Introduction
This guide was written by Whispyr and updated for patch 9.2 Eternity’s End.
Whispyr is a Shadow Blade in the Rogue class discord, Ravenholdt, where he spends a lot of his time helping other rogues push to their limits. He is also a contributor to Simulationcraft and is a leading theorycrafter for Assassination and Subtletly. In addition, he also writes the Wowhead guide for Assassination Rogue. If you have any questions, feel free to tag Whispyr in Ravenholdt or send him a message directly on Discord. You can find him playing on his rogue on his stream every now and again, so make sure to tune in!
Twitch stream: https://www.twitch.tv/whispyrttv
Whispyr’s Discord: https://discord.gg/cK8pQVQyPS
Discord: Whispyr#0001
Ravenholdt: https://discord.gg/Ravenholdt
What has changed
Not much was done to Assassination directly with patch 9.2. Blizzard introduced new borrowed power systems, primarily the addition of tier sets and the ability to equip an additional legendary alongside your covenant legendary of choice. This patch's combination of borrowed power changes a couple of things around, so let's get to it!
Assassination is often regarded as the go-to raiding spec for rogues. It is a versatile spec with very consistent damage across the board. It is very rare to see Assassination in a bad spot, and due to the nature of the spec, it will often see some sort of play in the mythic raiding scene. Unfortunately, rogues are still missing raid utility as a class, which is invaluable in high-end mythic raiding. Assassination is not very strong at AoE damage, and it mainly focuses on consistent single target damage with short cooldowns to enable strong priority damage.
With 9.2, we see a further push towards this playstyle of strong single target capabilities. You may not always want a rogue in a mythic raid, especially for the high-end compositions. However, if you're looking for boss damage, Assassination will not let you down!