Assassination Rogue PreRaid BIS - Wrath of the Lich King

PreRaid Best in Slot gear for Assassination Mutilate Rogue in Wrath of the Lich King Classic. This is a reupload of the video from one day ago which is no longer listed - I had to correct a mistake about spell hit chance.

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Music tracks are from the "Certain Shade of Blue" album and in order are "Timeless", "The Darker Kind of Day", "Soul and Luna", "Smooth River", "Arriving at Nowhere", and "Iridescent".

0:00 Intro
0:08 Hit & Expertise Caps
0:46 How This Guide is Setup
1:24 Head
1:51 Neck
2:06 Shoulder
2:21 Back
2:34 Chest
2:58 Wrist
3:26 Hands
3:45 Waist
3:54 Legs
4:06 Feet
4:22 Rings
5:02 Ranged
5:24 Trinket
6:08 Weapons
7:08 2x Librarian's Paper Cutter Is Bad
7:44 Full Gear Set Comparisons
9:55 Perfect Pre-Raid BiS

WOTLK Wrath Rogue BIS Melee DPS Parse Best In Slot Gear Librarian's Paper Cutter Poison Weapon Hit Cap Expertise Cap

[titanjde]

Holy cow! It almost doesn't matter what this guy says, he's wearing a top hat and I believe him.

[db]

How to be a good and prepared Rogue:
1) Watch Simonize videos
2) Don't fck up your rotation
2) Rewatch Simonize videos if needed 😂
Thank you so much!

[embersthenashes]

Really well done. I’ve played rogue since forever & done masses of research - this guy totally knows what he’s talking about.

[Broxigar]

Thanks for the video Simon. I appreciate the comparison of different options - it really helped put things into perspective. I was surprised that there's less than a 10% difference between the pre-raid baseline and "perfect" gear setups.

[Kryxx]

I've only played Rogue since 2004. Love your videos!

[retroblood]

Looking forward to your phase 1 bis video! Fantastic as always.

[tim]

Fantastic video! Best bis list I have seen yet for any class and I have watched a TON. Liked and subbed

[samvuckovic]

When I say best bis video I mean it. Your format is perfect imo. Incredible.

[mikcon]

U'kno it sounds like such a simple shtick "I'll wear different hats when i'm chatting, that will make me memorable".
But by god it worked.

[DamonHallTM]

A great video would be what gear and gem set up gives you the proper caps on skills ie “hit, expertise, haste, armor pen.” Thanks for all you do Simon

[gregorybell]

Dont even come here for the advice come for the caps lol love it man! 100% 1 stop shop on all rogue info

[Tranquillington]

Hey Simonize! Thanks for all your hard work. I was curious why you would want the slower dagger in the offhand (fleshshaper), with the faster dagger in the main hand (paper cutter). My instinct was the other way around.

[aabcdabc-nt]

care to explain when to use slow vs fast weapon in main hand?
not sure i get why direbrew's bloody shanker should go in main hand when it's slower

[retryNN]

i just started watching the privated one and was mad for a second :D but thanks for giving us the new one this fast :)

[cdss]

When can we expect to see p1 bis lists <3?

[stephenpara]

Amazing! Will you be making a video like this for BIS from each phase? Like a wish list and what to prioritize first.

[MrMannerless]

Why is librarians paper cutter not an offhand with speed that quick? It seems confusing to me.

[ambrose_]

"With a bit of gold..." Darkmoon Card: Greatness. Translate: with a ridiculous amount of gold.

[uneCENT]

Is the 214 Expertise rating the total of all expertise on the gear or what we want the #/# stat to be?

[TimeTraveler-hkxo]

Could someone tell me why paper cutter main hand is best? Why not take fleshshaper mh and paper cutter oh instead?