Assassination Rogue DPS Sepulcher of the First Ones Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.2.5

On this page, you will find Assassination Rogue specific information to deal with each boss in the Sepulcher of the First Ones raid.

This page assumes that you already understand most of the mechanics of each encounter. These can be found on the full raid guide, so what is contained here are details specifically tailored toward Assassination Rogue and what you can do to deal with each fight as best as possible.

Disclaimer: These tips and recommendations were made for Season 4 of Shadowlands, and any potential changes or adjustments for Dragonflight are not taken into consideration.

During the Dragonflight Pre-Patch, Castle Nathria, Sanctum of Domination, and Sepulcher of the First Ones will be simultaneously featured as Fated Raids. During this time encounters within each specific raid will include an additional mechanic and items will drop at increased item levels. If you would like to learn more general information about the Fated Raids system as a whole, please see our overview below. Otherwise, continue to use this page for specialization-specific tips.

Disclaimer: While the Devs of the game have confirmed the intention for changing Duskwalker as detailed below, it does not yet work correctly on the PTR. We will update this section as soon as possible once servers have gone live. Even if it will not work, it will be hotfixed in a future patch.

You will want to play Duskwalker's Patch at all times as it now works on Deathmark instead of Vendetta.

Unless noted otherwise, we highly recommend playing Venthyr as your Covenant on every single fight.

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Kidney Shot can be used to interrupt Searing Ablation that the Point Defense Drones in Phase 1 are casting.

Make sure to have Vendetta ready when the boss reaches 15% Health.

For more information, please refer to our Vigilant Guardian guide.

You can use Cloak of Shadows to clear the Devouring Blood puddles.

Use Feint when the Ravening Burrow is being triggered.

For more information, please refer to our Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener guide.

You can Shadowstep or Cloak of Shadows over the Genesis Rings to gain more uptime on the boss.

All of the Xy Reinforcements can be crowd-controlled and interrupted. Use Kidney Shot and Kick to disrupt them.

Disintegration Halo can be avoided by using Cloak of Shadows and Shadowstep.

For more information, please refer to our Dausegne, the Fallen Oracle guide.

You can use Evasion to avoid getting stunned by the spears during Pinning Volley.

For more information, please refer to our Prototype Pantheon guide.

There are no tips or strategies specific to the Assassination Rogue toolkit for this boss. If any unique interactions come to light, we will update this section accordingly.

For more information, please refer to our Lihuvim, Principal Architect guide.

You can use Cloak of Shadows to knock back the Ephemeral Motes without taking damage.

Use Shadowstep to counteract the knockback during the intermission.

Cloak of Shadows can be used to remove the Crushing Prism debuff, in case you do not get a dispel quickly enough.

For more information, please refer to our Halondrus the Reclaimer guide.

You can use Cloak of Shadows before Blasphemy expires to survive, if you have not yet been able to neutralize the debuff.

You can use Cloak of Shadows pre-emptively to avoid being afflicted with the Wicked Star debuff. As it silences you, you cannot use Cloak once you have already been hit.

For more information, please refer to our Anduin Wrynn guide.

There are no tips or strategies specific to the Assassination Rogue toolkit for this boss. If any unique interactions come to light, we will update this section accordingly.

For more information, please refer to our Lords of Dread guide.

You can use Cloak of Shadows to tank an entire Cosmic Core spawned by Manifest Cosmos. Make sure to take 2-3 ticks before using Cloak, as the ability lasts longer than Cloak of Shadows.

If not assigned to Cosmic Cores, use Cloak of Shadows to avoid taking damage when players clear their Dark Eclipse debuffs.

For more information, please refer to our Rygelon guide.

You can stay close to the boss when Oppression is cast, if you use Cloak of Shadows during the last second of the cast.

Make sure to use Shadowstep to keep melee uptime after every knockback.

For more information, please refer to our The Jailer guide.