Redesign request for Assa Rogue
As a highly rated Assassination main, I have a few concerns and suggestions regarding the current state of the spec.
Playing Assassination Rogue with Sudden Demise should feel satisfying, but right now it often does not. I have not seen the talent function as intended even once. How is it possible that a target sitting at 5% HP, around 23k health, with fully snapshotted bleeds active, still does not get executed immediately?
On top of that, among all offensive cooldowns, Deathmark feels by far the weakest. Could we at least get more impact during our major cooldown windows?
One possible solution would be to make Deathmark instantly apply bleeds in addition to duplicating them, with those applications dealing double effectiveness. The reasoning is simple: Assassination Rogues currently have to spend most of their mobility and Vanish windows reapplying DoTs in order to properly snapshot damage. That causes the spec to lose momentum during setups instead of enabling game deciding plays.
Given the pace and defensive saturation of the current season, the spec needs this kind of buff to generate meaningful win condition pressure. Otherwise Solo Shuffle, and especially 3v3, often feels like a casino where you either high roll the lobby or queue into Mage, Warlock, Ret, or Devastation comps and instantly lose momentum.
Damage wise, Kingsbane itself actually feels relatively balanced within the current meta.