Outlaw Rogue DPS Starter Guide - Shadowlands 9.0.2

Great: This covenant can show a lead (usually below 2-3%) in the given situation, depending on renown level.
Good: This covenant will do fine in the given situation.
Underwhelming: Numbers are not impressive and can potentially feel a bit disappointing in the given situation.Best Outlaw Rogue Legendaries

Celerity is the best legendary for all situations.

Mark of the Master Assassin can be great if you can get many re-stealths, e.g. in dungeons or world content.

Best Outlaw Rogue TalentsOutlaw Rogue Stat PriorityStats GuideOutlaw Rogue Gear Guide

Versatility

Critical Strike

Haste

Mastery

Critical Strike: Chance to deal double damage with your attacks.

Haste: Increases attack speed and energy regeneration.

Mastery: Increases the damage of your Main Gauche off hand attack that can proc from main hand attacks.

Versatility: Increases all damage done and reduces damage taken.

Outlaw Rogue Enchants

Weapons: Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance and Enchant Weapon - Sinful Revelation (make sure to take two different enchants)

Cloak: Enchant Cloak - Fortified Avoidance / Enchant Cloak - Fortified Leech / Enchant Cloak - Fortified Speed / Enchant Cloak - Soul Vitality

Chest: Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats

Boots: Enchant Boots - Eternal Agility

Rings: Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility

Best Outlaw Rogue RotationOutlaw Rogue Rotation Guide

Make sure your poisons are up and not going to run out during the fight.

Be in Stealth.

Use Roll the Bones about 1 second before the pull.

Open with Ambush.

Pop Adrenaline Rush.

Use Flagellation (Venthyr) on cooldown before a finisher.

Use Adrenaline Rush on cooldown.

Maintain Roll the Bones when your active buffs are about to run out. You can reroll as early as possible if you only got a single buff that is not Broadside or True Bearing.

Use Blade Flurry against multiple targets.

Use Marked for Death (if talented) at or below one combo point, or if the target is about to die. Try to snipe low health enemies to get as many cooldown resets as possible.

Use Ghostly Strike like a builder on cooldown.

Use Blade Rush on cooldown. If you can expect to benefit from Blade Flurry in the next 20 seconds, then hold it for that.

Use Vanish and Ambush if you have room for the combo points and no Skull and Crossbones buff.
(Only a minor gain, so this can be optional if you want Vanish as a defensive.)

Use your Potion with Adrenaline Rush when possible.

Use Serrated Bone Spike (Necrolord) on targets that do not have the DoT ticking on them.
Other than that, you can use it to avoid capping on 3 charges (trying to keep 2 ready for incoming new targets) or to fish for the Lead by Example buff if you have the Emeni soulbind.

Use Sepsis (Night Fae) on cooldown.

Use Echoing Reprimand (Kyrian) on cooldown.

Maintain Slice and Dice.

Use Between the Eyes on cooldown.

Use Dispatch.

Use Ambush when available through Stealth or Sepsis (Night Fae).

Use Pistol Shot when you have Opportunity procs.

Use Sinister Strike.

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