Assassination Rogue talents
Every Assassination talent, row by row, with what each rank does.
About the Assassination tree
16-point milestone: Cold Blood. When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Eviscerate, or Mutilate by 100%.
Recommended leveling build
Our pickOpinion, not confirmed by Blizzard39/12/0 at level 60, with Cold Blood at level 25. Bursty and poison-heavy. Pick this if you like big finishing moves.
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Another legal route to Cold Blood · not our pick
One order that reaches Cold Blood within the tree's rules: 16 points, which is level 25. Swap the early points for the talents you want.
- 1Improved Gouge3 of 3Row 1
- 2Remorseless Attacks2 of 2Row 1
- 3Malice5 of 5Row 1
- 4Ruthlessness3 of 3Row 2
- 5Murder2 of 2Row 2
- 6Cold Blood1 of 1Row 4
All Assassination Rogue talents
A value like 1/2/3 is what rank 1, 2 and 3 give.
Assassination
16 · Cold Blood (milestone taken)
39points
Shown with our leveling pick's points at 60. Try your own in the calculator
Row 1open from level 10
3 talents
Improved Gouge
Unconfirmed
Max rank 3
Rank 1: Increases the duration of your Gouge ability by 0.5 sec. All 3 ranksHide ranks
- Rank 1: Increases the duration of your Gouge ability by 0.5 sec.
- Rank 2: Increases the duration of your Gouge ability by 0.5 sec.
- Rank 3: Increases the duration of your Gouge ability by 0.5 sec.
Max rank 2
After killing a non-trivial enemy, gives you a 20/40% increased critical strike chance on your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Mutilate, or Ghostly Strike. Lasts 20 sec.
Max rank 5
Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 1/2/3/4/5%.
Row 2needs 5 points in Assassination
3 talents
Max rank 3
Gives your finishing moves a 20/40/60% chance to add a Combo Point to your target.
Max rank 2
Increases all damage dealt by 2/4% against Humanoid and Giant targets.
Max rank 3
Increases the duration of your Slice and Dice ability by 15/30/45%.
Row 3needs 10 points in Assassination
3 talents
Max rank 1
Your finishing moves have a 20% chance per Combo Point to restore 25 Energy.
Max rank 2
Reduces the Energy cost of your Expose Armor ability by 5/10, and refunds 1 Combo Point when cast with 5 Combo Points.
Max rank 5
Requires 5 in Malice
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 6/12/18/24/30%.
Row 4needs 15 points in Assassination
3 talents
Max rank 5
Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by 4/8/12/16/20% and gives your poisons an additional 8/16/24/32/40% chance to resist dispel effects.
Cold Blood
16-point milestone
Max rank 1
When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Eviscerate, or Mutilate by 100%.
Max rank 5
Increases the chance to apply Poisons to your target by 2/4/6/8/10%, and gives Poison applications a 10/20/30/40/50% chance to not consume a charge.
Row 5needs 20 points in Assassination
3 talents
Max rank 2
Increases your maximum Energy by 5/10.
Max rank 1
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 seconds 2 points: 12 seconds 3 points: 15 seconds 4 points: 18 seconds 5 points: 21 seconds
Max rank 2
Enemies Stunned by your Kidney Shot ability take 5/10% increased damage from your poisons and attacks.
Row 6needs 25 points in Assassination
1 talent
Max rank 5
Your critical strikes from abilities that add Combo Points have a 20/40/60/80/100% chance to add an additional Combo Point.
More Rogue talents
Races that can be a Rogue: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, Orc, Undead, Troll, Skyborne (High Order), Skyborne (Windshaper).
Talent data: public community datasets, Forever beta build 1.60.1.69893. Numbers can change in any later build or patch. Icon credits