Updated Nov 2, 2026

Outlaw Rogue

PvE guide, updated for Patch 12.1.5

Assisted Highlight Rotation

How to play Outlaw Rogue in each rotation style: the full rotation SimulationCraft sims play by default, and the game’s Assisted Highlight and One Button rotations beside it.

Rotation style comparison

How Outlaw Rogue’s DPS compares when using the game’s assisted modes instead of the full rotation, based on Single Target simulations.

  • Full rotationBaseline
  • Assisted Highlight-16.7%
  • One Button-32.3%
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Assisted Highlight is the game’s rotation help: it lights the next ability to press on your action bars. Its priority list is SimC’s copy of the game’s, with the cooldowns SimC presses beside it, read here for one build and one kind of fight.

Rotation

Beta14 abilities
Beta. This view is new. Some specs’ steps still read as long chains of conditions, and we’re working on making them simpler to follow.
  1. 1Racial abilityPress yourselfWhen ready
  2. 2Adrenaline RushPress yourself
  3. 3VanishPress yourself
  4. 4Keep It RollingPress yourself
  5. 5Roll the Bones
  6. 6Ambush
  7. 7Preparation
  8. 8Blade Rush
  9. 9Between the Eyes
  10. 10Dispatch
  11. 11Coup de Grace
  12. 12Killing Spree
  13. 13Pistol Shot
  14. 14Sinister StrikeWhen ready

Every step also needs the ability off cooldown and affordable. Range checks are left out. A blank Targets cell means any number of targets. Steps tagged Press yourself come from SimC’s cooldown list, which runs ahead of the game’s. The sim presses each as it comes ready, so its results assume you do too.

Before the pull

Things to do before entering combat.

  1. 1Apply Poison

Cooldowns

When each cooldown was used across the sample fight, so you can see how often each comes back and which ones line up.

  • Light's PotentialLight's Potential: 2 casts, at 0:00, 5:012
  • VanishVanish: 3 casts, at 0:00, 2:00, 4:003
  • On-use itemsOn-use items: 4 casts, at 0:00, 1:31, 3:02, 4:324
  • Roll the BonesRoll the Bones: 11 casts, at 0:00, 0:31, 1:01, 1:32, 2:02, 2:33, 3:03, 3:33, 4:04, 4:34, 5:0511
  • Keep It RollingKeep It Rolling: 1 cast, at 5:061

Sample opener

One simulated fight from the start, played by the list above, the potion and trinkets it hides included. Procs and timing change the order from fight to fight, so use it to get a feel for the start rather than as a script.

Time
Ability
New
Gone
Up
Pull
0:00.000
On-use items
0:00.000
Light's Potential
0:00.000
Adrenaline Rush
0:00.000
Vanish
0:00.000
Roll the Bones

The full priority list

simc@710c240

Everything above is read from this SimulationCraft list, including the steps the page hides (the potion and on-use items) and the branches your build and fight leave out.

rogue_outlaw.simc, 43 lines

Turning on Assisted Highlight

In game, open Options > Gameplay > Gameplay Enhancements and check Assisted Highlight under Combat Assistant. Your next suggested ability glows on your action bars as you play.

Is this rotation built for your talents?

The rotation follows your talent build. Sim your highest-DPS build on your own gear, for the mode and rotation style you play.