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Rogue Assassination PVE Guide

1. Talents 

2. Glyphs

Major Glyphs

  1. Glyph of Mutilate
  2. Glyph of Hunger for Blood
  3. Glyph of Tricks of the Trade

Minor Glyphs

  1. Glyph of Pick Pocket
  2. Glyph of Pick Lock
  3. Glyph of Distract

3. Stats

Hit: 8% (263) minimum, soft cap 17%(315) w/o talents

Expertise: soft cap = 26

Crit: ~50%

Haste: As much as you can via gear

Arp: As much as you can via gear

4. Enchants

  1. Head: Arcanum of Torment
  2. Shoulders: Greater Inscription of the Axe
  3. Back: Enchant Cloak - Greater Speed
  4. Chest: Enchant Chest - Powerful Stats
  5. Wrists: Enchant Bracers - Greater Assault
  6. Hands: Hyperspeed Accelerators
  7. Waist: Eternal Belt Buckle
  8. Legs: Icescale Leg Armor
  9. Feet: Nitro Boosts
  10. Main hand: Enchant Weapon - Berserking
  11. Off hand: Enchant Weapon - Berserking
  12. Ranged: Heartseeker Scope

5. Gems

Meta gem: Relentless Earthsiege Diamond

Red gems: Bright Cardinal Ruby / Precise Cardinal Ruby

Yellow gems: Rigid King's Amber / Accurate Ametrine / Quick King's Amber / Pristine Ametrine / Stark Ametrine

Blue gems: Nightmare Tear

6. BIS

7. Macros

Assassination rogue macros

8. Food and flasks

Food: Fish Feast / Dragonfin Filet

Flask: Flask of Endless Rage

Potion: 1–2 seconds before the pull, use a Potion of Speed.
Use your next Potion of Speed with a trinket proc/burst.

9. Professions

Priority list:

  1. Engineering
  2. Jewelcrafting 
  3. Tailoring
  4. Blacksmithing

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