Rogue in WoW Classic

WoW SoD Rogue DPS

In this WoW SoD Rogue DPS build, you will find the best PvE spec for Rogues in the Season of Discovery in WoW Classic. The build shows the best talents, runes, BiS gear, and enchants to DPS in dungeons and raids as a Rogue.

📂 WoW Classic > Rogue

📅 Last updated on February 10, 2025.

WoW SoD Dagger Rogue Talents & Runes (Mutilate)

Choose the following talents and runes as a dagger Rogue Rogue with Mutilate Mutilate for Phase 7 at level 60:

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Even as a Mutilate Mutilate build, Improved Sinister Strike Improved Sinister Strike is the only damage-increasing talent in the first row due to Poisoned Knife Poisoned Knife. If you aren’t using the skill Blade Flurry Blade Flurry in the content you’re playing, remove the talent point and increase Seal Fate Seal Fate to 5/5.

Learn where to find each rune in our guide WoW SoD Rogue Runes.

WoW SoD Sword Rogue Talents & Runes (Saber Slash)

Choose the following talents and runes as a sword/mace Combat Rogue Rogue with Saber Slash Saber Slash for Phase 7 at level 60:

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SoD Phase 7 DPS Rogue BiS List

The following DPS Rogue Rogue BiS list contains the best items you can get in Phase 7 of Season of Discovery:

Items marked with Icon are BiS for Mutilate Mutilate builds. Items marked with Icon are BiS for Saber Slash Saber Slash builds.

1 Use Soul of the Efficient Soul of the Efficient as your new shoulder enchantment.

SoD Phase 6 DPS Rogue BiS List

The following DPS Rogue Rogue BiS list contains the best items you can get in Phase 6 of Season of Discovery:

Items marked with Icon are BiS for Mutilate Mutilate builds. Items marked with Icon are BiS for Saber Slash Saber Slash builds.

SoD Phase 5 DPS Rogue BiS List

The following DPS Rogue Rogue BiS list contains the best items you can get in Phase 5 of Season of Discovery:

Items marked with Icon are BiS for Mutilate Mutilate builds. Items marked with Icon are BiS for Saber Slash Saber Slash builds.

SoD Phase 4 DPS Rogue BiS List

The following DPS Rogue Rogue BiS list contains the best items you can get in Phase 4 of Season of Discovery to DPS in raids and dungeons:

Items marked with Icon are BiS for Mutilate Mutilate builds. Items marked with Icon are BiS for Saber Slash Saber Slash builds.

1 Combine Shadowflame Skull Shadowflame Skull with Implacable Blackguard Implacable Blackguard to get Shadowflame Sword Shadowflame Sword. Shadowflame Skull Shadowflame Skull drops in Molten Core. To get Implacable Blackguard Implacable Blackguard you need to turn in Blackguard Blackguard, 25 Firelands Ember Firelands Ember, and 2 Lava Core Lava Core at Lokhtos Darkbargainer in Blackrock Depths. Blackguard Blackguard is crafted with Blacksmithing and requires materials from Molten Core.

Fire Resistance for Heat Level 2 and Heat Level 3

To raid the more difficult heat levels in Molten Core you need to hit Fire Resistance thresholds. For Heat Level 2 you need at least 96 Fire Resistance and for Heat Level 3 you need at least 226 Fire Resistance. To increase your Fire Resistance you can equip gear, utilize enchantments, use consumables, and get buffs from your Druids Druids, Shamans Shamans 1, and Paladins Paladins 1.

Use the following sources to increase your Fire Resistance to the required threshold:

Using Fire Resistance items often results in a DPS loss in comparison to your BiS list. After you’ve acquired new raid items recalculate your Fire Resistance and re-optimize your gear loadout.

🔥 Since the boss Garr from Molten Core can dispel magic effects, you should make sure your Rogue Rogue is hitting the Fire Resistance threshold without Mark of the Wild Mark of the Wild for that specific fight. This might require you to have some off-pieces for that boss fight.

1 For most guilds, it is not recommended to rely on Shaman Shaman totems or Paladin Paladin auras to hit the minimum Fire Resistance thresholds. If the aura or totem is out of range or the player dies, you will lack Fire Resistance. Use the totems or auras as additional mitigation, but calculate your Fire Resistance without them.

SoD DPS Rogue Pre-Raid BiS List

The following DPS Rogue Rogue BiS list contains the best items you can get in Season of Discovery before entering the endgame raids at level 60.

Items marked with Icon are pre-BiS for Mutilate Mutilate builds. Items marked with Icon are pre-BiS for Saber Slash Saber Slash builds.

1 This quest requires Shadowcraft Cap Shadowcraft Cap from Stratholme and Shadowcraft Tunic Shadowcraft Tunic from Blackrock Spire to complete.
2 This quest requires Shadowcraft Spaulders Shadowcraft Spaulders from Stratholme, Shadowcraft Boots Shadowcraft Boots from Scholomance, and Shadowcraft Pants Shadowcraft Pants from Stratholme to complete.
3 This quest requires Shadowcraft Bracers Shadowcraft Bracers from Scholomance to complete. Additionally, you need 15 Silithus Venom Sample Silithus Venom Sample from Stonelash Flayer and Rock Stalker in the southern half of Silithus as Horde Horde player or 15 Winterspring Blood Sample Winterspring Blood Sample from Frostsabers like Frostsaber Cub and Frostsaber Stalker in the northern corner of Winterspring as an Alliance Alliance player.
4 This quest requires Shadowcraft Belt Shadowcraft Belt and Shadowcraft Gloves Shadowcraft Gloves to complete. Both items drop in Blackrock Spire.
5 You only need the reputation with Timbermaw Hold to craft the base item. If you buy the base item from another player, being Friendly with Timbermaw Hold is enough to upgrade the base item to the epic pre-BiS version.

DPS Rogue Rotation

The rotation for a DPS Rogue Rogue is better described as a priority list. Depending on your spec the used abilities change. Here are the priority lists for Mutilate Mutilate builds and Saber Slash Saber Slash builds.

Icon Mutilate Rogue Rotation

Use the following priority list with Mutilate Mutilate:

  1. Use Blade Flurry Blade Flurry whenever it’s available and Envenom Envenom and Slice and Dice Slice and Dice are active.
  2. Use Poisoned Knife Poisoned Knife whenever it’s available and your target has 4 or more stacks of Deadly Poison IV Deadly Poison IV.
  3. Keep Slice and Dice Slice and Dice up. Don’t wait for 4 or 5 Combo Points. Cast it as early as possible.
  4. Use Envenom Envenom as your finisher with 5 Combo Points.
  5. Cast Mutilate Mutilate.

Icon Saber Slash Rogue Rotation

Use the following priority list with Saber Slash Saber Slash:

  1. Use Blade Flurry Blade Flurry whenever it’s available and Slice and Dice Slice and Dice is active.
  2. Use Poisoned Knife Poisoned Knife whenever it’s available and your target has 4 or more stacks of Deadly Poison IV Deadly Poison IV.
  3. Keep Slice and Dice Slice and Dice up. Cast with at least 4 Combo Points.
  4. Use Envenom Envenom as your finisher with 5 Combo Points.
  5. Cast Saber Slash Saber Slash.

To improve your DPS further, you can use Vanish Vanish to refresh Master of Subtlety Master of Subtlety and activate Cold Blood Cold Blood and Venomous Totem Venomous Totem before you use Envenom Envenom.

Rogue Consumables in SoD

The following list of consumables can be used by DPS Rogues Rogues in endgame raids at level 60:

Don’t use Consecrated Sharpening Stone Consecrated Sharpening Stone on your main-hand weapon, if you have Windfury Totem Windfury Totem or Wild Strikes Wild Strikes. Always use it on your off-hand weapon.

DPS Rogue Stat Priority

As a DPS Rogue Rogue you want to prioritize gear with the following stats:

  1. Up to 9% Hit Chance against level 60 raid bosses.
  2. Crit Chance.
  3. Agility.
  4. Strength.
  5. Attack Power.

With your finger rune and the Precision Precision talent, you only need 1% Hit Chance to reach the Melee Hit Cap. For your poisons, you still profit from Hit Chance until you reach the 16% Spell Hit Chance cap. But starting at a Hit Chance of 9%, Hit Chance has a lower priority than before.

Rogue Tank Build in Season of Discovery

To tank in dungeons and raids, use the WoW SoD Rogue Tank Spec. The Tank Rogue Rogue spec is optimized to maintain your opponents’ threat and reduce incoming damage.

Additional Resources

You can find more resources about the WoW SoD Rogue here, including Rogue Macros for WoW Classic. Special thanks to the WoWSims team for providing an invaluable simulation tool to optimize BiS lists. If you want to learn more and optimize your gameplay, visit Simonize and his community in Simonize’s Discord for more in-depth insights into Rogue Rogue gameplay.