Best in Slot
The best item for every equipment slot and up to four alternatives, ranked from the spec's simmed stat weights. Trinkets are simmed directly. Pick a fight style below.
For Assassination Rogue in Patch 12.1.0.69587 on single target, the best weapon is Ancient Construct's Venomshiv and the best trinket is Voracious Heart of Ula'tek, across 14 ranked slots.
Updated Sep 6, 2026
Patch 12.1.0SimC 3f6f8c4items compared at item level 334checked against the top 10 Mythic+ players
Top picks
The best single target weapon for Assassination Rogue in WoW Midnight Patch 12.1.0.69587 is Ancient Construct's Venomshiv from Entombed Sentinels. The two trinkets to wear are Voracious Heart of Ula'tek and Vile Vial of Volatile Venom. 14 slots are ranked, every item compared at item level 334; stat items score by the spec's simmed stat weights and trinkets carry their simmed DPS gain.
stat weightsranked by stat weightssimmedranked by simmed DPS gaineffect not modelledhas a proc or on-use effect the weights cannot seetierset piece, pinned for the 4-setworn by N/10how many of the top 10 Mythic+ players wear it
The Venomous Abyss
189 Agility / 134 Mastery / 67 Critical Strike
of best
Pinned for the set bonus. The alternatives below are ranked normally and are what you would wear before completing the 4-set or in a fifth tier slot.
Top players agree: 8 of 10 wear this.
of best
of best
Avatar of Sethraliss, Temple of Sethraliss
189 Agility / 118 Critical Strike / 83 Haste
of best
Entombed Sentinels, The Venomous Abyss
310 Haste / 95 Critical Strike
of best
players disagree
7 of 10 top players wear Aqirbane Reliquary instead, which ranks only #5 on stat weights. It has an effect the weights cannot value, so trust the players here until it is simmed.
of best
of best
Jewelcrafting, Midnight Crafted Gear
199 Critical Strike / 199 Haste
of best
of best
The Venomous Abyss
141 Agility / 107 Versatility / 43 Haste
of best
Pinned for the set bonus. The alternatives below are ranked normally and are what you would wear before completing the 4-set or in a fifth tier slot.
Top players agree: 8 of 10 wear this.
of best
Leatherworking, Midnight Crafted Gear
138 Agility / 74 Critical Strike / 74 Haste
of best
Vashnik the Malignant, The Venomous Abyss
141 Agility / 99 Critical Strike / 52 Mastery
of best
The Writhing Coil, Altar of Fangs
141 Agility / 88 Critical Strike / 62 Versatility
of best
Kokia Blazehoof, Ruby Life Pools
106 Agility / 71 Haste / 42 Critical Strike
of best
Top players agree: 5 of 10 wear this.
Ikuzz the Light Hunter, The Blinding Vale
106 Agility / 73 Haste / 40 Mastery
of best
Tailoring, Midnight Crafted Gear
103 Agility / 56 Critical Strike / 56 Haste
of best
of best
Zaen Bladesorrow, Murder Row
106 Agility / 66 Critical Strike / 47 Mastery
of best
The Venomous Abyss
189 Agility / 132 Haste / 69 Versatility
of best
Pinned for the set bonus. The alternatives below are ranked normally and are what you would wear before completing the 4-set or in a fifth tier slot.
Top players agree: 9 of 10 wear this.
Nek'zali the Soulcoiler, The Venomous Abyss
189 Agility / 139 Haste / 62 Mastery
of best
Leatherworking, Midnight Crafted Gear
183 Agility / 99 Critical Strike / 99 Haste
of best
of best
Dazar, The First King, Kings' Rest
189 Agility / 113 Critical Strike / 88 Mastery
of best
Xathuux the Annihilator, Murder Row
106 Agility / 71 Haste / 42 Critical Strike
of best
players disagree
7 of 10 top players wear Silvermoon Agent's Deflectors instead, which ranks only #4 on stat weights.
Nek'zali the Soulcoiler, The Venomous Abyss
106 Agility / 74 Critical Strike / 39 Haste
of best
Engineering, Midnight Crafted Gear
103 Agility / 56 Critical Strike / 56 Haste
of best
Leatherworking, Midnight Crafted Gear
103 Agility / 56 Critical Strike / 56 Haste
of best
Lightblossom Trinity, The Blinding Vale
106 Agility / 73 Critical Strike / 40 Mastery
of best
The Venomous Abyss
141 Agility / 100 Critical Strike / 51 Mastery
of best
Pinned for the set bonus. The alternatives below are ranked normally and are what you would wear before completing the 4-set or in a fifth tier slot.
Top players agree: 8 of 10 wear this.
Kystia Manaheart, Murder Row
141 Agility / 98 Critical Strike / 53 Haste
of best
Leatherworking, Midnight Crafted Gear
138 Agility / 74 Critical Strike / 74 Haste
of best
Leatherworking, Midnight Crafted Gear
138 Agility / 85 Haste / 64 Versatility
of best
Mchimba the Embalmer, Kings' Rest
141 Agility / 91 Critical Strike / 59 Mastery
of best
Dazar, The First King, Kings' Rest
141 Agility / 85 Critical Strike / 66 Haste
of best
Top players agree: 4 of 10 wear this.
Leatherworking, Midnight Crafted Gear
138 Agility / 74 Critical Strike / 74 Haste
of best
of best
The Lost Explorers, The Venomous Abyss
141 Agility / 107 Critical Strike / 43 Mastery
of best
The Coiled Altar, The Venomous Abyss
141 Agility / 103 Mastery / 47 Haste
of best
The Venomous Abyss
189 Agility / 130 Haste / 71 Critical Strike
of best
Pinned for the set bonus. The alternatives below are ranked normally and are what you would wear before completing the 4-set or in a fifth tier slot.
Top players agree: 9 of 10 wear this.
Leatherworking, Midnight Crafted Gear
183 Agility / 99 Critical Strike / 99 Haste
of best
of best
The Golden Serpent, Kings' Rest
189 Agility / 118 Versatility / 83 Haste
of best
of best
Sentinel of Winter, Den of Nalorakk
141 Agility / 95 Haste / 56 Critical Strike
of best
players disagree
4 of 10 top players wear Sand-Shined Snakeskin Sandals instead, which ranks only #7 on stat weights.
The Twin Fangs, The Venomous Abyss
141 Agility / 105 Critical Strike / 46 Haste
of best
Nymrissa Wavecaller, The Tidebound Grotto
141 Agility / 99 Haste / 52 Versatility
of best
Engineering, Midnight Crafted Gear
138 Agility / 75 Critical Strike / 75 Haste
of best
Leatherworking, Midnight Crafted Gear
138 Agility / 74 Critical Strike / 74 Haste
of best
of best
Top players agree: 6 of 10 wear this.
of best
of best
Jewelcrafting, Midnight Crafted Gear
199 Critical Strike / 199 Haste
of best
DPS gain
Top players agree: 6 of 10 wear this.
DPS gain
DPS gain
Entombed Sentinels, The Venomous Abyss
94 Agility / 71 Haste / 30 Versatility
of best
Top players mostly wear Farstrider's Mercy (9 of 10), ranked #3 here; close enough to be a stat-split preference.
Zul'jan, Altar of Fangs
94 Agility / 58 Critical Strike / 42 Haste
of best
Blacksmithing, Midnight Crafted Gear
92 Agility / 50 Critical Strike / 50 Haste
of best
Blacksmithing, Midnight Crafted Gear
92 Agility / 50 Critical Strike / 50 Haste
of best
The Council of Tribes, Kings' Rest
94 Agility / 52 Haste / 48 Mastery
of best
Entombed Sentinels, The Venomous Abyss
94 Agility / 71 Haste / 30 Versatility
of best
players disagree
4 of 10 top players wear Zatha'tek, Breath of Corruption instead, which ranks only #0 on stat weights. It has an effect the weights cannot value, so trust the players here until it is simmed.
Zul'jan, Altar of Fangs
94 Agility / 58 Critical Strike / 42 Haste
of best
Blacksmithing, Midnight Crafted Gear
92 Agility / 50 Critical Strike / 50 Haste
of best
Blacksmithing, Midnight Crafted Gear
92 Agility / 50 Critical Strike / 50 Haste
of best
The Council of Tribes, Kings' Rest
94 Agility / 52 Haste / 48 Mastery
of best
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Stat weights
Each item's stats are multiplied by the Assassination Rogue stat weights from the weekly scale-factor sim (normalized: Agility 1.00, Haste 0.83, Critical Strike 0.75, Mastery 0.69, Versatility 0.67). Full stat priority.
Trinkets
Taken from the weekly simmed trinket leaderboard, 50,000 iterations per trinket on the canonical baseline profile, since trinket value is mostly effect. Trinket leaderboard.
Item level
Raid and Mythic+ drops at the Myth 6/6 ceiling (334), crafted gear at the crafted cap, everything else at its fixed item level. Stats scaled with SimulationCraft's item scaling from the game's DB2 tables.
Tier pieces and crafted gear
Tier pieces are pinned to rank one of their slot for the set bonus. Crafted gear is priced with its two crafter-chosen secondaries set to the spec's two best stats at an even split.
Top-player check
Each slot is compared with what the top 10 Mythic+ players for the spec wear, read from their armory gear on Sep 6, 2026. Usage never reorders the list; it flags slots where the players disagree with the weights (4 here), which is where unmodelled effects or last season's gear show up. Top Assassination players.
Not included
On-use and proc effects outside the trinket slot (flagged), embellishments, set-bonus interactions between slots, and the combined value of a full set. Rankings are per item on a fixed baseline, not a solved set. Paste your /simc string for your own gear.
Source and patch
SimulationCraft 3f6f8c453beaf245fecee52e9ea3e5c5bc6ad7fb, client build 12.1.0.69587, generated Sep 6, 2026.
For Assassination Rogue on single target: Head: Chosen Bloodslayer's Spirit Shroud; Neck: Sentinel's Vitriolic Chain; Shoulder: Chosen Bloodslayer's Voodoo Guards; Back: Fireproof Drape; Chest: Chosen Bloodslayer's Banded Poncho; Wrist: Fury-fletched Armlets; Hands: Chosen Bloodslayer's Fanged Grips; Waist: Primal Dinomancer's Belt; Legs: Chosen Bloodslayer's Reinforced Pants; Feet: Arctic Explorer's Legwraps; Rings: Band of the Amani Warlord; Trinkets: Voracious Heart of Ula'tek; Main hand: Ancient Construct's Venomshiv; Off hand: Ancient Construct's Venomshiv. Stat items are ranked by the spec's simmed stat weights and trinkets by their simmed DPS gain.
Ancient Construct's Venomshiv, from Entombed Sentinels, scores highest against the Assassination Rogue stat weights at the season ceiling. If it carries a proc effect that is not in the score, so treat it as a strong candidate rather than a settled answer.
Of the 14 best-in-slot picks, 9 come from the raid, 5 from Mythic+ dungeons and 0 from crafted gear. Open the best dungeons page for a per-dungeon breakdown.
Mostly. The players agree with the weight top three in 10 of 14 slots. They disagree on Neck: Aqirbane Reliquary (7/10); Wrist: Silvermoon Agent's Deflectors (7/10); Feet: Sand-Shined Snakeskin Sandals (4/10); Off hand: Zatha'tek, Breath of Corruption (4/10). Where the item they wear has a proc or on-use effect, the weights cannot value it and the players are the better guide until it is simmed.
Each item's stats at the season ceiling are multiplied by the Assassination Rogue stat weights (DPS per point, from the weekly scale-factor sim). Trinkets come from the simmed trinket leaderboard. Items with effects outside the trinket slot are flagged because a weight cannot value an effect.
The 4-set bonus is worth more than a stat difference, so tier pieces are pinned. The alternatives are what to wear before the set is complete or in the fifth tier slot.
Every Sunday after the weekly SimulationCraft bump, when the stat weights and trinket boards are resimmed. The SimC commit in the methodology is the authoritative reference.
