WoW SoD, Phase 8.

Rogue DPS Compendium

The Rogue DPS Compendium is the collective work of the community, based on simulations, log analysis, and many smart folks. The primary goal of this tool is to help educate Rogues of all skill levels and elevate their performance in a raid environment for Season of Discovery.

The "💦" icon emphasizes a sweaty tip that most players won't bother with, but may improve your performance if it meshes with your raid environment.

Quick Links

Talents & Gear

For more detailed comparison data, refer to the P8 Rogue DPS Sims spreadsheet.

Leveling

Leveling options as you progress your Rogue from 1-60.

Backstab, red weapons.
Mutilate, blue weapons.

Pre - Best In Slot

Simulations wearing only gear attainable prior to entering Scarlet Enclave, at 90 seconds.

Saber Slash, purple weapons.
Mutilate, blue weapons.
Backstab, red weapons.

BEst In Slot

Simulations wearing full best in slot gear for Phase 8, at 60 seconds.

Saber Slash, purple weapons.
Mutilate, blue weapons.

Mutilate (Carnage)
12,835 DPS

Backstab, red weapons.

Improved Expose Armor

Simulations wearing full best in slot gear for Phase 8, with an emphasis on IEA uptime at 60 seconds.

Backstab, red weapons.
Saber Slash, purple weapons.
Mutilate, blue weapons.

Mutilate (Carnage)
11,900 DPS

Consumables

Buffs

World Buffs

Raid Buffs

Raid Debuffs

Rogue Tips

Learn How To Sim

With the fresh Classic experience, we are evolving away from a world of spreadsheets into a brave, new world and the ability to leverage the Classic WoWSims tool for a far more accessible way to help Rogues determine which gear is an upgrade for them and how to optimize their performance.

Learning how to sim yourself is something that might seem intimidating, but it’s genuinely not that complicated. Do yourself a favor and learn how to sim. You’re more than welcome to ask questions on the Rogue Classic Discord.

Comfy Rogue UI

A full Rogue WeakAura suite crafted for Season of Discovery, emphasizing only showing the information you need to perfect your rotation. Every spec is supported and displayed icons are conditional based on talents and equipped runes. Please reach out with any requests - Enjoy!

Comfy's Rogue UI

Expose Armor

A single Rogue per raid being assigned to IEA duty is very common and benefits the raid greatly. As such, it’s important you understand how it works. While running IEA is a personal DPS loss for you, the damage gained from the raid will outweigh your lost damage in a vast majority of situations. Listed are the major points you should understand when on IEA duty to perform your role well.

Expose Armor vs Sunder Armor is a contentious topic, but it really shouldn’t be. Rogues’ Improved Expose Armor is objectively a better raid utility than Warriors’ Sunder Armor and should always be a priority, especially given the Warrior meta of Classic WoW.

  • When talented 2/2 into Improved Expose Armor, the armor reduction is raised from 1,700 to 2,550. For comparison, Warrior’s Sunder Armor only reduces armor by 2,250.

  • If manually casting Expose Armor (Mutilate & Saber Slash), you must only cast at 5 CP for its full effectiveness.

  • Priority order for the IEA Rogue should be:

    • Apply Sebacious Poison as first cast on pull via Poisoned Knife (If Muti/SSL, you’ll weapon swap on pull - use this macro).

    • If Backstab, just watch the debuff and PK if it’s about to fall off.

    • If Muti/SSL, apply a 5CP Expose Armor before the Sebacious falls off and maintain for the rest of the fight.

Macros

You can view all Comfy’s archived Macros on Wago.

WeakAuras

You can view all Comfy’s archived WeakAuras on Wago.

FAQs

What is the optimal rotation for my spec?

There are a couple different ways to better understand your optimal rotation; both of which you can view in the spec links above. First, you can review the “Rotation” tab. This shows your APL (Action Priority List), which executes top to bottom for priority. If an action meets the conditions, it executes and returns to to the top of the list again. If it fails, it checks the next action. The second way is to press “Simulate” and review the “Results” -> “Timeline” tab. This view shows the entire fight timeline and where each ability was cast.

Which professions are BiS?

Phase 6 brought some changes which made most of the useful raid consumables no longer require having their profession, so you could send them from an alt or buy on the Auction House. That said, the only profession which adds proprietary damage output is Engineering, as you can still use the [Goblin Sapper Charge] (after a 1 minute cooldown from [The Fumigator]), which still requires Engineering to use.

Does spell power affect poisons?

No, spell power ONLY affects the damage done by [Dragonbreath Chili] and is only generally focused on increasing by Rogues who are attempting to be sweaty at the high end of competitive parsing.

Raid Leader tells me I need to run Improved Expose Armor??

Yes, one Rogue in the raid should run IEA, as the armor reduction is higher than any other class in the game. Warrior’s Sunder Armor and Priest’s Homunculi reduce armor by 2250 whereas a Rogue’s Improved Expose Armor reduces armor by 2550. This may not seem like much, but can have a substantial impact on overall raid DPS.

How do you get Pre-Pull combo Points?

By leveraging the Honor Among Thieves head rune, you can target the boss before engaging and either build CP on the trash pack before or you can move a healer into your party and ask them to spam rank 1 heals until you have 5CP. If you don’t run HAT in your spec, swap the rune back to your desired rune. Do not change/drop your boss target, as you’ll lose your CP.

Why Combat Backstab over Assassination?

While Assassination does more damage single target, it lacks Blade Flurry. Given most encounters in Scarlet Enclave have meaningful cleave, Combat ends up being the better choice for most fights. Pure single target fights, you may opt to use Assassination over Combat.

Scarlet Enclave

Balnazzar

⚠️ Swap to non-Murder talents and Greater Shadow Protection Potion, Greater Fire Protection Potion, Juju Ember, and Elixir of Demonslaying before the pull.

Phase 1: Ground

Phase 2: Air

Phase 3: Ground

  • Burn boss, finish the fight. Blade Flurry again if it’s up for add cleave.

  • Frozen Rune once your GFPP has been depleted.

Balnazzar

Beatrix

⚠️ Greater Fire Protection Potion, Juju Ember, and Greater Holy Protection Potion before the pull.

Adds Phase

  • Stay on top of killing adds.

  • Interrupt Pyroblast and Flash Heal.

  • Deal with Captain mechanics:

    • Dodge horses, infantry, cannon fire.

    • Stack for Meteor, arrows, Confession (tbd).

Boss Phase

High Commander Beatrix

Solistrasza

⚠️ Greater Fire Protection Potion, Juju Ember, and Greater Holy Protection Potion before the pull.

Single Phase, 3 Times.

  • Drop yellow circles away from raid.

  • Dodge falling stars and boss dives.

  • Stagger killing Whelps so healers can top off raid.

  • Dodge Cremation

    • Each phase adds more projectiles to the cast.

  • Frozen Rune once your GFPP has been depleted.

Solistrasza

Mason

⚠️ Greater Fire Protection Potion, Juju Ember, and Greater Shadow Protection Potion before the pull.

Boss Phase

Intermission Phase (75%, 50%, 25%)

  • If assigned to cannons, use cannon to get up to boat. Get cannonball on middle deck. Click cannon on top. Bring adds to raid to cleave down.

  • Else, kill adds and wait for boss to become vulnerable again.

Scarlet Cannon in the Mason encounter

Beastmaster

⚠️ Greater Fire Protection Potion, Juju Ember, and Greater Nature Protection Potion before the pull.

Single Phase

  • Swap bosses at 2 stacks of their corresponding debuffs.

  • Don’t stand on red or green things.

  • Frozen Rune once your GFPP has been depleted.

Scarlet Beastmaster

Reborn Council

⚠️ Swap to non-Murder talents and Greater Holy Protection Potion, Greater Fire Protection Potion, and Juju Ember before the pull.

Single Phase

  • Try to kill all bosses at the same time.

  • Interrupt every single Peeled Secrets cast on Vishas.

  • Dodge fire tornados and yellow circles.

  • Stay away from Herod’s whirlwind.

  • Frozen Rune once your GFPP has been depleted.

Herod, of the Reborn Council.

Lillian Voss

⚠️ Greater Fire Protection Potion, Juju Ember, and Greater Nature Protection Potion before the pull.

Single Phase

Lillian Voss

Caldoran

⚠️ Greater Holy Protection Potion, Greater Fire Protection Potion, Juju Ember, and Greater Shadow Protection Potion before the pull.

Phase 1

  • Save Blade Flurry for when adds come into melee.

  • Focus boss, but if a Martyr is about to finish their cast, Gouge them to reset it.

  • Drop circle debuff on either side of the boss, next to a pillar.

  • Face away from boss during Blinding Flare cast.

  • Frozen Rune once your GFPP has been depleted.

Phase 2 (55%)

  • Boss will hold up The Ashbringer. Focus DPS it immediately.

  • After, boss will start casting Dying Light, run to the glowing rune on the opposite side of room.

  • Wait until he opens a portal, then run back, dodging falling rocks, and run into the portal.

Phase 3

  • Stay behind boss to avoid cleave.

  • Focus boss, but Blade Flurry adds.

  • Move out of bad on the ground.

  • Continue to face away from boss during Blinding Flare cast.

  • If fixated by the large shadowy mobs, kite them.

Caldoran with The Ashbringer

Changelog

4/15/2025

  • Initial boss strategies added from week 1 findings and adjusted Backstab to recommend Combat over Assassination, due to most fights having cleave opportunities.

4/8/2025

  • Phase 8 launch… boss guides will be provided as strats are validated.