Improved Eviscerate/Increases the damage done by your Eviscerate ability by 5%. Increases the damage done by your Eviscerate ability by 5%. Next level: Increases the damage done by your Eviscerate ability by 10%. Increases the damage done by your Eviscerate ability by 10%. Next level: Increases the damage done by your Eviscerate ability by 15%. Increases the damage done by your Eviscerate ability by 15%. |
Remorseless Attacks/After killing an opponent that yields experience or honor, gives you a 20% increased critical strike chance on your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, or Ghostly Strike. Lasts 20 sec. After killing an opponent that yields experience or honor, gives you a 20% increased critical strike chance on your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, or Ghostly Strike. Lasts 20 sec. Next level: After killing an opponent that yields experience or honor, gives you a 40% increased critical strike chance on your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, or Ghostly Strike. Lasts 20 sec. After killing an opponent that yields experience or honor, gives you a 40% increased critical strike chance on your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, or Ghostly Strike. Lasts 20 sec. |
Malice/Increases your critical strike chance by 1%. Increases your critical strike chance by 1%. Next level: Increases your critical strike chance by 2%. Increases your critical strike chance by 2%. Next level: Increases your critical strike chance by 3%. Increases your critical strike chance by 3%. Next level: Increases your critical strike chance by 4%. Increases your critical strike chance by 4%. Next level: Increases your critical strike chance by 5%. Increases your critical strike chance by 5%. |
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Ruthlessness/Gives your finishing moves a 20% chance to add a combo point to your target. Gives your finishing moves a 20% chance to add a combo point to your target. Next level: Gives your finishing moves a 40% chance to add a combo point to your target. Gives your finishing moves a 40% chance to add a combo point to your target. Next level: Gives your finishing moves a 60% chance to add a combo point to your target. Gives your finishing moves a 60% chance to add a combo point to your target. |
Murder/Increases all damage caused against Humanoid, Giant, Beast and Dragonkin targets by 1%. Increases all damage caused against Humanoid, Giant, Beast and Dragonkin targets by 1%. Next level: Increases all damage caused against Humanoid, Giant, Beast and Dragonkin targets by 2%. Increases all damage caused against Humanoid, Giant, Beast and Dragonkin targets by 2%. |
Improved Slice and Dice/Increases the duration of your Slice and Dice ability by 15%. Increases the duration of your Slice and Dice ability by 15%. Next level: Increases the duration of your Slice and Dice ability by 30%. Increases the duration of your Slice and Dice ability by 30%. Next level: Increases the duration of your Slice and Dice ability by 45%. Increases the duration of your Slice and Dice ability by 45%. |
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Relentless Strikes/Your finishing moves have a 20% chance per combo point to restore 25 energy. Your finishing moves have a 20% chance per combo point to restore 25 energy. |
Improved Expose Armor/Increases the armor reduced by your Expose Armor ability by 25%. Increases the armor reduced by your Expose Armor ability by 25%. Next level: Increases the armor reduced by your Expose Armor ability by 50%. Increases the armor reduced by your Expose Armor ability by 50%. |
Lethality/Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 6%. Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 6%. Next level: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 12%. Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 12%. Next level: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 18%. Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 18%. Next level: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 24%. Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 24%. Next level: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 30%. Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 30%. |
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Vile Poisons/Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by 4% and gives your poisons an additional 8% chance to resist dispel effects. Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by 4% and gives your poisons an additional 8% chance to resist dispel effects. Next level: Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by 8% and gives your poisons an additional 16% chance to resist dispel effects. Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by 8% and gives your poisons an additional 16% chance to resist dispel effects. Next level: Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by 12% and gives your poisons an additional 24% chance to resist dispel effects. Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by 12% and gives your poisons an additional 24% chance to resist dispel effects. Next level: Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by 16% and gives your poisons an additional 32% chance to resist dispel effects. Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by 16% and gives your poisons an additional 32% chance to resist dispel effects. Next level: Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by 20% and gives your poisons an additional 40% chance to resist dispel effects. Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by 20% and gives your poisons an additional 40% chance to resist dispel effects. |
Improved Poisons/Increases the chance to apply poisons to your target by 2%. Increases the chance to apply poisons to your target by 2%. Next level: Increases the chance to apply poisons to your target by 4%. Increases the chance to apply poisons to your target by 4%. Next level: Increases the chance to apply poisons to your target by 6%. Increases the chance to apply poisons to your target by 6%. Next level: Increases the chance to apply poisons to your target by 8%. Increases the chance to apply poisons to your target by 8%. Next level: Increases the chance to apply poisons to your target by 10%. Increases the chance to apply poisons to your target by 10%. |
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Cold Blood/Instant
3 min cooldown
When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, or Eviscerate by 100%. When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, or Eviscerate by 100%. |
Improved Kidney Shot/While affected by your Kidney Shot ability, the target receives an additional 3% damage from all sources. While affected by your Kidney Shot ability, the target receives an additional 3% damage from all sources. Next level: While affected by your Kidney Shot ability, the target receives an additional 6% damage from all sources. While affected by your Kidney Shot ability, the target receives an additional 6% damage from all sources. Next level: While affected by your Kidney Shot ability, the target receives an additional 9% damage from all sources. While affected by your Kidney Shot ability, the target receives an additional 9% damage from all sources. |
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Seal Fate/Your critical strikes from abilities that add combo points have a 20% chance to add an additional combo point. Your critical strikes from abilities that add combo points have a 20% chance to add an additional combo point. Next level: Your critical strikes from abilities that add combo points have a 40% chance to add an additional combo point. Your critical strikes from abilities that add combo points have a 40% chance to add an additional combo point. Next level: Your critical strikes from abilities that add combo points have a 60% chance to add an additional combo point. Your critical strikes from abilities that add combo points have a 60% chance to add an additional combo point. Next level: Your critical strikes from abilities that add combo points have a 80% chance to add an additional combo point. Your critical strikes from abilities that add combo points have a 80% chance to add an additional combo point. Next level: Your critical strikes from abilities that add combo points have a 100% chance to add an additional combo point. Your critical strikes from abilities that add combo points have a 100% chance to add an additional combo point. |
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Vigor/Increases your maximum Energy by 10. Increases your maximum Energy by 10. |
Improved Gouge/Increases the effect duration of your Gouge ability by 0.5 sec. Increases the effect duration of your Gouge ability by 0.5 sec. Next level: Increases the effect duration of your Gouge ability by 1 sec. Increases the effect duration of your Gouge ability by 1 sec. Next level: Increases the effect duration of your Gouge ability by 1.5 sec. Increases the effect duration of your Gouge ability by 1.5 sec. |
Improved Sinister Strike/Reduces the Energy cost of your Sinister Strike ability by 3. Reduces the Energy cost of your Sinister Strike ability by 3. Next level: Reduces the Energy cost of your Sinister Strike ability by 5. Reduces the Energy cost of your Sinister Strike ability by 5. |
Lightning Reflexes/Increases your Dodge chance by 1%. Increases your Dodge chance by 1%. Next level: Increases your Dodge chance by 2%. Increases your Dodge chance by 2%. Next level: Increases your Dodge chance by 3%. Increases your Dodge chance by 3%. Next level: Increases your Dodge chance by 4%. Increases your Dodge chance by 4%. Next level: Increases your Dodge chance by 5%. Increases your Dodge chance by 5%. |
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Improved Backstab/Increases the critical strike chance of your Backstab ability by 10%. Increases the critical strike chance of your Backstab ability by 10%. Next level: Increases the critical strike chance of your Backstab ability by 20%. Increases the critical strike chance of your Backstab ability by 20%. Next level: Increases the critical strike chance of your Backstab ability by 30%. Increases the critical strike chance of your Backstab ability by 30%. |
Deflection/Increases your Parry chance by 1%. Increases your Parry chance by 1%. Next level: Increases your Parry chance by 2%. Increases your Parry chance by 2%. Next level: Increases your Parry chance by 3%. Increases your Parry chance by 3%. Next level: Increases your Parry chance by 4%. Increases your Parry chance by 4%. Next level: Increases your Parry chance by 5%. Increases your Parry chance by 5%. |
Precision/Requires Melee Weapon
Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 1%. Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 1%. Next level: Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 2%. Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 2%. Next level: Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 3%. Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 3%. Next level: Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 4%. Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 4%. Next level: Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 5%. Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 5%. |
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Endurance/Reduces the cooldown of your Sprint and Evasion abilities by 45 sec. Reduces the cooldown of your Sprint and Evasion abilities by 45 sec. Next level: Reduces the cooldown of your Sprint and Evasion abilities by 1.5 min. Reduces the cooldown of your Sprint and Evasion abilities by 1.5 min. |
Riposte/10 Energy
5 yd range
Instant
6 sec cooldown
A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 150% weapon damage and disarms the target for 6 sec. A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 150% weapon damage and disarms the target for 6 sec. |
Improved Sprint/Gives a 50% chance to remove all movement impairing effects when you activate your Sprint ability. Gives a 50% chance to remove all movement impairing effects when you activate your Sprint ability. Next level: Gives a 100% chance to remove all movement impairing effects when you activate your Sprint ability. Gives a 100% chance to remove all movement impairing effects when you activate your Sprint ability. |
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Improved Kick/Gives your Kick ability a 50% chance to silence the target for 2 sec. Gives your Kick ability a 50% chance to silence the target for 2 sec. Next level: Gives your Kick ability a 100% chance to silence the target for 2 sec. Gives your Kick ability a 100% chance to silence the target for 2 sec. |
Dagger Specialization/Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Daggers by 1%. Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Daggers by 1%. Next level: Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Daggers by 2%. Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Daggers by 2%. Next level: Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Daggers by 3%. Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Daggers by 3%. Next level: Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Daggers by 4%. Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Daggers by 4%. Next level: Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Daggers by 5%. Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Daggers by 5%. |
Dual Wield Specialization/Increases the damage done by your offhand weapon by 10%. Increases the damage done by your offhand weapon by 10%. Next level: Increases the damage done by your offhand weapon by 20%. Increases the damage done by your offhand weapon by 20%. Next level: Increases the damage done by your offhand weapon by 30%. Increases the damage done by your offhand weapon by 30%. Next level: Increases the damage done by your offhand weapon by 40%. Increases the damage done by your offhand weapon by 40%. Next level: Increases the damage done by your offhand weapon by 50%. Increases the damage done by your offhand weapon by 50%. |
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Mace Specialization/Increases your skill with Maces by 1, and gives you a 1% chance to stun your target for 3 sec with a mace. Increases your skill with Maces by 1, and gives you a 1% chance to stun your target for 3 sec with a mace. Next level: Increases your skill with Maces by 2, and gives you a 2% chance to stun your target for 3 sec with a mace. Increases your skill with Maces by 2, and gives you a 2% chance to stun your target for 3 sec with a mace. Next level: Increases your skill with Maces by 3, and gives you a 3% chance to stun your target for 3 sec with a mace. Increases your skill with Maces by 3, and gives you a 3% chance to stun your target for 3 sec with a mace. Next level: Increases your skill with Maces by 4, and gives you a 4% chance to stun your target for 3 sec with a mace. Increases your skill with Maces by 4, and gives you a 4% chance to stun your target for 3 sec with a mace. Next level: Increases your skill with Maces by 5, and gives you a 6% chance to stun your target for 3 sec with a mace. Increases your skill with Maces by 5, and gives you a 6% chance to stun your target for 3 sec with a mace. |
Blade Flurry/25 Energy
Instant
2 min cooldown
Increases your attack speed by 20%. In addition, attacks strike an additional nearby opponent. Lasts 15 sec. Increases your attack speed by 20%. In addition, attacks strike an additional nearby opponent. Lasts 15 sec. |
Sword Specialization/Gives you a 1% chance to get an extra attack on the same target after dealing damage with your Sword. Gives you a 1% chance to get an extra attack on the same target after dealing damage with your Sword. Next level: Gives you a 2% chance to get an extra attack on the same target after dealing damage with your Sword. Gives you a 2% chance to get an extra attack on the same target after dealing damage with your Sword. Next level: Gives you a 3% chance to get an extra attack on the same target after dealing damage with your Sword. Gives you a 3% chance to get an extra attack on the same target after dealing damage with your Sword. Next level: Gives you a 4% chance to get an extra attack on the same target after dealing damage with your Sword. Gives you a 4% chance to get an extra attack on the same target after dealing damage with your Sword. Next level: Gives you a 5% chance to get an extra attack on the same target after dealing damage with your Sword. Gives you a 5% chance to get an extra attack on the same target after dealing damage with your Sword. |
Fist Weapon Specialization/Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Fist Weapons by 1%. Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Fist Weapons by 1%. Next level: Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Fist Weapons by 2%. Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Fist Weapons by 2%. Next level: Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Fist Weapons by 3%. Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Fist Weapons by 3%. Next level: Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Fist Weapons by 4%. Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Fist Weapons by 4%. Next level: Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Fist Weapons by 5%. Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Fist Weapons by 5%. |
Weapon Expertise/Increases your skill with Sword, Fist and Dagger weapons by 3. Increases your skill with Sword, Fist and Dagger weapons by 3. Next level: Increases your skill with Sword, Fist and Dagger weapons by 5. Increases your skill with Sword, Fist and Dagger weapons by 5. |
Aggression/Increases the damage of your Sinister Strike and Eviscerate abilities by 2%. Increases the damage of your Sinister Strike and Eviscerate abilities by 2%. Next level: Increases the damage of your Sinister Strike and Eviscerate abilities by 4%. Increases the damage of your Sinister Strike and Eviscerate abilities by 4%. Next level: Increases the damage of your Sinister Strike and Eviscerate abilities by 6%. Increases the damage of your Sinister Strike and Eviscerate abilities by 6%. |
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Adrenaline Rush/Instant
5 min cooldown
Increases your Energy regeneration rate by 100% for 15 sec. Increases your Energy regeneration rate by 100% for 15 sec. |
Master of Deception/Reduces the chance enemies have to detect you while in Stealth mode. Reduces the chance enemies have to detect you while in Stealth mode. Next level: Reduces the chance enemies have to detect you while in Stealth mode. More effective than Master of Deception (Rank 1). Reduces the chance enemies have to detect you while in Stealth mode. More effective than Master of Deception (Rank 1). Next level: Reduces the chance enemies have to detect you while in Stealth mode. More effective than Master of Deception (Rank 2). Reduces the chance enemies have to detect you while in Stealth mode. More effective than Master of Deception (Rank 2). Next level: Reduces the chance enemies have to detect you while in Stealth mode. More effective than Master of Deception (Rank 3). Reduces the chance enemies have to detect you while in Stealth mode. More effective than Master of Deception (Rank 3). Next level: Reduces the chance enemies have to detect you while in Stealth mode. More effective than Master of Deception (Rank 4). Reduces the chance enemies have to detect you while in Stealth mode. More effective than Master of Deception (Rank 4). |
Opportunity/Increases the damage dealt when striking from behind with your Backstab, Garrote, or Ambush abilities by 4%. Increases the damage dealt when striking from behind with your Backstab, Garrote, or Ambush abilities by 4%. Next level: Increases the damage dealt when striking from behind with your Backstab, Garrote, or Ambush abilities by 8%. Increases the damage dealt when striking from behind with your Backstab, Garrote, or Ambush abilities by 8%. Next level: Increases the damage dealt when striking from behind with your Backstab, Garrote, or Ambush abilities by 12%. Increases the damage dealt when striking from behind with your Backstab, Garrote, or Ambush abilities by 12%. Next level: Increases the damage dealt when striking from behind with your Backstab, Garrote, or Ambush abilities by 16%. Increases the damage dealt when striking from behind with your Backstab, Garrote, or Ambush abilities by 16%. Next level: Increases the damage dealt when striking from behind with your Backstab, Garrote, or Ambush abilities by 20%. Increases the damage dealt when striking from behind with your Backstab, Garrote, or Ambush abilities by 20%. |
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Sleight of Hand/Reduces the chance you are critically hit by melee and ranged attacks by 1% and increases the threat reduction of your Feint ability by 10%. Reduces the chance you are critically hit by melee and ranged attacks by 1% and increases the threat reduction of your Feint ability by 10%. Next level: Reduces the chance you are critically hit by melee and ranged attacks by 2% and increases the threat reduction of your Feint ability by 20%. Reduces the chance you are critically hit by melee and ranged attacks by 2% and increases the threat reduction of your Feint ability by 20%. |
Elusiveness/Reduces the cooldown of your Vanish and Blind abilities by 45 sec. Reduces the cooldown of your Vanish and Blind abilities by 45 sec. Next level: Reduces the cooldown of your Vanish and Blind abilities by 1.5 min. Reduces the cooldown of your Vanish and Blind abilities by 1.5 min. |
Camouflage/Increases your speed while stealthed by 3% and reduces the cooldown of your Stealth ability by 1 sec. Increases your speed while stealthed by 3% and reduces the cooldown of your Stealth ability by 1 sec. Next level: Increases your speed while stealthed by 6% and reduces the cooldown of your Stealth ability by 2 sec. Increases your speed while stealthed by 6% and reduces the cooldown of your Stealth ability by 2 sec. Next level: Increases your speed while stealthed by 9% and reduces the cooldown of your Stealth ability by 3 sec. Increases your speed while stealthed by 9% and reduces the cooldown of your Stealth ability by 3 sec. Next level: Increases your speed while stealthed by 12% and reduces the cooldown of your Stealth ability by 4 sec. Increases your speed while stealthed by 12% and reduces the cooldown of your Stealth ability by 4 sec. Next level: Increases your speed while stealthed by 15% and reduces the cooldown of your Stealth ability by 5 sec. Increases your speed while stealthed by 15% and reduces the cooldown of your Stealth ability by 5 sec. |
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Initiative/Gives you a 25% chance to add an additional combo point to your target when using your Ambush, Garrote, or Cheap Shot ability. Gives you a 25% chance to add an additional combo point to your target when using your Ambush, Garrote, or Cheap Shot ability. Next level: Gives you a 50% chance to add an additional combo point to your target when using your Ambush, Garrote, or Cheap Shot ability. Gives you a 50% chance to add an additional combo point to your target when using your Ambush, Garrote, or Cheap Shot ability. Next level: Gives you a 75% chance to add an additional combo point to your target when using your Ambush, Garrote, or Cheap Shot ability. Gives you a 75% chance to add an additional combo point to your target when using your Ambush, Garrote, or Cheap Shot ability. |
Ghostly Strike/40 Energy
5 yd range
Instant
20 sec cooldown
A strike that deals 125% weapon damage and increases your chance to dodge by 15% for 7 sec. Awards 1 combo point. A strike that deals 125% weapon damage and increases your chance to dodge by 15% for 7 sec. Awards 1 combo point. |
Improved Ambush/Increases the critical strike chance of your Ambush ability by 15%. Increases the critical strike chance of your Ambush ability by 15%. Next level: Increases the critical strike chance of your Ambush ability by 30%. Increases the critical strike chance of your Ambush ability by 30%. Next level: Increases the critical strike chance of your Ambush ability by 45%. Increases the critical strike chance of your Ambush ability by 45%. |
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Setup/Gives you a 15% chance to add a combo point to your target after dodging their attack or fully resisting one of their spells. Gives you a 15% chance to add a combo point to your target after dodging their attack or fully resisting one of their spells. Next level: Gives you a 30% chance to add a combo point to your target after dodging their attack or fully resisting one of their spells. Gives you a 30% chance to add a combo point to your target after dodging their attack or fully resisting one of their spells. Next level: Gives you a 45% chance to add a combo point to your target after dodging their attack or fully resisting one of their spells. Gives you a 45% chance to add a combo point to your target after dodging their attack or fully resisting one of their spells. |
Improved Sap/Gives you a 30% chance to return to stealth mode after using your Sap ability. Gives you a 30% chance to return to stealth mode after using your Sap ability. Next level: Gives you a 60% chance to return to stealth mode after using your Sap ability. Gives you a 60% chance to return to stealth mode after using your Sap ability. Next level: Gives you a 90% chance to return to stealth mode after using your Sap ability. Gives you a 90% chance to return to stealth mode after using your Sap ability. |
Serrated Blades/Causes your attacks to ignore 0 of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 10%. The amount of Armor reduced increases with your level. Causes your attacks to ignore 0 of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 10%. The amount of Armor reduced increases with your level. Next level: Causes your attacks to ignore 0 of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 20%. The amount of Armor reduced increases with your level. Causes your attacks to ignore 0 of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 20%. The amount of Armor reduced increases with your level. Next level: Causes your attacks to ignore 0 of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 30%. The amount of Armor reduced increases with your level. Causes your attacks to ignore 0 of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 30%. The amount of Armor reduced increases with your level. |
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Heightened Senses/Increases your Stealth detection and reduces the chance you are hit by spells and ranged attacks by 2%. Increases your Stealth detection and reduces the chance you are hit by spells and ranged attacks by 2%. Next level: Increases your Stealth detection and reduces the chance you are hit by spells and ranged attacks by 4%. More effective than Heightened Senses (Rank 1). Increases your Stealth detection and reduces the chance you are hit by spells and ranged attacks by 4%. More effective than Heightened Senses (Rank 1). |
Preparation/Instant
10 min cooldown
When activated, this ability immediately finishes the cooldown on your other Rogue abilities. When activated, this ability immediately finishes the cooldown on your other Rogue abilities. |
Dirty Deeds/Reduces the Energy cost of your Cheap Shot and Garrote abilities by 10. Reduces the Energy cost of your Cheap Shot and Garrote abilities by 10. Next level: Reduces the Energy cost of your Cheap Shot and Garrote abilities by 20. Reduces the Energy cost of your Cheap Shot and Garrote abilities by 20. |
Hemorrhage/35 Energy
Melee range
Instant
Requires Melee Weapon
An instant strike that damages the opponent and causes the target to hemorrhage, increasing any Physical damage dealt to the target by up to 3. Lasts 30 charges or 15 sec. Awards 1 combo point. An instant strike that damages the opponent and causes the target to hemorrhage, increasing any Physical damage dealt to the target by up to 3. Lasts 30 charges or 15 sec. Awards 1 combo point. |
Deadliness/Increases your Attack Power by 2%. Increases your Attack Power by 2%. Next level: Increases your Attack Power by 4%. Increases your Attack Power by 4%. Next level: Increases your Attack Power by 6%. Increases your Attack Power by 6%. Next level: Increases your Attack Power by 8%. Increases your Attack Power by 8%. Next level: Increases your Attack Power by 10%. Increases your Attack Power by 10%. |
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Premeditation/20 yd range
Instant
2 min cooldown
When used, adds 2 combo points to your target. You must add to or use those combo points within 10 sec or the combo points are lost. When used, adds 2 combo points to your target. You must add to or use those combo points within 10 sec or the combo points are lost. |
In Wow vanilla there is a lot of options how you can play a
rouge especially in pvp,becouse when it comes to pvp rogues accualy have a lot
of choices to made when it comes to talents.You can play combat/sub with 2
swords you can play assa/sub with 2 daggers going for seal fate and the list
goes on and on.So the big question is why i even want to choose this one ?
Well,firstly this build accually gives you ability to pull of a big numbers
and its not really that gear dependent.We are not picking up the sword spec or
dagger spec so if your best possible choice of your weapons is mix of those
that wouldnt be a problem(but still would be great if you can have a least a fast
enought off hand for your poison).Ofc, if you have 2 daggers or swords it
wouldnt be a problem either.On the other hand we are not going for a Seal
Fate,what it means is that you dont need to have that much of critical strike
in your gear.Its always nice to have as much cs as you can in your gear but its
much harder to pull of a decent percent in eariler phases.So its basicly really good to go spec if you just want to start playing pvp without specified gear.
Now lets talk about choices we accualy made,why we made them and what it gives
us.
First 2 rows in sublety: We go for a Master of Deception and Camouflage,that gives us
better chance to be undetected which is accualy pretty important in vanilla (becouse there is a lot of ways to detect someone) and
we start to move in stealth on a decent enought speed to do something.We always
want to have this sweet opener and be able to pull of it in a proper time.We
also go for Elusiveness for cooldown reducion on vanish and blind,as you
probably know by now rogue without a cooldowns is much different story than one
with everyting on cooldown,so we want to be able to do something about our
oponent with least downtime that is possible.On the same time we are passing on
Sleight of Hand and Opportunity.Well Sleight of Hand is just a garbage for pvp
and when it comes to Opportunity science we are flex with the weapons that we
are using we dont want to take somthing that boost our damage depending on the
weapon we use.
3 row in sublety : Next we are taking Initiative over Ghostly Strike and Improved Abush but this is accualy no easy choice.We take Initiative becouse its giving us a more flex opener and boost it regardless how we want to start but other 2 choices are also decent and playable.If you have weapon that pass requirments for Ambush and you are mostly opening with Ambush over Cheap Shot you can easly take Improved Ambush over Inintiative (it will mostly happen with 2 daggers).If you accualy have a weapon with decent weapon damage and prefer to have Ghostly Strike you can spend 2 points in Initiative and take it (that one mostly happens with 2 swords).
4 row in sublety : We take Improved Sap and Serrated Blades over Setup.Setup is generally rather garbage talent becouse its a random proc that we cant play around in any decent way so we are easly passing on it.Improved Sap in the other hand is accualy go to talent,ability to Sap someone without breaking a Stealth is one of the most usefull things.Serrated Blades is basicly flat boost to our dmg,reduced armor on targets really helps and Rapture is accualy really usefull skill in pvp when number of debufs on targed doesnt matter that much and we can place dots as much as we want to.
5 row in sublety : Well there is a lot of things hapening in that row.We take Hemorrhage,Preparation,Drity Deeds and pass of Heightened Senses.About Heightened Senses its not like this talent is absolutly useless becouse accualy its really good in mirror of rogues or figthing against some druid the only problem is we dont have enought talents to take it but somethimes people consider it in a build.Probably you know by know that opener of the rouge is one of the most important things in pvp for that class.Thats why we really want to have Dirty Deeds to spend less energy on start and make this amazing burst.Also becose we want to have that opener as much as its possible we take Preparation to reset out Vanish and other cd's.Also its really great support skill for the toolbox we have in pvp.As its to Hemorrhage its basicly huge dmg boost and it will help us in longer fights giving us chance to pull it off.
6 and 7 row in sublety: Well i dont even need to tell you why we spend 5 points in Deadliness,10% of Attack Power in vanilla is just a lot for a rogue.We dont take Premeditation its not like this talent is usless accualy if you really think you want to play it you can try to swap one point in the tree but i highly reccomand to consider is it accualy worth.This talent seems to be really great when you look at it on paper when in reality oponent can play around it a lot of times if he knows about 10 seconds you got and how it works its only going to be worst.
So next question is why we are accualy taking Assasination talents not Combat with our Subltly setup.
The thing is we accualy have really nice toolbox of skills and abilities with Subtelty skill tree so now we mostly want to boost our dmg to make this sweet numbers.Assasination skill tree type of boost accualy fits us better and dont have any aditional requirements like type of weapon for a gouge or so.Only sad thing is that with that build we need to sacrifice Improved Sprint but on the other hand its not that bad with Elusivness.
When it comes to Assisnation tree itself,well as i told we mostly took flat dmg upgrades so its probably more interesting to talk about things that we are passing on than on things that we took.Remorsless Attacks is basicly skill that works only in pve,its just to hard a lot of times to make requirments for it to proc in pvp.Improved Slice and Dice is go to talent for pve becouse how long is the fight but in pvp we dont have time to use it with value.We also passed on Vile Poisons and Improved Kidney Shot but the truth is we dont have enought points to make that talents valuble.Also we didint took Improved Expose Armor well but the truth is that talent is accualy really great.A lot of people dont understand how much dmg boost we have from Expose Armor in pvp when we spend it on cloth or leather targets.So in my opinion if you are playing on Alliance side take Improved Poisions becouse you wont have Windfury on your main hand but if you play on Horde take Improved Expose Armor becouse it can help you in some sort of situations and little boos to poision apply doesnt metter that much.
Well probably we should talk now about how to play pvp with this build but the thing is,its even hard to tell becouse there is no main pattern of it.As i told many times in that guide,rogue is a class with toolbox of skills to use and great flat dmg to pull it off.You just need to learn on your mistakes,understand when you should use your cd's when you should save them.Every encounter will be different but the thing is more time you will spend playing this spec the better you will be and more fun you will have.
Also in the end i just wanted to say thanks for your time with that guide :D,if you like it,thumb up would be amazing so more people will see it.If you have any question or want me to make guide pvp or pve for any other class in vanilla you are really welcome in coments :D