Assassination Rogue Talents

Assassination Rogue
Midnight Pre-Patch

Talents in World of Warcraft define your character's gameplay. They offer active abilities for offense and defense, major cooldowns, or passive enhancements to your stats and spells. Here are the current Assassination Rogue talents for Midnight Pre-Patch.

Where to Find Talents

Talents can be found in the talent menu, which is accessible by pressing the N key (default) or by clicking the target icon in the micro menu:

Screenshot of the talents button in the micro menu

Class Talents

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Rogue specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements essential to the Rogue class, offering a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Rogue's overall capabilities.

Name	Cast	Effect
Shiv	Instant - 5 Yd Range	Attack with your off-hand, dealing 2 Physical damage, dispelling all enrage effects and applying a concentrated form of your active Non-Lethal poison. Awards 1 combo point.
Blind	Instant - 15 Yd Range - 2 Min Cooldown	Blinds the target, causing it to wander disoriented for 1 min. Damage may interrupt the effect. Limit 1.
Cloak of Shadows	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Provides a moment of magic immunity, instantly removing all harmful spell effects. The cloak lingers, causing you to resist harmful spells for 5 sec.
Toxic Stiletto	Passive	Shiv's Energy cost is reduced by 20, its cooldown is reduced by 15 sec, and its range is increased by 3 yds.
Fleet Footed	Passive	Movement speed increased by 15%.
Gouge	Instant - Melee Range - 25 Sec Cooldown	Gouges the eyes of an enemy target, incapacitating for 4 sec. Damage may interrupt the effect. Must be in front of your target. Awards 1 combo point.
Airborne Irritant	Passive	Blind has 80% reduced cooldown and 80% reduced duration.
Thrill Seeking	Passive	Shadowstep has 1 additional charge.
Shadowrunner	Passive	While Stealth or Shadow Dance is active, you move 20% faster.
Master Poisoner	Passive	Increases the non-damaging effects of your weapon poisons by 20%.
Elusiveness	Passive	Evasion also reduces damage taken by 20%, and Feint also reduces non-area-of-effect damage taken by 20%.
Cheat Death	Passive	Fatal attacks instead reduce you to 7% of your maximum health. For 3 sec afterward, you take 85% reduced damage. Cannot trigger more often than once per 6 min.
Tricks of the Trade	Instant - 100 Yd Range - 30 Sec Cooldown	Redirects all threat you cause to the targeted party or raid member, beginning with your next damaging attack within the next 30 sec and lasting 6 sec.
Blackjack	Passive	Enemies have 30% reduced damage and healing for 6 sec after Blind or Sap's effect on them ends.
Improved Wound Poison	Passive	Wound Poison can now stack 2 additional times.
Nimble Fingers	Passive	Energy cost of Feint and Crimson Vial reduced by 10.
Deadened Nerves	Passive	Physical damage taken reduced by 5%.
Quick Fingers	Passive	Increases your Agility by 3%.
Improved Sprint	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Sprint by 60 sec.
Superior Mixture	Passive	Crippling Poison reduces movement speed by an additional 10%.
Evasion	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Increases your dodge chance by 100% for 10 sec.
Iron Stomach	Passive	Increases the healing you receive from Crimson Vial, healing potions, and healthstones by 25%.
Virulent Poisons	Passive	Increases the damage of your weapon poisons by 10%.
Stillshroud	Passive	Shroud of Concealment has 50% reduced cooldown.
Graceful Guile	Passive	Feint has 1 additional charge.
Featherfoot	Passive	Sprint increases movement speed by an additional 30% and has 4 sec increased duration.
Numbing Poison	1.5 Sec Cast	Coats your weapons with a Non-Lethal Poison that lasts for 1 hour. Each strike has a 30% chance of poisoning the enemy, clouding their mind and slowing their attack and casting speed by 15% for 10 sec.
Atrophic Poison	1.5 Sec Cast	Coats your weapons with a Non-Lethal Poison that lasts for 1 hour. Each strike has a 30% chance of poisoning the enemy, reducing their damage by 3.0% for 10 sec.
Deadly Precision	Passive	Increases the critical strike chance of your attacks that generate combo points by 5%.
Deep Cuts	Passive	Your Finishing moves deal 6% increased damage.
Unbreakable Stride	Passive	Reduces the duration of movement slowing effects 30%.
Danger Sense	Passive	You have a 20% chance to partially evade any damage dealt to you, reducing the damage it deals by 20%.
Swift Slasher	Passive	Slice and Dice grants additional attack speed equal to 100% of your Haste.
Improved Ambush	Passive	Ambush generates 1 additional combo point.
Tight Spender	Passive	Energy cost of finishing moves reduced by 6%.
Leeching Poison	Passive	Adds a Leeching effect to your Lethal poisons, granting you 3.0% Leech.
Lethality	Passive	Critical strike chance increased by 2%. Critical strike damage bonus of your attacks that generate combo points increased by 20%.
Recuperator	Passive	Slice and Dice heals you for up to 1% of your maximum health per 3 sec.
Alacrity	Passive	Haste increased by 3.0%.
Soothing Darkness	Passive	You are healed for 30% of your maximum health over 6 sec after activating Vanish.
Vigor	Passive	Increases your maximum Energy by 100 and Energy regeneration by 10%.
Supercharger	Passive	Kingsbane supercharges 2 combo points. Damaging finishing moves consume a supercharged combo point to function as if they spent 2 additional combo points.
Subterfuge	Passive	Abilities requiring Stealth can be used for 6 sec after Stealth breaks. Combat benefits requiring Stealth persist for an additional 6 sec after Stealth breaks.
Thistle Tea	Passive - 1 Sec Cooldown	Restore 100 Energy. When your Energy is reduced below 30, drink a Thistle Tea.
Cold Blooded Killer	Passive - 45 Sec Cooldown	Critically striking with an attack that generates combo points increases the critical strike chance of your next finishing move by 10%.
Echoing Reprimand	Passive	After consuming a supercharged combo point, your next Mutilate also strikes the target with an Echoing Reprimand dealing 41 Physical damage.
Forced Induction	Passive	Increase the bonus granted when a damaging finishing move consumes a supercharged combo point by 1.
Deeper Stratagem	Passive	Gain 1 additional max combo point. Your finishing moves that consume more than 5 combo points have increased effects, and your finishing moves deal 5% increased damage.
Without a Trace	Passive	Vanish has 1 additional charge.

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents provide Assassination Rogues with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style. These talents differentiate Assassination Rogues from other Rogue specializations, maximizing effectiveness in combat.

Name	Cast	Effect
Deadly Poison	1.5 Sec Cast	Coats your weapons with a Lethal Poison that lasts for 1 hour. Each strike has a 30% chance to poison the enemy for 27 Nature damage over 12 sec. Subsequent poison applications will instantly deal 2 Nature damage.
Motivated Murderer	Passive	Increases your Energy regeneration by 20%.
Improved Poisons	Passive	Increases the application chance of your weapon poisons by 5%.
Path of Blood	Passive	Increases maximum Energy by 50.
Crimson Tempest	Instant	Slash all enemies within 10 yds dealing 34 damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Copy the longest Garrote and Rupture on the enemies you hit onto up to 2 other enemies. Awards 1 combo point.
Canny Strikes	Passive	Increases Critical Strike chance by 2%.
Internal Bleeding	Passive	Kidney Shot and Rupture also apply Internal Bleeding, dealing up to 77 Bleed damage over 6 sec, based on combo points spent.
Improved Garrote	Passive	Garrote deals 50% increased damage and has no cooldown when used from Stealth and for 6 sec after breaking Stealth.
Thrown Precision	Passive	Fan of Knives has 5% increased critical strike chance and its critical strikes always apply your weapon poisons.
Seal Fate	Passive	Critical strikes with attacks that generate combo points grant an additional combo point per critical strike.
Doomblade	Passive	Mutilate deals an additional 20% Bleed damage over 8 sec.
Razor Wire	Passive	Garrote lasts 6 sec longer.
Bloody Mess	Passive	Garrote and Rupture damage increased by 15%.
Deathmark	Instant - Melee Range - 2 Min Cooldown	Carve a deathmark into an enemy, dealing 125 Bleed damage and restoring 80 Energy to you over 16 sec. Damage dealt to the target by your Garrote, Rupture, and Lethal Poisons is increased by 100%. Each time you apply a Lethal Poison to the target, apply it twice.
Caustic Spatter	Passive	Envenom or Kingsbane apply Caustic Spatter for 10 sec. Limit 1. Caustic Spatter causes 35% of your Nature damage dealt to splash onto other nearby enemies, reduced beyond 5 targets.
Sanguine Stratagem	Passive	Gain 1 additional max combo point. Your finishing moves that consume more than 5 combo points have increased effects, and your finishing moves deal 5% increased damage.
Intent to Kill	Passive	Shadowstep's cooldown is reduced by 33% when used on a target afflicted by your Garrote.
Iron Wire	Passive	Garrote silences the target for 5 sec when used from Stealth. Enemies silenced by Garrote deal 15% reduced damage for 5 sec.
Fatal Concoction	Passive	Increases the damage of your weapon poisons by 40%.
Finish the Job	Passive	All damage you deal is increased by 10% while Deathmark is active.
Lethal Dose	Passive	Your weapon poisons and Nature or Bleed damage over time abilities deal 2% increased damage to targets for each of your lethal poison or damage over time effects on them.
Flying Daggers	Passive	Fan of Knives has its radius increased to 12 yds, deals 20% more damage, and an additional 10% when striking 5 or more targets.
Secondary Poisoning	Passive	When you apply a Weapon Poison with a single-target attack, you have a 50% chance to strike a nearby enemy for 5 Physical damage and apply the same Weapon Poison to them.
Poison Bomb	Passive	Envenom has a 5% chance per combo point spent to smash a vial of poison at the target's location, creating a pool of acidic death that deals 54 Nature damage over 2 sec to all enemies within it.
Systemic Failure	Passive	Garrote increases the damage of Ambush and Mutilate on the target by 20%.
Venomous Wounds	Passive	You regain 3 Energy each time your Garrote or Rupture deal Bleed damage to a target affected by your weapon poisons. Energy gain is reduced for bleeds beyond the first. If an enemy dies while afflicted by your Rupture, you regain energy based on its remaining duration.
Amplifying Poison	1.5 Sec Cast	Coats your weapons with a Lethal Poison that lasts for 1 hour. Each strike has a 30% chance to poison the enemy, dealing 2 Nature damage and applying Amplifying Poison for 12 sec. Envenom can consume 10 stacks of Amplifying Poison to deal 35% increased damage. Max 20 stacks.
Blindside	Passive	Ambush and Mutilate have a 15% chance to make your next Ambush free and usable without Stealth. Chance increased to 30% if the target is under 35% health.
Kingsbane	Instant - Melee Range - 1 Min Cooldown	Release a powerful poison from your weapons and inject it into your target, dealing 60 Nature damage instantly and an additional 71 Nature damage over 14 sec. Each time you apply a Lethal Poison to a target affected by Kingsbane, Kingsbane damage increases by 20%, up to 1,000%. Awards 1 combo point.
Rapid Injection	Passive	Envenom's effect increases the damage of Envenom by 30%.
Shrouded Suffocation	Passive	Garrote damage increased by 20%. Garrote generates 2 additional combo points when used from Stealth.
Avulsion	Passive	Rupture damage increased by 20%.
Zoldyck Recipe	Passive	Your Bleed, weapon poison, and other Nature damage is increased by 30% against targets below 35% health.
Regicide's Reward	Passive	When Kingsbane ends, gain 2% haste for every 5 stacks of increased Kingsbane damage that you had, decreasing by 2% every 2 sec.
Inspiring Strike	Passive	Applying Envenom while Envenom is already active causes it to increase all damage you deal by 5% in addition to increasing your poison application chance.
Poisoner's Drive	Passive	Applying Envenom while Envenom is already active restores 1 combo point.
Deadly Momentum	Passive	Finishing moves have a 3% chance per combo point spent to increase your chance to critically strike by 6% for 6 sec.
Scent of Blood	Passive	Each enemy afflicted by your Rupture increases your Agility by 4%, up to a maximum of 20%.
Dashing Scoundrel	Passive	Envenom's effect also increases the critical strike chance of your weapon poisons by 5%, and their critical strikes generate 1 Energy.
Dragon-Tempered Blades	Passive	You may apply 1 additional Lethal and Non-Lethal Poison to your weapons, but they have 30% less application chance.
Sudden Demise	Passive	Bleed damage increased by 10%. Targets below 35% health instantly bleed out and take fatal damage when the remaining Bleed damage you would deal to them exceeds 150% of their remaining health.

Hero Talents

Hero talents allow for deeper customization of the Assassination Rogue class fantasy, further enhancing its combat effectiveness.

Fatebound

Name	Cast	Effect
Hand of Fate	Passive	Flip a Fatebound Coin each time a finishing move consumes 5 or more combo points. Heads increases the damage of your attacks by 10%, lasting 15 sec or until you flip Tails. Tails deals 59 Cosmic damage to your target. For each time the same face is flipped in a row, Heads increases damage by an additional 2% and Tails increases its damage by 10%.
Chosen's Revelry	Passive	Flipping a Fatebound Coin restores 10 health.
Tempted Fate	Passive	You have a 30% chance to absorb 10% of any damage taken.
Mean Streak	Passive	Fatebound Coins flipped by Envenom are 33% more likely to match the same face as the last flip.
Inexorable March	Passive	You cannot be slowed below 70% of normal movement speed while your Fatebound Coin flips have an active streak of at least 2 flips matching the same face.
Death's Arrival	Passive	Grappling Hook may be used a second time within 3 sec with no cooldown, but its total cooldown is increased by 5 sec.
Sometimes Lucky	Passive	Critical strike chance increased by 3%.
Deal Fate	Passive	Mutilate, Ambush, and Fan of Knives generate 1 additional combo point when they trigger Seal Fate.
Fate Intertwined	Passive	Caustic Spatter causes an additional 10% of Nature damage dealt to be dealt to affected enemies.
Edge Case	Passive	Activating Deathmark flips a Fatebound Coin and causes it to land on its edge, counting as both Heads and Tails.
Controlled Chaos	Passive	After flipping a Fatebound Coin that ends a streak of 4 or more, flip another that matches the same face.
Delivered Doom	Passive	Envenom deals 5% more damage when it consumes 5 or more combo points.
Overflowing Purse	Passive	Envenom has a 15% chance to flip 3 Fatebound Coins.
Destiny Defined	Passive	Sinister Strike has 5% increased chance to strike an additional time and grant Opportunity and your Fatebound Coins flipped have an additional 5% chance to match the same face as the last flip.
Rush to the Inevitable	Passive	Gain 5 Energy every time you flip a Fatebound Coin. Gain 15 Energy for Coins that land on their edge.
Ravenholdt Mint	Passive	Flipping Heads increases damage by an additional 4%. Damage dealt by flipping Tails is increased by 15%.
Lucky Coin	Passive	Every 7 coin flips, keep a lucky coin that bends you towards your fate for 15 sec. Your Agility is increased by 4%, the damage and bonuses of Fatebound Coins are increased by 50%, and coin flips are 15% more likely to match the same face as the last flip. Coin flips do not count toward finding a lucky coin while you have a lucky coin.

Deathstalker

Name	Cast	Effect
Deathstalker's Mark	Passive	Garrote applies 3 stacks of Deathstalker's Mark to your target, unless Deathstalker's Mark is already active. When you spend 5 or more combo points on attacks against a Marked target you consume an application of Deathstalker's Mark, dealing 42 Plague damage.
Clear the Witnesses	Passive	Fan of Knives damage increased by 50%.
Hunt Them Down	Passive	Auto-attacks against Marked targets deal an additional 3 Plague damage.
Singular Focus	Passive	Damage dealt to targets other than your Marked target deals 5% Plague damage to your Marked target.
Precise Killer	Passive	Critical strike damage bonus increased by 20%.
Unshakeable Drive	Passive	When you consume an application of Deathstalker's Mark, the damage of your next Ambush or Mutilate is increased by 50%.
Corrupt the Blood	Passive	Rupture damage increased by 10%.
Lingering Darkness	Passive	After Deathmark expires, gain 30% increased Nature damage for 30 sec.
Symbolic Victory	Passive	Shadow Dance additionally increases the damage of your next Eviscerate or Black Powder by 15%.
Quietus Celeris	Passive	Deathstalker's Mark has a 30% chance to immediately consume a stack when applied.
Ethereal Cloak	Passive	Cloak of Shadows duration increased by 2 sec.
Bait and Switch	Passive	Evasion reduces magical damage taken by 15%. Cloak of Shadows reduces physical damage taken by 20%.
Momentum of Despair	Passive	If you have critically struck with Fan of Knives, increase the critical strike chance of Fan of Knives and Crimson Tempest by 10% and critical strike damage by 20% for 8 sec.
Follow the Blood	Passive	Fan of Knives and Crimson Tempest deal 30% additional damage while 2 or more enemies are afflicted with Rupture.
Shadewalker	Passive	Each time you consume a stack of Deathstalker's Mark, reduce the cooldown of Shadowstep by 3 sec.
Shroud of Night	Passive	Shroud of Concealment duration increased by 5 sec.
Mass Casualty	Passive	Deathstalker's Mark deals 40% of its normal damage to all other enemies within 8 yds that are afflicted by Rupture.
Darkest Night	Passive	When you consume the final Deathstalker's Mark from a target or your target dies, gain 30 Energy and Darkest Night, causing your next Envenom cast with 5 or more combo points to critically strike, deal 30% additional damage, and apply 3 stacks of Deathstalker's Mark to the target if no other Deathstalker's Mark is active. Envenom cast with Darkest Night does not consume a stack of active Deathstalker's Marks.

PvP Talents

PvP talents are tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with War Mode enabled, these talents optimize a Assassination Rogue 's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements that give players an edge in combat against other players.

Name	Cast	Effect
Creeping Venom		Your Envenom applies Creeping Venom, reducing the target's movement speed by 5% for 4 sec. Creeping Venom is reapplied when the target moves. Max 18 stacks.
System Shock		Casting Envenom with at least 5 combo points on a target afflicted by your Garrote, Rupture, and lethal poison deals 11 Nature damage, and reduces their movement speed by 90% for 2 sec.
Hemotoxin		Shiv also reduces the target's healing received by 30% for 8 sec.
Maneuverability		Sprint has 50% reduced cooldown and 50% reduced duration.
Death from Above		Finishing move that empowers your weapons with energy to perform a deadly attack. You leap into the air and Eviscerate your target on the way back down, with such force that it has a 15% stronger effect.
Smoke Bomb		Creates a cloud of thick smoke in an 8 yard radius around the Rogue for 5 sec. Enemies are unable to target into or out of the smoke cloud.
Dismantle		Disarm the enemy, preventing the use of any weapons or shield for 5 sec.
Thick as Thieves		Tricks of the Trade now increases the friendly target's damage by 15% for 6 sec.
Control is King		Cheap Shot grants Slice and Dice for 15 sec and Kidney Shot restores 10 Energy per combo point spent.
Dagger in the Dark		Each second while Stealth is active, nearby enemies within 12 yards take an additional 2% damage from you for 10 sec. Stacks up to 6 times.
Preemptive Maneuver		Feint decreases your damage taken by an additional 40% while stunned and its energy cost is reduced by 30%.