Combat Rogue talents
Every Combat talent, row by row, with what each rank does.
About the Combat tree
16-point milestone: Restless Blades. Your damaging finishing moves reduce the remaining cooldown of your Adrenaline Rush, Blade Flurry, Evasion, Sprint, and Vanish abilities by 2 sec per combo point.
Recommended leveling build
Our pickOpinion, not confirmed by Blizzard18/33/0 at level 60, with Restless Blades at level 25. Steady, forgiving melee with strong cooldowns.
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Another legal route to Restless Blades · not our pick
One order that reaches Restless Blades within the tree's rules: 16 points, which is level 25. Swap the early points for the talents you want.
- 1Improved Eviscerate3 of 3Row 1
- 2Improved Sinister Strike2 of 2Row 1
- 3Lightning Reflexes5 of 5Row 1
- 4Puncturing Wounds3 of 3Row 2
- 5Deflection2 of 3Row 2
- 6Restless Blades1 of 1Row 4
All Combat Rogue talents
A value like 1/2/3 is what rank 1, 2 and 3 give.
Combat
16 · Restless Blades (milestone taken)
33points
Shown with our leveling pick's points at 60. Try your own in the calculator
Row 1open from level 10
3 talents
Max rank 3
Increases the damage done by your Eviscerate ability by 7/14/21%.
Max rank 2
Reduces the Energy cost of your Sinister Strike ability by 3/5.
Max rank 5
Increases your Dodge chance by 1/2/3/4/5%.
Row 2needs 5 points in Combat
3 talents
Max rank 3
Increases the critical strike chance of your Backstab by 10/20/30% and your Mutilate by 5/10/15%, and gives Backstab a 15/30/45% chance to add an additional Combo Point.
Max rank 3
Increases your Parry chance by 2/4/6%.
Max rank 3
Increases your chance to hit with all attacks and Poisons by 1/2/3%.
Row 3needs 10 points in Combat
3 talents
Max rank 2
Reduces the cooldown of your Sprint and Evasion abilities by 30/60%.
Max rank 1
Requires 3 in Deflection
A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 150% weapon damage and disarms the target for 6 sec.
Max rank 2
Gives a 50/100% chance to remove all movement impairing effects when you activate your Sprint ability.
Row 4needs 15 points in Combat
3 talents
Max rank 2
Gives your Kick ability a 50/100% chance to Silence the target for 2 sec.
Restless Blades
16-point milestone
Max rank 1
Your damaging finishing moves reduce the remaining cooldown of your Adrenaline Rush, Blade Flurry, Evasion, Sprint, and Vanish abilities by 2 sec per combo point.
Max rank 5
Requires 3 in Precision
Increases the damage done by your off-hand weapon by 5/10/15/20/25%.
Row 5needs 20 points in Combat
2 talents
Max rank 1
Increases your melee attack speed by 20% and your melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent. Lasts 15 sec.
Max rank 5
Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 1/2/3/4/5% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Dagger/Fist: Increases your critical strike chance by 1/2/3/4/5%. Mace: Your attacks ignore 3/6/9/12/15% of your target's armor.
Row 6needs 25 points in Combat
2 talents
Max rank 2
Requires 1 in Blade Flurry
Reduces the chance for your attacks to be Dodged or Parried by 1/2%.
Max rank 3
Increases the damage of your Sinister Strike, Backstab, and Eviscerate abilities by 2/4/6%.
Row 7needs 30 points in Combat
1 talent
Max rank 1
Increases your Energy regeneration rate by 100% for 15 sec.
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