Assassination Rogue DPS Guide - Midnight Pre-Patch

Von Whispyr Aktualisiert: 18.01.2026

Assassination Rogue Overview Assassination Rogue Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Assassination Rogue Cheat Sheet Assassination Rogue Changes In MidnightRemoved Abilities

Indiscriminate Carnage - Most effects requiring stealth have been removed, and bleeds are now spread using the new Crimson Tempest.

Serrated Bone Spike

Crimson Tempest (Finisher) - While the finisher version of Crimson Tempest may be gone, it has since been reworked to a combo point generator that will spread bleeds.

Improved Shiv - Tückische Klinge is being changed to no longer be a rotational button on Assassination, and as such, all related talents have been removed.

Cold Blood - Reworked into a passive with a similar theme, but no longer has any interactions with hero talents.

New Abilities

Blutroter Sturm - The new way to spread bleeds in AoE

Der Lohn des Königsmords - Empowers Königsmord, which now stands front and center in the rotation

Bringt es zu Ende - Assassination Rogue's single target cooldown Todesmal gets a generic all damage buff, making it useful in AoE situations as well.

Assassination Rogue Hero Talents: ]Fatebound and ]Deathstalker Hand des SchicksalsMal des TodespirschersDunkelste Nacht Playing an Assassination Rogue in rotation guide

Maintain Bleeds: Assassination has two bleeds to maintain at all times with Blutung and Erdrosseln. These serve as the highest priority before filler abilities are used. In AoE, these can be spread using Blutroter Sturm.

Line up cooldowns: With Assassination being slow and methodical, part of the rotation requires cooldowns being lined up properly. Many interactions end up yielding noticeable benefits, such as Verbessertes Erdrosseln during Todesmal.

Manage Resources: Assassination Rogues are unique in that they are limited by resources, instead of the GCD like most other classes. Managing energy and combo points to avoid waste during hectic fights or downtime is key to success.

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Damage: Currently Orc or Mag'har grant a rather minor damage benefit over other options.

Mobility: For added mobility, Goblin's rocket jump can help reposition or negate some knockbacks.

Mythic+ Utility: In Mythic+, Nachtelf can ignore some mechanics with Schattenmimik, while Zwerg is uniquely equipped to handle certain mechanics with Steingestalt.

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Kommentare

Kommentar von Rainlover

since when Assa opens the rotation with Ambush? :-D I did not pull out that spell from the spell book to action bar - I'll stick with Garrote :)

Kommentar von ProtSue

When do we start seeing diminishing returns on our secondaries? I'm currently at 28% crit and 29% mastery. Every piece of gear from m+ is loaded with crit/mastery. I'm going with the idea that at 30%, I will start to see my diminishing returns penalties start to come into play. I am trying to supplement my gear with vers/haste, but there just isn't much of it. At some point, I am not going to be able to avoid breaking that 30% mark. Am i worrying about nothing, or is this a legit issue?
Edit: Ignore the tag, I don't tank anymore. I've main'd a rogue since bfa. I don't remember having issues like this before.

Kommentar von trinketeer

in 10.1 the Sepsis build is worth looking at if you have 4-piece tier set bonus. even without the tier set, the Sepsis ability itself has been adjusted to offer something more like Vanish than just nature damage! if taking Sepsis, double check on the buttons in your stealth action bar. you don't want to get caught fail spamming the Sap key when you mean to hit the Deathmark key like i was at first

Kommentar von unluckydrops

There is ALOT of bugs with Assassination rogue currently. Nearly a 10% decrease in dps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy3vDx7jKD0

Can we get a guide built around these bugs? I don't forsee blizzard fixing these issues as this is a niche and forgotten class.

Kommentar von Taurnok

"Assassination is a slow-paced and easy to play Rogue spec"

"has a lot of things to focus on rotationally and will require a good amount of effort and knowledge"

Okay.

Kommentar von HAL88

Is there a reason why the linked M+ skill tree is different from the one shown in the talent section (also M+ ofc)?

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