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DPS · Raids Level 60 · 37 / 14 / 0 · Assassination 37 · Combat 14 · Subtlety 0

Level 60 Assassination Rogue raid build with dual daggers, Mutilate and the Venom poison buff. Seal Fate supports combo-point generation, while supporting points add Precision and longer Slice and Dice uptime. Load the level-60 build in the calculator to adjust it for your gear and group.

Level-30 beta Rogue Assassination Raid build

Level-30 Assassination dungeon damage · 21 / 0 / 0 · 21 standard talent points. Reviewed 13 October 2026.

The beta build takes Mutilate and Cold Blood while supporting sustained attacks with Slice and Dice and poison application. It is an early dual-dagger group build, not a complete Venom or Seal Fate raid setup.

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Beta talent allocation: 21/0/0

Assassination: 21 points

Talent	Rank	Effect at this rank
✦ Malice	5/5	Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 5%.
✦ Murder	2/2	Increases all damage dealt by 4% against Humanoid and Giant targets.
✦ Improved Slice and Dice	3/3	Increases the duration of your Slice and Dice ability by 45%.
✦ Lethality	5/5	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 20%.
✦ Cold Blood	1/1	When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Eviscerate, or Mutilate by 100%.
✦ Improved Poisons	4/5	Increases the chance to apply Poisons to your target by 8%, and gives Poison applications a 40% chance to not consume a charge.
✦ Mutilate	1/1	Instantly attacks with both weapons for 75% weapon damage plus an additional 13 with each weapon. Damage increased by 20% against Poisoned targets. Awards 2 Combo Points.

How to play this beta version

1. Use two daggers and keep an available poison active for Mutilate synergy.
2. Maintain Slice and Dice on longer fights and spend Combo Points based on remaining target lifetime.
3. Keep damage under the tank's control and use Cold Blood for a spell-listed attack at a useful moment.

What changes from the 51-point build?

• Venom and Seal Fate are not selected at this budget.
• A beta dungeon allocation does not establish the eventual raid damage ranking.

For enemy-player control, use the Mutilate PvP beta variant, which shifts early points into Gouge and Ruthlessness.

Why this beta talent split?

Keep 21 Assassination points when using the dual-dagger Mutilate routine. Subtlety Opportunity needs extra points beyond this standard budget. Combat Puncturing Wounds needs at least six Combat points, so it cannot fit beside Mutilate even in a 26-point level-30 allocation.

Level-60 Rogue Assassination Raid build: 51 points

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Assassination Raid at a glance

How to play Assassination Raid

Equip daggers in both hands and apply your weapon poisons before the pull. Use Mutilate to build combo points, maintain Slice and Dice and refresh Venom before its poison buff expires. At five combo points, Venom lasts 21 seconds; it is a timed buff rather than a direct poison-damage finisher. Spend surplus combo points on a suitable damaging finisher. Cold Blood affects attacks listed in its tooltip, including Mutilate and Eviscerate; Venom is not listed.

Related planning: Read the dungeons and raids guide, open the Rogue talent calculator, or review the class changes before you finalize the build.

Assassination Raid talent allocation and effects

Assassination (37 points)

Talent	Rank	Effect
✦ Malice	5/5	Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 5%.
✦ Ruthlessness	3/3	Gives your finishing moves a 60% chance to add a Combo Point to your target.
✦ Murder	2/2	Increases all damage dealt by 4% against Humanoid and Giant targets.
✦ Improved Slice and Dice	3/3	Increases the duration of your Slice and Dice ability by 45%.
✦ Relentless Strikes	1/1	Your finishing moves have a 20% chance per Combo Point to restore 25 Energy.
✦ Lethality	5/5	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 20%.
✦ Vile Poisons	5/5	Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by 20% and gives your poisons an additional 40% chance to resist dispel effects.
✦ Cold Blood	1/1	When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Eviscerate, or Mutilate by 100%.
✦ Improved Poisons	5/5	Increases the chance to apply Poisons to your target by 10%, and gives Poison applications a 50% chance to not consume a charge.
✦ Mutilate	1/1	Instantly attacks with both weapons for 75% weapon damage plus an additional 13 with each weapon. Damage increased by 20% against Poisoned targets. Awards 2 Combo Points.
✦ Seal Fate	5/5	Your critical strikes from abilities that add Combo Points have a 100% chance to add an additional Combo Point.
✦ Venom	1/1	Finishing move that increases the damage of your Poisons by 30% and your chance to apply Poisons by 10%. Lasts longer per combo point: 1 point : 9 sec 2 points: 12 sec 3 points: 15 sec 4 points: 18 sec 5 points: 21 sec

Combat (14 points)

Talent	Rank	Effect
✦ Improved Sinister Strike	2/2	Reduces the Energy cost of your Sinister Strike ability by 5.
✦ Lightning Reflexes	5/5	Increases your Dodge chance by 5%.
✦ Deflection	3/3	Increases your Parry chance by 6%.
✦ Precision	3/3	Improves your chance to hit by 3%.
✦ Endurance	1/2	Reduces the cooldown of your Sprint and Evasion abilities by 30%.

Why Assassination Raid takes these talents

At 5/5, Seal Fate adds a combo point when a qualifying combo-point-generating ability crits. Vile Poisons raises poison damage, while Improved Poisons improves application chance and charge conservation. Mutilate unlocks Venom. Precision improves hit chance and Improved Slice and Dice extends the attack-speed buff. The allocation avoids inaccessible deep Subtlety picks and keeps all 51 points usable in the calculator.

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