Assassination Rogue

Melee that stacks poisons and bleeds.

DPSMeleeMedium to play

Talents

Copy the build, then in game press N to open Talents, click Import and paste.

Pick gear, gems and enchants with your top stats first. Item level still matters most.

Patch 12.1. Stat source

Picks for Assassination in patch 12.1, from the Icy Veins guide.

Flask Flask of the Blood Knights Haste. The best flask for Assassination.
Combat potion Light's Potential Raises your Agility for 30 seconds. Use it with your big cooldowns.
Health potion Concentrated Silvermoon Health Potion Healing in combat. It doesn't share a cooldown with Healthstones, so you can use both.
Food Silvermoon Parade A group feast. On your own, eat Royal Roast instead.
Augment rune Void-Touched Augment Rune Raises your Agility. It's expensive and is lost when you die, so save it for progression.
Weapon oil Thalassian Phoenix Oil Lasts an hour. Reapply it after it wears off.

Head
Raises Speed.
Shoulders
Raises Leech, which heals you for part of the damage and healing you do.
Chest
Raises your primary stat.
Legs
Raises Agility or Strength, plus Stamina.
Feet
Raises Speed and Stamina.
Both rings
Your critical strikes deal more damage and healing.
Main hand
Your spells and abilities can grant Frenzied Focus, raising your Haste for a short time.
On both weapons.