Outlaw Rogue Playstyle and Rotation Guide

General Single Target Keep it Rolling Rotation:

1. Blade Flurry when you have 2 or fewer seconds remaining on its duration.
2. Roll the Bones if you have 3 or fewer buffs or 2 or fewer seconds remaining on its duration.
3. Adrenaline Rush on cooldown at or below 2 combo points.
4. Blade Rush at 40 energy or lower. Do not cast during Subterfuge or Shadow Dance.
5. Ghostly Strike on cooldown. This ability is off the GCD.
6. Vanish followed by Between the Eyes at 6 or more combo points.
7. Shadow Dance followed by Between the Eyes at 6 or more combo points.
8. Between the Eyes on cooldown if at 6 or more combo points. During Subterfuge or Shadow Dance finish at 5 or more. Hold if Vanish has 45 seconds or fewer on its cooldown. Hold if Shadow Dance has 15 seconds or fewer on its cooldown.
9. Slice and Dice if at 6 or more combo points and have 12 or less seconds remaining. Do not refresh during Subterfuge or Shadow Dance.
10. Dispatch if at 6 or more combo points.
11. Ambush if you have an Audacity, or are in Subterfuge or Shadow Dance at 5 or less combo points.
12. Pistol Shot if you have an Opportunity at 5 or less combo points.
13. Sinister Strike at 5 or less combo points.

General AoE Hidden Opportunity Rotation:

1. Blade Flurry when you have 2 or fewer seconds remaining on its duration and on CD at 6 or less combo points with 4 or more targets in range.
2. Blade Flurry when you have 2 or fewer seconds remaining on its duration.
3. Roll the Bones if you have 3 or fewer buffs or 2 or fewer seconds remaining on its duration.
4. Adrenaline Rush on cooldown or at below 2 combo points.
5. Blade Rush at 40 energy or lower. Do not cast during Subterfuge or Shadow Dance
6. Ghostly Strike on cooldown. This ability is off the GCD.
7. Vanish followed by Between the Eyes at 6 or more combo points.
8. Shadow Dance followed by Between the Eyes at 6 or more combo points.
9. Between the Eyes on cooldown if at 6 or more combo points. During Subterfuge or Shadow Dance finish at 5 or more. Hold if Vanish has 45 seconds or fewer on its cooldown. Hold if Shadow Dance has 15 seconds or fewer on its cooldown.
10. Slice and Dice if at 6 or more combo points and have 12 or less seconds remaining. Do not refresh during Subterfuge or Shadow Dance.
11. Dispatch if at 6 or more combo points.
12. Ambush if you have an Audacity, or are in Subterfuge or Shadow Dance at 5 or less combo points.
13. Pistol Shot if you have an Opportunity at 5 or less combo points.
14. Sinister Strike at 5 or less combo points.

Opener:

Single Target

1. Make sure you have Instant Poison applied
2. Blade Flurry
3. Enter Stealth
4. Roll the Bones
5. Adrenaline Rush
6. Slice and Dice
7. Ambush
8. Proceed with Normal Rotation

Multi Target:

1. Make sure you have Instant Poison applied
2. Blade Flurry
3. Enter Stealth
4. Roll the Bones
5. Adrenaline Rush
6. Slice and Dice
7. Ambush
8. Proceed with Normal Rotation

Playstyle

Outlaw Rogue at a fundamental level is a spec that is focused on a priority system. The goal is to use your cooldowns in order of priority, making sure to minimize overcapping of resources and making sure to use your cooldowns on cooldown as Restless Blades puts a huge premium on making sure your cooldowns are always rolling.

Cooldowns

Outlaw has a lot of cooldowns to keep track of, thankfully there are no complicated rules compared to most specs when it comes to optimizing this. The most important thing to not get baited into doing is holding cooldowns outside of specifically around Between the Eye for only limited amounts of time. The goal of outlaw is to maximize your cooldowns.

Survivability & Mobility

Outlaw is loaded to the brim mobility and survivability in Dragonflight make sure to take advantage of it. Cheat Death makes you incredibly tanky in raid encounters. Make sure to use Feint as it makes you effectively immune to any AoE damage. Having access to Sprint and Grappling Hook on Restless Blades easily makes you as mobile as Demon Hunters while in combat. In addition you also have Shadowstep if neither are up. Cloak of Shadows is the last exceptionally strong defensive Rogues have. Its short cooldown and full spell immunity makes it amazing for progression and pushing high end content in general.