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Assassination Rogue

Damage specialisation · Tier B in Mythic+, 3.5% of the sample

PvE GuideRaid logs, Mythic+ players and PvE buildsACTIVEPvP GuideRated ladder talents, gear stats and builds

Opener

The order abilities first landed across 4 top-parsing pulls, with the median time into the fight. The percentage is how many of those parses used the ability at all — a step at 100% is the opener, one at 60% is a choice some players make.

  1. 1Garrote+0.9s100%
  2. 2Mutilate+1.9s100%
  3. 3Rupture+2.9s100%
  4. 4Fatebound Coin (Tails)+5.4s50%
  5. 5Algeth'ar Puzzle+6.2s75%
  6. 6Envenom+6.5s100%
  7. 7Deathmark+7.3s50%

What follows what

What was pressed next, counted over every observed pair. This is the closest a log gets to a priority list — but it describes behaviour, not a rule: a player casting Execute because it lit up looks the same here as one following a plan.

  • Mutilate71 casts→Mutilate43%Envenom36%Rupture10%
  • Mutilate70 casts→Mutilate100%
  • Envenom35 casts→Mutilate45%Fatebound Coin (Tails)30%Garrote6%
  • Fatebound Coin (Tails)15 casts→Mutilate53%Fatebound Coin (Tails)20%Algeth'ar Puzzle7%
  • Garrote12 casts→Mutilate75%Shadowstep8%Rupture8%
  • Rupture8 casts→Mutilate63%Garrote25%Algeth'ar Puzzle13%

Ability usage

Casts per minute across 20 top-parsing kills in The Venomous Abyss. Per minute rather than totals, so a long fight does not read as a heavily used ability.

Single target

7 fights where almost all damage went to the boss

  1. 1Fan of Knives16.1per min
  2. 2Envenom10.8per min
  3. 3Mutilate6.9per min
  4. 4Hand of Fate6.6per min
  5. 5Garrote2.9per min
  6. 6Crimson Tempest2.3per min
  7. 7Rupture0.3per min

Multi-target

10 fights with substantial add damage

  1. 1Mutilate16.5per min
  2. 2Envenom11.5per min
  3. 3Crimson Tempest3.9per min
  4. 4Fan of Knives3.5per min
  5. 5Hand of Fate3.3per min
  6. 6Garrote2.7per min
  7. 7Shiv0.3per min
  8. 8Rupture0.3per min

Fights are sorted by how much damage landed on boss units rather than by a hand-kept list of which encounter is the AoE one, so the split stays right after a retune. Fights in between are left out of both columns.

Updated 31/08/2026. These are observed casts, not a recommended priority — the order reflects how often an ability came up, which is not the same as when to press it.

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.

  • Versatility33.0%738 avg
  • Mastery32.7%754 avg
  • Haste17.8%442 avg
  • Critical Strike16.4%414 avg

What PvE players are playing

Talent choices across 460 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.

  • Razor Wire89%

    395 players · Specialization

  • Sudden Demise89%

    394 players · Specialization

  • Improved Wound Poison88%

    390 players · Class

  • Atrophic Poison88%

    388 players · Class

  • Chosen's Revelry88%

    388 players · Hero

  • Controlled Chaos88%

    388 players · Hero

  • Deal Fate88%

    388 players · Hero

  • Death's Arrival88%

    388 players · Hero

  • Delivered Doom88%

    388 players · Hero

  • Destiny Defined88%

    388 players · Hero

  • Edge Case88%

    388 players · Hero

  • Fate Intertwined88%

    388 players · Hero

  • Hand of Fate88%

    388 players · Hero

  • Lucky Coin88%

    388 players · Hero

  • Mean Streak88%

    388 players · Hero

  • Ravenholdt Mint88%

    388 players · Hero

  • Rush to the Inevitable88%

    388 players · Hero

  • Sometimes Lucky88%

    388 players · Hero

  • Soothing Darkness88%

    387 players · Class

  • Intent to Kill87%

    385 players · Specialization

  • Subterfuge87%

    385 players · Class

  • Without a Trace87%

    385 players · Class

  • Avulsion87%

    384 players · Specialization

  • Dragon-Tempered Blades86%

    380 players · Specialization

  • Inspiring Strike86%

    380 players · Specialization

  • Systemic Failure82%

    362 players · Specialization

  • Featherfoot81%

    357 players · Class

  • Doomblade77%

    339 players · Specialization

  • Caustic Spatter70%

    308 players · Specialization

  • Superior Mixture65%

    286 players · Class

  • Virulent Poisons63%

    279 players · Class

  • Amplifying Poison57%

    253 players · Specialization

  • Nimble Fingers47%

    209 players · Class

  • Fatal Concoction38%

    166 players · Specialization

  • Toxic Stiletto34%

    152 players · Class

  • Poison Bomb32%

    143 players · Specialization

Near-universal picks (42)taken by 90%+ — effectively baseline
  • Blackjack100%

    442 players · Class

  • Blind100%

    442 players · Class

  • Cheat Death100%

    442 players · Class

  • Cloak of Shadows100%

    442 players · Class

  • Danger Sense100%

    442 players · Class

  • Deep Cuts100%

    442 players · Class

  • Evasion100%

    442 players · Class

  • Improved Ambush100%

    442 players · Class

  • Master Poisoner100%

    442 players · Class

  • Quick Fingers100%

    442 players · Class

  • Thrill Seeking100%

    442 players · Class

  • Fleet Footed100%

    441 players · Class

  • Improved Sprint99%

    438 players · Class

  • Shiv99%

    437 players · Class

  • Graceful Guile99%

    436 players · Class

  • Alacrity98%

    435 players · Class

Rarely taken (112)under 15% — situational or out of favour
  • Recuperator14%

    60 players · Class

  • Thrown Precision13%

    56 players · Specialization

  • Lethality12%

    53 players · Class

  • Cold Blooded Killer12%

    52 players · Class

  • Bait and Switch11%

    50 players · Hero

  • Clear the Witnesses11%

    50 players · Hero

  • Corrupt the Blood11%

    50 players · Hero

  • Darkest Night11%

    50 players · Hero

  • Deathstalker's Mark11%

    50 players · Hero

  • Follow the Blood11%

    50 players · Hero

  • Hunt Them Down11%

    50 players · Hero

  • Lingering Darkness11%

    50 players · Hero

Import a real build

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

  • Zerøcool

    silvermoon · EU3,763

  • Spammingg

    silvermoon · EU3,657

  • Dydankr

    illidan · US3,642

  • Charrend

    malganis · US3,618

  • Zeross

    kazzak · EU3,617

Learn the spec

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

  • WowheadpveRotation, stat priority, gear and consumables. The most complete free PvE reference.
  • Icy VeinspveRotation walkthroughs and talent reasoning, written for players learning a spec.
  • Raider.IOpveMythic+ routes, affix planning and dungeon-by-dungeon breakdowns.

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