Assassination Rogue Mythic+ Guide - Midnight Season 1

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Aggro Transfer: A lot of players will cite Tricks as being used to help the tank hold aggro. While this can be true in multi-pull situations where the tank is not using multiple abilities on targets, in most single-pull situations this aggro transfer is very minor. Due to tanks having a multiplier on aggro generated, even the lesser damage of a tank will generate an immense amount of aggro compared to a rogue, making the aggro transfer in a lot of cases completely useless.

Tricks as a defensive: The other thing to note about Tricks is that it does not work on the first hit from stealth! Have you ever used Tricks on a raid boss, and still get melee'd? Because of how entering combat/tricks work, the aggro transfer occurs a split second after the damage has gone out, giving mobs a split second to turn and quickly get an auto attack off on you. Be very careful when trying to pull for your Tank with Tricks, or this quirk will be a rude awakening. Generally I would recommend using something from slight range, such as Fan of Knives to help pull mobs.

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Comment by Vort

I'd like to throw out my talent build for M+ in general. I've tweaked it several times but it has served me pretty well in keeping up with most high aoe classes and still doing well in single target.

~~https://www.wowhead.com/talent-calc/rogue/assassination/DAPFVFBBEREaFFYhRQCUANVWIURFElESRMEA~~
https://www.wowhead.com/talent-calc/rogue/assassination/DAPFVFBBERQaFFYhRQCUANVWIURFEkQCQsUBA

I figured I'd edit this since talents have changed since I last posted this. It seems my build this time is almost the same. I've never been one to copy from sites or other people because I'm always playing with talents myself to find what's best.
From the Rogue tree side it looks like people are preferring gouge. That's strange to me because aoe happens so much it almost always just gets used as an interrupt instead of a stun. I much prefer Nimble Fingers as we should be using our own healing as much as possible. We already have a wide variety of stuns, silences and interrupts as it is.
Unbreakable Stride is also a weird take for me. First off there aren't many slows in M+ as it is. If there are, we have several ways of breaking it anyway, not to mention our healer's ability to dispel/freedom. I took Deadened nerves here because sometimes damage is unavoidable, having phys reduction is great.

Now on the Sin side it looks like the major difference is, I chose Flying Daggers. This seems to be an unpopular opinion but in bigger keys we're nearly always pulling more than 5 targets. That being the case, my aoe easily competes or destroys other dps that supposedly have amazing aoe. Taking Halls of Valor into consideration, most groups are now pulling all 3 packs of mobs at the same time and usually lusting. It's very rare I'm beat on this pack with my build. Not saying it doesn't happen but I do very well I think.
I honestly don't believe improved poisons is worth going into for M+ and aoe. It looks like many people are still taking Exsanguinate, and that's also very strange to me. With the nerf to its CD I don't see it being great for the fast pace of M+. It surely does well on bosses, but I don't see taking it over Master Assassin where it not only helps with openers, but with using vanish as a major CD. Lastly, losing lightweight shiv doesn't seem great to me either. It not only helps with the many enrages, but Shiv is a great cooldown and having it up twice as much is amazing.

I've opted to get rid of Kingsbane in favor of Poison Bomb. PB especially with resounding clarity Echo will proc a lot. In some pulls it ends up being in the top 3 of my damage. A reason we were never taken in high M+ in Shadowlands was our lack of AoE. Sure we had okay single target but it wasn't enough to get us invited. With my current build I compete for AoE and still get #1 for single target.

As I said earlier this xpac I'm always wanting to better myself. So I'm constantly tweaking my current build I've posted above. I'd also love input from other Assassin Rogues! I'm not claiming what I've said or what I've linked is best. It's just what I feel has worked best for me. I never have anyone to talk about this stuff, so please, feel free to even contradict me or tell me I'm wrong from a numbers standpoint. :)

In SL season 3 and 4 I managed to do multiple 21s and 20s as Sin and ended up around top 100 world for Sin. I know my spec, but I am always looking to be better.

Comment by Nastrodamus

I struggle on spiteful week because I can't drop combat to stealth before the next pack. Any tips?

Comment by Radanras

But which poison do i primarily use in M+?
You said, we should use the amplifying poison in the single-target section. But is it worth it for dungeons when doing AOE?

Comment by Pheoris

Looks like ALL dungeon specs are the same... am I right? lol... Do they ever change? Just wondering why the dungeons are all listed separately, when all specs appear to be the same.

Assassination Rogue Mythic+ Guide - Midnight Season 1

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