Assassination Rogue Rotation Guide - Midnight

Por Whispyr Atualizado: 05/5/2026

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Preparing for AOE: Our AoE is enabled through Respingo Cáustico and Tempestade Carmesim. Crimson tempest especially is a very expensive button in terms of energy, and knowing when AoE is going to happen in an encounter will allow you to plan around it with your cooldowns, bleeds, and resources.

Managing Envenom Uptime: Renitente enables a pooling playstyle that will require players to drop the buff from Envenenar at regular intervals in order to get energy back. Managing this without overcapping resources will be the key to success.

Energy Efficiency: Assassination is not locked by the GCD, and is instead locked by Energy. Because of this, you will want to think about what button is most efficient at a given time, rather than forcing yourself to cast something every time its possible.

Best Assassination Rogue RotationHero Talent Master Switchesentire page's Best Assassination Rogue Single Target Rotation Please select a Hero Talent option to generate a Single Target priorityThe builds used below are covered in the Talents page. Anywhere you see the icon, you can hover over it for additional notes.Priority

Maintain Garrote

Cast Mutilar until having 5 or more combo points

Cast Envenenar at maximum combo points when Noite Preta is active

Maintain Ruptura by casting at 5 or more combo points

Cast Sumir followed by Garrote to apply Garrote Aprimorado. This should be lined up with Marca da Morte in most situations

Cast Marca da Morte on cooldown

Cast Ruína dos Reis on cooldown, immediately after Marca da Morte when applicable

Cast Envenenar at 5 or more combo points, unless at 80 stacks of Renitente

Marca do SicárioNoite Pretahave toEnvenenarThe builds used below are covered in the Talents page. Anywhere you see the icon, you can hover over it for additional notes.Priority

Maintain Garrote

Cast Mutilar until having 5 or more combo points

Maintain Ruptura by casting at 5 or more combo points

Cast Sumir followed by Garrote to apply Garrote Aprimorado. This should be lined up with Marca da Morte in most situations

Cast Marca da Morte on cooldown

Cast Ruína dos Reis on cooldown, immediately after Marca da Morte when applicable

Cast Envenenar at 5 or more combo points, unless at 80 stacks of Renitente

Best Assassination Rogue AoE Rotation Please select a Hero Talent option to generate a Single Target priorityThe builds used below are covered in the Talents page. Anywhere you see the icon, you can hover over it for additional notes.Priority

Maintain Garrote on your main target

Maintain Ruptura by casting at 5 or more combo points on your main target

Cast Tempestade Carmesim to spread bleeds to secondary targets until having 5 or more combo points

Cast Leque de Facas on 2 or more targets, until having 5 or more combo points

Cast Sumir followed by Garrote to apply Garrote Aprimorado. In Mythic+, this is commonly held for chainpulls where you cannot stealth beforehand. Otherwise, sync with Marca da Morte.

Cast Marca da Morte on cooldown

Cast Ruína dos Reis on cooldown, immediately after Marca da Morte when applicable

Cast Envenenar at 5 or more combo points to avoid wasting energy and combo points

Noite PretaDeathstalkerThe builds used below are covered in the Talents page. Anywhere you see the icon, you can hover over it for additional notes.Priority

Maintain Garrote on your main target

Maintain Ruptura by casting at 5 or more combo points on your main target

Cast Tempestade Carmesim to spread bleeds to secondary targets until having 5 or more combo points

Cast Leque de Facas on 2 or more targets, until having 5 or more combo points

Cast Sumir followed by Garrote to apply Garrote Aprimorado. In Mythic+, this is commonly held for chainpulls where you cannot stealth beforehand. Otherwise, sync with Marca da Morte.

Cast Marca da Morte on cooldown

Cast Ruína dos Reis on cooldown, immediately after Marca da Morte when applicable

Cast Envenenar at 5 or more combo points to avoid wasting energy and combo points

Festejo do Escolhido Best Assassination Rogue OpenerHero TalentFateboundDeathstalkerSelect a Fight Style to Generate a Sequence

Cast Garrote

Cast Mutilar until 5 or more combo points

Cast Ruptura

Cast Garrote in order to extend Improved Garrote

Cast Mutilar until 5 or more combo points

Cast Envenenar before entering your cooldowns

Cast any on-use trinkets, racials, and consumables now. Note that you cannot macro Caixa-enigma de Algeth'ar, as it is a channel.

Cast Marca da Morte

Cast Ruína dos Reis

Cast Envenenar to dump combo points

Cast Sumir if you did not get to stealth

Cast Garrote

Cast Garrote again to extend Improved Garrote

Cast Leque de Facas for combo points

Cast Ruptura with 5 or more combo points

Cast any on-use trinkets, racials, and consumables now. Note that you cannot macro Caixa-enigma de Algeth'ar, as it is a channel.

Cast Marca da Morte

Cast Ruína dos Reis

Cast Envenenar to dump combo points

Cast Tempestade Carmesim until either:

5 or more combo points
all targets have bleeds
Cast Leque de Facas to generate combo points if all targets already have bleeds from casting Tempestade Carmesim
Cast Envenenar to dump combo points

Tempestade CarmesimMarca da MorteSelect a Fight Style to Generate a Sequence

Cast Garrote

Cast Mutilar until 5 or more combo points

Cast Ruptura

Cast Garrote in order to extend Improved Garrote

Cast Mutilar until 5 or more combo points

Cast Envenenar before entering your cooldowns

Cast any on-use trinkets, racials, and consumables now. Note that you cannot macro Caixa-enigma de Algeth'ar, as it is a channel.

Cast Marca da Morte

Cast Ruína dos Reis

Cast Envenenar to dump combo points

Cast Sumir if you did not get to stealth

Cast Garrote

Cast Garrote again to extend Improved Garrote

Cast Leque de Facas for combo points

Cast Ruptura with 5 or more combo points

Cast any on-use trinkets, racials, and consumables now. Note that you cannot macro Caixa-enigma de Algeth'ar, as it is a channel.

Cast Marca da Morte

Cast Ruína dos Reis

Cast Envenenar to dump combo points

Cast Tempestade Carmesim until either:
5 or more combo points

all targets have bleeds

Cast Leque de Facas to generate combo points if all targets already have bleeds from casting Tempestade Carmesim

Cast Envenenar to dump combo points

Tempestade CarmesimMarca da MortePre-Combat CheckVeneno MortalVeneno AmplificadorApply Weapon Poisons Assassination Rogue Major Cooldownshow Deathmark Marca da Morte

Applies a Bleed

Restores Energy

Doubles the Damage of Garrote, Ruptura, and Lethal Poisons such as Veneno Mortal and Veneno Amplificador

When a Lethal Poison is applied to the target, it is instead applied twice

Garrote AprimoradoRuína dos ReisTermine o TrabalhoDose Letal Kingsbane Ruína dos ReisMarca da Morte

An Instant hit of damage, generating a combo point

A 14 second damage over time effect which increases with every poison application during the effect

Vanish SumirGarrote AprimoradoMarca da Morte

Marca da Morte increases the damage of Garrote by 100%, so having Improved Garrote for this window is ideal to boost burst and single target damage.

Tempestade Carmesim spreads Improved Garrote to multiple targets without having to manually cast Garrotes on each target

Assassination Rogue Advanced Tips Pooling and Implacable RenitenteEnvenenar

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Comentários

Comentário de roguehead

This page doesn't mention Toxic Blade at all even though it's suggested as the talent to pick for that row on the Talent Build page. What's up with that?

Comentário de Futrzak

Hi!
What about open with ambush with Master Assassin ? It does more dmg than Mutilate, but Mut has higher chance to generate more combo points... That's why we should open with Mut and not with Ambush ? Or is it different reason ?

Comentário de Makjack

I tried your rotation and it didnt work for thanks

Comentário de thegreengoob

Is the opener correct? It says multiple times to "prepare for exsanguinate" but it is never used.

Comentário de Synwowhead

The opener keeps saying "prepping for exsanguinate" yet DTB build doesn't take Exsanguinate, it takes Doomblade. Is this a mistake with the build or the rotation...?

Comentário de Dunkaholic

The opener doesn't make sense. The first three steps are already not working. How can you rupture after using slice and dice which takes your combo points?

Comentário de bronzerivet

As of March 2023, if you see Kingsbane in the rotations on this page, and feel confused because Kingsbane is not also shown in the talents, or the cheat sheet, or wherever else, let that confusion go. Whispyr has clarified elsewhere that is is basically here to show how it would be used if one did actually decide to talent into it, despite it not being recommended. According to Whispyr, using Kingsbane is roughly 5% worse DPS, so, it is definitely not recommended. Again, let the feeling of confusion drift away from you. You're not confused. Just ignore Kingsbane here if you aren't using it in your talent tree.

Comentário de PhurionPhyre

How about posting a talent load out that supports this rotation instead of leaving the readers with having to experiment with talent trees instead of playing? Great guide, but none of the WoW head talent load outs that I've tried have all of these attacks, so there must be a custom component in the talent tree I'm not seeing.

Just a thought.

Comentário de bighardturd

Does Deathmark need to be used when your bleeds are at their full duration or does it not matter? Thx.

Comentário de Nagria

the skill "dragon tempered blades" will apply the second poison 30% less often. therefore i have to ask what posion i use on main hand and what on offhand.

Comentário de yager05

Am I alone with the thought that Blizz just keeps making the rogue situation worse and worse? I feel like my favourite class is being ruined. Starting this expansion I have even less hope than I usually have...

Comentário de shazammie

In regards to the single button rotation section, it does use and highlight kings bane. It does not get you to spread your poisons with crimson tempest though. I think that would be a big loss in aoe fights

I am a new rogue only picket it up this week so I could be wrong

Comentário de allsensesfailed

When is the optimal time to use the puzzle box, with its ridiculous cast?

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