ASSASSINATION ROGUE
Assassination Rogue is built on the Assassination talent tree and plays as a damage dealer in raids. The tree has 17 talents: 2 new in Forever, 12 changed from Classic.
ASSASSINATION GUIDE
We'll write the Assassination Rogue rotation, stat priority and recommended build as the beta data settles. For now, see the talent tree below, the talent calculator and the class discussions on the forum.
WHAT IT BRINGS TO A RAID
The catalogue has no raid contribution tied only to Assassination; the ones below apply to every Rogue.
TALENTS
Hover or tap a talent to read it below. Text is for the final rank.
3Improved Gouge
2Remorseless Attacks
5Malice
3Ruthlessness
2Murder
3Improved Slice and Dice
1Relentless Strikes
2Improved Expose Armor
5Lethality
5Vile Poisons
1Cold Blood
5Improved Poisons
2Vigor
1Mutilate
2Improved Kidney Shot
5Seal Fate
1Venom- Improved GougeRow 1 · 3 rankChanged
Increases the duration of your Gouge ability by 1.5 sec.
- Remorseless AttacksRow 1 · 2 rankChanged
After killing a non-trivial enemy, gives you a 40% increased critical strike chance on your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Mutilate, or Ghostly Strike. Lasts 20 sec.
- MaliceRow 1 · 5 rankChanged
Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 5%.
- RuthlessnessRow 2 · 3 rank
Gives your finishing moves a 60% chance to add a Combo Point to your target.
- MurderRow 2 · 2 rankChanged
Increases all damage dealt by 4% against Humanoid and Giant targets.
- Improved Slice and DiceRow 2 · 3 rank
Increases the duration of your Slice and Dice ability by 45%.
- Relentless StrikesRow 3 · 1 rank
Your finishing moves have a 20% chance per Combo Point to restore 25 Energy.
- Improved Expose ArmorRow 3 · 2 rankChanged
Reduces the Energy cost of your Expose Armor ability by 10, and refunds 2 Combo Points when cast with 5 Combo Points.
- LethalityRow 3 · 5 rankChanged
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 20%.
- Vile PoisonsRow 4 · 5 rankMoved
Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by 20% and gives your poisons an additional 40% chance to resist dispel effects.
- Cold BloodRow 4 · 1 rank · activeChanged
When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Eviscerate, or Mutilate by 100%.
- Improved PoisonsRow 4 · 5 rankChanged
Increases the chance to apply Poisons to your target by 10%, and gives Poison applications a 50% chance to not consume a charge.
- VigorRow 5 · 2 rankChanged
Increases your maximum Energy by 10.
- MutilateRow 5 · 1 rank · activeNew
Instantly attacks with both weapons for 75% weapon damage plus an additional 13 with each weapon. Damage increased by 20% against Poisoned targets. Awards 2 Combo Points.
- Improved Kidney ShotRow 5 · 2 rankChanged
Enemies Stunned by your Kidney Shot ability take 10% increased damage from your poisons and attacks.
- Seal FateRow 6 · 5 rankChanged
Your critical strikes from abilities that add Combo Points have a 100% chance to add an additional Combo Point.
- VenomRow 7 · 1 rank · activeNew
Finishing move that increases the damage of your Poisons by 30% and your chance to apply Poisons by 10%. Lasts longer per combo point: 1 point : 9 sec 2 points: 12 sec 3 points: 15 sec 4 points: 18 sec 5 points: 21 sec
Talent, spell, race and raid data: talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0), from the WoW Forever beta client; data date 2026-10-14. Numbers can lag live tuning. Spell names, icons and tooltip text belong to Blizzard Entertainment. Rogue talent calculator.