WotLK Classic Assassination Rogue Enchants and Consumables

Rogues in Wrath of the Lich King Classic will generally use their consumables and gems to ensure that they reach certain stat caps, most notably the Expertise and Poison Hit caps.

Slot	Enchantment
Head	Arcanum of Torment — Revered with the Knights of the Ebon Blade
Shoulders	Greater Inscription of the Axe or Master's Inscription of the Axe, depending on whether you are a scribe or not.
Back	Enchant Cloak - Major Agility is the best openly available enchant, but you should use Swordguard Embroidery if you are a tailor or Flexweave Underlay if you are an engineer.
Chest	Enchant Chest - Powerful Stats
Bracers	Enchant Bracers - Greater Assault or Fur Lining - Attack Power if you are a leatherworker.
Gloves	Enchant Gloves - Crusher or Hyperspeed Accelerators if you are an engineer.
Legs	Icescale Leg Armor or the cheaper alternative, Nerubian Leg Armor. You can use Nerubian Leg Reinforcements if you are a leatherworker.
Feet	Enchant Boots - Icewalker or Nitro Boosts if you are an engineer.
Rings	Enchant Ring - Assault
Melee Weapons	Enchant Weapon - Berserking or Enchant Weapon - Mongoose as a cheaper alternative.
Ranged Weapon	Sun Scope

Overall, your best choice for gemming as a Rogue is to focus on red, yellow, and orange gems, only aiming to achieve the socket bonuses of your gear when they require Red Gems or Yellow Gems.

You will still need to have a Blue Gem somewhere in your gear to ensure that you activate your Meta Gem, either Relentless Earthsiege Diamond or Thundering Skyflare Diamond.

When choosing how to fill your Yellow Sockets, make sure to pay attention to your current stat caps and use the sockets accordingly to reach your Poison Hit and Expertise caps.

Socket	Gem	Alternative
Meta Socket	Relentless Earthsiege Diamond	Thundering Skyflare Diamond
Red Socket	Bright Cardinal Ruby or Bright Scarlet Ruby	Precise Cardinal Ruby or Precise Scarlet Ruby
Yellow Socket	Pristine Ametrine or Pristine Monarch Topaz	Accurate Ametrine, Rigid King's Amber, or Stark Ametrine
Blue Socket	Nightmare Tear or Enchanted Tear	Balanced Dreadstone

For food as a Rogue, you will need to choose based on what stats you currently need.

• Fish Feast — for pure DPS increase if you already have your Poison Hit and Expertise caps.
• Mega Mammoth Meal — has the same role as the Fish Feast.
• Rhinolicious Wormsteak — for Expertise cap.
• Snapper Extreme — for Poison Hit cap.

The best flask for Assassination Rogues is the Flask of Endless Rage in terms of pure damage output.

Your best potions are either the Potion of Speed, which is excellent for dealing damage, or a Free Action Potion against enemies that will stun you for a long period of time, to ensure as much uptime as possible.

Despite the nerfs to it, Thistle Tea is still a solid consumable for Rogues in Wrath Classic, restoring 20 Energy when used.