Assassination Rogue (PVE)

Gear & Stats

Assassination gearing follows the same core stat goals as Combat, but your weapon rules are stricter: Mutilate requires daggers in BOTH the main-hand and off-hand. If you aren’t using two daggers, you aren’t playing Mutilate.

Assassination Pre-Raid BiS

Stat Priority

Expertise → Hit → Agility → Haste → Crit → Armor Penetration Hit remains extremely valuable because it improves your white swing consistency and supports energy generation and poison uptime. Expertise is harder to find and cannot be gemmed, making it one of the most sought-after stats when it appears on gear.

Hit & Expertise Notes

In most 25-man raid comps, you can plan around higher hit targets for dual-wield white swings. Expertise is rarer than hit, but very powerful—each point reduces dodges/parries and increases overall landed attacks, which improves damage and poison application consistency.

Weapon Requirements (Mutilate)

Mutilate requires a dagger in BOTH your main-hand and off-hand. • Main-hand: prioritize higher top-end damage (slower daggers are usually preferred). • Off-hand: prioritize faster speed to apply poisons more often and smooth damage. If you want to use swords, it is recommended to play Combat instead.