Assassination Rogue Mythic+ Build & Gear Guide in Midnight Season 2

Spec Popularity

Overall Played: 6.6%
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Popular Team Comps

groups
Blood
Alternatives
Protection 1%
+3 rarer (<1%)
Holy
+1
Alternatives
Mistweaver 1%
Restoration 1%
+5 rarer (<1%)
Arms
+2
Alternatives
Retribution 1%
Balance 1%
Beast Mastery 1%
+21 rarer (<1%)
Assassination
+14
Alternatives
Balance 9%
Beast Mastery 8%
Devourer 7%
Subtlety 6%
Outlaw 4%
Frost 2%
Arms 1%
Retribution 10%
Unholy 6%
Shadow 3%
Marksmanship 3%
Feral 2%
Havoc 2%
Devastation 1%
Destruction 1%
+11 rarer (<1%)
Elemental
+1
Alternatives
Beast Mastery 2%
Enhancement 1%
+21 rarer (<1%)
15.5 K Runs 88% Timed Highest Key: +19
Guardian
Alternatives
Protection 5%
+3 rarer (<1%)
Restoration
Arms
Assassination
+13
Alternatives
Retribution 8%
Arcane 7%
Outlaw 6%
Beast Mastery 6%
Subtlety 5%
Unholy 3%
Havoc 1%
Demonology 3%
Marksmanship 2%
Devourer 2%
Frost 2%
Shadow 1%
Elemental 2%
Balance 1%
+11 rarer (<1%)
Windwalker
+10
Alternatives
Arcane 6%
Retribution 5%
Beast Mastery 4%
Unholy 3%
Devourer 2%
Havoc 1%
Marksmanship 1%
Demonology 2%
Elemental 1%
Shadow 1%
Balance 1%
+15 rarer (<1%)
4.6 K Runs 91% Timed Highest Key: +19

Highest Run

+19 Murder Row EU
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How this data is collected

Every talent, stat and gear number on this page is drawn from real Mythic+ runs recorded this season, so it shows what players actually do rather than theory. To keep the picture focused on how Assassination Rogue is played at the highest level, only the hardest keys are counted. For each dungeon we look up the highest keystone level anyone has completed, across every class and spec, and then include every run from there down to 5 levels below it, giving the 6 highest key levels of that dungeon. The hardest key completed anywhere this season so far is a +20 in Den of Nalorakk, so there every run of +15 and above is counted. Each dungeon uses its own top key, so a quieter one keeps a lower band. In Ruby Life Pools, for example, the hardest key so far is a +19, so its runs start from +14 instead. The sample keeps refreshing as new high keys are posted, so the numbers track how the spec is being played right now rather than averaging the whole season. On top of that, the talent, gear and stat breakdowns are built from a rolling window of roughly the last two weeks, so they stay in step with recent tuning and meta shifts. Run totals and key levels still cover the full season.

Talents

Most Assassination Rogue players build into the Deathstalker hero tree. The tree below is the build they run at the highest keys, and the percentage under each talent is how often it is picked. Most of it is a fixed core. The talents sitting near 100% are taken by almost everyone, so the real decisions are the flexible picks that players swap from dungeon to dungeon. This build barely changes between dungeons. Open Talents per Dungeon below for the few tweaks that do show up.

Stat Priority

Stat priority is the order in which Assassination Rogue players value their secondary stats, based on what the highest-key players actually carry on their gear. Most prioritize Crit, followed by Haste, Mastery and Versatility. Agility is your main stat and comes mostly from item level, so a higher-item-level piece is almost always an upgrade. Use this order as a guide when choosing between similar items, gems and enchants, not as a hard rule.

1 Agility icon
Agility
2.3 K
then
2 Crit icon
Crit
34.3%
then
3 Haste icon
Haste
22.8%
then
4 Mastery icon
Mastery
37.3%
then
5 Versatility icon
Versatility
4.3%
Tertiary Priority
1 Lifesteal icon
Lifesteal
6.9%
then
2 Avoidance icon
Avoidance
2.4%
then
3 Speed icon
Speed
31
Gear Overview

This section lists the gear that Assassination Rogue players equip most often in those high keys, broken down slot by slot. For each slot the most popular item is shown first with its alternatives underneath, and the percentage next to each item tells you how common that choice is. It is a snapshot of what is being played, not a guaranteed upgrade for your character, so always simulate your own character before committing to gear changes. You can do that with Raidbots Top Gear.

Item
Popularity

SIM

27 %

+18

Festerbloom Crown

Sporefall Haste Crit

5 %

+16

4 %

+19

Gaze of the Coiled Watcher

The Venomous Abyss Haste

2 %

+18

Miststalker's Cowl

Versatility Mastery

2 %

+15

1 %

+15

Rotmire's Sporeheart

Sporefall Mastery Crit

6 %

+17

6 %

+17

Aqirbane Reliquary

The Venomous Abyss Crit Mastery Haste Versatility

3 %

+19

Ribbon of Coiled Malice

The Voidspire Crit Haste

2 %

+17

2 %

+15

Frothing Venom Spaulders

The Venomous Abyss Crit Mastery

2 %

+17

16 %

+18

7 %

+18

7 %

+18

6 %

+18

6 %

+18

Miststalker's Shroud

Crit Versatility

3 %

+17

Galerider's Veil

Crit Versatility

3 %

+18

3 %

+16
Item
Popularity

SIM

Sash of the Putrid Giant

Sporefall Crit Mastery

16 %

+17

Gravitic Girdle

Voidscar Arena Versatility Mastery

11 %

+18

10 %

+18

7 %

+17

6 %

+17

5 %

+17

Miststalker's Cinch

Crit Versatility

5 %

+18

Unpossessed Skullsash

The Venomous Abyss Crit Mastery

4 %

+18

8 %

+18

7 %

+19

Bespittled Slitherslippers

The Venomous Abyss Crit Haste

6 %

+19

6 %

+19

3 %

+17

Breakwater Boots

The Tidebound Grotto Haste Versatility

1 %

+19
Weapon

SIM

Farstrider's Mercy

Crafted Crit Haste

18 %

+19

9 %

+18

9 %

+18

8 %

+17

Mask-Etcher

Haste Mastery

5 %

+18

Zatha'tek, Breath of Corruption

The Venomous Abyss Crit

5 %

+19

Ancient Construct's Venomshiv

The Venomous Abyss Haste Versatility

5 %

+18
Enchants, Gems & Crafting

Expand any panel below for the finer gear choices Assassination Rogue players make in these high keys. It covers the enchants and gems they run in each slot, the embellishments and missives on their crafted gear, and the combinations they pair together. Each list is ordered by how common the choice is among the sampled characters, over the same rolling two-week window as the gear above.

4x Motley of the Grim Jest

21 %

+17
4x Motley of the Grim Jest

16 %

+18
4x Chosen Bloodslayer's Hexweave

13 %

+18
4x Chosen Bloodslayer's Hexweave

11 %

+19
4x Chosen Bloodslayer's Hexweave

11 %

+19
4x Chosen Bloodslayer's Hexweave

11 %

+18
4x Chosen Bloodslayer's Hexweave

7 %

+18
5x Chosen Bloodslayer's Hexweave

4 %

+19
4x Motley of the Grim Jest

3 %

+18
4x Motley of the Grim Jest

3 %

+17