Rogue Outlaw Rotation & Opener

Data updated 2026-09-08

Built from the current top-100 Mythic parses on WarcraftLogs — the real opener sequences, casts-per-minute and buff uptimes of the best Outlaw players, not theorycraft.

Raid 5 top logs sampled Median kill 6:52
AI coach — raid
How they play it: the most-pressed button is Pistol Shot at 27.2 casts per minute, then Sinister Strike (16.2) and Between the Eyes (12.3). Watch: Acrobatic Strikes at 96.7% uptime, Flawless Form 93.2%, Palmed Bullets 91.8%. If the top one slips, the rhythm broke somewhere.

Real Opener Sequences — Mythic boss M2

Sample kills 2026-09-04 – 2026-09-06

First ~12 casts of actual top-ranked kills. Trinkets and racials vary by setup; the skill order is what to copy.

SlythrArea 52 · US kill date 2026-09-04 Hero talentTricksterTalents →
千丶一白银之手 · CN kill date 2026-09-05 Talents →
边缘之锋奥尔加隆 · CN kill date 2026-09-06 Hero talentTricksterTalents →
Burst key — from the top parses above Macro commands →
#showtooltip Roll the Bones
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Adrenaline Rush
/cast Keep It Rolling
/cast Roll the Bones

A macro can fire only one global-cooldown ability per press — that is the game's limit, not ours. So a burst key is exactly: on-use trinkets + the off-GCD cooldowns top players press in their opener + one opener spell. Nothing else fits.

Off-GCD cooldowns pressed within the first 8 casts by at least 2 of the 3 sampled players, defensives and movement removed. Ends with the first on-GCD opener so everything fires in one press.

Slot 13 / 14: the data cannot tell which slot the on-use trinket sits in, so both are listed; the passive one just prints cannot use.

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Casts Per Minute — Raid Benchmark

Sample kills 2026-09-04 – 2026-09-06
AbilityTop-player CPM
Pistol Shot 27.2
Sinister Strike 16.2
Between the Eyes 12.3
Dispatch 10.0
Coup de Grace 2.8
Blade Flurry 2.1
Killing Spree 1.9
Adrenaline RushOff-GCD 1.8
SprintOff-GCD 1.6
Roll the Bones 1.5
FeintOff-GCD 1.0
Grappling HookOff-GCD 0.8
Keep It RollingOff-GCD 0.7
Cloak of ShadowsOff-GCD 0.3

CPM = median casts per minute across the sampled top kills. If you're far below on a core ability, that's usually the first thing to fix.

Buff Uptimes to Watch

BuffTop-player uptime
Acrobatic Strikes 96.7%
Flawless Form 93.2%
Palmed Bullets 91.8%
Zero In 82.6%
Escalating Blade 71.1%
Roll the Bones 60.9%
Opportunity 60.0%
Jackpot 51.9%
Adrenaline Rush 46.0%
Loaded Dice 45.4%
Mythic+ Differences 8 top key runs sampled Median run 29:55
AI coach — Mythic+
How they play it: the most-pressed button is Pistol Shot at 20.5 casts per minute, then Sinister Strike (12.8) and Between the Eyes (11.0). Watch: Between the Eyes at 93.5% uptime, Acrobatic Strikes 89.1%, Flawless Form 88.9%. If the top one slips, the rhythm broke somewhere.

Real AoE Opener — First Trash Pack

Sample kills 2026-09-02 – 2026-09-06

First ~12 casts after the pull starts, taken from actual top key runs: the AoE opener is the first pack of the run, the single-target opener is the first boss. Trinkets and racials vary by setup; the skill order is what to copy.

TomelvisDraenor · EU kill date 2026-09-06 pull Defier Draghar · 23 enemies Hero talentTricksterTalents →
TeyecIllidan · US kill date 2026-09-06 pull Defier Draghar · 29 enemies Hero talentTricksterTalents →
TomelvisDraenor · EU kill date 2026-09-06 pull Bribed Guard · 37 enemies Hero talentTricksterTalents →
Burst key — from the top parses above Macro commands →
#showtooltip Roll the Bones
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Adrenaline Rush
/cast Roll the Bones

A macro can fire only one global-cooldown ability per press — that is the game's limit, not ours. So a burst key is exactly: on-use trinkets + the off-GCD cooldowns top players press in their opener + one opener spell. Nothing else fits.

Off-GCD cooldowns pressed within the first 8 casts by at least 2 of the 3 sampled players, defensives and movement removed. Ends with the first on-GCD opener so everything fires in one press.

Slot 13 / 14: the data cannot tell which slot the on-use trinket sits in, so both are listed; the passive one just prints cannot use.

Real Single-Target Opener — First Boss

Sample kills 2026-09-02 – 2026-09-06
TomelvisDraenor · EU kill date 2026-09-06 pull Melidrussa Chillworn Hero talentTricksterTalents →
TeyecIllidan · US kill date 2026-09-06 pull Melidrussa Chillworn Hero talentTricksterTalents →
TomelvisDraenor · EU kill date 2026-09-06 pull Kystia Manaheart Hero talentTricksterTalents →
Burst key — from the top parses above Macro commands →
#showtooltip Between the Eyes
/cast Grappling Hook
/cast Adrenaline Rush
/cast Between the Eyes

A macro can fire only one global-cooldown ability per press — that is the game's limit, not ours. So a burst key is exactly: on-use trinkets + the off-GCD cooldowns top players press in their opener + one opener spell. Nothing else fits.

Off-GCD cooldowns pressed within the first 8 casts by at least 2 of the 3 sampled players, defensives and movement removed. Ends with the first on-GCD opener so everything fires in one press.

Casts Per Minute — Mythic+ Benchmark

Sample kills 2026-09-02 – 2026-09-06
AbilityTop-player CPM
Pistol Shot 20.5
Sinister Strike 12.8
Between the Eyes 11.0
Dispatch 9.4
Blade Flurry 4.5
Blade Rush 3.8
Coup de Grace 2.6
FeintOff-GCD 2.2
SprintOff-GCD 2.0
Killing Spree 1.7
Adrenaline RushOff-GCD 1.7
Roll the Bones 1.4
Grappling HookOff-GCD 0.8
Keep It RollingOff-GCD 0.7

Mythic+ Buff Uptimes

BuffTop-player uptime
Between the Eyes 93.5%
Acrobatic Strikes 89.1%
Flawless Form 88.9%
Palmed Bullets 88.5%
Rune of the Versatile Warrior 81.9%
Escalating Blade 70.0%
Blade Flurry 67.7%
Roll the Bones 59.9%
Loaded Dice 51.5%
Opportunity 50.5%
Omnium Folio runes · what top players pick raid 40 players Mythic+ 40 players

The Patch 12.1 Omnium Folio has five rune rows. This is what the sampled top logs actually run in each row, read from the runes' own damage, healing and buff traces. Bold = most picked. Rows 1 and 5 are procs, so their share is inferred from the traces they leave.

The GearInsight addon shows the same table next to your own current runes and can switch every row to the recommended one in one click.

How to unlock the Omnium Folio and fill the rows

At level 80, take The Magisters' Call from the Magister's Missive at the Field Accolade Quartermasters in Silvermoon City, help Grand Magister Rommath and Magister Umbric restore the Sunstrider Omnium in Eversong Woods, and finish The Omnium Reawakens for the Folio and row 1. Then each week the Seeking Knowledge quest at the Sunstrider Omnium pays one Mote of Omnial Inquiry, one row per mote: week 2 Ritualized Arcana ×8 (Ritual Sites), week 3 Dark-Ley Coalescence ×5 (Void Incursions), week 4 Pure Primessence ×1 (delves, dungeons, raid or strongbox), week 5 an alien magic fragment from Showdown world bosses plus 3 world quests. Motes are account-wide once one character has done the quest; since 12.1 alts skip the intro. The Folio UI opens from the map and runes can be swapped freely out of combat.

Spec macros · 12.1 4 macros

Collected from public Patch 12.1 guides and checked for this patch. Spell names follow the language you selected on this site and must match your game client. If a macro does not work on your client, report it with the button on the card.

Spell names below are shown in this site's language — . Your game client must use the same language, or the macro will say unknown spell.
Grappling Hook (cursor)
#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Grappling Hook
Hooks to the cursor without the confirmation click
Kick (focus)
#showtooltip
/cast [@focus,harm,nodead][] Kick
Interrupts focus if set, otherwise target
Tricks of the Trade (named ally)
#showtooltip
/cast [@NAME][] Tricks of the Trade
Replace NAME with the tank's character name
Adrenaline Rush + trinket
#showtooltip Adrenaline Rush
/cast Adrenaline Rush
/use 13
Change 13 to 14 for the bottom trinket slot
Keybind suggestion by casts per minute

Keybinds are personal — this is not a layout to copy wholesale. What it does say is which abilities you press most, measured from the same top parses above: the more often an ability is cast, the less effort its key should take. Interrupts, defensives and movement are deliberately left out; they barely register in cast data yet must always be within reach, so choose those yourself.

Rows marked Passive are not pressed at all — they fire on their own (auto-attacks, procs) and get no key, even though they top the casts-per-minute table.

KeyAbilityTop-player CPM
1 Pistol Shot 27.2
2 Sinister Strike 16.2
3 Between the Eyes 12.3
4 Dispatch 10.0
5 Blade Flurry 4.5
Z Blade Rush 3.8
X Coup de Grace 2.8
C FeintOff-GCD 2.2
V SprintOff-GCD 2.0
R Killing Spree 1.9
F Adrenaline RushOff-GCD 1.8
T Roll the Bones 1.5
G Grappling HookOff-GCD 0.8
Shift+1 Keep It RollingOff-GCD 0.7
Shift+2 Cloak of ShadowsOff-GCD 0.3

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