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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 9 Oct 2026

World of Warcraft · damage specialisation

Outlaw Rogue talents for Midnight S2 — Trickster or Fatebound, stat priority & rotation

Rogue · Patch 12.1 · Midnight Season 2 · Checked 2026-10-09

Boss

What changes for Raid?

Stats:: Item level › Agility › Haste › Critical Strike › Versatility › Mastery
Press first:: Adrenaline Rush, Roll the Bones, Slice and Dice
First cooldown:: add a damage event below
Build:: Trickster · guide linked below

Hero talent

Trickster

recommended by the guide

Key talents

Sleight of Hand

+ Heavy Hitter, Fast Action

Stat emphasis

Haste

then Critical Strike › Versatility › Mastery

Single target

Sleight of Hand, Heavy Hitter, Acrobatic Strikes

what the boss damage leans on

Area damage

Blade Flurry on its own

what the pack damage leans on

Which talents change?

Raid vs Mythic+ · Trickster

Single target: better Roll the Bones results and stronger builders

Sleight of Handtake for Raid
Heavy Hittertake for Raid
Fast Actiontake for Raid
Dancing Steelthe Mythic+ build’s — drop here
Grand Meleethe Mythic+ build’s — drop here
Blade Rushthe Mythic+ build’s — drop here

Import string

The string is not copied here — import the Trickster build from Method ›

Which stats? — item level, then Agility

Item levelalways first
Agilityprimary
Haste#1
Critical Strike#2
Versatility#3
Mastery#4

About 25% Haste first — sim for your exact number.

What do I press now?

Trickster

OPENER

1Adrenaline Rush, Roll the Bones, Slice and Dice
2Keep It Rolling on stage 3 or higher, then Blade Rush
3Build to 6 combo points, Between the Eyes

UPKEEP

1Blade Flurry on 2+ targets when it is down
2Roll the Bones again at stage 1 or lower
3Keep It Rolling on a stage 3 or higher roll
4Preparation once Between the Eyes, Adrenaline Rush, Killing Spree and Blade Rush are all down

FINISHERS

1Adrenaline Rush at 2 or fewer combo points, then Killing Spree
2Dispatch at once when the four-piece procs
3At 6+: Between the Eyes, then Dispatch

BUILDERS

1Pistol Shot at 6 Opportunity stacks, or 3 at 1–3 combo points
2Sinister Strike at 5 or fewer combo points

ROLL THE BONES

1Stage 1: more Opportunity
2Stage 2: Sinister Strike gives an extra combo point
3Stage 3: Restless Blades refunds more; stage 4 adds crit

TRICKSTER

1Killing Spree builds the Coup de Grace stacks
2Pistol Shot can trigger Unseen Blade

STAYING ALIVE

1Feint for AoE — two charges when talented
2Cloak of Shadows for magic
3Evasion for frontals; Crimson Vial heals

Order and spell names from Method’s playstyle page for 12.1.

Hero talent for Raid

Trickster

Guide: Fatebound about 5% behind · Trickster recommended

Killing Spree builds toward Coup de Grace, a stronger Dispatch; Fazed makes the target take more, Flawless Form lifts finishers, Pistol Shot can trigger Unseen Blade.

Smoke over Mirrorsboth builds
So Tricky over Don't Be Suspiciousboth builds
Thousand Cuts over Flickerstrikeboth builds
Cloud Cover over No Scruplesboth builds

Ready to pull?

Talents importedTrickster build — the guide is linked in “Which talents change?”
Stat targetHaste › Critical Strike after item level and Agility
ConsumablesFlask of the Shattered Sun or Flask of the Blood Knights, by your Haste · Light’s Potential
Cooldowns assigned0 events on your timeline
InterruptKick — 15 s cooldown, 6 s lockout
First cooldownnone planned yet

Raid, M+ or Delves — what matters?

Job	Raid	Mythic+
Hero tree	Trickster (recommended)	Trickster (recommended)
Single target	Sleight of Hand, Heavy Hitter, Acrobatic Strikes	Dropped for the cleave talents
Area damage	Blade Flurry on its own	Dancing Steel, Grand Melee, Blade Rush
Shiv	Not in the guide’s builds	Only where packs enrage — it is a soothe

Delves, Prey and outdoor: no source gives Outlaw Rogue guidance for them yet — no column is guessed.

What goes wrong for me?

Always be casting; Adrenaline Rush at 2 or fewer combo points, then Killing Spree; Preparation once all four are down.

My globals feel slow: Aim for about 25% Haste so Adrenaline Rush reaches the 0.8 s global — sim for your gear.
I run out of Energy: Thistle Tea is a big Energy gain; Blade Rush adds 25 over 5 s.
Packs die without me: Blade Flurry on 2+; recast it at 4 or fewer combo points with 4+ targets.
I die: Feint for AoE, Cloak for magic, Evasion for frontals, Crimson Vial to top up.

When do I spend cooldowns? · Nek’zali the Soulcoiler

Boss timers are not on this page — the events are yours (✎). Enter times from your boss mod; the warnings come from each cooldown’s length.

Adrenaline Rush3 min · lasts 15 s
Killing Spree3 min
Between the Eyes37 s
Blade Rush1 min · lasts 5 s
Keep It Rolling6 min
Preparation4 min
Feint15 s · lasts 6 s
Cloak of Shadows2 min · lasts 5 s

No events yet — add the first big damage moment from your boss mod.

When do I swap a talent?

Talent	Type	Rule
Shiv	Utility	Take when Den of Nalorakk — taken there far more than in any other key
Shadowrunner / Sanguine Vial	Utility	Take when instead of Shiv where nothing enrages — Shiv only soothes
Improved Wound Poison	Utility	Take when dungeons whose mobs heal — swap to Wound Poison there
Sleight of Hand	Single target	Drop dungeons — Dancing Steel and Grand Melee take its points
Airborne Irritant	Utility	Take when keys — Blind hits every nearby enemy; 43 of the top 50
Atrophic Poison	Defensive	Keep 49 of the top 50 — the target deals 4% less for a minute
Zero In	Single target	Take when single target — 22 of the top 50 keep it in keys

What does this fight ask of me?

Nek’zali the Soulcoiler

Break Gravebound Advance with magic damage, then kill each Amani before the well.
The intermission rewards strong AoE, as adds and corpses pile up there.
Melee soak each Hungering Pyre; killing both Echoes of Jawae closes the intermission.
In Phase 2, use Hero/Lust and cooldowns and burn the boss.

Boss guide ›

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Outlaw Rogue · Raid · Nek’zali the Soulcoiler
Hero: Trickster · Stats: Item level › Agility › Haste › Critical Strike › Versatility › Mastery
Talents: Sleight of Hand, Heavy Hitter, Fast Action
Code: (the guide’s, linked on the page)
Patch 12.1 · checked 2026-10-09

Good at · weak at

● A flat damage profile — Adrenaline Rush is up about 40% of most fights.
● Blade Flurry carries the AoE, so single-target and cleave builds are nearly the same.
● One of the best defensive kits: Feint takes 40% off AoE, Cloak blocks magic.
● Sims: 7th of 26 on one target and 7th at 8 targets (A tier).

● One of the highest APMs in the game — every global counts.
● Fussy about Haste: Adrenaline Rush’s 0.8 s global needs about 25%.
● No real major cooldown to pair on-use trinkets with.
● The rarest DPS in Mythic+: 0.7% of DPS seats, 25th of 27.

Tier set · Chosen Bloodslayer’s Hexweave

● 2-piece: Dispatch +15%.
● 4-piece: Sinister Strike and Ambush have a 20% chance to make the next Dispatch free and as strong as a max-point one.

Gone in Midnight: Underhanded Upper Hand, Crackshot.

Gear:Items for Outlaw Rogue ›· Full BiS lists:MethodWowhead

Apex talent · Gravedigger

● Rank 1: Between the Eyes has a 45% chance to stack its damage buff twice.
● Rank 2: Dispatch at 5+ combo points adds an extra damage hit.
● Rank 3: every Dispatch loads a bullet; at 6, the next Between the Eyes is free, gives 6 combo points and has no cooldown.

What top keys wear

Most worn by 169 Outlaw Rogue in +16–22 keys, US+EU, week of Oct 6–14 (Blizzard API)

Median item level 327 · 169 characters’ gear and 185 characters’ talents · +16–22 keys · hero trees Trickster 98% · Fatebound 2%

Trinkets

Zul'jin's Guillotine Techniquetier set82%
Voracious Heart of Ula'tek66%
Gebbo's Bottomless Bag10%
Lustrous Golden Plumage8%
Keeper's Seething Core8%
Freightrunner's Flask8%

Rings

Pilfered Precious Band62%
Band of the Amani Warlord46%
Apex Brute's Claw Ring27%
Masterwork Sin'dorei Bandcrafted23%

Neck

Back

Fireproof Drape27%
Amani Summoning Shawl18%
Adherent's Silken Shroudcrafted · embellished18%

Main hand

Aman'muso, Warlord's Vengeancetier set76%
Spellbreaker's Bladecrafted · embellished18%
Havoc Crusher2%

Off hand

Zatha'tek, Breath of Corruption33%
Sharpened Lightwood Slasher20%
Spellbreaker's Bladecrafted · embellished20%

Head

Chosen Bloodslayer's Spirit Shroudtier set76%
Gaze of the Coiled Watcher16%
Spare Speaker's Hood2%

Shoulders

Chosen Bloodslayer's Voodoo Guardstier set97%

Chest

Chosen Bloodslayer's Banded Ponchotier set89%
Silvermoon Agent's Coatcrafted8%
Hide of Pestilence2%

Wrists

Silvermoon Agent's Deflectorscrafted · embellished45%
Restless Spirit Shackles20%
Fury-fletched Armlets12%

Hands

Chosen Bloodslayer's Fanged Gripstier set76%
Silvermoon Agent's Handwrapscrafted14%
Subjugator's Chilling Grips6%

Waist

Silvermoon Agent's Utility Beltcrafted · embellished53%
Sash of the Forlorn Vessel9%
Primal Dinomancer's Belt8%

Legs

Chosen Bloodslayer's Reinforced Pantstier set87%
Silvermoon Agent's Leggingscrafted7%
Breeches of the Sacred Hall2%

Feet

Silvermoon Agent's Sneakerscrafted · embellished75%
Arctic Explorer's Legwraps8%
Bespittled Slitherslippers8%

Embellishments

Arcanoweave Lining96%
Hunter's Ritual Stone26%
Void8%
Hunt7%

Talents — top keys against this guide’s Mythic+ build

This guide’s Mythic+ build plays Trickster; 98% of top keys do. Checked on its 3 named key talents and every choice node.

Top keys and this guide agree on every talent checked.

Open the most common top-key build in the talent planner ›

How we counted: the best timed run of each character on Blizzard’s Mythic+ leaderboards this week, then its profile — gear only if it is still in this spec, talents from its active loadout. A share is of this spec’s sample, per slot (both rings and both trinkets merged); a row needs 2% and 2 characters. Read 2026-10-09 from Blizzard’s Game Data and Profile APIs, no names kept. Top keys, not all players — what they wear, not a best-in-slot list.

Ask the guide

Where sources disagree

Haste or Crit after Agility?: ◆ Guide: Haste first, to about 25%; ◆ Top 50: Crit +1214 ahead of Haste +937
Is Outlaw strong this season?: ◆ Sims: 7th of 26 on one target, A tier; ◆ Seats: 0.7% of DPS seats in keys, 25th of 27

What changed this season

Show PvP-only changes

2026-08-06 · 12.1 — Killing Spree +60%; its length now caps at a full refill and each extra point adds 15% damage
2026-08-06 · 12.1 — Fast Action takes 8 s off Between the Eyes (was 5 s) and adds 1% per stack
2026-08-06 · 12.1 — All damage +9%; Heavy Hitter 15%/30%; Summarily Dispatched 15%/30%
2026-08-06 · 12.1 — Improved Between the Eyes crits for 2.5× (was 3×); Zero In 2% per stack (was 3%)
2026-08-06 · 12.1 — Thistle Tea becomes a choice — auto-drink or press-only; Atrophic Poison 4% for 60 s
Coming 2026-10-13 · 12.1.5 — Deft Maneuvers: Blade Flurry costs 5 more Energy per target hit, up to 30 (was a flat 30)
Coming 2026-10-13 · 12.1.5 — Fix: Shiv no longer plays a hit effect on the Rogue

Where this comes from

How we checked: every talent named here is matched against Blizzard’s own tree (Game Data API, build 12.1.0.68914) by a test; builds, stats and cooldowns come from at least two dated sources, and where they disagree both sides are shown; loadout strings and BiS lists are linked, never copied.

Blizzard — 12.1 patch notesRogue changes in 12.1 (Aug 6) · read 2026-10-09
Blizzard — 12.1.5 notesRogue changes landing Oct 13 · read 2026-10-09
Blizzard — class tuning, Aug 18Assassination and Subtlety tuning, live Aug 18 · read 2026-10-09
Blizzard — hotfixes, Aug 18 sectionThe hotfixes of the day Season 2 opened · read 2026-10-09
Blizzard — Midnight hotfixesHotfixes, Aug 19 – Oct 6 · read 2026-10-09
Blizzard — The Venomous AbyssThe Rogue set’s name · read 2026-10-09
Warcraft Wiki — Chosen Bloodslayer’s HexweaveSet bonuses per spec (tooltips), the Aug 18 change · read 2026-10-09
Mythistone — sim tier listSimulationCraft ranks at 1, 3, 5 and 8 targets, simmed Oct 8 · read 2026-10-09
Blizzard — Mythic Keystone leaderboards (our classes page)Seats per spec in 352,237 timed US and EU runs, Sep 29 – Oct 6 · read 2026-10-09
Wowhead — Feint (spell data)15 s, 6 s, 40% less AoE damage · read 2026-10-09
Wowhead — Cloak of Shadows (spell data)2 min, 5 s · read 2026-10-09
Wowhead — Evasion (spell data)2 min, 10 s · read 2026-10-09
Wowhead — Kick (spell data)15 s, 6 s lockout · read 2026-10-09
Wowhead — Vanish (spell data)2 min · read 2026-10-09
Method — Outlaw Rogue guide12.1 and Midnight changes, removals · read 2026-10-09
Method — Outlaw Rogue talentsTwo builds (strings read by our planner), hero trees, Gravedigger, class picks · read 2026-10-09
Method — Outlaw Rogue stats and consumablesStat order, the Haste target, consumables · read 2026-10-09
Method — Outlaw Rogue playstylePriority, opener, Roll the Bones stages, cooldowns, defensives · read 2026-10-09
Method — Outlaw Rogue gearingTier set bonuses, trinket use · read 2026-10-09
Blizzard — Outlaw talent tooltipsTalent names and effects, build 12.1.0.68914 · read 2026-10-08
Wowhead — Adrenaline Rush (spell data)3 min, 15 s · read 2026-10-09
Wowhead — Killing Spree (spell data)3 min, channeled finisher · read 2026-10-09
Wowhead — Between the Eyes (spell data)45 s, 37 s with Fast Action · read 2026-10-09
Wowhead — Blade Rush (spell data)1 min, 25 Energy over 5 s · read 2026-10-09
Wowhead — Keep It Rolling (spell data)6 min, +30 s · read 2026-10-09
Wowhead — Preparation (spell data)4 min, five resets · read 2026-10-09
Murlok.io — top 50 Outlaw Rogues in M+Hero tree, stats and talents on top players · read 2026-10-09
Mythistone — Outlaw Rogue in keysHero tree share, dungeon swaps · read 2026-10-09

Outlaw Rogue this season — quick answers

Trickster or Fatebound for Outlaw Rogue in Midnight Season 2?

Trickster is about 5% ahead in all content and Fatebound gets no build; the guide recommends Trickster for raid and Mythic+. Top 50 M+ Outlaw (rating 3730–4090): all 50 on Trickster. All logged keys: Trickster 100%; top 50: 82%. Top Mythic+ keys this week run Trickster 98% · Fatebound 2%.

What is the Outlaw Rogue stat priority for raid and Mythic+?

Item level first, then Agility. Raid: Haste › Critical Strike › Versatility › Mastery. Mythic+: Haste › Critical Strike › Versatility › Mastery.

What does the Outlaw Rogue Season 2 tier set do?

Chosen Bloodslayer’s Hexweave: 2-piece — Dispatch +15%; 4-piece — Sinister Strike and Ambush have a 20% chance to make the next Dispatch free and as strong as a max-point one.

What changes for Outlaw Rogue in the next patch?

12.1.5 (2026-10-13): Deft Maneuvers: Blade Flurry costs 5 more Energy per target hit, up to 30 (was a flat 30). 12.1.5 (2026-10-13): Fix: Shiv no longer plays a hit effect on the Rogue.

How long are the Adrenaline Rush and Killing Spree cooldowns?

Adrenaline Rush: 3 min, lasts 15 s. Killing Spree: 3 min.

What gear do top Mythic+ Outlaw Rogue players wear (BiS)?

Most worn by 169 Outlaw Rogue in +16–22 keys, US+EU, week of Oct 6–14 (Blizzard API). Trinkets: Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique 82%, Voracious Heart of Ula'tek 66%, Gebbo's Bottomless Bag 10%. Rings: Pilfered Precious Band 62%, Band of the Amani Warlord 46%. Embellishments: Arcanoweave Lining 96%, Hunter's Ritual Stone 26%. Hero trees: Trickster 98% · Fatebound 2%. Median item level 327. What most top keys wear — measured, not a best-in-slot list.