#assassination
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!best
All Specs are good and have niches and strengths that they play to. All three specs are looking viable with Assassination/Subtlety being preferred in raids. Mythic+ meta has not solidified yet but Assassination looked promising during beta.
Be aware that Simulations are a tool to be used to compare things like talents/gear/rotations, they are not the definite answer to what is meta or not meta. While outlaw is ahead in sims right now, especially dungeonslice, you have to take a step back and realize these are synthetic/generic situations that we use as a baseline. Dungeonslice has always been a great showing for outlaw simply due to the fight style matching well with the spec. This is not unusual or unheard of.
You can view logs of the raid when it comes out Here, or view the mythic+ run leaderboard Here.
Yes 
yes 
Might be a dumb question
But what takes prio
Putting up Rupture or putting up DS mark
Do we want to start using bountiful keys at T8 and higher?
!wax
Bubbling Wax is roughly on par with whetstones and are free. Some caveats:
- Right now having wax applied to your offhand does nothing. Make sure you apply wax first, then apply your whetstone
- The quickest way to farm for wax is pickpocketing the kobolds in front of darkflame cleft
- If you have no idea what any of this is, you need to start the questline with "Brax's Brass Knuckles", then walk into the inn and talk to the vent to start "Go Take Candle". Once you complete the short questline, you can pickpocket wax from the kobolds
AoE or ST?
ST
This should never come up fwiw
Nah it’s definitely still dn.
The rupture stacks matter. But - the finisher damage still is significant
Not 100% though not tryna ego check you royal 
any rogue stream to watch?
In aoe ruptures are more
When
Idk
definetly imexile but he keeps playing sub for now
Just sounds better
I meant when did you think I asked you 
You only tea at the start of kingsbane now? Or if we play master assasin we still tea at the end of it
Oh miscomm mbmb
Hey, If I have too much of mastery for the moment, which full mono spec do your recommand ? Deathstalker or fatebound ? Death stalker with vicious venom ? Or improvied garrote ?
!fuu
Rogue Spreadsheet - Light Version / Dark Version
Certain strange situations
Yes + for energy but always have a tea up for kb
Pandemic exists. So you should never really be OUT of rupture and do the dn thing.
If there’s problem ahead I’d think you can pool effectively
Is there a macro that casts ambush if possible, otherwise mutilate?
Is there any recommended or minimum haste?
!stats
There are no "recommended stat levels" or "breakpoint of X stat" or "required" amount of any stats. This is an outdated way to think about stats and simply is not relevant to the spec. If you're looking for a quick recommendation: Agi >> Crit = Mastery >= Haste > VersatilityIt's always more accurate to simulate your own character, as stat procs from trinkets/enchants can often de-value their stat relative to others. Stats are not a rigid construct, their values change constantly in relation to each other depending on your character.
- Fatebound will generally want more crit than Deathstalker due to Deal Fate
- Deathstalker prefers more Mastery/Haste due to Darkest Night guaranteeing a crit
- Always Always ALWAYS sim yourself through Top Gear and Droptimizer for accurate results
the game already does this?
can we only craft 1 epic right now ? im dumb and confused
Not in stealth. It does for blind side procs
What time is the server up in CEST eu time 05 or 06?
so keep ER and run 2 lethalities?
yes
I havent checked shit on anything ST lol
which 590 do i craft with my last enchanted weathered what do u guys suggest ?
Ty boiz
But that’s a very simple “stealth bar ambush instead of mut”
Gl mister dieslow
Wtf u havent crafted rings and neck? Its free socket slots
boots
Yes
where do we get our spark this week from?
neck you can get a 584 from a quest
crit mastery i suppose stat?
if he has the renown
its whatever
assa can really go any stats
i am close to that renown yes
just whatever you're low in
Going vers haste to feel something 
you joke but i have a hast vers piece
same
Its not doing it for me
Crafting haste vers would be wild
elvui?
Why
Nope, normal
blindside talented?
no
😐
Just change Mut and ambush on stealth bar
trash
no one look at my stats being 6k crit, 5k haste, 5k vers, 10k mast though
Wait i should be able to cast ambush in subterfuge right?
yes which we dont use
we do not use subterfuge
ever
ah
it feels so rough doing less damage than at the end of DF, wish it didn't be like this
You should be doing more breh
so opener is ambush?
true gamer mentality
seriously?
Yeah man lol
maybe it's cause I'm comparing buffless dummy to boss fights in DF but it definitely feels lower
What was st at the end of df
I was not bursting close to 2m towards the end of DF
Ik my pisslow toon is like 760k dps
Same
I’m doing like 6x more damage than when I left 
And my gear is ass
💪

Your sim is low
maybe I'm remembering myself as better than I was
but felt like 700/800k+ was pretty obtainable
Hoping for 4p tonight
How am I 5 ilvl behind and doing more
Why is your sim so low
and on the dummy I'm doing 550/600k

Is it?
Check it maybe im fucking up
talents
this is like me
resounding clarity
and spec tree is also fucked if i udnerstand correctly
!craft
You can freely use weathered crests to craft any 590's you'd like. Preferences currently are wrist/belt/rings.
The current "best" embellishment is Ascension on a dagger with a nerubian patch on wrist. This is very overtuned compared to other embellishments and nerfs/buffs are expected.
The current "safe" embellishment to craft is dawnthread on wrist/belt, as this will most likely be generically good.
Blizzard has been tuning embellishments near daily since the expansion has come out. Because of this, IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED TO CHASE BIS EMBELLISHMENTS OR USE SPARKS CURRENTLY
Towards the start of raid release recommendations will update everywhere.
is this trinket bad? I mean, I checked wowhead guide and the only downside to it was the low ilvl, but I got a high ilvl one from World Quests
Does it sim higher than your other ones?
i have way to much anxiety about crafting gear =/
and correct talents
Wait no imp garrote? 😮
yeah I think it's the burst that gets me
btw, Wax is really close to Sharpening stone in ST
but how's that in aoe?
I've been living under a rock, when did this happen?
Resimming now
!wax
Bubbling Wax is roughly on par with whetstones and are free. Some caveats:
- Right now having wax applied to your offhand does nothing. Make sure you apply wax first, then apply your whetstone
- The quickest way to farm for wax is pickpocketing the kobolds in front of darkflame cleft
- If you have no idea what any of this is, you need to start the questline with "Brax's Brass Knuckles", then walk into the inn and talk to the vent to start "Go Take Candle". Once you complete the short questline, you can pickpocket wax from the kobolds
like I was bursting way over 1m on open in DF and now am lucky to hit 800k
doesn't say anything about AOE
simming 765k fully buffed 😭
Today
just like me
Whats the actual gain?
oh ok I'm not as behind as I thought
maybe I just remember big KB spikes from DF but it definitely feels like I'm doing less, but rose tinted glasses and all that
does reprimand work with deathmark
Do I need to always be in stealth to apply a Deathstalker Mark?
- Only the initial application. Darkest Night reapplies and will be the majority of your applications
Echoing Reprimand.... - Yes, Echoing Reprimand doesn't interact with the Mark / Darkest Night, this is one of the biggest bugs still plaguing Deathstalker as a whole
- Until it is fixed, you would want to run 2/2 Lethality and still put 1 point into Echoing Reprimand
But the 3rd cp or something? - Correct, there has been a newly found... bug? interaction? With the Mark and Echoing Reprimand. It requires you to have your 3rd combo point be animacharged, the Mark be applied from Darkest Night, and then consuming the animacharge with Envenom. Should all those conditions be met, it will consume a stack of the Mark as intended.
Does Blizzard know? - There is no way they don't know. This has been mass reported, screamed from the rooftops, highlighted in every wowhead article, youtube video, forum post and stream since Deathstalker was revealed in alpha. The only thing we can do is keep reporting the bug through the in-game report, making noise on forums, and waiting.
is it not supposed to?
Nerd
I got hero track belt from delves, can i craft my 2nd embellishment on my cloak bc its the lowest ilvl?
Am I still missing anything? Brain is fried right now @spice spire @normal mist
The gain is what? 0.3~0.5%?
if you dont get the cantrip cloak
Bro I’m on mobile I ain’t checking that
Scrub
!fuu
Gotta look at the long term big dog
Rogue Spreadsheet - Light Version / Dark Version
thank god for bone spike
yall doing deathstalker or fatevound for raid?
i did put pi on my sim
~because im getting it
Ah ok I am too but don’t usually sim with PI
I'm honestly not not if i should run fatebound or deathstalker at this point to be fair D:
let me then resim without it
So I’ll assume are sims are closer now then
guys, I keep doing damage while on stealth and that makes me go out of stealth
is it a bug?
controversial opinion - whatever you enjoy more
that reminds me, who gets PI priority? should i be cuddling up to one of my priests?
not us any more afaik
Sham and possibly dk
which I'm kind of pleased about
I already did
map
And i'm usually my guilds top DPS
No i know its a controversial opinion, but like.. fatebound is just way easier to play. If i look at fuu's sims it seams to be slightly ahead of DS as well.
being optimal PI target sucked - you either didn't get it and it felt shitty or you did and it was neutral
glad it's someone else's problem now
we have like 3 priests in my raid comp tho
DS is slightly ahead but harder to play optimally
Is it? Just looking at fuu's sims fatebound is ahead unless they are old sims.
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/aMo68aHCeX5UZ7mGxgJdq5 @normal mist thats with PI
!hero
Both Hero Talents are viable in all content, and are within 2-5% of each other.
Fatebound: Instant damage, is easy to play, can remove some buttons from the rotation, little to no added gameplay
Deathstalker: Introduces gameplay, Singular focus adds big priority damage, suffers from bugs and marks being hard to juggle in easy content like heroic/m0 dungeons
hmm I was pretty sure DS was slightly ahead but I am a smooth brained simpleton so
Where’d you get that
rank 16 with council of dorn
Honestly i'm just going to give fatebound a try in HC. I have to cry less about landing on 6CPs and wasting a mutialte on there.
Damn
There’s no reason to vanish in opener if you’re playing that new build with no improved garrote or shrouded right?
Nerd
Im only like rank 9
@white orchid What new build
Yea that one
Why sim with PI?
you vanish > ambush after you proc Darkest Night
Drops imp garrote for imp poisons
what if he gets pi
I get it
!rotation
what we crafting
how do we get our 4th fragment? is it just a chance drop?
I've decided all my future sims will be with PI
@spice spire is that st?
Yes
!guides
Assassination Guides:
Wowhead: https://www.wowhead.com/assassination-rogue-guide
IV: https://www.icy-veins.com/wow/assassination-rogue-pve-dps-guide
Method: https://www.method.gg/guides/assassination-rogue
No point if you’re not getting it tho
ty
I don't get it. We drop improved garrote, but take Arterial precision over tiny toxic blade in pure ST?
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/sD872KiBVcYDmWiDwWwUQt
WIth PI though ive never seen a rogue ever get PI before
but but bigger numbers make me feel warm and fuzzy inside
It was all the rage in df
What should you use vanish for if you don't play imp garrot ?
ignore that Vanish says about imp gar and also you want to refresh garotte during pandemic in there also
Defensive, reapply marks
Works is your oyster
to use ambush to set up a gigaenvenom when you have darkest night active
during KB
bigger numbers better
it's hte same during or not ?
technically during DM KB as Vanish is 2min cd
It's more during shiv than during KB
If i play fatebound, can i just ignore it entirely? xD Dsm so buggy
So I do first mark and use it all then vanish and reapply with ambush to then overwrite it with the darkest night envenom?
if you play fatebound I believe you still do the imp garotte play
You can and I won’t be mad. Just disappointed

yes but you don't overwrite, you have darkest night active plus the DsM, so your next envenom procs both
the ambush does
but you'll go down to 2 stacks of DsM with the envenom
It doesn't put new mark if you have mark active already
Ah
It used to but now doesn't
That’s not so cool then sadge
You get to next capstone faster
Guys when I target an enemy while on stealth (with tab), the stealth breaks, is this a bug? I lose duels just because of that...
So wait we’re not clearing the witnesses anymore?
nah bun that ting brev
Ok
same lol
I haven't seen any maps yet fwiw
i am like 90% sure the maps can only drop from bountiful delves
I shoulda kept up better this week lol now I’m overwhelmed and feel behind
I heard wave 19 bugs out but wave 20 it just insta dies
plus probably if you don't loot them they reappaer and doesn't count in the 3 per week
i knew delves were gonna have some meta shit to them. glad i did world content instead of directly diving in head first
but yeah i can attest to this, one of my friends got hero track pants
Where did you get this from?
what embellishments we crafting guys?
reddit, where all information is reliable all of the time
just dont loot anything till u get to 8
guess im not leveling on delves on my rogue then
Now that we have some infos, are we crafting crit embelish?
idk if this is knows but this graph is wrong whitout Improved Garrot and shrouded suffocation (which is the best build atm).
Your rupture will be 4 cp (instead of 5 because no shrouded suffocation) and won't trigger a charge, so you will be off by one DS charge, you might want to do a FoK or mutilate before rupture
Whispyr is streaming so you can go bother him with questions 😛
mut before the rup
doesn't this also apply to the first envenom with ER bug?
no FoK to use Clear the witness ?
not with VV
what is VV ?
vicious venoms
ok
yeah sometimes if you land on a 4cp anima charge from your opening ER you're one proc behind on DsM but I find it doesn't really change anything
you just vanish > ambush a bit later
Hello everyone, sorry to bother, is this one decent?
@normal mist are you proud of me dad?
Nerd
Are you guys spark crafting a dagger or bracers?
if i got this in a delve is it still worth replacing this with the crafted rune braided armbands even tho itd be a lower ilvl for the embellishment?
yo anyone know why i'm getting destealthed by the training dummies in dornogal? I drop combat to stealth and then they just unstealth me somehow?
ilvl.
so do we make dagger and armguards this week? with darkmoon sigil on weapon?
!hero
Both Hero Talents are viable in all content, and are within 2-5% of each other.
Fatebound: Instant damage, is easy to play, can remove some buttons from the rotation, little to no added gameplay
Deathstalker: Introduces gameplay, Singular focus adds big priority damage, suffers from bugs and marks being hard to juggle in easy content like heroic/m0 dungeons
I don't see darkmoon sigil not getting nerfed after everyoen craft it
it's bis on every class
Bro the day isnt even over, KEEP PUSHING
you might have a bone spike left in them
what is darkmoon sigil?
LETS GO
is that enchant or no
Or sim.
darkmoon sigil is inscrip
yeah it lasts indefinitely but drops based on range, you need to mount up and do a lil lap around Dornogal (going past the forge to the arch opposite and back) and it drops
you turn a darkmoon deck into an embelish
spike destealths you does it? am I being dumb
it does damage
I think so???
So we vanish > ambush in ST now? Dropping imp garrote and shrouded to pick up what?
they've still got spikes on them right now and I'm in stealth without it breaking 😦
relogging works
for me it was when bone spike was applying fatal intent into them
every application of fatal intent got me out of stealth
yeah that sounds right to what was happening
so which sigil do we want? symmbiosis i asume?
damn dawg m0 is still looking like an absolute joke
somewhat realistic dungeon content has to wait another week i guess
chances are u wont get any maps during leveling to T8 delves
You almost certainly won’t get any maps
so just send it
I’m still not convinced they can even drop outside of bountiful delves
!wa
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If you only have 1 toon just dont loot the chests at the end when leveling your delv to T8
#showtooltip Tricks of the Trade
/click SmartMisdirect LeftButton 1
that still work for tricks macro?
!tricks
Smart tricks WA on tank, this require the following macro:
/click SmartMisdirect LeftButton 1
/click SmartMisdirect LeftButton 0
!craft
You can freely use weathered crests to craft any 590's you'd like. Preferences currently are wrist/belt/rings.
The current "best" embellishment is Ascension on a dagger with a nerubian patch on wrist. This is very overtuned compared to other embellishments and nerfs/buffs are expected.
The current "safe" embellishment to craft is dawnthread on wrist/belt, as this will most likely be generically good.
Blizzard has been tuning embellishments near daily since the expansion has come out. Because of this, IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED TO CHASE BIS EMBELLISHMENTS OR USE SPARKS CURRENTLY
Towards the start of raid release recommendations will update everywhere.
During deathmark the double applied 10 stacks of amplifying poison gives a lot of bonus damage to the darkest night envenom, should I ever wait for the 10 stacks or I dont care?
i blacklisted all everything beside garrote/rupture/caustic spatter, is there a reason to track poisons ? wont change our rotation anyway no ?
But it seems like a lot of damage. Does it come back somehow?
whats rotation with current build with no improved garrote and envenome gives slice n dice
is the raid good for assa?
If it was really important, there would be a note for that in the guides
it isn't a big deal
The raid is good for everyone
yes
5+ finishers besides when you have DN, where you'll only force the 7CP to proc it
Its normal/heroic
its supposed to be fine for every spec
Yeah MM might be a bit different
Probably, we'll need to wait a week to actually see whats up
Outlaw in MM, and it's difficult for me to say that because it's my pref spec
Rip
MM - mythic mode
will be less efficience than Sin
I think sub ends up being the prog spec
hmmm
we have some cleave
heuhuehue
Hehe
in sin
I’m running sin this week and swapping to sub for Sunday raid prob
Just to get some reps in
Bro i really want our rogue brothers and sisters to just enjoy the game and understand this isn't a race but a marathon
Been doing this too long bro 😂 ima play whatever’s meta
Hell ya our fearless leader is playing fb live right meow 🙂
Hoping with the anniversary changes I can play some OL in raid tbh
All 3 specs piss easy
he was just playing DS
Oo ty helpful
How’s the delve loot treating the boys
DS is such a bitch to play around
!wa
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Saw a guy get 4 necks so at least I’m doing better than him
And now with this newly acquired info it sucks that we gotta move shit around to account for the shenanigans
Waaah
Newly acquired for me that is
xD
i switched specs the whole day because i like all specs the same xd
anyone tried this WA ? it doesnt seem to work for me
most people here
Darkest night proc > charged combo point?
ah sry wrong WA
i meant this one
Whispyrs has that baked in
where can i find his WA?
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SIKE DATS THE WRONG NUMBER

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With shitty early game stats (7% haste) I feel like I'm constantly energy starved, trying to clip Envenom and reapplying DeathMark when I have to. Anyone else feeling this or me just bad? Should I like, just try to clip as many Envenom as I can then just pool until full and try again?
Dont mean to disturb the Xalacath discussion xd 
!design
Running out of energy in single target is completely normal, intended design of Assassination. You want to be playing for the highest uptime on Envenom, and not blindly spamming away all your energy. Rapid Injection, Sanguine Blades, and Vicious Venoms all play into this gameplay.
- No, haste will not make this feel noticeably better.
- 10% haste only contributes to around 2 actions per minute
- You should be playing for envenom uptime in single target
Ahhh
But how important is clipping Envenom buff?
So I clip until starving, then pool until full-ish?
stay above 50% energy
!pooling
Read About Pooling
TLDR:Maintain max uptime on envenom
- For Fatebound, sanguine blades is typically much better than Deathstalker. For this reason, if you can't maintain Envenom uptime anymore, you should build combo points, then reset your energy back to around 70% before maintaining again.
- For Deathstalker, try to stay under 50% as much as possible while maxing out Envenom uptime. Single target builds play vicious venoms instead of sanguine blades as well.
The reason we do this is to maximize uptimes and use energy more efficiently for Deathstalker marks/cooldowns. Staying under 50% leads to more envenom casts, which is more Darkest Night Procs. For Fatebound, heads flips contribute damage regardless of if you're flipping or not, so this pressure to keep spending is lessened.
@royal lantern Sanguine Blades?
But how do I maximise uptime?
fatebound=pool until ~70% and them chain envenoms until you cant and rpeat
deathstalker=spam abilitys until you are under 50% energy and the chain envenoms
anyone know how much crit difference the 2 star dawnthread lining embellishment gives vs the 3star more expensive one?
envenom->build cp->wait with envenom until the envenom buff is at ~1second
is it worth going for 3 star if im only at like 80k gold
we dont Play around that, we never did
Literally no difference
like actaully 0?
so i could get the one star one?
If your crafter can achieve the same rank with r1 as a r3 yes
oh ok
why do we wanna spam envenom belov 50%?
so i need to find my belt crafter first
I get the Fatebound one. I dont get what you said for Deathstalker.
584 arathor insignia simming 1.2% higher than this freaky fucker
what an ugly trinket
sprinting for dps 
Move speed tho
@spice surge can you so me a favor and explain it, ita 1am and i wanna sleep
Op

i wonder if it checks movespeed like the stat or
your actual current moving speed
can i sprint and stand still and gain dps

I know this one. So, do I envenom clip until I starve out, then pool until 70% energy, repeat? Just like you said for Fatebound?
Do we want to make sure that we DON’T apply caustic spatter to the same target we are envenoming or does it not matter?
wot
spatter spreads envenom
why wouldnt you want envenom to spatter
you probably gotta read spatter again
@royal lantern Pls expleen this more I want to understand 
!tricks
Smart tricks WA on tank, this require the following macro:
/click SmartMisdirect LeftButton 1
/click SmartMisdirect LeftButton 0
Am on board on this one
Sanguine blades makes your abilities cost more energy
Ah, I'm not running that. Is that recommended?
Icy veins raid one doesnt have it
Then it goes through basic pooling options
You chain until you can’t anymore
Chill for a bit until 70% energy
Without sanguine just chain yeah
It makes your bleeds eat more energy to do more damage but they don’t cost more
Okay! Thaank. So if you go Sanguine Blades, you just make sure to apply bleeds 50> energy, then chain? Or?
Just to clarify
Yeah fair

I haven’t been playing sin recently so I’m a bit rusty
Tbh if I can skip that talent all together I would be a happier rogue lmao
deathstalker skips sanguine in raid
Pheeew
You can if you play deathstalker
Yeah, energy is not a problem in AoE lmao
The hero tree is an easy spotter
And imp garrote is taken in fatebound but not death stalker
In the end
it doesnt even matter
Fuck
I recommend playing both hero talents and figuring which one you like both are more than fine to play
I was late
Ok
I hate you royal
Coinmancer banned
AHAHAH
@spice spire what happened to my snd icon
I’m old I can’t type fast on mobile
It got yoinked

Mf I’m the ancient of this channel
Btw thanks all who replied to me ❤️ Helped immensely


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"I'm not staff dont ask me" lmao
I unretired

^ not in my heart
Kinda my goat of lines rn
About to show quake my staff fr
I don’t have to do shit
green name = not playing
no green name = playing again
Quake just wanted vacations
Let’s calm down Kyle. Let’s get a few monsters in you first
Quake getting paid in gamer gummies
And I’m not talking the energy drink

y'all running M+ build or ST for delves?
several months of therapy for unrelated to gaming things, same diff tho
idk man i can't think
Vacation helped fuel immensely
AoE build
I know bro i know
You need more cat pics
I think I’m plugging into raidbots.com and checking values
Afenar WeakAura don't track Fan buff from Hero talent ?
No I’m fr good now
fr fr?
I don’t think afenar has been updated as it?
Afenar gone
I mean mostly. Lot of change in 23 lead to a lot of fixing needed. But I think it’s lead to healthier decisions
oh :/ there is a update for Marks
wait what o.O??
Thats a start! All small steps are still steps
Bro I just made that up

Unless you're pressing S
I have no idea where he is
do bountiful delves really not pay attention to what spec the player is ? (yes i used a key. am not maining this character)
ya'll play too much
They do not
that fucking sucks
I play myself every day homie
Do you remember when poison bomb technically counted as a ranged spell and could proc the magmorax trinket when that was bis for everyone 
Kind of a pro


Learned a fun fact two days ago about you
Ur discord profile thing is pink
Thought it was grey the entire time 
wait hold onwhat
would ukiss me if i change it to grey?

dog, just because you have a dogpfp, doesnt mean you need to have the eyesight of one
I’ll kiss u rn
how do i disable the standart wow castbar?
I’m literally colorblind
!restealth
Explanation of why stealth benefits aren't as important as you might think:
- Garrote is roughly 10-12% of people's damage in a key, most of which is already empowered/cleaved
- Most energy spreading will come from Rupture to maintain scent of blood, not garrote
- Without a Trace (+1 vanish charge) only grants roughly 2 additional casts across a whole dungeon
- While Without a Trace can allow for better vanish timings, the difference in damage provided is at most replacing a non-stealth opener with a stealth opener (you aren't necessarily getting "added" casts, just "better" casts)
- You can argue that it "feels bad", but numerically there is very little ground to stand on, the dps simply isn't there.
pre raid bis its as simple as that
we assuming this embelishment thats bis for 32 specs gonna get nerfed still?
grim batol open?
yea, m0s are the seasonal dungeons
Heroics should be too
i got fuck all besides that
It doesnt really matter, all embellishments are shit anyway
and im probably playing sub anyway
Like ye ascension is better because its worth 0.6% instead of 0.5%
But its fairly inconsequential
@spice surge compared to the crit above 80%?
Yes and everything else
seems like i should just do that way cheaper and better for M+
Heya, I want to ask you guys something; In the dungeon after a pack got my Darkest Night buff, after that I enter the other pack with Ambush. I got both DsM and DN buff on me. But when I pop my 7CP Envenome I didn't get fresh DsM on my target. Then I had to complete the pack without the buffs. Is this a bug?
@spice surge well ty for the info. i hate that blizz does this vauge crap with them every expac now
not really a bug? just bad snapshotting? The tooltip for DsM says clearly the debuff cannot be on 2 targets.
And most embellishments also dont scale with the ilvl of the item you put it on
For some reason
Which i assume to be a bug
I see, so I shouldn't apply DsM on another target when I have my DN buff then
yeah, not until you've killed the previous.
Alright, thanks alot!
np@
are m0s daily or weekly lockout?
daily
I know there isnt enough data for this yet but is assass or sub better for the raid ?
fairs
For the most part sub and assa have the same damage profile
But ye idk its probably pretty close
its just the add spawns are a bit awkward forr assa
whereas sub just has cleave from nimble
kinda pad bu ye
ye makes sense
seems youll be fine if you dont have an alt
Yo where this shit from
!fuu
Rogue Spreadsheet - Light Version / Dark Version
Can you ONLY apply deathmark from ambush from stealth or does blindside apply it too?
Only from stealth
!sheet
Rogue Spreadsheet - Light Version / Dark Version
is the best m+ build for fatebound blleed builld?
!craft
You can freely use weathered crests to craft any 590's you'd like. Preferences currently are wrist/belt/rings.
The current "best" embellishment is Ascension on a dagger with a nerubian patch on wrist. This is very overtuned compared to other embellishments and nerfs/buffs are expected.
The current "safe" embellishment to craft is dawnthread on wrist/belt, as this will most likely be generically good.
Blizzard has been tuning embellishments near daily since the expansion has come out. Because of this, IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED TO CHASE BIS EMBELLISHMENTS OR USE SPARKS CURRENTLY
Towards the start of raid release recommendations will update everywhere.
cb in aoe? eeven tho no fatebound
ER is just so nice to have tho
wuts up with this?
sim 2% better
cany press it for some reason
what macro bro
its says it disabled
Are you mounted?
no by dummies
If you press CB it doesn't activate?
correct, its greayed out
You sure it isn't already activated on the buffs bar?
Imagine if it was daily
it is daily no ?
Yes it it's

it it's indeed
Was just trying to give Mike a perspective that he doesn't need to worry, he can do it all tomorrow
And the day after
- delves
Yep!
And lfr
and emm boe
i barely manage 8 dungeons a week
Are there boes?
arent there any boes ?
saw some on ah
That's because we're getting older
idk im eu i just cant sleep @normal mist
always hold both shivs for KB? and hold vanish for deathstalker after DM? after the initial opener in the second round
All good I'm also eu
Both shivs for kb

on st is it worth refreshing improved garrote outside of pandemic window
if i use sprint counts as a buff?
Is there a new KB trainer timer?
anyone know if there is a haste minimum we want to have?
!stats
There are no "recommended stat levels" or "breakpoint of X stat" or "required" amount of any stats. This is an outdated way to think about stats and simply is not relevant to the spec. If you're looking for a quick recommendation: Agi >> Crit = Mastery >= Haste > VersatilityIt's always more accurate to simulate your own character, as stat procs from trinkets/enchants can often de-value their stat relative to others. Stats are not a rigid construct, their values change constantly in relation to each other depending on your character.
- Fatebound will generally want more crit than Deathstalker due to Deal Fate
- Deathstalker prefers more Mastery/Haste due to Darkest Night guaranteeing a crit
- Always Always ALWAYS sim yourself through Top Gear and Droptimizer for accurate results
Or if you want haste BCS energy, there's an even better command
Just shiv at 8 seconds left
ty
what is that?
!energy
Running out of energy in single target is completely normal, intended design of Assassination. You want to be playing for the highest uptime on Envenom, and not blindly spamming away all your energy. Rapid Injection, Sanguine Blades, and Vicious Venoms all play into this gameplay.
- No, haste will not make this feel noticeably better.
- 10% haste only contributes to around 2 actions per minute
- You should be playing for envenom uptime in single target
Is there a reason why ppl are playing deathstalker if fatebound is simming more?
Fatebound stinky
I just want to play DS and think I'm cool

!pooling
Read About Pooling
TLDR:Maintain max uptime on envenom
- For Fatebound, sanguine blades is typically much better than Deathstalker. For this reason, if you can't maintain Envenom uptime anymore, you should build combo points, then reset your energy back to around 70% before maintaining again.
- For Deathstalker, try to stay under 50% as much as possible while maxing out Envenom uptime. Single target builds play vicious venoms instead of sanguine blades as well.
The reason we do this is to maximize uptimes and use energy more efficiently for Deathstalker marks/cooldowns. Staying under 50% leads to more envenom casts, which is more Darkest Night Procs. For Fatebound, heads flips contribute damage regardless of if you're flipping or not, so this pressure to keep spending is lessened.
im guessing envenoming on ER combo point not procing darkest night is a bug?
Bug yes
r ppl crafting embelishes yet or nah

Remove the ER capstone and put it in lethality for 2/2
(so you only have 1 anima charged combo point)
might as well go cold blood no? Or is ER still better?
Er better
alright sounds good
Are ppl personally simming more as Assa or Sub ST?
I don't know how to play sub so I'm definitely simming way more as assa
That change something on the rotation?
And you do this with deathstalker?
Should we be crafting our embellished items with sparks this week?
No and yes
!craft
You can freely use weathered crests to craft any 590's you'd like. Preferences currently are wrist/belt/rings.
The current "best" embellishment is Ascension on a dagger with a nerubian patch on wrist. This is very overtuned compared to other embellishments and nerfs/buffs are expected.
The current "safe" embellishment to craft is dawnthread on wrist/belt, as this will most likely be generically good.
Blizzard has been tuning embellishments near daily since the expansion has come out. Because of this, IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED TO CHASE BIS EMBELLISHMENTS OR USE SPARKS CURRENTLY
Towards the start of raid release recommendations will update everywhere.
Just be sure to 5cp + or anima charged envenom before DM on pull
mm does the old Thistle tea share cd with any other consumable?
Every other pot iirc
Prepot hasn't been a thing in so long
yeah i know, but the term just stayed with me
Yep! XD
Assassination Weakauras/Plater profiles:
Whispyr's 11.0 Afenar Edit
Luxthos's 11.0 Group
LE's 11.0 Group
LE's Rogue Collection
Devlin's 11.0 Group
Ceverion's Plater
Whispyr's 11.0 Plater
We can still recraft and put different embellishments on later right?
like in dragonflight
if we have spread our bleeds well in aoe, do we spam FoK and CT ?
playing deathstalker
is it me or before we had kingsbane dmg history in whipsyr WA ?
Dont spam CT.
Its like 3% combined 
why ? is fishing for caustic splatter better ? in what scenario do we use crimson tempest ?
Crimson tempest is a dot
You want to keep the dot up, but you gain nothing from spamming it
Just like you wouldnt spam rupture on St
can i just make a macro of /cast echoing and /cast mut and then forget echoing exists
or is that gonna fuck me somehow
oooooh, gotcha, sorry im an idiot
i thought it was like black powder
does that mean we want to apply CT in single or two target situations ?
cause i see the damage increases with target count
Deathstalker still bugged?
2 targets ye
thanks king, also remembered to search "2p" and "4p" and found an answer too
With er interactions yes
CT is worth now at 2 targets?
!fuu
Rogue Spreadsheet - Light Version / Dark Version
any na boys can tell me if t8 delves are actually somewhat challenging
or just a run through
In the deathstalker single target without improved garrote, why do we cast envenom, vanish, ambush into double mutilate and consume darkest night? is it just because of the 100% crit and 60% dmg?
What kind of spec you guys playing for boss 1?
Not sure how much I wanna assign to the adds
What's so special about delve tier 8? Why not 9/10/11?
Loot caps at 8
oooo tyty
I miss Tricks of the Trade some time.
this quickwick candlestick thing truly is broken on us
Zekvir is gonna suck to solo lol
t8 is challenging enough to be fun, definitely not a faceroll. I thought fungal folly was the easiest coz you can use spores to your advantage, and skittering breach was decently easy too but i had to kite the last boss. I tried doing waterworks but last boss is too o/p with 900k/sec channel that you cant kick and he casts it faster than cloak resets
So, question... noticed the "bis list" was updated on the wowhead guide.. Only shows 1 crafted item.. used to be bracers and boots, now just bracers.. So we only roll with 1 embelish now? (Just double checking cuz so used to 2 from DF)
I was able to live through the channel with feint and brann heals. tott works on him too so you can use that and vanish to force him to tank. That was the only way I could work some of that shit.
what is our non tier set piece?
In fuu's sims hes running imp ambush doesen't that mean we want to open up with ambush instead of garrote in the opener?
For fatebound sin that is
caustic spatter does work on twister rofl
Sometimes I feel a bit energy starved after my opener and sometimes I feel like I've got tons
is that usual or am I just doing it wrong sometimes?
!bugs
Rogue Bug tracker: https://github.com/SimCMinMax/WoW-BugTracker/labels/Rogue
!guide
Assassination Guides:
Wowhead: https://www.wowhead.com/assassination-rogue-guide
IV: https://www.icy-veins.com/wow/assassination-rogue-pve-dps-guide
Method: https://www.method.gg/guides/assassination-rogue
interesting i havent tried tricks+vanish
i typically run with dps bran
i read somewhere a bit ago that deathstalker was bugged with darkest night or something like only triggering on a specific combo point is that still happening?
You made me open wowhead on mobile in an airport when I don’t even have an active sub just to see 2 crafted items on the bis list 
there's 2?
Only see wrists as crafted
guys i play improved ambush and i just noticed that my first ambush when in stealth only give 3 Combopoints, when i get a proc i have 4. Is it normal or ?
Oh I can’t even see that column on my phone 
I quickscan the sources for it... my mistake
Non crits give 3
Crits give 4
Because of seal fate 
nah
(or more if fatebound)
ohhhh
ok got it
2 base +1 with improved ambush
+1 if i crit
thought it was 3 base
Does deathstalker actually hit fan of knives in single target with clear the witnesses?
just did underkeep its by far the easiest delve
like its not even funny how easy it is compared to others
i'm just glad t7 gives champion track/hero vault because i don't have it in me to eat 860k melees from t8 bosses tonight
!craft
You can freely use weathered crests to craft any 590's you'd like. Preferences currently are wrist/belt/rings.
The current "best" embellishment is Ascension on a dagger with a nerubian patch on wrist. This is very overtuned compared to other embellishments and nerfs/buffs are expected.
The current "safe" embellishment to craft is dawnthread on wrist/belt, as this will most likely be generically good.
Blizzard has been tuning embellishments near daily since the expansion has come out. Because of this, IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED TO CHASE BIS EMBELLISHMENTS OR USE SPARKS CURRENTLY
Towards the start of raid release recommendations will update everywhere.
If you are not using the raid build (with Vicious Venoms), then yes.
sin feels pretty good in raid and m0s guys..
for aoe do we garrote and rupture on the same target or we have to swap target ?
Depends actually. How many in pack?
Ya if 5+ need to focus on what mobs didnt get bleed. Then focus the spatter
!carnage
Indiscriminate Carnage Targetting and Swapping
TLDRMouseovers/Target swapping is optimal on 6 target, or 8+ targets, but not necessarily required
- The 2 Bleeds spread by carnage are smart and will prioritize mobs without the bleed. If everything already has bleeds it'll apply randomly
- You as the character are still casting the bleed against your target like normal, this is why people will sometimes use mouseover macros or swap targets
Swapping targets is situationally better, but can be ignored if you're having difficulties with it. Take 5 mob aoe as an example, your first garrote cast will apply to 3 targets (your target + 2 more). Regardless of if you swap or not, your second cast of garrote will hit your target, and then apply 2 more garrotes, prioritizing the mobs that do not have garrote. In very large aoe pulls (12 or more), a standard opener (garrote-garrote-rupture-rupture-garrote-garrote) will only apply 9 garrotes (3+2+2+2) and 5 ruptures (3+2) if you do not swap, losing you 3 garrotes and a rupture.
It is technically worse, but the situations in which you lose bleeds aren't very common; the lost ruptures/garrotes don't contribute much to your already flooded energy, you don't get additional scent of blood stacks, etc. The loss is purely the extra damage from those bleeds.

Well I had the right idea
with the tricks macro and wa in !tricks I don't need to set focus on tank or do I still?
anyone else getting knocked out of stealth before getting an ambush off?
yes :)
!tricks
Smart tricks WA on tank, this require the following macro:
/click SmartMisdirect LeftButton 1
/click SmartMisdirect LeftButton 0
Don’t need to focus with that one
The WA just says /click SmartMisdirect is all that is needed as well?
Just put that macro on your bar after installing the WA
There’s better directions on the WA page but iirc it’s something like that yeah
u know what ill say it. m0 actually did make deathstalker fun
i thought id be a hater for the rest of my life
but envenom kill bugfix and m0 hp it works 
assa's ST indeed sucks 😦
Wait it was fixed
Believers inc 
er still feels like shit
but not getting scammed by mobs dying is nice
ambush scam is still there i think
idk about SUCKS
its mid tho
or mayb im just not watching the right raids to be a doomer
as far as i have watched the raid, it is an outlaw raid 99%
is the sikran trinket good for us
does numbing poison works on raid bosses?
so is it good to craft wep as first craft?
its not the siphoning stilleto right
its the other 1
No idea it’s a summer bud
Weapon is fine craft
And yeah not stiletto
610 if rank 5
i crafted a dagger for 5
why not wait for the free daggers and craft something else
i had 9
free dagger isnt haste vers
fair
Do I need to always be in stealth to apply a Deathstalker Mark?
- Only the initial application. Darkest Night reapplies and will be the majority of your applications
Echoing Reprimand.... - Yes, Echoing Reprimand doesn't interact with the Mark / Darkest Night, this is one of the biggest bugs still plaguing Deathstalker as a whole
- Until it is fixed, you would want to run 2/2 Lethality and still put 1 point into Echoing Reprimand
But the 3rd cp or something? - Correct, there has been a newly found... bug? interaction? With the Mark and Echoing Reprimand. It requires you to have your 3rd combo point be animacharged, the Mark be applied from Darkest Night, and then consuming the animacharge with Envenom. Should all those conditions be met, it will consume a stack of the Mark as intended.
Does Blizzard know? - There is no way they don't know. This has been mass reported, screamed from the rooftops, highlighted in every wowhead article, youtube video, forum post and stream since Deathstalker was revealed in alpha. The only thing we can do is keep reporting the bug through the in-game report, making noise on forums, and waiting.
dude i'm kinda PUMPING
ye idk sin damage seems fine
are yall running damage brann or heals for delves
press "i" then "mythic dungeon" then click the big vault thing
thanks man
r ppl doin wep embelish or the lens rn?
is anyone else getting knocked out of stealth on pull and not getting a mark up?
in aoe without Indiscriminate Carnage do you just apply garrote and rupture to main target ?
you slam out some ruptures to get infinite energy and upkeep scent of blood then send it with caustic on main target
garrote on main target is fine, but don't bother multi dotting it
I had tons of problems with that yes. IDK if it's bugged or just sometimes something farts 3k damage on me and pulls me out.
yea like 4 bosses in a row where the pull is just chalked bc of it
It'd be cool if there were a break threshold like for some CCs
interesting t8 drop
Very thematic for Rogue tbh
How tf do i even manage a t8 delve at all as a rogue 😐
Can do the easy 1 that every spams but jesus, can barely handle basic fkn mobs in Fungal Folly for example
I found fungal fine but the boss is really tough



