WoW Forever · Melee damage (Energy)

Assassination Rogue

Assassination links Energy spending, Combo Points and poison-oriented choices. Use a builder that matches your weapon setup, then decide what the current target needs from a finisher. Finishing a nearly dead enemy and maintaining a longer-lived damage benefit are different decisions.

Current beta play is capped at level 30. Level 60 reference models and deeper talents are identified as later planning. Client descriptions and server updates can differ.

In this guide

What this build asks you to do

Mutilate attacks with both weapons and has an additional condition against a Poisoned target. Seal Fate attaches extra Combo Points to qualifying builder critical strikes. Later Venom spends points to improve poison damage and application rather than simply dealing one immediate hit. None of those descriptions guarantees that every attack crits or every poison lands; preserve enough Energy to react to an interrupt or escape need.

Builders, poison conditions and finishers provide linked damage choices.
Weapon requirements, poison supplies and conditional procs can change what is available.

Sources for this section

TalentsForever: current beta talents and spell tooltips Forever beta report · 1.60.1.70170 · 2026-10-04
CC-BY-4.0 author-client export generated October 4. Build 70170 with dated research/hotfix annotations; client descriptions do not establish every current server effect or trainer offer.
Method: Rogue levelling advice Forever author guide · 2026-10-04
Original creator playstyle and spending advice. Exact unlocks are cross-checked against beta data; dated Blizzard changes override stale details.
Forever class attribute coefficients Client data · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Class baseline attack-power coefficients; form-specific branches and modifiers are separate.
Matching Forever character-stat display Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Client display basis: 14 AP per nominal ordinary weapon DPS, 2 Armor per Agility, and Cat-specific Agility branch. Not a special-attack or shapeshifted damage model.

Choose the next action

Choose weapons that satisfy the learned builder. Mutilate uses both weapons and its Poisoned-target interaction; a poisoned enemy is a condition to check, not proof every attack applied poison.
Build points with usable contact while preserving Energy for an interrupt or escape. Being behind the target, having the right weapon and having enough Energy are different requirements.
Choose a finisher for the target’s remaining life. Spending on a sustained benefit and immediately finishing a nearly defeated enemy answer different questions.
With Seal Fate learned, an eligible builder crit can add Combo Points. Do not plan every cycle as though that extra point is guaranteed.
Later Venom changes the poison-oriented spending choice. Use the actual learned description rather than treating every Assassination finisher as one immediate physical hit.

Sources for this section

TalentsForever: current beta talents and spell tooltips Forever beta report · 1.60.1.70170 · 2026-10-04
CC-BY-4.0 author-client export generated October 4. Build 70170 with dated research/hotfix annotations; client descriptions do not establish every current server effect or trainer offer.
Method: Rogue levelling advice Forever author guide · 2026-10-04
Original creator playstyle and spending advice. Exact unlocks are cross-checked against beta data; dated Blizzard changes override stale details.
Forever class attribute coefficients Client data · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Class baseline attack-power coefficients; form-specific branches and modifiers are separate.
Matching Forever character-stat display Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Client display basis: 14 AP per nominal ordinary weapon DPS, 2 Armor per Agility, and Cat-specific Agility branch. Not a special-attack or shapeshifted damage model.

A Poisoned target changes the builder choice

Click through an illustrative sequence. Conditional effects require the named spells and talents; this is not a damage, resource, threat or timing simulation.

Check the Poisoned condition: In this example the target is already Poisoned; applying poison is not guaranteed by every attack.
Build with Mutilate: When learned and usable with your weapons, the builder adds Combo Points and uses its Poisoned-target interaction.
Choose the finisher: Choose a learned finisher for this target; the illustrated points are a chosen example, not a crit prediction.
Keep Energy for control: A useful interrupt or escape can matter more than immediately rebuilding every point.

Inspect the interaction

The scene explains this named mechanic. The saved level 60 priority reference, where present, is separate.

A Poisoned target changes the builder choice Current beta · use the spells and talents you know

A Poisoned target changes the builder choice

Click through an illustrative sequence. Conditional effects require the named spells and talents; this is not a damage, resource, threat or timing simulation.

This scene illustrates a named interaction. Playback does not simulate combat timing, damage, resource costs or enemy behaviour.

Sources for this section

TalentsForever: current beta talents and spell tooltips Forever beta report · 1.60.1.70170 · 2026-10-04
CC-BY-4.0 author-client export generated October 4. Build 70170 with dated research/hotfix annotations; client descriptions do not establish every current server effect or trainer offer.
Method: Rogue levelling advice Forever author guide · 2026-10-04
Original creator playstyle and spending advice. Exact unlocks are cross-checked against beta data; dated Blizzard changes override stale details.
Forever class attribute coefficients Client data · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Class baseline attack-power coefficients; form-specific branches and modifiers are separate.
Matching Forever character-stat display Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Client display basis: 14 AP per nominal ordinary weapon DPS, 2 Armor per Agility, and Cat-specific Agility branch. Not a special-attack or shapeshifted damage model.

Build the toolkit

Keep weapon skills, useful builder/finisher ranks and poison supplies current. Learn the poison introduction rather than assuming a talent makes supplies unnecessary. Mutilate, Seal Fate and Venom have separate point requirements; the future preset is not an early solo allocation.

Build the toolkit
Level	Decision or milestone	Scope
20	Keep the actual poison-learning and supply requirements separate.	Current beta
25	Cold Blood is an ordinary talent-row option.	Current beta
30	Mutilate is a talent-row option.	Current beta
40	Venom is deeper planning.	Later planning

Sources for this section

TalentsForever: current beta talents and spell tooltips Forever beta report · 1.60.1.70170 · 2026-10-04
CC-BY-4.0 author-client export generated October 4. Build 70170 with dated research/hotfix annotations; client descriptions do not establish every current server effect or trainer offer.
Method: Rogue levelling advice Forever author guide · 2026-10-04
Original creator playstyle and spending advice. Exact unlocks are cross-checked against beta data; dated Blizzard changes override stale details.
Forever class attribute coefficients Client data · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Class baseline attack-power coefficients; form-specific branches and modifiers are separate.
Matching Forever character-stat display Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Client display basis: 14 AP per nominal ordinary weapon DPS, 2 Armor per Agility, and Cat-specific Agility branch. Not a special-attack or shapeshifted damage model.

Understand the upgrade

Check the actual main-hand/off-hand requirements and ability rules instead of judging only a combined character-sheet DPS value.

Baseline +10 Agility gives a Rogue +10 melee AP and +20 Armor; level-dependent crit and poison interactions are separate.

These examples isolate attribute relationships. They are not a prediction of full ability DPS, threat, pet damage or survivability.

Understand the upgrade
Comparison	Meaning
+10 Agility	+10 baseline melee AP and +20 ranged AP; about +0.769 percentage points of weapon crit at level 30, before talents.
Weapon context	Main-hand, off-hand and positional builder choices must be compared separately.
Survival or reserve	A damage stat does not replace the health and resource reserve needed to finish the pull.

Sources for this section

Forever class attribute coefficients Client data · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Class baseline attack-power coefficients; form-specific branches and modifiers are separate.
Matching Forever character-stat display Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Client display basis: 14 AP per nominal ordinary weapon DPS, 2 Armor per Agility, and Cat-specific Agility branch. Not a special-attack or shapeshifted damage model.
Matching Forever attribute breakpoints Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
First 20 effective Intellect and Stamina breakpoints; Intellect above 20 has 15 mana per point in the client display. HP above the Stamina breakpoint uses a runtime getter.
Forever client regeneration evidence Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Reported rate display and accepted class/retention evidence. No universal Spirit-to-MP5 conversion or invented server tick formula.

Questing and group play

For solo play, use controlled single targets and retain an escape option when an opener fails. In a party, wait for safe contact and use interrupts; do not break controlled targets merely to maintain a damage cycle. The enemy’s remaining life determines whether a bleed or longer benefit repays the points invested.

Sources for this section

TalentsForever: current beta talents and spell tooltips Forever beta report · 1.60.1.70170 · 2026-10-04
CC-BY-4.0 author-client export generated October 4. Build 70170 with dated research/hotfix annotations; client descriptions do not establish every current server effect or trainer offer.
Method: Rogue levelling advice Forever author guide · 2026-10-04
Original creator playstyle and spending advice. Exact unlocks are cross-checked against beta data; dated Blizzard changes override stale details.
Forever class attribute coefficients Client data · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Class baseline attack-power coefficients; form-specific branches and modifiers are separate.
Matching Forever character-stat display Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Client display basis: 14 AP per nominal ordinary weapon DPS, 2 Armor per Agility, and Cat-specific Agility branch. Not a special-attack or shapeshifted damage model.

Choose useful equipment

Compare the actual paired weapons, poison support and Agility with enough health for the pull. A dagger-dependent builder cannot use a non-dagger upgrade simply because its listed damage is higher. Strength and Agility have different crit relationships, and an off-hand contribution is not the same as a main-hand hit.

Sources for this section

TalentsForever: current beta talents and spell tooltips Forever beta report · 1.60.1.70170 · 2026-10-04
CC-BY-4.0 author-client export generated October 4. Build 70170 with dated research/hotfix annotations; client descriptions do not establish every current server effect or trainer offer.
Method: Rogue levelling advice Forever author guide · 2026-10-04
Original creator playstyle and spending advice. Exact unlocks are cross-checked against beta data; dated Blizzard changes override stale details.
Forever class attribute coefficients Client data · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Class baseline attack-power coefficients; form-specific branches and modifiers are separate.
Matching Forever character-stat display Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Client display basis: 14 AP per nominal ordinary weapon DPS, 2 Armor per Agility, and Cat-specific Agility branch. Not a special-attack or shapeshifted damage model.
Forever item reference: build 70205 Client data · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Item names and requirements; client presence does not establish a drop source or current access.

Level 60 reference priorities

Undead; saved 30/21 talent split; level 60; 10,000 iterations; one level 63 target; nominal 120 seconds with ±15 seconds variation.

These are the visible core spell decisions in this saved model’s effective rotation, in source priority order. Check the first usable higher-priority action; later entries can be skipped. Item, racial and other auxiliary management remains in the full report, and execute-phase percentages are encounter settings rather than proc chances.

Level 60 reference priorities
Action	Condition in this saved model
Slice and Dice	((Combo Points ≥ 1 AND NOT (active effect: Slice and Dice) AND fight time remaining ≥ 6) OR (Combo Points ≥ 5 AND remaining effect time: Slice and Dice < 3 AND fight time remaining > 9))
Cold Blood	(Combo Points ≥ 4 AND active effect: Slice and Dice)
Eviscerate	(Combo Points ≥ 4 AND (active effect: Slice and Dice OR Energy ≥ 79 OR fight time remaining < 6))
Mutilate	No additional priority test

Sources for this section

MythicSim: Assassination Rogue Model documentation · 2026-10-05
Saved level 60 reference, inspected October 5, 2026. Engine forever-f43215d07e51fc228c2e32366d7563b03d76fec8. Its priorities and events describe this model, not tested live gameplay.

Inspect the saved opening

These timestamps show selected events from one recorded model opening. A row can be a triggered event; it is not automatically another button press. Negative times are preparation before the encounter.

Saved endgame model · later planning

Saved level 60 reference

Inspect events from this saved setup.

Level 60 single-target damage reference · later planning

Inspect the saved opening

These rows are events from one model timeline. A triggered hit or effect is not automatically an extra player cast.

Saved model event · 0 sMutilate

Inspect the original setup and full report →

Sources for this section

MythicSim: Assassination Rogue Model documentation · 2026-10-05
Saved level 60 reference, inspected October 5, 2026. Engine forever-f43215d07e51fc228c2e32366d7563b03d76fec8. Its priorities and events describe this model, not tested live gameplay.

Equipment in this reference

The publisher describes these sets as primarily dungeon and crafted equipment, rather than optimized BiS. The Survival and Holy / Protection references have beta-gear exceptions. This is an item sample without inferred inventory slots.

Equipment in this reference
Reference item	How to use this comparison
Devilsaur Gauntlets	Fixed reference item; verify your level, source and current access.
Devilsaur Leggings	Fixed reference item; verify your level, source and current access.
Shadowcraft Boots	Fixed reference item; verify your level, source and current access.

Sources for this section

MythicSim: Assassination Rogue Model documentation · 2026-10-05
Saved level 60 reference, inspected October 5, 2026. Engine forever-f43215d07e51fc228c2e32366d7563b03d76fec8. Its priorities and events describe this model, not tested live gameplay.
Forever item reference: build 70205 Client data · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Item names and requirements; client presence does not establish a drop source or current access.
MythicSim: reference-model methodology Model documentation · 2026-10-04
Dated level 60 damage-model references; selected profiles are not gameplay or healer-performance evidence.