Outlaw Rogue DPS Rotation & Cooldowns

DPS Rotation & Cooldowns

This rotation offers a general priority list for Outlaw Rogue abilities, along with key cooldowns at the bottom. It's based on a standard build and is here to help while we work on a smarter, build-aware system. If you are very new to the game or this class, we added info on the new assisted rotation features at the bottom of this guide. Updated for the latest patch in World of Warcraft: The War Within (11.2).

Single Target

Start with Roll The Bones and Adrenaline Rush before engaging.

Maintain at least one buff.
Use with 4+ buffs, then refresh Roll The Bones.
Use on cooldown at low Combo Points.
Use on cooldown; interrupt channel at 7 Combo Points for a finisher.
Use at 6+ Combo Points with Adrenaline Rush active, followed by Between The Eyes.
Use on cooldown with Ruthless Precision or to refresh its buff.
Use on cooldown as a builder.
Use as the main finisher.
Use with Opportunity procs.
Use to generate Combo Points.

Maintain buffs with Roll The Bones and Keep It Rolling. Use Adrenaline Rush and Killing Spree on cooldown. Prioritize Between The Eyes with Ruthless Precision and Dispatch as your main finisher.

AoE

Activate Blade Flurry to cleave nearby enemies.

Maintain at least one buff.
Keep active for AoE damage.
Use with 4+ buffs, then refresh Roll The Bones.
Use on cooldown at low Combo Points.
Use on cooldown; interrupt channel at 7 Combo Points for a finisher.
Use at 6+ Combo Points with Adrenaline Rush active, followed by Between The Eyes.
Use on cooldown with Ruthless Precision or to refresh its buff.
Use on cooldown as a builder.
Use as the main finisher.
Use with Opportunity procs.
Use to generate Combo Points.

Activate Blade Flurry for cleave. Maintain buffs with Roll The Bones and Keep It Rolling. Use Adrenaline Rush and Killing Spree on cooldown. Prioritize Between The Eyes with Ruthless Precision and Dispatch as your main finisher.

Cooldowns

Use on cooldown for Energy regeneration and attack speed.
Use on cooldown; interrupt channel at 7 Combo Points for a finisher.
Use at 6+ Combo Points with Adrenaline Rush active, followed by Between The Eyes.
Use with 4+ buffs, then refresh Roll The Bones.
Activate for AoE cleave.

Use Adrenaline Rush and Killing Spree on cooldown. Activate Vanish with Adrenaline Rush for burst. Maintain buffs with Keep It Rolling and Roll The Bones. Use Blade Flurry for AoE.

New to Class? Try Assisted Rotation

Patch 11.1.7 introduced new features that make it eaiser to pick and play new characters. These new settings can be enabled from settings » gameplay enhancements:

Single-Button Assistant
Assisted Highlight
Cooldown Manager

If you are new to World of Warcraft or a certain class, enabling Assisted Highlight and Cooldown Manager can help you learn which abilities to prioritize and use.

While the Single-Button Assistant can be a much easier and more accessible way to play the game, it does come with a slight performance hit due to a small GCD penalty, as you will have to wait 25% longer in between spells and abilities.

To see which specs are best with the Single-Button Assistant feature, you can check out our DPS Rankings which uses SimC to sim every class using this feature.