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Is Outlaw Rogue fun to play?
Trickster / Fatebound • Rogue • Melee • WoW Midnight, Season 2
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A-TIER Swashbuckling Gambler
Roll the Bones gambling and high APM Ambush spam plagued by high cognitive mini-buff tracking.
Previously rated F on this site, before the October 2026 community research.
How it feels
Rated fun and well tuned at beta and named on forum top-5 lists. Grappling Hook and pirate swashbuckling are cool, though for some players constant Roll the Bones re-rolling and 80+ APM buff maintenance can be tiring.
Peak moment
Rolling a 5-buff Roll the Bones and going into unlimited Adrenaline Rush Pistol Shot frenzy.
The clunk
Constantly re-rolling bad 1-buff rolls; exhausting high APM for mediocre visual payoff.
What players say
Community tier A.
Why people love it: 'Fun and well tuned' at beta; on forum top-5 lists.
Why people quit it: 12.1.5 changes Blade Flurry's Energy cost, so re-review after the patch.
Popularity: Mid-table; all three Rogue specs in the Mythic+ top 10 by score early in the season.
Sources (4)
From the community research of Early October 2026, before patch 12.1.5 (due October 13).
Patch changes
12.1.5: 1 change (live 2026-10-13).
Numbers (1)
- Deft Maneuvers has been updated – No longer increases Blade Flurry’s Energy cost by 30. Instead, it increases Blade Flurry’s Energy cost by 5 per target hit, up to 30.
Around the web
- Top Mythic+ presence: 0.6× an even split (2.1% of damage slots in sampled top runs, Raider.IO).
- Wowhead PvE guide: 12 comments, 1 in the last 30 days.