Your combat loop
Press the first one that is ready.
The best loop for Assassination at level 30. Its own loop starts at level 40.
Own loop from: Combat level 10Subtlety level 10Assassination level 40
Use Instant Poison on the main hand, Deadly Poison on the off hand. It does 7% more than Instant Poison on both weapons and 4% more than Deadly Poison on both weapons. About even (within 3%): Deadly Poison on the main hand, Instant Poison on the off hand.
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Shank Rank 1 Every 10 sec
Use it whenever it is ready, every 10 sec.
2% of your damage -
Slice and Dice Rank 1 Keep up · combo points
Keep it up with combo points.
no damage of its own -
Rupture Rank 2 Keep up · combo points
Keep it up with combo points.
4% of your damage -
Backstab Rank 4 Filler
Spend the rest of your energy on it.
25% of your damage -
Instant Poison II Main hand
Keep it on your main-hand weapon.
6% of your damage -
Deadly Poison Off hand
Keep it on your off-hand weapon.
11% of your damage -
Auto attack All the time
Your weapon swings on its own. Stay in melee range.
51% of your damage
The first 30 seconds
When to press each one from the pull. The blue line under a press is the global cooldown (1 sec) or cast it holds: nothing else on the global cooldown can go until it ends, so of two that are ready together the higher one goes first.
- In the gaps
Slice and Dice
Rupture
Backstab- All the time
Instant Poison II
Deadly PoisonAuto attack
