Assassination Rogue Gearing Guide

Season 3 Deathstalker Assassination Rogue Tier Set:

• (2) Set Bonus: Shiv increases the effectiveness of all Deathstalker damage effects and damage bonuses by 50% while active.
• (4) Set Bonus: Shiv has 2 sec increased duration and consumes an application of your active Deathstalker’s Mark when activated.

Season 3 Fatebound Assassination Rogue Tier Set:

• (2) Set Bonus: Kingsbane deals 10% increased damage and has 4 sec increased duration. Edge Case now flips an additional Fatebound Coin and activating Kingsbane triggers its effect.
• (4) Set Bonus: Having a lucky Fatebound Coin (Fateful Ending) reduces the cooldown of Deathmark by 30.0 sec and Kingsbane by 15.0 sec.

You should still prioritise the gear you use by running a sim for your character, but the lists below will give you a good idea of what items are considered good for Assassination Rogue, and help you target the right content for each piece of loot.

For all of these lists it’s important to note that secondary stats are very close for Assassination Rogues and non-special gear pieces can very easily swap to other items when you are simulating. Dropping any of the tier pieces is also possible and there is not a specific slot we are trying to avoid. These BiS lists are created to show unique gear slots and trinket choices, not be used to copy or chase very specific items.

Two items from crafting are required for the bonus damage from embellishments. Additionally, in Season, 3 the Reshii Wraps cloak is a requirement to raid, as many mechanics will require having the item equipped by players. This is obtained from the Questline naturally as you log into the new Season.

• Overall
• Raiding
• Mythic+

For Assassination we use a very standard setup of one slot stat on-use for our cooldowns, second slot passive/alternate trinket that doesn’t impede. Because of this, standard lists of ranking trinkets don’t make much sense. Having ANY stat on-use to line up with your cooldowns will be a large gain, regardless of the perceived quality of the trinket.

For our on-use slot, we have two options right now:

• Araz’s Ritual Forge - An insanely strong 2-minute trinket that gives an immense amount of Agility for its duration.
• Lily of the Eternal Weave - This is the go-to for Fatebound after obtaining your 4 piece tier. With Fatebound being a 1:30 spec now, this is your best option to line up with your cooldowns.

For our second slot, there’s a lot of trinkets to use in this slot you could use, the vast majority of which are entirely passive. As of right now however, there is only one good trinket in this slot and one mediocre trinket:

• Astral Antenna - A Perfect passive trinket that has a small, unintrusive orb floating towards you for a bunch of crit in one go.
• Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker - If Antenna is hard to manage or you don’t have one, this would be your second choice. It’s not great, but it’ll get the job done for the most part without being too hard of a loss.

Other Trinkets: In the next tier down from Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker, there are a couple of options, including the Ara-Kara Sacbrood and Empowering Crystal of Anub’ikkaj. For on-use trinkets, there’s not much in the way of alternatives.

For all content, you will want to craft two pieces with Dawnthread Lining.

The most common slots for this will be Offhand (Everforged Stabber) and Wrists (Rune-Branded Armbands), orBelt (Rune-Branded Waistband).

At the time of writing, many embellishments are incredibly weak. Dawnthread Lining is a safe option that will most likely be generically good even if better combos are found. If you craft a dagger, put Ascendance on it and Writhing Armor Band on your boots/wrist/belt. For Mythic+, you can also use Blessed Weapon Grip. Remember that Embellishments only provide minor increases around 1% dps.

The difference between any two Embellishments is statistically insignificant to your performance and I would not worry too much about crafting the exact perfect slot or embellishment.

Reshii Wraps

Reshii Wraps is a new Cloak released in Patch 11.2 and will be the only cloak you use (and the only one that can drop from any content in Season 3). You gain access to it via a quest chain and completing chapter 3 of the main patch storyline.

The Reshii Wraps are upgradable via Ethereal Strands and can have secondary stats of your choice added to it.

To add a secondary stat to the Reshii Wraps you use a Fiber in the Fiber Socket of the Cloak. The highest quality version of the Fibers requires a work-order to a Tailor.

When picking a Fiber, I strongly recommend simming your character for the best stat for your current gear and intended content. If you just want a quick recommendation for which Reshii Fiber to use, then use Pure Energizing Fiber (Mastery).

To find out more about the Reshii Wraps, you can read the Method Reshii Wraps Overview Guide.

Best D.I.S.C Belt & Miniature Titan Disc Effects

For Assassination Rogues, the new Durable Information Securing Container is a best-in-slot equipped item that provides around a +2% DPS gain over a regular 684 Myth track belt.

For your power, in both Mythic+ and Raids, you should be equipping the Electric Current power. Critical Chain can also be competitive for some, depending on secondary stats from the rest of the gear set, so make sure you simulate yourself for the most accurate answer.

For more information about unlocking the DISC belt and the different Miniature Titan Disc effects available, check out Method's D.I.S.C Belt Guide.