Assassination Rogue Guide – Legion 7.3.5

Basic Information

• All races except Draenei and Tauren can play Rogues.
• Rogues can use daggers, fist weapons, one-handed axes, maces, and swords.
• Iconic Assassination Rogue abilities: Mutilate, Envenom, Vendetta, Venomous Wounds
• Mastery: Potent Assassin: Increases the damage done by your poisons by 28%.
• Special Class Hall Rewards

  • Mount:  Razor-Lined Reins of Dark Portent
  • Title: Shadowblade %s
  • Toy:  Suspicious Crate
  • Transmog Set: Artful Dodging
  • Pet:  Crackers
  • Power Ascended also unlocks three other mounts:

    •  Mephitic Reins of Dark Portent (Assassination Themed)
    •  Bloody Reins of Dark Portent (Outlaw Themed)
    •  Midnight Black Reins of Dark Portent (Subtlety Themed)
• Rogues are on the Vanquisher Tier Token, sharing tier tokens with

  • Death Knight
  • Druid
  • Mage
• Tier 19 set: Doomblade Battlegear

  • Two piece bonus: Mutilate also causes the target to Bleed for 20% additional damage over 8 sec.
  • Four piece bonus: Envenom deals 7% additional damage per Bleed you have on the target.
• Tier 20 set: Fanged Slayer's Armor

  • Two piece bonus: Garrote's cost is reduced by 25 Energy and cooldown is reduced by 12 sec.
  • Four piece bonus: Garrote deals 60% increased damage.
• Tier 21 set: Regalia of the Dashing Scoundrel

  • Two piece bonus: When you use Envenom, your Deadly and Wound poisons have 35% increased chance to critically strike for 6 sec.
  • Four piece bonus: When your Deadly or Wound poisons critically strike the target, you have a 100% chance to gain 4 Energy.
    
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    What makes Assassination Rogue Special

    • Fantasy: One of the favorite tools of the assassin is a pair of daggers coated with vicious poisons. The damage they inflict is deceiving at first—the initial wounds often seem survivable, even superficial. Then the toxins set about their business. Wounds don’t close, and blood loss continues unabated. Assassins begin their work stealthily, choosing their targets and methods of engagement carefully—but once committed to a course of action, they stick to their target until the job is done rather than disappearing into the shadows to avoid their quarry’s blows.
    • Resources: Assassination Rogues consume Energy to build Combo Points in order to use their finishers on their foes.
    • Defensive Cooldowns: Rogues can use Feint to reduce area damage taken, Evasion and Cloak of Shadows to prevent physical and magical damage and heal themselves with Crimson Vial.
    • Stealth: Rogues can blend into the shadows, leaving them mostly undetectable to friends and foes, allowing them to sneak past enemies and easily start surprise attacks. Some abilities, like Blind and Sap and only usable while Stealth.
    • Mobility: Sprint, which is baseline for all rogues. If talented into Nightstalker, Stealth also provides a movement speed increase.
    • Damage Cooldowns: Vendetta - Marks an enemy, increasing the damage you deal to it and making it visible through concealment effects.
    • Artifact Weapon: Gul'dan ordered the  The Kingslayers to be made for his personal asssassin, Garona. It is said that the daggers are fed by blood and inflict traceless poison, leaving little sign of their grim work. Numerous died to them under Garona's grip, including the Stormwind's King Llane.
    • Armor: Agility Leather
    • Strengths: Specializes in single target damage.
    • Flavor:

      • Obtained via Pickpocketing:

        • Dingy Iron Coins - Added in Warlords, used to buy cool items like  Barrel of Bandanas and  Sinister Rouge Mask.
        • Coins of Air - Added in Legion, used to buy cool items like  Barrel of Eyepatches and  Sneaky Marmot.
        • Reputation with Ravenholdt, via Junkboxes Needed. Faction required for Insane in the Membrane.
        •  Marin Noggenfogger's Lucky Coin - Allows access to his Vault, which allow you to get items like  Poisoned Throwing Knives and  Uncrowned Shadowcraft Cap.
        •  Survivor's Bag of Coins
        • Dices

          •  Decahedral Dwarven Dice from Wrath of the Lich King Human, Gnome and Dwarven humanoids.
          •  Worn Troll Dice from Wrath of the Lich King Troll and Vrykul humanoids.
          •  Loaded Gnomish Dice from Cataclysm humanoids.
      • Rogues also have access to Pick Lock, which used to be a profession, but now just scales with your level.

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    7.2.5 Changes

    • Damage of all abilities increased by 10%.
    • Agonizing Poison has been removed.
    • New talent added, replacing Agonizing Poison: Toxic Blade
    • Exsanguinate now causes your Bleed effects to bleed out 150% (was 100%) faster.
    • Exsanguinate now costs 25 Energy.
    • Fan of Knives damage increased by 40%.
    • Vendetta now affects Poison Bomb damage.
    • NEW  Soul of the Shadowblade Equip: Gain the Vigor talent.
    • NEW  The Empty Crown Equip: Kingsbane generates 40 Energy over 5 sec.

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