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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.

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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.

  • Versatility47.0%1,016 avg
  • Mastery38.9%846 avg
  • Haste8.8%203 avg
  • Critical Strike5.3%128 avg

150

Synced 3v3 players

1,772

Average rating sampled

2,412

Highest rating sampled

PvP talents

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

Live ladder data
Smoke Bomb

Smoke Bomb

41%

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.

62 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%.

56 players

Dismantle

Dismantle

27%

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

41 players

Thick as Thieves

Thick as Thieves

9%

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

14 players

Hemotoxin

Hemotoxin

7%

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

10 players

Death from Above

Death from Above

3%

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.

5 players

Maneuverability

Maneuverability

1%

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

1 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

47% equipped · 288 ilvl

Back

Venomous Aspirant's Cape

35% equipped · 263 ilvl

Chest

Thalassian Competitor's Leather Chestpiece

43% equipped · 292 ilvl

Assassination Rogue enchantments

  • Enchanted: +41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina85%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul82%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Shoulders - Akil'zon's Swiftness78%

Talent tree choices & importable builds

Talent choices across 214 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.

  • Atrophic Poison89%

    187 players · Class

  • Controlled Chaos89%

    186 players · Hero

  • Deal Fate89%

    186 players · Hero

  • Death's Arrival89%

    186 players · Hero

  • Delivered Doom89%

    186 players · Hero

  • Destiny Defined89%

    186 players · Hero

  • Edge Case89%

    186 players · Hero

  • Fate Intertwined89%

    186 players · Hero

  • Hand of Fate89%

    186 players · Hero

  • Lucky Coin89%

    186 players · Hero

  • Mean Streak89%

    186 players · Hero

  • Ravenholdt Mint89%

    186 players · Hero

  • Rush to the Inevitable89%

    186 players · Hero

  • Sometimes Lucky89%

    186 players · Hero

  • Tempted Fate89%

    186 players · Hero

  • Dragon-Tempered Blades89%

    185 players · Specialization

  • Inspiring Strike89%

    185 players · Specialization

  • Sudden Demise88%

    184 players · Specialization

  • Razor Wire86%

    180 players · Specialization

  • Systemic Failure86%

    179 players · Specialization

  • Doomblade78%

    164 players · Specialization

  • Featherfoot77%

    161 players · Class

  • Caustic Spatter69%

    144 players · Specialization

  • Superior Mixture68%

    143 players · Class

  • Virulent Poisons64%

    134 players · Class

  • Amplifying Poison55%

    114 players · Specialization

  • Nimble Fingers52%

    108 players · Class

  • Fatal Concoction36%

    75 players · Specialization

  • Toxic Stiletto33%

    69 players · Class

  • Poison Bomb32%

    67 players · Specialization

  • Improved Poisons18%

    38 players · Specialization

  • Unbreakable Stride18%

    38 players · Class

  • Zoldyck Recipe18%

    37 players · Specialization

Near-universal picks (48)taken by 90%+ — effectively baseline
  • Blackjack100%

    209 players · Class

  • Blind100%

    209 players · Class

  • Cheat Death100%

    209 players · Class

Rarely taken (106)under 15% — situational or out of favour
  • Shadowrunner13%

    27 players · Class

  • Unstable Toxin11%

    23 players · Specialization

  • Bait and Switch11%

    22 players · Hero

Import a real build

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

  • Brunhity

    ravencrest · EU2,412

  • Tomas

    bloodscalp · US2,161

  • Mimick

    sargeras · US2,124

  • Røbinhooe

    malganis · US2,108

  • Tomassi

    bloodscalp · US2,099

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.

    • Crimson Tempest
      Crimson Tempest91%

      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.

    • Soothing Darkness
      Soothing Darkness91%

      You are healed for 30% of your maximum health over 6 sec after activating Vanish.

    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
      Shiv99%

      Attack with your off-hand, dealing 2,436 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
      Featherfoot77%

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

    Chest

    Chosen Bloodslayer's Banded Poncho

    31% equipped · 289 ilvl

    Feet

    Thalassian Competitor's Leather Boots

    61% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Feet

    Thalassian Competitor's Leather Sliders

    17% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Hands

    Chosen Bloodslayer's Fanged Grips

    45% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Hands

    Venomous Aspirant's Leather Gloves

    25% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Head

    Venomous Aspirant's Leather Helm

    70% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Head

    Chosen Bloodslayer's Spirit Shroud

    13% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Legs

    Chosen Bloodslayer's Reinforced Pants

    47% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Legs

    Venomous Aspirant's Leather Leggings

    45% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Main Hand

    Thalassian Competitor's Knife

    77% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Main Hand

    Venomous Aspirant's Shank

    15% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Neck

    Venomous Aspirant's Pendant

    51% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Neck

    Thalassian Competitor's Amulet

    41% equipped · 253 ilvl

    Off Hand

    Thalassian Competitor's Knife

    75% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Off Hand

    Venomous Aspirant's Shank

    17% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Ring 1

    Thalassian Competitor's Signet

    73% equipped · 288 ilvl

    Ring 1

    Venomous Aspirant's Signet

    17% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Ring 2

    Thalassian Competitor's Signet

    71% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Ring 2

    Venomous Aspirant's Signet

    16% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Shirt

    Stylish Black Shirt

    4% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Shirt

    Fashionable Undershirt

    4% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Shoulders

    Chosen Bloodslayer's Voodoo Guards

    69% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Shoulders

    Thalassian Competitor's Leather Shoulderpads

    15% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Tabard

    Guild Tabard

    9% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Tabard

    Galactic Gladiator's Tabard

    9% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Trinket 1

    Venomous Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

    42% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Trinket 1

    Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

    24% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Trinket 2

    Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

    47% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Trinket 2

    Venomous Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

    23% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Waist

    Venomous Aspirant's Leather Belt

    62% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Waist

    Thalassian Competitor's Leather Belt

    27% equipped · 288 ilvl

    Wrist

    Thalassian Competitor's Leather Wristwraps

    50% equipped · 288 ilvl

    Wrist

    Venomous Aspirant's Leather Armguards

    35% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Enchanted: Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei
    78%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery77%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt67%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Helm - Empowered Blessing of Speed52%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery34%

    • Assassination Rogue gems & sockets

    • Enduring Heliotrope · +23 Primary Stat and +5% Damage Reduction when affected by Crowd Control86%
    • Flawless Versatile Amethyst · +16 Mastery & +7 Versatility79%
    • Prismatic Socket9%
    • Flawless Masterful Lapis · +16 Versatility & +7 Mastery9%
    • Flawless Quick Garnet · +16 Critical Strike & +7 Haste4%
    • Indecipherable Eversong Diamond · +32 Primary Stat4%
    • Flawless Deadly Peridot · +16 Haste & +7 Critical Strike3%
    • Flawless Quick Amethyst · +16 Mastery & +7 Haste3%
    Cloak of Shadows100%

    209 players · Class

  • Danger Sense100%

    209 players · Class

  • Deep Cuts100%

    209 players · Class

  • Evasion100%

    209 players · Class

  • Improved Ambush100%

    209 players · Class

  • Master Poisoner100%

    209 players · Class

  • Quick Fingers100%

    209 players · Class

  • Thrill Seeking100%

    209 players · Class

  • Deadly Precision100%

    208 players · Class

  • Fleet Footed100%

    208 players · Class

  • Improved Sprint99%

    207 players · Class

  • Shiv99%

    207 players · Class

  • Alacrity99%

    206 players · Class

    • Clear the Witnesses11%

    22 players · Hero

  • Corrupt the Blood11%

    22 players · Hero

  • Darkest Night11%

    22 players · Hero

  • Deathstalker's Mark11%

    22 players · Hero

  • Follow the Blood11%

    22 players · Hero

  • Hunt Them Down11%

    22 players · Hero

  • Lingering Darkness11%

    22 players · Hero

  • Mass Casualty11%

    22 players · Hero

  • Precise Killer11%

    22 players · Hero