Legion Rogue Overview 

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Introduction 
This overview was written by Stjern, Twisting Nether EU. 
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Table of content:   Changes: 

  Updates 31-03/2017  
Assassination Overview  Updated the guide for 7.2, as data is currently 
● Assassinations kit  limited, I’ve updated it to what we know this far. 
● Talents   However, things might change, so keep your eyes 
● Play-style  open! Will keep this box as a change log.  
● Enchants & gems & stat-weight &   
consumables 
● Legendaries and their impact  Updates 21-03/2017  
● Artifact   Took my guide back onto this platform due to 
● Artifact build path  conflicts on the old platform.  
  I’ll be updating it here only. 
Outlaw Overview   
● Outlaws kit   
● Talents   
● Play-style 
 
● Enchants & gems & stat-weight & 
consumables   
● Artifact    
● Artifact build path 
 
Subtlety Overview 
● Subtletys kit 
● Talents 
● Play-style 
● Enchants & gems & stat-weight & 
consumables 
● Artifact  
● Artifact build path 
 
Miscellaneous 
● SYOC - Sim your own character 
● Relic value sheet 
● Credits 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Assassination Rogue 
Assassination is a spec based around bleeding and poisoning your enemies. 
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Assassinations toolkit 
 
Vendetta 
Marks an enemy for death for 20 seconds, increasing the damage you deal with your abilities and 
auto attacks to your target by 30%. 
 
Seal Fate 
When you critically strike with a melee attack that generates combo points, you gain an additional 
combo point per critical strike. 
 
Venemous Wounds 
You gain 3 energy each time you deal bleed damage to a poisoned target. 
 
 
Mastery: Potent Poisons 
Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by X%. 
 
 
Fan of Knives  
Spray knives at all targets within 10 yards, dealing physical damage and applying your active 
poisons at their normal rate. [Awards 1 combo point, however each hit is affected by Seal Fate]. 
 
Envenom  
Finishing move, dealing instant nature damage and increasing your poison application chance by 
30%. Damage and duration is increased per combo point spent. 
 
Rupture 
Finishing move, dealing bleed damage over time. Damage and duration is increased per combo 
point spent. [Affected by: Hemorrhage, Nightstalker] 
 
Garrote 
Garrotes the enemy, causing Bleed damage over 18 seconds. Silences the target for 3 seconds when 
used from [Affected by: Hemorrhage, Nightstalker] 
 
Mutilate 
Main combo point builder. 
 

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Shadowstep 
Steps behind the target, granting you 70% increased movement speed for 2 seconds. 
 
 
 
Poisoned Knife 
Throwing a knife onto the target, dealing damage and applying active lethal and non-lethal 
poisons to the target. 
 
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Talents - Poison build 

Tier 15 talents 

 
With the changes in 7.1.5, talents choice became dependant on amount of enemies.   
Master Poisoner in every scenario possible. 
 
 
Tier 30 talents 

 
Nightstalker is the current best talent in this tier, as the first spell you cast after a Vanish does 50% more 
damage. This means that we can add an additional 50% damage to our Rupture in the opener and every 
other 2 min. If you have Mantle of the Master Assassin, then cast Vanish into Envenom. 
 
Tier 45 talents 

 
Vigor became better than Deeper Stratagem due to the nerfs that came in 7.1.5 to Deeper Stratagem, now it 
outvalues Deeper Stratagem DPS-wise. 
 
Tier 60 talents 

 
This is all about survival. Elusiveness or Cheat Death will be picked on 100% of the fights. 
 
Tier 75 talents 

 
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You will be using Thuggee as it resets the cooldown of Garrote, if the target which is affected by the ability 
dies. Internal Bleeding does have potential, but as we can't stun 95% of the things in raids, then Thuggee 
outshines. 
 
 
 
Tier 90 talents 

 
Agonizing Poison stacks up to by 5 times on your targets, increases damage taken from your abilities by x% for 
each stack. COUNTS AS LETHAL POISON. 
Tier 100 talents 

Venom Rush is the best choice here by far. 

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Play-style 
Single-target rotation 
Your main priority will to be keeping your Rupture up 100% of the time. If you end up having spare combo 
points, dump them into Envenom, however don’t spam it, as you want to aim for a high uptime on Surge of 
Toxins and Agonizing Poison as possible. Cast your Envenoms within the duration of Surge Of Toxins, to 
increase the damage of the Envenoms. If you can't continue to cast Envenom within Surge Of Toxins, then pool 
energy and go again. 
Use Kingsbane as often as possible. 
Use Vanish to apply Rupture as often as possible, when specced Nightstalker, unless you have Mantle of the 
Master Assassin, as then you cast Envenom. 
 
Multi-target rotation 
Keep Rupture and Agonizing Poison up on your secondary targets (The more Ruptures, the better), besides 
that, keep doing your single target rotation on your main target, whilst keeping the debuff up. 
For 1-2 targets you use Mutilate as combo-point generator. 
For 3+ targets, you use Fan of Knives as combo-point generator due to Seal Fate.  
 
Assassination opener 
Garrote -> Rupture -> Mutilate to 4-5 combo points -> Vanish -> Rupture -> Keep dots up (If Garrote comes off 
cd, pop it) -> Kingsbane -> Mutilate + Envenom for Envenom uptime [Only use finishers at 4+ Combo points] 
 
 
Noteable suggestion 
If you are out of range and/or your Agonizing Poison is about to run out, then Poisoned Knife is a very useful 
ability to cast, as it refreshes lethal poisons. There is only a 20% chance for Agonizing Poison to be applied for 
each strike, but Poisoned Knife has 100% chance. 

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Enchants & gems & stat-weight [Poison] 
Stat-weight 
Agility > Mastery > Versatility > Crit > Haste* 
* The stat prio will change a lot, depending on the amount of your secondary stats. You don’t want to get too 
much of stat A, as then stat B will outshine it. Sim your character to see upgrades! 
 
Enchants 
Neck enchant: Mark of the Hidden Satyr 
Ring enchant: Depends on your stat. Buy a: “Binding of x stat”. 
Cloak enchant: Binding of Agility 
 
Consumables 
Flask: Flask of the Seventh Demon 
Potion: Potion of the Old War 
Food: Stat food, choose whatever stat is highest valued for you. 
 
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Legendaries and their impact 
Zoldyck Family Training Shackles:   
These will change what potion you use in execute phase; as when the effect of these goes into play, then Potion 
of Prolonged Power will become better. 
 
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Artifact 
Assassination gets the artifact called: “The Kingslayers”. 
The artifact grants us the ability: Kingsbane. 
We can store 3 relics in our artifact, these being: Shadow, Iron & Blood. 
 
Our artifact tree looks like the following: 

 
 
What traits do we get and what do they do? 
[This section does not include simple damage increases to spells] 
 
Urge to kill 
Casting Vendetta gives you 60 energy and then an additional 60 energy two seconds later. 
 
 
Blood of the Assassinated 
Rupture has a chance to infect your target, increasing damage dealt by your Rupture by 100% for 
10 seconds. 
 
Bag of Tricks 
Envenom has a 2.5% chance pr. combo point, to smash a vial of poison beneath the target, 
creating a pool of acid that deals nature damage over 3 seconds to all enemies within it. 
 
Surge of Toxins 
Finishing moves increases poison damage you deal to the target by 10% for 5 seconds. 

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From the Shadows 
Casting Vendetta on your target unleashes a barrage of poisoned daggers at the target, dealing 
Nature damage over 20 seconds. 
 
Shadow Swiftness 
Casting Shadowstep gives you Evasion for 2 seconds. 
 
 
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Artifact build path 

This will show you the most optimal build path, how to get the most DPS out of your Artifact, the fastest. 

 
After 35 traits 

 
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Outlaw Rogue 
Outlaw, the old combat, is now a spec based around; Run Through & Roll the Bones and being a pirate. 
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Outlaw toolkit 
Blade Flurry 
While active, your melee attacks also hits all nearby enemies for 35% of the normal damage, 
however your energy regeneration is reduced by 20%. 
 
Roll the Bones 
Roll the Bones, providing one of six combat enhancement buffs. Duration is increased for each 
combo point spent. [Replaced by Slice and Dice, if you take the talent] 
 
Between the Eyes 
Finishing move that deals damage and stuns the target depending on the amount of combo points 
spent. [Outlaws version of Kidney Shot] 
 
Mastery: Main Gauche 
Your main-hand attacks have X% chance to trigger an attack with your off-hand that deals 210% 
physical damage. 
 
Run Through 
Main finisher, damage is increased for each combo point spent. 
 
 
Riposte  
Grants 100% parry chance for 10 seconds, each time you parry an attack you riposte it back to the 
target for 100% physical damage. This effect cannot occur more often than once per 1 second.  
[Outlaw’s version of Evasion] 
 
Combat Potency 
Your off-hand attacks have a chance to generate 15 energy. 
 
 
Saber Slash 
Main combo point builder, has 35% chance to strike an additional time, making your next Pistol 
Shot free. [Free Pistol Shot buff is called “Opportunity”] 
 
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Talents 
Tier 15 talents 

 
Ghostly Strike increases damage done to target by your abilities by 10% for 15 seconds. This is the strongest 
choice currently for ST, where as Swordmaster is stronger for AoE, if you constantly have to switch targets. If 
you have Greenskin’s Watterlogged Wristcuffs, then go Quick Draw.  
 
Tier 30 talents 

 
This is all mobility and is personal preference, however Grappling Hook works just like warriors Heroic Leap and 
is a powerful mobility ability.  
Tier 45 talents 

 
Deeper Stratagem empowers your finishers by 5% damage-wise. This is huge for Run Through, which is our 
main damaging ability. 
Tier 60 talents 

 
Elusiveness or Cheat Death is used on most fights, as they are a good way to cheese some mechanics. But Iron 
Stomach might see some use on consistent high damage fights, if you wish to help out your healers. This tier 
depends on what you need, to keep yourself alive.  
 
Tier 75 talents 

 
Mostly PvP talents, however Prey on the Weak will be used most times, as it increased damage on targets 
affected by our Cheap Shot by 10%. Dirty Tricks can be used as well for free Gouge, which grants 1 combo point. 
Tier 90 talents 

 
Alacrity gives us up to 20% haste, which is very powerful enough to outscale other two options, as their 
damage are below average. 
Tier 100 talents 

 
Marked for Death is currently the strongest pick here by farm in every possible scenario. 
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Play-style 
 
The Outlaw opener [With Marked for Death] 
Marked for Death at 10 seconds before pull -> Roll the Bones 1 second before pull* -> Ambush -> Ghostly Strike 
-> Adrenaline Rush -> Saber Slash -> Run Through -> Curse of the Dreadblades -> Saber Slash until 6 combo 
points* -> Run Through -> Saber Slash* -> Saber Slash to 6 combo points* -> Run Through, repeat.  
* = If you don’t get Shark Infested Waters, True Bearing or 2+ buffs, then reroll during Curse of the 
Dreadblades. 
** = If you have Opportunity procs, then spend them IF you’re energy starved, if not, then cast Saber Slash. 
 
Rotation 
Keep 100% uptime on Roll the Bones and fish for great buffs [See Roll the Bones fishing], using 5-6 combo 
pointsn. Use Adrenaline Rush off cooldown. Use Marked for Death/Death from Above as often as possible. Use 
Opportunity procs when beneath 6 combo points [Unless you have Curse of the Dreadblades active and are in 
danger of energy capping] Use spare combo points on Run Through.  
[Don’t use any combo point gainers for the 6’th combo point, if you have 5 combo points, as you lose out on 
too many potential combo points EXCEPT if your Ghostly Strike has less than 6 seconds remaining on it’s uptime 
OR you have Cheap Tricks because then you can cast Gouge. BOTH THESE EXCEPTIONS ARE INVALID IF YOU HAVE 
BROADSIDES] 
 
Roll the Bones fishing 
Always keep 3+ buffs. Always keep True Bearing. If AR or CotDB is coming up in <15 seconds keep shark. 
Otherwise, re-roll. 
 
What can I get from Roll the Bones? 
Shark Infested Waters -> 25% critical strike. 
Broadsides -> 1 extra combo point from each cast of a combo point generating spell. 
Grand Melee -> 50% attack speed and 25% leech. 
Jolly Roger -> 10% higher chance for Saber Slash to strike an additional time. 
Buried Treasure -> 25% energy regeneration.  
True Bearing -> Decreasing cooldown of your main abilities by 2 seconds for each combo point spent.  
 
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Enchants & gems & stat-weight 

Stat-weight 
Agility > Versatility > Crit > Mastery > Haste * 
* The stat prio will change a lot, depending on the amount of your secondary stats. You don’t want to get too 
much of stat A, as then stat B will outshine it. Sim your character to see upgrades! 
 
Enchants 
Neck enchant: Mark of the Hidden Satyr 

 
Ring enchant: Depends on your stat. Buy a: “Binding of x stat”. 
Cloak enchant: Binding of Agility
Consumables 
 
Flask: Flask of the Seventh Demon 
Potion: Potion of the Old War  
Food: Stat food, choose whatever stat is highest valued for you. 
 
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Artifact 
Outlaw gets the artifact called: “The Dreadblades”. 
The artifact grants us the ability: Curse of the Dreadblades. 
We can store 3 relics in our artifact, these being: Blood, Iron & Storm. 
 
Our artifact tree looks like the following: 

 
 
What traits do we get and what do they do? 
[This section does not include simple damage increases to spells] 
 
Greed 
Run Through has a chance to unleash a barrage of sweeping strikes against all nearby enemies, 
dealing physical to enemies and heals you for each target hit. 
 
Hidden Blade 
Successfully using Ambush guarantees your next Saber Slash to strike an additional time. 
 
 
Deception 
Activating Sprint causes Feint to activate for no Energy cost. 
 
 
Blurred Time 
During Adrenaline Rush, your abilities recover 15% faster. 

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Blunderbuss 
When Saber Slash strikes an additional time, there is a 33% chance that your next Pistol Shot will 
be replaced with Blunderbuss. 
 
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Artifact build path 

This will show you the most optimal build path, how to get the most DPS out of your Artifact, the fastest. 

 
 
After 35 traits 

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Subtlety Rogue 
Subtlety is based on abusing Shadow Dance and Stealth to deal great amounts of damage in short periods of 
times. 
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Subtletys toolkit 
 
Symbols of Death 
Increases all damage you deal by 20% for 35 seconds, after cast it causes your next Shadowstrike 
to critically strike.. 
 
Shadow Dance 
Allows the user to use all abilities and passives that requires the stance Stealth. This effect lasts for 
3 seconds and has 3 charges. 
 
Shadow Blades 
Empowers your weapons, causing auto attacks to deal Shadow damage and abilities that generates 
combo points to generate 1 additional combo point. Lasts for 15 seconds. 
 
Mastery: Executioner 
Increases the damage done by your finishing moves by x%. 
 
 
Shuriken Storm 
Spray shurikens at all targets within 10 yards, dealing physical damage. Damage of this ability is 
increased by 200% while Stealth or Shadow Dance is active [Awards 1 combo point for each target 
hit] 
 
Shadowstrike  
Strike through the shadows, appearing behind your target and dealing physical damage. This 
ability teleports you to your target's location. 
 
Nightblade 
Finishing move, dealing bleed damage over time and slows the target for 50% during its duration. 
Damage and duration is increased per combo point spent. 
 
Backstab 
Main combo point builder. 
 
 
Eviscerate 
Finishing movie, deals physical damage. Damage is increased per combo point spent. 
 
 
 
 

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Shadow Techniques 
Your auto attacks has a chance to generate a combo point. 
 
 
Shadowstep 
Steps behind the target, granting you 70% increased movement speed for 2 seconds. 
 
 
Deepening Shadows 
Your finishing moves reduces the remaining cooldown on Shadow Dance by 3 seconds per combo 
point spent.. 
 
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Talents 
 
Tier 15 talents 

 
Master of Subtlety is by far the strongest option here, as the other two have either been nerfed/hotfixed to a 
quite weak state. 
 
Tier 30 talents 

 
Subterfuge is the most powerful choice here, as it grants you longer time in Stealth. Subterfuge acts like 
Stealth and Shadow Dance and therefore grants you access to the spells and passives granted by this stance of 
Stealth and Shadow Dance. 
 
Tier 45 talents 

 
Deeper Stratagem outshines its two opponents yet again as it can make your executioners do 5% more 
damage, however leaves 0 room for mistakes. If you are new at sub, I recommend you playing with 
Anticipation as it is more forgiving. [Mastery: Executioner and Deeper Stratagem has great synergy] 
 
Tier 60 talents 

 
This is all about survival. Elusiveness or Cheat Death will be picked on 100% of the fights. 
 
 
 
 
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Tier 75 talents 

 
Mostly PvP talents, however Prey on the Weak will be used most times, as it increased damage on targets 
affected by our Cheap Shot by 10%. 
Tier 90 talents 

Premeditation gives you 1 extra combo point from casting Cheap Shot and Shadowstrike. 
 
Tier 100 talents 

Master of Subtlety gives you 25 energy each time you enter Stealth or Shadow Dance. [Interacts with Vanish] 
Death from Above outperforms Master of Subtlety at 3+ targets. 
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Play-style 
The Subtlety opener 
Subtlety opener changes from pull to pull, due to Shadow Techniques, which gives you a chance to gain 1 extra 
combo point from auto attacks, but here is a baseline. 
Use Symbols of Death pre-pull at 11 seconds -> Symbols of Death at 1 second [Pandemic effect] -> Shadow 
Blades -> Shadowstrike to 5- 6 combo points -> Nightblade -> Goremaw’s Bite -> Shadow Dance -> 
Shadowstrike to 5-6 combo points -> Eviscerate -> Repeat. 
 
Rotation 
Maintain Symbols of Death uptime -> Maintain Nightblade debuff -> Use Shadow Blades off cooldown -> Use 
Goremaw’s Bite to achieve max combo point usage -> *Use Shadow Dance before capping with three charges 
(or when burst is needed) -> Backstab as main filler -> Eviscerate with 5-6 combo points. [Don’t Shadowstrike 
for the 6’th combo point, if you have 5 combo points, as you lose out on too many potential combo points] 
* Remember to pool energy before burst periods [Remember that you get 25 energy from casting Shadow 
Dance, due to Master of Shadows] 
 
 
Noteable changes from old Subtlety 
Shuriken Storm does 200% increased damage whilst Stealthed. This means that it’s worth to cast this in 
Stealth/Subterfuge/Shadow Dance, IF casted when there is two or more targets! 
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Enchants & gems & stat-weight 

Stat-weight 
Agility > Mastery > Versatility > Crit > Haste* 
* The stat prio will change a lot, depending on the amount of your secondary stats. You don’t want to get too 
much of stat A, as then stat B will outshine it. Sim your character to see upgrades! 
 
Enchants 
Neck enchant: Mark of the Hidden Satyr 
Ring enchant: Depends on your stat. Buy a: “Binding of x stat”. 
Cloak enchant: Binding of Agility 
 
Consumables 
 
Flask: Flask of the Seventh Demon 
Potion: Potion of the Old War 
Food: Stat food, choose whatever stat is highest valued for you. 
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Artifact 
Subtlety gets the artifact called: “Fangs of the Devourer”. 
The artifact grants us the ability: Goremaw’s Bite. 
We can store 3 relics in our artifact, these being: Fel, Fel & Shadow. 
 
Our artifact tree looks like the following: 

 
 
What traits do we get and what do they do? 
[This section does not include simple damage increases to spells] 
 
Embrace of Darkness 
When you enter Stealth, you gain a shield which absorbs damage equal to your attack power. 
 
 
Flickering Shadows 
Activating Sprint and then taking no damage and dealing no damage for three seconds, will 
activate Vanish without triggering its cooldown. 
 
Finality 
After using Nightblade or Eviscerate, your next use of that finishing move is empowered. 
 
   

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Catlike Reflexes 
Increases dodge chance by 15% and makes you immune to falling damage. 
 
 
Second Shuriken 
Shuriken Storm has a chance per target hit to deal additional physical damage to that targets. 
 
 
Shadow Nova 
When you exit Stealth, you explode, dealing shadow damage to all nearby enemies. 
 
 
Akaari’s Soul 
After you use Cheap Shot or Shadowstrike, Akaari’s Soul appears 4 seconds later and Soul Rips 
the target, dealing shadow damage. 
 
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Artifact build path 

This will show you the most optimal build path, how to get the most DPS out of your Artifact, the fastest. 

 
After 35 traits 

 
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SYOC - Sim your own character 

Multiple people have asked for this; so Skasch@Ravenholdt did us all a favour and made this document that 
can help you simming your character: Click here to see the SYOC document. 
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Relic value sheet 

Here’s a sheet for Relic change, done by Celinamuna / gray_hound. 
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Thanks to the following people 

This entire guide was not possible if it wasn’t for the following people, for their magical sims. 
- Skasch @ Ravenholdt [Rogue Discord] 
https://simc.skasch.com/  
 
- gray_hound @ Ravenholdt [Rogue Discord] 
https://www.twitch.tv/gray_hound  
https://twitter.com/Bit_Hound  
 
- Aethys @ Ravenholdt [Rogue Discord] 
http://simc.aethys.eu/  
 
- Nerdbird @ Ravenholdt [Rogue Discord] 
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