WoW SoD DPS Rogue: Phase 4 BiS, Talents & Runes (2024)

WoW SoD Dagger Rogue Talents & Runes (Mutilate)

Choose the following talents and runes as a dagger Rogue with Mutilate for Phase 4 at level 60:

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Even as a Mutilate build, Improved Sinister Strike is the only damage-increasing talent in the first row due to Poisoned Knife. If you aren’t using the skill Blade Flurry in the content you’re playing, remove the talent point and increase Seal Fate to 5/5.

Learn where to find each rune in our guide WoW SoD Rogue Runes.

WoW SoD Combat Rogue Talents & Runes (Saber Slash)

Choose the following talents and runes as a sword/mace Combat Rogue with Saber Slash for Phase 4 at level 60:

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With this build, you can switch between Saber Slash and Mutilate. If you don’t intend to play the Mutilate spec, you can remove the 3 talent points from Improved Backstab. Since there aren’t any talents available that improve your DPS, you can invest the points in any other talent of your liking.

SoD Phase 4 DPS Rogue BiS List

The following DPS Rogue BiS list contains the best items you can get in Phase 4 of Season of Discovery to DPS in raids and dungeons:

• Head (Lesser Arcanum of Voracity)
  Nightslayer Cover (Molten Core)
• Neck
  Onyxia Tooth Pendant (Head of Onyxia)
• Shoulders (Atal'ai Signet of Might)
  Nightslayer Shoulder Pads (Molten Core)
• Back (Enchant Cloak - Lesser Agility)
  Puissant Cape (Azuregos in Azshara)
• Chest (Enchant Chest - Greater Stats)
  Nightslayer Chestpiece (Molten Core)
• Wrist (Enchant Bracer - Superior Strength)
  Nightslayer Bracelets (Molten Core)
• Hands (Enchant Gloves - Greater Agility)
  Aged Core Leather Gloves (Molten Core)
• Waist
  Nightslayer Belt (Molten Core)
• Legs (Lesser Arcanum of Voracity)
  Nightslayer Pants (Molten Core)
• Feet (Enchant Boots - Minor Speed)
  Nightslayer Boots (Molten Core)
• Rings
  Band of Accuria (Molten Core)
  Quick Strike Ring (Molten Core)
• Trinkets
  Hand of Justice (Blackrock Depths)
  Royal Seal of Eldre'Thalas (Reward from Garona: A Study on Stealth and Treachery from Dire Maul)
• Main-Hand Weapon (Enchant Weapon - Crusader)
  Felstriker ( Upper Blackrock Spire)
  Perdition's Blade ( Molten Core)
  Brutality Blade ( Molten Core)
• Off-Hand Weapon (Enchant Weapon - Crusader)
  Core Hound Tooth ( Molten Core)
  Shadowflame Sword ( Molten Core) ¹
• Ranged Weapon (Deadly Scope)
  Striker's Mark (Molten Core)

Items marked with are BiS for Mutilate builds. Items marked with are BiS for Saber Slash builds.

¹ Combine Shadowflame Skull with Implacable Blackguard to get Shadowflame Sword. Shadowflame Skull drops in Molten Core. To get Implacable Blackguard you need to turn in Blackguard, 25 Firelands Ember, and 2 Lava Core at Lokhtos Darkbargainer in Blackrock Depths. Blackguard is crafted with Blacksmithing and requires materials from Molten Core.

Fire Resistance for Heat Level 2 and Heat Level 3

To raid the more difficult heat levels in Molten Core you need to hit Fire Resistance thresholds. For Heat Level 2 you need at least 96 Fire Resistance and for Heat Level 3 you need at least 226 Fire Resistance. To increase your Fire Resistance you can equip gear, utilize enchantments, use consumables, and get buffs from your Druids, Shamans ¹, and Paladins ¹.

Use the following sources to increase your Fire Resistance to the required threshold:

• Mark of the Wild (up to 27 Fire Resistance if improved, does not stack with Fire Resistance Totem)
• Lesser Arcanum of Resilience (Head & Legs Enchants, Libram of Resilience)
• Blessed Flame Mantle of the Dawn (Argent Dawn – Exalted), Flame Mantle of the Dawn (Argent Dawn – Revered)
• Hydraxian Coronation (Hydraxian Waterlords – Honored)
• Juju Ember (Shardtooth E'ko at 61.8 38.2 in Winterspring)
• Magic Resistance Potion (does not stack with Mark of the Wild or Fire Resistance Totem)
• Miniaturized Fire Extinguisher (Demon Fall Canyon)
• Devilcore Gauntlets & Devilcore Leggings (Leatherworking)
• Ocean's Breeze (A Hero's Reward)
• Blazefury Medallion (Lord Kazzak in Blasted Lands)
• Wildfire Cape (Upper Blackrock Spire)
• Drakefire Amulet (Blackrock Spire)

Using Fire Resistance items often results in a DPS loss in comparison to your BiS list. After you’ve acquired new raid items recalculate your Fire Resistance and re-optimize your gear loadout.

🔥 Since the boss Garr from Molten Core can dispel magic effects, you should make sure your Rogue is hitting the Fire Resistance threshold without Mark of the Wild for that specific fight. This might require you to have some off-pieces for that boss fight.

¹ For most guilds, it is not recommended to rely on Shaman totems or Paladin auras to hit the minimum Fire Resistance thresholds. If the aura or totem is out of range or the player dies, you will lack Fire Resistance. Use the totems or auras as additional mitigation, but calculate your Fire Resistance without them.

SoD Phase 4 DPS Rogue Pre-Raid BiS List

The following DPS Rogue BiS list contains the best items you can get in Phase 4 of Season of Discovery before entering the endgame raids at level 60.

• Head (Lesser Arcanum of Voracity)
  Darkmantle Cap ( Saving the Best for Last) ¹
  Darkmantle Cap ( Saving the Best for Last) ¹
  Mask of the Godslayer (Demon Fall Canyon)
  Champion's Leather Helm ( PvP Rank 10)
  Lieutenant Commander's Leather Helm ( PvP Rank 10)
  Shadowcraft Cap (Scholomance)
• Neck
  Pendant of Celerity (Upper Blackrock Spire)
  Mark of Fordring (In Dreams from Highlord Taelan Fordring in the northern part of Western Plaguelands)
• Shoulders (Atal'ai Signet of Might)
  Stormshroud Shoulders (Leatherworking)
  Truestrike Shoulders (Upper Blackrock Spire)
  Darkmantle Spaulders ( Anthion's Parting Words) ²
  Darkmantle Spaulders ( Anthion's Parting Words) ²
  Champion's Leather Shoulders ( PvP Rank 10)
  Lieutenant Commander's Leather Shoulders ( PvP Rank 10)
  Defiler's Lizardhide Shoulders ( Arathi Basin – Exalted)
  Highlander's Leather Shoulders ( Arathi Basin – Exalted)
• Back (Enchant Cloak - Lesser Agility)
  Cape of the Black Baron (Stratholme Undead)
  Deathguard's Cloak ( Arathi Basin – Exalted)
  Cloak of the Honor Guard ( Arathi Basin – Exalted)
• Chest (Enchant Chest - Greater Stats)
  Darkmantle Tunic ( Saving the Best for Last) ¹
  Darkmantle Tunic ( Saving the Best for Last) ¹
  Legionnaire's Leather Chestpiece ( PvP Rank 8)
  Knight-Captain's Leather Chestpiece ( PvP Rank 8)
  Shadowcraft Tunic (Upper Blackrock Spire)
• Wrist (Enchant Bracer - Superior Strength)
  Darkmantle Bracers (An Earnest Proposition) ³
  Darkmantle Bracers (An Earnest Proposition) ³
  Forest Stalker's Bracers (Warsong Gulch – Exalted)
  Void-Powered Slayer's Vambraces (Engineering)
  Bracers of the Eclipse (Dire Maul West)
• Hands (Enchant Gloves - Greater Agility)
  Darkmantle Grips ( Just Compensation) ⁴
  Darkmantle Grips ( Just Compensation) ⁴
  Stormshroud Gloves (Leatherworking)
  Cadaverous Gloves (Scholomance)
• Waist
  Ferocity of the Timbermaw (Timbermaw Hold – Revered & Leatherworking) ⁵
  Darkmantle Belt ( Just Compensation) ⁴
  Darkmantle Belt ( Just Compensation) ⁴
  Defiler's Leather Girdle ( Arathi Basin – Honored)
  Defiler's Leather Girdle ( Arathi Basin – Honored])
• Legs (Lesser Arcanum of Voracity)
  Stormshroud Pants (Leatherworking)
  Darkmantle Pants ( Anthion's Parting Words) ²
  Darkmantle Pants ( Anthion's Parting Words) ²
  Plaguehound Leggings (Stratholme)
  Legionnaire's Leather Legguards ( PvP Rank 8)
  Knight-Captain's Leather Legguards ( PvP Rank 8)
• Feet (Enchant Boots - Minor Speed)
  Thorned Boots (Demon Fall Canyon)
  Darkmantle Footpads ( Anthion's Parting Words) ²
  Darkmantle Footpads ( Anthion's Parting Words) ²
  Shadowcraft Boots (Scholomance)
• Rings
  Tarnished Elven Ring (Dire Maul North) x2
  Don Julio's Band (Alterac Valley – Exalted)
  Resin Loop (Demon Fall Canyon)
  Craft of the Shadows (sold for 50 Tarnished Undermine Real by Pix Xizzix in Booty Bay, Stranglethorn Vale)
  Band of the Wilds (12 Wild Offering)
  Blackstone Ring (Maraudon)
  Protector's Band ( Warsong Gulch – Honored)
  Legionnaire's Band ( Warsong Gulch – Honored)
• Trinkets
  Hand of Justice (Blackrock Depths)
  Royal Seal of Eldre'Thalas (Reward from Garona: A Study on Stealth and Treachery from Dire Maul)
  Breadth of the Beast (12 Wild Offering)
  Rune of the Guard Captain ( Job Opening: Guard Captain of Revantusk Village at 79.0 79.0 in The Hinterlands)
  Blackhand's Breadth (Upper Blackrock Spire)
• Main-Hand Weapon (Enchant Weapon - Crusader)
  Felstriker ( Upper Blackrock Spire)
  Bonescraper ( Stratholme)
  Frightalon ( Scholomance)
  Alcor's Sunrazor ( World Drop)
  Debased Stealthblade ( Sunken Temple)
  Degraded Dire Nail ( Sunken Temple)
  Ironfoe ( Blackrock Depths)
  Dal'Rend's Sacred Charge ( Upper Blackrock Spire)
• Off-Hand Weapon (Enchant Weapon - Crusader)
  Distracting Dagger ( Dire Maul West)
  Bonescraper ( Stratholme)
  The Jaw Breaker ( Lower Blackrock Spire)
  Dal'Rend's Tribal Guardian ( Upper Blackrock Spire)
• Ranged Weapon (Deadly Scope)
  Stinging Longbow (Sunken Temple)
  Blackcrow (Lower Blackrock Spire)
  Satyr's Bow (Dire Maul East)

Items marked with are pre-BiS for Mutilate builds. Items marked with are pre-BiS for Saber Slash builds.

¹ This quest requires Shadowcraft Cap from Stratholme and Shadowcraft Tunic from Blackrock Spire to complete.
² This quest requires Shadowcraft Spaulders from Stratholme, Shadowcraft Boots from Scholomance, and Shadowcraft Pants from Stratholme to complete.
³ This quest requires Shadowcraft Bracers from Scholomance to complete. Additionally, you need 15 Silithus Venom Sample from Stonelash Flayer and Rock Stalker in the southern half of Silithus as Horde player or 15 Winterspring Blood Sample from Frostsabers like Frostsaber Cub and Frostsaber Stalker in the northern corner of Winterspring as an Alliance player.
⁴ This quest requires Shadowcraft Belt and Shadowcraft Gloves to complete. Both items drop in Blackrock Spire.
⁵ You only need the reputation with Timbermaw Hold to craft the base item. If you buy the base item from another player, being Friendly with Timbermaw Hold is enough to upgrade the base item to the epic pre-BiS version.

DPS Rogue Rotation

The rotation for a DPS Rogue is better described as a priority list. Follow these priorities while doing raids or dungeons:

1. Keep Slice and Dice up. Don’t wait for 5 Combo Points. Cast it as early as possible.
2. Use Poisoned Knife whenever it’s available.
3. If Slice and Dice is active, use Rupture with 5 Combo Points as your finisher (only Mutilate builds).
4. If your other finishers are active, use Envenom as your finisher.
5. Cast Mutilate / Saber Slash.

To improve your DPS further, you can use Vanish to refresh Master of Subtlety and activate Cold Blood before you use Envenom.

Rogue Consumables in SoD

The following list of consumables can be used by DPS Rogues in endgame raids at level 60:

• Thistle Tea
• Elixir of the Mongoose / Elixir of Greater Agility
• Juju Power / Elixir of Giants
• Juju Might / Winterfall Firewater
• Grilled Squid / Blessed Sunfruit
• Elemental Sharpening Stone / Shadow Oil
• Dragonbreath Chili
• Flask of Supreme Power

Don’t use Elemental Sharpening Stone or Shadow Oil on your main-hand weapon, if you have Windfury Totem or Wild Strikes in your party. Always use it on your off-hand weapon.

SoD Phase 3 Rogue Pre-Raid BiS List

The following Rogue BiS list contains the best items you can get in Phase 3 of Season of Discovery before entering the raid Sunken Temple at level 50.

• Head (Lesser Arcanum of Voracity)
  Embrace of the Lycan (Zul'Farrak)
  Swashbuckler's Eyepatch of the Tiger (or similar item with +16 Str/Agi, World Drop)
  Glowing Gneuro-Linked Cowl (Leatherworking)
  Artemis Cowl (Blackfathom Deeps)
• Neck
  Gnomeregan Peace Officer's Torque (Gnomeregan)
  Skibi's Pendant (World Drop)
  Sentinel's Medallion ( Warsong Gulch – Honored)
  Scout's Medallion ( Warsong Gulch – Honored)
• Shoulders
  Blood Guard's Leather Shoulders ( PvP Rank 7)
  Knight-Lieutenant's Leather Shoulders ( PvP Rank 7)
  Emerald Leather Shoulders (Nightmare Incursions – Friendly)
  Clouddrift Mantle ( Ancient Spirit, req. Flute of Xavaric to unlock)
  Shadowskin Spaulders (Runecloth from Meilosh at 65.6 2.8 in Felwood)
  Swashbuckler's Shoulderpads of Agility (with +18 Agi, World Drop)
  Failed Flying Experiment (Rescue OOX-22/FE! in Feralas at 53 55, req. OOX-22/FE Distress Beacon to start)
  Phytoskin Spaulders (Maraudon)
• Back (Enchant Cloak - Lesser Agility)
  Blackveil Cape (Blackrock Depths)
  Blisterbane Wrap (World Drop)
  Dark Phantom Cape (World Drop)
  Engraved Cape of Agility (with +14 Agi, World Drop)
  Dark Hooded Cape (Drop from rare Nimar the Slayer in the Southeast corner of Arathi Highlands)
  Prototype Parachute Cloak (Gnomeregan)
• Chest (Enchant Chest - Stats)
  Righteous Armor of Power (with +50 AP, World Drop)
  Stone Guard's Leather Armor ( PvP Rank 6)
  Knight's Leather Armor ( PvP Rank 6)
  Emerald Leather Vest (Nightmare Incursions – Honored)
  Insulated Chestguard (Gnomeregan)
  Blazewind Breastplate ( Broken Alliances in Badlands)
  Blazewind Breastplate ( Tremors of the Earth in Badlands)
  Fungus Shroud Armor (Maraudon)
• Wrist (Enchant Bracer - Superior Strength)
  Forest Stalker's Bracers (Warsong Gulch – Exalted)
  Deepfury Bracers (World Drop)
  Peerless Bracers of Power (or similar item with up to +30 AP, World Drop)
  Wicked Leather Bracers (Leatherworking)
• Hands (Enchant Gloves - Greater Agility)
  Gloves of the Pathfinder (Winterfall Activity at 27.8 34.6 in Winterspring)
  Machinist's Gloves (Gnomeregan)
  First Sergeant's Leather Gauntlets ( PvP Rank 5)
  Sergeant Major's Leather Gauntlets ( PvP Rank 5)
  Nightfall Gloves ( Disharmony of Fire starts at 3.6 48.0 in Badlands)
• Waist
  Girdle of beasti*al Fury (Blackrock Depths)
  Wanderer's Belt of the Tiger (or similar item with +12 Str/Agi, World Drop)
  Skullduggery Waistband (Gnomeregan)
  Sagebrush Girdle ( Vyletongue Corruption / Vyletongue Corruption in Maraudon)
  Defiler's Leather Girdle (Arathi Basin – Honored)
• Legs (Lesser Arcanum of Voracity)
  Praetorian Leggings of Power (with up to +50 AP, World Drop)
  Stone Guard's Leather Pants ( PvP Rank 6)
  Knight's Leather Pants ( PvP Rank 6)
  Insulated Legguards (Gnomeregan)
  Emerald Leather Pants (Nightmare Incursions – Honored)
  Serpentskin Leggings (World Drop)
  Nimble Triprunner Dungarees (Rig Wars / The Grand Betrayal)
• Feet (Enchant Boots - Minor Speed)
  Sandstalker Ankleguards (Zul'Farrak)
  Albino Crocscale Boots (Maraudon)
  Praetorian Boots of Power (with up to +36 AP, World Drop)
  Shadefiend Boots (Blackrock Depths)
  Defiler's Leather Boots (Arathi Basin – Revered)
  Insulated Workboots (Gnomeregan)
• Rings
  Blackstone Ring (Maraudon)
  Band of the Wilds (12 Wild Offering)
  Protector's Band ( Warsong Gulch – Honored)
  Legionnaire's Band ( Warsong Gulch – Honored)
  Archaedic Stone of the Tiger (with +9 Str/Agi, Uldaman)
  Arctic Ring of the Tiger (or similar item with +9 Str/Agi, World Drop)
  Protector's Band ( Warsong Gulch – Honored)
  Legionnaire's Band ( Warsong Gulch – Honored)
  Masons Fraternity Ring (Divino-matic Rod in Zul'Farrak, starting in Gadgetzan)
  Hypercharged Gear of Devastation (Gnomeregan)
• Trinkets
  Rune of the Guard Captain ( Job Opening: Guard Captain of Revantusk Village at 79.0 79.0 in The Hinterlands)
  Breadth of the Beast (12 Wild Offering)
  Gyromatic Experiment 420b (Gnomeregan)
  Avenger's Void Pearl (Blackfathom Deeps)
• Main-Hand Weapon (Enchant Weapon - Agility)
  Gurubashi Backstabber (Stranglethorn Vale PvP event)
• Off-Hand Weapon (Enchant Weapon - Agility)
  Julie's Dagger (World Drop)
  Shadowblade (World Drop)
  Hookfang Shanker (Blackrock Depths)
  Scout's Blade ( Warsong Gulch – Revered)
  Sentinel's Blade ( Warsong Gulch – Revered)
• Ranged Weapon (Sniper Scope)
  Precisely Calibrated Boomstick (World Drop)
  Guttbuster (World Drop)
  Skull Splitting Crossbow (World Drop)
  Falco's Sting (Gnomeregan)

SoD Phase 3 BiS List for DPS Rogues

The following DPS Rogue best-in-slot list contains the best items you can get in Phase 3 of Season of Discovery. You need to get loot from the 20-man raid Sunken Temple and do PvP to get the best items in the game.

• Head (Lesser Arcanum of Voracity)
  Glowing Gneuro-Linked Cowl (Leatherworking)
  Embrace of the Lycan (Zul'Farrak)
• Neck
  Bloodstained Charm of Valor (Sunken Temple)
• Shoulders (Atal'ai Signet of Might)
  Paranoia Mantle (Leatherworking)
  Blood Guard's Leather Shoulders ( PvP Rank 7)
  Knight-Lieutenant's Leather Shoulders ( PvP Rank 7)
• Back (Enchant Cloak - Lesser Agility)
  Panther Fur Cloak (Sunken Temple)
• Chest (Enchant Chest - Stats)
  Blood Corrupted Tunic (Sunken Temple)
• Wrist (Enchant Bracer - Superior Strength)
  Void-Powered Slayer's Vambraces (Engineering)
  Forest Stalker's Bracers (Warsong Gulch – Exalted)
• Hands (Enchant Gloves - Greater Agility)
  Gloves of the Pathfinder (Winterfall Activity at 27.8 34.6 in Winterspring)
• Waist
  Temple Looter's Waistband (Sunken Temple)
• Legs (Lesser Arcanum of Voracity)
  Blood Corrupted Pants (Sunken Temple)
• Feet (Enchant Boots - Minor Speed)
  Blood Corrupted Boots (Sunken Temple)
• Rings
  Drakeclaw Band of the Berserker (Sunken Temple)
  Blackstone Ring (Maraudon)
• Trinkets
  Rune of the Guard Captain ( Job Opening: Guard Captain of Revantusk Village at 79.0 79.0 in The Hinterlands)
  Breadth of the Beast (12 Wild Offering)
  Gyromatic Experiment 420b (Gnomeregan)
• Main-Hand Weapon (Enchant Weapon - Agility)
  Degraded Dire Nail (Sunken Temple)
  Gurubashi Backstabber (Stranglethorn Vale PvP event)
• Off-Hand Weapon (Enchant Weapon - Agility)
  Debased Stealthblade (Sunken Temple)
• Ranged Weapon (Sniper Scope)
  Stinging Longbow (Sunken Temple)

Use our Epic Crafting Guide for Phase 3 to learn how to craft Paranoia Mantle and Glowing Gneuro-Linked Cowl.

DPS Rogue Stat Priority

As a DPS Rogue you want to prioritize gear with the following stats:

1. Up to 9% Hit Chance against level 60 raid bosses.
2. Crit Chance.
3. Agility.
4. Strength.
5. Attack Power.

With your finger rune and the Precision talent, you only need 1% Hit Chance to reach the Melee Hit Cap. For your poisons, you still profit from Hit Chance until you reach the 16% Spell Hit Chance cap. But starting at a Hit Chance of 9%, Hit Chance has a lower priority than before.

Rogue Macros in WoW Classic

You can write very useful macros for a Rogue in WoW Classic to improve your gameplay. Find the most important macros in our guide “WoW Classic Rogue Macros“. You’ll learn how to write macros yourself by reading through the examples, too.

Rogue Tank Build in Season of Discovery

To tank in dungeons and raids, use the WoW SoD Rogue Tank Spec. The Tank Rogue spec is optimized to maintain your opponents’ threat and reduce incoming damage.