WoW Forever Rogue Assassination Build
Looking for the best WoW Forever Rogue build for PvE? This Assassination plan is a starting point for poison and mutilate. Compare its conditions and alternatives below; it is not a measured performance winner or a BiS gear list.
A pve planning route for Rogue Assassination, built around Venom, Mutilate, Cold Blood, Seal Fate using the November 3 reviewed snapshot.
Editorial planning guide, grounded in the supplied beta talent descriptions. The allocation and point order have been checked for legal ranks and prerequisites. Combat performance has not been simulated or game-tested.
When to use this plan
Read the core effects below for weapon, target, form and cooldown requirements. The exact current tooltips are shown at the selected ranks. Test the interaction in your intended activity before committing to a respec.
What you give up
This allocation commits to Assassination with support from Combat; it cannot also reach every other capstone. Compare alternative plans and equipment requirements for your activity.
Why these core choices?
Cold Blood
When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Eviscerate, or Mutilate by 100%.
Selected rank 1 of 1.Venom
Your Shank ability increases the damage of your Poisons by 30% and your chance to apply Poisons by 20% for 6 sec.
Selected rank 1 of 1.Seal Fate
Your critical strikes from abilities that add Combo Points have a 100% chance to add an additional Combo Point.
Selected rank 3 of 3.Mutilate
Instantly attacks with both weapons for 90% weapon damage plus an additional amount with each weapon (Blizzard raised it from 17 without giving the new number). Damage increased by 20% against Poisoned targets. Awards 2 Combo Points.
Selected rank 1 of 1.Complete allocation
All 18 selected talents are listed below. Expand any talent to see the exact supplied description at the rank used by this plan.
Assassination · 31 points
Malice 5 / 5
Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 5%.
Row 1. Read every rank →
Ruthlessness 3 / 3
Gives your finishing moves a 60% chance to add a Combo Point to your target.
Row 2. Read every rank →
Improved Slice and Dice 3 / 3
Increases the duration of your Slice and Dice ability by 45%.
Row 2. Read every rank →
Lethality 2 / 2
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 20%.
Row 3 · Requires maximum Malice. Read every rank →
Vile Poisons 5 / 5
Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by 20% and gives your poisons an additional 40% chance to resist dispel effects.
Row 4. Read every rank →
Cold Blood 1 / 1 Core choice
When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Eviscerate, or Mutilate by 100%.
Instant | 3 min cooldown
Row 4. Read every rank →
Relentless Strikes 5 / 5
Your finishing moves have a 20% chance per Combo Point to restore 25 Energy.
Row 5. Read every rank →
Venom 1 / 1 Core choice
Your Shank ability increases the damage of your Poisons by 30% and your chance to apply Poisons by 20% for 6 sec.
Row 5. Read every rank →
Seal Fate 3 / 3 Core choice
Your critical strikes from abilities that add Combo Points have a 100% chance to add an additional Combo Point.
Row 6. Read every rank →
Mutilate 1 / 1 Core choice
Instantly attacks with both weapons for 90% weapon damage plus an additional amount with each weapon (Blizzard raised it from 17 without giving the new number). Damage increased by 20% against Poisoned targets. Awards 2 Combo Points.
60 Energy | Melee range | Instant
Requires Daggers
Row 7. Read every rank →
Combat · 20 points
Coup de Grace 3 / 3
Increases the damage done by your Eviscerate ability by 20%, and the damage and storage rate of your Death Mark ability by 20%.
Row 1. Read every rank →
Efficient Strikes 2 / 2
Reduces the Energy cost of your Sinister Strike and Hemorrhage abilities by 5.
Row 1. Read every rank →
Puncturing Wounds 3 / 3
Increases the critical strike chance of your Backstab by 30% and your Mutilate by 15%, and gives Backstab a 45% chance to add an additional Combo Point.
Row 2. Read every rank →
Improved Sprint 1 / 2
Gives a 50% chance to remove all movement impairing effects when you activate your Sprint ability.
Row 2. Read every rank →
Three valid adjustments
Each option below is a separate one-point change to the original plan. It preserves the point budget, row gates and prerequisites. Choose an effect you need; the options are not a damage ranking and should not be applied together without rechecking.
Precision → Improved Sprint
Move one point: Precision 3 → 2; Improved Sprint 1 → 2.
Effect after this change
Precision: Improves your chance to hit by 2%.
Improved Sprint: Gives a 100% chance to remove all movement impairing effects when you activate your Sprint ability.
Improved Sprint → Endurance
Move one point: Improved Sprint 1 → 0; Endurance 0 → 1.
Effect after this change
Improved Sprint: No longer selected.
Endurance: Reduces the cooldown of your Sprint and Evasion abilities by 30%.
Improved Sprint → Riposte
Move one point: Improved Sprint 1 → 0; Riposte 0 → 1.
Effect after this change
Improved Sprint: No longer selected.
Riposte: A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 150% weapon damage and disarms the target for 6 sec.
Level-by-level point order
This route reaches the complete allocation without a respec. It follows this guide’s core choices and prerequisites, rather than claiming an optimal speed-leveling route. Talented changes the level when each point becomes available, not the 51-point limit.
First point at level 10; all 51 points at level 60.
Use a Talented rank your character has actually unlocked in the Legacy system. This control models its point timing, not the rest of your Legacy allocation.
Show all 51 steps
| Level | Add one point | New rank | Tree |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Malice | 1 / 5 | Assassination |
| 11 | Malice | 2 / 5 | Assassination |
| 12 | Malice | 3 / 5 | Assassination |
| 13 | Malice | 4 / 5 | Assassination |
| 14 | Malice | 5 / 5 | Assassination |
| 15 | Ruthlessness | 1 / 3 | Assassination |
| 16 | Ruthlessness | 2 / 3 | Assassination |
| 17 | Ruthlessness | 3 / 3 | Assassination |
| 18 | Improved Slice and Dice | 1 / 3 | Assassination |
| 19 | Improved Slice and Dice | 2 / 3 | Assassination |
| 20 | Improved Slice and Dice | 3 / 3 | Assassination |
| 21 | Lethality | 1 / 2 | Assassination |
| 22 | Lethality | 2 / 2 | Assassination |
| 23 | Vigor | 1 / 2 | Assassination |
| 24 | Vigor | 2 / 2 | Assassination |
| 25 | Cold Blood | 1 / 1 | Assassination |
| 26 | Vile Poisons | 1 / 5 | Assassination |
| 27 | Vile Poisons | 2 / 5 | Assassination |
| 28 | Vile Poisons | 3 / 5 | Assassination |
| 29 | Vile Poisons | 4 / 5 | Assassination |
| 30 | Venom | 1 / 1 | Assassination |
| 31 | Relentless Strikes | 1 / 5 | Assassination |
| 32 | Relentless Strikes | 2 / 5 | Assassination |
| 33 | Relentless Strikes | 3 / 5 | Assassination |
| 34 | Relentless Strikes | 4 / 5 | Assassination |
| 35 | Seal Fate | 1 / 3 | Assassination |
| 36 | Seal Fate | 2 / 3 | Assassination |
| 37 | Seal Fate | 3 / 3 | Assassination |
| 38 | Relentless Strikes | 5 / 5 | Assassination |
| 39 | Vile Poisons | 5 / 5 | Assassination |
| 40 | Mutilate | 1 / 1 | Assassination |
| 41 | Efficient Strikes | 1 / 2 | Combat |
| 42 | Efficient Strikes | 2 / 2 | Combat |
| 43 | Coup de Grace | 1 / 3 | Combat |
| 44 | Coup de Grace | 2 / 3 | Combat |
| 45 | Coup de Grace | 3 / 3 | Combat |
| 46 | Precision | 1 / 3 | Combat |
| 47 | Precision | 2 / 3 | Combat |
| 48 | Precision | 3 / 3 | Combat |
| 49 | Puncturing Wounds | 1 / 3 | Combat |
| 50 | Puncturing Wounds | 2 / 3 | Combat |
| 51 | Puncturing Wounds | 3 / 3 | Combat |
| 52 | Deflection | 1 / 3 | Combat |
| 53 | Deflection | 2 / 3 | Combat |
| 54 | Deflection | 3 / 3 | Combat |
| 55 | Lightning Reflexes | 1 / 5 | Combat |
| 56 | Lightning Reflexes | 2 / 5 | Combat |
| 57 | Lightning Reflexes | 3 / 5 | Combat |
| 58 | Lightning Reflexes | 4 / 5 | Combat |
| 59 | Lightning Reflexes | 5 / 5 | Combat |
| 60 | Improved Sprint | 1 / 2 | Combat |
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