Assassination Rogue PvP Guide — The War Within (11.0.5)

Assassination Rogues have consistent sustained damage thanks to their Bleeds and Poisons and are very good at cleaving down several enemies with their damage over time effects. Their healing reduction effect, Wound Poison, can be applied to multiple enemies, making it difficult for enemy healers to heal their entire team. Their access to a silence effect with Garrote has made them known to be great at killing healers. An Assassination Rogue left unchecked will quickly close a PvP match!

• Twist the Knife now enables Envenom's beneficial effect to overlap up to 2 times. It works with both the poison application chance bonus and talents such as Rapid Injection, meaning it is a buff to Envenom's damage if you are able to use it multiple times in a row.

• New Talent: Supercharger – Shiv supercharges [1/2] Combo Points. Damaging finishing moves consume a supercharged combo point to function as if they spent 2 additional combo points.
• New Talent: Forced Induction – Increase the bonus granted when a damaging finishing move consumes a supercharged Combo Point by 1.
• Echoing Reprimand has been redesigned – After consuming a supercharged Combo Point, your next Mutilate strikes with an Echoing Reprimand dealing Physical damage.
• Subterfuge now also grants duration to combat bonuses that require Stealth and also have a duration that persists after breaking Stealth ( Improved Garrote, Master Assassin, Indiscriminate Carnage).
• Cut to the Chase now grants Slice and Dice duration, instead of requiring an existing Slice and Dice to extend.
• Feint no longer triggers a global cooldown when activated. Consequently the talent Elusiveness becomes a much more attractive option when Cheat Death is not required.

Strengths

• Excellent sustained damage.
• Decent burst.
• Great control.
• Excellent utility.

Weaknesses

• Very prone to dying in stuns.
• Significant cooldown on defensive abilities.
• Often reliant on teammates to stay alive.
• Predictable burst damage.