Assassination Rogue

Mirrors the current rank-1 Sinister Single parse — every slot is what the best Assassination Rogue actually wears.

Midnight Season 2 · Fatebound · updated 2026-08-05

Simulated DPS on the best-in-slot profile below, five-minute patchwerk. Compare every spec →

How it plays

• You press Mutilate more than anything else — about 23 times a minute — but the damage lands on Envenom, which is 22% of the total.

Measured on the reference parse below, not a description of the spec — so it changes when the tuning does.

Stat priority

Critical Strike > Mastery > Haste > Versatility

These are not weights pulled from a spreadsheet — they are the live ratings on the reference character this build is taken from, so the order reflects what the best-performing Assassination Rogue is actually stacking right now.

Source: Charrend — the log. Rank 1 Assassination Rogue on Sinister Single (Dummy Dome), avg ilvl 331. Slots the parse left un-upgraded (offhand) use the field-standard pick instead.

Talent build

Laid out exactly as the in-game talent UI draws it, hero tree Fatebound. Lit nodes and gold lines are the path this build takes; everything dimmed was passed over. Hover any node for what it does.

Rotation

Spend at five or more combo points. While Darkest Night is up, wait for the cap — the profile refuses to spend a single point early there.

Openers

Single target

1. Garrote from stealth — that copy carries the Improved Garrote snapshot and lasts the whole opener.
2. Mutilate to five combo points, then Rupture.
3. Envenom once, so Deathmark lands with the buff already up.
4. Kingsbane, then Deathmark.
5. Back to Mutilate and Envenom, holding the bleeds.

Where the damage comes from

Measured on the reference log — a 300-second single-target parse. Worth comparing against the rotation above: the button you press most is rarely the one doing the most.

Source: Sinister Single, 300s.

Best in slot

The finished loadout, built by Pathfinder — the strongest item available for every slot, with the item level to chase and where it drops. 334 average item level across 16 slots, gathered from 2 places.

Gaze of the Coiled Watcher 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ✦ Empowered Hex of Leeching

Aqirbane Reliquary 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ◆ Powerful Eversong Diamond

Chosen Bloodslayer's Voodoo Guards 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Lost Explorers ✦ Silvermoon's Mending

Amani Summoning Shawl 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Nek'zali the Soulcoiler

Chosen Bloodslayer's Banded Poncho 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Vashnik the Malignant ✦ Mark of the Worldsoul

Restless Spirit Shackles 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Nek'zali the Soulcoiler

Zatha'tek, Breath of Corruption 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ✦ Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Murder Row Fishhook 331 · Spark Crafted +Myth Epic Profession Items — Blacksmithing ✦ Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Assassination Rogue 334 average item level

Chosen Bloodslayer's Fanged Grips 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Entombed Sentinels ✦ Gloves Enchant (+3 Stamina)

Unpossessed Skullsash 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Lost Explorers

Chosen Bloodslayer's Reinforced Pants 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Sszorak ✦ Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

World Tree Rootwraps 331 · Spark Crafted +Myth Epic Profession Items — Leatherworking ✦ Lynx's Dexterity

Apex Brute's Claw Ring 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Sszorak ✦ Nature's Fury◆ Flawless Masterful Garnet

Vile Alchemist's Band 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Vashnik the Malignant ✦ Nature's Fury◆ Flawless Masterful Garnet

Voracious Heart of Ula'tek 344 · Myth 9/6 (Mythic end-boss drop) The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek

Gebbo's Bottomless Bag 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Lost Explorers

Where to spend bonus rolls as Assassination Rogue

A Voidcore pays out an item every time — the question is only whether it is one you wanted. For this build, in order:

Roll The Lost Explorers — 3 of its 3 drops are on your list

Every roll here lands something on the list — this boss cannot miss. In The Venomous Abyss, it owes you shoulder, waist and trinket 2.

Then Nek'zali the Soulcoiler — 2 of its 3 drops are on your list

67% of every roll here lands something on the list. In The Venomous Abyss, it owes you back and wrist.

The general principles behind this — knockout protection, why finishing one boss beats spreading rolls, and the crests a roll quietly costs you — are in the bonus roll guide.

Week-by-week route

1. Pre-season: the campaign, a world tour of Mythic 0s for a 292 loadout, and the weekly Spark quest. No Myth crests exist yet — bank the Spark.
2. Week 1: farm +10 keys to a full Hero 3/6 (311) loadout and fill the vault. The first Myth crests arrive, so spend the banked Spark on World Tree Rootwraps. Every Hero crest goes into lifting pieces toward 6/6 (321).
3. Week 2: first Voidcore — roll The Lost Explorers, where 3 of 3 drops are on this list. Catalyse the set slots for the 4-set. Second Spark goes to Murder Row Fishhook.
4. Weeks 3–6: one Voidcore a week down the order above — finish a boss before starting the next. Keep spending Hero crests; every slot should sit at 321 by about Week 6.
5. Week 7 onward: two Voidcores a week (the vault and Orin Straylight). Roll Myth-track bases in the set slots, re-catalyse them, and take each to 6/6 for 80 Myth and 20 Hero crests.
6. Late season: Voracious Heart of Ula'tek comes from the last two bosses at Myth 9 (344). Secure the base item early — that is the only place the extra three ranks exist.

The fast variant

There isn't one for Assassination Rogue. Slate builds its list around the quickest route and Pathfinder around raw power, and for this spec they reach for the same 16 items — so there is no trade to make between finishing sooner and hitting harder. Chase the list above.