Rogue DPS Compendium

SoD: Phase 6

The Rogue Compendium is the collective work of our class community in Season of Discovery, primarily via conversation and log/sim analysis on Simonize's Discord. The goal of this tool is to help educate Rogues of all skill levels and elevate their performance in a raid environment.

The "💦" icon emphasizes a sweaty tip that most players won't bother with, but may improve your performance if it meshes with your raid environment.

BiS Talents & Gear

Review this spreadsheet which compares all the specs at different lengths and includes Carnage / Cut to the Chase variations of each spec to help you make more informed decisions. All simulations use Comfy's APLs, providing casual and sweaty variants.

BEST IN SLOT (BIS) @ 60s

Simulations for the larger, more casual crowd. These are very attainable, do not require any professions, and are more forgiving to mistakes in gameplay with average kill times.

BACKSTAB (CARNAGE)
5,270 DPS

MUTILATE (CTTC)
5,070 DPS

SABER SLASH
4,990 DPS

Sweaty BEST IN SLOT (💦 BIS) @ 30s

Simulations for the smaller, more hardcore crowd. These requires strict planning, best professions, full consume coverage, near perfect performance, and fast kill times.

MUTILATE (CARNAGE)
6,310 DPS

BACKSTAB (CARNAGE)
6,240 DPS

SABER SLASH
5,955 DPS

Improved Expose Armor (IEA)

Simulations for the larger, more casual crowd. Note, Backstab leverages Sebacious Poison, while Mutilate and Saber Slash require manual casting of Expose Armor.

BACKSTAB (CARNAGE) IEA
4,900 DPS

MUTILATE (CTTC) IEA
4,830 DPS

BACKSTAB (CTTC) IEA
4,800 DPS

SABER SLASH IEA
4,715 DPS

PRe-BIS

Simulations for fresh Phase 5 gearing for optimal play going into the phase. Sims shown at 60s for the majority crowd.

SABER SLASH
4,480 DPS

MUTILATE (CTTC)
4,180 DPS

BACKSTAB (CTTC)
3,685 DPS

Consumables

Bogling Root 💦
Chronoboom Displacer
Dragonbreath Chili
Elemental Sharpening Stone
Elixir of Coalesced Regret 💦
Elixir of Fortitude
Elixir of Greater Firepower 💦
Elixir of Superior Defense 💦
Elixir of the Mongoose
Flask of Supreme Power
Free Action Potion
Frost Oil

Greater Arcane Elixir 💦
Greater Fire Protection Potion
Greater Frost Protection Potion
Greater Nature Protection Potion
Greater Shadow Protection Potion
Ground Scorpok Assay
Hourglass Sand
Juju Might or Winterfall Firewater
Juju Power or Elixir of Giants
Limited Invulnerability Potion
Magic Resistance Potion

Mighty Troll's Blood Potion 💦
Mildly Irradiated Rejuvenation Potion 💦
Poisons
Restorative Potion
R.O.I.D.S.
Rumsey Rum Black Label
Smoked Desert Dumplings
Snowball 💦
Target Dummy 💦
Thistle Tea

Buffs

World Buffs

Darkmoon Faire
Onyxia
Rend
Songflower
Spirit of Zandalar
Dire Maul Tribute:
Fengus, Slip’kik, Mol’dar

Raid Buffs

Demonic Pact
Battle Shout
Heart of the Lion
Improved Mark of the Wild
Leader of the Pack
Strength of Air Totem [H] or
Horn of Lordaeron [A]
Strength of Earth Totem [H] or Blessing of Might [A]

Raid Debuffs

Curse of Recklessness
Dreamstate or Stormstrike [H]
Faerie Fire
Gift of Arthas
Improved Expose Armor
Improved Scorch
Mangle
Mark of Chaos
Occult Poison

Tips

WEAKAURAS

Improved Expose Armor

Phase 5 finally allows Rogues to leverage Sebacious Poison via Backstab specs. I highly recommend everyone just play Backstab when on IEA duty once you have the gear for it. Until then, or if you just prefer Muti or SSL, refer to the IEA section of the P4 Compendium on the proper way to handle IEA.

Handling AOE

Unlike Molten Core, BWL doesn't have full AOE encounters, rather just moments of opportunity to cast Crimson Tempest. As such, simply work this into your normal rotations where you see the opportunity for multiple mobs to live more than 12s.

Learn How To Sim

While we try to provide as much information as possible, nothing will benefit you more than learning how to use the WowSims tool. It's extremely important to understand that DPS improvements are relative to your current gear, raid comp, etc.

Raid: Temple of Ahn'Qiraj

BLUE TRIAL

Raid stacks on affected player to share damage.

GREEN TRIAL

Run out and drop poison pools away from raid.

RED TRIAL

Ticking damage until directly healed above 90% HP.

BRONZE TRIAL

Movement speed increases and decreases at random.

The Prophet Skeram

Strategy

Bug Trio

Strategy

Battleguard Sartura

Strategy

Fankriss the Unyielding

Strategy

Viscidius

Strategy

Princess Huhuran

Strategy

Twin Emperors

Strategy

Ouro

Strategy

C'Thun

Strategy

FAQs

When can I swap to Backstab?
The general timeframe of when Backstab will pull ahead is around 2-3p ZG and 4p T2. However there are too many variables for a definitive answer, so you should sim yourself regularly to determine when that time is for you.

Which professions are BiS?
For most, Alchemy and Engineering (Please be careful with the Alchemy potion, as you take 100% physical, nature, shadow damage while it's active). Leatherworking for sweaty Muti Rogues for the helm.💦

Where are the AOE specs?
BWL doesn't have any encounters which justify the usage of specific AOE builds, since there is only one encounter which has more than one mob that doesn't die very quickly (Ebonroc and Flamegor). Just use Crimson Tempest instead of Rupture in AOE situations.

Which spec is Pre-BiS at the start of Phase 5?
Saber Slash with Sinister Strike weaving is the best performing at the start of P5. Be sure to run sims regularly to determine when it's more DPS to swap to your new spec.

Does Spell Power affect poisons?
No, spell power only affects damage from Dragonbreath Chili.

Warriors tell me I need to run Improved Expose Armor??
Yes, one Rogue in raid should run IEA, as the armor reduction is higher than any other class in the game. Preferably, this would be handled by a Rogue Tank, but falls to DPS if no other option.

How can I improve my damage?
Get comfortable using the Simulator. It's your best friend.

Credit

The awesome Rogue community over on The Simonize Show Discord. Special shoutout to Ra and Backstabi!

The comfy wizard

Ra

Changelog

11.5.2024

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