Assassination Rogue: Rotation

Level 40–60 with Venom (projected)

1. 
   Slice and Dice first priority; never let it drop. Unconfirmed
2. 
   Venom second buff: +30% poison damage and +10% poison application. Unconfirmed
3. 
   Eviscerate at 5 points when neither buff is about to drop. Unconfirmed
4. 
   Expose Armor on bosses if no Warrior keeps Sunder Armor up; they are the same 2,250 armor. Unconfirmed
5. 
   Mutilate to build; Seal Fate crits add a third point. Unconfirmed

Packs

1. 
   Sap one Humanoid before the pull; it doesn't break Stealth now.
2. 
   Mutilate the kill target. Assassination has no cleave.
3. 
   Kick the caster in the pack.
4. 
   Blind a second add that gets loose.

Cooldowns and emergencies

• 
  Cold Blood 3-minute cooldown, a guaranteed crit on Eviscerate or Mutilate.
• 
  Kidney Shot a stun of up to 5 seconds (6 with rank 2 at 50); with Improved Kidney Shot your hits do 10% more during it.
• 
  Evasion 50% dodge for 15 seconds when a mob turns on you.
• 
  Vanish drops you out of combat; reopen with Ambush or Cheap Shot.
• 
  Feint before you pull threat off the tank.

While leveling

1. 
   Instant Poison on both daggers; from 30, Instant in the main hand and Deadly in the off hand.
2. 
   Ambush or Cheap Shot from Stealth to open.
3. 
   Slice and Dice kept up whenever the target will live long enough.
4. 
   Cold Blood on cooldown, with a 5-point Eviscerate.
5. 
   Eviscerate at 5 combo points once Slice and Dice is up.
6. 
   Mutilate your builder: two combo points per press.

Macros

Macros are untested in the Forever client unless a label says otherwise.

#showtooltip [mod:shift] Venom; Slice and Dice
/cast [mod:shift] Venom; Slice and Dice

#showtooltip [mod:shift] Mutilate; Eviscerate
/cast Cold Blood
/cast [mod:shift] Mutilate; Eviscerate

#showtooltip
/use [mod:shift] Deadly Poison; Instant Poison
/use [mod:alt] 17; 16
/click StaticPopup1Button1