Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Stats, Gear, Gems & Enchants for Assassination Rogues in The War Within 11.0

All sections for Assassination Rogue PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal hero talents, class talents, spec talents, race, stats, gear, enchants, gems, and macros. This will help you have a good understanding of Assassination Rogues in PvP for The War Within, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will guide you on the best Assassination Rogue Stats, Gear, Gems & Enchants in The War Within.

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Stat Priority
PvP Gear
Embellishments
Enchants
Gems

Assassination Rogue Stat Priority

Versatility > Mastery > Haste = Critical Strike

Our main focus should be on Versatility. Versatility is a no brainer; we become more tanky and deal more damage the more we have of this stat.

Beyond this stat, we want to obtain a large amount of Mastery, which continues to be a strong staple for Assassination as we want to achieve the most amount of damage coming out of our bleeds and poisons.

Lastly, both Haste and Critical Strike are quite marginal in comparison to what Mastery provides, making this essentially avoided during our gearing process.

BiS Assassination Rogue PvP Gear

Weapons

Main Hand: Algari Competitor’s Dagger with Versatility / Mastery
Off Hand: Algari Competitor’s Dagger with Versatility / Mastery

Trinkets

Trinket 1: Forged Gladiator’s Insignia of Alacrity
Trinket 2: Forged Gladiator’s Medallion

When it comes to trinkets, the best option here is Forged Gladiator’s Insignia of Alacrity. Although we don’t necessarily want Haste in our stat priority, its proc has a considerably high uptime, giving us a hefty amount of primary stat to make our consistent damage a bit higher.

You will then need a Forged Gladiator’s Medallion to break out of CC every 2 minutes.

Best Assassination Rogue Embellishments

Item 1: Elemental Focusing Lens on any crafted slot.
Item 2: Elemental Focusing Lens on any crafted slot.

The Elemental Focusing Lens embellishment provides us with a solid amount of consistent damage, and is only effective as long as you have at least 1 gem equipped.

This embellishment occasionally deals damage from a specific school of magic based on the gem you equip. Keep in mind that the damage from this embellishment can’t be buffed by cooldowns, talents, or any damage bonuses from school types.

Best Assassination Rogue Gems

Core Gems: Enduring Bloodstone + Masterful Sapphire
Alternative Gem: Versatile Onyx

In The War Within, you will use a Vicious Jeweler’s Setting to add sockets to your Helmet, Neck, Bracers, Belt and Rings. Two sockets can be added to the Neck and Rings.

As Versatility and Mastery are your best secondary stats, you will want to both gem and enchant it wherever possible. Enduring Bloodstone will be our newly introduced PvP gem that can only be attributed once onto your character’s gem slots. This will give you some additional damage reduction when affected by Crowd Control.

For all gem slots, we will use either the Masterful Sapphire or Versatile Onyx, depending on your preference as these both provide the best overall boost to your favored stats.