Classes

Rogue

Rogues are most successful when their deeds never come to light. Fond of poisons and silent projectile weapons, rogues rely on a blend of stealth and minor mysticism. Usually in the employ of rich nobles or local governments, the rogue redistributes wealth or eliminates designated targets. A rogue's allegiance lasts only as long as the latest contract.

Rogue abilities Rogue Talent Calculator

Resource: Energy
Specializations: Assassination · Combat · Subtlety
Races: 9

What's changed in WoW Forever

A summary of Blizzard's Class Deep Dive articles. They were published during the beta, so numbers and talents may differ in the live game.

Rogues build further on Stealth, control, Poisons and precise weapon attacks. Poisons get more charges and work alongside temporary weapon enchantments, and each specialization has stronger options for daggers, other weapons, Finishing Moves and Bleeds.[1]

Rogue as the developers describe it

Stealth and control abilities make Rogues welcome in any party or raid, and they have the highest potential single-target melee damage in the game.

Baseline abilities

All poisons have more charges and can be applied alongside temporary enchantments like Weightstones and Sharpening Stones.
Sap no longer breaks Stealth.
Distract also reduces affected enemies' Stealth detection for 10 seconds. However, enemy players will know a Rogue is nearby.
Expose Armor now reduces armor as much as 5 applications of Sunder Armor, and it no longer stops Warriors from using Sunder Armor.
Rogues can learn to equip one-handed axes.
Feint's threat reduction is doubled.

Assassination talents

Cold Blood moves from the 21-point to the 16-point gold medal and now also applies to Mutilate.
Mutilate (21-point gold medal): a 60 Energy attack that strikes with both weapons. Both must be daggers, and it awards 2 combo points.
Venom (31-point gold medal): a 25 Energy Finishing Move that gives your Poisons 30% more damage and a 10% higher chance to apply.
Improved Poisons: Poisons often don't use up a charge when they trigger, so they last much longer.

Combat talents

Flawless Execution (16-point gold medal): reduces the Energy cost of Eviscerate by 10.
Hack and Slash (new row 5 talent): combines the weapon specialization talents into one and adds a bonus for axes.
Aggression now also increases Backstab damage, so Combat supports both Backstab and Sinister Strike builds.
Precision now increases your chance to hit with all spells and attacks, including Poisons, not just melee weapon attacks.

Subtlety talents

Premeditation moves from the 31-point to the 16-point gold medal, and its duration is increased to 20 seconds.
Thousand Cuts (31-point gold medal): each time Rupture deals damage, your next Hemorrhage or Backstab costs 3 less Energy, stacking up to 5 times.
Quietus (new row 6 talent): Sinister Strike, Ghostly Strike and Hemorrhage deal more damage to targets below 35% health.
Cutthroat (new row 6 talent): Backstab has a chance to let your next Ambush be used without Stealth.

For all classes

Talents start at level 10 and keep the familiar tree structure: one-point milestone talents at 11, 21 and 31 points, now joined by a new 16-point milestone.[2][3][4][1][5]
Key class buffs that used to come from talents, such as Blessing of Kings and Improved Mark of the Wild, are now baseline for their classes.[3][5]
To change talents, including Legacy talents, visit a class trainer in a major city. Dual Specialization becomes available at level 40.[2][3][4][1][5]
These summaries are based on articles published during the beta, so numbers and talents may differ in the live game. This site's talent calculator uses the official live data.[2][3][4][1][5]

Specializations and key talents

For each tree, the talents you actively use (talents with a use effect) and the final-row talent. See the full trees in the talent calculator.

Assassination

17 talents · up to 46 points

Cold BloodRow 4
When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Eviscerate, or Mutilate by 100%.
MutilateRow 7
Instantly attacks with both weapons for 90% weapon damage plus an additional 36 with each weapon. Damage increased by 20% against Poisoned targets. Awards 2 Combo Points.

See the full Assassination tree

Combat

19 talents · up to 48 points

RiposteRow 3
A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 150% weapon damage and disarms the target for 6 sec.
Blade FlurryRow 5
Increases your melee attack speed by 20% and your melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent. Lasts 15 sec.
Adrenaline RushRow 7
Increases your Energy regeneration rate by 100% for 15 sec.

See the full Combat tree

Subtlety

18 talents · up to 43 points

PremeditationRow 3
Adds 2 Combo Points to your target. You must add to or use those combo points within 20 sec or the combo points are lost.
Ghostly StrikeRow 4
A strike that deals 125% (180% if a Dagger is equipped in your Main Hand) weapon damage, increases your chance to dodge by 15% for 7 sec, and causes your next Ambush or Garrote cast within 7 sec to not require Stealth. Awards 1 combo point.
PreparationRow 5
When activated, this ability immediately finishes the cooldown on your other Rogue abilities.
HemorrhageRow 5
An instant strike that deals 100% weapon damage (145% if a Dagger is equipped) and causes the target to take 15% increased Rupture and Garrote damage from the Rogue. Lasts 15 sec. Awards 1 Combo Point.
Death MarkRow 7
Finishing move that marks the target, storing a portion of the damage dealt by your attacks per Combo Point. Garrote and Rupture damage is stored at twice the rate. After 6 sec, the stored damage is dealt, up to a maximum increased by Attack Power and Critical Strike chance: 1 point : 12% stored, 215 damage cap 2 points: 24% stored, 360 damage cap 3 points: 36% stored, 505 damage cap 4 points: 48% stored, 649 damage cap 5 points: 60% stored, 794 damage cap