Assassination Rogue Frequently Asked Questions - The War Within Pre-Patch (2024)

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Is Haste Good for Assassination Rogue? Is There a Haste Cap for Assassination Rogue? What Stats do I Want for Raid as an Assassination Rogue? What Stats do I Want for Mythic+ as an Assassination Rogue? How to play around the T31 Set Bonus, Lucid Shadewalker's Silence? Which Race is the Best for Assassination Rogue? Changelog

Last updated on Jul 23, 2024 at 00:30by Seliathan67 comments

General Information

On this page, we go over several of the most frequently asked questions regardingAssassination Rogue in World of Warcraft — The War Within Pre-Patch.This will be updated as more common repeated questions surface over the courseof the expansion.

Is Haste Good for Assassination Rogue?

Your bleeds scale with Haste, making them tick faster. This lets you generate more Energy through Venomous Wounds.However, we generate a lot of Energy already, making it our third-best stat, after Critical Strikeand Mastery.

Is There a Haste Cap for Assassination Rogue?

There is currently no breakpoint that is required for Assassination, nor isthere a realistic value that causes Haste to become useless on a single target.

What Stats do I Want for Raid as an Assassination Rogue?

Critical Strike and Mastery. Mastery improves our bleed and poison damage thebest, while Critical Strike drastically improves our ability to generateadditional Combo Points thanks to Seal Fate.

What Stats do I Want for Mythic+ as an Assassination Rogue?

Critical Strike, Mastery, and Haste. Mastery improves our cleave and AoE damage thebest, while Critical Strike drastically improves our ability to generateadditional Combo Points thanks to Seal Fate. Haste improves the damageour Damage over Time effects, and allows us to generate more resources.

How to play around the T31 Set Bonus, Lucid Shadewalker's Silence?

In order to get the most damage out of the set bonus, you will want to clipyour Envenom casts. This means that you want to recast Envenom beforethe Envenom buff runs out.

Which Race is the Best for Assassination Rogue?

The DPS differences between the races are fairly minimal. The best races forDPS on Horde are Tauren, Orc, and Blood Elf. For Alliance, Void Elf, and DarkIron Dwarves are the best.

Changelog

23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
22 Apr. 2024: Page has been reviewed and updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
21 Mar. 2024: Page has been reviewed for Patch 10.2.6, no changes were necessary.
15 Jan. 2024: Page has been reviewed and updated for Patch 10.2.5.
06 Nov. 2023: Page updated for the Patch 10.2 Rogue rework.
04 Sep. 2023: Page was reviewed for Patch 10.1.7 and no changes were necessary.
10 Jul. 2023: Page was reviewed for Patch 10.1.5 and no changes were necessary as Assassination received no changes for the Patch.
01 May 2023: Added T30 Setbonus FAQ for Patch 10.1.
26 Mar. 2023: Updated for Primordial Gem hotfixes.
20 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.