Data read 2026-10-19
Rogue talents
30 talents, six milestones, and three capstones across three trees. A row opens at 5 points spent in its tree.
The three trees
Assassination
| Row | Opens at | Talent | Kind | Ranks | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The start | Improved Eviscerate | Talent | 5 | Eviscerate deals 8% more damage. |
| 1 | The start | Malice | Talent | 5 | Increases your critical strike chance by 1%. |
| 2 | 5 points | Ruthlessness | Talent | 3 | You deal 10% more damage to enemies below 30% health. |
| 2 | 5 points | Murder | Talent | 5 | You deal 4% more damage to elites and bosses. |
| 3 | 10 points | Deadly Poison | Milestone | 1 | Your strikes poison: every swing and every strike adds Deadly Poison, 40% of the hit over 6 sec. |
| 3 | 10 points | Lethality | Talent | 5 | Increases your critical strike damage by 8%. |
| 4 | 15 points | Improved Poisons | Talent | 5 | Rupture deals 10% more damage. |
| 4 | 15 points | Vile Poisons | Talent | 5 | Your damage-over-time effects deal 10% more damage. |
| 5 | 20 points | Mutilate | Milestone | 1 | Sinister Strike and Backstab strike with both blades: everything they hit is struck again at once for 50% of the blow. |
| 5 | 20 points | Seal Fate | Talent | 3 | 3% chance for any spell to strike twice. |
| 6 | 25 points | Vigor | Talent | 3 | Regenerate 0.6 more health per second. |
| 6 | 25 points | Remorseless Attacks | Talent | 3 | Increases all damage by 4%. |
| 7 | 30 points | Toxic Bloom | Capstone | 1 | Enemies that die poisoned or bleeding burst in a toxic cloud for 15% of their maximum health on everything within 7 yd. |
Combat
| Row | Opens at | Talent | Kind | Ranks | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The start | Precision | Talent | 5 | Increases your critical strike chance by 1%. |
| 1 | The start | Lightning Reflexes | Talent | 5 | Reduces all damage taken by 1%. |
| 2 | 5 points | Improved Sinister Strike | Talent | 3 | Sinister Strike deals 10% more damage. |
| 2 | 5 points | Endurance | Talent | 5 | Your cooldowns recover 1.5% faster. |
| 3 | 10 points | Blade Flurry | Milestone | 1 | Sinister Strike and Eviscerate fly on: each hit also strikes 2 more enemies near its target for 25% of it. |
| 3 | 10 points | Dual Wield Specialization | Talent | 5 | Increases all damage by 2%. |
| 4 | 15 points | Sword Specialization | Talent | 5 | 1.2% chance for any spell to strike twice. |
| 4 | 15 points | Weapon Expertise | Talent | 3 | Increases all damage by 3%. |
| 5 | 20 points | Adrenaline Rush | Milestone | 1 | Every 20th kill floods you with adrenaline: a free Adrenaline Rush, your cooldowns 60% faster for 11 sec. |
| 5 | 20 points | Aggression | Talent | 3 | Sinister Strike and Eviscerate deal 4% more damage. |
| 6 | 25 points | Improved Slice and Dice | Talent | 3 | Slice and Dice and Adrenaline Rush last 15% longer. |
| 6 | 25 points | Riposte | Talent | 2 | When an enemy strikes you in melee, 12% chance to answer with a free Ghostly Strike. |
| 7 | 30 points | Killing Spree | Capstone | 1 | Sinister Strike strikes 1 more enemy, and you strike on your own: a free Sinister Strike every 3 sec. |
Subtlety
| Row | Opens at | Talent | Kind | Ranks | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The start | Master of Deception | Talent | 5 | Increases your movement speed by 1.5%. |
| 1 | The start | Opportunity | Talent | 5 | Backstab deals 5% more damage. |
| 2 | 5 points | Elusiveness | Talent | 3 | Reduces all damage taken by 1.2%. |
| 2 | 5 points | Initiative | Talent | 5 | Increases your luck by 6%. |
| 3 | 10 points | Cheat Death | Milestone | 1 | A blow that would kill you leaves you at 25% health instead, and you fade into the shadows: nothing can touch you for 3 sec. Once every 2.5 min. |
| 3 | 10 points | Improved Ambush | Talent | 3 | Increases your critical strike damage by 8%. |
| 4 | 15 points | Serrated Blades | Talent | 3 | Your damage-over-time effects deal 6% more damage. |
| 4 | 15 points | Setup | Talent | 3 | Kidney Shot and Gouge cooldowns are 8% shorter. |
| 5 | 20 points | Preparation | Milestone | 1 | A free Gouge stuns the enemies around you every 6 sec. |
| 5 | 20 points | Dirty Deeds | Talent | 3 | You deal 8% more damage to stunned, rooted, slowed or fleeing enemies. |
| 6 | 25 points | Deadliness | Talent | 5 | Increases all damage by 2%. |
| 6 | 25 points | Heightened Senses | Talent | 2 | Increases your maximum health by 4%. |
| 7 | 30 points | Shadow Dance | Capstone | 1 | You start every run with Backstab, and Backstab and Eviscerate splash 20% of their damage onto every enemy within 5 yd of their target. |
Where these numbers come from
The game's own client at https://wow.aethus.pl, read on 2026-10-19. The fan rebuild this site ranks has no talent system, so none of this comes from it.