Cataclysm Assassination Rogue Builds

Assassination’s looking pretty good these days, at least from my point of view. Here are a pair of builds, one for PvE and one for PvP. Naturally some talents may change depending on your exact team, raid, preferences, etc.

For both builds…

• Daggers only
• Slow main, fast off-hand
• Instant poison in main, deadly in off, crippling is applied via deadly brew
• Wpn DPS > Agility > Mastery/Haste/Expertise > Crit

Level 85 Assassination Rogue DPS Build (31/2/8)

This build is aimed at maximum DPS, not max suvivability.

Assassination (31 Points)

• Coup de Grace – Rank 3/3
• Lethality – Rank 3/3
• Ruthlessness – Rank 3/3
• Quickening – Rank 2/2
• Puncturing Wounds – Rank 3/3
• Deadly Brew – Rank 1/2
• Cold Blood – Rank 1/1
• Vile Poisons – Rank 3/3
• Seal Fate – Rank 2/2
• Murderous Intent – Rank 2/2
• Overkill – Rank 1/1
• Master Poisoner – Rank 1/1
• Cut to the Chase – Rank 3/3
• Venomous Wounds – Rank 2/2
• Vendetta – Rank 1/1

Combat (2 Points)

• Precision – Rank 2/3

Subtlety (8 Points)

• Nightstalker – Rank 2/2 – In theory this will allow for more “attack from stealth” situations.
• Relentless Strikes – Rank 3/3
• Opportunity – Rank 3/3

Glyphs

• Prime – Glyph of Mutilate
• Prime – Glyph of Rupture
• Prime – Glyph of Backstab
• Major – Glyph of Tricks of the Trade
• Major – Glyph of Feint
• Major – Glyph of Sprint
• Minor – Glyph of Safe Fall

Level 85 Assassination Rogue PvP build (32/2/7)

Think of this build as a starting point and adjust to fit your game. For example, if Improved Expose Armor doesn’t work for you then change it.

Assassination (32 Points)

• Coup de Grace – Rank 3/3
• Lethality – Rank 3/3
• Ruthlessness – Rank 3/3
• Quickening – Rank 2/2
• Puncturing Wounds – Rank 3/3
• Deadly Brew – Rank 2/2
• Cold Blood – Rank 1/1
• Vile Poisons – Rank 3/3
• Seal Fate – Rank 2/2
• Overkill – Rank 1/1
• Master Poisoner – Rank 1/1
• Improved Expose Armor – Rank 2/2
• Cut to the Chase – Rank 3/3
• Venomous Wounds – Rank 2/2
• Vendetta – Rank 1/1

Combat (2 Points)

• 1. Improved Recuperate – Rank 2/2

Subtlety (7 Points)

• Nightstalker – Rank 2/2
• Relentless Strikes – Rank 3/3
• Opportunity – Rank 2/3

Glyphs

• Prime – Glyph of Mutilate
• Prime – Glyph of Rupture
• Prime – Glyph of Vendetta
• Major – Glyph of Blind
• Major – Glyph of Kick
• Major – Glyph of Garrote
• Minor – Glyph of Distract
• Minor – Glyph of Poisons
• Minor – Glyph of Safe Fall

More details here: Assassination Rogue Guide