Assassination Rogue DPS Liberation of Undermine Raid Guide — The War Within (11.1.0)

Last updated on Mar 25, 2025 at 18:57 by Seliathan 83 comments
General Information

On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Assassination Rogue for each boss of the following raid: Liberation of Undermine. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.1.0).

1.

Introduction

Below, you can find class and spec-specific advice for every fight in Liberation of Undermine. If you are looking for a general overview of the Raid that is not spec-specific, check out our dedicated Liberation of Undermine Boss guides.

On this page, you will find tips and tricks specifically tailored toward Assassination Rogues and its toolkit based on the recommended talent build. It does not include general tips for mechanics, which are included in the full raid guide instead, whereas this page assumes that you are already familiar with most of the major mechanics of each encounter.

All recommendations are progression-based tips and will not necessarily be the best for an overall DPS ranking.

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Liberation of Undermine Boss Guides for Assassination Rogue

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Liberation of Undermine Raid Builds, Tips, and Tricks for Assassination Rogue

Vexie Fullthrottle Cauldron of Carnage Rik Reverb Stix Bunkjunker Sprocketmonger Lockenstock One-Armed Bandit Mug'Zee Chrome King Gallywix
3.

Tips for Vexie Fullthrottle for Assassination Rogue

2.1.

Defensive Tips

  • There are no specific tips on how to best use your defensives for Vexie. Try to use your Cloak of Shadows Icon Cloak of Shadows to mitigate damage if the entire raid ends up dropping low HP.
2.2.

Cooldown Usage

  • Depending on the strategy that your raid employs, you may not want to use Deathmark Icon Deathmark on pull, if it means it won't be available for the damage increase phase after breaking all the plates on the boss. Just use Kingsbane Icon Kingsbane on pull, and hold onto your Deathmark.
  • If the last 20 seconds of the damage amplification phase last past two minutes, use your CDs on pull, as you will get them back for the last section of the intermission.
2.3.

Mechanical Tips

  • There are no specific tips on Vexie's boss mechanics.
2.4.

Mythic Difficulty

  • There is nothing Mythic-specific to note about this boss, simply play it exactly like Heroic.
2.5.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

3.

Tips for Cauldron of Carnage for Assassination Rogue

2.6.

Defensive Tips

  • Make sure to use your Cloak of Shadows Icon Cloak of Shadows to either get rid of Thunderdrum Salvo Icon Thunderdrum Salvo or to mitigate damage during the intermission.
  • You may also be able to use Cloak of Shadows Icon Cloak of Shadows to soak some of the Voltaic Image Icon Voltaic Image on Torq's side.'
2.7.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use everything on cooldown.
  • If you know the fight will last less than 2 minutes, but you will get one more intermission, hold onto your cooldowns to use it during the intermission for Caustic Spatter Icon Caustic Spatter cleave on the other boss.
2.8.

Mechanical Tips

  • Remember that you do not have to continuously run with Thunderdrum Salvo Icon Thunderdrum Salvo, and can instead just stutter-step close to the boss to retain melee uptime.
2.9.

Mythic Difficulty

  • There is nothing Mythic-specific to note about this boss, simply play it exactly like Heroic.
2.10.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

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Tips for Rik Reverb for Assassination Rogue

2.11.

Defensive Tips

  • You might be able to use Cloak of Shadows Icon Cloak of Shadows to survive one of the Resonant Echoes Icon Resonant Echoes if you misplay the knock-up mechanic. Use it after 1-2 ticks, otherwise you will still die after Cloak expires.
  • Do not use Shadowstep Icon Shadowstep to avoid the rings, you will still get the debuff and die.
  • You can use Evasion Icon Evasion during your cooldowns to not have to run away while the bosses smashes into the ground to spawn an Amplifier, as it prevents you from getting hit by it.
2.12.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use everything on cooldown.
2.13.

Mechanical Tips

  • There is no need to try and minmax uptime during the intermission, as the boss takes 99% reduced damage. Simply survive, and help out with Crimson Vial Icon Crimson Vial and Feint Icon Feint.
2.14.

Mythic Difficulty

  • There is nothing Mythic-specific to note about this boss, simply play it exactly like Heroic.
2.15.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

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Tips for Stix Bunkjunker for Assassination Rogue

2.16.

Defensive Tips

  • If your raid ends up gaining multiple stacks of Toxic Fumes Icon Toxic Fumes, try to use Cloak of Shadows Icon Cloak of Shadows to remove it temporarily. You will regain the stacks, but not take damage for a while.
  • If you are in the middle of your cooldowns and Incinerator Icon Incinerator is about to be cast, you can pre-cloak the debuff so you do not have to worry about your positioning. This really shouldn't be necessary, however.
2.17.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use everything on cooldown. If Rolling Rubbish Icon Rolling Rubbish is about to happen, wait with using CDs in case you are one of the players who has to deal with the mechanic.
2.18.

Mechanical Tips

  • There are no rogue-specific tips to deal with mechanics for Stix Bunkjunker.
2.19.

Mythic Difficulty

  • There is nothing Mythic-specific to note about this boss, simply play it exactly like Heroic.
2.20.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

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Tips for Sprocketmonger Lockenstock for Assassination Rogue

2.21.

Defensive Tips

  • You may want to hold onto Cloak of Shadows Icon Cloak of Shadows in case the boss is being tanked in an inopportune spot, to keep DPSing while the Blazing Beam Icon Blazing Beam mechanic happens or if the boss is slow to move out of the Wire Transfer Icon Wire Transfer shocked ground.
  • Depending on the raid's health, use Feint Icon Feint liberally every time a Foot-Blasters Icon Foot-Blasters mine is triggered.
2.22.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use everything on cooldown. Hold onto your CDs if the boss is about to start the intermission.
2.23.

Mechanical Tips

  • You might be able to hold onto Cloak of Shadows Icon Cloak of Shadows and Sprint Icon Sprint to deal with the intermission phase very quickly by running over the electrified ground, instead of the conveyor belts.
2.24.

Mythic Difficulty

  • Be careful with your usage of Shadowstep Icon Shadowstep or Cloak of Shadows Icon Cloak of Shadows. Even if you end up surviving, you may kill other players if you get hit by Void Barrage Icon Void Barrage.
2.25.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

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Tips for One-ARmed Bandit for Assassination Rogue

2.26.

Defensive Tips

  • Hold onto Cloak of Shadows Icon Cloak of Shadows for particularly dangerous overlaps, or to remove Withering Flames Icon Withering Flames.
  • You can also use Cloak of Shadows Icon Cloak of Shadows to remove the Healing Absorb from Foul Exhaust Icon Foul Exhaust, or help counteract it with Crimson Vial Icon Crimson Vial.
2.27.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use everything on cooldown. Make sure you have a set of all cooldowns for the last 30% of the boss's HP and Bloodlust Icon Bloodlust!
  • You may want to delay using your cooldowns on pull by about 10-15 seconds. This will line up your cooldowns with every wave of adds spawning on Heroic and Mythic difficulty, allowing you to cleave onto them with Caustic Spatter Icon Caustic Spatter.
2.28.

Mechanical Tips

  • Hold your Sprint Icon Sprint to counteract the pull-in from the Reward: Coin and Shock Icon Reward: Coin and Shock mechanic.
2.29.

Mythic Difficulty

  • There is nothing Mythic-specific to note about this boss, simply play it exactly like Heroic.
2.30.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

3.

Tips for Mug'Zee for Assassination Rogue

2.31.

Defensive Tips

  • On Heroic and lower difficulties, you can help soak the Unstable Crawler Mines Icon Unstable Crawler Mines with Cloak of Shadows Icon Cloak of Shadows, but only if you also receive Blessing of Protection Icon Blessing of Protection.
  • Depending on your assignments and raid strategy, you want to hold onto Cloak of Shadows Icon Cloak of Shadows to soak the Goblin-guided Rocket Icon Goblin-guided Rocket. You can soak two of these back to back if you use Cloak for the second one.
  • Use Feint Icon Feint when the Earthshaker Gaol Icon Earthshaker Gaol soak is happening. This ability deals very high damage.
2.32.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use everything on cooldown. Make sure you have a set of cooldowns ready for P2 (starts at 40% HP). Do not use it immediately, but wait for the boss to drop below 35% HP to benefit from the execute damage bonus.
  • If you end up hitting the enrage of the boss, you may instead want to hold onto your cooldowns and use them right as the intermission begins. This will allow you to get two sets of cooldowns into the phase that has an actual enrage, while the above cooldown usage only gets you one set.
2.33.

Mechanical Tips

  • The moment the Earthshaker Gaol Icon Earthshaker Gaol add finishes its knockback cast, you can Shadowstep Icon Shadowstep to the boss, even if none of the walls are broken yet.
2.34.

Mythic Difficulty

  • There are no Mythic-specific tips here just yet. Make sure to check in again after the fight has been playable on live servers for a bit!
2.35.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

3.

Tips for Chrome King Gallywix for Assassination Rogue

2.36.

Defensive Tips

  • Make sure to use Feint Icon Feint and Crimson Vial Icon Crimson Vial for each set of abilities that leave behind Mechengineer's Canisters Icon Mechengineer's Canisters. You cannot remove this debuff with Cloak of Shadows Icon Cloak of Shadows.
  • Hold onto and use Cloak of Shadows Icon Cloak of Shadows if you ever drop low HP while the above healing absorb is still active on you. You may not remove it, but you give your healers more time to do so.
  • You can also hold onto Cloak of Shadows Icon Cloak of Shadows to not have to run away during Suppression Icon Suppression, immuning the Gallybux Finale Blast Icon Gallybux Finale Blast.
2.37.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use everything on cooldown. Try to avoid using cooldowns right before the boss flies across the platform, or before you have to run away from the boss due to Suppression Icon Suppression being cast.
2.38.

Mechanical Tips

  • Using Shadowstep Icon Shadowstep on this boss can be very awkward until Blizzard fixes the location where you land when using it. Try to Shadowstep to friendly players or smaller adds, instead of the boss itself.
2.39.

Mythic Difficulty

  • There are no Mythic-specific tips here just yet. Make sure to check in again after the fight has been playable on live servers for a bit!
2.40.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

2.41.

General Offensive Cooldown Usage

Assassination Rogue has a few cooldowns to think about using optimally on the fights in Liberation of Undermine:

  • Deathmark Icon Deathmark - Our main, 2-minute cooldown.
  • Kingsbane Icon Kingsbane - Our 1-minute cooldown.

Make sure to use your cooldowns on cooldown as much as possible unless certain adds or DPS phases allow you to get more value out of them. This is typically something you will want to discuss with your Raidleader or the rest of the raid in static groups, while PUGs are more freeform than that. Simply keep an eye out on how you can best serve the raid, even if that means an add does not live to see the full duration of your Deathmark and Kingsbane. If it wiped you in the previous pull, and you now kill the boss, it does not matter if your DPS is a bit lower.

2.42.

General Defensive Cooldown Usage

If you want to mitigate damage during some of the harder hitting moment of any given encounter, just Feint Icon Feint. You can use Cloak of Shadows Icon Cloak of Shadows to remove a variety of debuffs, or simply use it when the entire raid takes massive chunks of damage or has a very strong DoT effect on all players, to alleviate some of the pressure on your healers. Remember that Evasion Icon Evasion also reduces magical damage taken when talented into Deathstalker.

3.

Changelog

  • 25 Mar. 2025: Updated some talent recommendations for class changes from March 25th.
  • 17 Mar. 2025: Updated with additional tips, Gallywix info, and Mythic tips for a few bosses.
  • 20 Feb. 2025: Guide added.
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