I have been maining a rogue since Vanilla and I agree with all those assessments.The clash of Blindside and Venom Rush amazes me, how did that get past QA. Hidden Blades goes entirely against how Assassination AOE plays, we need to keep hitting FoK to keep poisons rolling and for the sweet crits to fill combo points to spread bleeds.I miss Kingsbane, timing it right and see that MASSIVE final tick was one of my favorite things to do. Surge of Toxins was mainly meaningless, but gave a bit of a gameplay moment in timing it so it will be up for Kingsbane to end.
There is mistake in here - Blindside no longer clashes with Venom Rush, that was a much earlier Beta build.
I've been playing/enjoying Assassination pretty much since Vanilla. This write-up makes it sound like I'm going to have to swap to Subtlety (I'm a dagger rogue for life, so no Outlaw for me). I already felt like my DPS was way behind at higher level Mythics in Legion, and now with the loss of Kingsbane, it does sound like a pretty slow/boring spec.I've always thought the legendary cloak which is now Hidden Blades was good only for short burst AE and nothing else especially paired with the shoulders (now Master Assassin talent). As Rixven mentions we need to keep hitting FoK which means you can't really let the modifier stack up to 30 very long. I'm fine/happy being a better single target DPS than AE, but I always felt like my AE lagged so far behind everyone else unless I got lucky and got multiple Poison Vials in a single pull then I'd be way ahead. The feast/famine DPS is not really fun. Maybe Crimson Tempests return will help when you know you'll be running an AE heavy dungeon (like fortified Mythic+ weeks) but otherwise it'll be hoping the RNG gives you lots of Poison Vial procs.
>Kingsbane>interesting>spec definingIt's basically just envenom but it generates combo points instead of spending them. >.>
its too OP nerf pls
blindside "spicy"?how press shift + mutilate when an icon pop-up could be considered "spicy"? if i want play a dance dance revolution spec i would choosed i dont know, dk frost? not assassination.damn i was so happy with legion when it pruned that ^&*!ty ability that i could only hope that this talent will be dead like hemo in legion.... instead they could mantain the CD juggling of Tomb era.damn how much i loved assa in 7.2.5
I think you mixed it up with subltety leg, KB isnt really about the generation - imo it was best in nh, when you could show how good you are with your rogue with ideal kb line-up and usage (holding buff uptimes, timing chromatic anomaly phases etc)
So, in summary - "Nothing really changed, and what meger amount did change FeelsBadMan"Cool, thanks Blizz.