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How to Play Assassination Rogue in the Shadowlands Pre-Patch
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Shadowlands is almost upon us, bringing with it Patch 9.0 and a large chunk of Class changes and updates. In this guide, we will take a look at the most significant changes for Assassination Rogue, detailing how you can expect to play the spec during the Shadowlands pre-patch.
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How to Play Assassination Rogue in Shadowlands Pre-Patch
Want to play a Rogue that assassinates targets using deadly dagger strikes that make them bleed, and injects poison into their wounds, preventing them from escaping their fate? Want to play a master of poisons who does not need to rely on strong or quick strikes, but who knows how to hurt and disable a target more efficiently. In that case, you may want to give Assassination a try!
Like any Rogue spec, Assassination uses
Energy
to attack targets. These attacks can usually be classified as either a
Builder
, that generates Combo Points, or a
Finisher
, that consumes these Combo Points for a more powerful strike.
Assassination Rogue is a more
bleed and poison-centric
spec that relies on doing a noticeable amount of damage over time. It is also the easiest Rogue spec to get into as a new player, since the mechanics are the easiest to understand and the pacing is slower than that of the other specs. Assassination is also always a good progression spec since the slower pacing can allow for more brain capacity to focus on bosses and the damage over time effects help to counteract downtimes when you have to move and cannot attack for a short time.
If you are new to the spec and want to get started quickly, you can check out the
Beginner's guide
as well as read about the rotation in more depth
here
.
How Different Does Assassination Rogue Feel in the Shadowlands Pre-Patch?
With the Shadowlands Pre-Patch, there are only a few changes to Assassination. Also, some changes and new abilities won't be available until you level to 60 and unlock Shadowlands systems. The changes we get for Level 50 in pre-patch ultimately do not affect gameplay too much. Really, the most impactful effect on Assassination will be the loss of Corruption (more on that later). The spec has had a solid core design with little reason to do a full revamp.
Here are the most notable changes to the basic Assassination toolkit.
has been removed. This means the spec loses a commonly picked short cooldown talent, taking some burst potential away. The effect of it will return in Shadowlands but won't be available in pre-patch at Level 50.
Even though there are some additions that will be covered in the next section, Assassination will generally play similarly and follow the same concept of gameplay. If you enjoyed the spec in Battle for Azeroth, you will also enjoy it in the pre-patch and later on in Shadowlands.
New Abilities for Assassination Rogue in Shadowlands Pre-Patch
We are gaining access to a couple of additions:
is now an additional baseline maintenance finisher for the spec. While it adds a new button to the spec, which was something anticipated by many, this ability is rather underwhelming as it offers little interaction with the spec's toolkit. It only increases the rate of auto-attacks and poison applications from them, so the overall gain is not big.
is the "new" talent from the other specs that sits in place of
. It is a rather boring and straightforward talent but also easily outshines the competition in the talent tier.
is now available as a stealth-requiring ability for Assassination and returns some historic flavor.
has been updated accordingly and now allows access to Ambush instead of being a separate attack. These changes make Blindside look like a very solid choice again.
returns as a utility ability that has an interaction with the active non-lethal poison. With only
available in pre-patch, this is effectively an on-demand slow. Shiv will become a DPS cooldown in Shadowlands but not during pre-patch.
How Do AoE Target Caps Affect Assassination Rogue in Shadowlands Pre-Patch
Assassination is affected in two cases by the addition of AoE ability caps in the Pre-Patch.
is capped to 8 targets.
is capped to 8 targets.
has never had particularly strong damage on its own so the change will not be too impactful here in terms of damage. The cap on
should be more noticeable in very big AoE pulls.
A side effect of the cap on
is that in order to apply
to as many targets as possible in heavy AoE, you will have to "wiggle" around a bit to randomize what 8 targets can be hit, hoping the target selection algorithm chooses new targets.
Ultimately, the caps are a balancing approach by Blizzard, and it remains to be seen (and depends on other specs and classes) how well it plays out. For now, I don't think you should worry about the caps too much since Assassination shines against fewer enemies. Multi-dotting can become more relevant in heavy AoE situations though.
All AoE Target Caps
How Do the GCD Changes Affect Assassination Rogue in Shadowlands Pre-Patch
has been removed from the global cooldown. This is a welcome change to make the global feel less wasted but does not really have a noticeable impact on the spec or how it plays.
How Strong is Assassination Rogue in Shadowlands Pre-Patch?
Assassination has had a good reputation for single target damage throughout Battle for Azeroth, with Subtlety being an undertuned competitor within the class that it had little difficulty outshining.
With the pre-patch, Sub will be more on par again and could even be ahead numerically, however, Assassination will still be very viable and able to rely on its strengths from damage over time effects and a more forgiving rotation. For now, I don't expect differences between Subtlety and Assassination on Single Target to justify not playing the spec you prefer.
Assassination's core does not look impressive for AoE. Azerite powers like
and
should somewhat help to remedy that during pre-patch. However, Outlaw was ahead before, and it will likely continue to stay that way.
What are the Big Gameplay Changes for Assassination Rogue?
As already summarized as part of how different the spec feels above, there are no really big changes to the way you will play the spec. Nevertheless, let me re-iterate what to pay attention to when you log in to play after pre-patch hits:
Make sure
is on your action bars. You will now have to maintain it alongside your bleeds. If you use any spec-specific addons or WeakAuras for tracking, make sure to update them.
Make sure you bind
, not just as an option from Stealth but also on your regular action bar so you can access it if you play with
.
How Does the Loss of Corruption Affect Assassination Rogues in the Shadowlands Pre-Patch?
For Assassination, this can be very noticeable since the end of Battle for Azeroth saw us stack a lot of Haste via Corruptions.
While it does not affect the gameplay and priorities at the core, it will make the spec much slower again. Where High-Haste Assassination Rogues were GCD capped in Ny'alotha, you will find yourself spending much more time pooling and waiting for energy again.
Best Talent Builds for Assassination Rogue in Pre-Patch
Talents do not change much except to account for
being gone.
Notes for variation:
Level 15
:
is a good alternative that you can sim for single target but Elaborate Planning is the best all-round talent.
Level 25
: It is certainly worth running a sim for this tier.
is the best all-rounder but
and
can both look strong for Single Target too, depending on gear, Azerite, and Essences.
Level 50
:
is the good sustained AoE option in this tier.
For more in-depth information on talents and the choices you can make, check out the
talent guide page
.
Best Rotation for Assassination Rogue in Pre-Patch
This is a typical Assassination Rogue DPS rotation, using the talents recommended above. More optimized rotations and notes on cooldown use can be found in the
Assassination Rogue Rotation Guide
.
Ensure your poisons (most importantly
) are active and not going to run out during the fight.
Be in
.
Open with
from stealth.
Apply
.
Use
.
Apply
.
Use your active Azerite Essence.
Use
.
Use your active Azerite Essence on cooldown, or use with and before
if the cooldowns line up well.
Use
together with benefits via
(empowered
). The cooldowns should synch up nicely.
Use
to apply empowered versions of
.
Use your
Potion
with
as well.
Maintain
against up to 5 targets.
Keep up
on all targets.
Let it fall off if it was snapshot
with
.
Keep up
with four or more combo points on all targets.
Use
at four or more combo points. Without
up, it is worth pooling energy before using it.
Use
at 4 or more targets.
Use
at 3 targets if any of them has no
ticking.
Use
at 2 targets to re-apply
to the second target.
Use
on your main target.
Best Stats for Assassination Rogue in Pre-Patch
It is usually the best idea to run comparative sims for items and gear sets to determine what to equip instead of relying on stat weights. That said, here is a rough ranking of the stats to look for in pre-patch.
Agility
Versatility
Critical Strike
Mastery
Haste
Versatility and Crit both seem to lead my pre-patch simulations while Mastery and Haste rank further behind them. This might be a bit surprising but, at least during pre-patch. Haste and faster gameplay will mostly come from powerful sources like
Azerite powers and
.
Additional info can always be found on
the stats guide
, including an explanation of what the stats do for the spec.
Best Azerite Traits for Assassination Rogue in Pre-Patch
As always, sims are recommended to evaluate your own gear, but here is a recommendation of solid Azerite power choices to make:
Good spec powers to stack up to 3 are
(generally) or
(better on single target). Choose one of these or make an items set for each.
Fill the remaining slots with solid generic powers like
,
,
, or
. You can also try other spec powers like
or
, if you don't have these strong generics.
For pure AoE, you can also stack
on an alternate item set.
On the inner ring, it's always good to look out for
.
Best Essences for Assassination Rogue in Pre-Patch
Essences are also a good thing to run a personal sim for. However, here is a recommendation that should give you very solid results.
Major Essence
Single Target:
AoE:
Minor Essences
(if you have rank 3) or
Minor essences are also fine this way for every content. The changes in scaling made Crucible of Flame minor extremely strong.
All Shadowlands Assassination Rogue Changes
For a detailed list of everything changing in Shadowlands for Assassination Rogue, check out our full Shadowlands Changes guide.
All Assassination Rogue Changes in Shadowlands
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评论
评论来自
NinjaFlibble
1. Agility
2. Versatility
3. Critical Strike
4. Mastery
5. Haste
Can we stop reversing the stat priority every expac, please, Blizz? /eyeroll
评论来自
pikey
Subterfuge and Ambush have not been considered in the opener above. You can get 3-4 Ambushes in; so, (tricks), Garotte, Ambush x 2-3 depending on latency, then you need to setup for the Vendetta and Vanish window by putting both the dots on and SnD, pool with your Azerite, and vanish, vendetta, Garotte, Ambush 2-3. I'm no expert but looking at my damage per second adding in Ambush, it's really high compared to what the sustained DPS is like. I suspect this is just that the OP never actually looked at the opener, theres a lot of ways you can do this now.
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