

    53% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Neck

    Thalassian Competitor's Amulet

    36% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Off Hand

    Thalassian Competitor's Knife

    64% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Off Hand

    Venomous Aspirant's Shank

    25% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Ring 1

    Thalassian Competitor's Signet

    65% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Ring 1

    Venomous Aspirant's Signet

    20% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Ring 2

    Thalassian Competitor's Signet

    61% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Ring 2

    Venomous Aspirant's Signet

    23% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Shirt

    Fashionable Undershirt

    5% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Shirt

    Precious's Ribbon

    5% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Shoulders

    Chosen Bloodslayer's Voodoo Guards

    69% equipped · 302 ilvl

    Shoulders

    Thalassian Competitor's Leather Shoulderpads

    12% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Tabard

    Galactic Gladiator's Tabard

    14% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Tabard

    Galactic Gladiator's Tabard

    6% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Trinket 1

    Venomous Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

    38% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Trinket 1

    Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

    27% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Trinket 2

    Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

    45% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Trinket 2

    Venomous Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

    24% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Waist

    Venomous Aspirant's Leather Belt

    56% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Waist

    Thalassian Competitor's Leather Belt

    29% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Wrist

    Thalassian Competitor's Leather Wristwraps

    49% equipped · 285 ilvl

    Wrist

    Venomous Aspirant's Leather Armguards

    33% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Enchanted: Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul
    75%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Shoulders - Akil'zon's Swiftness69%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt65%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Helm - Empowered Blessing of Speed49%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery25%
  • Assassination Rogue gems & sockets

    • Enduring Heliotrope · +23 Primary Stat and +5% Damage Reduction when affected by Crowd Control82%
    • Flawless Versatile Amethyst · +16 Mastery & +7 Versatility73%
    • Prismatic Socket12%
    • Flawless Masterful Lapis · +16 Versatility & +7 Mastery11%
    • Indecipherable Eversong Diamond · +32 Primary Stat5%
    • Flawless Masterful Amethyst · +17 Mastery4%
    • Flawless Quick Amethyst · +16 Mastery & +7 Haste3%
    • Flawless Quick Garnet · +16 Critical Strike & +7 Haste3%
    Cloak of Shadows100%

    190 players · Class

  • Danger Sense100%

    190 players · Class

  • Deep Cuts100%

    190 players · Class

  • Evasion100%

    190 players · Class

  • Fleet Footed100%

    190 players · Class

  • Improved Ambush100%

    190 players · Class

  • Master Poisoner100%

    190 players · Class

  • Quick Fingers100%

    190 players · Class

  • Thrill Seeking100%

    190 players · Class

  • Deadly Precision99%

    189 players · Class

  • Graceful Guile99%

    188 players · Class

  • Improved Sprint99%

    188 players · Class

  • Alacrity98%

    187 players · Class

  • Bait and Switch8.4%

    16 players · Hero

  • Clear the Witnesses8.4%

    16 players · Hero

  • Corrupt the Blood8.4%

    16 players · Hero

  • Darkest Night8.4%

    16 players · Hero

  • Deathstalker's Mark8.4%

    16 players · Hero

  • Follow the Blood8.4%

    16 players · Hero

  • Hunt Them Down8.4%

    16 players · Hero

  • Iron Stomach8.4%

    16 players · Class

  • Lingering Darkness8.4%

    16 players · Hero