Outlaw Rogue State in Shadowlands - DPS Strengths, Best Covenants, Soulbinds and Legendaries

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First Things First - What's Changed?

State of Rogues

Outlaw Rogue Guide

자각몽심기일전기회폭풍의 칼날폭풍의 칼날비장의 일격

Level 15: 유령의 일격 has potential to be better on a single target raid boss

Level 30: 강한 체력 is a stronger talent when you get into all end-game content. I just really like 죽음의 표적 for leveling.

Level 40: 비열한 수법 is a really great option here now. not procing the 나약한 사냥감 debuff makes it much less of an "always take" talent anymore. I'd recommend playing around with both and see what you like!

Outlaw Rogue Leveling Perks

폭풍의 칼날 (Rank 2) is the first of these new passives you’ll get as an Outlaw Rogue. This simply adds a little “oomph” to your Blade Flurry activations. While this is a nice little bonus, it won’t be changing your rotation at all without some additional factors we’ll talk about in the conduits section.

마취 독 comes next as your first new class-wide spell. While this doesn’t provide any additional damage, it is what I’m personally most excited about for Rogue in Shadowlands. This kind of utility, while not unique, is massively powerful in mythic plus if you find yourself not needing 신경 마취 독, which is often the case. This will likely be one of the more overlooked utilities Outlaw Rogue brings to dungeons, as it doesn’t show up on meters, but the damage reduction provided for your tank through this is absolutely massive. Additionally, this gives you the ability to remove enrage effects from targets with 독칼 while this poison is applied, and thank god for that. Rogues certainly needed more utility to help their viability in dungeons.

Next you’ll learn 갈고리 던지기 (Rank 2). This is just a boost to mobility by reducing the cooldown. Very cool, but not much to say here.

Lastly, you’ll receive 반격 (Rank 2). This won’t see too much use in PvE content, but is a cool bonus when you do find yourself in situations where you’re tanking. Notably while leveling or in solo content this is a pretty big damage bonus if you pull a few mobs.

Outlaw Rogue Covenants

Kyrian

The Kyrian of Bastion will empower your Rogue with the ability to use 울려퍼지는 문책. This ability, while complex in wording, is actually fairly simple to use. The ability itself simply does damage and generates 2 Combo Points for a very low cost. Upon use, your 2nd, 3rd, or 4th Combo Point will be chosen at random to become “Animacharged”. The next time this Animacharge combo point is used on a damage dealing finisher, it will be as if 7 combo points were spent. This will only have a fairly slight impact on gameplay, as eventually you will land on the correct combo point just through executing your rotation normally. It is not a gain to try to manipulate your combo points in an inefficient way in order to use this Animacharge earlier. You will simply enjoy the benefit of a big 반격 or when it happens!

Initially, I felt that this ability was “clunky” and didn’t quite fit into Rogue gameplay given the randomness of combo point generation due to 기회 procs and the 집중 공격 buff. However, the more I play with it, the more comfortable the ability feels, and I’ve actually grown to rather enjoy it! It fits pretty nicely into the Outlaw rotation in particular due to its passive synergy with 잠들지 않는 칼날, helping get your cooldowns back even faster.
The conduit for this ability is 영혼 결속의 파장. While this effect is not bad, there are other more powerful conduits you will likely use in place of it. We’ll discuss these in detail further into the article.
Secondly, the Kyrian Covenant will grant access to 청지기 소환, who when summoned will bring you a 평온의 약병, along with allowing you to change your talents without the use of a 잔잔한 정신의 전서, and compliment one of your friends! I commonly refer to the Phial as a Cloak of Healthstoneform, as it combines the effects of many other useful defensive spells into one. Importantly, it also does not share a cooldown with 생명석 or 영적인 치유 물약, making this an extremely powerful item in both Raiding and Mythic Plus alike. Even in situations where you can’t make good use of the debuff removal, or where 그림자 망토 is already useful enough, having an extra Health Potion can very well save your life.

Necrolord

The Necrolords of Maldraxxus offer aspiring Rogues the use of 톱니 뼈 가시. This short cooldown, charge-based ability deals low damage initially, but leaves a permanent bleed on the target. Additionally, it will generate more combo points per Bone Spike you have out already. It’s worth noting the bleed is only removed if the target either heals to full HP, or dies. Upon removal through either of these methods, you will be refunded a charge and can reapply the Bone Spike to a new target.

This ability fits into the rotation rather smoothly as simply an extremely efficient way to spend your energy when building combo points, and replaces either a 사악한 일격 or a 권총 사격 periodically. For Outlaw in particular I find it plays very well. Since the spec doesn’t gain more combo point generation as more targets are introduced, there’s no opportunity cost incurred by using charges as soon as they come off CD.
급성 골절 can be used to empower the Bleed portion of this ability, causing it to sometimes deal damage twice. At lower ranks and current tuning this will likely not be used, however it looks to scale well into later ranks so keep an eye out for this to potentially change.
Finally, the Signature Ability of the Necrolords is 살덩이창조. The strength of this shield can be empowered by consuming nearby corpses, and additional effects can be added through Soulbind traits if you choose to align yourself with the Necrolords. The ability itself can find some use defensively, but is generally pretty lackluster. With that said, some of the enhancements in the Soulbind tree can shift the power more favorably.

Night Fae

If you choose to side with the Night Fae of Ardenweald, your Outlaw Rogue will gain access to 피고름. This ability applies a Poison DoT that deals high damage, and “pops” for a moderate hit on expiration. If the “pop” damage is allowed to occur before the target dies, you will gain access to an additional 매복 or 비열한 습격 cast. If the target dies prematurely, the cooldown on the ability will be reduced. Typically you’ll want to use this on cooldown and intend for the DoT to tick its full duration. An exception to this would be when using the Niya soulbind in dungeons. Trying to “snipe” dying targets to get the Cooldown Reduction will allow more uses, and more uptime on 숲의 활기.

Since the change to this covenant ability (even though it was a necessary change), I find myself very bored with the ability. A mediocre DoT and an extra Ambush every 90 seconds just isn’t what I was hoping for from a covenant ability. There is some synergy here with the 승산 파악 conduit available for Outlaw, which certainly adds value, just not quite enough for me to enjoy the ability.
패혈성 충격 can be applied to your Soulbind tree to increase the damage of the DoT portion of Sepsis. This conduit follows the theme of the previous two covenant ability conduits, in that it’s decent but unlikely to be used.
영혼형상 is an incredible mobility tool, and effectively acts like another 전력 질주 with a Teleport attached to it. Other, less mobile, classes will find a bit better use for it than Rogues, but that’s not to say this ability isn’t awesome!

Venthyr

Last, and unfortunately perhaps least, choosing to align with the Venthyr of Revendreth will allow your rogue to use 채찍질. This ability I liken a bit to the trinket 애쉬베인의 칼날 산호, from The Eternal Palace raid. When used it deals low damage immediately and leaves a debuff behind, causing the debuffed target to take additional damage per each combo point you spend. Each combo point also applies stacks to this debuff, which can be consumed by reactivating Flagellation to grant your Rogue a large Haste buff. It is worth noting that you can swap targets and still build stacks on this debuff so long as you are within its very forgiving range. Currently, it appears simply using this ability on CD deems the best results.

Initially, I was very excited for the rework of this ability, given how much I enjoyed playing with Razor Coral. The addition of the 90 second cooldown has killed a bit of the hype for me here though. I still think it’s a cool idea, and hope they’re not done iterating on it, because I think it has amazing potential!
The 채찍의 흉터 conduit provides a decent increase to the initial damage of this ability, but currently looks far too weak to see serious use.
어둠의 문 is the Venthyr's signature ability, and is something you can certainly do some cool tricks with. It functions as a targetted teleport with a cast time. Initially it was thought this could maybe be insane for skips in mythic plus, but it hasn't really turned out that way. Now it mostly ends up being used as some nice in combat mobility.

Picking a Covenant - Meaningful Choice?울려퍼지는 문책평온의 약병Outlaw Rogue Soulbinds승산 파악삼중 위협날렵한 손재주

전투 명상 is a large chunk of mastery you’ll receive when you use 울려퍼지는 문책. Additionally you can extend the duration of this buff by picking up the small blue orbs that spawn randomly while this buff is active!

집중의 진언 will be exceptional in mythic plus, reducing the cooldown on your 평온의 약병. You’ll find some use of this in any raid encounter with adds, but I would still take this path even if you did not. Passing up a Potency slot, for no additional throughput gain is not something I’d recommend.

I choose 날렵한 손가락 as my first Endurance conduit here, as it is the only Endurance conduit that is technically a DPS increase. It’s also a great defensive option as mentioned earlier.

The next row is very much up to your preference and won’t have any impact on your actual gameplay. I choose 정화된 예복 as it’ll provide a nice boost in gold or materials depending on what you choose for your professions.

Finally, in your last choice in the tree you’ll see I have both 설욕 and 만반의 준비 slotted. These both can find their uses depending on what you need for any given situation. Thankfully, swapping between the two is painless and can be done on the fly with a 잔잔한 정신의 전서.

We top it all off with 과거는 털어 버리기. This trait certainly could see some tuning in the future, as I believe a lot of the strength of Pelagos resides in the combination of this and Combat Meditation. It’s very easy to maintain this buff at 4 stacks for a very long time, making it simply a 4% Versatility buff.

매서운 용기Outlaw Rogue ConduitsPotency

승산 파악 is, in my opinion, the coolest conduit Rogues of any spec have access to. I’ve been referring to it as “Build-a-Buff.” Chaining additional 뼈주사위 buffs on top of pre-existing ones just feels so cool. Not only that, but it’s currently out performing the other conduits so you’ll always run it in an optimal build. It makes rolling a 5 Buff even cooler because you almost always proc yourself into a 6 Buff with this conduit!

삼중 위협 is what you will almost always use as you 2nd Outlaw conduit. This is just a passive proc for some extra damage. These extra hits don’t generate combo points, but they do contribute to increasing stages of the 간계의 부적 legendary effect, which we’ll discuss later.

날렵한 손재주 piles on top of Count the Odds to create even more multi-buff situations for you! I’ve really enjoyed playing with these two together. Even if it’s not technically the “best” set-up, I think it’s close enough for the fun factor to push this over the top.

왼손의 달인 passively increases the amount of 양손잡이 procs you’ll get, so long as 폭풍의 칼날 is active. Using this conduit alters your play slightly, and makes keeping Blade Flurry active even on single target a DPS gain. Currently it’s just numerically worse than the other options, but we could see that change with higher Mastery values as the expansion progresses.

영혼 결속의 파장 is the conduit that modifies our Kyrian covenant ability. As this is a flat damage increase, this comes entirely down to numbers. At the ranks we currently have available it is simply too weak and will likely not see play. It looks to perform a bit better as we get to higher ranks and could become a strong pick in future tiers.

If you choose Venthyr you'll have access to the 채찍의 흉터 conduit. This is in the same boat as Reverberation in that it will likely scale well at higher ranks, and could see potential use down the line.

패혈성 충격 is available to Night Fae, and will also not see much use. It is numerically just too weak as a passive damage boost.

Finally, 급성 골절 is the weakest of all and certainly won't see much play early on by Necrolord Rogues.

Endurance & Finesse

날렵한 손가락 is an endurance conduit that lowers the cost of both 교란 and 진홍색 약병. While obviously a very strong defensive effect, this can even be considered a DPS increase as energy NOT spent on these two abilities is energy that you can spend on dealing damage.

설욕 is another endurance conduit. This will cause 난도질 to also provide a passive heal over time. As Slice and Dice is always kept up in combat, this is a great increase to sustain.

만반의 준비 is a finesse conduit that will reduce the cooldown of both 회피 and 그림자 망토, so long as you are actively dodging attacks or interrupting spells.

신속한 판단력 is the other finesse conduit I would consider taking. This is both an increase in the range, along with a decrease in the cooldown of 갈고리 던지기.

LegendariesClass-Wide

붉은송곳니의 정수 falls somewhere in the middle of the pack in terms of usefulness for Outlaw Rogues. The healing effect, while nice, is too inconsequential to be super excited about, and the damage is just not quite there in comparison to other options.

활기의 어둠가루 is one of the weakest options in terms of damage. However, the cooldown reduction it provides to your other abilities can create some awesome utility situations. Given that Outlaw gets to use 소멸 almost twice as often as the other specs through 잠들지 않는 칼날, the cooldown reduction has some nutty potential. With that said, it’s pretty weak from a DPS perspective.

일급 암살자의 징표 returns from Legion and has many Rogue mains super excited! While it’s slightly weaker than its Legion form, this legendary still has amazing burst potential, and generally very good throughput in all situations. It looks to be the top performer on trash in mythic plus, and still quite good on boss fights too! If mythic plus is your focus, and you intend to play more than one spec, I think this will be a great first craft.

초소형 맹독의 칼날, empowers the damage of 독칼. For Outlaw this is pretty much useless. Shiv is not a spell you really want to be using for damage. While the free cp could be appealing, this is a pass for the pirate boys.

As an honorable mention here, 죽음의 그림자 is a Subtlety legendary that has a bit of potential for Outlaw. Given the shorter cooldown on 소멸, the pirate squad actually gets more out of this effect than Subtlety does. That sounds super great and all, but right now it's not strong enough to be played in my opinion. Nevertheless, keep an eye out!

Outlaw Specific

기민함 is an effect very similar to the 완벽의 환영 Major Essence. There is an added bonus in that while this is equipped, your 아드레날린 촉진 buff also increases your damage by 8%. That means procs from Celerity, as well as natural casts. Right now, this legendary effect is extremely powerful, and likely what you will use in every situation. This is definitely your first craft if you intend to play primarily Outlaw.

비장의 나팔총 is a throwback to a Legion legendary item. The additional 권총 사격 casts all generate combo points, making this a nice burst when it procs. This effect is performing quite well on single target fights currently, and with slight tuning could end up being very strong.

간계의 부적 is an homage to the days of Combat Rogue. However, Outlaw just plays different enough these days that there’s not much you can do to really play around your “Red Buff” anymore.” On top of that, the effect has been pretty neutered in tuning recently, and likely won’t see any play in its current form. It's worth noting that if you do play this Legendary, you should definitely use the 삼중 위협 conduit.

그린스킨의 버들 also makes a return in Shadowlands. From Legion legendary, to azerite trait and now back to legendary, I wish Blizzard would just make this effect baseline already. With the longer cooldown on we have in Shadowlands, this legendary is just not quite good enough to be worth it unfortunately. It’s really not that far behind though, so you could certainly use it without holding your damage back much if it’s a playstyle you enjoy.

What Does It All Mean?폭풍의 칼날뼈주사위폭풍의 칼날뼈주사위

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